Linda-Marie Barrett / Executive Director:
Reading: How Not to Drown in a Glass of Water by Angie Cruz for my book club. A window into another world, one of immigrants who work 12 hour days for little money, who hide their illnesses because they can’t afford healthcare or losing a day’s wage, who devote much of their income and living space to helping others with less opportunities. Moving, funny at times, and eye-opening, a perfect read for this moment.
Listening: To thunder rumbling in the distance and then a big rain.
Watching: Young Sheldon. I adore Sheldon’s earnest quirkiness and the different ways his family responds to his neurodiversity. It’s a big-hearted show that always delivers laughs and some poignant moments, too. .

Nicki Leone / Communications:
Reading: Packing up to move is preventing me from really sinking into any of the doorstop novels I like to spend my summers with. But on the flip side, it's wonderful the treasures one finds on one's own bookshelves. Last week is was a collections of feminist fantastical stories from Chilean and Argentinian writers, this week it is Sylvia Townsend Warner's The Music at Long Verney, and Human Voices by Penelope Fitzgerald.
Listening: I am packing boxes of books to the storytelling of Simon Prebble reading Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell. At over 32 hours, it will get me through a lot of bookshelves!
Watching: Not much. There is my usual morning 15 minutes of the news, which I turn on and brace myself, then turn off and go outside for a walk. In the evenings I just pick a movie that makes me happy. Last night, Priscilla, Queen of the Desert.

SP Rankin / Website Administrator:
Reading: I took my time reading Michael Koresky's new book, Sick and Dirty: Hollywood’s Gay Golden Age and the Making of Modern Queerness, and I am so glad I did. It's equal parts a behind-the-camera account of several iconic films and a reinterpretation of decades of film history.
Listening: I finished listening to the audiobook of Jeff Hiller's thoughtful, honest, and hilarious memoir Actress of a Certain Age: My Twenty-Year Trail to Overnight Success, and it was even better than I hoped it would be. He's a deep, warm, and funny soul and it made me sad all over again that Somebody, Somewhere and his character Joel aren't returning for a fourth season.
Watching: I went to a local theater production this past weekend, which featured an actor who played the love interest of Meryl Streep's daughter (who shares the same first name with MY daughter) on TV. It was a small theater and he yelled a lot and I was practically within spitting distance, so I ran the numbers and I think that makes me 2.785 degrees of separation from Meryl Streep! The point being, obviously, is that Gilded Age has returned for its third season and I'm watching it.

Andrea Richardson / Sales:
Reading: Zomromcom by Olivia Dade, to get excited for Bookstore Romance Day in August. It's spicy and fun!
Listening: One of my neighbors is doing some kind of loud work on their home today and I do not care for it.
Watching:The Ultimatum: Queer Love! I am going to have a hard time waiting between episode drops.