#Two4Tuesday

1) The Buffalo Hunter Hunter by Stephen Graham Jones

2) A Botanist‘s Guide to Rituals and Revenge by Kate Khavari.

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

7/100. Better than I thought I would get considering my history with these lists. 🤣

I don‘t know that any of them will make my TBR stack. 🤷🏼‍♀️

#SundayFunday

Longest I‘ve read, I think, is the tagged book-“Sacajawea” at 1424 pages. “Lonesome Dove,” “The Thorn Birds,” and “The Lord of The Rings” are some other chunksters I‘ve read. And “Hamilton” by Ron Chernow. ❤️❤️📚📚

@BookmarkTavern

#Two4Tuesday

1) Daniel Mason

2) North Woods. One of my favorite books of 2025. That‘s something because I don‘t usually read short story collections.

#FirstLineFridays

“No one was dead, at least not to begin with”

I will probably DNF this. I‘m 50 pages in, and I don‘t care. All the characters except the detective are mean, and the detective needs a backbone. 😬

#WondrousWednesday

1) Tagged. It‘s in the mail. He‘s an auto-buy author for me.

2) For the NetGalley books, sometimes I like writing them, other times not so much. 😬 I post on NetGalley, Litsy, GR, BookBub, Amazon, B&N, my blog. For bought/borrowed books, I usually leave a star rating on GR. If I really like it, I‘ll write a review. I‘m trying to use Story Graph more, but I keep forgetting.

#Two4Tuesday

) Sitting

2) Tagged book. It‘s an ARC. It‘s a fun read-snappy dialogue, great characters, humor. I enjoyed the first book in this series.

#Two4Tuesday

1) Yes. No idea. 🤔🤣
2) Above

@TheSpineView

Post 3 on this book-last one! The pages in this book are a lot of fun. Some are colorful. All have illustrations related to the essay‘s topic. The pages are what make this book fun to read, and fit Syme‘s humor/writing style. These choices keep the book from becoming a dull read, IMHO. Not all the pages are colorful. Some are the usual black on white, but still have graphics.

(2nd post on this book 🤣) I got this from the library, but have told my kids I want my own copy for Mother‘s Day or my birthday (both in May). 🤣 I mean, how could I not after opening the book to this? This beautiful envelope with a letter to the reader inside. 🙂 #letterwriting #penpals #nonfiction #librarybook

This was such a fun book to read. The pages are a big reason (in another post). Short essays about most, if not all, things letter writing. Paper, envelopes, style, “how to write about (subject). Syme‘s goal is to get more people interested in writing letters, an activity she started during the pandemic. 5 🌟
#librarybook #letterwriting #penpals #essays
#nonfiction

#TLT
#ThreeListThursday

28/100. Ouch. 🤣
I had two that were DNRs for me-Gone Girl and Left Behind. Several I think I may have read, but can‘t remember. I didn‘t count those.

Favorites-Joy Luck Club, One Hundred Years of Solitude, The Hitchhiker‘s Guide to the Galaxy.

#Two4Tuesday

1. About a month ago
2. Letters

1. Yes!
2. Love the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde.

#Two4Tuesday

This was a fun read. The four queens of crime-Agatha Christie, Dorothy L. Sayers, Nagaio Marsh, Margery Allingham-team up with DCI Lilian Wyles (also a historical figure) to solve the murder of their host, Baronet Sir Henry Heathcote. Told in multiple POV. Solid mystery. Historical fiction. 5/5 🌟
#historicalfiction #mystery #debutnovel

“The boy in the bed was just fifteen years old.”

@ShyBookOwl
#FirstLineFridays

4/5 stars. A German doctor and his patient move to an isolated, but not unknown, tropical island to establish a private utopia. Word gets out. Another German couple (she‘s pregnant) & their son follow. An unstable baroness arrives with 3 men in tow. What could possibly go wrong? ⬇️

“The wire reports traveled three thousand miles across the Pacific Ocean and described a gruesome scene: On Marchena Island, a bleak and barren speck of land in the northern part of the Galapagos, passing fishermen found two bodies.”
From the prologue of Eden Undone: A True Story of Sex, Murder, and Utopia at the Dawn of WWII.
I‘m making time to finish this one today. ⬇️
#FirstLineFridays

4/5🌟
3 different timelines about 3 related women generations apart. One is tried as a witch because of fear. One is naive about the ways of the world because her father turns their home into a prison and pays an awful price. One escapes an abusive relationship until her past finds her. Each one finds the strength to seize the story of their lives and build something new.

#FirstLineFridays

“Samuel Adams delivered what may count as the most remarkable second act in American life.”

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

3 favorites on the list:
The Graveyard Book
Little House in the Big Woods
A Wrinkle In Time

3 that should‘ve been on the list
The rest of the Little House books 😁
The Witch of Blackbird Pond
Mrs. Mike

Three on my TBR pile
One Thousand and One Nights
Howl‘s Moving Castle
One of the Moomin books.

1) Yes
2) At the Coffee Shop of Curiosities

#Two4Tuesday

4/5 ⭐️ New cozy mystery releases tomorrow. This one features Jennifer “Jenn” Dalton, mystery author and director of Clarion University‘s writing center. She decides to solve the murder of a cantankerous professor when a student Jenn knows well is accused of killing him. The book is fast paced. Plenty of red herrings to keep a reader guessing. It the 1st book in the Campus Sleuth series.

#cozymystery #Netgalley

5/5 ⭐️. This novel places the reader into Stump Branch, a West Virginia mountain community decimated by mountain top removal mining and opioids. Jasper and Romie, high school sweethearts are trying to make a living in an environment that threatens to destroy them. It is also a novel of perseverance, second (and third) chances, and hope. ⬇️

#Two4Tuesday

1. To read more of my TBR stacks.
2. Tagged book. It releases this summer. “A Botanist‘s Guide to Rituals and Revenge” is the 4th book in the series.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

This whole series, The Christmas Tree Farm Mysteries, is set at Christmas. 🎄 🎅🤶🎁❤️📚

1. Remote cabin with snow

2. The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. Not specifically Christmas-drawing a blank there, book wise-but has the mountains, snow, and Alaska. A favorite book by a favorite author. 🙂❤️🏔️

#Two4Tuesday

1. Putting up the tree with my grandkids.

2. Good question. I‘ve already read the tagged book. Probably something from my Kindle Unlimited books. 🤷🏼‍♀️Most of the books I want to read are back home in Ohio. I‘m currently in Alaska helping out family, so most of my books aren‘t here. My Kindle and I pad are though. And a few physical books. Oh hey! I just remembered books are waiting for me at the post office! 🎉🥳

#two4Tuesday

Put aside one book and picked up this one. So far, so good. 🤞🏻

I‘m having a hard time reading this book. I just started it, but I‘m setting it aside for now. It‘s too dark and depressing. I‘m not getting rid of it though. I want to try it again later. Maybe. I‘ve read a lot of past posts and it seems like I‘m in the minority. 🤣

Birdie knew her mistake as soon as she cracked open her eyes.

I‘m reading the ARC for this book. I was so excited to be approved! #netgalley #arc

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Reindeer Games Tree Farm looks to establish the new world record for largest gingerbread man. But when a body is found in the cookie cutter, murder takes center stage.
🎄Christmas theme
🎄Great characters
🎄Solid mystery
🎄Book 5 in a series
🎄🎄🎄🎄🎄/5
🎄I love this series that takes place in Mistletoe, Maine.
#cozymystery #Christmas #NetGalley #IllBeHomeForMischief
🎄This book releases tomorrow.

A Tale Of Three Trees
One tree clinging to summer.
A second tree conceding it is time for fall.
The third tree embraces fall in red-leafed glory.

These three trees caught my attention yesterday at our local park. Each in different stage of fall, despite their close proximity to each other. 🍃🍂🍁

#fall #falltrees #October #fallcolors

4/5 ⭐️
When an old college acquaintance ends up dead in a secret room at The Secret Bookcase bookstore, bookseller Annie Murray is swept up in the investigation.
This book is a quick read. There are several plausible suspects, a plot that twists and turns, and an ending that ties up all the loose ends. I‘ll be reading the second book in the series.
#cozymystery #bookstore #secretbookcasemystery

“When your best friend is murdered, it can be kind of hard to get over.”

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Corn maze
Pick apples
Nature walk
Bonfire
Curl up with a book
No apples 🙂
Chili and cornbread
Apple cinnamon

#WonderousWednesday

@Eggs

5/5. Based on the shipwreck of the Essex. A whaler based out of Nantucket, it was sunk when an angry sperm whale rammed it. This story was the inspiration for Moby Dick. The portrayal of cannibalism the crew was forced to resort to in order to stay alive is horrifying. (Side note-apparently cannibalism became so common after shipwrecks that when survivors were rescued they were quick to say when they hadn‘t resorted to cannibalism 😳)

#FirstLineFridays

Like a giant bird of prey, the whaleship moved lazily up the western coast of South America, zigging and zagging across a living sea of oil.

5/5 ⭐️ for me. The first in a new-to-me cozy mystery series. It ticked a lot of my boxes even though I solved the killer‘s ID early on. Boxes ticked: witty dialogue, solid relationship between main characters, well-developed setting. There are a total of 11 books in the series, at least so far. I‘ve ordered the next two. 🙂

#cozymysteries #cozymystery #EnglishVillage #LadyHardcastleMystery

I finished this book because I wanted to know the murderer‘s identity. And now that I think about it, I can‘t remember who that was. I only finished a short time ago. 😳 I didn‘t much care for the characters, and I won‘t be reading any more in this series. This is the first book in the series.

I‘m emptying out bins of books-stored because of drywall work and painting in my office. I forgot about this one. Small book, but full of bookish art and essays. 🙂 I‘m putting it on my desk where I can easily reach it.

#WonderousWednesday

1) Leaving with 4 or so books. My mom would drop me off at the library while she went to the grocery store around the corner. Every Saturday morning.

2) ARCs and various online bookstores.

3) Currently reading The Busy Body. It‘s not wowing my sock off or anything, but it‘s a good read. Will pass it on to my daughter when I am done.

I read this last night before bed. Mistake. I had weird dreams all night. 🤣 Now I‘m dragging today. If I had really enjoyed the book the dragging today would‘ve been worth it. But at best I can say it was so-so. I enjoy reading different takes on fairy tales, but not this one. The world building didn‘t draw me in, and I didn‘t care about the characters-even the dying one. 😬 I think it was too short for what it was trying to accomplish. ⬇️

After hearing about this book for years, I finally bought a copy and read it yesterday. I enjoyed the epistolary format. It was a different and fun way to get to know the characters. I‘m glad I finally read it. 5/5 ⭐️

#nationaleggmonthchallenge

1) Tag a favorite mystery you read
Just one?! 🤔 Okay. The Thursday Murder Club

2) What is your favorite way to prepare eggs?
Scrambled. With lots of cheddar cheese. 😋

I finished this last night. 4.5/5 ⭐️. Preachy is a spot or two, but overall I enjoyed it. Book addresses poverty, racism, class and other issues. A lot of characters to keep straight. The book is also a mystery when a dead body is discovered during construction. The who, how, and why is an unexpected twist that I enjoyed. James McBride can be difficult to read, but he‘s one of my autobuy authors. The Good Lord Bird remains a favorite. ❤️

#WondrousWednesday

1) family, 📚, 🏔️

2) 📝 🛫🌄 (my writing, spending summer with family, Colorado sunsets)

#WonderousWednesday

1) Tulips

2) The Angel of Indian Lake by Stephen Graham Jones

3) Spend time with the grandkids

#Two4Tuesday

1) Done

2) It‘s a toss up between The Demon of Unrest by Eric Larson or The Heaven and Earth Grocery Store by James McBride.

#Two4Tuesday

🐴🐔Country/farm

🌋🏔️ Split time between Alaska (currently) and Ohio. 🏈(Grandkids in both places)