Discussion posts – What Cathy Read Next…

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This week’s topic is Books On My Summer 2022 To-Read List. This is an easy one for me because I’m taking part in the 20 Books of Summer 2022 reading challenge hosted by Cathy at 746Books which runs from the beginning of June to the end of August. Below are the first ten books on that list. I regret to say I’ve yet to read a single one!

The Cleaner of Chartres by Salley Vickers
The Boy Who Saw by Simon Toyne
The Women of the Castle by Jessica Shattuck
Before the Fall by Noah Hawley
If We Were Villains by M. L. Rio
Island of Secrets by Patricia Wilson
The Plague Charmer by Karen Maitland
The House of Birds by Morgan McCarthy
The Honey Farm on the Hill by Jo Thomas
Rivals of the Republic by Annelise Freisenbruch

Links from the titles will take you to the book description on Goodreads.

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Watering, weeding and feeding has continued to be the order of the day. It’s difficult to believe the Summer Solstice is nearly upon us at which point my husband will be able to say – as he does every year – ‘The nights are drawing in…’

Here are this week’s six:

The first crop of French beans and courgettes. Small but tasty.
Not long acquired, Salvia Nemerosa New Dimension Blue is already flowering despite being nibbled by something that’s been able to make its way over a bark mulch.
You know it’s hot when even a buddleia is drooping.

4. It may be common and a bit of a thug but the Hypericum still makes a lovely show.
5. More unknown variety of roses – a deep pink…
6. And a lovely pale pink