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1. Both my great-aunt and my grandma. Also, my granddaddy. All three of them were always kind. I never saw any of them be anything other than gentle and kind.
2. My partner and my two sons.
3. I‘ve always loved Madeleine L‘Engle‘s O‘Keefe family. I wanted to be part of that family when I was a girl. I think I kinda still do.
@Eggs #WondrousWednesday
Happy Earth Day! 🌎 🌍 🌏
I‘d like your recommendations on books that would help someone deal with bullying. They can be for adults or YA. As an AuDHD adult with C-PTSD, I find that I don‘t have the social skills to navigate bullying. I could really use a couple books to help me work my way through it. Nothing triggering, please. Nonfiction is cool, as is fiction, as are graphic novels. I‘m open to anything. ⬇️
Through the Dragoncon in Atlanta, and other cons, I've had the pleasure of meeting Kevin J. Anderson, Jim Butcher, Delilah S. Dawson, Keith R.A. DeCandido, John Jackson Miller, Robert J. Sawyer, S.M. Stirling and Timothy Zahn.
I'd like to meet Neil Gaiman and John Scalzi. Also, Erik Larson, Sam Kean and Mary Beard (3 of my favorite non-fiction writers).
#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern
I have met quite a few since I became a librarian a couple of years ago. To name a few: Kwame Alexander, Julie Murphy, Tehereh Mafi, Neal Shusterman, Justin Cronin, Dan Santat, Jerry Craft, April Henry, and Tracy Wolff, among others. Thank goodness for librarian conferences! 😁
#SundayFunday
Tried some Venezuelan food for #foodandlit. Wood fired bbq steak, rice and fries, a shredded chicken arepa on the right and a golfeado which is a cinnamon roll with cheese. The soda was strawberry flavored. Everyone loved the food and the drink it‘s gone except for some of the golfeado (it is an acquired taste, not bad but different enough we have some leftover).
The irises are in bloom. I wait all year for this. They‘re so beautiful. I actually go out of my way when driving places to drive by homes with irises in their yards. I keep a running list of which homes have them and which colors they have from the ones I‘ve seen while driving in previous years. The home with the most beautiful iris display changed owners last year, and before they moved, they dug up all their irises. They must‘ve had 200. ⬇️
Who else? Raise those hands haha 🙋🏼♀️
I. Focus. Sometimes I feel so fragmented.
II. Self doubt and unhelpful criticism.
III. I‘m not sure I would describe it as a “win”, but leaving my abusive ex while fighting for and then managing to keep full custody of our sons is probably the thing I‘m proudest of doing.
Anyone else want to play? Consider yourself tagged! 🌺
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
Here are my suggestions for #camplitsy24 I tried to have different genres @squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB
I‘m late AND I‘m not following directions because I can‘t choose only 3! So sorry, not sorry! 😂
1. The Big Chill
2. The Shining
3. The Princess Bride
4. Amadeus
5. The Lost Boys
6. Willow
7. Raising Arizona
8. Moonstruck
9. Aliens
10. The Thing
11. Die Hard
12. Ghostbusters
13. Grease
14. The ‘Burbs
15. Dangerous Liaisons
#TLT #ThreeListThursday
This badge my friend got me for when I'm reading 🤣🤣
When Nature Shows Us The Power Of Hope!
When we allow and help our Earth to heal, we heal.
#ThinkPositiveBePositive
Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks aka
horned comet, Mother of Dragons, Dragon comet, Devil Comet.
A rarity that only comes around every 71-74 years. The best time to view it should have been on April 8th 2024.
Yet I cannot find any updates about this that are dated in April 2024.
Strange.
Did anyone try to see this during the eclipse?
I will keep searching...💫☄️🤩. Just wondering if anyone else is curious about the lack of interest about this rarity.
It‘s funny, because it‘s true!
To add to that, I started ACOTAR a year or two ago. I read the first book with the intention of reading the others. Now, I‘m almost finished the third book in the Crescent City series, and I‘m considering picking up ACOTAR and continuing where I left off. The only thing is that I can‘t remember the characters or the plot. The struggle is real! lol
#Litsyhumor
Earlier this week,
My mom: Have any plans for the weekend?
Me: Nope.
My mom: How about a series binge-watch?
Me: Sounds like a plan. What should we watch?
My mom: Let me surprise you.
Me: Epic.
This past Friday evening,
My mom: Who is your favorite character on the Addams Family?
Me: The daughter, Wednesday. Why?
My mom: You mean, this Wednesday? (whips out this DVD).
Me: 🧐🤩💃😉👍.
I swear that my mom is some kind of magician! 👇
1. Of course, the quintessential example of movie trumping book—The Princess Bride!
2. Jaws
3. The Shawshank Redemption
There are other examples of great movies coming from great books, like Jurassic Park, No Country for Old Men, and Doctor Sleep, but to me, they are more equal, while the ones I chose for my list evinced a greater disparity in quality. Just my opinion! 😁
#TLT #ThreeListThursday
Batman Begins - equal.
Will Trent (TV series). While not completely fair, because I never read the books... someone said that the books are graphic and what I like about the TV show is that they focus on the characters and emotions instead of the violence and crimes. 👇
Twilight Series by Stephenie Meyer. I believe I read all the books (unless the series has since continued), yet I had only really enjoyed book one. The movies have my vote. 👇
Just to clarify—I love my Kindle and audiobooks!! It‘s just that nothing trumps a physical book. They‘re all great ways to read though!
#WondrousWednesday
#BookMadness #MarchMadness #ReadingBracket2024 #TopRead2024
January: The Dragon Republic by R.F. Kuang
February: Dead Wake by Erik Larson
March: View From the Cheap Seats by Neil Gaiman
Bonus: The Burning God by R.F. Kuang (from January)
Here are my #Bookspin and #Doublespin for April. I‘m one behind as the end of March, but fingers crossed I can catch up this month.
Read some great books on March! Especially loved Episode Thirteen and The Power!
All of these play a role in my reading life but these are the major players with the others in the minor league.
Want to play @jlhammar @BarkingMadRead @Gissy
Thanks for the tag @Eggs 💜🌸💜
#WondrousWednesday
April's #BookSpin is here! I should get these (and March's picks) easily read with Dewey's Readathon happening in a couple of weeks.
Library book will be a novella I have our OR a mob book. Perpetual Challenge will be either Stephen King or Louis L'Amour-which ever I get to this month.
Thanks for hosting @TheAromaOfBooks!
Here is my #BookspinBingo for April. I will move the titles as needed when @TheAromaofBooks shares the numbers on April 2nd.
