{"id":3249,"date":"2026-07-04T15:53:47","date_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:53:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/?p=3249"},"modified":"2026-07-04T15:53:47","modified_gmt":"2026-07-04T22:53:47","slug":"july-2026-greetings","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2026\/07\/04\/july-2026-greetings\/","title":{"rendered":"July 2026 &#8211; Greetings"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"999\" height=\"999\" src=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-aeg-fancy-coffee-cup.jpg\" alt=\"Coffee with crema in a fancy cup with saucer.\" class=\"wp-image-3250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-aeg-fancy-coffee-cup.jpg 999w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-aeg-fancy-coffee-cup-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-aeg-fancy-coffee-cup-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-aeg-fancy-coffee-cup-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/2026-aeg-fancy-coffee-cup-100x100.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 543px, 580px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I am here!  I have been working too much (my life story), drinking about the right amount of coffee, and reading heavily without writing about reading.  Writing about what I&#8217;ve read helps me process my thoughts and is an important step for me, whether or not I post about my writing here&#8230;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My reading (and viewing) since my last post includes:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>Books<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>Starter Villain<\/em> by Scalzi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Redshirts<\/em> by Scalzi<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Final Architecture: Shards of Earth, Eyes of the Void, and Lords of Uncreation<\/em> by Tchaikovsky<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Hyperion<\/em> by Simmons<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>There is No Anti-Memetics Division <\/em>by qntm<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Left Hand of Darkness<\/em> by Le Guin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Bad Blood<\/em> by Carreyrou<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Future<\/em> by Alderman<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Murderbot Diaries: Platform Decay<\/em> [#8] by Wells<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Seasons of Glass and Iron <\/em>by El-Mohtar<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>A Psalm for the Wild Built<\/em> by Chambers<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>The Fox Wife<\/em> by Choo (an absolute favorite)<\/strong><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Drift Magazine volume 9: Bali<\/em> by its editors<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Ancillary Justice <\/em>by Leckie<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Manga\/Manhwa<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>The Spark in Your Eyes<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Summer Hikaru Died<\/em> (continued)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>Purple Hyacinth<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Heavenly Demon Wants a Quiet Life<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Grand Duke\u2019s Bride is a Warrior from Hell<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>The Archmage Becomes the Swordmaster\u2019s Youngest Daughter<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><em>How About a Cosmic Horror<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Graphic Novels<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><em>She Eats the Night<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><em>Monstress<\/em> (volumes 1-3 with more coming)(my favorite current thing!)<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Film \/ Television<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Slow Horses<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>The Gorge<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Murderbot (the tv series)<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Prey <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Andor S1<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Alien Earth\u00a0<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Ballerina<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Sinners<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Tron: Ares<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Bullet Train<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I&#8217;m working on other projects, but plan to return here to write again.  Truly. But not promptly.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am here! I have been working too much (my life story), drinking about the right amount of coffee, and reading heavily without writing about reading. Writing about what I&#8217;ve read helps me process my thoughts and is an important step for me, whether or not I post about my writing here&#8230; My reading (and &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/2026\/07\/04\/july-2026-greetings\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;July 2026 &#8211; Greetings&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[9,113,135],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3249","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-books","category-film","category-life"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3249"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3252,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3249\/revisions\/3252"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3249"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/teahousehome.com\/booksandcoffee\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}