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January was not a good month for me so I didn't get to do much for #LitsyCrafters
I created a page in my journal to write and doodle some ideas. The only thing I made was this Barbie cassette sticker. My sister and I used to jam to this cassette when we were little 😂 I found the image and turned it into a sticker. 💖
Hopefully February will be better for my crafting!

This book addresses gender stereotypes in the illustrations while maintaining them in the rhyming. I was hoping for this to push the point that anyone can dress like a girl. But it doesn't. I was underwhelmed.

Bit of a sad #BookReport this month. I can‘t remember the last time I read so little. Had an amazing two weeks away though😆

I was intrigued by all the posts from the #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub and decided to pick up a copy to read for myself. The story was charming and delightful, and a nice break from the darker stories I had been reading this month.

#20in4 @Andrew65
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#192025 #1939 @Librarybelle

I am a member of my local Libray‘s Friends Group. Each week, I work organizing books for our book sales. So sometimes, something comes in that I cannot resist purchasing before the sale. This was one of those books. Pristine condition. Beautiful color photographs. A treasure. #fashion

https://youtu.be/m-5vKfqWjN0

#FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

23 #9 This book was slow. But I did finally become invested enough in the characters to care about the ending.

A 2023 reading goal is to always have a nonfiction or biography running simultaneously with my fiction reading. This 2nd 2023 bio read conversationally while slipping into a Who‘s Who List on influential people Chanel mingled with. To sum it up, Chanel was mysterious, inventive, prone to mixing truth with omission and embellishment in the story of her life. Chaney tried to piece it together but it‘s very surface level and speculative at times. ⬇️

#JanuaryJazz Day 15: #NationalHatDay - Meet the finest European hatmaker named Madame Chapeau who lives on her own. So singular are her creations that whoever visits her shop leaves a transformed being. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-j1x

Joseph-Beth Booksellers in Cincinnati, Ohio hosted a virtual author event with Natasha Lester in conversation with Marie Benedict. This event was the U.S. book launch for Natasha‘s novel, The Three Lives of Alix St. Pierre. I wrote about my experience on my blog…. https://abookandadog.com