I‘ve made more progress in this ARC. I figured out that Siri can read Kindle books to you on the Kindle app and it can read PDF files. I knew that Siri could do this because I‘ve tried it before but I didn‘t think about doing it with this book. It doesn‘t sound bad. It‘s not the same as Audible but it‘s better than nothing. I have a lot of ARCs to read this month. I signed up for too many of them but I wanted to read what was being offered.

Here‘s the image I used on the back of the envelope of my mom‘s birthday card. I usually like to add large stickers like this on the back of envelopes of cards as a decoration after I seal the envelope. I really like this sticker that I chose.

#litsycrafters #showandtelltuesday

Here‘s a closer look at what the inside of my mom‘s birthday card looks like. The stickers I use have been cut out from address labels that I have sitting around at home. I cut the address off of the address label and just use the image. I don‘t ever mail anything out. I‘m not using the address labels and I have so many of them that I don‘t mind using the images for card decorating.

#litsycrafters #showandtelltuesday

My mom‘s birthday is on July 30 so I decorated this birthday card for her with stickers. I tried this technique last time when I was decorating her Mother‘s Day card. Instead of just having one line of stickers at the bottom, I decided to go all the way around the card inside with the stickers lining up and I liked the way it looked when I did it this way before so I‘m doing it again.

#litsycrafters #showandtelltuesday

I ordered these bookmarks from Penguin Random House recently because they sent me a discount code to use for my birthday. My birthday was July 9th and I turned 35. I love bookmarks.

I purchased this candle called Moon Goddess from Novelly Yours (the same small business I buy my reading journal from) and they sent me a free sample candle called Romance Reader with it. The candles smell good. I haven‘t lit them yet.

I colored this picture of this couple on one of my coloring apps and I wanted to include this fact about romance novels. I wanted to write a haiku about romance novels.

Romance novels boost your brain health
I learned what a Jacob‘s Ladder piercing is from a romance novel
I don‘t want to be in a relationship ever again
My ex boyfriend was a narcissistic asshole so that relationship traumatized me

#haiku #haikuhive

I‘ve made more progress in this book tonight. I only read 1 chapter. Maybe tomorrow, I‘ll have time to read more of this book. If I spend 2 hours reading this book, I‘ll make more progress. I didn‘t read any of this book last night. This is an ebook that was sent to me as an ARC. I‘m enjoying it. When I read with my eyeballs, it takes me forever and I need to be sitting down. I don‘t know how to read on my Kindle while doing other things.

I found a graphic on Facebook showing the bee hierarchy and I wanted to know if drone honeybees die after mating so I included that information from my Google search that I did too. I wanted to write a haiku about bees.

Bees have a hierarchy
Drone honeybees die after mating with the queen bee
because they ejaculate so hard that their penis gets
ripped off of their body
😳Wow. That sounds like it hurts 😳

#haiku #haikuhive

I just finished this week‘s short story for #noplacelikeholmes.

Yay! I was approved for 2 more ARCs from The Smuthood PR. I‘m not finished yet with the first ARC they sent me this month. Maybe I‘ll get finished with it tonight. I still have other ARCs that I need to read.

I colored this picture on one of my coloring apps and included some of the lyrics from Hakuna Matata because it‘s my favorite part of the song. I like The Lion King so I wanted to write a haiku about it.

Simba becomes friends with Timon and Pumbaa
They all sing Hakuna Matata
The warthog can clear the Savannah after every meal
The moment the animals smell him coming, they all
run away
Can you blame them though? He stinks

#haiku #haikuhive

I‘ve made more progress in this ARC. Today is the deadline to submit my review to The Smuthood PR. I‘m enjoying this book but I‘m not going to get finished in time. I used to feel guilty about reading smutty books because the Bible says to stay sexually pure and guard my heart and mind by thinking pure thoughts but I‘m not going to feel guilty about it anymore. I‘ll read whatever I want.

I noticed that Goodreads changed their logo recently. What was wrong with their old logo? If they were going to change their logo, they should‘ve made other changes too. I still like using Goodreads but I also like StoryGraph. I already tried transferring my data to StoryGraph from Goodreads but it didn‘t work. I have too many books on my Want To Read shelf.

I colored this Beauty And The Beast picture on one of my coloring apps so I wanted to write a haiku about it. This is my favorite Disney movie. I‘ve seen it so many times and I could watch it over and over again.

Belle loves to read
The Beast got turned into a Beast because he cared more about looks instead of inner beauty
His maids in his castle are no longer human
Looks fade
Inner beauty lasts forever

#haiku #haikuhive

I colored this picture on one of my coloring apps and it says “Don‘t worry, Bee happy”. It made me think of the #haikuhive and I wanted to write a #haiku about it in case anyone needs encouragement.

If y‘all are worried about anything at all then
🐝Don‘t worry, “Bee” happy 🐝
I know it‘s easier said than done

But everything will be alright
Brighter days are ahead
You can‘t have a rainbow without the rain

I bought this audiobook recently. I‘ve never read a book about sexual purity before. The Bible says we need to save sex for marriage. I haven‘t had sex because of what the Bible says and I don‘t feel comfortable with it but I don‘t want to be in a relationship or get married or have a one night stand. Will this book answer any of the questions I‘m having or will I feel guilty because I take care of myself when I feel sexual urges?

Yay! I was approved for another ARC.

I colored this picture of a princess and a knight in shining armor on a coloring app so I wanted to write a haiku about it. Fairytales are so fun to read. They have an escapism element to them. I feel like I‘m going somewhere else in my mind when I‘m reading them.

I like reading fairytales
I like that they have princesses, castles, dragons,
Knights in shining armor and happily ever afters

#haiku #haikuhive

Chasing Books PR posted this on Instagram. I‘ve done a few of these things in my reviews before but not consistently. I‘ll have to remember to follow this formula for my book reviews. I have a hard time talking about books I enjoy. It‘s like my mind goes blank but maybe that hasn‘t always been true because with some books I‘ve enjoyed, I‘ve said more. I find I have a lot to say about books I don‘t like. Why am I like this?

One night when it was raining, these Black Bellied Whistling Ducks visited our backyard. We have bird feeders and a bird bath in our backyard. They were eating the bird seed that my birds dropped on the ground. They haven‘t visited again since then so I wanted to write a haiku about them.

Black Bellied Whistling Ducks
Will they fly over here and visit us again?
We liked seeing them

#haiku #haikuhive

I colored this picture and I wanted to write a haiku about it. I like to toast a hamburger and fries from a restaurant in the air fryer. I take the toppings off the hamburger, toast the meat and bread and toast the fries. After that, I put the hamburger back together. It makes the fries and burger taste really good.

Hamburger, fries & ketchup
A classic American meal
You can‘t go wrong with choosing this to eat

#haiku #haikuhive

I finished this week‘s short story “The Creeping Man” for #noplacelikeholmes. My birthday was on Wednesday. I went to the museum on Friday to celebrate my birthday and then went out to lunch and I was tired when I got home and then I didn‘t read at all on Saturday because I was watching Facebook Reels but tonight, I decided to do some reading so I can catch up with the buddy read and make progress in another book I‘m reading.

I‘m enjoying this book even though I‘m reading it slowly. If I have to read a book with my eyeballs, I‘m a slow reader. Audiobooks are faster. This ARC is on my Kindle. I didn‘t read this book for 2 or 3 days but I read 1 more chapter tonight. This book was released on July 11. This is an ARC I‘m going to be reviewing after I read it. The deadline to turn in my review is July 18.

I‘ve never read a Ken Follett book. I preordered this audiobook from Barnes & Noble during the preorder sale. I didn‘t know Richard Armitage would be narrating the audiobook. I wanted to write a haiku about him.

Richard Armitage
I‘ve heard him narrate a lot of the Agatha Christie books I‘ve read
I like his voice

Wow. I didn‘t know he looked like this
🥰What a handsome man 😍
I‘ll listen to him read anything

#haiku #haikuhive

I saw these 2 birds in the butterfly center at the museum on Friday and I wanted to write a haiku about them.

Beautiful birds hanging out together
Are they friends or boyfriend and girlfriend?
Either way, they‘re so cute

The butterfly center made me feel like we were actually in a rainforest
The temperature in the room was hot, tropical plants
were everywhere and there were waterfalls too
Butterflies flying everywhere

#haiku #haikuhive

I was at the museum on July 11 (the day this tagged book was released) and I‘m not done reading it yet. I‘m enjoying it though. There was one night when I didn‘t read any of this book at all because I was watching Facebook Reels all night and I‘m not going to read any of it tonight because I was at the museum today. Maybe I will tomorrow after having a good night‘s sleep tonight.

I saw these 2 starfish lying like this together at the museum today and I wanted to write a haiku about it.

2 starfish lying on top of each other
Are they boyfriend and girlfriend forever or just one night only?
Do animals know how to have one night stands?

I haven‘t had sex and I don‘t plan to
My ex bf wanted to have sex with me at the movie theater. Nothing happened. I said no and he got mad at me
My body, my choice

#haiku #haikuhive

Here‘s some pictures today from the museum I went to today with my mom and my brother. The first picture is 2 star fish from the Extreme Animals Alive! exhibit. The 2 birds and the butterflies are from the butterfly center at the museum today. I‘ve never seen these type of birds before. They are so pretty. I wonder why the star fish are lying on top of each other. Maybe they‘re boyfriend & girlfriend. Are they bf & gf forever or just for 1 night?

I was at the tagged location today and I wanted to share how my day was.

Amazon has Prime Day going on this week and Audible has a Prime Day sale on audiobooks. I wanted to write a haiku to Amazon.

Amazon
I‘m not impressed with your Prime Day deals this week
I didn‘t see anything that I wanted to buy

I looked at your Audible Prime Day books too
I‘m not impressed with your selection on there either
I‘d be more impressed if my books on my Audible wishlist were on sale

#haiku #haikuhive #haikuaday

I just found out that Bon Scott and I share a birthday. His birthday was July 9, 1946 and my birthday is July 9, 1990. He died when he was 33 years old. I turned 35 today. How old would he be if he was still alive? He would probably be older than me. I wasn‘t even born yet when he died.

Today is my birthday. I wanted to write a haiku about it. I don‘t know what kind of haiku this is because it doesn‘t just have 3 lines. I couldn‘t just stick to 3 lines but I thought it was interesting finding out who I share a birthday with. I just found out Dean Koontz and I share a birthday. He said today on Facebook that it‘s his birthday and I commented on his post,”Happy birthday! Today is my birthday too.”

#haiku #haikuhive #haikuaday

Today is my birthday and I just found out Barnes & Noble has a preorder sale going on this week so I preordered some books. It‘s a lot of books but they won‘t charge until they‘re shipped to my house or sent to my phone. I‘m glad I found out about this or I would‘ve missed out on it.

Penguin Random House sent me this email with a discount code for my birthday so I bought some new bookmarks. I have a gallon size zip lock bag full of bookmarks but I don‘t buy bookmarks that often. I didn‘t really see anything else on their website that I liked besides the bookmarks.

This is my birthday week so I decided to do an oracle card reading from my Unicorn deck and a happy birthday tarot spread I found online and I wrote my readings down in my journal. It was recommended online that if you‘re reading cards to write down your readings so I‘ve been doing that. I have tarot cards with keywords on them and it‘s been helpful for me as a beginner. I‘ve never done a birthday reading on myself before. This was really cool.

Today is my birthday so this author I‘m friends with on Facebook sent me this birthday message and gave me a discount code for her books so I bought the bundle of books that‘s shown here. I got it for a good price too and it‘s a great way for me to try her books out.

Fable just added a new feature and this was my response in the comments. It happened to me on Facebook the other day too. A guy I was friends with on Facebook sent me a message on Facebook messenger where he said,”Hi, how are you and are you single?” I saw that he sent me the message on Monday night but I didn‘t see it until last night. I didn‘t respond. I just unfriended him. He wasn‘t cute either and he‘s only friends with females on there.

I have 4 ARCs I‘m going to be reading this month so far. I‘m excited to read all of these.

Wrangled Love -Ann Einerson. A single dad & nanny cowboy romance I‘m currently reading.
The Sleepover - Daisy Jane. A stepbrother/stepsister romance
Trick Play - L.A. Shaw. A stepbrother/stepsister hockey romance with cowboy/cowgirl vibes
Bleacher Report - Kenna King. A hockey romance between strangers with a fake dating trope

I saw this picture on Facebook and thought it was cute so I wanted to write a haiku about it.

Bambi and a baby bunny
They look like best friends
This is so cute

#haiku #haikuhive

I colored this picture and my haiku is inspired by it.

Too many books, not enough time
I‘m always wishing I had more time to read
There‘s still so many books I haven‘t read

I keep telling myself
Reading is not a race
I can read at my own pace

If I can only read 6 books a month or less
That‘s okay as long as I like them
How do people read so much?

#haiku #haikuhive

TheSpineView was the book club leader of the Litsy Sci Fi Book Club and KateReadsYA was the book club leader for the Whimsical Reads Book Club.

The book clubs I used to be in on Litsy are no longer active but at least I found some book clubs to join on Fable.

Yay! I was approved for another ARC from Chasing Books PR. The synopsis says the name of the guy that the book is following but it doesn‘t say who the girl is. I guess I‘ll find out when I read it but I do know that it‘s a hockey romance and I enjoyed the first book in this series.

I put out bird food and mealworms for the birds and I put out peanuts for the squirrels on Saturday. I don‘t feed the birds and squirrels every day. I saw a squirrel burying the peanuts in the front yard outside my bedroom window so I wanted to write a haiku about it.

A squirrel burying peanuts in the front yard
How does he remember where his nuts are?
I hope he‘ll remember where they are when Winter comes

#haiku #haikuhive

Yay! I was approved for this ARC from The Smuthood PR. The Sleepover by Daisy Jane is not on Litsy so I‘ll be tagging it under Super Smutty Sign Language.

I got this email today from Goodreads. I think my Goodreads account is linked to my Amazon account but I don‘t know for sure because I haven‘t looked in a while. If I can‘t find one of the books to read through Libby then I could use this feature.

I live in Houston, TX. When I was 15 years old, I went camping with my family in Kerrville, TX and one of the areas we went to was the Guadalupe River. I heard about the flooding in Central Texas on the news and it makes me sad. I‘ve been thinking about Central Texas a lot so I wanted to dedicate this haiku to Central Texas.

Central Texas
My thoughts and prayers are with y‘all
May every missing person be found

#haiku #haikuhive