Hope Was Here | 
I can‘t think of a better way to celebrate 5️⃣ years and 2️⃣5️⃣0️⃣ episodes of my book podcast (!!!!) than with a conversation about one of my own childhood favorites, HOPE WAS HERE. I loved chatting with author Bridget Morrissey about her first time reading the book. Listen at the link in my bio!
pickIf you are looking for a compulsive middle grade book, my 12 year old daughter recommends this one! She enjoyed it enough to read it outside of “reading time” and even ordered another by the same author. 👍🏾👍🏾
pickLoved it just as much on the reread!
This is from my December TBR list for #WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious
#WrapItUpReadathon @keys_on_fire
pickThis was one of my favorite books as a kid and I always loved the name Hope because of it. As far as now, it continues to hold a special place in my heart and holds all of the charm from when I was a kid.
1. When I was younger, I had wished I was named after Hope from the book "Hope was Here". I wished I could bring hope to others lives. I do not know now what I would wish to be named after.
2. I named my cat Hercules after the greek mythology if that counts.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView
pickHope and her aunt (mom) Addie leave NYC to start anew in Wisconsin managing a diner. These characters—you just want to know them, hug them, and follow their lives❤️🤗 The food descriptions will make you hungry 😋...
#bookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks
pickSweet YA story about a teen who is a waitress and lives with her short order cook aunt. They move around a bit until they get to The Welcome Stairways Diner in Wisconsin. At first Hope is homesick for Brooklyn, but then she sees how her life has changed in many deep and meaningful ways. I‘m def passing this on to a young waitress in a vegan resto I go to. I think she‘ll enjoy it.
@laurenslibrary @Eggs #thursdaysurvey
📚zero, I‘m doing a Thursday survey on Friday (that‘s how out of sync I am) HOWEVER, I have 3 books going at once (trying to redeem myself). 🙃
📚 No, I have a feeling this is going to be a whopper of a year, so I can‘t commit.
📚I want to get hip replacement. Pathetic goal, I know, but I need to walk like I used to🤞🏽
📚Walking normally, and then the world is my oyster. Lol
@MoonWitch94 @Eggs
❄️In bed, reading
❄️5
❄️ Mobility- I hope to be perfectly mobile after hip replacement, just have to work out who is doing it and other logistics, like who will watch the fur babies ❤️
New Year‘s means little to me. It‘s only significance is that we‘ve rotated around the sun once since the last NYE. I‘ve lived another 365 1/4 days. Lol
pickLoved it read it in high school wanted this to be a movie!
pickJoan Bauer has written a number of YA books about hard-working teens, and I really liked this one about a high school senior working in a local diner while also dealing with the usual and some unusual teenage drama. #workaholic #jubilantjuly
I'm at home in my childhood bedroom, checking out the books still left from my well-read faves...
pickJoan Bauer's Newberry Honor book, "Hope Was Here" never fails to make me hungry. Centering on small town life & a mayoral campaign headquartered in a Wisconsin diner means food is referenced constantly. It doesn't hurt that the narrator is a teenage waitress, or that her aunt is, basically, the world's best cook. So much food! The ending feels a little abrupt/rushed, but this is still an excellent book, a longtime favorite. #SomethingForSept
