If you find yourself heading into Labor Day weekend with some extra time on your hands, here are some suggestions as to how to fill it:

First let me get my broken record TV suggestions out of the way –

1. “Younger” on TV Land – It’s soooooooo good.  I don’t know what else to say.
2. “Odd Mom Out” on Bravo – It’s still funny.  I laughed LOUDLY at the end of ep. 7.
3. “Catastrophe” on Amazon Prime – I am literally not watching season 3 yet because I don’t want it to be over and then have to wait for season 4.  Well, it makes sense to me.

Ok, now for the “thanks for the heads up” entry  – “Game of Thrones” rocks.  If you haven’t started and are on the edge but thinking that there’s no way… it’s 7 seasons… I just can’t do it.  Do it.  I loved this last season.  For some reason episode 3 really stuck out to me, it was just done/written so smartly.  And that finale?  The treason trial?!   So much happened but I did not see that coming.

I was very in to “American Gods” on Starz.  I read the book a few years ago and did not really enjoy it.  Television, especially cable television, provides the perfect medium for this story; very visual and super crazy.

Ok, two books:  I just read Lauren Graham’s Talking As Fast As I Can.  As a huge “Gilmore Girls” fan, this collection of personal essays was extremely fun for me to read.  She just seems very cool, we’d of course be very good friends if we ever met.

The next rec is Anything Is Possible by Elizabeth Strout.  This book has gotten many positive reviews and recommendations but is tagged as a sort of sequel to a previously written book of hers, My Name Is Lucy Barton.  So I read that one first.  Here’s the thing, I did not love that book.  It does lay the foundation for Anything Is Possible, though I guess you don’t HAVE to read it first. I just found Lucy hard to get into, the flow didn’t really work for me.  I do think it adds to the richness of Anything and offers more context though, so that one’s a mixed recommendation.    Anything Is Possible is more like a short story compilation which I normally do not care for but, for some reason, I totally did here.  Each chapter is a different story of someone mentioned in Lucy.  The writing is beautiful and compelling, I loved it.

Future movie:  This week, my friend Karen and I saw a screening of Reese Witherspoon’s new movie, Home Again.  If you are a female, grab a bunch of your girlfriends (especially if you/they are over 40) and go when it comes out.  It’s super cute.  Leave your men at home, they won’t get it or care.  Not enough of a plug?  The adorable (young) love interest has amazing dimples.  Swoon.

Song of the blog:

A big thank you to my niece Sophie who turned me onto this band.  This song is my 16 year old’s favorite by them.  Please enjoy “Good Girls” by LANY.

Happy Labor Day weekend!