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TBR Challenge Check-In

Cora Lee

Welcome to autumn in the Northern Hemisphere! And happy spring in the Southern Hemisphere! Three months left to go in our TBR Challenge, fellow readers–have you been making progress toward your goal?

I managed to read a single book this month (Tessa Dare’s A Lady By Midnight), but have otherwise been distracted by other commitments. The day job is going well, even if it’s a little dull at times (though I’ll take dull any day of the week over the stress and unhappiness I left behind). The editing business is picking up, too, enough that I haven’t had much time for my own writing (though I hope to remedy that in October, before Lady Cecilia becomes well and truly angry with me for putting her off). But lots of business is a good problem to have 🙂

Photo Credit: Herzi Pinki
Photo Credit: Herzi Pinki
TBR Challenge

TBR Challenge Check-In

Cora Lee

August is nearly gone and the end of summer is fast approaching in the Northern Hemisphere (though you’d never know it based on the weather in some places). Has the season been kind to your TBR pile?

Summer (and August in particular) turned out to be busier for me than I anticipated. I had a new house to unpack, several editing projects to tackle, and more responsibility at the day job. I haven’t actually read a book the whole month!

But during quite moments at the office I have been continuing to listen to Dragonfly in Amber by Diana Gabaldon. I read the book (and indeed, the whole series save #8) in paper form several years ago, so it isn’t a new story for me. But listening is a completely different experience for me than reading, and Davina Porter is a wonderful narrator. She manages the Gaelic and French phrases so much better than my eyes can, plus she handles the various accents as though she used them every day (though I will admit her American accent is a tad off). I can only manage to sound Canadian or slightly Celtic when I’m tired 😉

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