The weekend is almost here and what are you doing? We are excited about the Fall Plant Sale at the Wildflower Center. Unfortunately we lost a couple of plants this summer so we are going to look for some replacements. We’ve had success with our Rock Roses, Lanceleaf coreopsis, Nodding Penstemons and our succulents. I can’t wait to see what we find.
Other than that, I have lots of stuff to read. I’m sure you do too but just in case you need some inspiration I hope you’ll find some through these links:
A More Diverse Universe. Once again Aarti is hosting this great challenge that reminds us that reading diversely is important because we all live in a global world. This is a quick reading challenge but there is still time to participate. I’m reading The Opposite House by Helen Oyeyemi.
A new edition of Shiny New Books is out with reviews on fiction, non-fiction and even reprints! I have my TBR list and pencil ready.
It’s that time of the year for scary stories so check out this list of 10 Most Terrifying Ghost Stories and Paranormal Novels. How many of those have you read? I’ve only read one – The Haunting of Hill House.
The Nobel Prize for Literature was awarded today to Svetlana Alexievich. Have you read anything by her? I have not but am interested in her book Voices from Chernobyl which is the first book to present personal accounts of the tragedy. This must be fascinating.
For those of you who love poetry, Mary Oliver has a new collection, Felicity. Enter the giveaway at Read it Forward for a chance to win a copy.
Hope you have a wonderful weekend and more bookish talk soon.
I missed the announcement of the Nobel Prize for Literature. Voices from Chernobyl sounds fascinating!
I’m loving all the book reviews for #diversiverse. Need to spend some time this weekend growing my TBR pile.
I love coreopsis–need to get out and get some fall plants. I really want a lot of ornamental cabbage this year, but have been too lazy to see about getting any. I’ve only read one book by Oyeyemi, but I enjoyed it.
Have fun at the plant sale. And thanks for the link to the scary stories list, The Shining is on there and definitely one of the scariest books I have read.
Happy weekend 🙂
Athira – It sounds fascinating doesn’t it? I’ve read recent reports of animals and wildlife flourishing and it’s hard to even understand that in such a zone that received so much damage. I cannot imagine what it must have been like for the people that lived there.
Jenclair – I had no idea what those flowers were until we got some in Spring and they are so pretty. Our plants seem to be doing really well but hoping they’ll bloom as I’ve only seen a flower here and there.
Bookworm – We had a great time and found some pretty plants! I’ve only seen the movie The Shining and that was creepy. I should read the book!
Like you, I’ve only read The Haunting of Hill House and thanks so much for sharing the link! I need to check out the other scary books listed there. 🙂
I loved The Shining movie but I can’t remember if I’ve read the book. Anyways, it’s always good to re-read a classic, especially if it’s Stephen King! 😉