Friday Feature: What I'm Reading

 I've been pondering Friday Features for a couple weeks now, and I'm finally sitting down to write one. It's no coincidence that I'm doing this on the last Friday of classes, when the semester is winding down, and the first Friday in December, when my reading for the month (and the year) is ramping up. 

This week's set of books is a pretty accurate reflection of who I am and what I read (and, yes, I read them all concurrently). Anchoring the pile is The Twentysomething Treatment, a book I didn't put on my Christmas list because I didn't want to wait until after Christmas to start reading it. As the parent of a twenty-something, and an instructor to young adults on the cusp of that decade, I was excited to read therapist Meg Jay's take on why this decade is so hard (too much uncertainty for a still-developing brain to navigate) and what to do about it (spoiler alert: medication is not always the answer). I'm just a few chapters in and I'm looking forward to digging into it when I finish my grades for the semester.

Atop that non-fiction choice are two others: a beautifully illustrated book of London landmarks (London: A Guide for Curious Wanderers by Jack Chesher) and a book of interviews of the cast, creators, and personnel responsible for a show I watch regularly in syndication (The Big Bang Theory: The Definitive, Inside Story of the Epic Hit Series by Jessica Radloff). I'm only a few chapters into the latter but, as a writer, I'm lapping up the character development that took the series from a failed pilot to a beloved series. And, as a regular viewer of that series, I find it fun to read about the behind-the-scenes happenings directly from the people involved with creating the show each week. And London? We're saving up for a trip, and I hoped this book would give me ideas for fun things to add to the itinerary as well as motivating me to put a little less cash into short-range purchases and a little more toward long-range plans. 

The slim paperback at the top of the pile? A script for The Savannah Sipping Society (Jones Hope Wooten), a play that's part of the current season at my local community theatre. It's been too long since I've done a show so, when one comes along with characters (roughly) my age, it's worth a read. 

The only thing missing from the pile is a novel with a feisty female protagonist because I haven't found one that keeps me invested in said feisty female. But I'm optimistic that there's one on my Kindle, just waiting for me to dig in, once I finish with the semester. 

Until then, I'm happy with the pile below, and all the friends that keep it company.