Lanier Ivester recommends gardening books. I say that if I can’t garden, I can at least read about it.

Sarah at Reading the Past asks: “On the off-chance that any historical novelist reading this needs a subject for a new writing project (um, right), may I humbly suggest one of the following medieval women. Who else would you like to add to the list, royal or not, medieval or not?”

Dawn on The Books of Summer: “Every month or two I like to gather books with a seasonal flavor ~ arrange them in a basket, add a pretty ribbon, and place the basket somewhere on display in hopes of tempting curious and eager minds … What a lovely decorating scheme!

Jared’s doing a Literacy Check at Thinklings. Go over and tell them what you’re reading, and check out what everybody else is reading.