"And the road to Hell is paved with good intentions.*

*This is not actually true. The road to Hell is paved with frozen door-to-door salesmen. On weekends many of the younger demons go ice skating down it."

My mini book haul for today. Can't wait to dive in 😁

"It is said that the devil has all the best tunes. This is broadly true. But heaven has the best choreographers."

This is not one of my children's books. It's mine lol. I have read it with my kids, as I wanted to share it with them. But I keep it with my own books. It was one of my favorites as a kid. I was fascinated by all things magic and witches. Does anyone else have a special "bond" with a book from your childhood?

My next read and I'm excited about it. Haven't read anything else by Terry Pratchett but I love Neil Gaiman.

Erika Swyler's writing style is the kind that has you yearning for her words. I craved this story whenever my responsibilities called and I was forced to put it down for a while. A lonely librarian makes for an intriguing protagonist especially as he searches for answers down a long line of family tragedies. There's a profound sadness to this story, but there's magic sprinkled in.

"Because there are things you do for people you've known your whole life. You let them save you, you put them in your books, and you let each other begin again, clean."

"We carry our families like anchors, rooting us in storms, making sure we never drift from where and who we are."

"We would bury ourselves in books until flesh and paper became one and ink and blood at last ran together."

I like both exploring woods and staying in, anything that doesn't involve crowds really lol. But I went with my mood. You can find a blank copy on @rather_be_reading 😊

My husband thinks I have a problem, but I'm loving my growing book sleeve collection. Most are from Book Beau, but the galaxy one up top and the one most to the bottom are both from a lovely Etsy shop called Fabric Bound.

#booksleeveobsession

"'My family is a little dark,' I say. 'But even Pandora's box had hope.'"

I love looking through these two books when I need inspiration for my writing.

"Despite my memories and their flashes of warmth, the picture shows my mother was not a happy woman. Not something on which I ever dwelled. It's brutal to realize that someone might find a life with you in it unbearable."

Oh, my heart.

Enjoying my book in a rocking chair out on the patio. It's been a rainy day too. The perfect Saturday.

And this is my next listen. It's a long one so it'll keep me occupied for a while. My first time listening to an audiobook performed by a full cast, and I'm excited about it. I love Neil Gaiman's voice though, so I hope he's still in it lol.

Tackling my stack of books, I decided to start with this gem. I thought about what Stephen King says about the first line in a story, and the first line in this one intrigued me the most.

I've read quite a few nonfiction books over the past couple of months. I'm ready for my fill of fiction, but what to read first? Decisions, decisions...

Probably the most interesting nonfiction book I've read this year. The author seemed unbiased to me, as he delved into all sides. The facts/historical tales are probably my favorite bits, although history can be horrifying. The various theories were interesting as well, although I don't agree with all of them. The theories about the future in particular/what geneticists are working on was probably the most terrifying thing to read before bed lol.

I loved this listen. Especially the chapters on parenting. I deeply felt the lessons in this one: steering away from scarcity and shame and focusing on self-compassion and worthiness. I needed a reminder that I should allow myself to be seen. She takes real experiences and her research and shows you why. Some wholehearted and funny moments are involved too.

"Each year the US population spends more money on diets than the amount needed to feed all the hungry people in the rest of the world. Obesity is a double victory for consumerism."

This was a bit of a wake up call to read. We spend more than we need to, and then spend even more to solve the problem it caused.

Happy to get McGonagall! Which Harry Potter witch are you?

https://bookriot.com/2019/10/15/harry-potter-witch-quiz/

The ghost stories were very interesting and often times creepy, but these seem to be the usual tales told on tours throughout Savannah and some have been featured on television shows. Each chapter focused on a different ghost story, with one chapter focusing on specific graves and Victorian era superstitions. I enjoyed it but found it a bit repetitive.

This is one way to start my morning 😬👻

As I mentioned in another post, my 10 year old LOVED this book and insisted that I read it. I'm glad I did, not only do I get to share this with my daughter but it was such a lovely read. I read picture books all the time with my 6 year old, but I realized I need to read children's chapter books now and then. It makes me feel like a kid again, and they're rather magical.

Don't mind me, just discussing spooky books and sharing a cuppa joe with my pal Grimm. I plan to read these (finally, they've been sitting on my shelf for over a year) this month in honor of Halloween. I got these when I lived just outside of Savannah, but kept reading other books on my TBR list. Any recommendations for other spooky books?

I love this collection and plan to get a few more of his books. I'll be rereading these every year. I can't explain how I felt reading them. His words were simple and seemed like common sense, but why couldn't I understand these concepts before? I think the answer is in these very pages, that I was believing what society taught me. It's going to take time, but I'm putting the Four Agreements to practice.

Happy October! I'll be using my pumpkin mug until December lol. Now I'm about halfway through the final book in my Toltec Wisdom collection. These books will be ones that I come back to again and again.

Another reason I love Litsy, I actually have fellow bookworms to talk to now lol

The Toltec Wisdom collection is probably in my top spiritual books. His simple words just clicked for me.

My 10 year old got this book at her school's book fair on Thursday evening and already finished it. She's been talking about it nonstop. Then she handed it to me and said I just HAVE to read it. So I will 😁 I love her enthusiasm.

I don't read many comics, but I've read a few graphic novels here and there. Neil Gaiman and the artists here didn't disappoint. Probably my favorite comic series so far, horrific and imaginative.

My kind of Friday night 😁

"Love is not about concepts; love is about action. Love in action can only produce happiness. Fear in action can only produce suffering."

"Your truth is not the truth for anyone else, and that includes your own children or your own parents."

Hurricane Dorian is painstakingly inching toward us here in FL, but I have plenty of unread books and so do my kiddos.

Made myself a little reminder after finishing this one. It was such an easy read, so simply written. But I felt it was a powerful read all the same.

Not my photo but it's totally something I would do lol.

No offense to any Catholics (most of my family is Catholic, I'm not). But I thought it was funny. Out of context it looks very snarky, but he was comparing homo sapiens to the other species of humans from a very long time ago. Basically, homo sapiens have been the only species to form such complex languages and being able to tell stories, which is a theory as to why we were the only species to survive this long.

Listening to this audiobook. So far it's a gamechanger for me and I'm still early on in the book. Especially the parts on scarcity (I'm not enough, there's not enough time, etc.), and the differences between vulnerability with boundaries, attention seeking, and weakness...

I was able to finish this one while on a road trip this weekend for a wedding. It had some slow parts, but I enjoyed the rawness and humanity I felt with these stories and characters. You hated some, you loved others. But one thing it does imply is that everything is not black and white. Subtle themes revolving around racial and socioeconomic divides. I loved the way this author tackled one character's art and how artists can be so misunderstood.

I've been looking forward to this one!

One of my current reads. I've heard great things and already feel like this is going to be a life-changing read.

This was my kind of book, with a magical manuscript, a long line of strong witchy women, and beautiful descriptions of the unfathomable. A few creepy moments were a plus.

Week 2 check in for #BFCr3 is not that great but I'm slowly getting back into the groove of things after a hectic couple of weeks. Gotta keep going!

@AprilMae @wanderinglynn #teambeat

My kind of Saturday 😊📚❤

Making the most of the wait in the car line to pick up my kiddos. I'm loving this one so far!

I'm going to begin this one today. It's one of the ones in my stack that I've been most excited about.

I really wanted to like this one, an award winning novel. But I just could not get into it. I got almost halfway and it became a painstaking read, to be honest. I found most of the characters unlikable and couldn't relate to any of them. And despite how far I got, I'm not sure what the plot was aiming for. Plus, I did not like the way he put several words together like "whatsitsname," and that's just one example.

My next audiobook. It has great reviews.