#5JoysFriday #OnSaturday

1) Finally decided which books to buy with a gift card.
2) Farmville…mind numbing is occasionally warranted
3) Finished binging GG and I have thoughts but I have never felt so seen in a TV show. Lane with an SDA mom was a nicer version of my life as a teen. I hid my radio in a cut out dictionary.
4) Time in my sewing room. Finished a baby quilt
5) Monday‘s concert … music is life changing, soul cleansing, necessary

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

I LOVE summer at the movies and miss drive-ins. And I broke 50, 🎉

So many favorites:

Grease
Raiders
ET
Shriek
Pirates
HP
Guardians

@dabbe

#StaycationinTime

Hubby picked up two boxes from the post office today and I think both are for the swap. So excited!

Thanks @forestandcrow ❤️

@Chrissyreadit @DinoMom

#ChristiesCapers

This kindle edition of the tagged book is weird. On page 36 there was an author pic of Agatha and I thought ‘sloppy editing‘. Now there are different pics on pages 79 and 114, does that mean it‘s intentional? Is so, I don‘t think I like it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

@Librarybelle

The state side cards are in the mail. Apologies for my tardiness #SummerCardSwap peeps.

@TheBookHippie

#MondayMood

I‘m hardly reading and not on here much these last few days. If you need me I‘m in my sewing room. Hoping to shake it off tonight at a concert and be recentered tomorrow.

How‘s your mood?

#5JoysFriday

1) Book mail is the best mail
2) but so is #SummerCardSwapMail
3) I shouldn‘t buy more legos BUT I could not resist the Jane Austen set
4) Pippin tuckered out from daycare
5) Lunch and quilt shop browsing this afternoon and an off brand sewing machine lego.
6) Bonus time in my sewing room working on cards for swap. Foreign mailed today, domestic hopefully out Monday.

It‘s been a good week inside my walls.

@DebinHawaii

#Staycationintimeswap

My box was mailed today due to arrive on Saturday. Sorry I forgot to take a pic and forgot to tag the outside of the box with the #.

@Chrissyreadit @DinoMom @forestandcrow

Thanks for hosting!

#MondayMood

HOPE! An inkling of a turning tide. A desire for a better future for ALL. A need to be steadfast in what I believe to be true.

What is your mood today?

#5JoysFriday

1) Working on my #SummerSwapCards. Decided to make cards so they may be a bit late.
2) Amanda brought Pippin new toys, the manta ray is his favorite. We have a blast playing.
3) Cards are arriving. So appreciate the joy they bring.
4) Prepared for #NoKingsProtest tomorrow, sign and shirt. The graphic is from #BadAssQuilter and used with permission. Be safe out there. 💙✊🏼💙
5) Caved and joined @AardvarkBookClub and got my 1st box

#Two4Tuesday

1) I‘m eagerly awaiting my copy of the tagged although I won‘t read it until its #CampLitsy25 week. I have also preordered the latest Louise Penny due in November. B&N often has 25% off preorders so you can get the book you want and tell your husband it was a great deal when it shows up 😂

2) Mostly auto buy authors although not many series lately

@TheSpineView

#TuesdayTunes

Not what I listen to day to day but a clip showed up on IG and I had to go find the whole song. I‘ll be thinking about this one of a long time. Listening to it hurts my heart, as it should.

https://youtu.be/Zg0-q8-Wy_o?si=0SzZEHUppts_uKDm

@TieDyeDude

#MentalHealthMonday

My heart is heavy today. Tears are riding at the surface, blood pressure is elevated, finding motivation is hard.

But I will not let them steal all my joy! They want me to give up, to say it‘s too much (and it is) but I WILL keep trying.

@Kerrbearlib

These lines are from the tagged book. I listened on my drive to attend a show with my daughter. A story about a young woman trying to live the life she wants not the life that is expected of her…and she has the privilege to do that.

As I drove I thought about that last line in depth. Do we not ALL deserve to live our right life? Without poverty, food insecurity, without racism, hate for who we love, how we dress, what we believe? ⬇️

#MondayMood

#5JoysFriday

1) Oregon Beavers won the first game of their super regional today.
2 & 3) Tried my hand at strawberry freezer jam and we got a great smallish freezer to put them in.
4) My dad is having some health issues but endoscopy and colonoscopy came back fine. No firm answer yet but having colon cancer ruled out brings much joy.
5) Pippin‘s joyful greeting when I got home from my dad‘s.

@DebinHawaii

#ReadYourKindle

Tagged is #NetGalley

And the other three #SeriesLove25

@CBee

#WeeklyForecast

Tagged was the best of the week. Loved it.

@Read4life

#ReadYourKindle

I think I‘ve been reluctant to acknowledge June so am behind on all the things.

@CBee

#5JoysFriday

1) Samantha and Darrin on the Flintstones on IG
2) Rose bushes are blooming
3) Pippin
4) Started a baby quilt using baby animals in teacup fabric
5) The Wallflowers in concert last night

@DebinHawaii

#WondrousWednesdat

1) Hazel I would have liked to be named after my grandmother
2) Favorite names: Huckleberry Finn (an Irish Setter), Roady short for Another Roadside Attraction (a calico kitty rescued from s ditch) and now Merry Pippin.
3) Stellaluna

Want to play? @AnnCrystal @BarbaraJean @BarkingMadRead

@Eggs

#TuesdayTunes

https://open.spotify.com/track/07Fw4Ms3XMoZJExcYOLnde?si=Wpju6vggQAiKwlJYxUKzNQ

New to me. So good.

@TieDyeDude

#Two4Tuesday

1) I think the tagged will be my favorite of the month.

2) Gabriële and #CampLitsy books

Tagging anyone and everyone ?

@TheSpineView

#JumpStartSummer #WrapUp

Having hubby home cuts into reading time. Finished my two buddy reads and progress was made on my audio and ebook but zero progress on my other 2 print books.

Thanks for hosting @TheSpineView

#MentalHealthMonday

1) I‘m ok today. Feel like last week‘s funk is dissipating. Had a good walk this morning, did some chores and got groceries. Ready to start the week.
2) Daily walks, lots of pug snuggles, lunch with a friend and hubby is home for the next ten days.

@Kerrbearlib

#BookspinBingo

@TheAromaofBooks

#WhereAreYouMonday

Mesopotamia 631 BC
London 1840
Turkey 2014

How else could I experience theses places in these times if it weren‘t for stories? How bereft my life would be without books. How thankful I am to be a reader!

@Cupcake12

#MondayMoodinMemes #MondayMood

Continuing my sanity project. Grateful for all the creative content creators that capture my thoughts and feelings so well.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/DJ9ROMluOoa/?igsh=ZndndXV4MXh4ZGZv. Link to Bruce‘s reel which made me tear up.

Please join and tag me in posting your memes if you are so inclined.

#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

First 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!

#WeeklyForecast

Enjoyed the tagged audio book about Morgan Le Fay.

@Read4life

#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