My guy and I are taking a road trip about 5.5 hours away to celebrate my grandma's new husband's 90th birthday. I'm hoping we can finish this audiobook on the trip and if I can finish week 4 of A Million Junes before Tuesday I'll consider it a win.
@Andrew65 #20in4

Tagged - It was a cute cozy mystery. Not sure why I don't read more of them.

👩 🚫💼 🚫👨🍷🍸🍷🍸 💡 👙✈🏖 🤴 💏 💞

Lighthearted, fun, & sometimes sexy, a good escape on minimal brain power.

Cover art 🖼

Thanks for the tag @kspenmoll #thoughtfulthursday @moonwitch94

Do I have lots of work to do? Of course.
Books I could be reading? Yes.
Audiobooks to listen to? Also yes.

Did I just spend time working on a #192025 tracker & planner because spreadsheets look like important work? Also yes.

@Librarybelle Thanks for enabling today's procrastination tasks. 🤣

I have a full weekend but before I forget to share, I am popping in with my Colombian treat...an arepa! Melty cheese between two corn cakes. Always delicious and this Trader Joe's version is no exception.
#Colombia #foodandlit @Butterfinger @Texreader @Catsandbooks

It's #summerheat playlist time!

Steamy - for the boudoir, backyard, or bubble bath.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1ThxBxuPeGejFu1JJLcUoJ

Roadtrip - A ridiculously long mix of songs for hitting the road. Like, nearly 19 hours. Seriously.
https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7fnFs1yk5HuQt8lIRcxEHa

@BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

My summers as a kid were full of playing outside & taking a roadtrip with the family. As an adult, my guy & I are more into urban exploration; road trips; meals outdoors with friends; outdoor events like concerts, baseball, and beer festivals; poolside margaritas with his mom; taking the dog out until he sits like a person & we have to carry him home; and sometimes work sends me to the too hot FL or TX inns.
#summerheat @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

Thanks for the tag @RaeLovesToRead 🤗

1. NYC & Dubai/Brooklyn - The Flight Attendant / Seven Days in June
2. Just finished one: Bossman by Vi Keeland
3. Tagged by a friend from high school, coming out July 19th

Want to play? @Meshell1313 @Cazxxx
#wondrouswednesday @eggs

Thanks for the tag @CindyMyLifeIsLit

📚Litsy, Hoopla, Libby, Kindle, Libro, Goodreads, the occasional KU listen on Audible, & Google Play books rarely. I also follow bookish profiles on FB, IG, & Twitter.
📚Multiple times a week, if not daily.
📚Since you're already on Litsy, I recommend Hoopla if your library offers it. Lots of different media to borrow, no waiting, and many cultures are represented. Mine even has 3 week borrow times!

When the title of one of your current reads inadvertently pops up in another current read.

#summerheat
#sundaybuddyread

"A stranger is just a friend you haven't met yet!"
- I think that's a thing that a people-person would say.

I've got a couple of Strangers & a Friend for the day 13 prompt Friend/Stanger. All from my TBR, though I'm not sure if I ever get around to Stranger in a Strange Land. I'll buy anything remotely interesting for a quarter at a library sale.
#BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

A Queen & King from my TBR list for the Day 12 prompt for the #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

I don't know if I've ever read this. ? I know?! I need to (re)read it. But I do know I watched the hell out of the 1987 movie as a kid. I had a crush on Dickon. ?

Day 11 prompt "Secret" #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

The day 10 prompt of "Any animal in title" for the #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge is represented by a dog, squirrel, oyster, bird, falcon, serpent, bees, and fireflies. These are all on my shelves.

@Clwojick

Well, I fell behind again. It happens so fast! 🤣

A pick for Luck and a book from my TBR for Family. Prompts 8 & 9 for the #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

I am trying to get through lots of books this month so my #JoysOfJune goals are plentiful! Luckily I've already checked one off my list.

Finish:
Bossman - 66% remaining on audio
Split-second Courage - 66% remaining
✔A Million Junes week 2
A Million Junes week 3

Read:
Seven Days in June
Colombia Culture Smart overview
The Flight Attendant audiobook

@Andrew65
#sundaybuddyread @thebookhippie
#summerheat @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

This book has been on my TBR far too long but the movie is one of my favorites.

Day 7 prompt for the #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

Day 6 already?! I've read the top line, plan to read both Junes this month thanks to #sundaybuddyread & #summerheat and will eventually get to August & December.

#BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

Two from my TBR for the Day 5 "wild/crazy" prompt. I'm quite enjoying the jewel tones on the covers.

#BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

This was a May Bonus Borrow from Hoopla and since I tag it often for #BookSpinBingo, I felt obligated to give it a read.

Hazel & Mari meet in a NJ school in the 1960s. This graphic novel takes us through the story of their forbidden love. It's sweet & hopeful, if a bit too short and tidy. A quick read perfectly suited to Pride month.
June book 1 for a free space on my #bookspinbingo board & the #BigJuneReadathon @TheAromaofBooks @Clwojick

Two titles and an author from my TBR list representing "bright" for the day 4 prompt of the #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

The Day 3 prompt for the #BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge was "dance" and I immediately thought of this book/movie.

Ron/McGonagall just might be my favorite dance partners.
@Clwojick

I tried. Sort of. I'm feeling confident that June might bring me a bingo.

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I very much enjoyed Jenny Han's To All The Boys I Loved Before trilogy so why haven't I read her Summer trilogy that I own? Maybe because it's all three in one gigantic book!

Maybe 2023 will be its year.

Day 2 "Summer"
#BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

I'm convinced I will be late to my own funeral! ?

Taylor Jenkins Reid coming in strong for the Day 1 "Any number in the title" prompt with 3 great books.
#BigJuneReadathon #photochallenge @Clwojick

My goals for the #BigJuneReadathon
🌻Read 12 books
🌻Complete 2 prompts for #booked2022
🌻Complete 3 prompts for #readharder2022
🌻Complete 6 prompts for #pop22

I am technically ahead on my #52Books challenge but should get a couple more completed with prompt-stacking.

I haven't been very active so I also want to post more and get some reviews done.
@Clwojick

My reset goals are simple... read and lose 5 pounds. Since weightloss is my ultimate goal, I am finally giving myself a small loss goal to strive for. Doing yoga, new recipes, mealprepping...it only works when it all comes together. Giving myself 1 small goal will hopefully remind me to make healthy choices everyday.

Yes, I did just put my current weight on the internet. I'm going for accountability & easy tracking.
@wanderinglynn #BFC2022

My #bookspin book is The Imaginary Lives of James Poneke, a leftover from AAPI month, for a written by a Pacific Islaner prompt. My #doublespin book is The Pisces, which had been on my shelves for a few years now, and gives a prompt about constellations. YAY!

@TheAromaofBooks

I still have to review May & see how well I avoided a bingo, but here's June's list. 😁

@TheAromaofBooks #bookspinbingo

I'm starting my #20in4 today and going til Tuesday.

I've been working on this for over a month. It's good. It's not quite 400 pages, but it feels dense. Here's to finishing 190 pages during the readathon (only 11 chapters?! See...it's dense)

@Andrew65 Hey! I'm actually posting! 🤣

Learning about Afghanistan and I come across this picture. The book says this is Abdur Rahman but all I see is DJ Khaled. 🤣🤣🤣

#ICantUnseeIt
#foodandlit @butterfinger @Texreader @Catsandbooks

Another month without a bingo. Only eight books read last month and none reviewed yet, but I'm happpy with what I finished considering it was a busy month.
April #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I've got about 90 minutes of waiting in the car for my guy to finish up at a doctor's appointment. It's quiet and cool enough that I can read while the birds sing me a song.
Let's do this! #sundaybuddyread

Excited to see how many boxes I can complete this month!
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

On Saturday I treated myself to some new audiobooks from Libro.fm to support my local indie shop. Tagged is the bottom right one that's hardest to read. See anything you liked?

Finally! My May BookSpin List. I turned off my notifications so I wouldn't be tempted to cheat. Now, let's see what I may or may not actually read this month! 🤣

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

After about 5 weeks of slacking off, I need to get back into the swing of things. My muscles & joints feel a bit tight already from all my inactivity. I found a few 30-Day challenges to target arms, abs, thighs, and booty so I'll see how far I get with that. I'm realistic that I may skip a day here & there as I get used to the moves so if I can get 20 days completed I'll be happy.
#BFC2022 @wanderinglynn

Thank you @Bookgoil @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Professional_Book_Dragon for this surprise happy in my mailbox this week. It came at the right time! We just buried my guy's abuela at 101 years young that same day.
#LitsyLove

Starting this today with the little reading time I have this weekend.

Shortly after we got Watson, he must've felt that books took attention away from him (or he was just an inquisitive little puppy). He went to the bottom shelf of a bookcase, pulled this book from its shelves, and tore the back cover into little pieces. He wasn't a chewer, just a ripper. It was a fun afternoon putting this puzzle together.

#dogsoflitsy #authoramonth

I've extended my #FoodAndLit stay in Greece a little longer to finish this rom-com while eating Spanakopita. A late dinner but when in Greece...🤣
Sure, it's from Trader Joe's but I've been garbage about the food portion so it totally counts.
#LetsJustPretendItsMarch44th
@Butterfinger @Texreader @Catsandbooks

@wanderinglynn March started off great but fizzled. My work trip threw off my mojo & zapped my energy. I didn't workout, per se, but I was on the go so much more.
Only 11 workouts, no new lunch recipe, but I did read 13.5 books.
I am also having phone issues so I can't access my usual yoga app. I am looking to figure out goals for the second half of the month this week. Maybe I need to get a new phone or a tablet.
#BFC2002

Starting a week late but hopefully I can play catch up on our #sundaybuddyread by Monday.

Today we celebrate abuela's 101st birthday! I have some data entry to do later. Tomorrow I'm being brave and taking my niece out to practice driving.
But first?! Coffee and a book.

This was a fun enemies-to-lovers/second chance romance. Told in alternating POVs, this spicy tale tells us about Ambrosia & Chase then and now. Then: a semi-public sex scandal. Now: a lingering penchant for semi-public sex. Chase used to be BFFs with Ambrosia‘s brothers, so he calls her “Bro”. In her current life, she prefers “Sia”, leaving Ambrosia behind. My biggest gripe is that any way you cut it, the heroine‘s name feels cheesy. ⬇️

I'm not generally a poetry fan, unless it's Poe. At a used book sale a few years ago, this psychedelic cover won me over. Since many of you are participating in #nationalpoetrymonth I figured it's a good time to pull it out of the closet and give it a go. With about 120 poems, I can read a few a day and finish in a month or so.

Fingers crossed I find a few to enjoy. 🤞

Bingo Board Design Day is my favorite day of the month! I've got a little #foodandlit #Cuba (my guy is 1st-gen Cuban American so I can't phone it in here!), a bit of YA April, a couple #AAM I've owned far too long, and lots of challenge prompts to check off. Let's do this!

@TheAromaofBooks

#Booked2022 Quarter 1 Recap: Five books

❄ 4 The Shadow of the Wind #WeatherTermInTitle

❄ 6 The Mercies #NonPatriarchalSocietyOrEcoFeministNovel

🌸 7 Cleopatra: A Life #AboutARealOrFictionalRoyal

🌸 12 Death on the Nile #AMurderMystery

🍁 22 The Song of Achilles #MythologyRetellingOrSetInAnAncientCivilization

@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Another fun murder mystery from the Grand Dame Agatha Christie. I wasn't certain who-dun-it, but I had my suspicions and I was correct. If I learned anything from trying The Mysterious Affair at Styles on audio, it is that I need to actually read these books to help keep the people straight. Sure, I needed a cheat sheet early on to help me remember who each person was in relation to the others, but it all came together for me ⬇️

I liked this, but didn't love it. While it was atmospheric and the remote setting was like its own character, ultimately I wanted a little more than what we got. When the village's men are taken by the sea, the women must step up to ensure their people can carry on living. Add to it men who just can't imagine women will do just fine on their own and considering those with different customs as witches, well...it all makes me a little stabby. ⬇️

Here we go with my ideal TBR for April but I'll be lucky if I get to half of these. For the books that didn't make the cut, there's always Free Spaces and May (and June and...). 🤣

I'm getting some strong spring/The Enchanted April vibes with this graphic. Now if Mother Nature would just act like it's spring here in NJ, I'd be a lot happier.
#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

2022 is the year I will read the entire Cemetary of Forgotten Books series. I remembered some details but not all, so I gave this one a listen to refresh my memory on the more secondary characters.

Still just as good, perhaps better the second time around.
March #bookspinbingo Free Space @TheAromaofBooks #SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView #booked2022 Winter 4 #WeatherTermInTitle @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

Well, even reading 13.5 books doesn't get me a bingo nor my bookspin or doublespin completed this month! 🤣 Oh well, maybe in April.

@TheAromaofBooks #bookspinbingo