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I fell a little behind on my #bookblanket with getting ready for vacation and then actually being on vacation. But here it is after completing the stripes to the end of April.
I am also now caught up to today right now, so at least that's one thing checked off of my to-do list
Just sharing my mom‘s/daughter‘s kitty 🐱 His name is RaRa or just Ra. I can‘t have cats because my husband is severely allergic (cannot breathe around them 🥺) so I live my cat life with my daughter‘s cats 🐈🐈⬛🐕 (and dogs) 😂
Hope everyone is having a good #saturday . #chatterday - Sitting here with our power off. 🤨 Yesterday it was out during the day, came back on in evening. 😃 Then bad storm hitinthenight, powerwentoutagain&itsstillout🫤
1. Frankie
2. The smell of lilacs
3. Trip planning- less than 3 weeks now to Boston
4. Brewers game - star wars night
5. Coffee
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#BIBLIOPHILE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
Today‘s Prompt: LONG TITLE
All of these books are wonderful reads!!
Any you have read?
#5JoysFriday
1 - my grandkids (always!)
2 - learning that JAG is on Amazon Prime
3 - sunshine after so much rain that our office flooded!
4 - my new insulated water bottle with a sippy spout
5 - my daughter made brownies, which we hadn‘t had in a long time
#haikuaday #haikuhive
@dabbe @CBee @Eggs @JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal @Reggie @vivastory
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
I had surgery on my foot Wednesday. I‘m on basic bed rest for a week.
No more setting my alarm! Officially retiring at the end of the month! 🙌🏽 32 years in education.
Friends have been sending me take out while I‘m recovering.
Stuff your Kindle - Kink Edition - you know I let you know when I know
TODAY ONLY
https://kinkyourbookshelf.com
Kindle, Apple, Nook, Kobo, Google Play
#freebook #kindle #nook #stuffyourkindle #smut
#5JoysFriday 1) My faith 2) my mom 3) The late birthday package I got from @TheBookHippie 4) The box of books that I got from @readwithcori 5) You guys and all of the great friendships I have made 🩷🫶🏽😊 @DebinHawaii
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
I continue to feel down this week, but there were definite joys:
1) Mother's Day vampire movie! (Along with the recent discovery that my younger kid shares my love of scary movies...I've got a bunch out from the library to watch with him!)
2) After 2+ weeks, the new dishwasher is finally installed!
3) Silo looking cozy.
4) Silo looking regal.
5) Silo and Camille "hunting" an alligator lizard through the screen door.
Happy #5JoysFriday 💛💛💛
My joys this week:
1. Everything is so green! 🌿
2. Surprise visiting from a very dear friend 💖
3. Helping my dad again and making new furry friends 🐕
4. Still working on our new shop design 🙌
5. Travelling and shopping with @VaniBarelyReads
@DebinHawaii
#5JoysFriday
We have SUN!!!!☀️
- My garden is out of control, but rain has stopped!
- I won a plant in a raffle
- Em & Poe curled up together in the sun.
- coffee & books of course!
- my allergies went nuts, turned into sinus infection & bronchitis- joy in that my medical team in superb & my hubby & son are taking great care of me. Chicken noodle soup & baguettes!
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. I started an AMAZING new book series that I can‘t wait to continue reading this summer (‘Dungeon Crawler Carl‘ by Matt Dinniman)
2. A red-belied woodpecker (we named him Tom) stopped by our house
3. Had a blast book shopping with my BFF last Sat. We‘re going to make it a monthly thing this summer 😎
4. I‘ve written out my list for the garden center tomorrow!🌷🌿🍅
5. Consistent outdoor reading weather has arrived!!
#5JoysFriday
1. My boys…always. Recent pictures, and yes that‘s Sebastian sitting and washing in the water fountain bowl! 🙄
2. Xander‘s cardiology visit went well. His new meds are working! Progress has been made on additional issues found during his prior visit.
3. Organizing my thoughts for #14Books14Weeks
4. The latest Anthony Horowitz arrived!
5. Baking cranberry white chocolate chip muffins for my mom for Mother‘s Day
“THE BROWNSTONE ON E. 83RD: When FBI Special Agent Frank Jankowski goes undercover at Isabelle Anderson‘s brownstone on E. 83rd, he thinks he‘s the one calling the shots.
THE PENTHOUSE ON PARK AVENUE: FBI Special Agent Frank Jankowski and former street thief Ronnie Charles team up once again in New York City, this time to take down John Anthony…”
FULL SHOWCASE: https://tinyurl.com/ynmp677u
@jennydandyauthor
@partnersincrimevbt
Had to wait to post this until after our book club meeting tonight so I could include the July book. But here are my #14books14weeks
Hi Friends, I‘m so behind—it‘s been a snuffly 🤧 & busy work week. I‘m going to try to catch up with some posts tonight but thought I‘d get the #5JoysFriday ball rolling since it‘s almost here & because I think we all need some joy in our lives.💛💛💛
Make your post about the 5 things big or small that brought you joy this week & tag it with #5JoysFriday & tag me on your post.
Tagging some regulars to get things started & all are welcome. 🤗
mcctrish, wanderinglynn, Daisey, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, BarbaraJean, Kshakal, Texreader, Librarybelle, Eggs, TheSpineView, dabbe, Catsandbooks, Jari-chan, Cupcake12, LiseWorks, julieclair, AnnCrystal
It‘s not a book stack picture, but it‘s my list for #14Books14Weeks ! Maybe this is the year I finally continue with both of these series…they‘ve been listed so many times for so many challenges, one of these days I‘ll get to them! 😂
My reading has been so spotty lately, and my attention span is rather limited, I‘m hoping Gamache and Brunetti are just what I need.
I'm curious, Littens!
1) Most recent book(s) purchased
2) Last completed book from a library
Since I'm posting this, full transparency
1) A HPB book haul: Steinbeck's “Travels with Charley,“ Kosinski's “Being There,“ “DF Wallace Reader,“ “Virginia Woolf Box Set“ Harlan Ellison “Greatest Hits“
2) I Dnf a book (King's Killing Time), prior to that was the excellent “Before Watchmen: Nite Owl & Dr Manhattan “
#haikuaday #haikuhive
@dabbe @Eggs @CBee @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal @Reggie @vivastory @JenlovesJT47
pickThank you #LiuBookGroup and #NetGalley for providing this #ARC Advance Reading Copy. Expected publication date is August 5, 2025.
4 Stars • In Berlin by Eric Silberstein hits all the feels. Anna, a high-flying software engineer, gets blindsided by a spinal stroke, flipping her Berlin life upside down. ⬇️
“I‘m a writer, and everything I write is both a confession and a struggle to understand things about myself and this world in which I live. This is what everyone‘s work should be-whether you dance or paint or sing. It is a confession, a baring of your soul, your faults, those things you simply cannot or will not understand or accept. You stumble forward, confused, and you share. If you‘re lucky, you learn something.”
~Arthur Miller~
Pickles is enjoying going outside now that the weather is warm. She has a mass of tissue causing problems up her nose and is now needing softer food. It's not something the vet can fix unfortunately, but we are giving her lots of love and she still seems pretty happy.
#picklescat #catsoflitsy
I wasn't planning on posting anything for #tuesdaytunes this week, but I just stumbled across the following & absolutely HAD to post it (Lose Yourself: Sung By 331 Movies):
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xYtaBfwpg_k
@tiedyedude
pickI have loved all four of The Once Upon a Time Bookshop Stories, but this one made me bawl. I recommend reading them all, and in order. I love this family. Alice Hoffman writes so well. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Hello Again Littens. So it is getting harder and harder to come up with ideas for #StartASpark. I wanted to come here and ask u all for some. Anything at all would be awesome. I just want to start something in ur brains where u can go “I wanna read that!“
Thanks in advance!!!!
#haikuhive #haikuaday
@dabbe @CBee @Eggs @JenlovesJT47 @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @Kristy_K @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal @Reggie @vivastory
Tonight we made Bangladeshi Village-style chicken curry. It doesn‘t look like the picture in the recipe… but this might be because I had to swap Kashmiri chilli for a substitute so it isn‘t as red as it should be.
It still tasted delicious. And it was pretty easy, just lots of prep with all the spices (though they are standard ones for the most part).
#FoodAndLit #Bangladesh
Tux is just living his best life!! 🖤 🐾 🤍
Happy Tuesday! 🌞
#Adayinthelifeoftux
#catsoflitsy
For #TuesdayTunes, I'm revisiting the debut album of Tift Merritt, a North Carolina artist whose music almost always hits the spot for me. https://open.spotify.com/track/4pd9x8AzxZHEd17QT7vH6B?si=PtFE0iHTTjedh3W32GPEZQ&...
@TieDyeDude
Part 2:
Here is the other part of the LGBTQIA+ books for #StartASpark.
Any recs?
Part 1:
Hey Littens. Happy #StartASpark day. Today, I bring u LGBTQIA+ books. Its another part of my life as seeing as I identify as Bisexual and my child identifies as Trans. Its a very hard topic nowadays. I wish i could shout out into the world and say I am proud to be the mother of a Trans person, but i want to be safe and keep my family safe.
Are you part of our community? You don't have to answer if you dont feel safe saying so.
Any recs?
Hey Littens! Guess What? I have finished some books for My #BookishMonopoly.
I enjoyed all of these books. I just really really love reading. I get to live so many lives through these books. oh yeah the Dorothy Must Die book really got me thinking about Wizard Of Oz.
As always, feel free to join in with me on my #BookishMonopoly Journey. Everyone is welcome at anytime. I don't do mine month to month. Its just when I feel like playing/reading.
Link to read/listen…https://www.live5news.com/2025/05/13/man-burns-100-library-books-jewish-african-american-lgbtq-topics-officials-say/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7PtvU_qixF5hSP6JFOutcWYsJEqmQa2dnOm8pYSAClYPoB9eqZ_vjWK2JD8A_aem_lZp8l7-DEvHfauamX5rfFw#
OMG! I finally manage to participate in #tuesdaytunes 😱 Literally, each Tuesday I pick a song and... forget to post about it 😭
This day started out with one of my newest song fixations: Kieran Strange - Rock N Roleplay Baby
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUcGkQdLxIs
It's just stuck in my head and won't get out.
@TieDyeDude
Did I need to order 20 new books from Book Outlet? Well, no, not really. Did I cross my fingers that this would arrive while hubby is at work so I don‘t have to explain why I‘ve received something like six book deliveries in the past week or so? Well, yes, of course. And then I tried to find places for them so they‘re accessible but not OBVIOUSLY new. Don‘t mind me being a little crazy over here. #bookmail is the best mail.
Long time no see Litsy fam! I go in for septorhinoplasty surgery next week and I‘m hoping to get some reading done during recovery (wishful thinking lol) but has anybody ever had this procedure done before? My nose is collapsed internally and externally and I have a severe deviated septum and can‘t breathe through my nose at all. I‘m so nervous and was wondering is there anybody I can confide in? I‘m finally reading Emily Henry! ☀️🌞
#haikuaday
#haikuhive
@dabbe @TheBookHippie @TheSpineView @CBee @Kristy_K @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue @DebinHawaii @bellabella @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @AnnCrystal @Reggie @Eggs @vivastory
I am cleaning out my bookshelves and have decided to downsize quite a bit. If anyone wants to find me on Pango for some books, give me a search. Happy to bundle or accept offers for the #LitsyLove crew.
My #weeklyforecast:
Audio: Bringing up the Bodies by Hilary Mantel
Physical: The Present Darkness by Frank E. Peretti
Kindle: Whack Job:A History of Axe Murder by Rachel McCarthy James
Finished a quartet, including the #sundaybuddyread but I‘m not participating in the discussion because I didn‘t stop reading until I was done and don‘t want to spoil it for anyone else. I revisited a childhood favorite, read a second beautiful memoir, and finished up the third in the Angel Tungaraza series for #serieslove2025 . #bookreport #weeklyforecast
