July 30, 2018 (211/365) "The true measure of a summer well-spent is how many books you've read (and how many empty bottles are in your recycle bin)!" - N.C.
"How's your summer going?" -- It's a question that is often posed to educators who are "off" in the summertime. I have spent a lot of time at school, so one could argue that this hasn't been the greatest summer for me. However, a very wise friend has developed her own measure of a successful summer "break" that involves books and wine. By her accounting, 2018 has been quite a good summer for me. There has been a respectable quantity of rosé, unoaked Chardonnay, and lavender cider bottles in our bin throughout the summer and I have read several books -- so many that the "To Read" shelf of my Goodreads account is dwindling fast.
Here's the rundown of what I've read so far:
Historical Fiction: Call Me Zelda (Zelda Fitzgerald), The Aviator's Wife (Anne Morrow Lindbergh), Love and Ruin (Ernest Hemingway and Martha Gelhorn), My Salinger Year
Literary Fiction: The Lost Vintage, Paris by the Book, Currently Reading: Rules of Civility
Biography: The Bettencourt Affair: The World's Richest Woman and the Scandal that Rocked Paris, The Innovators: How a Group of Hackers, Geniuses, and Geeks Created the Digital Revolution (Sorry, Walter Isaacson, but I had to add the Oxford Comma missing in your title!), Leonardo da Vinci, Jackie, Janet, and Lee: The Other Side of Camelot
Short Stories: Uncommon Type (Tom Hanks)
Self-Improvement/Awareness: The French Art of Not Giving a Sh*t, Home Sweet Maison
Pewaukee High School Summer Reading Books: A List of Cages andThe Power of Moments
Any suggestions -- wine or books -- to make my summer even better?
