I‘m starting this audiobook tonight for #foodandlit #Peru
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I‘m starting this audiobook tonight for #foodandlit #Peru
@Catsandbooks
#5JoysFriday
#CampLitsy has given me 2 of the best reads of the year so far! I‘m spending the weekend scrapbooking and card making with good friends. I ♥️ my family to no end and I‘m so lucky to still have my beautiful parents in their 80s. And my stellar team at work are doing their best to keep my head above water. There‘s been so much tragedy here in Texas since July 4. I had to share my gratitude for life today for all I have. @DebinHawaii
pickWow!! Wow!! Wow!!
This may be the best book of the year! Wow!!
Just finished. Review to come. But my mind is blown! 🤯
@Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB
#CampLitsy
Just finished. Whew!!! This is one brutal book!!! Review to come. #campLitsy
@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB
#wdncw @dabbe
We do not care that the family dinner tonight was frozen chicken baked in the oven, potatoes au gratin from a box, and microwaved lentils and barley. Sometimes that‘s all we can muster after a long busy day at work. 🥱
From an account I follow on Insta:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2cpLGMWqI/?img_index=1&igsh=MXZndGYyYmg3cWN6Yw==
I just reached the halfway point so I can now dive into the weekend comments! #campLitsy
@Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB
I‘m tired of waiting for my library hold (still several months out) so I‘ve splurged one of my Audible credits to get this book for #campLitsy. I hope to start it by tomorrow
@BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain
Please say prayers for all the little girls who are missing. This is just up the road from San Antonio and my daughter camped in Hunt when she was a Girl Scout and my grandpa used to live right near the river that‘s flooded. It‘s raining again tonight. I‘m so worried about the little ones!!
Just learned the floodwaters will lead to the lake with our lake house and there are fears the dam could break. Lots of prayers for many communities tonight!
pickAs far as histories about fish go, this is top notch. But it‘s, well, a history about fish. This book covers the economic history of the market for cod, starting with the Basque of Spain through cod‘s depletion in our lifetime. We learn a lot about the cod itself and countless ancient and newer recipes for all things cod. Having toured the ancient Hanseatic Museum in Norway, I expected a lot more detail about the economics of cod. I just felt ⬇️
America 🇺🇸-Neil Diamond
Invincible-Pat Benatar
Winds of Change-Scorpions
Forever Young-Alphaville
Running Up That Hill-Kate Bush
Take On Me-Aha
I‘m On Fire-Bruce Springsteen
Faster Than the Speed of Night-Bonnie Tyler
Eve of Destruction-Barry McGuire
Everybody Wants to Rule the World-Tears for Fears
Zombie-The Cranberries
Everyday is Like Sunday-Morrissey
80s anthems & Cold War angst-nothing will make you cry today like Neil Diamond‘s America
Happy Fourth of July 🎉
I doubt I‘ve ever tried to read six books at the same time. But here I am giving it a try! It‘s too hard to pass up a good reading challenge! And I haven‘t even started my books I‘ve picked out for #Authoramonth this month.
#campLitsy #Greenland #Peru #foodandlit #whatthedickens #klbr #doorstopkirstin
Drop everything! My library hold came in!! Out of order for #campLitsy? We do not care. I‘m reading five other books right now? We do not care. Cosby is an absolute go to author. So I‘m diving in as fast as I can!!
@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB
#wdncc #wedonotcareclub @dabbe
#raisingareader
Our 19-yo son has started cataloguing his books. Here‘s his first 200 he‘s input. I love that he‘s including his childhood books he plans to keep (lots of Encyclopedia Browns for example). Husband and I have both kept lists of our books since our teen years so it‘s awesome that he‘s got the right genes. Daughter has many books too, but she catalogues her movies.
We do not care that I wear my pajama tshirt inside out to bed. The sewn seams drive me nuts because I‘m a side sleeper but I don‘t feel them when I wear it with the seams on the outside. I got this brilliant idea from justbeingmelani on Insta and her We Do Not Care Club for us Women of a Certain Age. More brilliant insights from her here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfOyazMlJf/?igsh=dTRma3VsNnduYjlj
#wdncw @dabbe @Chrissyreadit
Very interesting, and I‘ve read quite a few she‘s posted here. I do love history and historical fiction! I may create my own lists with my favorites. (Not the tagged book)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLhuRX_MiWb/?igsh=ZThnb2c4a2FlNzFu
June was a good month for reading, thanks to a mostly restful vacation where I finished 7 of these 11 books. I tagged my favorite of the month. Stats:
7 for #Greenland #foodandlit (1 doing double duty with #authoramonth)
3 for #serieslove (double duty with #foodandlit)
2 for #authoramonth (plus 1 finished in May)
2 for #campLitsy
1 for #klbr
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @Soubhiville @BarbaraJean @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks
I‘m squeezing in one more book for #Greenland #foodandlit because my library hold finally came in. @Catsandbooks
😥 #foodandlit #Greenland @Catsandbooks
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How reading and cocoa rooms popped up in Victorian England inviting not just men but women too! Can we start doing this again?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKmG9g7oXlE/?igsh=MWVubngzcm91NTlvbw==
I‘ve started this book tonight for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Maybe I‘ll care tomorrow about my weight, age, & that I‘m not quite so energetic anymore. But not today. Yesterday in NC and today in the airport on the way home I discovered this: “women of a certain age” (credit @IriDas for the quote) and of a certain size—oh my gosh we can spot each other a mile away and immediately bond!! We‘d just start chatting, or at least smiling and nodding sympathetically, like long lost friends. No judgment!! #wdncw
Ah back home with my cuddly reading buddy. We missed our sweet little girl. And she missed us. My son skipped this trip and took care of her. And she seemed good when his buddies came over to help cat-sit, a rarity for her to accept being around “strangers.” So I‘m reading the tagged book now with my little Midnight with her blankie.
Young Kristin Lavransdatter is betrothed to Simon, a kind practical man chosen by her immensely well-regarded father. But she‘s swept off her feet by Erland, who comes with an immense amount of baggage—a mistress, their children, and an unworthy back story. But he‘s handsome and charming and so you can probably guess what happens next. Part of the charm of these books is their setting in Middle Ages Norway. I read them in my 20s when I‘d just ⬇️
I finished six books on this vacation so it‘s fitting that I wrote the last of the reviews right before boarding the plane. See you soon in San Antonio!
pickScalzi plays on all the stereotypes of fantasy and sci fi to write the opening to a series that doesn‘t exist. I repeat, even though it says it‘s book one, it‘s not. It‘s a parody of a series opener. It‘s very short (an 11-minute read) and often funny. An easy final read for June‘s #authoramonth @Soubhiville
pickA dystopian novel about humanity reaching its cataclysmic end thanks to climate change, this is a touching, heartbreaking story. Rowan shipwrecks in Antarctica where a family is trying to stay afloat and save as many seeds from the forever (it‘s not)seed bank. They save her life, but the family needs saving, too, from the rising sea and from their own secrets. I read the book while also listening to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. The ⬇️
pickBook 3 in this series, Petra looks for a man gone missing from a cohort of unlikeable Americans who have returned to #Greenland for mysterious reasons. Petra is put in peril this time and the shaman isn‘t here to help. Unfortunately, the “motives” are complex and convoluted. I got the general idea, but I couldn‘t connect the dots. It‘s still a pick, but lesser so than prior novellas. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65
pickShaman Tuukula and his little daughter Luui help Constable Petra look for a missing girl whose cleft palate helps her talk to ravens but makes her the subject of school bullies. The girl‘s father hates ravens and takes the blame for the girl going missing. This is Petra‘s second foray on the missing persons desk in Nuuk, #Greenland, and it‘s another satisfying story in the series. #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65 #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
pickA year ago a boy on the northern western coast of #Greenland disappeared. When new constable Petra answers her first phone call, she finds she‘s become the missing persons department at Nuuk. With the help of an elderly shaman and his young daughter, Petra follows the leads to find the boy—the first hint being that he took a narwhal‘s rare double tooth and may be trying to sell it. An excellent start to this series. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Im starting this ebook tonight, a bit early for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Purchased yesterday at Bagatelle Books in Asheville. A great way to practice my Spanish. Guess who is one of the featured women? Virginia Woolf, our #authoramonth next month! @Soubhiville
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