Just hanging in the kitchen with my new pal, Michelle O 😊 #AudioCooking 🎧

Congrats to Susan Choi this year‘s winner of the National Book Award for fiction 🎊
And congrats to Sarah M. Broom; 2019 #NationalBookAward NF winner 🎉
I think I just found my #pop20 #BookThatWonAnAwardIn2019

#MOvember Poor Lilli, pregnant, unmarried and alone she decides she‘s going to keep her baby. That‘s not easy 1883! I thought I would love this book, but the timing was off for me. Book is in hibernation but I hope to try again. #PapaDontPreach

Meet Minerva Buzzard, Voodoo Witch Doctor. “ Now, you know how dead time works. Dead time lasts for one hour- from half an hour before midnight to half an hour after midnight. The half hour before midnight is for doin‘ good. The half hour after midnight is for doin‘ evil.” “Seems like we need a little of both tonight”, said Minerva. #NonfictionNovember #MidnightParty

This is too wild☠️💀🧙‍♀️🧝🏼‍♀️

Can this book get any whackier??? Attorney Bobby Lee Cook, straight out of casting 😉#MidnightParty #NonfictionNovember

#NotBookRelated DJ EarWorm just released his mashup Decade of 100 pop songs and it‘s FABULOUS 🎶❤️🎧👂🏼🐛💫💥 https://youtu.be/UhIte8t6BEg

#MOvember Will‘s brother has just been shot, and Will knows the rules ~ a life for a life. He grabs the #Revolver hops in the elevator and hits zero. He has only a minute until he‘s out the door and ready to hit his mark. But in those 60 seconds, he‘s about to get educated. I listened to this audio read by Jason Reynolds and nothing could have been more lyrical.

#PopSugar2020 #Pop2020 It‘s HERE!!!!!

Woohoo , Finally🙌🏻 🎉 💖After 44 weeks on the holds list..... and I JUST finished an audiobook earlier this afternoon so Im good to go☺️🙏🏻

Finally got to the murder..... I‘ve been spending hours going down the #InternetRabbitHole getting the dirt on all the interesting characters. Savanna is full of mayhem. #MidnightParty

Just a magnificent follow up to Plainsong. Kent Haruf was a master of capturing everyday triumphs and hardships with the most simplistic prose. I recommend reading Plainsong first. I‘ve already purchased the final book of this trilogy, Benediction. 5 BIG HEARTFELT stars. #InfiniteTissueRead I may go back and reread Our Souls At Night after I read Benediction. I feel like I might have missed subtle references to past characters.

#MOvember #Masterpiece is the theme song from the movie WE written & directed by Madonna. Film is about the affair between King Edward VIII and American divorcée Wallis Simpson. Never saw the film, maybe Amazon Prime or Netflix will have it. Wallis Simpson sounds like an interesting character.

I‘m only on chapter 6 but what an eccentric cast of characters.....and they aren‘t fictional 😉I‘m intrigued so far #MidnightParty #NonFictionNovember

#USKindleDailyDeal

Scrolling through my mail and swore I saw “Anne Patchett Editors Rely On” opened the email to discover it read “Acne Patches Editors Rely On”😬🙈😂😂#LifeOfAReader

I had an early morning doctor appointment located right next door to a new bookstore ( sometimes Monday‘s aren‘t sooo bad😁) Picked up these 2❣️❣️Excited for the new Ayelet Gundar-Goshen novel. She‘s an Israeli author who wrote Waking Lions which I really enjoyed. And I was emotionally exhausted by Tattooist of Auschwitz but couldn‘t pass over the sister story; Cilka‘s Journey.

#MOvember These books were quite scandalous back in the day!! #LuckyStar Lucky Santangelo
From the Jackie Collins website:
“She‘s a hot-blooded beauty in love with power, hungry for pleasure… wild, notorious, trouble… She‘s… Lucky. The fabulous heroine of Chances returns.”
I should reread this series!!!

Im getting that feeling in my stomach that something bad is about to happen .... I‘m a little nervous to continue 😣 #AllTheFeels

“You mustn‘t be taken in by moonlight and magnolias. There‘s more to Savanna than that. Things can get very murky.”
#Midnight #Foreshadowing #NonfictionNovember #SundayRead

#WeeklyForecast
Week4

I feel shaky with this week‘s predictions:
I‘ve been failing at my #ARCs
Like Dreamers & My Father‘s Paradise have been on my shelf for 5+ years, I‘ve started both many times before
Looking to start a BuddyRead with @Cathythoughts @vivastory @peaknit @lele1432 for #Midnight but I haven‘t decided if I should read or listen....thoughts??!?!

Eventide is darker than Plainsong and it‘s weighing me down emotionally 😞

#MOvember #TrueBlue For as long as Blue can remember, she‘s been warned that she will cause her true love to die. She doesn't believe in true love, and never thought this would be a problem. But as her life becomes caught up in the strange and sinister world of the Raven Boys, she's not so sure anymore. I actually tried to read this book....#EpicFail wayyyyyy to YA for me but it has a 95% rating (I probably ruined its perfect score 😉)

Mission: I will go and find EVERY book written by this brilliant author and read them all. Picked this up off my shelf on a whim and literally did not put it down for 4 hours. (Ok, i did take a bathroom break twice and made myself a cup of tea...hence 2nd bathroom break) A heartbreaking yet hopeful story set in the small town of Holt, Colorado. Told in short chapters and sparse language, I was transfixed. 5 BIG stars and a box of tissues

Thank you @Hooked_on_books for sharing this slim but POWERFUL story with me. Did not see the ending coming at all🤯
Contemporary fiction revolving around an Nigerian American prized student & athlete from a very traditional/religious home. Niru is keeping a secret from his parents and best friend and when that secret is exposed an avalanche of consequences erupt.

#BookReport #Week3
Glad I waited until end of the day because I finished a 5th book!!! Plainsong was a #OneSittingRead and 5 HEARTFELT stars
Speak No Evil - contemporary fiction/ very good I already posted reviews on other 3 books, LOVED both #NF (both audio)
Three bails this week, annoyed because I wasted 2/5 loans from Hoopla. Gods is probably great but not on audio. The Holdout is an #ARC #NetGalley 👎🏼 Just started Like Dreamers, #NF 👍🏻

#MOvember
A disastrous road trip, an imploding marriage, missing children and a crisis looming at the US/ Mexican #borderline make for an unforgettable story. This book was haunting and compelling. Highly recommended in print as there are lots of visuals included in the storytelling.

A celebratory shoutout to @revellbooks for reaching 100 followers 🎉🎉🎉They‘re hosting a fun #giveaway
Check out their page for more details and add them to your feed 😊📚❤️
Ends today USA & Canada only

Did some stalking from my TBR stack and discovered these 7 books will all fit for #ReadingEurope2020 ❣️❣️❣️ Hopefully they will carry over into other challenges as well 🙏🏼 I‘ll tag the country and title below in comments👇🏽

#NamasteNovember a few books featuring my favorite #ChildMCs

#MOvember #Frozen Another song that gives me an 👂🏼🐛🎶 After reading and LOVING Fall and Rise by Zuckoff, I immediately checked out his backlist. I borrowed this #NF audio from Hoopla but it didn‘t hold my interest 🥶🤭maybe print would be better🤔

WOW!! Such a comprehensive and complicated subject matter but never dry or overly academic. So much to contemplate. I wish I read this with my bookclub as there were numerous ethical and moral issues. I can‘t even imagine putting myself in any of these peoples shoes. Epilogue was interesting as it mentions Hurricane Sandy and the lessons learnt from Katrina.
#NonFictionNovember
#BookClubWorthy
#LiveAndLearn

#USKindleDailyDeal ❣️

#MOvember George Orwell penned the perfect allegory about #HumanNature 🐷I think I #NeedToReRead

Just a reminder, a new decade is nearly here and it‘s time to start thinking about the #BelowZer00s buddy read hosted by @barbarabb & @cinfhen 📚🎶🍾
From January 10-12, 2020 we‘ll be celebrating all things aughts (2000-2009)🎊 Full schedule will be posted soon. Now is the time to pick up a copy of Kate Atkinson‘s Case Histories and start gathering your photos and playlists.
Everyone is welcomed to join in❣️❣️❣️It‘s gonna be #DopeDawg #SoPoppin

#MOvember One of my favorite Madonna songs of all time🙏🏻💋💄She was bringing us Sunday Service wayyyyyy before Kanye 🙌🏻Tagged book sounds really interesting, a Mother Superior who begins to question her calling and the arrival of a young novice. #LikeAPrayer

Why have I waited so long to read this book?? It‘s absolutely compelling. To read about the breakdown of a health care system in just a matter of days is horrifying. Hurricane Katrina was an unfathomable disaster but the lack of a plan for rescue is just mind boggling. All the praise to the nurses who showed what it means to be angels of mercy. #NonfictionNovember

#MOvember This book is set in a #Future America, where males are an extinct species and harboring one is a grave criminal offense. So a young mother must do what she can to keep her son alive and hidden. This book is available April 2020.

Up next / one for #NonfictionNovember and a cover that‘s calling to me. Five Days was gifted to me nearly 2 years ago from the lovely @Bklover & Speak No Evil was a gift from @Hooked_on_books ❣️❣️Excited to try both books, thanks friends 🙏🏼😘

This was such a powerful memoir. Sally shares so many pieces of herself, much more than I would have expected. My heart broke into pieces right along with Sally‘s. She shares intimate memories & experiences with raw intensity. I have so much respect for this Hollywood icon; a survivor and trailblazer. From Gidget to Mary Todd Lincoln to a Flying Nun Sally Field has had quite a colorful screen life while masking a dark childhood & beyond. **TW**

Final 2 hours. Sally is spilling the beans about Burt Reynolds 😮🤗VERY juicy #NonfictionNovember

#MOvember When a #BeautifulStranger comes to town claiming to be the son of a devil, he upends the peace & tranquility of a small Ohio town.
🎶 I looked into your eyes
And my world came tumbling down
You're the devil in disguise
That's why I'm singing this song🎶

A lighthearted read that actually went a little too overboard (😉) towards the end of the novel. If you like reading about dysfunctional families, topped with rich people problems and a bit of #JewishHumor then this book will definitely float your boat 🛳😜 I enjoyed this story for what is was; fluff and fun. I would #BorrowNotBuy

Just enjoying a cup of serenity tea ☕️ while finishing the last few chapters of this lighthearted read. Thanks for the lovely cuppa #JohnnyBergen ‘s mom ❣️❣️❣️and those maple honey sucking candies are pretty delish as wel🇨🇦

#MOvember I don‘t understand the low Litsy ratings!!!??! This book is part memoir, part Wild West narrative, part ghost story, part Jewish history and it‘s truly fascinating. Hannah Nordhaus traces her families roots from 1800‘s Germany to a little #GhostTown in Santa Fe in the early 1900‘s where her great great grandmother is said to haunt her once elegant mansion which is now a boutique hotel.

#WeeklyForecast Week 3
I‘m hoping to finish up In Pieces & Floating Feldmans~ enjoying both
Looking to start Five Days At Memorial #NFNovember and hoping to add one ARC a week to finish out 2019
Speak No Evil is calling to me, so I plan to start that one too.
I‘ve been averaging at least one bail a week so let‘s see what happens 🤭

#NonfictionNovember There is no doubt that Jesmyn Ward is a talented writer & an important voice for our times. However, her memoir failed to move me the same way her fiction book Sing, Unburied Sing did. I‘m not sure if it was the choppy structure or detached tone but I always felt at arms length while reading. Her brutal childhood has certainly given her plenty of writing material. Im interested in picking up her essay collection next.

When life gives you mushy bananas 🍌 you make sugar free banana muffins 🧁#AudioBaking I‘m in awe of Sally Field. If you‘re looking for a book for #Booked2020 #SetInHollywood I highly recommend this one, especially on audio 🙌🏻

#BookReport

🎧✅Dracula ~ full cast was excellent 🌟🌟🌟🌟
📖✅Monster of Florence ~ 🌟🌟🌟🌟#NF #TrueCrime
📖🚫Lilli De Jong - bailed 🙈- more me than book
📖Floating Feldman‘s- still really enjoying
🎧 🚫Member of the Family Bailed🙄not what I was hoping for/ Narrator was terrible
🎧In Pieces - #NF Only 2 hours into Sally Field‘s memoir & it‘s shaping up to be pretty explosive 🧨 She‘s a fantastic writer & her story is very powerful 👇🏽

#MOvember #LaIslaBonita Set on the lush island of Mallorca its mountains and beaches, its tapas and tennis courts, promise an escape for the Post family, who each have plenty they are hiding. I LOVED this novel full of light humor and rich peoples problems. This could work for #LoL #Booked2020

Oh God!!! This book is leaving ME In Pieces 😢😭😢TW: sexual abuse
Wow, Sally Field‘s can write so viscerally and passionately
I‘m sorry, Sally. You deserved better. I don‘t wish to judge your mother but she failed you. Weakness is not an excuse for a parent.

I fear this is going to be an #infinitetissueread 😭Good thing I‘m still reading a lighter book, because I‘m going to need to balance my emotions @Hooked_on_books