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Happy Fourth of July 🎉
Happy Fourth of July 🎉
I doubt I‘ve ever tried to read six books at the same time. But here I am giving it a try! It‘s too hard to pass up a good reading challenge! And I haven‘t even started my books I‘ve picked out for #Authoramonth this month.
#campLitsy #Greenland #Peru #foodandlit #whatthedickens #klbr #doorstopkirstin
Drop everything! My library hold came in!! Out of order for #campLitsy? We do not care. I‘m reading five other books right now? We do not care. Cosby is an absolute go to author. So I‘m diving in as fast as I can!!
@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB
#wdncc #wedonotcareclub @dabbe
#raisingareader
Our 19-yo son has started cataloguing his books. Here‘s his first 200 he‘s input. I love that he‘s including his childhood books he plans to keep (lots of Encyclopedia Browns for example). Husband and I have both kept lists of our books since our teen years so it‘s awesome that he‘s got the right genes. Daughter has many books too, but she catalogues her movies.
We do not care that I wear my pajama tshirt inside out to bed. The sewn seams drive me nuts because I‘m a side sleeper but I don‘t feel them when I wear it with the seams on the outside. I got this brilliant idea from justbeingmelani on Insta and her We Do Not Care Club for us Women of a Certain Age. More brilliant insights from her here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfOyazMlJf/?igsh=dTRma3VsNnduYjlj
#wdncw @dabbe @Chrissyreadit
Very interesting, and I‘ve read quite a few she‘s posted here. I do love history and historical fiction! I may create my own lists with my favorites. (Not the tagged book)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLhuRX_MiWb/?igsh=ZThnb2c4a2FlNzFu
June was a good month for reading, thanks to a mostly restful vacation where I finished 7 of these 11 books. I tagged my favorite of the month. Stats:
7 for #Greenland #foodandlit (1 doing double duty with #authoramonth)
3 for #serieslove (double duty with #foodandlit)
2 for #authoramonth (plus 1 finished in May)
2 for #campLitsy
1 for #klbr
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @Soubhiville @BarbaraJean @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks
I‘m squeezing in one more book for #Greenland #foodandlit because my library hold finally came in. @Catsandbooks
😥 #foodandlit #Greenland @Catsandbooks
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How reading and cocoa rooms popped up in Victorian England inviting not just men but women too! Can we start doing this again?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKmG9g7oXlE/?igsh=MWVubngzcm91NTlvbw==
I‘ve started this book tonight for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Maybe I‘ll care tomorrow about my weight, age, & that I‘m not quite so energetic anymore. But not today. Yesterday in NC and today in the airport on the way home I discovered this: “women of a certain age” (credit @IriDas for the quote) and of a certain size—oh my gosh we can spot each other a mile away and immediately bond!! We‘d just start chatting, or at least smiling and nodding sympathetically, like long lost friends. No judgment!! #wdncw
Ah back home with my cuddly reading buddy. We missed our sweet little girl. And she missed us. My son skipped this trip and took care of her. And she seemed good when his buddies came over to help cat-sit, a rarity for her to accept being around “strangers.” So I‘m reading the tagged book now with my little Midnight with her blankie.
Young Kristin Lavransdatter is betrothed to Simon, a kind practical man chosen by her immensely well-regarded father. But she‘s swept off her feet by Erland, who comes with an immense amount of baggage—a mistress, their children, and an unworthy back story. But he‘s handsome and charming and so you can probably guess what happens next. Part of the charm of these books is their setting in Middle Ages Norway. I read them in my 20s when I‘d just ⬇️
I finished six books on this vacation so it‘s fitting that I wrote the last of the reviews right before boarding the plane. See you soon in San Antonio!
pickScalzi plays on all the stereotypes of fantasy and sci fi to write the opening to a series that doesn‘t exist. I repeat, even though it says it‘s book one, it‘s not. It‘s a parody of a series opener. It‘s very short (an 11-minute read) and often funny. An easy final read for June‘s #authoramonth @Soubhiville
pickA dystopian novel about humanity reaching its cataclysmic end thanks to climate change, this is a touching, heartbreaking story. Rowan shipwrecks in Antarctica where a family is trying to stay afloat and save as many seeds from the forever (it‘s not)seed bank. They save her life, but the family needs saving, too, from the rising sea and from their own secrets. I read the book while also listening to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. The ⬇️
pickBook 3 in this series, Petra looks for a man gone missing from a cohort of unlikeable Americans who have returned to #Greenland for mysterious reasons. Petra is put in peril this time and the shaman isn‘t here to help. Unfortunately, the “motives” are complex and convoluted. I got the general idea, but I couldn‘t connect the dots. It‘s still a pick, but lesser so than prior novellas. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65
pickShaman Tuukula and his little daughter Luui help Constable Petra look for a missing girl whose cleft palate helps her talk to ravens but makes her the subject of school bullies. The girl‘s father hates ravens and takes the blame for the girl going missing. This is Petra‘s second foray on the missing persons desk in Nuuk, #Greenland, and it‘s another satisfying story in the series. #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65 #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
pickA year ago a boy on the northern western coast of #Greenland disappeared. When new constable Petra answers her first phone call, she finds she‘s become the missing persons department at Nuuk. With the help of an elderly shaman and his young daughter, Petra follows the leads to find the boy—the first hint being that he took a narwhal‘s rare double tooth and may be trying to sell it. An excellent start to this series. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Im starting this ebook tonight, a bit early for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Purchased yesterday at Bagatelle Books in Asheville. A great way to practice my Spanish. Guess who is one of the featured women? Virginia Woolf, our #authoramonth next month! @Soubhiville
pickIn the metaverse with countless versions of earth there happens to be one populated by kaiju—yes, those monstrosities of movie fame. Our earth has found a means to set up a base there to study and protect the kaiju. This is the story of some newbies on that Canadian base via #Greenland. The story is fun, often hilarious, and not without its bad guys who need putting in their place. Loved it! Perfect vacation read. #authoramonth #foodandlit
I started this short story last night to squeeze in one more book for #authoramonth. @Soubhiville
pickThis is an excellent YA sci-fi speculative fiction story. A family camps in #Greenland so the father can study climate change while the mother writes about mitochondrial DNA while son explores the land. But nothing is as it seems and it all unravels when the son discovers a colony of people living underground for generations, who will lose their home as the climate warms. Told from two perspectives of the above- and below-world, I enjoyed the ⬇️
I finished both of these books last night. Vacation has been a very productive reading time! I‘m now trying to catch up on long overdue book reviews.
#Greenland #foodandlit
#serieslove #campLitsy
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB
pickIn 1910-12, the author Ejnar and a boat mechanic Iver sledge along the west coast of #Greenland looking for notes from previous Danes whose exploration ended in their 3 deaths. Ejnar and Iver brave the coast for well more than a year trying to get back to their ship. They are good partners for this task who have one spat in all this time, over an imaginary girl. It‘s a brutal survival story with an excellent epilogue about how the author ⬇️
Checking out Bagatelle Books in Asheville and came across these! If only I had $300, the ability to fly them home, and bookshelf space… #whatthedickens @Cuilin
If you‘re wondering what Greenlanders eat…. I think I may skip the food portion of this month…
#Greenland #foodandlit
#serieslove
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65
There are many more but here are the first of the novellas. There are novels as well
#Greenland #foodandlit
#serieslove
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65
Author‘s Note
This should be fun!
#Greenland #foodandlit #serieslove
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65
I‘m enjoying these novellas for #Greenland #foodandlit
#serieslove
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65
I‘ve finished writing all my #summercardswap cards and hope to find a post office as we leave Boone, NC tomorrow heading back to Charlotte. @TheBookHippie
