Took a little time away from work to see tagged book author this afternoon with @JenReadsAlot and @peaKnit - highlight of my day...
Listening to A Forty Year kiss to prep for the author‘s visit to our library next month mostly because, gah, love the author. Meanwhile while walking in 90 degree heat in WI, I heard his great and cozy description of “toasty”. Auspicious! 🥵 I‘m toasty but NOT cozy. lol
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. Tagged
2. It depends - if it‘s an automatic author could be stand alone, if it is series I want to have and loan out, I may pre-order. I try not to buy books often anymore. Edited to add - I forgot I preordered The River is Waiting by Wally Lamb on audible - I couldn‘t wait though I‘m close to the top of the hold list. 🤦🏼♀️😃
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @BethM
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal
#5JoysFriday Thank you for the tag @DebinHawaii @TheSpineView
1. Birthday week cake
2. My little family
3. A birthday greeting from my favorite local author solicited by a library friend …🤭
4. A wonderful hike with a friend
5. Two lunch dates.
Strangely my joys remind me I‘m not all introvert, I find joy in people too 🤣
Tagging @Kshakal @BethM @AmyG
This one was fun to make. Getting ready to be shipped as a thank you gift to one of our relatives.
Quickie book and lunch break. Is there anything better than a punny cozy title? 😂 🍕
pickI don't think this is Butler's best, but it's still a pick for me. His characters are always so real and his books are never even slightly pretentious. (Not that I don't like pretentious novels, of course. I often do.) I think my criticism of this one is that there were a few too many plot points and not enough character development. Having said that, I read it incredibly quickly (for me! I'm slow!) and found it engaging.
bailedAt the start of the weekend I realized I wasn‘t enjoying any of the books I was reading and bailed on them all which was so not like me. I made it through 50% of this audiobook before admitting that I just didn‘t care about any of it- the characters, the plot, the fact that nothing they did made sense to me. I thought about continuing because I have liked Butler in the past but I was honestly relieved when I gave myself permission to stop.
bailedI made it to page 106. Charlie and Vivian were married for 4 years 40 years ago and they have now reunited. In the 100 pages I read, their reunion was problem free and without any meaningful postmortem of their lives. When Vic‘s adult daughter meets Charlie, she says hey, I hear you have a drinking problem, let‘s open these expensive bottles of wine and drink them. I just didn‘t like the characters or the way this book was written. #hailthebail
Somehow I can get to the library embarrassingly early and still sit behind a big furry hat. (It is zero degrees so I‘ll give the lady a pass)That said, it was about the conversation with the author, Nickolas Butler - which was so powerful, vulnerable and just plain cool. He is such a regular guy, I love his work.
