Linda-Marie Barrett / Executive
Director:
Reading: Female Fantasy by Iman Hariri-Kia. Hariri-Kia was at NVNR’s fabulous Sip & Sizzle reception. I fell in love with dual storylines that blend into each other and center strong women and, well, hunky mermen. Re-reading Rainbow Rowell’s Slow Dance for my book club.
Listening: In my post-con reset of my nervous system, I’m enjoying as much silence as I can get, with the occasional gentle music or guided meditation.
Watching: Young Sheldon, which I LOVE, the newest season of Madame Blanc, and the last fireflies of the season sparkling across our front yard after dark.
Candice Huber / Membership:
Reading: Started Automatic Noodle by Annalee Newitz. Robots running a noodle shop sounds like just the right type of cozy I want right now.
Listening: Less than 2 hours left in the dramatized version of Onyx Storm!
Watching: Started watching Glee while I craft because it's a great background show, and I forgot how hard it goes pretty much immediately. It's wild the amount of plot that happens in just the first four episodes!
Nicki Leone / Communications:
Reading: I ended up listening to Xenobe Purvis's The Hounding on my drive to New York. Now, I have the book because I have to read it.
Listening: Aside from the road trip audiobooks, the various snarky comments from the GPS system in the car telling me I needed to get into the other lane to get to the upcoming exist. I swear once it suggested I stop for some rest and a cup of coffee. I blame AI.
Watching: Mom and dad are Yankees fans and suscribe to the all-Yankees cable channel. I'm not watching the games, exactly, but they are part of the ambiance.
SP Rankin / Website Administrator:
Reading: The Hounding, by Xenobe Purvis, about a family of five unusual sisters in an 18th century English village. Utterly original and beautifully written, it makes me think of everything from Robert Darnton's The Great Cat Massacre to Sylvia Townsend Warner's Lolly Willowes to Midsomer Murders.
Listening: I know my internal order has been restored when my days and evenings are full of music again (also when I've finally finished all my laundry from NVNR, but that lacks poetry). This week's song is Shelby Lynne's "Dreamsome" from her 2000 album I Am Shelby Lynne. It's one of those songs that is one of those songs, if you know what I mean.
Watching: Drive-Away Dolls (2024), a picaresque lesbian roadtrip movie set in 1999, just before ubiquitous cellphones made picaresque lesbian roadtrip movies obsolete, and directed by just the one Coen brother. I laughed, which is my favorite thing to do. And "Won't someone save Curlie?" has now become what I say when I'm feeling sorry for myself.
Andrea Richardson / Sales:
Reading: I am about to get into my panel prep for NVNR! I am lucky enough to be moderating the horror panel - Kalynn Bayron, Ryan La Sala, D Elizabeth, and Adam Godfrey - so that's what I'll be reading for a while.
Listening: I finished The Long Walk by Stephen King most recently. I's my favorite of his stories and there's about to be a movie so I wanted to refresh my memory of it.
Watching: A fin little show called Upper Middle Bogan on Netflix. I love an Aussie accent.
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