Next weekend is Memorial Day, the unofficial start of Summer. It feels early this year, calendar-wise, but the weather in Atlanta is already into the mid-80s, so by that measure, Summer is already here.
Winters in the South are marvelous. Summers are hot, muggy, sticky and sometimes stormy. And did I mention hot? On that other hand, everywhere I’ve ever lived had something unpleasant in their normal weather pattern. In Anchorage, summers are wonderful, mostly in the 60s but sometimes the 70s, and the winters are, well, abominable. And abominably long. In Seattle, the summers are pretty good, except for that two-weeks-maybe-three where you really, really wish you had air conditioning – and you don’t. And it’s never really cold in the winter, but it is gray and wet and terribly gloomy Chicago has a cold, snowy, miserable winter, and a hot sticky summer, but the spring and fall are gorgeous. Then there’s the big stuff. In Florida, it was hurricanes. In Anchorage, earthquakes.
There’s something I miss out of every place we’ve lived. And something I don’t miss!
Current Giveaways:
$25 Gift Card + an ecopy of Ryder: Bird of Prey by Nick Pengelley
Highland Prize package from Stephanie Laurens
Winner Announcements:
The winner of The Dismantling by Brian DeLeeuw is Anne.
Blog Recap:
B+ Review: Ryder: Bird of Prey by Nick Pengelley + Giveaway
B+ Review: A Match for Marcus Cynster by Stephanie Laurens
Excerpt + Giveaway: A Match for Marcus Cynster by Stephanie Laurens
A Review: Lowcountry Boil by Susan M. Boyer
A- Review: Selfish, Shallow and Self-Absorbed edited by Meghan Daum
A- Review: The Clockwork Dagger by Beth Cato
Stacking the Shelves (135)
Coming Next Week:
Lowcountry Boneyard by Susan M. Boyer (blog tour review)
The Curse of Anne Boleyn by C.C. Humphreys (blog tour review)
The Case of the Invisible Dog by Diane Stingley (blog tour review)
The Way of the Warrior by Suzanne Brockmann et al (review)
Echo 8 by Sharon Lynn Fisher (review)
Looks like you have a great week coming up!
Missie @ A Flurry of Ponderings