I might have a meeting that I am absolutely dreading first thing this morning, but my box showed up and I got to unpack it before that, so I‘m actually starting the day off with something that‘s happy and excites me!!
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“The buying of more books than one can read is nothing less than the soul reaching toward infinity...”
~ Edward Newton~
The good news? My BOTM box showed up right on time today and SIX new books this month!!
The box looked opened/damaged when I retrieved it.
First time in 5 years of being a BOTM member that that has happened.
One more silver lining is that none of the books inside the box were actually damaged.
Ready to dive in!
Went a little nuts with BOTM picks for March. The Storm We Made is getting lots of Women Prize buzz and The Great Divide also got a couple of mentions. Murder Road is for July #SundayBuddyRead. The Fox Wife is #blameitonLitsy and Yours Truly was the only free finalist book I haven‘t read or don‘t already own. Looking forward to seeing everyone‘s choices.
Oh @JamieArc - thank you for this incredibly thoughtful and lovely gift!! I wish the picture did it more justice (stuck in my gift-wrapping cave, which explains both the lighting and the lateness!), but the paper and card were so special and the book is just perfection. And local mint chocolates 😍, and I gasped when I saw the caramels, which appear to be from a shop in the small-town WI area where I grew up! 😮🥰 Merry Christmas!! ❤️
These blue book boxes might be expensive right now, but when most of your books are boxed boxed up in a storage unit in another state, what‘s a woman to do?
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You know positive life changes are happening when you can start buying blue book boxes again! 📚💙
Let us all hope that I can narrow it down to one a month with my credit and then use the 4 add ons to work my way through my BOTM TBR list!!
Boxes are about to be a bit more expensive for a while!!
I almost forgot to post my points for #TeamKeepinItReal. I‘ve been working so much and fighting a nasty cold on top of it, so I‘ve only managed 749. But I‘m having fun and hope to really get some points the rest of the month. #Scarathlon2023
An update on my home library! I'm in love 😍
(I still need to shuffle some books around, get them more in alphabetical order for my own sanity. Right now I've got things grouped by genre and tried to keep each author grouped together within the genre, but it was slow going getting everything out of boxes so there's room for improvement 😆)
It's move-in day 🥰🥰🥰
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I should probably elaborate... 😉
After months of cutting, affixing, sanding, priming, and painting (and then going on a family trip to Utah... and then deciding to paint the trim to match the baseboards), we're finally finished with our #homelibrary project. Yay!!
Now, on to the fun part - bringing aaaallllll the books back and deciding where everything is going to go...
