#DaysDevotedTo #Adoption

This cutie was rescued by my daughter and her fiancé last week.
We're so happy to have Mia join the family ?

Had some quiet time this morning so I got my December #BookSpin list together.

Diving into a relaxing, palate cleansing read

There was a lot of info here. Luckily, Goldberg writes in a very engaging, witty, and humorous way; other wise it would've read like a dry history text. The individual POVs from each side were interesting and enlightening and sometimes frustrating. Overall, a very worthy read.

This completed a second bingo for the month; yayyy!

79/62

#BookSpinBingo #MountTBR #ReadAway2024

#DaysDevotedTo #Go4ARide

Thank you @dabbe for the tag☺️ I skipped last week's #TLT bc dessert is really not my thing and my score was abysmal 😂

I've tried 35/73 for 48%

My faves:
🥚deviled eggs
🍠candied yams
🍞stuffing

And the whiskey-cranberry slushie is something I'd really like to try. Which also got me thinking to bring back Brandy Alexanders this holiday season 🥃🍸

#ThreeListThursday

#DaysDevotedTo #Television

This was an interesting history of reality TV

#DaysDevotedTo #GamesPuzzles

#DaysDevotedTo #Princess

#DaysDevotedTo #GoodGrief

"On the morning of the fine spring day, full of sunshine, that ended with my arrest in Gaza, I woke early from an uneven sleep, dressed, and pushed back to its proper place the desk meant to barricade the door of my hotel room."

Ok, a #BookSpinBingo book for another bingo that I actually have not read ?

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

Easiest bingo I ever got! Started this book over coffee this morning only to get to page 5 of the introduction to see an underline. So I flip through, and yup, I already read this 🤦🏻‍♀️🤣 It is relieving to know that I at least remember read books once I start to re-read them.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

It was a little all over the place, too drawn-out, and not quite about what the synopsis says it's about. And if I wasn't too lazy to decide on a different book, it would've been a DNF.

78/62

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

#DaysDevotedTo #Inspiration

#DaysDevotedTo #Kindnesd

Friday night plans 😌

@dabbe Thanks for the tag, and I hope you're not feeling sore from your dental work 🙏🏼🦷

I don't read much holiday stuff, but the ones I've really enjoyed are:

🎄 The Winter Street series by Elin Hilderbrand
🪽Angels at Christmas by Debbie Macomber
🤶🏼 Mrs. Miracle by Debbie Macomber

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

So glad I finally read this 😊

77/62

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024

#DaysDevotedTo #CoffeeTea

"The first place that I can well remember was a large pleasant meadow with a pond of clear water in it."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#DaysDevotedTo #FamilyStories

When I read The Eighty-Dollar Champion, last month, there was mention of the how and why Black Beauty came to be written. I decided it was finally time to read this book I've had since I was about 8.

This isn't my genre of choice, but I thought it would be more character driven than plot driven given the unusual age of the woman. Definitely a case of it's the reader, not the book.

76/62

#BookSpin
#MountTBR #ReadAway2024

#DaysDevotedTo #HealthyLifestyle

@Eggs thanks for the tag 🧡🤎🧡

📖 Snow days (like the one currently happening 😁), early AMs and late PMs when all the house is asleep

📖📖 I don't really have one outside of reading down my TBR shelves to make room for the TBR piles that are taking over my living room 😅

#WondrousWednesday

#DaysDevotedTo #Redheads

#DaysDevotedTo #Candy

#DaysDevotedTo #Sandwich

Post morning workout activity 😊

#Bookspin

I really wanted to like this end of life story, but the writing style was so distracting that I found it hard to stay in the story.

75/62

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

#BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for November

"Big Angel was late to his own mother's funeral."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#DaysDevotedTo #Authors

Stephen King - My first auto-buy author. I've been reading his books for so long that I can't remember life without him💞

Bridge to Terabithia is October's winner, but Beach Music took the Bracket.

1 bingo for October

#BookSpinBingo

October Wrap-Up

Total read: 6
#BookSpin ✔️
#DoubleSpin ✔️
#MountTBR 5
DNF 1

#ReadAway2024

@dabbe Thanks for the tag!! 🧡🧡

Favorites:
Everything I never Told You
Big Little Lies
Silence of the Lambs

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

#WickedWhispers #Blood

A beautiful fall morning for outdoor reading 🍁😊

#WickedWhispers #Evil

#WickedWhispers #Grave

It's a good, solid Jill Shalvis story complete with likable characters, humor, banter, and found family. However, I found myself getting impatient with "the formula" plot. Time for a break. I did get a #BookSpinBingo though, so woohoo!

73/62

#MountTBR #ReadAway2024

November #BookSpin #DoubleSpin

#WickedWhispers #Shadow

"Alive was better than dead."

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

@dabbe thanks for the tag 🖤🧡

Finally a decent score - 46%

A lot of likes, but favorites are:
The Wizard of Oz
King Kong
The Shining

Honorable mention to my number one scary movie: Terminator

#ThreeListThursdsy #TLT

#WickedWhispers #Mystery

#WickedWhispers #Monster

#WickedWhispers #Death

Starting this palate cleanser after a lot of non-fiction reading this month. My brain needs a break 😂