Playing catchup and posting a few more book reviews

I thought I had it all worked out this year. I scheduled time for a vacation into my list of books to read, then I imagined how I'd catch up with the backlog while flying on planes and enjoying time in England. It was working great, but then I came home to grass like hay overwhelming the flowerbeds, dandelions like trees taking over the lawn at the back, dust in layers with the scent of history, washing in bundles bespattering the bathroom floor, and... and then Independence Day, baking, watc...