I got some good audiobook time in today between work and laundry, and now I‘m just waiting for everyone to ***please*** stop talking to me so I can read for a few hours before I have to pick my daughter up. #TurnThePage

A very interesting book about international adoption mainly US families adopting from China. The author researched a lot of the book in late 2019 and her trips to China at that time made it all the more interesting. #TurnThePage book 1.

Happy Friday!
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Got my daughter‘s passport and this quote from Lincoln gave me hope and joy. “And that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from this Earth.”
2) my cousin sent me some old pics of her and my brother
3) Litsy mail brightens my days
4) caught my daughter drawing cats on my son‘s whiteboard 🤣
5) starting to get a few things out for fall

Have a good one all!

#TurnThePage Day 1

I read this week‘s chapter of Magnetic North for work book club, and then turned to Smile Beach Murder. Hoping to read a bit more before bed but today was my early day so we‘ll see.

It‘s almost Friday!

I barely made the train, and it‘s so humid I‘m not sure my hair will ever dry today, but I‘m ready and excited to get my #ReadThePage Readathon reading started!

I need a break from Kindle and audiobooks so I pulled out a stack of library books for this weekend‘s Readathon. I‘m hoping for some cozy quiet time free from screens. #TurnThePage

#TurnThePage starts tomorrow. Everyone is welcome!

What are you all reading this weekend?

Not book related but is it just me or is this kind of like a scene from a slasher movie? HE‘S RIGHT BEHIND YOU!

Another sweeping masterpiece by Pat Conroy. After his wife‘s suicide Jack leaves the US with his daughter to heal in Italy. South Carolina finds him though and carries him back. This almost 1,000 page book covered everything from WWII to the Vietnam War and beyond. #192025 (1995) #ReadingUSA (South Carolina)

@Amiable thanks so much for this beautiful box! I had so much fun unwrapping all the pretty packages. I can‘t wait to read the books and the candle smells so good. I love the journal too. #Fallingforfall

This is a great box of goodies! Thank you so much @CSeydel 🎃❤️

You found some of my favorite snacks and drinks and I can‘t wait to dig into the books. The Sassy Cat Mystery is making me giggle- I might need to start that one right away.

Thanks for hosting the #AutumnComfortSwap @thebacklistbook

Somehow I never read this myself or to either of my kids. I decided to pick it up for #192025 and it was a really cute and calming this weekend while I was sick. (Published 1926)

One of the better cozies I‘ve read this year. A mom and daughter escape their messy life to a rural cabin in Washington state. Mom needs to write her next book and daughter needs to heal from the trauma of being abandoned by her Dad. Unfortunately there is murder. And Bigfoot. #ThematicCozies

This week I learned that some of you have strong feelings about pumpkin spice. Given the state of the world and the division….everywhere I propose we hash this out once and for all. During the month of October I will be hosting the #OneSnackToRuleThemAll Readathon in conjunction with #HauntedShelf
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Here are a few recommendations of books I‘ve read in Octobers past for #HauntedShelf #GrimReaders

So fun to get my list together for #HauntedShelf and October #BookspinBingo

I‘ll post my TBR in the comments!

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Picked my first pumpkin from my garden
2) Daisy cat left her favorite toy on my book yesterday
3) Not My Cat has been visiting most nights
4) We‘ve been experimenting with making fancy drinks at home and are in love with our pumpkin spice chai mix
5) More cards coming in every day. What a treat!

Happy Friday!

Have you signed up for #HauntedShelf yet? If you go way overboard with everything October this is the reading event for you!

Sign up here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfs7yHyeyWN9K9pSE-dbPvoNTyyJ9RJVSoKDzbd...

Or see @PuddleJumper for more information!

Anyone interested in a #Readathon at the end of the month? October through December are like the reading Olympics for me so I have a few (dozen) books I‘d like to clear out before then.
#TurnThePage starts September 25 and ends September 30. Make your own goals and participate however much feels appropriate to you.

Tagging anyone who showed interest last month, but everyone is welcome. Let me know if you‘d like to be added or deleted.

It‘s dark and it‘s pouring. I can‘t wait to get dinner done and READ!

@MatchlessMarie you are #TrappedInASpookyHouse

Luckily a friendly ghost has left you the five books tagged below.

My most anticipated summer read- finally starting it tonight!

What would you do if a technical mistake allowed you to read all of the messages flying through your office?

This was a fun but deep book. Good on audio.

I like Emily Henry, and I liked this book. However the love story between the two authors almost took something away from the story. A low pick.

I have plans for a baking spree this morning, but first breakfast and a book. I think I‘ll read the tagged this morning and save Brideshead Revisited for #hyggehour tonight.

I‘m finally ready to admit summer is over (in my heart- I know it‘s not official.) Fall card swap cards are up, and I may even open a can of pumpkin tomorrow. My cards are out as well and should start arriving soon. Thanks for hosting @TheBookHippie

Nancy is giving some 👀

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Daisy Cat has taken to my husband‘s chair and glares at him every morning until he goes to work
2) fockey games and xcountry meets galore this week
3) the full moon was beautiful
4) finally started watching Wednesday
5) spider web shaped waffles

Happy Friday!

A sad book on a sad day. I‘m glad I read it though. Like any other big, sad, emotional event I didn‘t really have my facts straight. Rivlin is a good writer and I‘ll read more of his books in the future.

I finally made it to the Bolivian bakery near my PT office for a little treat/research for #FoodAndLit

I got two cheese empanadas and coconut bread. I haven‘t tried the bread yet but love the empanada.

I got this beauty out from the library for this month‘s #HashtagBrigade read. It looks like it could tell some tales!

Taking my hygge hour early tonight so that I can go to bed early. Eating cereal for dinner (Which I love- that‘s not a complaint.) and doing my best to make a dent in the tagged for my work book club. #HyggeHour

Sunday fun day

I enjoyed these short stories even though I thought the ones at the beginning were stronger than the novella at the end. (I read Rules of Civility too long ago to really remember it so maybe that would have helped.) Either way this was an enjoyable enough audiobook to listen to while I went through my days.

After a string of gorgeous days during the work week the humidity we know and love has come back for the weekend 😂 My scheme today is to work in the yard for the length of one short story in the Towles book then rest in the shade while I read one chapter from the Katrina book.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Friday always takes a long time to come on short weeks, am I right?

1) volunteered to staff a water table at a festival with my daughter so people could avoid single use plastic. We were rewarded when we played BINGO after and she won $38.
2) street tacos from a food truck were delicious
3) We‘ve seen the same deer two weeks in a row while hiking.
4) pumpkins arriving
5) Fockey and xcountry in full swing. Go cards!

Bad news: my 5:45 am bus either didn‘t come or came early.

Good news: Looks like I‘m about to see a spectacular sunrise out the window of this train

Happy Thursday all!

We do not care that we forgot to go to the store like we usually do on Wednesday. We thought it was Tuesday. #WDNCW

#SummersEndReadathon stats: finished The View from Lake Como and There‘s Always This Year, and started Big Beautiful Life and Katrina.

Thanks to everyone who joined- I loved seeing your updates! Let‘s do it again in a couple of weeks!

Having my #hyggehour tonight since the holiday made it feel like Sunday. Catching up on The Age of Innocence then reading a book about hurricane Katrina for book club. Not a cozy happy read, but informative. My drink is watermelon/lime/mint purée mixed with seltzer water.

My top 12 reads from August. August was a long month. Some of these books- it feels like I read them 15 years ago. Bring on September!

I wanted to hit the ground running today and get EVERYTHING done, but there are certain rules about what you can get done when a cat lays on your lap. #SummersEndReadathon it is.

I was so happy to have a new Trigiani book to keep me company this week. I‘ve been reading her books forever, and they don‘t disappoint. In this one Jess, the youngest in a large family, finally learns to reach for what she wants rather than what she‘s expected to do. #EndofSummerReadathon

Quick #SummersEndReadathon post while I wait for my tea to steep. Thursday and Friday were exhausting so I didn‘t read or post much but now it‘s Saturday and I‘m back, baby!

🔥 I caught up with The Age of the Innocence
🇮🇹 I‘m committed to finishing The View From Lake Como today before the library takes it back
🐌 Getting what I need to work on snail mail and fall card swaps. (Not reading but reading adjacent)

I got my #BookSpin list together! Seemed like I was early but then the calendar said September is Monday 😱 I‘ll tag the books in the comments below. @TheAromaofBooks

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Hadn‘t seen Not My Cat in a while so was happy to find him sleeping on the porch yesterday
2) nice hike with the husband
3) made a brownie recipe @TheBookHippie shared last week
4) my son shuns all the senior stuff so I‘m happy to live vicariously through the kids who park in my neighborhood
5) baby butterfly growing on my porch wall 🦋

#SummersEnd #Readathon starts tomorrow! Here‘s my stack. I‘ve already started the two novels so it‘s definitely possible I get through these.

After a deadly flu wipes out most of the human population Hig is just trying to survive in Colorado. Peter Heller‘s books are usually hit or miss for me. I‘ll keep trying but unfortunately this one was mostly a miss. The love story was super clinical and I just didn‘t really care about the characters.

Supposed to go to a thing tonight. Maybe it will rain so I can stay home and read?

We do not care that you believe my husband is working and I am doing nothing. News flash it‘s 2025 and working from home is working. If my husband contacted you about installing a screen door you need to talk to him. I have no idea about what kind of arrangements he made with you for a discount in exchange for leaving a review for your business. Leave me alone. #WDNCW @dabbe

We also do not care that we are on Litsy and not working at the moment.