#Chatterday2025 @AllDebooks @Eggs
I was up at 6am, drank my cup of joe on the porch while listening to the birds! I made my favorite company's coffee, Henry's house of coffee from Seattle. It was Hrags blend. A smooth, medium dark. Excellent! Off to Sunday school, then I'll be picking more strawberries today, hope to get another batch of jam made!
Anyone can play along!

The Birthday Fairies would love to wish you a happy birthday! If you have a July birthday, please email @LitsyBirthdays@gmail.com and we will add you to the list! But you can only add yourself! Whoohoo!!
🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️🧚‍♀️🧚‍♂️
@julesG @robinb @CarolynM @KarenUK @squirrelbrain @Crazeedi

June is coming soon! The Birthday Fairies would love to celebrate your special day with you! If you want us to add your name, send your birthday and litsy handle to LitsyBirthdays@gmail.com. We will ❤️ to add you! But you can only add yourself to the list!!
@@julesG @robinb @CarolynM @KarenUK @squirrelbrain @Crazeedi

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
The cookie I make every year isn't on here! I make pumpkin rolls! Also where are the scotcheroos? And apricot pastry cookies are a staple! Those are my three!
And I do love making peanut butter fudge too!

Truth

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4life
Thank you Misty for the books, bookmarks and stickers! I don't think I've read either one, and I'll be sure to pass along! You are such a special friend #litsyfriendsarethebest

This is why I love litsy and my litsy friends.
❤️❤️❤️ @kspenmoll
#litsylove

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Thanks for the tag @kspenmoll ❤️
A day late!!
1. air conditioner! (Sooooo hot!)
2. Fishing on Lake Erie at sunrise
3. Butterfly landing on my chair
4. First year for my strawberries, yum
5. How does your garden grow!

A day late!! #WhatsNewWednesdays @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude
My 'new' is sad news, one of my oldest and dearest friends has passed. There were 4 of us when our children were young who spent tons of time together. Till we meet again Penni.💔

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
A day late!!
1 I learn new things often, so I'm not an expert but I can muddle through!
2 I really can't think of a techie book I've read!

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
1 I started the year with a goal of 100 books, we will see if I make it!
2 I definitely fly by the seat of my pants, just choose one as the mood strikes
3 reading takes me to places I'll never visit. I'm always learning new things, and Iove expanding my knowledge!
Wanna play @Cupcake12 @Mitch @julesG @TheAromaofBooks @Chrissyreadit

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
I'm a couple days late Lisa!!
1 not really, except if I start a series I like to read, I want to read them all
2 Really???? Lol, I have about 10 on the top of my tbr! But I'll choose The Story Collector by Evie Woods

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
1 The Sixth Sense
2 The Lion King
3 Titanic
I have never been a big movie goer! I'd rather read, of course!

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Rhododendrons blooming
Campfire with my sister
Our boy Gunner
My first roses of the year
The book my daughter sent me

This is my Mother's day present from my daughter. It is the coolest book! A compendium of new words for emotions.
When she read the first quote she knew it was a book for me
"I read the dictionary. I thought it was a poem about everything. " Steve Wright.
Yes I read it as a child?
#litsylove

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
A bit late!!
1 not really, but I do have a favorite summer reading spot! My front porch!
2 no traveling till fall, but having a family reunion here in July (61 people!!!)
3 grateful for warm weather and rain for my garden!

#ThreeListThursday @dabbe #TLT
1 Dead poets society
2 good morning Vietnam
3 chariots of fire

Wanna play @EadieB @robinb @Librarybelle @brittanyreads

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1 Amor Towles, Charlie Donlea, Donna Leon, Andrea Camilleri
2 the Gentleman from Moscow, the Girl who was Taken, any by Leon and Camilleri
Who wants to play? @Mimi28 @AmyK1 @BarbaraBB @AmyG @CBee

#scenesonthefarm #beautyallaround
The #phlox are just glorious as are the #irises. And the #bridelveil too

Sharing the beauty around my farm #clematis #feetinthegroundheadinthesun
#litsylove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4life @julieclair

My #currentread while sitting in my chair listening to the #raindrops
Planted cucumbers, carrots and green beans today, hopefully the heavy rain 🌧 didn't wash them away!

My new bookshelf, and it's already full!!! I had piles of books that now have a 🏡

Thanks for the tag @Read4life , sorry I'm late!
#WhatsNewWednesday @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude
I just ordered a new shepherds hook to hang my hummingbird feeder on!

A bit late!! #wondrouswednesday @Eggs
1. No, but I do have a few special books that are 'well loved
2 Michener, Uris
3 wow, hard question. The Mists of Avalon is definitely one

Book 2 of the Joe Swallow detective series. (Didn't know there was book 1, so reading now!) A dead pawn shop proprietor is found a,week after the murder. And his sister is missing. Did she kill him and run? Boxes of silver and place settings are found in the shop, but not listed on inventory. Swallow is on the case, that takes him to London and back. Of course there is a fractured relationship in Swallows ife too.4.5 ⭐️

Queenie was born Ellen in squalor in Norwich. At 6 yrs of age her mother sold her to a man and woman who were travelers with a fair. Her life was transformed by people who took her in, they became her parents. There is more to her life but you'll have to read the book! I definitely recommend. Queenie was a real person, see the photo of her and the author at the end of the story ❤️
#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Last day at the cabin on the lake. It's been so peaceful and glorious! I've read 7 books, and will have one more finished tonight!
#watersoothsthesoul #campfiresandhotdogs #baldeaglesanctuary

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern
I really don't reread , just too many books on my unread stack! There are a couple I've considered rereading, but maybe later!

3.5 ⭐️ Alma returns to her native Dominican Republic when she decides all her unfinished stories will never be finished. After her father passes she inherits a piece of land near a barrio, and she decides to burn and bury all the boxes of papers with her unfinished stories. Brava, a talented sculptress creates statues and fills the cemetery. Philomena who lives across the street whispers her story at the entrance and is therefore allowed to ⬇️

Cressida left her village to become a famous dress designer in London, but when the Blitz destroyed her home and her business, she had no place to go but back to the home where she was never welcomed. Her neighbor Grace has been a blessing to the community, helping when her father lost interest in caring for his parish. Grace is to mary a preacher and would love to wear her mother's wedding gown. Would Cressida share her talents with⬇️

Book 1 of a new series for me! Detective Lavender , set in the early 1800s the Detective is called from London to investigate the disappearance of the heiress of a crumbling estate. Her half brother and sister run it at the moment. She has not reached her majority so is still technically under their care. As the book develops, one realizes she's has not been well treated, as she lived away till she came back to care for her dying mother. ⬇️

Who is looking forward to reading this??? A go to author me! Can't find on libby yet, I'll have to check for physical copy at my library!
@BarbaraBB @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs @Librarybelle @Read4life @Andrew65 @TheSpineView @dabbe

Book 2 of the Rockton/Casey Duncan series.
The story continues in Rockton, a town hidden in the Yukon that is invisible to the outside world. Casey and Duncan are exploring a cave and find the girl they thought had died in the wilderness. But no, she's been held captive in pit in the cave for 16 months. So did the 2 other women who they presumed were lost actually captured by some maniac and kept in a cave? The setting of this book is truly⬇️

Freya has avoided her antique mentor for 20 years, since she believes he helped kill her love in Egypt at that time. When her mentor Arthur is found dead, and she receives a letter from him telling her to where to find the unique bird he's looked for, she is pulled back into the career she was so good doing. If you like descriptions of antiques and a whodunit story, you will like this book. Between a 3 and 4 for me

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
✨️Watching the sunrise and sunset
✨️cooking over the campfire and eating outside
✨️watching Gunner having fun at camp, and then crashing for some zzzzz's
✨️sitting on the porch at camp in comfys and reading the day away
✨️ looking forward to my kitty Klinger welcoming me home!

Another excellent story by Hannah. Frankie's brother goes to Vietnam and his friend says "women can be heroes too". This Frankie's decides to enlist, but only the army will accept her. Her time in the medical Corp is Vietnam is eye opening, how medics worked under the most horrific conditions. I don't know if how she brings the book to a close is what I expected and liked. But Frankie's growth as a woman between the 50s ideas of womanhood⬇️

#ThreeListThursday #TLT @dabbe
1 Steely Dan greatest hits or Aja
2 Doobie Brothers greatest hits
3 Huey Lewis and the News greatest hits
Honorable mention- Jim Croce Time in a Bottle, Steve Winwood Hits
Trained every morning at 5am for 10 years with the first 2 albums in my headphones , same songs every day.

What a fabulous book! Based on a real person. Maizie was raised by her older sister in NYC. When her sister married a mob boss life became easier. Maizie rand the booth of the movie theater, and spent her nights walking the streets , helping the homeless of the city. Her friendship with a little nun was a beautiful part of her life. I highly recommend
#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Not sure how to review this. I've loved all his books, but this one left me shaking my head. I didn't know it was short story collection. And each one left me wanting resolution. I've never been a short story reader so maybe that's why. The book was beautifully written as all his books are. Lyrical, excellent use of language. Can't even discuss the stories, read for yourself if you want! ⬇️

Books 2, 3 and 4 of the Quinn & Costa crime series. Book 2 tells the story of a student killed who was investigating something killing the wildlife. The team gets caught in a web of child trafficking. Book 3 begins with a bomb exploding a pleasure cruise, and a detective who was on the trail of a cold case murder is killed. Does the case relate to the explosion? Book 4 is set in the bayou of Louisiana, where several young girls have been⬇️

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView
1 every summer the bookmobile would come every couple weeks, and in between a lady at the end of our road had library books to check out, so I had 2 places to keep my reading addiction going till school started!
2 I multi use buy fromAbe books or Amazon, borrow from libby, and the library
3 see tagged, 2nd in a series
Who wants to play??
@curiouserandcurioser @Coleen_Nieto @Cupcake12

Rita is a crime scene photographer who sees ghosts. She has seen them all her life, being born in the Navajo nation. One ghost haunts her relentlessly after she photographs her body in pieces everywhere.
I definitely recommend this if the crime scenes don't bother you! Looking forward to next book in series
#Serieslove2024 #ReadAway2024 @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #litsylove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4life

So I don't read many paranormal books, but I got this at the local library at the lake. Luzia sings phrases of magic to help her through the drudgery of a scullion in a home in Madrid. When her mistress catches her turning burnt bread into a golden loaf, she thinks she can use Luzia to open the doors to the rich and influential people of the city. When she commands Luzia to break a glass and assemble again, Santangel is there , a stranger⬇️

While at the lake I've gone to the local library, the girl there told me she read the 7 books in this series in a week! A new series?! Yes!
Casey takes a friend who needs to disappear to a place totally off the grid, in Yukon territory. Rockton doesn't exist , you must be approved to get there. Casey is a detective, the sheriff of Rockton has never lived anywhere but there. 3 murders happen in a town of 200⬇️

Sorry I've been away from you all! I had such a busy April with my sister's medical issues, and then packing up a household of stuff to bring to the cabin! We've been here a week, one week to go! I have lots of book reports to post! But I'm just chilling and reading the days away!!
#litsylove #peaceful #serenity #watersoothesthesoul

May is almost halfway done!! The Birthday Fairies are getting ready to celebrate June Birthdays! Whoohoo! If you would like to add your name to the list so we can sing and dance and celebrate with you, send the date and your handle to LitsyBirthdays@gmail.com, but only for yourself please!!
🎉🎂🎶🌷🎈💐
@julesG @robinb @CarolynM @KarenUK @squirrelbrain

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1 see above
2 I'm not sure yet! A visit to the library is coming. Ill be taking some books from my tbr stack at home on vacation

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
1 the return of the Baltimore orioles!
2 Saint Mazie
3 two weeks at the cabin on the lake!

Happy spring my Litsy friends! I've been MIA, between garden, and lots of days with my sister who has been having cardiac issues, I've not been on here . But our 2 week vacation at the cabin by the lake is next week so I hope to catch up! My French lilacs are blooming!
#litsylove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4life

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
1 my mom and dad, deeply loved each other,showed me true love
2 my husband, children and my sister
3 the Cleavers!