Wednesday, August 5, 2015

                             
                             August


Mark Twain: "Warm summer sun, shine kindly here. Warm southern wind, blow softly here...Good night, dear heart. Good night, good night."


Who hit the fast forward button? As August days rush by, we watch as summer hastens to an end. In my house, panic is settling in as we look around at projects started but unfinished. Promised but still undone. There are closets to be cleaned, shutters to hang, and a basement to be organized and tidied.

There are also books to be read out on the porch as daylight fades. Included in my leaning tower of books: the children's book by Jeanne Birdsall, "The Penderwicks: A Summer Tale of Four Sisters, Two Rabbits, and a Very Interesting Boy;" "Disclaimer," a thriller by Renee Knight; and Dean Bakopoulos' novel that examines adulthood, "Summerlong." 

Readers will be happy to find new books by Sue Grafton, Philippa Gregory, Jennifer Weiner, Christopher Moore, Drew Daywalt, Haruki Murakami, James Patterson, Margaret Maron, Meg Waite Clayton, Leslie Meier, Peter Robinson, Sophie Hannah and Louise Penny. 

August is American Adventures MonthNational Read-a-Romance Month.

                      
                                  August Days

1-5   -  National Scrabble Week 

4      -  Birth of Dennis Lehane, 1965. Mystic River

7       - Birth of Garrison Keillor, 1942. Lake Wobegon Days

10     - Birth of Suzanne Collins, 1962. The Hunger Games

12    -  Vinyl Record Day
            Birth of Ann Martin, 1955. A Corner of the Universe; Babysitters Club

14    -  Birth of Gary Larson, 1950. The Far Side

18    -  Bad Poetry Day (The choice is yours)

20     -  Birth of H. P. Lovecraft, 1890. At the Mountains of Madness

21    -   Poet's Day (When you recover from all the bad poetry)

22    -  International Tongue Twister Day (Riley Weber: Fresh fried fish, fish fried fresh)

24    -  Birth of John Green, 1977. The Fault in our Stars

26    -  Birth of Barbara Ehrenreich, 1941. Bright-sided; Nickel and Dimed

30   -   Birth of Mary Shelley, 1797. Frankenstein


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