Yesterday morning the hubs and I were having a chat when we heard a gushing of water. Running downstairs we discovered that my bathroom sink which had a slow leak the night before turned into a full on leak and broke through the ceiling in our dining room. Looks like I‘ll be getting that bathroom remodel I‘ve been wanting sooner than expected. #homeownership #waterdamage

There‘s nothing better than a good book with two wiener dogs laying on my lap.

Braved the cold in Memphis today to check out South Main Book Juggler and I‘m glad I did. I found a copy of the tagged book and the owner was kind enough to recommend The Book Club for Troublesome Women to me. She shared with me that she‘s currently reading the books in tandem and I thought that sounded like a wonderful idea myself.

Extremely well researched book but overly long winded and quite dull at times

Diving into the third installment in the Dark Olympus series. With the series coming to an end next year, it‘s time I get caught up. #honeymoon #beachday

Here‘s my list for November‘s #bookspin. Leaning heavily into nonfiction for nonfiction November.

Lazy Sunday afternoon with the dogs curled next to me and my current physical read. #grimreaders #hauntedshelf @CSeydel

Starting this franchise film analysis by Ashley Cullins and can‘t think of a better accompaniment than by watching the Scream movies as I go. #hauntedshelf #grimreaders

Got so engrossed in this book that I forgot to neon the lookout for words from the #HauntedShelf word search, but the repetition of the word spirit in this paragraph reminded me. #GrimReaders

My morning read accompanied by some tea in my ghost mug, definitely the perfect mug choice for a ghost story. #HauntedShelf #GrimReaders

Here are all the books I would love to read next month for #HauntedShelf I fully admit that this is quite overly ambitious, but if I can knock some of them out while getting some points for team #GrimReaders then count me in.

This past June I was on a layover in Jersey City and walked over to Liberty State Park where I was able to take in views not only of Lady Liberty, but also this memorial of the Twin Towers, from the New Jersey side of the Hudson. #9/11 #NeverForget #September11th

Saw this article and I couldn‘t help but think about the #CampLitsy pick Tilt. Here‘s the link to the article for anyone who‘s interested.

https://apple.news/AQu0sZz9BS3eofd_3sn5zXA

The other day I had Mrs. Gutierrez and her husband on my flight from Houston to Denver. It wasn‘t until Mrs. Gutierrez came up to the forward galley where I was working to ask if I was a reader, when I responded in the affirmative she told me she was an author and would love to give me a copy of one of her books if I was interested. As a lover of all things Tudor I readily said “yes”. She was even kind enough to sign it.

I found this book not even a minute after walking into the bookstore. As I currently deal with my third miscarriage in less than a year, Lilly‘s description of herself as being a half mother, a ghost mother is really hitting home.

Bonne fête de la Saint-Jean-Baptiste to all the French-Canadian Litsy members. I‘ve been fortunate enough to be able to spend the month with 24 hours at a time in your beautiful city of Montréal. I have loved my time exploring Montréal, from sampling the great food (Sammi‘s soup dumplings) to visiting your local bookstores (Argo Books). I cannot wait to come back and spend even more time and hopefully make it to Quebec City.

Finally got my stack together for #14books14weeks. With the exception of Sunrise on the Reaping, the rest of these books have been sitting on my shelves for quite some time. 6 of the books are arcs, which have been published for years now, that I need to read so that I can leave them in LFL‘s and open up space for more books on my shelves. I‘m finally going to read the Murderbot Diaries in anticipation of the series. Thanks @Liz_M for this

My husband has been pestering me to get another dog, specifically another dachshund, for the last 3 1/2 years. I promised him that after the wedding we could start seriously looking at getting a puppy. Our baby girl Ginger joined the family late Wednesday night. So now we have his dog, Bandit (border collie), my dog Ripley (dachshund) and our dog Ginger

This past Saturday I married the love of my life! It was a such an amazingly, wonderful, magical day. These are just some unedited proofs of the many photos my photographer/cousin took and I can‘t wait to see the final product. #newlyweds #weddingday

Here are my four recommendations for #CampLitsy25. Can‘t wait to see the final selections.

Flatiron Books posted this over on their Instagram today. Am at the part in the book that today‘s Senate hearing with Sarah was about. Can‘t wait to see how this plays out for Zuckerberg and Facebook.

This morning my fiancé and I went to get our marriage license. 30 days til we say “I Do”. #bridetobe

I had the pleasure of meeting Margaret Atwood years ago when she came to Colorado College to discuss The Year of the Flood. I‘ve always loved her work and can‘t wait to read her memoir.

On Sunday my fiancé took me to Barnes and Noble so I could complete the bookstore birthday shopping challenge. The challenge is where you get 3 mins to browse the store and then 90 seconds to grab as many books as you can carry. The person who took you then has to buy all that you‘re holding at the end of the timer. I ended up with 20 new books for the home library.

Lord Peter Wimsey is definitely no Sherlock Holmes, despite his comment that he feels like Holmes as he works to solve the mystery. Thank god for audiobooks as I‘m not sure I would‘ve finished the book if I‘d read the physical text. I found that the flow of the book wasn‘t the greatest and the ending was quite abrupt. I may give the next book in the series a try just to see if the writing improves. #AuthorAMonth

I found the writing to be very dry, which combined with the fact that Kendall wasn‘t telling me anything I didn‘t already know and understand as a Black American woman, I unfortunately had to DNF this one.

Here‘s my final points total for the second half of #WinterGames. As always I had a wonderful time and can‘t wait to take part again. Happy New Year #HolidayBookDragons! @LiseWorks

I had a long day of work yesterday and completely forgot to post my points last night when I got to my hotel. Here‘s my check-in for the first two weeks of #WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons

I love that vampires are once again having a moment. I loved this book so much and did not want the story to end, but alas, all great things must come to an end. #WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons +60 points @LiseWorks

Such a cute, holiday romance with just the right amount of spice. I loved the Christmas competition and watching Wilder and Fable stick it to her ex. Wilder is everything a girl could want in a hot, single Dad billionaire. #WinterGames2024 #WGWordSearch #HolidayBookDragons

+4160 points

Yesterday, my fiancé and I braved the holiday mall shoppers and went to get our picture taken with Santa. Despite being an adult, I‘ve always loved Santa and he‘s someone I can‘t wait to share with my future children. #WinterGames24 #HolidayBookDragons +10 points

This is my third Emily Henry book and I‘m seriously beginning to wonder why it has taken me so long to read her books? I loved this story, definitely more than Beach Read and possibly even more than Book Lovers. First book for #WinterGames2024 is in the bag and that‘s +60 points for Team #HolidayBookDragons

Here‘s my TBR for #WinterGames2024 Can‘t wait to start reading these and racking up some points for team #HolidayBookDragons
+30 points

Had to jump on the #10BeforeTheEnd train as it will enable me to finish my romance book bingo, read some back list TBR books and complete one more challenge before the end of the year.

Here‘s my physical TBR for the #HauntedShelf readathon. In addition to these 15 physical books I have 1 ebook and 2 audiobooks that I want to read next month. #DeadSerious +26 pts

I received a finished copy of this from the publisher for a book tour I‘m taking part in. While the premise sounded promising, the book just did not work for me. I found myself zoning out the entire time I was reading it and every time my fiancé would ask me what it was about, all I could tell him was it was a fantasy with people, that‘s how little of an impression it was leaving on me. I finally decided to just DNF it.

My boyfriend and I arrived in Jamaica on Saturday on a much needed vacation and to celebrate my 40th, turns out he ended up proposing after we got to our room! 💍 🥂 💕

#fromgirlfriendtofiancee

For the second half of #WinterGamea I managed to get 11,693 points for a total of 16,780 points. Yay #TeamEvergreen

The last 4 ornaments for the hunt for #TeamEvergreen -Bookish ornament, favorite color, one I got this year and oldest ornament on my tree. +41 pts #WinterGames

The next 8 ornaments for the hunt: Special occasion, one I wish was life sized, picture frame on it, makes noise, represents sports, homemade, too big to fit in the palm of your hand, character on it (Disney, Marcel, tv, etc). #TeamEvergreen #WinterGames +81 points

I finally got around to finding ornaments to complete the Christmas Ornament Hunt. These 8 ornaments are for the following prompts:
-Ornament that: sparkles, had an animal on it, was a gift from a family or friend, can see your reflection in, reminds you of a family member, North Pole character on it, good enough to eat, had a date on it. #TeamEvergreen #WinterGames

+81 pts

#wintergames #teamevergreen @Clwojick mid month check in

My boyfriend and I went and saw this movie last year when it was in theaters and it quickly became one of our favorite adult holiday movies. #TeamEvergreen #HolidayMovie #WinterGames +6 pts

#HolidayLaughs #TeamEvergreen +6 pts

My rather ambitious TBR for this year‘s #Wintergames and #TeamEveegreen. The list of 20 books include the 2 team reads, a mix of audio ebooks and lots of holiday romance. It also works for December‘s #Bookspin & #BookspinBingo which I love.

Not my best year of #Scarathlon, but still had fun as always. Yay #TeamCreepinItReal

A little bit grammar humor for #scarathlon #TeamCreepinItReal

I almost forgot to post my points for #TeamKeepinItReal. I‘ve been working so much and fighting a nasty cold on top of it, so I‘ve only managed 749. But I‘m having fun and hope to really get some points the rest of the month. #Scarathlon2023

There‘s nothing better than working on some Blogtober posts and having one of your favorite horror movies come on tv, John Carpenter‘s The Thing. +6 pts #Scarathlon #TeamCreepinItReal