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#wondrouswednesday Thanjs for the tags @Eggs @TheSpineView
1. 🤰👨 👱🏻‍♂️
2. How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard out in June
3. Nikolas Butler
All should play before Wednesday is gone ☺️

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🌺- either but I lean more to paperback. Although I have been buying way too many hardbacks.
🥀- Fiction
🪻- Historical! I dunno why I cannot get into science fiction.
🌸- Recent release
🌹- COFFEEEEE
💐- ooo this is a tough one 🧐 digital
🌷- Print

#whatsnewwednesday @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life

Made my second blood 🩸 donation this past weekend with our new local branch of Blood Bank of Alaska. I haven't been able to donate regularly since leaving PA, so this feels good. Got a free T-shirt, too!

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

Wanna play @Andrew65 @CatLass007 🧐🤓📚

#WonderousWednesday @eggs
💜 paperback (as long as it‘s trade sized)
💜 Fiction
💜 sci-Fi
💜 recent
💜 coffee
💜 digital
💜 print

I could have put both for a lot of these choices!

1- both, though if I can wait for paperback I will just bc of cost.
2- always fiction
3-either just no WW2
4- recent, I usually find “classics” boring.
5- coffee in the am, tea whenever
6- both though I tend toward physical
7- both, I need to be surrounded by books
#wonderouswednesday tagging: @Avanders @Mommamanzi @Captivatedbybooks @Chrissyreadit

Thanks for the tag @Catsandbooks ! #wondrouswednesday

I‘ll tag: @dabbe & @Moonpa

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

💕 either
🩷 either, prefer fiction print and memoirs in audio
💕 Historical
💕 Recent
💕 Coffee in the morning, tea any other time
💕 Physical anytime, digital is nice for travel and midnight reading
💕 print is always on hand but audio for knitting, cleaning, running, yard work, car rides ☺️

@JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1) Christmas - but I'm sure that will change the older and really independent the children grow
2) my children
3) board games, DIY projects, flying a kite, skiing

1. That you have no idea what can be motivating people‘s unpleasant behavior. I‘ve worked with kids whose disruptive, defiant behavior drove me crazy, but when I learned what was going on in their lives, I wondered how they had the energy to even get out of bed in the morning. 😢
2. I‘m a high-school English teacher turned librarian.
3. High-school librarian is my dream job!
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag! 😊

1 - Always be polite and kind, BUT don‘t be afraid to advocate for yourself. Also, a paper trail is a valuable asset.

2 - I‘m a marketer at a small educational publishers.

3 - I honestly have no idea. Something COMPLETELY different, something adventurous. With travel.

1. Apple Pie - mom was the best pie maker. She would be 72 tomorrow on her leapday birthday 🩷 she loved her special day every four years.
2. A slightly musty basement because my mom stored our Christmas boxes in the basement, it reminds me of her.❤️
3. The smell of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride…also the burning of the library of Alexandria on Spaceship Earth…because DisneyWorld.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs Thank you!

1. Just Can‘t Get Enough by Depeche Mode or Celebration by Kool and the Gang
2. The Big Island of Hawaii
3. Solitude, walking, resting, reading
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday ❤️❤️

My Kentucky Wildcats are stressing me out in basketball right now, so I‘m posting to calm down. 😂
1. My middle name “Cochrane” was my grandmother‘s maiden name.
2. 1 sister
3. In the Lives of Puppets
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

“Fashionably late” to the party—thanks for the tag, @GinaKButler !

1. I have an affinity for the Revolutionary War-era and early America.
2. First read of 2024 was a biography of P.T. Barnum
3. I‘ve read most of the biggies: War and Peace, Les Mis, A Suitable Boy. But I think “Clarissa,” which I read last year with the esteemed #Clarissa group, beats them all at circa 1,800 pages.

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Late to the party…thanks for the tag, @CoverToCoverGirl 😊

1. I don‘t know that I have a favorite time period…I‘ve just been avoiding WWII for a bit. I love historical fiction (and non-fiction) and will read any of it!
2. The first book I started was A Column Of Fire by Ken Follett.
3. Either War and Peace or Les Miserables. 📚

Care to join in, @Kelly326 @Amiable ?

@Eggs

1. The first half of the 20th century, or the present.
2. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. An #auldlangspine pick
3. The Stand 1200 pages and Under the Dome 1094 pages, both Stephen King.
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Tag team @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

📚Every once in awhile. True Crime.
📚Oh, my. I have so many. A few are Chris Carter, John Grisham, Alan Jacobson and Jeffery Deaver.
📚 Again, I have a few. Lisa Jewell, Agatha Christie, J. D. Robb, Lisa Gardner and a recent one Freida McFadden.

Want to play? @DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Tove_Reads

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1- white Christmas or The life and adventures of Santa Claus
2- all I want for Christmas is to have the same Christmas with you. 🤷‍♀️
3- I don‘t have one, but after this years #fellowshipoftolkien I‘m thinking letters from fatehr Christmas will be

1- peppermint mocha (also hot cocoa but that‘s more year round for me)
2- white Christmas, also Ding fries are done- YouTube it 😂
3- obviously: warm drink, blanket, book, dog, Xmas tree :)
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

❄️ I don't really have one, but I guess hot tea. Sometimes I'll do peppermint flavored if I'm feeling festive

❄️ All of them 😅 Today it's been All I Want for Christmas is You, yesterday it was Christmas Tree Farm

❄️ Blanket, cat, fireplace - the trifecta (also a book, but that's inevitable)

Thanks for the tag @julesG ☺️
Wanna play? @Deblovestoread @candc320 @5280reader @kay.the.bibliophile

Thanks @Gissy for the tag!
1. We decorate quite a bit- greenery, candles and mini trees because of all the cats…
2. I do not have any favorites. I love them all.
3. I love Straight No Chaser Christmas music, and Christmas Revels

1. Yes, I really enjoy the lights in the darkness of winter.
2. My favorites are those nostalgic things given to me by my mom. Things that hung on her childhood tree.
3. Oh so many…Brenda Lee to Mr. Hanky the Christmas Poo lol. 💩
@Eggs thank you for the tag @TheSpineView #wondrouswednesday

Thank you @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag! 🤗

1️⃣ The weather is finally cooling a bit & I even slept with a (light) blanket on last night! 😅

2️⃣ Graduation for my 3 leadership cohorts is Friday & then I get a bit of a break from it & the weekly work reading & sessions (& graduation planning!) 🥳

3️⃣ PTO & Thanksgiving holiday Tuesday-Friday next week. I‘m looking for some self-care downtime-it‘s been crazy.🙏🏼

Care to join in? 😊

These are just things that are close at hand. 😌
1. Coffee in my oversized Washington Nationals mug
2. A black cat sleeping on the carpet
3. Litsy…books and friends right in my phone!
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Happy Wednesday and Happy Week! I decided to revisit gratitude now that we are heading into a bountiful season with holidays and their abundance.

I am grateful for:

1~The beautiful weather here, between 50 and 70 F. ☀️
2~My house in a quiet neighborhood 🏡🌳
3~My Litsy pals 🧡💛🤎

Thank you for playing!

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Tagging a few people:

1. Knitting
2. Buying thoughtful presents (my daughter says this)
3. Remembering birthdays
4. Getting outside, even in ❄️ which I hate
5. Giving people the benefit of the doubt
6. Picking fun over cleaning
7. Reading
8. Naps
9. Overthinking at ungodly hours
10. Gratitude
#wondrouswednesday ❤️ @Eggs

1. Swimming 2 & 3. Knowledge of books and music 4. Packing 5. Organizing 6. Scrabble 7. Baking 8. Decorating (artwork placement) 9. Keeping my cool 10. Laundry

Well, that was hard….as I am not one for giving myself compliments.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Come Play!

1. Hard to choose just one but I was obsessed with Matilda by Roald Dahl, I read it multiple times.

2. What comes to mind is my mom buying a porcelain tea set I wanted. I said I wanted it around Easter time but she couldn‘t afford it. The fact that she remembered it by Christmas time made it really special. I still have a couple of pieces of it.

3. Just this weekend playing arcade games with my son. We giggled a lot.

@Eggs #WondrousWednesday

#TeamMischiefandMayhem #Scarathlon #MeanMonsters #Doyouhaveanythingpink
#Thosearetherules #Youcantkillwithus

1. Alone I‘d like a day to knit, read, walk, run or hike. With a friend maybe a pedicure, window shoppng a small town, a hike and dinner at a local eatery.
2. I‘d like to eat less sweets. 🤦🏼‍♀️
3. A morning routine, I‘m working on it now with a group, it includes gratitude, meditation, movement. #wondrouswednesday @Eggs

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1. Books, light rain and a warm blanket
2. My sweet tooth
3. With all the trouble I have had with my knees I have let my daily workouts fall by the wayside and I need to get back to them!

@Mommamanzi @Pageturner1 @KateReadsYA

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

🍁 My grandmother
🍁🍁 All of them is not an option? Then, for no real reason, just popped into my head: 1599
🍁🍁🍁 Unfortunately, yes, stones. I take a stone home from any beach I visit. Sometimes more than one. Also, mugs

1. I still prefer to watch movies in the theater. Its the experience I grew up with, and i don't want to change.
2. Comic book collecting. I have shifted to graphic novels instead of the monthly individual comics (5 or 6 bucks each?!? No thank you).
3. I'm currently dieting (again!) so mostly I'm cooking at home.
@Eggs #wonderouswednesday

#WonderousWednesday #catsoflitsy

1. Cinema va home - depends on the cinema to be honest, when I lived in the UK they had a great one! I‘d go often, but in the US not as much.

2. Childhood hobbies - knitting and embroidery! Here‘s a sweater I made for my cat! 😸 Also circus arts 🤸🏻‍♂️

3. Home vs dine out - I love eating out but I also love cooking! I have some intolerances so I cook almost everyday and eat out/get takeaway once a week.

@Eggs

1) Julie & Julia
2) Forrest Gump
3) That I can go swimming before the warm weather goes away.
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#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Thanks for the tag Sara @peanutnine !

1. LA Story is my favorite movie, but it might not be a traditional “comedy” (although it is very funny). I‘ll also nominate Galaxy Quest which is more solidly comedy genre.

2. Just watched “Wait Until Dark” with Audrey Hepburn and Alan Arkin. It was outstanding!

3. I pray for my children‘s well being.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. So many to choose from but I'll go with a recent favorite, Palm Springs - love me a time loop plot

2. The Storied Life of AJ Fikry - a great adaptation

3. Healing for my and my partner's grandmothers, they are both dealing with some health issues ❤️‍🩹

Wanna play? @BethM @CSeydel @LeslieO

Thanks for the tag @peaknit #wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. Elf
2. Oppenheimer
3. I pray that everyone important to me is healthy and happy!

@KateReadsYA @Mommamanzi @Pageturner1

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
1. Planes, Trains and Automobiles is a multi-generational fam favorite and Elf!
2. We did a Barbie, Oppenheimer, Haunted Mansion trifecta a couple of weekends ago, and we loved them all.
3. I pray to be a better person, mother, wife, daughter and friend and for all of my loved ones to be blessed and safe. I “wish” for a handsome cash reward and a hideaway by some water. 🏖️
@TheSpineView @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot

1. Yes, every day!
2. It helps me to relax and keep a bedtime routine, I‘m always learning and stretching my brain, and I hope to stave off memory issues.
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView
Tagging @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM

#wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. Work hard, play hard
2. She believed she could, so she did
3. Reach for the moon because even if you miss, you still land among the stars

@KateReadsYA @Pageturner1 @Mommamanzi

1. I‘m participating in #camplitsy and #sexdrugsandrockandroll with #titlesandtunes - I am also doing the adult summer reading program with my local library.
2. Viola Davis Finding me was so powerful on audio, amazing woman.
3. Burnim Wood, I‘m sure it was good I just could not get a foot hold on this #camplitsy read, so I bailed.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs Thank you for the tag @Kshakal Tagging @JenReadsAlot @BookNAround

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
1. Black Coffee by Agatha Christie
2. I can't eat a lot of desserts because of food allergies but I enjoy some dark chocolate 🍫

Who wants to play? @Catsandbooks @xicanti @KateReadsYA @shortsarahrose

Thanks for the tag @Eggs 😊
1️⃣I would love to visit Scotland one day and have read a number of books that have encouraged this interest. 😊
2️⃣ Definitely! The Last Thing He Told Me was an entertaining read!👍🏽
3️⃣ Started Freaky Friday today.

1. No, but I would love to get a book signing from Fredrik Backman, Yangsze Choo, Katherine Arden, and Rick Riordan
2. No, but I‘ve forgotten I already added a couple books to my tbr and then “discovered” them again only to find out I‘d already done so
3. Narnia, Hogwarts, and I‘d love to live in a world where mythology and folklore blended with reality, like in Arden‘s or Riordan‘s books
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1) Yes I have had a book signed

2) yep. Usually it‘s because I have misplaced a book and forgot where I put it.

3) Probably the world of Harry Potter

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Thanks @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag!

1- yes, I used to work in bookstores so I often bought books when authors had signings, but never big-name authors. I like to support the small local writers, though.
2- yes, a Kelley Armstrong Otherworld that was rereleased and I thought it was new, and The Pickwick Papers (same exact edition from the same used bookstore one or two years apart)
3- Hogwarts/the Burrow, Tri-Cities of Mercy Thompson
Tag!

1. Unfortunately, I have not. I have signed editions though.
2. Multiple times LOL
3. The world of Breakfast of Champions. I want a martini at the Holiday in and listen to Bunny play the piano.
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@Eggs

I would sell books and yarn, and maybe showcase local crafters/ artists. I would call it Knitting Prose. I think there should be coffee and homemade cookies and brownies, like grandma‘s recipes, to sell to donate to local causes. Maybe customers could submit their favorites ( selfishly I‘m getting recipes!). I‘d like to have a cat on the loose. Just writing this, I want it to be real❤️ #wondrouswednesday thank you for the tag @Kshakal @Eggs