#5joysfriday I‘m so tired that I‘m not sure I‘d remember all the joys without this prompt 1. I went for an afterschool swim this week 2. My rhubarb harvest was top tier 3. A local flower grower had a peony pop up after school today so I bought myself flowers 4. My book outlet order came today AND 5. My Sherlock Holmes Lego set got delivered today too #tgif

It‘s almost Friday #praisebe

When I should have been exercising or making dinner, I was making a giant batch of Nuts n Bolts becasue a neighbour gifted me with some bugles ( we can‘t buy them in 🇨🇦 anymore 😭) and listening to my audio book #summercanstsrtanydaynow

#camplitsy has commenced - I love the 🌈 ish cover

I was sad at the beginning because I was just not connecting with this but then Henry came along and I couldn‘t put it down

One more #camplitsy read has been acquired ( and treats)

I inhaled this on audio! I wasn‘t expecting to get it so fast for June‘s #literarycrew but here we are. I loved it. Please note I am a total grudge holder just like Hazel! It‘s a ♋️ 🦀thing. Also my vendetta against rabbits continues. I planted 2 cucumbers in my garden instead of my raised beds and I thought one had succumbed to cooler than usual temps BUT NO, it‘s the goddamn rabbits. This was was so healthy and alive this morning 🤬🤬🤬

#5joysfriday 1. May has been a good reading month - I didn‘t work a lot this week so finished up some books and got June reads all lined up 2. Gardening is an addiction, we‘ve had a lot of rain so everything except one cucumber plant seems to have settled in 3. A new Canadian winery to me wine order 4. Latest Lego set 🌻 5. Children‘s hospital fundraiser with my sister last night

A few more #camplitsy2025 books have made their way into my greedy little book hoarding hands thanks to Indigo‘s 20% off for teachers sale ( and my plum plus discount too 🎉 ) and my guilty pleasure #alihazelwood 🌶️🌶️

It‘s not often I find a dedication with my name. I‘m pretty sure V.E. wasn‘t talking about grudges here 🤣 ( which I‘m very good at 😣) and now that I‘m well into the story I get it, and I‘m so glad I kept going ( the 100 page rule of perseverance doesn‘t often let me down)

I‘ve kept going ( around page 150 now) and @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage you are right about the Henry parts ( I also like that Addie is finding her groove in both timelines and doesn‘t feel so desperate) I am intrigued by him and why he hasn‘t forgotten her

Despite having a house to clean and an unending to do list in the garden, I just want to build Lego a bit so I started Sunflowers to take a break from cleaning and gardening and not from this book for #literarycrew

The most wonderful time of year ❤️ Camp Litsy reads here I come

Getting ready for Sunday

I thank all the gods we have evolved from this puritanical codswallop than rams societal expectations down our throats and calls it literature. I am ENRAGED at this ending

Apparently fairy smut is my jam 🤷🏻‍♀️ last night when I was supposed to be reading my next 3 chapters for #littensloveacotar I accidentally read to the end 🙄🤦🏻‍♀️ oops I think this was even spicier than the other books 🌶️🌶️🌶️

On audio. Once again I put a hold on a book because the cool kids were reading it and I wasn‘t wrong to so
It‘s nice to read about women your own age being fierce and giving no fucks
I can‘t wait for the next instalment

I really enjoyed this sweet romance with a cross between My Fair Lady and Cinderella vibes. Thx #littensloveromance for the light hearted buddy read

This has been on my TBR for ages and it‘s also one of my irl book club picks but I‘m struggling - after 1000 Doors of January and A Short Walk Through a Wide World it just feels flat or more of the same ( I‘m only about 50 pages in so maybe it gets better - always try to do 100 pages just in case )

This was a quick, sweet and easy read - I‘ve always loved Tiffany & Co and I enjoyed this insiders peek at working there

I am LOVING this #littensloveromance buddy read although in this case it was dancing without gloves 😱

How did we live without audiobooks ?! This book features 4 60 year olds who are retired from being assassins and while on a cruise treated like doddering old fools while I, a 60 year old, shovelled all this dirt 🤬

A long weekend spent maniac gardening to this fantastic audio book! All the plants are planted and of course I want more but the dirt and mulch awaits me as I continue my sweep around the yard weeding and topping up all the beds. The rain comes tomorrow so I‘ve got to hustle

I loved Normal People but I LOVED this more
Again with the flawed people you aren‘t sure you even like and yet they are so REAL. You want so badly for them to get over themselves and work their shit out
All the stars

Maniac gardening continued today, thankful this finally came in from the library

#5joysfriday this week lasted forever, school is bonkers and TGIF 1. Wine delivery from Quebec, quirky and fun 2. Eurovision is LIFE, can‘t wait until tomorrow for finals 3. Weather has been so great I‘ve been reading in the ‘tub‘ not just swimming 🏊🏻‍♀️ after school we drove Beckett ( youngest son) to catch GO train in another town so he could go to Toronto to visit girlfriend & I could go to 4. Ikea for new lounger 5. Take out for dinner 🎉

I saw a random post by Mayim Bialik about her top 5 books and since this is the kind of thing I love on audio I looked it up at the library
MK is a fantastic writer - he is witty and clever and raw and so funny. He lived a lifetime before he could legally drive and somehow came out the other side alive and well.

Not as good as I thought 🤷🏻‍♀️I hope we can attack some of these with #hashtagbrigade

I‘m ready for #littensloveacotar

Happy Mother‘s Day to all of the kinds of mothers there are in the world. You deserve more than a day

Bookish problems

#5joysfriday Friday is always a joy but I love how I pay attention through the week for what brings me joy so I can post them here 1. New nails always bring joy 2. Memes that make me feel seen 3 lunch with a friend who is thinking about moving back when she retires 🤞🏻🤞🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 4 tonight we see an adaptation of P & P and I‘m so excited 5. Yesterday was Happy Meal Day and I treated my sister and my son to some happiness and Diet Coke

I‘m counting Floss because I‘m currently reading it with #hashtagbrigade and it has to count for something! I did start Ivanhoe that‘s on this list but I‘ve barely touched it so I left it off #TLT #Threelistthursday

It‘s the weekend now, right?

What a sucker punch of a book! A love story that encompasses every kind of love and all the ways they can go wrong and right ❤️💔❤️💔❤️💔

A new audio book to do the “to dos” with and some Lego breaks

#TwoforTuesday 1. I just prefer to be reading - sitting, lying down, leaning, walking - there‘s a book for it 2. I just started In Five Years in print, I‘m reading Summer at Tiffany on my kindle for #sundaybuddyread , I just started listening to Kasher in the Rye on audio and I‘m slogging on with The Mill on the Floss on the serial app with #hashtagbrigade ( I‘m following along with #littensloveacotar ‘s reading of ACOFAS which I inhaled )

I loved Brittney‘s voice! I inhaled this attacking my to do list today. The patriarchy wants to keep all women down and white women breeding. Stand up for your sisters

Next up on audio and bag #4 of pink flower bouquet Lego. White women wearing crosses on tv talking shit are doing feminism a disservice ( BC is not saying this, I am) women who aren‘t feminists are not living their best life

I love Finlay so much!!!! I thought so much was getting sorted out, finally, at the end BUT of course Findlay‘s life is still a complete mess! So more books for EC to write and for me to love. I‘ve got the 4th FD in my Book Outlet cart as I type

Sunday night #hyggehour I love Finlay

I enjoyed listening to this, at times it was almost meditative. The talk about art and being compelled to create and adrift when there was no inspiration was so interesting, listening to the struggles of addiction was hard. A quote that stood out for me that came from the Koran “Action will be judged by intention”. I‘d like to ask a few people in power about this. It was disjointed at times

Getting ready for May‘s #sundaybuddyread I could inhale this book

#5joysfriday 1. April lasted FOREVER and the weather sucked for the most part so a lot of books got read 2. Apparently the weather was perfect for magnolias! The tree has had its best year in ages 3. I was gifted a jewelry chest and I‘ve been sorting my beads into it ( composite jewelry like pandora, I‘ve got multiple brands and too much) 4. My sister bought me a custom coaster for my Diet Coke 5. Homemade pizza is the best

Thank you @dabbe for posting these, I love a good list! 1. My favourite is Pride & Prejudice ( an adaptation is playing in our local theatre and we have tickets next Friday 🎉 2. I‘ve never read The Great Gatsby and I don‘t think I ever will so my kids can always say they‘ve read something I haven‘t 🤣 3. I‘ve got On the Road beside my bed to read and maybe this will be the summer I finally do 🤷🏻‍♀️ no tagging cuz I‘m a day late

I‘m a day late for #literarycrew it started with a murder and a cast of characters I mainly abhorrd. 100 pages in and I wondered if I‘d keep going. Almost immediately I started liking it more and cared who died and what was going to happen to them all. The politics of the day aren‘t too far off today‘s

I‘m dilly dallying with my #literaryclub #buddyread I will join when I can hopefully sooner than later ( I‘m on page 100)

Next Lego set

For all the Sherlock fans here ( it opens to reveal scenes from stories) I hope this is a whole new category of Lego ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

I finished my telephone box and put it with my ‘set in the UK‘ books