Links I love

 

The first week back from vacation is always a little bit rough.  I have a couple of big deadlines coming up. I did my first spin class in a while as well.  Tired me out.  I am getting better at getting strength workouts in.  I'd like to get more walks in though.

• NPR staffers recommend their favorite non fiction books of the year so far. 
• What Ancient Romans watched at the Colosseum in addition to Gladiator fights.
• Barack Obama is hosting a new book podcast.
• New BIPOC memoirs to read this summer. 
• 7 things every 90's bookstores had.
• Ancient myths, historical retellings and retellings from around the world.
• The biggest reading clubs are reading these books. 
• 7 novels that explore the dark side of Academia.
• 7 common misconceptions about the Manson family murders.
• Novels that use the ocean as their setting.
• Books that inspired Bruce Springsteen.
• Where to start with Marisa de los Santos.
• Taxi drivers rarely die of Alzheimer's related stuff.
• Some of the best photos from this year's total solar eclipse.
• Books that will make you feel things.
• The Harlem Trilogy is being made into films. 
• 14 books to read if you're going to South Korea.
• The best books set in the publishing world.

I'm currently listening to The Secret Lives of Murderers' Wives and reading David Copperfield and  Japanese Gothic

I hope that everyone has a great week.