#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

💜 My daughter is home for the summer!!!
🧡 My son is loving his career!!!
💚 Hubby. Always.
💚🧡💜 They always take silly photos with me that make me smile
📚 A new Myron and Win book. Those two always make me happy. 🤓

If you want to play, you‘re tagged!

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Book 4 in The Holiday Adventure Club series follows Lucy and her vacationers to Morocco for the annual rose festival. This time her group includes a family, friends, a superstar and her ex-husband. This one was definitely a bit ‘heavier‘ than the previous books with TW for chronic illness, sexual assault & fertility issues.
#BookSpinBingo #readyourebooks #SeriesLove2024

#WhatsNewWednesday

Sorry this was posted late.

I attended a funeral for a 23 year old today who died in a construction accident. He was in marching band with my son & was such a bright light with a beautiful soul. 💔💔
Last month I was at a funeral for an 18 year old who was in school with my daughter. So much heartache. Hits hard and close.

Want to share @TheBookHippie @julesG @AmyG and

#WhatsNewWednesday

What‘s new? Coming up? Updates? Want to share a beautiful, cute, funny (etc) pic or story? We can‘t wait to see them. Need support or a little extra love from fellow Littens? We‘re here.

Would you like to share @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheSpineView @TieDyeDude

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

Lots of romance tropes in this one and they were done well. I usually don‘t like poor communication but O‘Leary did a great job weaving this story and pulling everything together.

#BookSpinBingo #readyourebooks #Roll100

#WeeklyFavorites

Picoult did it again.

#WeeklyForecast

#WeeklyUpdate

11 books for #SeriesLove2024
1 #NancyDrewBR
1 #NoPlaceLikeHolmes
2 #readyourebooks
2 #Roll100
1 #SeasonalCozies
13 picks!! 🎉🎉

Previously published as Mayhem in May.

Book 5 in the Calendar Mystery series and my pick for #SeasonalCozies in May.

Small town life, amateur sleuths, museum setting for murder & mystery.

#BookSpinBingo #readyourebooks #SeriesLove2024

#NancyDrewBR discussion next week. I‘ll keep my thoughts to myself until then. 🤐

#BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024 #readyourTBR

Stead & Mass team up for a wonderful MG book about family, friends & books. A library fire, ghosts, cats, mice and a mystery writer take center stage as a boy sets out to solve a mystery involving his hometown library.

#WeekendReading

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

So much joy. I got to see my daughter Sunday when we picked up some of her stuff since she comes home this weekend.

As always— Sherlock 💙🐶💙

Reading from my TBR

Audio walking (inside mostly but a couple of days outside)

Physical therapy and dry needling helped break my wicked migraine cycle.

#FirstLineFridays

Another Holmes, another pick.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin @dabbe #readyourebooks @CBee
#ReadAway2024 @Andrew65 @DieAReader #SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Binged books 2-7 in this cozy mystery series. I read book 1 back in December and I was happy to revisit Christmas River.
#BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024
@TheAromaofBooks @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

Listened to both of these. I like this cozy mystery series. I was listening to the tagged in the car on the way to a doctor‘s appointment. My husband looked at me and said, “We‘re stopping for donuts on the way home!” 😁

#BookSpinBingo #SeriesLove2024

I thought I had pasted this. 🤦🏼‍♀️

My #readyourebooks titles for May. I‘ve finished one so far this month.

My #AwesomeApril wrap up.

Thanks for hosting, @Andrew65 🤓

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs (thanks for the tag)

1. Family, Love, Health

2. Peace, Happiness, Time

#WhatsNewWednesday

What‘s new? Coming up? Updates? Want to share a beautiful, cute, funny (etc) pic or story? We can‘t wait to see them. Need support or a little extra love from fellow Littens? We‘re here.

Would you like to share @dabbe @Sace @lil1inblue

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

That‘s a wrap on #WickedWords for May.

#WickedWords #Shakespeare
Word 5/5

@AsYouWish

Reading this one for #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD
@TheBookHippie

#WickedWords #poem
Word 4/5

@AsYouWish

My May Challenges & Buddy Reads.
#Roll100 #SeasonalCozies #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #readyourebooks #TBRtarot #ReadOrDonate #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #childrensclassicread2024 #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #NancyDrewBR #LittensLoveRomance
Not pictured: #BobWhiteBuddies (I‘ll add it)

#WeeklyUpdate

I tried. Migraines suck. Back to bed.

#WeeklyForecast

As a mystery the book is good. As a book showing the world through the eyes of Molly, it‘s great. Molly reminded me of Eleanor Oliphant in many ways. Plenty of characters to love and loathe in this one.

#BookSpinBingo #readyourebooks #readyourTBR #Roll100

Only 1/3 rolled #Roll100 books read in April. Otherwise, a great challenges & buddy reads month.

Once the #readyourebooks numbers are selected I‘ll post my May chart.

#AuthorAMonth #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #TBRtarot #Roll100 #ReadOrDonate #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #childrensclassicread2024 #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #NancyDrewBR #LittensLoveRomance

#WeekendReading

#LitsyLove is a truly international group! Check out the map of where our members are from.
If you love snail mail and want to join our group, email @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks at loverofbooks75@gmail.com 💌

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Started this one last night for #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD 🤓

Happy birthday month, Christine! 🎉💙

This was a gift from @TheSpineView several months ago. I think I read it at a perfect time for me. I was fully absorbed in this one.
I don‘t read Picoult reviews before reading her books because I want her to take me on a journey with no expectations. I want and to feel the weight of the surprises & twists with the characters. I loved the journey.
#BookSpinBingo #BookSpin #readyourTBR #Roll100 #AwesomeApril

Finally a month where I got an #ISpyBingo bingo! 2 in fact.

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Word 3/5. #date

#WickedWords @AsYouWish
Word 2/5. #prom

#WickedWords @AsYouWish

Word 1/5 #deal

Thank you, @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks for introducing me to this author. This is the third book I‘ve read by her and it‘s another pick for me.
Friendship, family, love, loss, addiction, secrets and embracing simpler times.

This book also gave me 3 of May‘s #WickedWords which I‘ll post later. @AsYouWish

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#WickedWords
4/5 found in April.
I‘m sure #iceberg will show up in one of my TBR books.

May #BookSpinBingo board.

My May #BookSpin is Mad Honey and I‘ve already started it. 💛
Lucky me, my #DoubleSpin is Winter‘s Tale which is also my #TBRtarot and #ReadOrDonate book for May.

My April #WorstRead2024 just wasn‘t for me. On the plus side, it was the only book I didn‘t like last month. 26 good (some great) reads in a month are #bookproblems I can handle. 🤓

Bracket by @CSeydel 💙

Hello May.

My current reads. Tagged is SO good. I started it in April but returned it to the library only because I was having trouble holding physical books. My ebook hold came in and now I‘m flying through it.

1 library ebook
1 owned physical book (#Roll100)
2 owned ebooks (#readyourebooks)
1 library book (#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD)

@PuddleJumper @CBee @TheBookHippie

Zorrie 💙

Favorite read of April. Thank you to @TheBookHippie for picking this for #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD & @Catsandbooks for this bracket.

April & YTD Challenge by the numbers.

I‘m happy that I‘ve read 48 books from my shelves so far this year. That‘s half of the books I‘ve finished YTD. A very nice balance of owned and borrowed. 🤓
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
#ReadOrDonate @julieclair
#Roll100 @PuddleJumper
#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

#TBRtarot @CBee

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. ⚾️
2. Zorrie
3. Celebrating my parents‘ 69th wedding anniversary 🎉🎉💙💙

Want to play @kelli7990 @KadaGul @Deblovestoread