henna day post

[gwynnega]

It is Henna Day, on a fairly hot day in Los Angeles. But 91 degrees F doesn't feel like much compared to last weekend, when it was around 112 degrees in my neighborhood. I hope we don't have any more extreme heatwaves this summer.

I have watched season four of Orange Is the New Black. Until the last couple of episodes, I might have said it was my favorite season, but I had issues with the storytelling decisions towards the end of the season. I wasn't spoiled, but I was prepared for Something Extremely Upsetting by nonspoilery reactions on Twitter. I'm not sure whether the storytelling decisions were warranted or merely gratuitous and ill-advised, but I'm leaning towards the latter.

I'm reading and loving the final volume of Elena Ferrante's Neapolitan series. I've tried to space the books out so I wouldn't finish the series too quickly. I suppose eventually I can try Ferrante's earlier work.

Comments

[usedtobeljs]

Cheers for good books and henna days.

[hugs]

[gwynnega]

Have a good week, Lori!

::hugs::

[herself_nyc]

I suspect I'll reread those Ferrantes in a couple years' time — you try to read slowly but inevitably it becomes a race to what happens next; I bet I'll notice even a lot more when I read them again. Though so far I haven't been able to get into her earlier ones.

[gwynnega]

Yes, it would be interesting to reread the Ferrantes, already knowing what happens to the cast of characters.