Friday Reads 8-15-2025

There is no real purpose for this post as nothing has changed from last Friday. Literally nothing.

The Country of Ice Cream Star by Sandra Newman - This is still my main focus. I have about 100 pages left, but I can only read about 20 of an evening before I become violently sleepy and have to go to bed. I wanted to read more on Monday, but I spent Monday in bed with a migraine. This is what comes of dusting the house on Sunday. I should probably wear a mask when dusting.

The Royal We by Heather Cocks & Jessica Morgan - This is still waiting in the wings for me to finish Ice Cream Star. I haven't lost it again, thankfully. I make sure it's where I left it every day. I hope I remember what I read.

Jane Austen: Women, Politics, and the Novel by Claudia L. Johnson - This is still sitting on my side table waiting for me to have some time to focus. They are few and far between, but it is really fun to dig deep into this one and go slow.

Wild for Austen: A Rebellious, Subversive, and Untamed Jane by Devoney Looser - I forgot about this one! I'm listening to it on audiobook instead of reading with my eyes, so it's easy to forget. I'm about 80% through it. The focus is the use of the word "wild" in Austen's books and how the meaning of it has changed. It also talks about "wild" things that happened in her life. I'm really getting tired of the way the author throws in the work "wild" at every opportunity in an attempt to tie it all together. I like everything else about it.

Omniscient Reader's Viewpoint, Vol. 2 by singNsong - I didn't read this last weekend. Sunday was very busy and Monday was a waste. I really want to finish Ice Cream Star, so most of my reading time has gone to that.

The Pardon: The Politics of Presidential Mercy by Jeffrey Toobin - Since I am coming clean about all my books, this is the one I'm reading at work. I thought it was going to be about all the times the President has used the power of pardon, but it's mostly just about Watergate and Ford's pardon of Nixon. It's interesting, but different from what I thought it was. Maybe the end will finally talk about the wider scope.

I think that's everything. Maybe I'll finish a book, now that it's half way through the month. Argh!