Hyperfocus of the Week: Reading

This has been a busy week! Porter is fifteen!

For his birthday we went out for breakfast, got a haircut and a new keyboard, and then took the other kids on an outing so he could play computer games in peace.

Violet and I had our last bowl making class,

I’ve officially retired from the NWWC board, and I geared up to start my summer series. 

For the next three months, instead of a Craft Talk every week, ya’ll are going to get a book review and matching writing prompt!

I put out a general call for book recommendations from my friends and got an exciting list put together. This week I read four of those books. One I loved, one was fine, and two were slogs. That said, I did start with a couple of the books I was least excited for to get them out of the way. 

There is something that feels terribly indulgent about reading a book a day. My goal was to get several done so I could front load my blogs for the next month or so and that had me cranking through pages. I don’t have a formal plan when it comes to the order I’m reading; mostly it’s what the library has on hand. 

Anyhoo, first review goes up Wednesday and I hope you’ll all check it out then!

If you are interested in reading along:

Glass Houses, by Louise Penny

A Walk in the Park

The Buried Giant, by Kazua Ishiguro

One Second After, by William Forstchen

The Lords of Darkness, by Tanith Lee

When Calls the Heart, Janette Oke

Six Wakes, By Mur Lafferty

Miss Buckle’s Book, by D.E. Stevenson

Becoming Madame Secretary

Dungeon Crawler Carl, by Matt Dinniman

The Great Alone, by Kristen Hannah

Remnant Population, Elizabeth Moon

Shades of Grey, by Jasper Fforde

Separating Church, by John Fugelsang

The astral Library

This Kingdom will not Kill Me

How To Read a Book

Midnight in Death, by JD Robb

House of Leaves, by Mark Danielewsky

To Shape a Dragon’s Breath

A Psalm for the Wild Built, by Becky Chambers

Rebecca