#hyggehour
Hope everyone is relaxing tonight. I am on spring break, so no work this week. Yay!!

#sundaybuddyread #naturalitsy #TheQueensofCrime #audiobook #readyourkindle #DorothySayers #foodandlit #Rowanda #poetry #CommissarioGuidoBrunettiMystery #FamilyStories

‘“Shakespeare was right…Lust often is “murderous, bloody,full of blame,/Savage,extreme,rude,cruel,not to trust.”‘
A bloody murder sends CI Banks, and his team down a rabbit hole in an effort to understand gaps in the victim‘s life story. Is the why of her murder rooted in her past? Literature,poetry, & music play an essential role: Shakespeare, Philip Larkin,Vivaldi,Mesiaen. A character even suggests that Banks is in competition with PD James‘⬇️

Yesterday my son & I enjoyed another #makingmemories day in NYC.The cold,damp,& rain did not deter us! We took a 6:10 a.m. Amtrak train to the Metro North line which let us out at Grand Central Station.Breakfast for me was 2 mini bacon quiches & Starbucks coffee. Perfect start to my day! The MET exhibit was truly breathtaking. I love how the drawings, etchings, & oil paintings took us through Friedrich‘s artistic & spiritual life chronologically.

Afternoon tea with Edna. Catching ip on today‘s reading.

#day13 #poetry #April #femalepoets
I could not find this book in the data base, but I highly recommend it.

My four picks for #CampLitsy25

#nationalpoetrymonth #celebratepoetry
#day12 #carry

I am late to the poetry party, but hope to post on occasion this month.💖

Top row: currently reading #sundaybuddyread #naturalitsy #DCIBanks #5 #readyourkindle #QueensofCrime #audiobook
Bottom row: finished books #IsabellaGardner #PatrikHedstromMystery #decoupagemystrty #2 #audiobook

Crazy New England weather in CT this week. Gray clouded sky one day, then a brief appearance of the sun another day- magnolia tree bud, star hyacinth, now snow Friday & today! So so happy Litsy is working today-“Where books make friends.” Friday I missed everyone!

#reachbeyondlanguage #silence #Witness
“Remember when you read, that every sentence has a past.”

#Witness #ElieWiesel #holocaust #stories
“We must tell stories.”

#2 in the #decoupagemystery series. This time the ending, the “ who dun it” took me by surprise. Lots of information in the world of decoupage & a little romance.Friendship & found family themes.#serieslove2025 #audiobook

This is what I woke up to this morning! Only in New England! Happy Friday everyone! ❄️❄️❄️

3 favs: Lady Bird, Selma, The Black Panther

Reading with Em-cat tonight.

1) magnolia & star hyacinth
2) my family, my staff team at work, my kitties
#gratitude #WondrousWednesday

We finished Night today at work.Planning to have the students watch the movie The Book Thief to wind down to our spring break, which begins on Friday. Witness is a perfect complement to Night.

Gideon Oliver is awarded a Fellowship to Germany, Spain, Sicily, & Holland.What appears to be a dream trip becomes a horror movie as men with intent to kill him are lurking in the shadows. As he has beaten & pursued across Europe, he uses his wits & skills in forensic anthropology to discover just what exactly is going on.Spies & counter spies & a new love interest add spice to the mix. #GideonOliverMystery #serieslove2025

#bookmail #poetry

My plans for #hyggehourreadathon

Visiting Venice tonight. #CommissarioGuidoBrunettiMystery
#serieslove2025 #24

#Chatterday
Despite the pouring rain, I enjoyed a wonderful #chatterday today. Met a friend for coffee who now resides between CT & FL- our friendship dates back to early preschool days of looking for services for our Autistic sons.💜💜💜 Afterwards I browsed my local Indie bookstore & B & N, treated myself to lunch, then came home to book mail. I did just throw in a wash…

Todays #bookhaul
At my local Indie store I bought The Story She Left Behind,Anne Frank, 75th Anniversary Edition, & The Feminist Reader.At B & N I bought A Bird in Hand,& 2 lovely blank books with colorful prints on edges(at top of this stack),an appropriate bookmark, & NYC Central Park”A Walk in the Park” magnetic bookmarks,#bookmail brought me Letters of Note & James Baldwin. I am sad as these last 2 books are my final ones from Blackwells.

#4 in this series earns a So-So from me.Too much Pub crawling, & drinking. Despite this, a rather chilling plot.#serieslove2025
Maybe I need a break from this series!

A peaceful demonstration against nuclear power turns violent and ends with a police officer dead. Superintendent Burgess,whose interrogation tactics are intimidating & brutal, is sent in to head the investigation. Banks tries to work around him to maintain his positive relationships & solve the murder. Add an ex-hippie community, twists, turns, & a surprise ending & we have another series winner. #serieslove2025 #3

#bookreport
Top row, books in process
Bottom row, books finished
#sundaybuddyread #readyourkindle #audiobook #serieslove2025

We are forewarned in the book‘s Forward. 🩷

Today could not come soon enough! #5JoysFriday
1) Exhibit on Muslim art at local museum with my son #makingmemories
2) cinnamon milk
3) crème fraiche & scones
4)watching The Pit with my family
5) a staff member at works makes french press coffee after lunch daily for us. ☕️?

Friday morning coffee & a book. #sundaybuddyread #coffeeandbooks

#readyourkindle #April.
Currently reading The Lioness of Boston.

Exhausting but fulfilling day both at work & at home. Capping it off with cinnamon milk,half a palmier, & some poetry. Not pictured:Em-cat snuggled on my lap.

I love love how much I am learning because of this book! #Yggdrasil #norsemythology #trees #atreeaday

https://norse-mythology.org/cosmology/yggdrasil-and-the-well-of-urd/
@AllDebooks Like minds. I like to think we were contemplating this at similar times this morning. 🌳💚

#cozy #thematiccozies #storygraphchallenge

This mornings fare:
Blueberry scone & crème fraiche, coffee & a book. Started this at 2:00 a.m. when I woke & initially could not sleep. #Serieslove2025

So so generous of you to run this celebration giveaway!
What I love about litsy:
Community
Constant exposure to new books #blameitonlitsy
Buddy reads
Challenges
Seasonal card/ book swaps
CampLitsy
Friendships
Safe space
HyggeHour
Reading!!!!
Global feel
#50KGiveaway

March stats. Total:27 books
Row 1: Buddy reads & Kindle #sundaybuddyread #foodandlit #Ireland #bookedintime #Irishfamine #CrosswickJournals #MadeleineLEngle #studentbuddyread #readyourkindle
R2: #memoir #poetry #MatthewShardlake #DIBanks #IcelandicMystery
R3:#CommissarioBrunetti #RoyalSpynessMystery #Bookinabook #MartiniClub #GideonOliverMysteries
R4: #LaneWinslow
R5: #Spyness #PatrikHedstromMysteries #audiobooks #serieslove2025 #Storygraph

From the fabulous Louise Penny‘s April Newsletter: Today I signed up for the B& N virtual discussion of The Black Wolf (includes the book). Her last book tour(11/1,2) venue is at the Haskell Free Library & Opera House,straddling CA & US, at Rock Island, QC/Derby Line, VT. There will be tickets for 200 Canadians & 200 US citizens. Virtual tickets will be available 4/15. I am beyond excited!

Hectic crazy morning, meetings, teaching, & as is often the case, the totally unexpected pops up. Finally, a lunch time breather with coffee and a book. 🍕☕️ 📖

What a game tonight! On to the Final Four in Tampa! 🏀💪🏻🎉💙

#weekyfavorites
#LaneWinslowMystery
#BookedinTime #Ireland #foodandlit
#mystery #bookfoundinbook #AlbertCampion
#poetry

#weeklyforecast
#sundaybuddyread #LaneWinslowMystery #Naturalitsy #ReadYourKindle

Two of my favorite Indie bookstores that I love are RiverBend Bookshop-2 locations, but I visit the West Hartford store as it is closer, & RJ Julia, also 2 locations but I visit the Madison store every summer & enjoy a lobster roll at a nearby fish restaurant. 📚🦞

My #hyggehourreadathon plans tonight.
Drink soothing cinnamon milk, peruse the catalog Divine Geometry ( seeing exhibit today), catch up on Murder on the Links with my kitties. Sublime.

A darkish totally gray cloud morning. Perfect for hot blueberry scone , clotted cream & coffee. Off to the Wadsworth Atheneum in Hartford for a cafe lunch & to view Divine Geometry: Islamic Art at the Wadsworth Atheneum.

My #weekendreads
Engrossed in The Spy Coast today. #libraryfind
The Murder on the Links #ChristieCapers
The Vivaldi Cipher, #readyourkindle

Books I scored at the library this past Friday. Some old; some new. #libraryfinds

Just an FYI for my fellow spring card swappers. Mine just went out in the mail today. Apologies- My health held me back but my husband got me to the post office today. Yay! In early April my family visits Wicked Tulips- fields & fields of countless varieties of tulips for the picking. A wonderful way to celebrate & welcome in the spring season. I can‘t wait! #springcardswap

https://wickedtulips.com/pages/about-us

Brooks‘ response to her husband‘s unexpected, untimely death is poignant, raw, searing,lamentable,heartrending. #storygraph #nonfiction

Today‘s fun fact.