Happy Friday Links

2-3-23

Hi readers,

I hope your week has been a good one and is ending on a high note; hopefully, you have some fun plans for the weekend ahead of you. I enjoyed a couple of unexpected days off work because of the weather (sleet and ice). I had planned to take today off, but since I already had two days off, I probably needed to work today, so I don’t get too far behind.

My local Indie bookstore is hosting Elle Cosimano, author of the Finlay Donovan series, tomorrow afternoon, and I’m looking forward to that. I'm also interested in checking out several other author events there over the next few weeks. I’ve got a few links for your reading pleasure to send you into your weekend.

• Last week I shared a teaser about the upcoming new season of the Strong Sense of Place podcast. The locations and themes have been announced, and I’m excited for the new season to begin on Monday. You can check out all the details in this post.

• This article from NPR just reinforces what I’m working towards this year; to participate in more things and make new friends in everything I do.

• February is Black History Month, and Black independent booksellers across the country recommended these twenty-five books to Parade Magazine. Also in the article are various other links, including this one of ten books for children to read.

• Did you read the book, Dear Edward? Based on the book, the ten-episode series premiers on Apple+ today, and you can watch the trailer here.

• I’ve never been to Ann Arbor, but this just might have to be one of the places I check out in my retirement. I’m not much of a dancer, but the “people watching” has to be a sight to see.

• I have a love-hate relationship with “books to movie/TV adaptations;” a few have been really good, but for most, the book was better. There are a few on this list that I plan on watching. I hope I’m not disappointed.

• Some call this a “heart attack on a plate.” I just call it “yummy.” Check out the history of this favorite dish of many.

• Libraries are places to borrow books and mean different things to different people. In this Electric Lit interview, a former librarian talks about her book Overdue: Reckoning with the Public Library. It’s worth the read.

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What are your plans for the weekend? Are you doing anything fun, or is the weather where you are keeping you inside staying cozy and warm? Tell me about your fun plans and interesting reads for this weekend.

One of my Substack newsletter friends just wrote that it was -14 degrees on Tuesday where she is, so I kind of feel bad now complaining about our relatively minor “sleet and ice” weather earlier this week. Show Sarah some love and check out her newsletter

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for all kinds of great book recommendations for the young readers in your life.

I’ll be back in your inboxes next week with a look at several books hitting the bookstores this month. Until then, stay warm and cozy, and happy reading!