Melissa Senate

August is my favorite month (even though my birthday is smack in the middle of the month and the candles keep piling up!). To me, it's a month of lazy reading, the beach (the water is finally warm here in Maine), and back to school shopping, which will be so much fun this year because my little guy is headed to kindergarten and I have an excuse to go overboard at Old Navy.  

Today I'm off to my favorite town in Maine: Camden (exquisite!), to attend a fundraising party for the Maine Publishers & Writers Alliance, a non-profit dedicated to "promoting the value of literature and art of writing by building a community of publishers, writers and readers within Maine." If you're looking for a gorgeous vacation spot on the coast of Maine, with a bustling, artsy downtown, think Camden. 

What I'm reading: Dairy Queen by Catherine Gilbert Murdock (sister of Elizabeth Gilbert, who wrote Eat Pray Love and The Last American Man (two of my favorite books).  And I can't wait to get my hands on Wednesday Night Witches by Lee Nichols and Through Thick And Thin by Alison Pace. Both are big-time favorite authors of mine (they're also friends, but they would be favorites regardless)! 

Happy August, everyone!