Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Daisey

Daisey

Joined April 2016

JH/HS teacher📓Sourdough baker 📚Reader of #FellowshipofTolkien, #1001books, YA, MG, and more 📖https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/2408113-daisey
review
Daisey
My Friends | Fredrik Backman
post image
Pickpick

I finished listening to this book this afternoon, and it has all the emotions. There‘s so much humor mixed with so much frustration, anger, and sadness for these characters. I thought Backman did an amazing job of weaving together the past and present stories.

📷: Gandalf & LaGata keeping me company in the backyard while also listening to Luthien run in the field.

#LitsyBookClub #audiobook #TurnThePage #Readathon

mabell What an amazing photo!! 😍 3d
Tamra Diluted calico ❤️ I had one, Naima. I miss her. (edited) 3d
dabbe Talk about a room with a view. 🧡🐾💜🐾💛 3d
See All 6 Comments
RaeLovesToRead Great picture! 🥰🥰 3d
Daisey @mabell @dabbe @RaeLovesToRead Thank you! The weather was perfect yesterday, so I spent most of the day outside enjoying this lovely view. 3d
Daisey @Tamra 💕 3d
59 likes6 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

Good morning! A slightly different view from my backyard than last night, but it‘s my favorite place to be on these beautiful fall days. I spent some time making these breakfast biscuits to pull from the freezer on busy mornings, and now I‘m catching up on some A Tree a Day reading. These short anecdotes about trees from all over the world continue to be so interesting.

#BookAndBreakfast #NaturaLitsy #ATreeADay

Sparklemn Smart idea with the biscuits! 3d
Daisey @Sparklemn I‘m always looking for things to change up my easy breakfast rotation. These won‘t replace anything, but they‘re a good addition. 3d
53 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
Daisey
Quartet | Jean Rhys
post image
Mehso-so

This is a fairly short book, but it took me a long time to read because I found it depressing. I did find it interesting that it is somewhat based on Rhys‘s own affair with Ford Maddox Ford.

📷: It was a beautiful evening to enjoy the hammock and a fire in the backyard with Luthien.

#1001books #TurnThePage #Readathon

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 4d
Tamra So peaceful. 4d
Daisey @Tamra It absolutely was. I rekindled the embers yesterday morning and kept a little fire going all day yesterday. It helped I had been collecting fallen branches from the trees for a few hot, dry months. 3d
44 likes3 comments
blurb
Daisey
Quartet | Jean Rhys
post image

I love the idea of a weekend readathon. I hope to finish a few books and make some progress on others. I‘m close to done with Quartet and My Friends, and it‘s almost time for Westfallen to go back to the library. I haven‘t picked up A Tree a Day all month, so I want to remedy that. I‘ll probably listen to some more audio as well.

#TurnThePage #Readathon
#LitsyBookClub #NaturaLitsy #1001books

Bookwormjillk 🌳🌲🌴 5d
Karisimo Westfallen is so good!!! 4d
Daisey @Karisimo It‘s been my book to read at school the last couple weeks, and I‘m enjoying it so far. 4d
42 likes3 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

💛 My new yellow mum is blooming, and my established purple mum is getting close!
💛 The pets, this week two very content cats
💛 Apples 🍎 🍏
💛 Baking and sourdough focaccia specifically
💛 A beautiful Friday evening

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

MemoirsForMe 😻😻😻 4d
dabbe 🧡🩵💛 4d
37 likes2 comments
review
Daisey
Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh
post image
Pickpick

I enjoyed this book, but I don‘t think I would have as much reading it all on my own. I tend to enjoy more plot focused stories, and this was definitely character focused. Additionally, it was a bit difficult to stay connected sometimes when it skipped chunks of time and revealed major changes from those periods. The narration by Jeremy Irons was great, and absolutely helped my appreciation.

#HashtagBrigade #1001books #audiobook

mabell My husband and I love Jeremy Irons‘ voice! It‘s a tie between he and George Sanders for our choice of phone book reader 😂 5d
49 likes1 comment
blurb
Daisey
post image

@catiewithac This is a fantastic swap package! Thank you so much! I had completely forgotten that this book was on my to read list, and it sounds absolutely fascinating. All of the goodies are perfect for settling in to fall, and the recipe tea towel is such a creative idea.

#AutumnComfortSwap

catiewithac Happy Autumn! I added that book to my TBR after I saw it on yours! 🍂🧣 1w
KadaGul All this very looks 👀 Fallish 🤎📚☕🔖🏈🍂🫖🍫🧡 1w
50 likes2 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

Yesterday I got out my sourdough starter with the plan of starting dough overnight for some kind of cheesy garlic focaccia. I saw my aunt and she gave me a jar of apple pie filling that hadn‘t sealed, so I decided to make two versions instead. I used the basic focaccia recipe from this book and then did my own thing with inclusions & toppings.

#sourdough #cookbook

Daisey @Tamra Here you go! I ended up changing the baking plan a bit, but this is even better. (edited) 1w
Tamra Ohhhhhhhhh heavenly! 😍 I currently have that book out in my kitchen. I have it open to pg. 52 - chocolate peanut butter chip loaf. 1w
Tamra You have something to look forward to every day this week. 1w
See All 9 Comments
kspenmoll Yum! 1w
Suet624 Yummy! 1w
wildwoodreads Yum 😋 1w
TheBookHippie Yummmm 1w
mabell Great ideas! Did you try them yet? The apple sounds really creative! (I would also consider drizzling it in caramel 😄) 1w
Daisey @mabell Thwy were both delicious. I considered icing for the apple but decided I didn‘t need more sugar. Caramel would be perfect! 1w
46 likes1 stack add9 comments
blurb
Daisey
My Friends | Fredrik Backman
post image

Enjoying Sunday morning book and breakfast and then more of this book while I also meal prep breakfasts and clean up the kitchen before church.

#BookAndBreakfast #LitsyBookClub #audiobook

Amiable What a pretty view! Do you live near a lake? 1w
Daisey @Amiable No, it‘s just that foggy this morning. 1w
TheBookHippie Cute mug. 1w
Tamra Perfect seasonal plate! 🌻🌻 1w
50 likes4 comments
review
Daisey
Kareem Between | Shifa Saltagi Safadi
post image
Pickpick

This was a great novel in verse. Poems are aligned left and right along with other spacing to highlight aspects of the story. It has wonderful literary references, figurative language, and football details. It‘s all wrapped up in the story of Kareem figuring out his own way as a Syrian American. It‘s set in 2016 & 2017 with the executive order banning international travel from Syria and other countries directly impacting Kareem‘s family.

39 likes1 comment
blurb
Daisey
post image

💛 A family get together and a beautiful view over a lake
💛 Late summer flowers
💛 Bacon & tomato sandwiches on homemade sourdough
💛 The pets, including a very happy, running beagle
💛 A rainy Thursday as it‘s been very dry

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

Texreader These are all awesome!! 2w
Leftcoastzen All cool! 2w
Bookperson96 That sandwich 🤤. 2w
See All 8 Comments
Tamra BLT = summer ❤️ 2w
Daisey @Bookperson96 @Tamra This is probably the last batch of bacon sandwiches with my own garden grown tomatoes for this year. So good, but a sad thought. 2w
Bookperson96 😔 Yes indeed. But you have something to look forward to for next year. 2w
Tamra @Daisey I‘m about to harvest the rest of my basil. It‘s bittersweet. 😏 2w
dabbe 🧡🩵💛 2w
39 likes8 comments
blurb
Daisey
Kareem Between | Shifa Saltagi Safadi
post image

Sometimes you just need to enjoy a book with your supper. I‘m already in the middle of several books, but I picked up this one that came off my holds list. It‘s a novel in verse about a middle school Syrian American boy who wants to be on the school football team. It‘s full of football and bookish references.

#TRS2025 #ReadAndEat #NovelInVerse #MiddleGrade

Ruthiella Agree. I can‘t eat and read a book that is too stressful or difficult. 2w
Daisey @Ruthiella It depends on the day for me. More than reading with a meal, I needed something lighter after a long day at school. 2w
49 likes2 comments
blurb
Daisey
Brideshead Revisited | Evelyn Waugh
post image

I‘ve been listening to Brideshead Revisited this past week, but I‘ve felt like I‘m not listening closely enough when I read the posts and comments. Today, I found this podcast and listened to a few episodes. They look at it from more of a religious aspect, and they also discuss a variety of passages that help me consider it in more depth. I‘ll put a link to the first episode in the comments.

#HashtagBrigade #1001books #audiobook

Ruthiella Awesome! Thanks for the link! 😊 2w
Bookwormjillk Cool! 2w
See All 8 Comments
Cuilin Fabulous, thank you for sharing. 2w
ElizaMarie Oooo thank you!!!! 2w
Daisey @Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @Cuilin @ElizaMarie You're welcome! I hope you find it worthwhile. I especially appreciated the discussion of Catholicism in England at this point in time in reference in Julia & Rex's wedding plans. 2w
ElizaMarie I have listened to a couple of their posts so far. I am enjoying them. I do fast forward a lot of their banter (they are a bit long winded at times) 2w
Daisey @ElizaMarie I agree. Especially at the beginning, I feel it takes them a while to actually get on topic. 2w
47 likes8 comments
review
Daisey
Where Wolves Don't Die | Anton Treuer
post image
Pickpick

Ezra Cloud is an Ojibwe high school student who splits his time between Northeast Minneapolis where his father works as a college professor and Red Gut in Canada where his grandparents live a traditional life of hunting and trapping. After an incident with another student at school and a fire at the student‘s house, his family decides he will move spend the winter with his grandparents. ⬇️

Daisey Once there, he learns more about his heritage from his grandfather.

TW: If you have any issues with hunting or animal violence, avoid this book. It clearly describes trapping and hunting, as well as an animal attack.

#YA #TRS2025 #Minnesota #Canada
2w
43 likes1 stack add1 comment
review
Daisey
Tombland | C. J. Sansom
post image
Pickpick

I had quite a bit of driving yesterday to & from family events, so I listened to the last several chapters of this book. This one felt slower than some of the others in the series, but the combination of Shardlake, Nicholas, & Barak gave a great variety of perspectives. I found the English history of the rebellions fascinating while also frustrating. I appreciated the additional historical notes after the story.

#audiobook #ShardlakeBR

Daisey 📷: Mark Twain Lake 2w
dabbe FAB review! 💛💜🧡 2w
51 likes2 comments
blurb
Daisey
Quartet | Jean Rhys
post image

cafard: melancholia, depression (noun)

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords

CBee Good one 👍🏻👏🏻 3w
34 likes1 comment
review
Daisey
post image
Pickpick

I enjoyed listening to this audiobook although it often made my heart hurt. Baldwin absolutely has a way with words. Seeing as this was his first novel, I think it would be interesting to see how his writing goes on from this very church oriented story. I did feel that the end was a bit abrupt.

#1001books #audiobook

📷: I listened to quite a bit of this while walking with Luthien and working in the yard this weekend.

Ruthiella ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 3w
ShelleyBooksie So handsome 😍 3w
47 likes2 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

Another Saturday edition of weekly joys:

💛 Fresh baked sourdough rolls
💛 An extra day at home for Luthien to have time to run and me to catch up on chores
💛 Snuggly pets
💛 Friday night pizza and football
💛 Beautiful weather

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

DebinHawaii Sounds perfect! 💛💛💛 4w
TheBookHippie Lovely. 4w
dabbe 💛💜🧡 3w
45 likes3 comments
review
Daisey
The Bletchley Riddle | Ruta Sepetys, Steve Sheinkin
post image
Pickpick

I enjoyed this historical fiction about a brother and sister who work at Bletchley Park while also trying g to unravel the mystery of their mother‘s disappearance. There‘s lots of interesting information about codes and code breaking. I agree with some other reviewers that the ending is a bit rushed, but overall it‘s a great story with an interesting group of characters, including mentions of a few real people who worked at Bletchley Park.

Daisey 📷: Finishing up this audio in the backyard with the cats and a cup of coffee this morning.

#YA #MiddleGrade #TRS2025 #audiobook
4w
AlaMich She‘s so pretty! 4w
Ruthiella 😻😻😻 4w
See All 8 Comments
dabbe 🧡🐾🤎 4w
Velvetfur Aaawww such a gorgeous puddy tat! Such silky soft fur 😍 3w
Daisey @Velvetfur She is so soft and silky! Although it also means she sheds something crazy. 3w
Velvetfur @Daisey it's the small price we pay for the joy of kitties in our lives 😁 3w
53 likes8 comments
review
Daisey
post image
Pickpick

I started this morning by baking these sourdough rolls and reading this book, a sequel to Misty of Chincoteague, that I happened across as we were sorting through things at my grandparents‘ house. It‘s another story of the pony penning on the island and the kids taking care of an orphaned foal.

#BookAndBreakfast #MiddleGrade #SummersEndReadathon

Tamra Just thinking about grandparents‘ house & things brings back happy memories. 😊 Lots of nooks & crannies of fun things. 1mo
Daisey @Tamra So true! 1mo
43 likes1 stack add2 comments
blurb
Daisey
BookSpinBingo | Untitled
post image

August 2025 #BookSpinBingo
I listened to some great books this month and managed to read a few in print as well. I think Fingersmith was the favorite as it definitely kept me intrigued.

#BookSpin 19 -
#DoubleSpin 20 - Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

#ReadingStats #MonthlyStats #DaiseysReadingSummary

blurb
Daisey
Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset
post image

I‘m still only in the middle of Book 2, but I‘m getting some pages in today with lunch and hope to get back in the habit of reading a few pages each evening.

#KLBR #DoorstopKristin #ReadAndEat #SummersEndReadathon

Bookish_Thoughts Book cover colors and your lunch go well together. 😁 1mo
Leftcoastzen Salad looks Yummy! 1mo
Daisey @Bookish_Thoughts That was completely unintentional, but it does! 1mo
Daisey @Leftcoastzen Thanks! It was a good one. 1mo
47 likes1 stack add4 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

💛 Watching hummingbirds enjoying a new feeder
💛 Cooler evenings in the hammock in the back yard
💛 The pets, including a cozy Gandalf and a happy Luthien out exploring today
💛 Watching my nephew play Friday night football
💛 The long weekend to catch up and relax, including reading for #SummersEndReadathon

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

Tamra “Cat days” of summer. 😍 1mo
dabbe 🩶🤍🖤 1mo
37 likes2 comments
blurb
Daisey
Tombland | C. J. Sansom
post image

I haven‘t made as much reading time for this book as hoped, so I gave in and downloaded the audio. It‘s fine, but when I‘ve read books by an author before, a perfectly good narrator just doesn‘t sound right in my head. I‘m finally far enough in that I‘m getting adjusted and into the story. I started Part 2 today, and it‘s good to see Shardlake meet Barak again.

📷: My #audiowalk with Luthien this evening

#ShardlakeBR #audiobook

dabbe I think we all deserve an award when we finish this one! 🩶🤍🖤 1mo
Daisey @dabbe I am enjoying the story, but it‘s definitely a long one. I will catch up through the July chapters this weekend, but I‘m not sure I‘ll get all the way through to the planned chapters for August even with audio. 1mo
dabbe @Daisey I'm way behind myself. I hope I can finish it by September, but it'll definitely have to be more than one chapter a day now. 😂 1mo
37 likes3 comments
blurb
Daisey
Where Wolves Don't Die | Anton Treuer
post image

I started this book during our independent reading time in seminar today, and I did not want to stop when the bell rang. I‘m really intrigued to see where this story goes. However, the book has to stay on my desk at school for the week, so I may not get much further until this weekend.

#TeachersOfLitsy #YA #TRS2025

Dilara How frustrating! 😄 1mo
Daisey @Dilara It is! I switched from teaching mostly English to mostly math in the last few years, and losing most of my at school reading time is probably the worst part! 1mo
44 likes2 comments
review
Daisey
Black Cake | Charmaine Wilkerson
post image
Pickpick

I enjoyed this book, but as other reviewers have said, I sometimes felt that it had too much going on. I found Covey‘s story incredibly interesting and enjoyed figuring how it all fit together. However, there were so many characters and relationships, that in the end I didn‘t need details for all of them. I think a narrower focus could have been stronger.

#LitsyBookClub #audiobook

Prairiegirl_reading I agree 100%. 1mo
IriDas I enjoyed it. I didn‘t think about how it had so much going on until the very end when it seemed like she just noticed the prof had said no more than 300 pages and she had to wrap it up quickly. :D But, it did seem to try to do a lot in such a short space. 1mo
68 likes2 stack adds2 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

Happy Friday!

💛 Iced Pumpkin Carmelicious coffee on my last day of running errands before the start of a new school year
💛 First day of school for a new school year!
💛 Fresh tomatoes for salads for lunch this week
💛 The pets, especially this adorable beagle who thought she should just get to stay snuggled in blankets when I needed to leave for work.
💛 Smooth first week of school completed!

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

Ruthiella Luthien! ❤️🐶❤️🐶❤️ 1mo
dabbe Here's to a fabulous school year! 🧡💜💛 1mo
mabell I wouldn‘t have the heart to disturb her! 🥰😍🐶 1mo
See All 11 Comments
AmyG Have a wonderful school year! 1mo
LiteraryinPA Congrats on the start of the school year! You‘ve got this! 1mo
mom2bugnbee Have a great school year! I start on Monday! 1mo
tpixie @Daisey what a great week! Luthien is so beautifully adorable 🐶🤎🐶 1mo
Daisey @Ruthiella @dabbe @AmyG @LiteraryinPA @tpixie Thank you all! @mom2bugnbee Wising you a great start as well! 1mo
Daisey @mabell Well, she had already been up at 2am to go outside and then to bark incessantly at some critter in the yard, so I wasn‘t feeling especially sympathetic to her wish to stay in bed. 😆 1mo
mabell @Daisey But she had just been very diligent in her guard dog duties! Such dedication - she really deserved to sleep in 😂😂 1mo
Bookperson96 Wishing you a good year with lots of fond memories for you and your students! @Daisey 4w
38 likes11 comments
review
Daisey
post image
Pickpick

This was an incredibly interesting, sometimes sad, sometimes even humorous look into working in the mortuary and cremation business. I think the author makes a great point that in many ways our society has become too separated from the realities of death. I appreciate her writing to share more with the rest of us.

I‘ve seen many interesting reviews of this book, but it took a #StudentRecommendation to make me pick it up.

#audiobook #Nonfiction

55 likes1 stack add
blurb
Daisey
Untitled | Unknown
post image

I sent out my #AutumnComfortSwap box this morning!

KadaGul 🧡📚🤎☕🧡🔖🤎🍂🧡🫖🤎🍫🧡 1mo
45 likes1 comment
review
Daisey
post image
Pickpick

It has been a very long time since I read the original novel, so I can‘t speak for exactly how well this adaptation compares to it. However, it fit well with what I remembered and was a great story with fantastic illustrations. Alanna is one tough and determined girl!

#YA #GraphicNovel

thelorelei This edition is how I finally got my 9 year old son to read some Tamora Pierce; I got it from the library for MYSELF and he asked to read it first! 1mo
Daisey @thelorelei Perfect! 1mo
Kenyazero I just saw this cover on Hooppa during a list scroll. The art reminds me of a lot of Mercedes Lackey books 😆 how was this? 1mo
Daisey @Kenyazero I really enjoyed it, but I also have fond memories of reading the original books when I was younger. 1mo
53 likes1 stack add4 comments
review
Daisey
Tiffanys Griffon | Maddi Gonzalez, Magnolia Porter Porter Siddell
post image
Pickpick

It‘s a hot day and also my last Saturday before the new school year starts, so I took an afternoon break from housework to read this graphic novel. It‘s a fun story of a girl obsessed with a fantasy world who finds that world intersecting with her own real world. It‘s also about friendship and realizing everything is not necessarily as it seems from the outside.

#MiddleGrade #GraphicNovel

Tamra Housework 😖 2mo
mabell My niece is turning 10 this week - would this be a good choice for her age? She isn‘t a reader, but I think does enjoy graphic novels, so I was choosing a couple to go with her “real gift” 😆 1mo
mabell Or if you know of another that would be better, any suggestions would be great! This is the other one I got for her 1mo
Daisey @mabell I think this would be a good choice if she‘s at all interested in fantasy. Marnie is a nerdy girl with few friends and obsessed with the fantasy world in her books. When a creature from that world shows up with a griffon egg, she‘s ecstatic, but it turns out it is supposed to be for the popular girl. The 2 of them become friends over the course of the story. The friendship development is really the focus. 1mo
mabell Thanks so much! It sounds like a fun story, so I‘ll give it a try 😊 1mo
39 likes1 stack add5 comments
review
Daisey
Fingersmith | Sarah Waters
post image
Pickpick

This book provided a different perspective on Victorian London told from the perspectives of two very different young women whose lives become intricately entwined. There are three parts, and although I liked listening to Sue‘s story more, Maud‘s also completely held my attention. The twists and turns of their stories frequently surprised me and always kept me invested in listening.

#1001books #audiobook
#TBRTakedown August 2025

TheBookHippie I love her writing. 2mo
BarbaraBB Such a smart book 2mo
Ruthiella I love this book! 2mo
See All 6 Comments
Daisey @TheBookHippie @BarbaraBB @Ruthiella I had previously read Tipping the Velvet, so set my expectations based on liking that one reasonably well. I thought this one was so much better! 2mo
BarbaraBB I preferred this one as well. Much better! 2mo
Ruthiella I prefer this one too. Probably my favorite Sarah Waters. 2mo
60 likes2 stack adds6 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

💛 Prepping my classroom for the school year with new bulletin boards
💛 Dinner at one of my favorite restaurants with a friend I haven‘t seen in a long time
💛 Delicious meals made with fresh garden vegetables
💛 Iced coffee
💛 The pets

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

TheBookHippie Have a wonderful year. ♥️ 2mo
Daisey One bulletin board includes a few recommendations for my students from my class library. #MsDsLibrary #TeachersOfLitsy 2mo
Daisey @TheBookHippie Thank you! Looking forward to a great start on Tuesday. 2mo
See All 10 Comments
Texreader Love the read a book display! What grade? 2mo
Daisey @Texreader My library is geared toward middle school/junior high since I taught English for several years, but now I teach junior high and high school math. 2mo
Texreader @Daisey I love that you‘re teaching math and still have reading recommendations! 🎉 2mo
Sace I love setting up my classroom. I need to take a page from your book and recommend books to my high school students. 2mo
Daisey @Sace It always takes me a get to get started, but then it really helps me feel ready for a new year. I‘ve found this little bulletin board display where I set out a few books each month from a different genre or relating to a specific topic works well for making some different books visible to students. 2mo
Daisey @Texreader Last year was tough because it was the switch to all math, but getting books off my shelf (a collection of my own books I‘ve built over years so they didn‘t just go to another teacher) and into their hands is still really important to me. 2mo
dabbe 🧡🤎💛 2mo
48 likes10 comments
blurb
Daisey
Moonleapers | Margaret Peterson Haddix
post image

Today‘s weird word post has to do with me learning about the origin of the name Bluetooth while reading this ARC of a soon to be published #MiddleGrade book. Bluetooth was named for Harald “Bluetooth” Gormsson, a Danish king remembered for uniting tribes in Denmark & Norway.

🔗: https://www.bluetooth.com/about-us/bluetooth-origin/

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

CBee Whoa! Very cool 👏🏻 2mo
42 likes1 comment
review
Daisey
Moonleapers | Margaret Peterson Haddix
post image
Pickpick

Maisie is excited to get a phone, even an old one from her Great Aunt Hazel, but then it also means spending the summer at Hazel‘s house and receiving text message riddles from an unknown sender. I thoroughly enjoyed the historical aspects of this story and the almost time travel story. The characters of Maisie‘s family were pretty standard for middle grade, but Hazel‘s pets were fantastic and key parts of the story.

#NetGalley #MiddleGrade

53 likes2 stack adds
review
Daisey
post image
Pickpick

This was an incredible audio collection of all the Sherlock Holmes stories narrated by Stephen Fry! I‘ve read and listened to some of the stories multiple times and others just once. Some are phenomenal and others much less memorable, but overall it‘s a wonderful collection.

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes #Sherlocked #audiobook

Cuilin Congratulations and thanks for joining in!!! 2mo
50 likes1 comment
review
Daisey
Daindreth's Assassin | Elisabeth Wheatley
post image
Pickpick

I enjoy Elisabeth Wheatley‘s videos and decided I should try her books. This is the first book of a complete series and available on Hoopla, so I thought it would be a better choice than her new series. It has some interesting world building, but it‘s also very much a first book that sets up a series. I‘m giving it a light pick, and I may or may not pick up the next books when I‘m looking for another light fantasy listen.

#audiobook

47 likes1 stack add
blurb
Daisey
post image

💛 Canning projects with fresh produce
💛 Evening reading in the hammock
💛 Starting to get my classroom ready for a new school year
💛 Local festival
💛 The pets

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

dabbe Here's to a fantastic school year! 🩵💙🩵 2mo
mcctrish All the august joys 2mo
TheBookHippie Canning ♥️ 2mo
See All 10 Comments
Daisey @dabbe Thank you! 2mo
Daisey @mcctrish So true! 2mo
Daisey @TheBookHippie It‘s been all small batches, not hours long days, so completely enjoyable! (edited) 2mo
TheBookHippie @Daisey oh I agree with that! Apple season is the only time that happens here… long days.. 2mo
tpixie Successful canning!! Maybe next year I need to drive up to your house and you can teach me how to can! And make sourdough bread! 🥖 2mo
Daisey @tpixie That might make for a very long day! I love making these kinds of things myself though, so well worth the time and effort. 2mo
tpixie @Daisey 🩷 2mo
45 likes10 comments
blurb
Daisey
Skies of Blur: Poems | Elijah Burrell
post image

chyron: (noun) an electronically generated caption superimposed on a television or cinema screen

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

CBee Oh! I wonder if it‘s Greek in origin. It sounds similar to the centaur Chiron and the ferryman Charon 🤔 2mo
Daisey @CBee It actually lists the origin as a company that created it on the dictionary entry. 2mo
CBee @Daisey right, I saw that. Just wondered if the word has a further origin besides the corporation name 🤷‍♀️ 2mo
37 likes3 comments
review
Daisey
Moll Flanders | Daniel Defoe
post image
Pickpick

This is a light pick. I found the narrator‘s story interesting because I could sympathize with the difficulties she faced as a woman, but she was also unbelievably lucky while seeming to have no qualms about moving on from one family to another. She‘s without morals through most of it, and I‘m not convinced she‘s truly penitent at the end. I did like how her story came full circle from Newgate to Virginia and both again.

#1001books #audiobook

blurb
Daisey
Skies of Blur: Poems | Elijah Burrell
post image

I‘m not generally a poetry reader, but this collection is by an author from my hometown so I decided to support his work and give it a read. I‘m reading a few poems each morning this week with breakfast.

#poetry #BookAndBreakfast

51 likes2 stack adds
blurb
Daisey
Kristin Lavransdatter | Sigrid Undset
post image

I‘m behind on our readalong, only starting Part 2 of Book 2, but I‘m hoping to have more reading time this month and catch up some.

Also, I love sunset reading in the hammock.

#HammockReading #KLBR #DoorstopKristin

Tamra Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhh 😍 2mo
Leftcoastzen Nice ! 2mo
BarbaraJean This looks delightful! So relaxing! 2mo
Andrea313 This looks like a dream! 😍 2mo
Daisey @Tamra @Leftcoastzen @BarbaraJean @Andrea313 It‘s one of my very favorite places to read! 2mo
61 likes5 comments
review
Daisey
On the Road | Jack Kerouac
post image
Mehso-so

I agree with several reviews I read for this one. It started out fairly interesting; I enjoyed the flow of the writing and description of the country as they traveled. However, it got old as each section seemed to repeat the same aimless travel to a different place with never enough money, but through some work and theft, they managed enough for drugs and to find another woman to love and leave.

#1001books #audiobook

Ruthiella Books don‘t have an expiration date but I feel like this is a book that will definitely hit differently when read younger. 2mo
Tamra I‘ve never read this one. Definitely not feeling like this is in my wheelhouse. 2mo
Daisey @Ruthiella I can see that, especially the desire to see more of the world aspect, but even as a younger reader, the theft and treatment of women would have still made me dislike these characters. 2mo
Daisey @Tamra I really can‘t recommend it. I like to see personal growth in characters, and if anything, I feel these regressed through their subsequent travels. 2mo
40 likes4 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

💛 A few last days of farm work with my dad before transitioning back to get ready for a new school year
💛 Pets that travel well together
💛 Back at my own house with all three pets together
💛 Making a few different kinds of pickles with homegrown produce
💛 Cooler weather this weekend

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

Tamra Mmmmmmm pickles. 2mo
36 likes1 comment
blurb
Daisey
BookSpinBingo | Untitled
post image

July 2025 #BookSpinBingo

#BookSpin 4 -
#DoubleSpin 11 - #LitsyBookClub Margo‘s Got Money Troubles

This month I had hardly any print reading time, so I only finished one ebook and am behind on readalongs. My favorite listen was Wild Dark Shore.

#DaiseysReadingSummary #ReadingStats #MonthlyStats

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 2mo
36 likes1 comment
review
Daisey
post image
Pickpick

This was an interesting weaving together of a book within a book.

#CampLitsy25 #audiobook

blurb
Daisey
post image

Another Saturday edition:

💛 The pets
💛 Lunch with friends I don‘t get to see enough at a new to me restaurant
💛 A visit with @jewright
💛 All the fresh homegrown produce, including putting up sweet corn today
💛 VBS week

#5JoysFriday #DaiseysJoys

kspenmoll Such wonderful joys this week! 💕 2mo
dabbe 🩵💙🩵 2mo
43 likes2 comments
blurb
Daisey
post image

🍁 Cozy
🍁 Coffee or tea
🍁 Sweet treats
🍁 Stickers
🍁 Knick knacks
🍁 Blanket or socks (but not the fuzzy ones)
🍁 Either pumpkin or apple
🍁 Chocolate
🍁 Any kind of book
🍁 Highlighters and I love any kind of colorful pens

#AutumnComfortSwap #ThisOrThat

Daisey Goodreads wishlist but I‘m absolutely open to whatever and used books are perfectly fine: https://www.goodreads.com/review/list/2408113?shelf=wish-list&sort=date_added&or... 2mo
30 likes1 comment
review
Daisey
Tilt | Emma Pattee
post image
Pickpick

I had a long drive yesterday and listened to this entire book. I enjoyed the way it was put together with the present alternating with flashbacks and how the narrator was telling the story to her unborn child. Overall I liked it, and I had a pretty good guess as to the main event of the ending, but I was also disappointed to be left with so many unanswered questions.

#audiobook #CampLitsy25

squirrelbrain Great review! 2mo
Lesliereadsalot Yes, so much up in the air. 2mo
Daisey @squirrelbrain Thanks! I‘m glad to finally get to read a few of these choices. 2mo
Daisey @Lesliereadsalot It‘s so true. I enjoyed the story, but I just can‘t give it rave reviews when there‘s so much I still want to know. 2mo
58 likes4 comments
review
Daisey
Wild Dark Shore | Charlotte McConaghy
post image
Pickpick

Of the books chosen for #CampLitsy25, this was the one that most interested me, but summer reading time & library holds meant I just got to it. The setting & atmosphere were fantastic. I wished as the story progressed that the characters would have communicated more, but along with the ending, it seems more realistic to the story that they did not. I enjoyed the multi-voice perspective & how Rowan helped the family move forward. #audiobook

squirrelbrain Great review! ❤️ 2mo
Lesliereadsalot My favorite book of the year so far! 2mo
Prairiegirl_reading I‘m 70% done and I‘m not loving it. It‘s dark and I just feel bogged down by it. Should I keep going? I do want to finish because of camp but it‘s dreary! 2mo
See All 8 Comments
BarbaraBB I loved it so much. Like all her books. 2mo
Daisey @squirrelbrain Thank you! Now I need to make time to read the discussion. 2mo
Daisey @Lesliereadsalot @BarbaraBB It was so good, and I think it‘s one that will stay with me more and than others as well. 2mo
Daisey @Prairiegirl_reading It‘s a tough question for me because I tend to be a completist and I liked this story, but if the dreariness is pulling you down, I can say that won‘t get better and it might be time to let it go. My heart just hurt at the end. 2mo
Prairiegirl_reading I got to the part with the whales and I just couldn‘t go on! This is helpful. I‘m good with not finishing, your advice was helpful! Thanks! 2mo
56 likes8 comments