I read this for #FoodandLit #Samoa @texreader @catsandbooks

It's a novelization of Robert Lewis Stevenson's life. I didn't really get a feel of Samoa from it, but I did enjoy the relationship between RLS and Fanny. They both were ill at certain times in their lives and the ways they took care of each other were touching.

Anyone read any really good Samoa books?

Is anyone interested in a #NFNovember Readathon this year? Or is someone already hosting and I missed it? #NFNovember

It‘s #hyggehour

Between work, my daughter‘s confirmation, and leaving for a funeral tomorrow I have been going nonstop for a week. I‘m so grateful for this hour which reminds me to wind down.

This has been a really trying and sad week due to a death in the family, car stress, and just normal October business. So glad to have this reminder to acknowledge the joys. #5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1) an encyclopedia set my husband and I rescued
2) getting pictures back up on the walls after painting
3) Halloween decorations and cat costumes
4) peaceful sunrises on the porch
5) productive college planning with my son

This was a hard book to read, but also one I‘ve been anticipating for a long time. It‘s astonishing how much this dystopian novel felt like now. I‘m not sure what to think about the ending.

Halfway through the month! It‘s time to update everyone on #OneSnackToRuleThemAll

Chocolate is in the lead with an astounding 43 votes!
Pumpkin and Apple are very close at 14 and 11 votes respectively.
Poor candy corn only has one vote.

Can any snack catch up to chocolate? We shall see!

Dear CVS,
We do not care that there are only 5 days left to pick up that prescription. We did not ask for you to refill that prescription. We especially did not ask for you to refill that prescription the day after we picked up the prescription we actually did need. Lose my number please. #WDNCW @dabbe

Very dated, and an improbable number of antique stores for one area. Not even a secret passage or a submarine, but still looking forward to the discussion tomorrow.

Chaotic #hyggehour tonight. Can‘t decide what to read, my car is still in the shop, and people keep coming in to steal my snacks. Hoping to find some peace in my little corner of the kitchen.

Okay, here we go. #NancyHasBeenPoisoned

This was a fun locked door boarding school mystery with shout outs based on the board game clue. I enjoyed the story even if the ending was somewhat obvious

The TV is finally off, and the cat has finally settled down. It‘s time to sneak in a few quiet hours of reading while I wait for the kids to get home.

It‘s creepy and chilling how familiar some of this felt. I‘m glad I listed to it this week for Banned Books Week.

#FiveJoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) I had a good garden this year. Pictured is what was left before temps were in the 40‘s this week
2) orange soda
3) started Duolingo for Spanish and French
4) Halloween decorations and a full moon
5) Senior night for xcountry and a great race for my son. A huge joy.
Happy Friday!

Looking forward to #JustOneMoreChapter with @TheAromaofBooks this weekend. I‘m in the middle of 4 books and I‘d like to finish them all.

Another solid addition to this series about a Chicago lawyer who returns to her small hometown in Pennsylvania. She turns the family farm around and solves murders of course.

Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.

Reading this week for #BannedBooksWeek

Going to catch up on my reading log and start my #hyggehour now.

I was running errands all day and my car ran fine, but just now my son went out to go to the gym and it wouldn‘t start at all. So I‘m feeling stressed and anticipating a big bill tomorrow, but also grateful that I wasn‘t stranded anywhere today.

A fun Northanger Abbey retelling where Northanger is a possibly haunted boarding school.

Boulley returns again to Northern Michigan for another engrossing book. A great mystery that touches on Native American adoption. Don‘t skip the afterward.

Sneaking off for a quick reading session before my son‘s race starts

#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii

1) The view out my office window yesterday was majestic. So nice of those clouds to pose for me.
2) Starting to clean out some rooms and get a few autumn decorations out
3) Backyard bouquet for my desk at home
4) Re-watched the infamous Jerry Remmy “Here comes the pizza“ youtube clip several times this week when I needed a laugh.
5) Kids unearthed some old 2020 era toys out of the garage

Have a good one all!

Finishing up my September #BookspinBINGO reads.

This was a re-read for me, and it is one of the ones I like more from the sequels to Green Gables. WWI is here and the impacts on PEI are felt by all. Sad and hopeful all at the same time.

#HauntedShelf #GrimReapers @CSeydel #192025 @Librarybelle

September wasn‘t my best #BookspinBingo month. Hopefully I can still get to a few of these before the year is over. On to October! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks

I intensely dislike commuting before dawn, but it does get a little better when #HashtagBrigade is reading something a little bit creepy. 🧌

#OneSnackToRuleThemAll Readathon starts today!

Earn votes for your favorite fall snack by tagging #OneSnackToRuleThemAll and one of the following in reviews posted in October:
#TeamPumpkinSpice
#AllThingsApple
#CandyCornies
#Choclatiers

Everyone is welcome!

Here we go! Happy October everyone!
#Hashtagbrigade #BoringKindleCover

Thanks so much to everyone who joined #TurnThePage this weekend. I loved seeing everything you all read, and added just a few to my list.

I broke out of my doom scrolling long enough to finish 6 books. It‘s been a long time since I‘ve had a reading weekend like that!

Tomorrow starts #OneSnackToRuleThemAll

I‘m calling it on September and moving on to October. I read 16 books and these were the top 12. A decent month considering I have no attention span these days.

Three middle school siblings are each struggling in a different way.

I really loved this middle grade novel although I object to historical fiction taking place in the 80‘s.

#ReadingUSA #Delaware #TurnThePage

Happy to have an excuse to re-read this favorite series with the #LosersClub

I forgot what a brilliant job King does with world building in this one. He just kind of drops you in the middle of it all and somehow it works.

A short classic about the lives of some of the people who died in a 1700‘s bridge collapse in Peru. The stories stood on their own but were somewhat interconnected. Not a bad book but pretty melancholy. #192025 #1927 I‘m getting there! @Librarybelle

#TurnThePage end of day 4. Today was an early day at work so I‘m taking my tea to bed and hoping to stay awake to finish San Luis Rey on my kindle. Last day tomorrow! I hope you all have found some good reads.

I enjoyed this biography in verse about the Nicaraguan poet Ruben Dario. Once again something I would have never read if not for #FoodAndLit

Forgot to post this last night. Got a good amount of time in with my physical book when I took my daughter to the library to study, and finished Slaughterhouse when running errands and doing chores. The weekend was way too short, hoping I can carve out time tonight to keep going with this Readathon. #TurnThePage

The best hour of the week! #HyggeHour

Due to one thing after another it‘s been a few weeks for me, and I am thrilled to be back.

Hate to say it, but I just wasn‘t in the mood. I‘m sure this book deserves all the praise but I can‘t add to it tonight. #AuthorAMonth

When you know what‘s coming and you just want to jump into the book and tell them not to turn on the TV that day.

I‘ve been running around all day which let me listen to most of the audiobook for Slaughterhouse-Five. Finally I‘m home and in my comfy clothes and ready to dive into a mystery. #AuthorAMonth #TurnThePage

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