Dry Season

There's not much to choose from in that final summer month, but here's what I watched and read.
*Boardwalk Empire (Season 3) - Ok, it totally came together in the last few episodes of the season. Sometimes you just have to trust the slow build.
*Project Runway - Oh, you know I can't resist it.
*Colbert Report- The Colbchella 2013 montage made the summer. Hilarious!
*Silk (Series 1) - When I was a kid, I always thought Masterpiece Theater was LAME and for old people. Well, I guess I'm now lame and old, because I am really enjoying this series. I do wish it was cut into shorter episodes, though. Who has an hour and a half to spare?
*Archer: (Season 3) - How in the world did I forget to finish this? I guess the novelty's worn off, but still pretty funny here and there.
*Brooklyn Castle - I thought this might just be a repeat of Spellbound, but it's really not. It follows a chess team from a Brooklyn school that wins national championships year after year. What's interesting, though, is following the plight of the team through State budget cuts. 
*Skins (Season 7) - I just started this but am super excited to see Effy and some favorite characters again. Who cares if it's completely unrealistic to learn high finance on a rooftop deck over a bottle of champagne? I certainly don't.
I did read a few books as well. I started out with Days of Destruction, Days of Revolt. I enjoyed the illustration, but the writing just didn't pull it together for me. Maybe I already knew a lot about the stories included and thought they could have been told better by another author. After that, I opted for some female authors. Dud Avocado is about the exploits of a young American in Paris; I put it down after it became a bit too tiresome and petty, but maybe I should give it another chance because it's well written. Dare Me lured me in with promises to reveal the "dark heart of the teenage girl's soul" through a tale about high school cheerleading. It was a page turner; a pleasurable summer read. I just got into The Other Typist about a police precinct typist during prohibition era. Like Dare Me, it's about a female friendship that ultimately leads to something bad, but I don't know what that is yet.