I love it when vestiges of past owners appear when reading used books.(B & N bookmark, previous owner‘s inscribed name)The tagged book is from The Barn, a huge sprawling used bookstore recommended by @Amiable , the other was a Thrift book purchase. #usedbooks

It‘s a paczki & coffee morning!

Bedtime reading. Venice to fall asleep too. Heaven.💤💤

Poe & I are in the UK with Inspector Jon Madden. Escaping again. #WhereareyouMonday

Total escapism.Laugh out loud funny,hilarious,sexy.Upon discovering her surgeon husband in a sexually compromising position with a nurse in the OR, RN Maddie Winlaw leaves her husband & accepts a job as an assistant coroner from her friend Izzy.They embark on solving a complicated case of multiple murders in which her husband is a primary suspect.in the investigative process,stars combust between Maddie & the dishy,tantalizing Dec.Hurley.

Watched the first SNL anniversary special, so tonight watching the second during #hyggehour with hubby & our cats.

After dinner reading. Pulled off an old pile #TBR & it‘s pure fun. Just what I need!

This book was so dense and meaty that I pulled quotes for my review. I can say that I am inclined to read more of Ardent‘s books but feel it would take more than a year & I would certainly need buddy reads,because although I am fascinated the philosophy thanks to the exposure from classes my son took in college,I struggle with processing philosophical thinking. Any takers? #adventuresinphilosophy

Rich, inexhaustible,copious in historical details, the minutia of life in the streets: wet steps, slippery with seaweed;rich in the brilliant analysis of literary luminaries‘ books;rich in dialogue; rich in social & political history; rich in current events,corruption.

A Roma child, found dead in the waters of the Quay, haunts Brunetti. Just know this: the resolution emulates real life.#serieslove2025 #17

“Had a man ever been married to a woman whose moral code was based on a British novel?”

I so adore this series! #serieslove2025

Breakfast: coffee, cranberry Irish soda bread, & a book.Nirvana.

Poe ( that fur blob) & I are in Venice tonight. #catsoflitsy

For the most part, this meditative book of essays provoked reflective responses in me as evidenced by all the sticky notes that adorn the book‘s pages.I especially enjoyed all her musings on poetry& language,her role as a poet & the poetics in Benedictine chants,songs,prayers, & in the Bible.But for about the last 90 pages, I confessed I skimmed. I‘m not sure if it was just because became the book became repetitive or that I lost interest.#nunlit

#LaneWinslowMystery #serieslove2025 This book is a song to British Columbia, CA: it‘s mountains bathed in rainbows of light at sunrise & sunset,the lush greenery of its woods,its fields of colorful wildflowers,it‘s streams, & swampy humid riverbanks.It offers what war weary,Ex M16 WWII operative Lane Winslow needs,to be tucked away in a sleepy village across the ocean & a continent away.But her seclusion is abruptly interrupted when a man is 🔽

Only on page 10 of this quiet, thought-provoking journal. Each small section is a deep dive as she writes of the need for a personal “ circle of quiet” to go to replenish oneself, balanced with a natural /created community. Totally relevant.
L‘Engle lived in Goshen, CT for 55 years until her death in 2007. Most of her published writing, & creating family was based here. The house remains in the family, but I am hoping to drive by it this summer.🔽

#5JoysFriday

1) view of church across my side street in the snow.⛪️❄️
2) up to see sunrise❤️🌅
3) family- my caretakers while sick this week forever grateful! 🩷💖
4) Always COFFEE ❤️☕️
5) my books, reading getting me through my bronchitis! ❤️📚
Deb, I am so grateful for you for starting this - Looking back on my week & finding joy is a wonderful life-giving practice. ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

Very early morning start- been home due to a bout of bronchitis.In between rest & sleep, I am reading, reading. What do others do when sick at home if not a reader? School is closed this coming Monday & Tuesday for Presidents‘ day,which is a healing bonus. Enjoying this non demanding cozy read. #readyourkindle

Really really hard to choose 3 from the 40 I read-such classics!

My garden last summer gone to the wild- weeds as tall as the railings. My “ratty little garden.” I could not give it attention because of shoulder surgery. Life forced me to let go, let the garden reclaim itself.
“The garden I‘ve grown into…seems more a kind of Purgatory, but I love it. It‘s a rattly little garden, not much at all. But I can call it mine”(271).
#nunlit

Culmination of the evolution talk in this chapter. #adventuresinphilosopy

#readyourkindle #VictorianHistoricalMyrderMystery #SeriesLove 2025 #1 This book kept me engrossed & fascinated,not only for its intricate plot, but also for its historical details about Victorian life & the mythology surrounding ravens at the Tower of London.Centuries-old superstitions insisted that if the ravens at the tower are lost or fly away,the crown will fall along Britain.The vicious murder of one of the Yeoman Warblers,tasked with the🔽

Another library find. Started this tonight & some unidentified propulsion keeps me reading, despite my total exhaustion. 🥱
#coverlove

This has been in my TBR for ages. Maria Popova writes about one of Zadie Smith‘s essays, among other writers,in an archived post Maria sent in this week‘s email. It has spurred me on to open the pages of this book of Smith‘s essays.

https://mailchi.mp/themarginalian/optimism-despair?e=f0bd056ccf

“We have reached the birth of social behavior.”
I feel like a kid- this is so cool! I never imagined learning about cells would be so much fun! #adventuresinphiosophy

It‘s here! #bookmailisthebestmail

#ReverendMotherMystery
1925 heavily Catholic Cork,Ireland.
Eileen has reneged her previous allegiance to the IRA cause when she perceived that its Machiavelli leaders‘ violence increasingly escalated as they enthusiastically embraced the idea that “the end justifies the means.” But she has not left behind Rev.Mother,nor her childhood friend Inspector Patrick.When a novice is found dead in a convent shed,both join in to help Rev. Mother solve 🔽

Timely.

The author‘s advice to those you visit the MET as he ends his years long journey as a museum guard. His voice inspires me to visit again & again, to peruse those works he so lovingly engages with & writes about.
#monthlynonfiction2025 #February #StoryGraph #700to799

Started this tonight. This book totally engaged me- all new learning. I am keeping to the schedule @GingerAntics set, so I can take it slow, digest & process what I am absorbing. #adventuresinphilosophy

This last in this series does not disappoint.Midwife Sarah Malloy & her PI husband Frank, investigate the death of a young woman who is determined to publish an expose on patent remedies( containing mostly alcohol & other addictive drugs).The victim‘s father asks couple to find justice for his daughter.Historic details such as the difference between various carriages & the introduction of the electric car add authenticity to the story.Partaking 🔽

Back to our beloved books


They ask for nothing

They fill the room

with everything you need

Salvation in their presence.

Staring my morning with coffee and journal writing in response to @TheBookHippie prompt of the day: think of a sad song you love and wallow in it. Mine: Long long journey by Enya. Such yearning in it…

https://youtu.be/ol_PPtn2gcw

It was wonderful to immerse myself in the Cape Cod world of sun, sand, salt air, ocean breezes, picnics on the beach, sticky fingers, wet bathing suits,towels with their seaweed smell flapping on a clothesline, & family love & acceptance, while outside in my world, cold wind bit my cheeks, & fluffy snow covered what once was brownish grass.

My #5JoysFriday
1) journaling with @TheBookHippie prompts 📘
2) Roses my husband got me 🌹
3) Poe snugging me 🐈
4) Another bookstore visit #Indie 📚
5) Snow this week ❄️

Having such fun reading this tonight! #ChristieCapers #AgathaChristieClubR3

So much heart packed into 226 pages. ❤️💔❤️‍🔥💗 #SoryGraph #FictionalTraveler #2 #APlaceYouLove #CapeCod
#52BookClub2025 #13 #TitleinTenLettersorLess
#TBR #ReadYourBooks #11 #TBRfromShelf

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“All the Beauty in the World” -every time I visit the MET I am in awe, feel such elation & connectedness to humanity & its centuries of beauty. Hope lies in beauty. #Artisresistence #StoryGraph #monthlynonfiction2025 #February

Having do much fun re-reading this book with a 9th grade student whose reading level is low. The student‘s insights are wonderful-she reveled in this quote.This buddy read feeds my joy! #teachersofLitsy

Because of this challenge I have less than 10 unread kindle books. Lots of holds on Libby, but some will take ages. Thanks @CBee !!! That is why I covered the numbers. 😀 #readyourkindle #february

Alicia Keyes wins Global Impact Award at the Grammy‘s tonight. Her acceptance speech was inspiring- just what we need right now. That‘s why I am sharing it.
“DEI is not a threat, it‘s a gift.”
https://youtu.be/htJum8qT8Lc

My January #wrapup per StoryGraph. I finally have the hang of this app & am having such fun with it. Thanks Julie for introducing me to me to it!

My plans for #hyggehourreadathon
Thanksgiving to #foodandlit #Netherlands in January, I am thoroughly addicted to Stroopwsfels with coffee. This one is honey & vanilla bourbon. It‘s a night for candles-those pictured are courtesy of @dabbe As always,my cozy reading chair with pillows & blankets. Not pictured are Em & Poe, who usually join me. Contentment!

That first sip-BLISS! Next comes apple paczki! ☕️🍩

#sundaybuddyread #coffeeandbooks

Apparently Ardent‘s The Origins of Totalitarianism includes three separate sections, which have also been published separately. This tagged book is taking me much longer to read than I anticipated because of its parallels to life now.
Interestingly, our freshman World History class just finished a unit on imperialism, & Cecil Rhodes & his crass attitude towards Africa & its people are duly noted.
#adventuresinphilosophy #resistence

#weekendreads #sundaybuddyread #RestisResistence #audiobook #serieslove2025 #adventuresinphilospophy #libraryfind

Started with the prompt for today #Whatdoyoudoforyou
Bought the pictured notebook just for February‘s prompts.📝

I enjoyed just how the author portrayed the Queen‘s humanity in this book.She was quite likable to me & had me rooting for her! It‘s 1957, & Queen Elizabeth,new at her royal role,suspects someone among her father‘s courtiers intends to sabotage her reign in public.2 bodies are discovered in Chelsea that are possibly linked to her monarchy. She asks an ex-code breaker to help her unravel the truth. #serieslove2025 #4

#FoodandLit #February #2025
Plans this month: Reading the tagged book & making Dal Bhat which sounds delicious!

#weeklyfavorites #January

Bedtime reading:The Secret Adversary #ChristieCapers