pick#WeeklyFavorites
Juliet Tilney and Jonathan Darcy are each sent to London by their parents to expand their social connections and if they find a match so much the better as long as it‘s not each other. Of course murder happens and they are again called into help the investigation. I‘m really enjoying this series and glad to know there willl be at least 2 more.
Thank you #NetGalley!
@Read4life
pickFirst Finnish for #JumpStartSummer
What a delightful read. Loved the descriptions of Tiffany and the excitement of NYC as described by a Midwest college student. A summer to remember🩵
@TheSpineView @TheBookHippie #SundayBuddyRead
#5JoysFriday
1) Saw the rare Mountain Bluebird on the coast. No phone on me unfortunately.
2) Jumping between Gilmore Girls and Father Brown while I work through my funk
3) Loving my star dogwood and Japanese Willow
4) Enjoyed my time with my brothers while at my dad‘s
5) Grateful for the patient ear of a good friend
@DebinHawaii
#JumpStartSummer
These are the physical books I hope to finish along with The Road to Tender Hearts on audio and the first half of Lamentation on kindle.
Thanks for hosting! @TheSpineView
#Two4Tuesday
1) Irish Gaelic
2) I love translated literature and have no hope of reading any of it in its original language.
@TheSpineView
#MondayMoodinMemes #MondayMood
Late today because it‘s been a day. Hoping for a better night‘s sleep and no responsibilities tomorrow.
Join in and tag me if the mood strikes you.
#SundayFunday
Storygraph shows the tagged book At 1240 pages. Michener is king of the chunkster.
@BookmarkTavern
#14books14weeks
Here is my list of books to tackle from May 26 to September 1. A combination of #NetGalley ARCs, a couple #CampLitsy picks and a few I‘ve been wanting to pick up.
If you want to join make your list of 14 books and tag @Liz_M Thanks for hosting!
#5JoysFriday
1) I‘m at the north coast for a long weekend with my dad. The weather‘s not great but had a couple of breaks so Pippin could walk me.
2) The Rhododendrons are spectacular
3) Our son brought over fresh halibut on Tuesday, so good.
4) Impressions of the Sea symphony with my daughter
5) Enjoying everyone‘s joyful posts
@DebinHawaii
#ThreeListThursday
Not good but still missing 3 from my older edition. Hoping to do better in the next century 😁
@dabbe
#WondrousWednesday
1) The tagged book and The Boxcar Children
2) No one comes to mind…sleep deprived brain today
3) Sunrise on the Reaping 3 1/2🌟
Tagging ever who would like t play.
@Eggs
#MondayMoodinMemes #MondayMood
Loving the Shakespearen twist on thoughts and feelings. And trying, although not always successfully, to concentrate on TODAY. What must be done, what act of resistance, finding the joy, etc. to avoid feeling overwhelmed and to fight spiraling into despair. Creating a mood board out of things I find when scrolling seems to help.
Join me if you like.
#5JoysFriday
1) BOTM arrived DragonFriut won the middle grade/YA Oregon Book Award
2) #CampLitsy books are being announced
3) The sun continues to shine with perfect temps
4) Long lunch chat with a friend
5) Continuing ED hours are done
Happy Friday!
@DebinHawaii
Today is catch up on buddy reads day.
This quote from yesterday‘s chapter has given me pause, something about it in light of current events resonates.
#LesMis
@TheBookHippie
#ThreeListThursday
Not great especially since 6 of them are DNF‘s.
I have the 2006 version of the book and have read/dnf‘d 24. In my version, and not on the survey, are Persuasion, Northanger Abbey, A Christmas Carol, Alice‘s Adventures in Wonderland, Little Women, War and Peace, Anna Karenina and Tess of the D‘Urbervilles. It‘s hard to imagine that these didn‘t make the list.
Classics are hit or miss for me but have added some to Mt TBR
#WondrousWednesday
1) On Independent Bookstore Day I purchased Audition and Raising Hare. I‘ve managed to not buy anything since.
2) I review on NetGalley, Litsy, IG and sometimes Amazon and B&N. I enjoy writing short reviews especially for books I loved, not so much for books I didn‘t like.
@Eggs
#Two4Tuesday
1) Daytime sitting, nighttime laying on my side in bed.
2) Other People‘s Summer - it‘s ok so far
@TheSpineView yesterday got away from me.
#MondayMoodinMemes. #MondayMood
Feel free to join me in sharing your mood in memes or whatever way works for you. This is a sanity project for me.
The tagged is the one I am most likely to get to, not sure about the others.
#ReadYourEBook
@CBee
#AprilChallengeUpdate
Read #Bookspin & #DoubleSpin
Read 1 #ReadYourEBook
#WickedWords:
The Briar Club: Gambling
King A Life: Singer, Massachusetts
Wild Dark Shore: Fish
The Martha‘s Vineyard Beach and Book Club: Portuguese
#ISpy
April: 5 remaining
March: 4 remaining
February: 2 remaining
January: complete
@TheAromaofBooks @CBee @AsYouWish
#AprilWrapUp
Loved Wild Dark Shore and P & P as always. Enjoyed Midnight in Soap Lake and The Briar Club immensely. Learned so much from King.
DNF‘d 3 books
#5JoysFriday #NoPicVersion
1) Sunny and warm enough to have all the windows open.
2) Coffee and stitching with a friend
3) Both kids home for a belated Easter dinner
4) I am not a fan of our chestnut tree except when it‘s in bloom and then as the blooms fall and carpet the grass
5) Pippin
@DebinHawaii
#ThreeListThursday
Lots of favorites on this list: Jane Eyre, Watership Down, War & Peace, The Shell Seekers to name a few
Unpopular opinion stinkers: The Alchemist and Captain Corelli‘s Mandolin
@dabbe
pickI read King over three months. It is a deep dive into his life from childhood to his assassination. A man of great passion and conviction who worked tirelessly to end racism, fight poverty and end the war in Vietnam. I knew the highlights but there is so much more here. Let‘s just saying lying and manipulation in government is not a new problem. Our current government would like to erase this history. Let‘s not agree to that.
@Read4life
#WondrousWednesday
1) Roses because my grandma wore Tea Rose perfume daily and lilacs because of the large lilac bush by the front door of her house.
2) I was just talking to my dad about this. Rather than a specific memory it was our years in Ephrata. Sledding down suicide hill, riding our bikes all over town, playing out in the dry fields, spending our afternoons at the pool. It was definitely a different time in terms of safety and freedom.
An appropriate meme to go with @TheSpineView ‘s #Two4Tuesday questions. I needed a smile and it always delivers. ❤️📚❤️
#TuesdayTunes
Recent find
https://youtu.be/_q7307IWwr4?si=EeC6j7qo6W_2sj9f
Haunted by Shane MacGowan and Sinead O‘Connor ❤️
@TieDyeDude
#Two4Tuesday
1) I wish I had a dedicated library, but having bookshelves in every room is not a bad thing 😀. My best guess at physical books is ~1200
2) Wild Dark Shore is my favorite book of April.
@TheSpineView
Voted! The long list is full of fantastic sounding books, so many new to me titles. I can‘t wait to see what we will be reading. Don‘t forget to vote by May 9. Link is on @BarbaraBB #CampLitsy25 post.
Tomorrow is Independent Bookstore Day. I invite you to share the bookstores in your area. I‘ll be visiting the tagged that is a bit like a mini Powell‘s and Grassroots in Corvallis, Oregon. Let‘s do our part to push back against Amazon‘s greed.
#5JoysFriday
1) I‘ve never watched The Gilmore Girls. Thruthe first 4 episodes…charming
2) I finally went back to the pool yesterday at the Y. Felt fantastic
3) Have to get 30 hours of CE done by end of May, almost halfway done
4) Pippin
5) Flowers and sunshine
Share your joy!
@DebinHawaii
pickWhen I first saw the title of this book I stated it can‘t be MY Soap Lake, a tiny town 6 miles from where I lived 1st thru 7th grades, but it is. This book is quirky and suspenseful told thru two timelines. It also sent me down a rabbit hole about its history and its healing waters which I don‘t recall learning about in school. Fun read! 4.25 🌟
#TLT #ThreeListThursday
Favorites: Tagged, Charlotte‘s Web, Frankenstein
Tagging anyone who hasn‘t played and would like to.
@dabbe
So many of us have read the books, fiction and nonfiction. We feel we understand the horrors of WWII and say “Never Again” passionately. And I think we truly believed that we would never allow it happen again, that no one could ever be that evil in our lifetime. But it is here on full display. It‘s like our President is using Hitler‘s playbook.
Autism registry = disabled first to camps. I beg you to wake up! You, too, will lose everything.
1) Currently 2 cats, Kali & Dahlia, the most neurotic cats I‘ve ever had and our pug, Merry Pippin. Over the years I think we had everything at one time or another except snakes. Hard no from mom on that one. Fish (piranha, fresh and saltwater), rodents (hamsters, gerbils & a guinea pig), a bearded dragon lizard, a bird, turtles, numerous cats & dogs.
2) Both but more fiction
Play @Lesliereadsalot @Meshell1313 @willaful
#WondrousWednesday
#TuesdayTunes
Kevin has been popping up on my Instagram a lot lately. It has not been easy to find reasons to smile lately but listening to this does.
https://youtu.be/f74R6BYze4A?si=7cFQW9SccuKe3Irt
Enjoy!
@TieDyeDude
#Two4Tuesday
1) I try to always have ~$50 in cash on me. If I don‘t I always hear my dad‘s voice in my head reminding me I should.
2) I just finished the tagged book again and watched two adaptations… Mrs. Bennett proclaiming how many pounds a year a young man has still rings in my ears as well as Mr. Collins divulging the price of the chimney at Rosing Park. 😬😂
#5JoyFridays
1) An easy new recipe that is a keeper according to my hubby
2) A hubby that is a willing tester for adventures in dining, providing I don‘t get too crazy
3) another tax season done and it was great. A nice amount of hours and stretched my brain a bit
4) a bunch of perfect beautiful spring days and more to come
5) lilacs in full bloom smelling heavenly
Wishing everyone a relaxing, restorative weekend!
@DebinHawaii
#moodboardcontest #mbc @dabbe
Currently burning with indignation at RFK‘s latest attack on autism. He‘s full of 💩 and pure evil.
Balancing that with my daily Walken dance to I Want to Break Free
Jonsing for my second cup of coffee but do not want to disturb a sleeping Pippin.
Congratulations on your milestone. I am so glad you are here!
To join in her giveway see her original post.
#ThreeListThursday
Favorites are the tagged, Lonesome Dove, Dune, P&P, Hunger Games, HP, Jane Eyre, War & Peace and LOTR
I still need to read The Stand and Beloved
@dabbe
#WondrousWednesday
1) For many this book was nothing new but I recognized that voice in Ciara‘s head and became of that I couldn‘t help but root for her.
2) Meet Cute Diary - way too YA for me; Night & Day - short stories, my nemesis; I also DNF‘d Hester but I might try again. I think it was not the right time for it.
Want to play? @TieDyeDude @WildAlaskaBibliophile @PageShifter
@Eggs
Pronounced TUR-Shuh in Irish or TOOR-shuh in Scottish I think many of us are experiencing this in a deep way.
The antidote is to find joy, gratitude, etc.
My daughter sent me this link today and it was the perfect antidote. President Obama telling the story of one woman‘s voice energizing him, a room and a movement. Fire it up! Ready to go!
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DIfNLskTgQB/?igsh=ZGIxYWg0Nnp6YWc2
#WeirdWordWednesday
@CBee
https://youtu.be/NEETldY4jCo?si=AKWNHPEgvxI1yhC9
#TuesdayTunes
The soundtrack of the tagged play was released in 1970 and my dad bought the album. I was 11. Somewhere in the mid 60‘s my mother became a Seventh Day Adventist and our household drastically changed. Listening to this album constantly was an act of rebellion. She HATED it. This clip popped up on IG yesterday so I thought why not share here. I still know all the words.
@TieDyeDude
#MentalHealthMonday
1) The news today was horrific so I bounce between anger and despair. However, I worked today and the sun shone bright and warm so I did have breaks from the doom & gloom.
2) I have never been able to use positive affirmations, just not my thing.
@Kerrbearlib
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