Happy Independence Day!

Whether you're picnicking with the family, trundling everybody off to an air-conditioned movie theater, or splashing happily in some barely cool pool, please have a happy Fourth of July!

What I'm reading...

Pulpy: In the Heart of the Sea by Nathaniel Philbrick which tells the story of the tragic sinking of the whaleboat Essex in 1819. Though the crew drifted for 90 days after their tangle with a nasty sperm whale, only two lived to tell the tale.

Nook e-reader: Just finished the Pirate Wolfe trilogy by Marsha Canham which follows the Simon Dante/Isabeau Spence family of privateers. The individual books include Across a Moonlit Sea, The Iron Rose, and The Following Sea.

I know... me and the sea.