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“Fall”-en into any good books lately?

I’ve been reading up an autumnal storm as Utah enjoys a long fall. Usually we don’t have much of one for this New York State-born and raised girl. So I’ve been reading in front of windows wide open, back porches, and the like. I’m almost exclusively reading on a Kindle app these days, on my iPad. I like the portability and not having to hold a book helps my hands after too much time working on the computer with the day jobs of online college teaching, home school co-op teaching, and writing book #2 of The S.A.V.E. Squad.

Here’s a few books I’ve read (or listened to as audiobooks on Overdrive on my iPad):

Priscilla the Great - a lighter hearted version of Patterson’s Maximum Ride series. Priscilla finds out she is a half-breed super hero. Yeah, in seventh grade, where being different is not exactly what you’re hoping for. With the exception that I don’t care for first kisses from first boyfriends happening in seventh grade, I bought into the fun of the story. I’m taking a look at the rest of the series to see if it’s as good as the first one.The Going-Away Lake – when I was a kid, I thought I’d read all of Elizabeth Enright’s books. Either I forgot this one or I never read it. My favorite of hers is the Four-Story Mistake. Love the characters, love the plot, love the house. I wished I lived in a house like that. The Going-Away Lake is taking me on a summer where kids have adventure and there’s an abandoned Victorian mansion that will play into this. I’m not done listening to this, but am falling off to a great sleep listening to it at night.
Last one is a foray into a new genre: steam punk. The Strange Case of Finley Jane was a freebie short novel as an e-book. Not bad. Here’s the linkto find out what “steam punk” is as a genre.

What are you reading these days? Oh, only post if they are upbeat fiction books, okay? This time of year, I need HAPPY stuff to read.

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Morning gift

Autumn is my favorite time of the year.  The sun warms instead of sears me, the air feels lighter, and the temps draw me outside to be.

Early this morning, walking the Wonder Dog on a dirt road, I heard the sounds of fall above me. Stopping to get a bead on the location of the honking, I scanned a perfect deep blue sky and waited.

There they came.

Spread in their trademark V just in front and above me, they flew low enough I could see the neck rings and the tonal separations. Saw the leader flapping away and saw for the first time how mathematical their degree of separation is from each other.

Then the gift. As one, they tilted just enough so the early morning light caught their bellies and burnished them gold.

Startled. Pleased. Smiling.

Hope your day overflows with serendipity.

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