Still can't believe I'm actually in Scotland, but I told my husband the one thing I wanted to do for me in Fort William was visit The Highland Bookshop. I got some JD Kirk prints and a copy of Bloody Scotland.

Threw together a last minute list for May.
Vacation is messing with my sense of time lol

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Can't go to St. John's and not get a #bookhaul

Tavish is stoked for the first leg of vacation

Mid-month progress on April's #bookspinbingo board

Tire and oil change appointment means I take my Kobo and march to hubby's furniture store to wait and read while trying out a bunch of comfy chairs lol (the garage is only two buildings from him)

I've completed my #bookspin and #doublespin picks for this month

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Fell a little behind in my book blanket but am now finished up with March and ready to add April's progress

#bookblanket #crochet #litsycrafters

Made (most of) a dinosaur while tagging along with Tallus and Diem's latest case

My April #bookspinbingo board

My #bookspin pick is Reading Between the Lines by Nicky James and my #doublespin pick is Series Love

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#tbr
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One more series checked off my list. It was fun hanging out with these characters while it lasted

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Our weekly Sunday family drive includes stopping for coffee/a snack. So while my husband goes to get everyone's order, I get to read a few pages

April #bookspinbingo picks

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I'm sad to see the end of Snow & Winter, but hey, I actually finished a series lol. That means I can start 3 more now right? Right?

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Personally, I'd pay more attention to the second option lol

"It also calls for coconut milk, but I didn't have that, so I improvised and substituted Pina colada mix."

I live in a small (tiny) town, so I do my fair share of substituting when it comes to recipes, but I don't think I'd ever go that route lol

Taking an audiobook+crochet break before getting back to being a boring adult doing boring chores

#crochet #crochetingandreading #litsycrafters #litsycrocheters

my March mid-month check-in

I have completed my #bookspin pick and recently started the #doublespin pick. I feel like I may have more blank spots than usual this month because my brain wants to ignore this list for other books so we'll see

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"This was real life.
And real life, when it wanted to be, was horrifying."

From Hatchet Hill (DI Haig Book 2) by David J Gatward

It's an audiobook and crochet kinda night

February's stripes are complete on my book blanket

#bookblanket #readingtracker

My February weekly Favorites. I honestly don't know how a lot of you can pick a monthly favorite, I struggle enough to pick one a week

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Managed to finish one more book tonight which allowed me to finish filling in February's #bookspinbingo card

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My March #bookspinbingo list.
I nearly missed the post saying that the board would be posted early. I'd say because it's been one of those weeks, but realistically so far it's been one of those years 🤪. It feels like I barely have time to breathe, its go go go and there's always something

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"I mean, if the world was flat, cats would have shoved everything off the end by now."

Had to read this one out loud to my husband when i came across it ?

Book is Burn It All Down by TG Reid (DCI Bone # 7)

"When someone dies, a library burns."

- Gatward is pulling out all the stops with this one. Made me stop and think that we do all have a library of life, and I think it's a pretty damn nice way to look at it

"Because grief is simply all of that love you have, but with nowhere foe it to go."

This one hit me in all the feels ... not sure if I like feeling all the unexpected feelings tbh, but it's a very insightful and true phrase

Cracking opener before the book even starts

A couple of days late on my mid-month #bookspinbingo check in, but it's been a weird month (year?), and better late than never. Not reading as much as I'd like but still more than I anticipated, and I completed my #bookspin & #doublespin picks, so there's that

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My Saturday afternoon view. What are you up to?

One more books from this month's #bookspinbingo list complete. I love this series, and am only one book away from being caught up with it ... at least until the next one comes out

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Another great addition to this series. Checks a box for #serieslove2025 and February #bookspinbingo

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Tried to read while Fenrir got a little stroll outside of his table ... didn't work. The little goober still won't stop only going places he shouldn't and trying to eat things that are clearly not food ... plus he got stuck under a chair. Oh well, I still love him, and at least he's cute

Going to start a new beanie while I try to decide which book(s) to start next

Anyone else get a silly high and big grin from swapping out their Kindle stickers? lol

The first month of my book blanket is all done. The two rows of off-white are what I'm using as a break between each month. So far so good on not giving up on it lol

Weekly Favorites for this month

Though how this month is almost over already is beyond me

I've already changed this twice since making it two days ago ... but in theory, this is my final #bookspinbingo list for February
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Book mail

This book only picked up for me once Tony took stage. To me Janie doesn't make a good main character. This is the Inspector McLean series, so I want McLean stories, not a Janie one with Tony as a sidekick. If there is another book in the Inspector McLean series, I will only consider reading it if it is actually an Inspector McLean story. Though the blurb for this one had me thinking McLean was going to be the focus again even though he wasn't.

I have a big box filled with projects to frog, & I finally got around to doing some. With this yarn, I plan to knit a sweater to donate (I mail hats & scarves to my aunt, who gives them to homeless shelters). Hoping I can stick with it as a relatively easy project to pick up once in a while & work on as I read. I'm horrible for getting stuck on sleeve Island tho, so we'll see what happens 😩. I've started the yoke while I read the tagged book

Went to get more yarn to make sure I had enough for my book blanket, only to discover that the green was discontinued. So, I got a new green and will start the blanket over from the first green row tonight after work (maybe) while listening to the last RELIC book. Thank goodness I made this discovery in January and not June 😅

There's still some Christmas slush from my mom left in the freezer, so tonight I'm enjoying a glass with my husband while getting in some chapters

Going to try to finish at least one wolf plushie order while listening to my audiobook today

How in the halibut are we halfway through January already ...

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I decided today to crochet a book blanket for this year. I can track my books (I'll be going by length) and my husband will get a new blanket. Hopefully I stick with it 🤞

That's me all caught up with DCI Boyd (looking forward to the next release too) and crossing off my #bookspin pick for January

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Gonna (hopefully) finish up the baby turtles for this memory game while I finish my audiobook

I enjoy these books more when George isn't in them. The quasi sort-of budding romance aspect feels too forced & not at all like Jessica to me.

This one's a January Book Bingo selection as well as part of a series (in fact, all the books I've read so far this month have been from different series ... never you mind how many are new series started lol).

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