Don't Be Afraid of the Dork: Saturdays in the Garden

Saturday, July 30, 2016

Saturdays in the Garden | Superheroes and Butterflies

OUTSIDE

I still haven't done any work in the yard and garden. Hopefully tomorrow?

Instead, here's a picture out my office window.

Two Eastern Tiger Swallowtails, nectaring on Bee Balm

WATCHING, READING and BLOGGING

Watching

I finished my Arrow re-watch and have started on an Agents of SHIELD (AoS) re-watch so that I can start season 3 which was recently released on Netflix. Superheroes everywhere. I hated the first half of the first season of AoS when I initially watched the show but am finding it not so bad this time around. Probably because I'm already attached to the characters. I still love May and kind of hate Skye If you watch superhero shows, what's your favorite?

Reading

Finished Last Week:

Queen of Sorcery (Belgariad #2) by David Eddings: This is a re-read of a much beloved epic fantasy series from my youth. It holds up surprisingly well. Great quest epic fantasy!
Pride and Prejudice and Zombies by Seth Grahame-Smith: I will try almost any take on Jane Austen's novels, even (especially?) ones involving zombies. I enjoyed re-reading P&P and didn't mind the occasional insertion of zombies.

Currently Reading:

One Magic Square by Lolo Houbein: A gardening book about maximizing food production in a small space. An ARC from Netgalley (though I think it's an older title).
Magician's Gambit (Belgariad #3) by David Eddings: See above! Book 3 reread from a muc beloved series.
Magic Rises (Kate Daniels #6) by Ilona Andrews: I love this urban fantasy series.

Added to the TBR:

This is a list of books that I have added to my Goodreads TBR list this week. It helps to burn the books I want to read a little more firmly into my mind, maybe get them on some other folks TBRs and gives me a chance to recognize a lot of the awesome bloggers that add stuff to my TBR!

Smoke by Dan Vyleta: I've heard about this book from a few different locations and it sounds fascinating. It takes place in the late 1800s in an England where every sin a person commits makes them emit visible smoke.
Rebel of the Sands by Alwyn Hamilton: I didn't write down where I read about this dang it but it's a YA novel that apparently has a wild west vibe but set in a middle eastern culture.

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