#BookAdventCalendar

#weeklyforecast #Dec8
Say Nothing: #nonfiction 25 pages
Christmas Journey #audiobook- finish
Guidebook to Murder: #mysteryoftheweek -2 hours #audio
A Noel Killing:#holidaycheer up to p. 143

#Book Report #SaturdayDec7 #nonfiction #holidaycheer #mysteryoftheweek
Say Nothing: #nonfiction only got to p. 206
Maigret Chritmas : #holidaycheer finished my first introduction to this series- such fun! His character is great.
The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth: #mystery of the week. Don‘t know why I felt compelled to finish- may because I enjoyed other books by the same author. Would not recommend- I found it boring.

#GladTidings #PoetryMatters

This is not a Christmas themed celebration of glad tidings, but Reeves poetry & imagery resonates with me.

#HollyJollyReading #Santa

Confession: Our tree is not up yet. We are waiting for my son‘s exams to be done this week. He loves to be involved in the trimming. So I have no Santa to display. But these illustrations by J. Otto Seibold are eye catching. 🎅🏻

#BookAdventCalendar #festive #DearDecember

The tagged book is set in Provence, so I just “had to” buy it.

An unexpected leisurely festive breakfast. I am home due to a snow day! A gift... Happy Wednesday Littens!

#BookAdventCalendar
Another book my son loved! The illustrations are gorgeous.

#DearDecember #blackgoldcover

#HollyJollyRead #DecktheHalls #BoughsofHolly

The tagged book, 2 Holly bushes to the left at our family Cape House.
“Deck the halls/with bough of holly/fa la la la la la la “

https://youtu.be/WgEVI8DEkF8

#BookAdventCalendar
At a house party that Lady Vespasia Cummings-Gould attends, a young woman, Gwendolyn,commits suicide,the woman perceived as responsible,Isabella, is ostracized.A decision is made:if Isabella embarks on a pilgrimage to the Scottish highlands,finds Gwendolyn‘s mother,delivers her daughter‘s last letter,explains daughter‘s death & her role in it,she can expiate her guilt & find redemption.Vespasia accompanies her on the journey.

#DearDecember #AgingCharacters
In 1940 England Susan is raising homing pigeons with her grandfather.The National Pigeon Service involves Susan in a assignment:to air drop hundreds of these birds with coded messages into German occupied France.
The Novel includes the role of these carrier pigeons in espionage, war wreckage & its toll, loss,romance,missed chances, despair,hope. By 1996, Susan,a grandma,has aged,& carries her story in her heart.

#HollyJollyReading #HolidayDecorations #Nutcrackers #Angels

#BookAdventCalendar #HolidayTBR

#chance #solvingcrime
“Contrary to whats often happens,no unequivocal intervention of chance,no dramatic turning point was involved. That kind of chance had no part in the events, and yet chance was nevertheless a factor, a constant presence, in the sense that every price of information came at the right time and in the most straightforward, natural way. “ Maigret, now retired. solves a puzzling situation brought to his door step on Chrismas Day.

#BookAllusion #CaskoftheAmontillado #EdgarAllanPoe #Sherry #Enticement

Such a chilling, s-l-o-w-l-y- build up of suspense in this short story (Cask of Amontillado).

#BookAdventCalendar #JusttheRightBook #RJJuliaBooksellers

Every 2 months I receive #JusttheRightBook tailored to me from this independent bookstore in Madison, CT., RJ Julia Booksellers. This month‘s book embodies the Christmas mystery spirit & has a lovely cover.

#Fridaydinner #booksandfood #booksandbooze #grittycomestodinner

Slow going with this book. Not enjoying it -
But rather than bailing, wanting to see the ending.

#BookAdventCalendar

Tagged book In this month‘s TBR. Love the cover‘s simplicity, grays and whites.

#PoetryMatters. #Christmas

#HollyJollyReading #snowman
Golden Book edition of a beloved classic.

#DearDecember #treesinthetitle
Not holidayish but one of my favorite books that I read when young ( my mom‘s edition). Also loved Joy in the Morning.

#BookAdventCalendar
Still hanging onto my son‘s book.🎄🕯

#DearDecember #greencovers

@Suet624 What do you spy in the left bottom corner? !

#HollyJollyReading #HolidayBook #bookadventcalendar

#PoetryMatters #tree

“....What joy it was, that almost found me?
What amiable peace?

Then it was over, the wind
Roused up in the oak trees behind me...”

#HollyJollyChristmas #Light

I have not read this yet- TBR. But seems to fit. 🕯🕯

#snowday #coffeeandbooks #Mondaymorning #teachersoflitsy
First we had a 2 hour delay-two hours later we had a snow day!Meanwhile Robert shoveled out the car.Then I proceeded to get it stuck in a snow bank! After shoveling etc, I finally drove it out.Just then, while still in the car, a text came through that school was closed.So happy- it‘s icy & snowy & after my major car accident when I turned 30, I have be shy to drive in bad weather. Saved!

##PoetryMatters #Cheer

Also love the tagged book. #teachersoflitsy

#DearDecember #settinginEurope
About family, marriage, keys (both literal & symbolic),Set in magical Paris. “Locked doors can protect or imprison you.”

#HollyJollyReading #DecemberTBR

🎄The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth
🎄 Say Nothing
🎄 Sherlock Holmes and the Christmas Demon
🎄The Santa Klaus Murder
🎄 A Maigret Christmas
🎄 The Mistletoe Murder
🎄 One Day in December #botmbuddyread (kindle)

I am still undecided about what audio book to begin.

#weeklyforcast #nonfiction #mysteryoftheweek #holidaycheer
Hoping this week to continue reading Say Nothing ( on pg 200) #nonfiction
Finish The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth #mysteryoftheweek
Read A Maigret Christmas #holidaycheer
Here‘s to a good reading week!

#BookReport
Say Nothing: on p. 176
The Ruin: audio, finished
The Disappearance of Alistair Ainsworth: p. 71, library Book so reading this rather than the Cara Black mystery.

#GratefulReads #FavNovRead #NamasteNovember #NovStats #MadonnaNovember #Amazing
Decent month. I read a total of 8 books
1 fiction, 2 historical fiction, 5 mysteries. 2of the mysteries were audio books.
Given my crazy month, it is #Amazing I read this month!
Favorite book: November Road

#Saturdaymorning #SunshineBlueSkies #34degrees #nippy
#booksandcoffee

Breakfast rather decadent: hot apple pie with whipped cream, french roast in my new cat mug, thanks to @Jee_HookedOnBookz . I just love the feel of the warm tail around my fingers!!!
Happy Sunday all! I hope to head out fir a walk later.

#NamasteNovember #Serenity

The author takes us step by step on a path to #serenity

#MadonnaNovember #I‘llRemember
I‘ll remember: I was working in a school the day of the Challenger explosion.The kindergarteners were watching on TV the first teacher, Christa McAuliffe, go into space.Then the unimaginable happened.- the shuttle looked to be engulfed in flames, broke up, & fell out of the sky. Students created a book to express their reactions. Tagged book are poems compiled in hopes of comforting children post 9/11.

#GratefulReads #Blackintitle
One of my son‘s favorite books.

#litsylove #winterswap #grateful #coffeeandbooks #coffeesndcats #bookmarks
Thank you so much for such personalized gifts! Cat mug & book@ark, coffee socks, ( cannot wait to wear them to work!) 2 books From my TBR, my favorite breakfast, oatmeal, & a beautiful personalized card! I had so much fun opening everything! Many thanks @Jee_HookedOnBookz

#fridaymorning #coffeesndbooks
Slept in this post Thanksgiving morning. Scone & coffee from a Barbara Pym mug. She was one of my mother‘s favorite authors.
Needed a small break from Say Nothing, so starting this library book.
Happy Friday everyone!

#graditude #Thanksgiving #family
#neighbors #rituals #reunion
After a nap we went across the street to our neighbors, (another tradition)for dessert. Anyone in the neighborhood is welcome-we all come baring desserts. Three of my son‘s former babysitters are always there,now with their own children. We are forever grateful for our friends & neighbors who helped bring up Robert. A Thanksgiving ritual, a reunion.

#odyssey #escapeplans #thetroubles #saynothing
Brendan Hughes,IRA,Belfast,escaped from Long Kesh prison much like Odysseus escaped from Cyclops‘ cave.

#hungerstrikes #theTroubles
This book is teaching me so much about this time in Irish history. Using hunger strikes as a political statement dates back to the Middle Ages in Ireland.
Apologies for the state of the quote. Hopefully you can read it. 🤪

#GratefulReads #SetDuringThanksgiving
A true story of Thanksgiving & a Thanksgiving murder. 🦃🎉
Happy Thanksgiving Littens!

#catsoflitsy #Thanksgivingmorning #gratitude

So thankful for Em & Poe & this riveting book on this Thanksgiving morning. And if course, my coffee, not pictured but by my side!
😻😻📚☕️🦃

#MadonnaNovember #the powerofgoodbye
Lucy and Gabe are soulmates,who share the tragedy of witnessing 9/11 together.They experience a first, electrifying love, but their career paths separate them geographically. Star-crossed lovers? Fate?Choice? Gabe goes to photograph the war torn Middle East while Lucy eventually remains in NYC & marries.The thread that binds them is sporadic,fragile,but never quite broken.This book is Lucy‘s goodbye to Gabe.

#MadonnaNovember #Fever

Read this as a family ages ago- my first book by this author.

#GratefulReads #bookyouhavereread #CharlesDickens
Family tradition to reread this classic every holiday season. 🎄🎄🎄

#JusttheRightBook #RJJuliaBooksellers #bookmail
A bit of pre-Christmas cheer came in the mail today. 📚🤶🏻🎅🏻🎄

#GratefulReads #November #Memoir
So many great memoirs! Here‘s a few I loved.

#weeklyforcast #audiomystery #nonfiction #mysteryoftheweek
With Thanksgiving this week, I decided to make my reading predictions with success in mind. 😉