No one cheerfully refuses pie! Yesterday was Blueberry Pie Day, but I made a mixed fruit crumb top instead.

A break from all my backgrounds of spring flowers. My first Lief Enger; this is for the Tournament of Favorites. I volunteered to be an alternate judge.

Honestly, this one is tough. I don‘t think I want to be as smart/clever as this one might require. Did I read every word on every page? No, I did not. Am I glad I attempted? Sure. 😐 If you want to be a Percival Everett completist, I recommend a good trial looksee at the format or trap yourself on a beach with no other books, maybe. 😂 It is absurdist philosophy or true brilliance, if you dare trust this poor simpleton‘s opinion. It is amusing…

#Audiobooking for #WiaN2025 Category NorthSouthEastWest #Thriller #Montana

Look at this amazing tree! It is a Bristly Locust

And, I very much enjoyed this book. 🐦‍⬛ I think Maggie Stiefvater is pretty good at what she does.

#Apr2025 Book39

Our city‘s Big Read book for this year; I am glad that our book club selected and decided to participate. The person who suggested it told us she is looking forward to our thoughts and this has me intrigued that she has THOUGHTS — I am eager to discuss. I regretfully turned it back to the library so I won‘t have a copy and I failed to record if it had pie, I did not note the quotes I liked. 😢 more…⬇️

Had a GREAT time on my “Me Adventure” exploring the #IndieBookstoreDay crawl. I somehow lost my punchcard after the third stop and though I visited the 4th stop, it was SO PACKED with PEOPLE that I decided just to go home. However! There were few cars at the downtown USPS so I stopped to buy $92+ worth of stamps!! 🧐🤓💌📬🤩😎 No line, a super nice clerk and they still had John Lewis stamps. MAKE GOOD TROUBLE

Celebrating Indie Bookstore Day: purchased Blue Ruin for this year‘s Tournament of Favorites and they gave me the Supersonic. Posing in front of a pretty mural across the street from my next stop (which isn‘t open yet! 🤨) #ibd #indiebookstoreday

Always early! Ten minutes til I begin the Indie Bookstore Crawl in ICT KS

I suppose there‘s a hashtag I should be using 😔

Next audiobook for me - after an exhaustive search of recent tbr adds, this was available and under 15 hours. I have heard Stiefvater speak at a Book Festival and have had this on my want-to-read list for too long.

Pic of a detour in Ellsworth area of KS.

I liked this; giving it a pick. Heard say that this might not be the author‘s best work so I guess I am impressed enough to try more of her stories.

I laughed at times, and I cried at the end. I appreciated that explanations were deftly unrolled as the tangled histories were discovered. This book was what I needed right now. #Apr2025 Book37

Pic of Wisteria, I adore Wisteria and would LOVE to have some in my yard. 🌺❤️

Wichita KS Big Read for this year. My book club selected this for May discussion.

Just in, InterLibrary Loan JoCoKS, very excited about checking off another PE. Somebody almost famous said this was their favorite. Hope I am smart enough 😳 “… an answer—and an antidote— to not only what ails the Academy, but what ails a society without the self-knowledge to satirize itself.” (-Carol Muske-Dukes)

Wow. WHAT is this?! Somebody here needs to read this and come sit next to me and let‘s talk. I have to think some more. Easy read, extremely-well written, fast-moving, full of heart, good vs evil or balancing act? 😈 🤠 💗 🖼️ 🍅 ⛰️

#Apr2025 Book35 #ToF

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii #TGIF

● I made a Rocket 🚀 Pie last weekend and I am way too proud of my attempt!

● Nailed down some travel plans for May

● We sold some expensive tickets to an event we decided not to attend 😃 😢

● Mailed a package of books as promised to my Auntie

● Received a surprise package of books and goodies from a friend

A friend @Nutmegnc sent me books! Out of the blue!! Hoppy Easter 🐣 Thank you, Dear Friend! 😊 Note 📝 to be sent next week sometime, hopefully -- off to Nebraska to see the in-laws.

Lauren Groff says, “A starkly gorgeous story of God and loss and art and love…” Here we go 😈

Percival Everett. F-word! (IYKYK) What a talent. If you‘ve seen the movie, this is just a sweet ride to the transfer of written word to film. If you prefer to read-the-book-before-the-movie 🎥 ALL GOOD. #Apr2025 Book34

Just wanted to post a quote! 😂 This whole paragraph is full of interesting thoughts…

#CampLitsy25 🏕️ 📚 🗓️ 🌟 🎉

ALL of these titles have been submitted already so just consider this my addition to the excitement.

I needed an audiobook - this popped up available from Libby. I have finally put my Audible acct on pause. First time to read this author. #SpringTulips 🌷

What a short lil wonderful hug of a story. Just nice, nothing too shocking, the ebbs and flows of a human life, messy lived and messy reflected upon, and uncertain going forward. Take a chance on love 💕 (admit and forgive mistakes)

#Apr2025 Book33 #LitPie #iLovePie #FamilyDrama

Starting this on audio; not sure what I expected but it‘s different! “Okay good” different- I am enjoying so far ( and already three different pie mentions 🌟)

I loved the show! Casting and acting is terrific. Thought the book might be fun, too 🤩

However, it is SO much like the show, that… I prefer watching.

#Apr2025 Book 32

Family + odd connections; reality versus alternative “what-if” timelines. This is a wild ride of a ghost story! Someday, I want to sit on a beach 🏖️ or on a boat 🛥️ and have Station 11 + this + Sea of Tranquility & FIGURE OUT HOW THESE CONNECT 😂 I really enjoyed following Vincent and her peripheral orbits. #Apr2025 Book31

“… a sensation like recognizing a familiar face in an old photograph: in a sea of faces that mean nothing, one comes into focus. You.”

Bought this today. Am hiding in a bar reading this book drinking a beer. 🍺 #sigh

Take a nap or start a book off my shelves? Copper votes, “Nap”. I will read a few pages and see what happens.

Only 2.5 hours remain of our roadtrip; so glad I chose to bring this interesting and entertaining book along. #Mar2025 Book29 #classic

[just a few pics of feasts enjoyed this month.]

IF I am driving on the roadtrip to CO, I am hoping my passengers will join me in listening to this. #bookclub #AppleCrumbPie #iLovePie #CaresPieShow

Packing for a weekend trip to Colorado mountains ⛰️
Picked up this in hardcover from the library bookstore to read on the drive (IF I am not being “driver”) #classic #WiaN2025 category Wanderlust

“Lives, as flimsy as fabric, could be snipped capriciously with the shears of random moments of self-interest.”

Lounging with my library book, under the electric blanket, watching the sad news about measles outbreaks and banned Bradford Pear trees. Work was busy and I want a nap. 😴 Looking forward to a nice dinner 🍽️ prepared by my chef husband and watching Severance 📺

I thought an annotated version of Wuthering Heights while I listened to the audiobook would be fun, but the InterLibrary Loan arrived a week late. Still, I am enjoying the pictures, dipping in and out to read the notes. It is academic and assumes I know way more than I do about the Brontës. ?

I ended up LOVING this story but in the middle? I was thinking that if I hadn‘t already had an overflowing adoration for the series, I wouldn‘t find it as heartwarming. Weird. So, never mind! IF you are “INTO IT” then this is fabulous- especially because Olive and Lucy meet! Totally delightful, full circle, so many connections connect 😆

I was in tears near the end and took a pause to text a friend to make sure she was a Strout fan. Yes! 👇

Hey @AvidReader25 !
I purchased this yesterday- was it on your list for possible buddy reads??? Also, Elle Cordova might be selecting this for her book club but not sure when. Do you know of her? 🌟 💫

Happy Pi Day Eve 🥧

Ok, one of the #ToB discussions mentions the word “nondescript” and SURE ENOUGH, I find this word on page 1 of my book today 🙄

#BookClubBook sort of; #bookslumpmaybe

Starting now, on this weird 80 degree Kansas not yet spring day. Need to wake up Copper and find a nice spot on the porch.

Hey - only reading to satisfy a reading challenge category! Yeah, the titles make me giggle as much as offends my sensibilities #sigh

#AsheCoReadingChallenge category Sports Romance #WhoKnew?!

Tbh, the NYPG is pretty awful; TW for assault and another TW for women who think such behavior is sexy. PB is better so far but I‘m not sure you should trust me on that. #noExcuses

Put this on library hold months ago - maybe I read a terrific review here? Was it on the #ToB_LongList? I admit, I was not fond of whiny broken-hearted Andy for the first quarter of the book, so I decided to read the ending (helped by someone who said we hear HER side of the story). Doing so entertained a conversation in my head of this book with both Liars and The Book of George.
#MenAndtheWomenWhoPutUpWithThem?

#ApplePie #FishPie #LitPie

eBooking this; said YES to it and took a few days to start and now have only a few days left on my library loan. It just feels far,far away from our current lives of watching the US govt/stuff becoming dismantled. #guygetsdumpedandfeelsSad #boohoohoo

LOVED this! 🥰 Of course, I would! THIS did not disappoint. Loved the characters, appreciated the themes, overflowing with pie goodness, hit all the buttons this pie-baker needs in a cozy mystery #FoundFamily story. #Mar2025 Book21 #ReadICT Challenge COMPLETE 🏆 #BlueberryLimePie

I am glad to cross this off my list. And I am not yet done with my experience: I have the Annotated version coming through my library‘s ILL and I am hoping I can talk my husband into watching one of the movies. 🎥 Please recommend a version!

#Mar2025 Book 20 #Classics

“Why the man is mad!” Yes, and Master Linton is a sniveling pathetic wretch. Makes me wonder what kind of people the Brontë girls were introduced to or at least, I presume, got to gossip about. Yikes ?

Copper is excited to share my new-to-me book! This will finish the last category needed for #ReadICT Challenge: Cozy Mystery #PiesBeforeGuys #LitPie #iLovePie #CaresPieShow #DogsofLitsy 🐾 ❤️ 🥧 #CopperBopper

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. I am getting into WH! Tho I had no idea it was so frantic and over-the-top. What a mess.
2. Today is last day of #LetterMo - I have sent 119 notes or postcards 💌📬
3. Copper got to run around and play with Pearl 🐶
4. My recipe box 📦 🎥 will be featured in a documentary!!
5. Nice visit to the in-laws in Neb. And lots of great barns to see on the drive. 📸

Anyone else watching this wacky show? #sigh #MDR #WoeHollows #PoorMarkS #GoDevon #Rickenabttosuccumbtocapitalistictendencies #egads #MilichickActorisawesome

Thank you @DebinHawaii for promoting this initiative and to so many for participating- these posts give me joy 🤩

1. My poem-a-day project continues 🤗
2. Choc Cherry Hazelnut Tart for Feb 20 🍒 🥧 Day!
3. Should Copper be a #ToB2025 mascot 🐶❤️📚❓
4. One fun distraction at work was to rank the #ToB titles.
5. I set a New Year goal to frame/hang artwork; finally began that project. Took advantage of sales at JoAnn Fabric.
#5JoysFriday

So, one of the categories for the #ReadICT (City of Wichita KS) Reading Challenge is a book that scares me.

I have been fearful of this book. For. Ever? A long time?! I was dismissive of the “girl authors” when I was a snotty snob in HS decades ago and NOW, honestly, them Bronte sisters scare me! 😳 I listened to Jane Eyre (Thandie Newton 🌟) and ❤️‘d it. Will WH give me the same reaction?

It was good to have a book that I was sucked into, making time, avoiding most of life distractions to read - because I missed that need, that drive. But overall, this book was just depressing about how hard it is to trust and react with love in a way that is not messed up by being human/messy. #ReadICT category multiple pts of view. #bookclub #LitPie #ApplePie
#Feb2025 Book19

Next up: for bookclub. Copper would NOT look at me.

Hoping that this will qualify for a reading challenge category “features a neurodivergent character”

#ReadICT #CopperBopper #Whpg #Griff