My next audio read

I am thankful for this Litsy community for all their talk of listening to books while they do random things because my world has been blown wide open. I thoroughly enjoyed listening to Anna tell me her story

Fiction -most kinds. Wine, decaf tea, espresso in the morning to get my motor running 🤣 I like most things book related 📚. Hand cream, lip balm, moisturizer winter makes me shrivel up and flake away. Dark chocolate. Gingerbread. Shortbread. Love Actually. Die Hard. All the claymation movies. I LOVE old Christmas glass ornaments and bottle brush trees #xmasfaves #CanuckChristmasSwap

Now that DST is a thing, I‘ve got myself a Happy Light to read by #scientificexperiment #readingforscience

I have of course misplaced the headphones that came with my phone ( iPhone XR) so none of my stock pile work. Most of the time I listen to my audio book in the car so it doesn‘t matter that I just let it play out loud. Same when I‘m on the treadmill in my basement. But, I need another option. I can‘t handle $329 for real earbuds but these look nice and are under $40 🤔

I‘m excited to read this ( however I didn‘t do nearly enough reading today😢)

The Difference by Marina Endicott is a thoughtful, somber and lovely novel based on a true event. The story centres on 2 sisters, 20 years apart in age, who sail around the world. Kay, the younger, is very much an observer of the the world, she questions choices and actions her elders/superiors make,its 1912 so young ladies shouldn‘t be so inquisitive or bold, and consequently finds herself out of step with her peers and current societal norms.

Thank the gods it‘s Friday 🎉this book was hilarious and clever and I enjoyed every minute of it but I seriously do not like reading from what I call an airport size paperback. I also have too many books going on at once ( 3 print, 1 audio)

I got totally stuck in traffic today because of a train stopped blocking a major north/south roadway ( welcome to London, Ontario where the city thinks level train crossings are acceptable 🤦🏻‍♀️) but I have my audio book habit going strong so I don‘t even care 😆and I still got to the bakery for these beauties

Started this today driving around

I‘m saying this is a pick for a few reasons: it‘s my first ever finished audio book #yayme , I liked the readers voice and it was too long so I got it done before it was due back. Not the highest praise I know. It was odd at times. If you like Glass Castles or Educated, this has a similar vibe. I liked that it panned back and forth in time and it talked about her writing process ( a bit) but there were odd parts for me.

Thank you, Thank you to @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego this Halloween animal masque is FANTASTIC! getting mail and treats is so much fun 😘

My city‘s library is holding its annual book sale ( I did not buy all of these ) and I showed remarkable restraint. I always find it overwhelming to choose from all the books, I know I left too many good ones behind

It‘s a rainy day, I feel the possibility of a cold coming on and there‘s a strong chance I might stay in bed reading.

Thanksgiving weekend reading. I‘d like another day please

Audio driving to pick up my son, best thing I‘ve even done

My reading game this weekend has been ⬇️⬇️⬇️ but I ended it with flowers from a local flower farm and the sun came out so I‘m happy

Based on a Globe & Mail article examining how small town Chinese food restaurants came to be ( and be so similar) across Canada. The book flips between the author‘s trip across the country for research and uncovering her own family‘s story. It‘s a wonderful story and a thoroughly enjoyable read

When ALL your holds come at once 🤦🏻‍♀️ where to start 🤷🏻‍♀️

My hibiscus is LOVING the hot weather we‘ve been having ( I‘m going to need to weed again 🤦🏻‍♀️)

I‘m finding the main characters a bit hard to engage with

Brunch reading

This is the second in the Class Mom series and I quite enjoy the witty and funny dialogue. I‘m probably ready to read something heavier now

Onto my next light read of the weekend. The main character is reminding me a bit of Madeleine in Big Little Lies but without the murder and complex story line 🤣

Read in a day and a nice palate cleanser after all things Gilead. I enjoyed all the art references, especially the Rodin museum that I have been to and love. It was a bit more erotic than I was expecting but 🤷🏻‍♀️wouldn‘t spend money for it, thank god for the library

It‘s not quite the light hearted break I thought it would be after leaving Gilead but I will be done it in a day. Praise Be the glorious last blast of summer weather in Southern Ontario

What a ride this book is, it is just as powerful as The Handmaid‘s Tale. I thought I‘d have to restrain myself from reading it too fast ( after 30 + years I did want to savour it somewhat 😂) but Atwood continues to craft a story so close to reality that I had to take breathers when it got intense. I was not disappointed at all. I am sad to say Ms Atwood‘s partner of almost 50 years passed away 3 days ago 😢 what a busy and emotional time for her

#7covers7days day 5

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Taking a wee break before tackling the dishwasher, lunches, laundry, dinner, etc.

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I just wanna read all day 💚but I do have to go grocery shopping so meal planning, reading, shopping is my plan for the day. Oh and seeing who else is reading with me and following them and liking their posts 🤣

Today felt like summer; no alarm, no make up, all meals outside, read ( finished) crawdads in the sun, hung laundry on the line and took a hike around the ponds not far from our house with my husband to keep the feeling of the book going a bit longer. A perfect day

#atwoodlive it was so awesome to see this tonight! It was much more than I expected. Aunt Lydia reading 💚and seeing how much MA likes Ann Dowd 💚and vice versa. My book comes tomorrow

Creepy, sad, smart and sinister. So many books are about the importance of a tribe but what if you don‘t have one, what if a ‘tribe‘ isn‘t your thing? Bunny is bizarre, part magical, part savage, part sweet, part harsh. It‘s compelling.

Having to drink hot coffee this morning, where the hell has summer gone ☹️

When your bookmark matches your book #winning

School begins tomorrow. Good bye summer holidays

It‘s a beautiful last day of summer vacation. This book is all kinds of wonderful. I am not a big non-fiction fan. I want to lose myself in a story and a lot of non-fiction does not sweep me away. This book swept me up and sucked me in and held up a mirror too. ❤️

I need to work on creating this space ( with some people) so I respond instead of react ( and then replay it over and over in my brain at 4 am)

Thx to Littens posting about this, I am loving it. I‘m trying not to inhale it too fast and spend some time reflecting on my own self while I read

Happy #nationalredwineday🍷the blurb on this book say it‘s a grown up version of Harriet the Spy, and I suppose that‘s true. Isabel Spellman and her extended family own and operate a PI business. They appear to be quite successful at it while being completely dysfunctional as a family. There are quite a few twists and laugh out loud moments. I‘m thinking I have a new series to read

The blurb for this said “if you loved Harriet the Spy” 🙋🏻‍♀️

Reading this and binging The Handmaid‘s Tale at the same time has been seriously intense. I loved how this novel flipped between different timelines and voices. I also loved how books were a refuge to all the key female characters

1. I, too, think red is the best colour
2. Lisbeth Salander in The Girls with a Dragon Tattoo ( I need a way more varied diet and I am less intense 😆)
3. Another glass of wine 4. @JenniferP @Howard_L @Jnnlb #wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Have FINALLY started watching the show ( finished first season last night) that I have let pile up in my DVR for a couple of years 😞I bought this gorgeous graphic novel to read in tandem and jog my memory of the story. My husband is rereading his paperback from school. Part of me wants to have it all done when I see Margaret on September 10th but another part wants it never to be over ❤️

Helen Oyeyemi writes a crazy mix of fairy tale and real with a fluid time line so it seems like an old fashioned present day. She is gifted with words, some images of the rat catcher stayed a bit too long in my mind. I enjoyed all of the characters and the different view points of Boy, Snow and Bird. I‘m even more disappointed about Gingerbread now 🤣

Despite what the blurb on the cover said, I did not fall in love with this book. The main character was awkward socially, fine, wanted to please her mom, fine, sucked at dating, fine, but it went on too long and wrapped up too fast