Seems like we’re not going to get much of a winter this year, so I am embracing spring. Flowers are poking out on my walks, and I started putting a few seeds in. I’d prefer sledding and hot chocolate, but this is nice too.
I’ve been listening to A Single Thread by Tracy Chevalier. It’s a book made for walking and puttering.
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
It’s full on Christmastime. It’s a weird year, but there’s still books.
I made one last trip to the library before they close again. (Not complaining. I like to see an employer who actually cares about the health of their staff.)
Looking forward to this new Litsy challenge.
My to-do list completely went out the window over Thanksgiving. I read so much!
I had to pick everything left in the garden this week. Daisy inspected the lemongrass.
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Stay safe my friends!
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Have a great weekend!
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
It got cold this week, and I can’t wait to spend the weekend reading under a blanket.
Twice this week I’ve had to switch from paper books to audiobooks. It’s just working better for my brain.
I’ve been enjoying a trip to the Caribbean with Agatha Christie.
Heavy on the Christmas fluff and the poetry.
Drinking so much tea and journaling this week.
I had to pick everything left in the garden this week. Daisy inspected the lemongrass.
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Stay safe my friends!
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
Yes, today is Saturday, so sue me. #2020
I got halfway through Kamala Harris’ book before it just got to be too much with the election and had to put it to the side. Happy to say I finished it this week!
I saw these shelves at a neighbor’s open house, and I’m scheming of ways to recreate them in my house- not that I should encourage myself to fill more shelves with books.
A book club book, some non-fiction, some fluff, and a chapter a day of Jane Austen. Looks like a good week!
The struggle to remember to take breaks continues this fall, but I did it at least once this week. The November light has been perfect for mid-morning reading.
Stay safe my friends!
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
Well, this has been a week. I’m so grateful for reading which continues to take me away when I can’t take any more.
This month we’re reading a chapter a day of Northanger Abbey. I just love Catherine and am looking forward to revisiting her antics. Austen is so funny in this one.
All of my 4 and 5 star reads from October. It was a good month for reading, and I look forward to talking about them next week for Show Us Your Books.
My two main goals this year (that so far I have failed miserably at #2020) were to read books from 20 countries and to cook from 20 cookbooks. It wasn’t in the cards this year, but I’ll get a second chance next year with the #FoodAndLit challenge on Litsy.
I also signed up for the Reading Asia challenge on Litsy. These two challenges should go well together!
I hope everyone gets some rest this weekend!
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
October went by in a blink, and it’s been a while since I wrote one of these. Seems like I was just getting ready for October spooky book reading season and now it’s over.
I’m in the middle of all of these books, and am hoping to finish them up before midnight Saturday for various challenges. No big deal if not!
Nonfiction November starts on Sunday! I have half a dozen non-fiction audiobooks that I’ve downloaded and am hoping to finish this month.
With Nonfiction November in mind I decided on my list for Bookspin BINGO this month. I’m also looking forward to starting a chapter a day read of Northanger Abbey and my next installment of the postal book club I belong to. This time my group is focusing on Agatha Christie.
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Of course all of these lists could go out the window depending on election results. In 2016 all I could do is watch re-runs of West Wing over and over again.
This made me laugh right out loud.
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
We’re settling in to our new normal that will probably change again in November.
I bought my daughter a e.l. konigsburg box set for Christmas last year, and we happily read this book all summer thinking that there would be two more after. We finished this week and were devastated to find out there is no sequel. We want to know what happens next!
I’m doing another readathon this weekend- this time I’m focusing on my stack of ARCs. They all look great, so it should be a good weekend!
I’ve been flying through audiobooks while doing my garden chores these last few weeks. Where did the summer go?
I started my latest book club pick. I’m loving this one!
I love spooky book season!
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
This week has been a giant cluster. I just don’t have the mind for juggling all day. School, home, and work all at once is driving me crazy. (And yes I know I’m lucky to have a job still. It’s just a lot.) Somehow though through it all it’s been one of my better reading weeks this year.
Closing in a week! Check it out here!
The #SuperSeptember Readathon is the first one I’ve done in a while, and it’s really keeping me going!
There are so many reading events next month. I can’t wait for October!
The Scarathlon on Litsy is my favorite, but I’ll probably sign up for others as well. Do you have any to recommend?
This garden got just a bit out of control! Cleaning it took up one trash can and five lawn and leaf bags. The whole time I worked I listened to Dandelion Wine by Ray Bradbury.
This book is so good so far! I can’t wait to spend some quality time with it this weekend!
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
When I’m in the zone I can get a tremendous amount of reading done while others drive. I had planned on a long spree on Monday, but the weather didn’t cooperate. By the way, Google weather called this partly cloudy.
I love having family along the Great Lakes! Hooray for socially distant get aways. The mental break was much needed, and I read so much!
I’d do this at home if it didn’t mean sacrificing books!
I was so happy to find some of my favorite reading snacks at a gas station in Ohio!
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
The news, work, and back to school have all conspired to make me a giant ball of stress. There’s nothing better than a fun summer read on the porch to remedy that. (I know it’s September, but school doesn’t officially start until Tuesday so it’s still summer in my mind.)
This one has had some health problems, so when she’s feeling like stealing my bookmarks or chewing on the side of the book while I read I just scratch her ears and tell her good girl.
I have about a million unread books to get to, but I just can’t help re-reading the Gamache books every time a new one comes out.
Picking the books to read during a readathon is almost as much fun as actually reading isn’t it?
Here’s my stacks for September’s #BookspinBINGO on Litsy. September’s mood: mysteries, graphic novels, and a lot more non-fiction.
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I decided to start doing a weekly Friday Top Five to have a place to talk about all of the random bookish nonsense I get up to during the week.
I have another book to give away! Check it out here!
One of my 2020 goals was to read and cook from 20 new to me cookbooks. Well, you can guess how that’s been going. Lately though my library has re-opened and my garden has been going nuts so I gave a recipe from The Adventurous Eaters Club a try. (Adding cucumbers because I picked 7 of them from my garden just yesterday alone.) It was simple and good! I liked the cookbook too although I think it’s meant more for families with pre-school aged kids.
Finally, finally it is cool enough to enjoy my back yard again.
When I first read about this online event from Politics and Prose I thought it was some sort of dream. I went back the next day, and no, it’s real Hillary Clinton is interviewing Louise Penny on Sep. 1 when her new book comes out. I’ll be there! (By there I mean here, watching it on my phone.)
Don’t you love it when your books are all organized and pretty? I finally got around to cleaning mine up.
I started my next read for the Litsy Markup Postal Book Club (#LMPBC) Writing in books seems so wrong, but these postal book clubs are so fun! I love to see everyone’s notes at the end.
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