#BookReport Finished 3 of 7!
Lamb is a new friend's favorite, so read it on her recommendation: good and clever in bits, but pretty racist and sexist in others.
Chronicles of Avonlea: comforting; just as I remember it.
#murdertrending: a little over the edge in violence for me, but a quick read that I couldn't put down.
The Anthropocene Reviewed, Ace of Spades and Other Words for Home all remain in progress.
Didn't get to start Grown.
@Cinfhen

1. Ebooks: Other Words for Home and Raybearer; Audio: Further Chronicles of Avonlea and The Anthropocene Reviewed; Print: Ace of Shades
2. Chronicles of Avonlea
3. The Bride Bet by Tessa Dare
@rachelsbrittain

Goals for #NovelNovember:
1. Finish two of the books I've been partway through for quite awhile: Ace of Shades (finally!) and Other Words for Home.
2. Keep up with the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead of Further Chronicles of Avonlea
3. Listen to some of The Anthropocene Reviewed each day (already done for today!).
4. Write and submit at least 5 reviews for my current committee.
5. Review 5 storytime picture books on Goodreads.
@Andrew65

#WeeklyForecast time!
🎧Chronicles of Avonlea is for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead with a story a day.
🎧 Only 30 min left of Lamb, so when that's done it's on to The Anthropocene Reviewed.
💻Halfway through Other Words for Home as an ebook via hoopla. After that, #murdertrending is up next.
📘Print is a struggle for me these pandemic days, so Ace of Shades has been in progress forever. If I finally finish it this week, it's on to Grown.
@Cinfhen

1. Lamb, Chronicles of Avonlea, Other Words for Home, and Ace of Shades
2. I use the BookRiot spreadsheet, a bare bones list in the notes on my phone, Goodreads, and Litsy, but my Owlcrate Reading Journal is my favorite because it's so pretty. 😁
3. Lamb was actually the last as I tried to see how it linked to other Christopher Moore books.
#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

Listened to my first story from the Chronicles of Avonlea today for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - it was awfully nice to visit with Anne again. I very much enjoyed this brief, but amusing story about Theodora and Ludovic's courtship.

Absolutely beautiful morning for some reading on the deck. I am determined that this week I'm finally going to finish this Nancy Drew book that's a prequel to the superfun TV show! While I'm here, here's the rest of my #WeeklyForecast
🎧 Emily Climbs (#KindredSpiritsBuddyRead) and The Downstairs Girl for Sep YA book club
📘If I finish the Nancy Drew, hoping to finish Ace of Spades next.
💻Other Words for Home, then Battle Royal
@Cinfhen

And here's my September #BookSpinBingo board. The first Unicorn Rescue Society book is my #BookSpin - it's on one of my state's reader's choice lists so it will be good to cross that off. #DoubleSpin is Wench - part of my most recent #bookhaul and one I think I'm going to love. That line second from the bottom is looking promising for a Bingo since two are already in process and one is finished - maybe this will be my month! @TheAromaofBooks

Finally posting my #BookSpinBingo results. 6 books in Aug - no #BookSpin, but read and greatly enjoyed my #DoubleSpin City of Ghosts! Middle grade spooky is about the right level of spooky for me; the narration and humor were positives. Might finish the trilogy someday, but I'm often bad about that. Also listened to Emily of New Moon and Keep This to Yourself. Read Dial A for Aunties, Framed! and my free space was Headliners.
@TheAromaofBooks

2021 is shaping up to be a year I definitely won't forget. On my way home from work last Wed night, another driver ran a red light hitting the back passenger side of my car and spinning me at least 180 degrees. I am incredibly lucky to have walked away with bruises and aches; the ER doc said I should heal up in a couple weeks although I should keep an eye on how I feel. Treated myself to some retail therapy at my local BN's moving sale yesterday.

Getting a very late start on #BookSpinBingo for August after taking several months off, but here's my board. I've already finished a couple of these at least. Maybe this will be the month I actually get a Bingo!
@TheAromaofBooks

Breakfast, tea and my #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead chapter for today - a great way to start my Saturday!

Friday was a come from behind victory! And it was quite the thrill to get to go back and play more Jeopardy. Tune in Monday to see if I can keep it going! #jeopardy

So......that happened! If you missed seeing me on Jeopardy! yesterday, you've got another chance today. One of the best experiences of my life, hands down. #jeopardy Find where to watch here: https://www.jeopardy.com/watch

Hello friends - I have exciting news! I am going to be on Jeopardy! Thursday, July 8. You can look up where to watch in your area here: https://www.jeopardy.com/about/find-your-station
The tagged book is one of the ways I studied!

Our plan to spend this hot weekend resting inside in the air conditioning has taken a turn as our air conditioner decided it has had enough of the heat and quit. Oh well. Getting in some deck reading time this morning before it gets too hot to be comfortable out here. Right now it's lovely at least! The Wicker King is for tomorrow's book club, but I'm just starting it now- fingers crossed it's a quick read.

Oh good! Because I was definitely buying those new books anyway........😆😆😆

My Independent Bookstore Day order arrived! Hooray! Now to decide which one to read first.......what's that you say? I'm already in the middle of 3 other books? I mean, I guess some people do the whole finish one book before they start another, but where's the fun in that? Now, if you'll just excuse me, I'll be over here with my new pretties!

My library started a really cool thing this year that it turns out I love - a Silent Reading Club! Everyone gets together via Zoom, reads for an hour and then talks about their reads for 10 minutes. Made it through a good chunk of A Stranger in Town tonight - was going to split my time but Rockton always sucks me right in! Sadly they are stopping it after this month and I can't make the rest of the May dates so tonight was my last one. 😥

Weekend vibes! Sitting on the deck with the hubby, some wine and a book. We have a Korean spice bush that has just bloomed and smells amazing.

Well it's been a bit since I've posted, but getting back into it with a #WeeklyForecast post. Anne of Ingleside is for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead which I continue to love. Tiffany Girl was for last month's romance book club and I am struggling to finish it. They Called Us Enemy was last month's YA book club pick; got halfway through and then stalled so hoping to finish it this week. The other two are from my shelves and just for fun.
@Cinfhen

Finished my first #BookSpin title of the year! This was February's #BookSpin and it was a fun, soapy, drama and puzzle-filled mystery. The sequel comes out this fall and I only wish it was coming sooner. The whole thing felt like it was perfect for a TV series adaptation so wasn't surprised to hear that Amazon Prime has picked it up for development. Not my favorite of Barnes' work in the end, but still great!
@TheAromaofBooks

Well it's back to work tomorrow and I can't say I'm super excited. One of the things I spent some time on last week was updating my reading journal which was fun at least and means I've got an actual #WeeklyForecast - although being back at work means I probably won't make as much progress as I would like. Depending on when I finish A Bollywood Affair there may also be another audiobook although I haven't picked exactly what yet.
@Cinfhen

#MarvellousMarch Readathon starts today so here are my too ambitious goals:
1. Finish A Bollywood Affair for book club
2. Keep up with the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead of Anne's House of Dreams
3. Owlcrate-a-thon starts Monday so I want to start one of my tbr for that: Ace of Shades, Pride (Feb #DoubleSpin), or Sorcery of Thorns
4. Finish Soul of Stars
5. At least start Shadow and Bone to prep for the new Netflix series in April
@Andrew65

I am delighted to be officially on vacation at home. No work again until Monday 3/15! 🎉🥳🎉 My husband has a huge work project right now too, so my plans include lots and lots of reading. If the weather cooperates hopefully a lot will be outside! It's still a little chilly (yes, that's snow on my deck), but at 50°F I'm willing to layer up to get in some time in the sun. Jennifer Lynn Barnes is a favorite author so I'm excited to start this one!

Trying out using Canva instead of PicCollage to make my #BookSpinBingo board. If I decide I like it, I think (and hope) this will be faster to update next month. This is a mix of library stuff I currently have checked out, book club books and books I own. Jane Anonymous is my #BookSpin and Frankly in Love is my #DoubleSpin, but I'll probably be attempting my currently unread Jan and Feb Bookspin picks before I try those.
@TheAromaofBooks

Here is my March #BookSpinBingo list. Jane Anonymous is my #BookSpin and Frankly in Love is my #DoubleSpin. Hoping to post my Bingo card layout tomorrow. I have a whole glorious week off next week while my husband has a big project at work so I'm hoping for a ton of reading time!
@TheAromaofBooks

February #BookSpinBingo final board. No Bingos, but definitely better progress than last month! Favorites were SHOUT and Forbidden. Once again my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin remain as TBRs, but I'm almost done with my last in progress read and they are up next Only working a half day tomorrow so looking forward to putting together my March board as well as updating my reading journal. And, you know, getting some reading in!
@TheAromaofBooks

Ok, didn't look at the February numbers or the #BookSpinBingo layout before making my list and board. So here it is in all its very late glory. Figured I might as well post my progress so far since it's so late in the month. My #BookSpin is The Inheritance Games and my #DoubleSpin is Pride. Excited to read both. If I get to my January #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin those will go into free spaces.
@TheAromaofBooks

Finally posting my results from January's #BookSpinBingo and they're not great. No Bingos and didn't get my #BookSpin (Pet) or my #DoubleSpin (Tyler Johnson Was Here) read yet. Free Spaces were Anne of the Island and Yes No Maybe So. On to figuring out February's board (also late). Hopefully that will go better!
@TheAromaofBooks

Here are my goals for #JoyousJanuary
1. Read three books in print including finishing Spill Zone
2. Finish my current audiobook and at least one other
3. Catch up on reviews for the committee I'm serving on.
Thanks for organizing this @Andrew65 !

1. I painted this at one of those paint along classes. It's fine, but what I really like is paper crafting. I'm a Stampin' Up demonstrator technically, but I really only have one customer - me!
2. Today I am thankful that I have tomorrow off! Planning to catch up on some reading and writing.
Thanks for the tag @Cosmos_Moon #ThankfulThursday

#WeeklyForecast time! Yes No Maybe So is for tomorrow night's book club, might not finish, but will try. Forbidden is next on audio after that for next week's book club. Still keeping up with the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead while Materiality as Resistance is a chapter a week for Sunday School.
I really need to set some time aside for print reading though to knock Spill Zone and Heart of Iron out.
@Cinfhen

1. Just started Yes No Maybe So yesterday for tomorrow's book club. Digging it so far, but not sure I'll have time to finish it. Also reading Spill Zone, Anne of the Island, Heart of Iron,, and Materiality as Resistance.
2. Stamped by Jason Reynolds and Ibram X. Kendi
3. Not So Pure and Simple by Lamar Giles was one of my favorites from last year.
#WeekendReads
@rachelsbrittain

#BookReport Finished Red Hood yesterday and while I wasn't sure about it at first, I ended up being all in. Made some progress with Spill Zone and kept up with Anne of the Island for the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead but once again Heart of Iron got shoved aside and I'm really leaving my reading for tomorrow's Sunday School to the last minute because I haven't touched the Bruggeman all week.
@Cinfhen

Continuing to enjoy my #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - I had forgotten this whole interlude where Anne covers a school for the summer, but it all came back to me with "Jog along, black mare." ?
If I recall, today's chapter sets up a funny scene to come with the hired boy from next door.
The Barbara Caruso narrations disappeared from hoopla, but luckily libro.fm has them which feels like a great way to spend some of my stored up credits.
@BarbaraJean

I'm a day late with my #WeeklyForecast but better late than never! The Bruggemann is for Sunday School and Anne of the Island is for #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead Made a lot of progress on the Red Hood audio today; it is unique and I wasn't quite sure what to make of it at first, but I'm almost halfway through now and thoroughly hooked. Heart of Iron keeps getting pushed aside for other things, but I'm determined to finish it this month!
@Cinfhen

1. On audio: Red Hood and Anne of the Island. In print: Heart of Iron; Spill Zone Vol 1; Materiality as Resistance
2. The Dozier School for Boys - young adult non-fiction on a disturbing topic I knew nothing about.
3. 2020 was not great for my reading and I missed that in my cultural life. So aiming to get back to over 100 books. I'd also like to keep Litsy, Goodreads and my reading journal up to date regularly.
#weekendreads
@rachelsbrittain

Here is my first ever #BookSpinBingo card! I didn't include my book club books so those will go in some of the free spaces. My #BookSpin is Pet and my #DoubleSpin is Tyler Johnson Was Here. Making some more progress on Red Hood today on audio and will probably start Spill Zone in print. Red Hood is interesting so far and is narrated by one of my favorites: January LaVoy.
@TheAromaofBooks

I'm hoping to post more on Litsy in 2021, so trying out #BookSpinBingo for the first time! Here is my list of 20 titles. I just started the tagged book; fingers crossed this gives me a kickstart and I get through a bunch of these this month! #BookSpin #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks

#OutstandingOctober wrapup:
1. Finished Insatiable for romance book club (although I would not consider it a romance); did not finish Slasher Girls & Monster Boys for YA book club, but still working on it.
2. Still up to date on my #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
3. Did not finish any other books
Got a ton of hiking done on our vacation though and used the hot tub at our rental house daily, so that was nice!
@Andrew65

I can just imagine Anne's devastation at the results of this whole episode - although like Marilla much of it makes me laugh. Especially the story about the mouse in the pudding! And this is the chapter with Anne's famous "I'm so glad I live in a world where there are Octobers." quote. I'm so glad that @BarbaraJean suggested the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - it is bringing me much joy this month!

1. Yes! Swimming in middle school and tennis from grade school through high school. Soccer when I was tiny. Bowling from grade school all the way through now. Disc golf since college. Stefan Edberg was one of my favorite tennis players. He won the sportsmanship award so many times they named it after him!
2. A week of vacation! There has been hiking and puzzles and family LEGO building.

#ThankfulThursday Thanks for the tag @Cosmos_Moon !

The cover illustration of my edition of Anne is from today's chapter of the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead - love Anne's highly decorated hat! Making reasonable progress on the #OutstandingOctober readathon. Listened to some of three different books today and read the latest Phoebe and Her Unicorn over the weekend.

Even though I completely failed at my goals for the September Readathon, I'm going to give it another go this month - maybe with more success since after work tomorrow I'm on vacation for a week! Goals:
1. Finish both my book club books (Slasher Girls & Monster Boys and Insatiable)
2. Continue to keep up with the #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
3. Finish at least one of the other books I'm currently reading.
#OutstandingOctober @Andrew65

I read A Girl Named Zippy many years ago, but remember liking it a lot!
1. Yes, I vote regularly and will be voting this year. Our government doesn't work as designed if people don't vote and make their voices heard - or if those voices are suppressed. Just need to do a little more research on my local races and I'm ready to go.
3. Vacation next week and beautiful Fall weather today!

#ThankfulThursday @Cosmos_Moon
Thanks for the tag @AmyG !

Tagging one of my favorite fall picture books to go with this one!
Apple Orchard
Soup
Cinnamon Dolce (but I don't do coffee)
Bonfires
Apple Pie
But really pretty much all of these things sound lovely! Except pumpkin pie - that I do not care for at all. It's a texture thing.

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94
Thanks for the tag @Sharpeipup !

I've been so busy the past couple days I haven't even been able to check Litsy so catching up on tags today!
1. Slasher Girls & Monster Boys: Deliciously terrifying YA short stories
2. Stories
3. 2005 - a couple people I loved were still alive then and I'd be willing to roll the dice on changing the past to see if it improves the present.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag @squirrelbrain !

We may be getting a frost tonight so my parents cut these beautiful flowers from their garden and brought them by. They seem perfect for this 4th chapter where Anne starts to connect with the nature surrounding Green Gables, altbough she tries to stop herself from getting too attached. #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead