CTL Weekly 07.26

What are you up to this weekend? We have a wedding tomorrow and then we’re getting ready to head to Boston. Speaking of which, there won’t be any posts next week, including this Friday CTL Weekly post, but you can see what we’re up to in Boston in my Instagram stories if you’re interested.

I hope you have something fun or relaxing planned this weekend. Here’s what I saved to share with you this week.

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A waterfront Alabama home that was built with old house charm. That powder room is so pretty.

Eight Lake Michigan beach towns. Have you been to any of these? Do you have another favorite?

Twelve Hemingway-esque places to visit in the Florida Keys. I was so surprised to see a place we’ve been to – Keys Fisheries in Marathon – on this list.

8 summer recipes starring peaches.

Sarah Jessica Parker talks about the childhood rule that turned her and her seven siblings into readers.

Talbot’s really good end-of-the-season Red Door Sale is going on right now.

The designers’ guide to gallery walls.

On the blog this week: Three Bookish Things.

Finally, here are some books of note on sale at Amazon right now:

• The Dutch House by Ann Patchett (Kindle version) An all-time fave of mine!
• The Last Thing He Told Me by Laura Dave (Kindle version)
• My Grandmother Asked Me to Tell You She’s Sorry by Fredrik Backman (Kindle version). From the author of A Man Called Ove.
• Ted Kennedy Watson’s Guide to Stylish Entertaining by Ted Kennedy Watson (hardcover) I love Ted’s books.
• Long Island Compromise by Taffy Brodesser-Akner (new release, hardcover) On my TBR.
• Lies and Weddings by Kevin Kwan (new release, hardcover) From the author of Crazy Rich Asians.
• The Sentence by Louis Erdrich (Kindle version)
• One Italian Summer by Rebecca Serle (Kindle version)
• Beneath a Scarlett Sky by Mark Sullivan (Kindle version) WWII historical fiction.
• The Celebrants by Steven Rowley (paperback)
• Vanderbilt: The Rise and Fall of an American Dynasty by Anderson Cooper and Katherine Howe (audiobook) Narrated by Anderson Cooper.
• The Last Mrs. Parrish by Liv Constantine (audiobook) A Reese’s Book Club pick.

P.S. A day in Key West and peach and blueberry crisp.