We’re still in the middle of summer, but when July comes to a close, I always feel the rush of days and weeks, hurtling towards fall. And even though fall is my favorite season, my house will be a little less full in a month…children leaving the nest.
I’m also in the middle of my library’s summer reading challenge. This year, it’s called A Universe of Stories, created to coincide with the 50th anniversary of the lunar landing. So I’ve been reading and listening to books outside my usual genres, to complete different categories of the challenge. I listened to two audio books on my walks and I managed to squeeze in a couple books of my own choice, too!
Check out my reviews here:
Sounds Like Titanic by Jessica Chiccehitto Hindman
Audiobook review: Roar by Cecelia Ahern
Honor Girl – A Graphic Memoir by Maggie Thrash
Audiobook review: Orange Is the New Black by Piper Kerman,
narrated by Cassandra Campbell
Those People by Louise Candlish
I was happy to meet a new (to me) indie author, Jennifer S. Alderson. If you haven’t met Jennifer yet, please stop by and say hello!
Who’s That Indie Author? Jennifer S. Alderson
If you are a self-published or indie author and would like to be featured, email me at bvitelli2009@gmail.com for more information.
I also posted and author update for Geoffrey M. Cooper. His new medical thriller, Nondisclosure, is available now:
BC Mom’s Author Update: new medical thriller by Geoffrey M. Cooper
I also did a little dreaming this month, wishing for unlimited time to read some best sellers and some classics.
Book Club Mom’s dream list TBR
Book Club Mom’s classic dream list TBR
There have been more Friday Fiction shenanigans in a new chapter of “A Man and His Phone.” Feel free to jump into this little series and relive the drama of the twenty-something dating world!
Friday Fiction – A Man and His Phone

I like to think about grammar and new word uses – can you relate to that? Here’s a post about the more recent trend of the word “relatable.”
Grammar check – is relatable a real word?
After reading Those People by Louise Candlish, I thought about all the despicable characters in books I have read, and then I made a list!
Books with unlikable characters – can you add to the list?
I watched The Right Stuff movie as part of the Universe of Stories challenge. Even though there was a lot of hype about the movie when it was released in 1983, I had never seen it!
The Right Stuff – the book by Tom Wolfe, the 1983 movie and how we got to the moon
And last, I was happy to be featured on Norah Colvin’s blog in her special School Days, Reminiscences feature. Be sure to visit Norah’s blog below:
School Days, Reminiscences of Barbara Vitelli
Did you have a good month? What was the best book you read? For me, I’d say Sounds Like Titanic.
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