Lucas goes to Vegas via New Orleans and Los Angeles. Top notch work, we get to spend time with his new pals from the Marshalls service, Rae and Bob. Spent the morning with my parents, who are moving to their “last” last house in a couple of weeks so I swung by to pick some stuff up. They‘re super downsizing so I‘ve been bringing some stuff home here and there. But I really need a bigger house. 🤣

Still a favorite of mine. #SeriesLove2023 #JoyousJanuary. Fills a couple of prompts for my many reading chsllenges this year. @Andrew65

1st book in the #joyousjanuaryreadathon and also #setieslove2023 I‘m still reading Little House in the big woods and will probably finish that tonight as well. Goodreads tells me I read this before but I sure didn‘t remember it! Kept me guessing the whole time, so that was good. @Andrew65

I‘m pretty sure a childhood dog chewed on this. I got the whole set for Christmas in 78 (when I was 8). I thought I‘d re-read them as part of #serieslove2023. Additionally, I think it fills a prompt or two on some of my other reading challenges this year. Check out the low low price of $1.99. Those were the days!

Finished this last night before bed but today has been a whirlwind. Work, finally (mostly) kicking the headache I‘ve had for the past week, we‘ve been low key house hunting so we looked at a house this afternoon (it‘s not the house for us), I‘m just now sitting down to read/catch up. This is not Nora‘s best, but I love books set in Alaska and other cold things so I‘d give it 3.5 stars.

My rooms still a mess, and the tension headache I‘ve had most of the week is back, but I‘m done with the book! On some level I knew these types of positions exist, but I had no idea what they really were about. But there‘s so many layers to Belle‘s life, I couldn‘t possibly get into all my thoughts here. Just a great read and my second book of 2023.

My rooms a mess and I don‘t feel real great this morning but book group is tomorrow and I still have half the book to read. So I‘m going to have my breakfast, read, and try to motivate myself to get some housework done. Happy Saturday Littens!

Book 1 of 2023 down! It wasn‘t the book I started with but it‘s the one I finished first. 🤣This was pretty good, I didn‘t guess the killer right away. A couple questions that the author didn‘t wrap up though, and that kind of annoyed me but overall a well written fast paced suspense/mystery type book.

Happy New Year Littens! Here are my first 2 books of 2023! I‘m bouncing back and forth between them. The Personal librarian is for my IRL book group and I need to have it finished by next Sunday. Midnight Caller is just for fun. I‘m off today and tomorrow so I‘m hoping to make good progress.

I did it! Book 100. Going to keep reading as it‘s only going on 7 pm here but I‘m going to either work on longer books or get a jump start on my first read of 2023. Or a combination of both. We‘ll see what happens! I enjoyed this “quickie” high school reunion insta love/mean girl story. Still only 3 stars since it was so short there wasn‘t any character development. #WinterReadathon #ReadingMyWayTo2023

Different book, same author. Another short one so it‘s book 99 for me. Just another so so read although I do love this cover. #WinterReadathon #ReadingMyWayTo2023

As a lead in to #SeriesLove2023 I read this short 75 page novella as part of my personal #readingmywayinto2023 weekend. One of the series I‘d like to tackle is this Lucy Kincaid series but it‘s been so long since I read any of them, I figured I‘d start fresh! 2 more books to hit 100 in 2022! #WinterReadathon

Late on Resolution planning day! Naturally I‘ve bitten off more than I can chew but a lot of these overlap and I‘m not going to feel pressured to finish any of them but I‘ll reward myself for each one I do finish (not sure what that will look like though). Goodreads goal remains 100 books. #WinterReadathon

1 short book down, 3 to go and I‘ll hit 100 for the year. Not reflected on goodreads because I was bad about updating. This was just ok. It was what I was expecting:insta love, pregnancy, a hint of danger. It‘s a fun series so far, but it‘s only book 2 and I tend to just read these when I want something quick and brainless. #winterreadathon

Also went to the library for the first time in months. Their hours aren‘t compatible with my hours (or my desire to leave the house on my days off) but I managed to hold myself down to just 7 books.

Different book, same author. I have 4 books to make 100 for 2022. I‘m off until Tuesday afternoon so I‘m going to try to read my way into 2023 so I‘ve picked some shorter books and will give it a go. This was at work yesterday. The regular burrito from El Amigo is big enough to feed me for 2 days.

Yeah, I know Christmas was yesterday. It‘s still cold and I‘m off today so I figured I‘d try to squeeze one more Christmas read in this year. #Winterreadathon @Andrew65

Not book related but one of my favorite gifts this year. From my daughter, who inherited my wacky sense of humor. I plan to put it in the guest bathroom of our new house, whenever we find a new house.

Typically the only books I get for Christmas are the ones I buy myself while shopping for others. I always buy a book planner and I‘ve been buying this one from Little Inklings for the last couple of years. My hubs did get me an Amazon card though—which probably be spent on ebooks. I have a couple more hood coming from the ‘zon but they were delayed by the Blizzard. #ChristmasBookHaul

#12Booksof2022 best book of February—this is not the cover I have and February was an atrocious month of reading for me but I‘ve been slowly working my way through the Bridgerton books and it was the best for that month. @Andrew65

Since I‘m totally bad at taking pictures I leave you with a picture of the drifts outside my brother in laws man cave (aka a concerted chicken coop), this was from a couple days ago. Todays weather was much better although the roads are still pretty icy. And drifty. Internet was out too but we had a nice low key Christmas. Going to snuggle in with some reading and then turn in early.

It was my first book group read of the year and easily my favorite of January. It‘s part of a series, which I didn‘t know going in and I hate reading series out of order but I don‘t think that mattered much and eventually I want to go back to the beginning. #12Booksof2022

Hard to tell in the pic but Pearl got a new antler bone as one of her presents. We did our opening with the kids last night because one daughter has to work today. She slept through the first few gifts but then she woke up and started trying to eat the presents. So we have her one gift to keep her busy while we finished. It was a big hit.

A little early morning Cinnamon roll and tea in my new Gilmore Girls mug, while I try to finish my current read. Sausage casserole going in the oven next. I‘m the only one who eats it, so I haven‘t made it in years. Here‘s hoping it turns out! Marry Christmas and Happy Hanukah to all. Hope your holidays are warm and wonderful!

Not my finest effort, but they‘ll be delicious all the same. I declare Christmas baking done! Now to finish wrapping. We‘re having our dinner with our girls tomorrow night because one of my girls is working Christmas Day. Family gathering with my sisters family on the actual day (small gathering because our folks have Covid). And a blizzard just to make things extra exciting.

Finished a book! Lucas has some unfinished business with Senator Taryn Grant and it all comes to a head here. I liked this much better than the last 2 (which weren‘t bad, but I felt like he missed some obvious clues). This one had some great twists and turns. I have about 9 books left to hit 100 for the year. Will I make it? Doubtful. But we do have a blizzard headed our way. Unfortunately there‘s no snow days at the hospital. #WinterReadathon

#WinterReadathon #dailychallenge These are a regional favorite I‘m pretty sure, although I don‘t think they‘re made in the area anymore. They go by a few names, football mints (for the shape), funeral mints (because they‘re at all the funeral homes around here it seems). I bought a case of these on Amazon last year because they‘re getting real hard to find. I‘ve gotten everyone at work hooked on them.

New to StoryGraph, I think there‘s a bunch of Littens there too, I‘m still forgiving out how it works but if anyone wants to, give me a follow or friend request (not sure what the difference is). Trying out new things for 2023!

#WinterReadathon week 1–60 points. I did the first 3 daily challenges. Have yet to finish a book, Christmas Themed or not. I am halfway through the tagged book though so maybe by tomorrow? My new “not a promotion” is taking all my mental abilities and we‘re full up for the first time in weeks so we‘re busy on top of that.

While not Christmas themed, I did get these csndles for Christmas last year. Ignore the sucker/dum dum stuff. We did silly awards at work. #winterreadathon

She was very naughty today while we were all at work. Chewed on my box of John Sandford books 😱, got into some stickers so I spent some time peelinf them off the floor (good times) and ate a slipper. But she‘s still a sweetheart—too bad I can‘t stay home with her all the time! #winterreadathon #dailychallenge

My tree is not up-I‘m hoping for the weekend. I do want to read this book though. #WinterReadathon

And after Olive Garden we went to the bookstore so here‘s my haul from there. I may regret all my books bough as we‘re getting ready to start looking at houses again and moving them could be an issue. We‘ll have room, because we‘re buying a bigger house but man they get heavy. Lol.

Birthday gift from my oldest. Hand knit socks too. 😁 also an Olive Garden lunch.

Well I was completely useless all afternoon. Think I‘ll take a mafia break though, now that Fausto and Francesca‘s story is done. I didn‘t like this one as much as the last one, although it did have higher stakes but without the cliffhanger of book 1, I would have waited. I can‘t do too much mafia at once, now I have a mafia hsngover. Lol #OutstandingOctober @Andrew65

Went to lunch with my sister for an early birthday treat and while walking off the steak, we went to B&N. These goodies came home with me.

Holy Cliffhangers Batman. It‘s a departure from my thriller and historical reading that I‘ve been doing lately but someone recommended the 3rd book in the series but said I needed to read the first 2 first. She did not warn me that this was going to be a cliffhanger though. So I‘m jumping right into the next one. #OutstandingOctober .

I struggled with the rating because for much of the book I (unpopular opinion) didn‘t like it. 😱 I know—I didn‘t like any of the characters, I thought Verity was a whack job, but it was well written and that‘s what kept me turning the pages. And then….I get to the end and the major plot twist. And then….I didn‘t know what to think. I still didn‘t like any of the characters but the ending is a mindf$&@ that I‘ll be thinking about for awhile

Book 1 for #OutstandingOctober finished! I‘ve never read Catherine Anderson before but I really loved this one, so I‘ll be reading more. Onward to finish Verity. @Andrew65

Bring on my vacation and #OutstandingOctober! I have the next 9 days off, my birthday is on Friday (the 21st) and my only real reading goals are to get through as many of these books and whatever I can get through on kindle. I‘ve already started Summer Breeze and Verity, plus Mafia Mistress on my kindle. I‘m also in preptober for #NaNoWriMo so I‘ll be working on that as well. Looking forward to a great week!

Finished this late last night for #SuperSeptember I really enjoyed it and exploring the relationships between the three women, who start as business partners but become friends and family to each other throughout the book. And, there‘s a minor character that I would love to see get his own story.

We might be moving. Going to look at a house today. As such, I‘m supposed to be thinning out and packing stuff to get our current house ready to put on the market. So what do I do at the grocery this morning? Buy more books. 🤦‍♀️ you guys, I just have no shelf control at all.

Day 2. Didn‘t finish anything today, but I‘ve started all three of these. 1 chapter in for both Caste and Yes & I love you, 4 chapters in on the BJ Daniels book. My work schedule is a bit wonky this week but we canceled tomorrow nights twice postponed book group due to most of us either getting over so@etching or fighting off something. So hopefully I can get some good reading in this week. #JubilantJuly

Finally finished. It‘s only a couple hundred pages and I wanted to like it but I just…didn‘t. I can‘t even really put my finger on why, she writes well and the journey to find herself should have been compelling but overall I found it no more exciting than reading about my own life. I felt she dropped the ball with regards to her father, that those parts were kind of glossed over. It was ok, just not ultimately for me. #JubilantJuly

Non book related—the sun briefly came out and I ignored the humidity and took the dog on a short walk. It‘s pretty blurry because I was trying to zoom in and keep the dog from giving chase and we were halfway down the street but I rarely see deer when I‘m out and it‘s super rare to see them in the middle of the day.

So while not exactly following her step a week formula (I mostly just play at writing for my own amusemen plus I‘m a slow writer, and a big procrastinator) ) this book does have lots of good tips and suggestions. I‘m sure I‘ll refer back to it. #JubilantJuly @Andrew65

Also I have no shelf control, so I got the library this afternoon. I doubt I‘ll have time to read much but I hadn‘t been to the library in awhile and it was fun! #jubilantjuly

My goals are simple for #JubilantJuly: finish Somebody‘s Daughter by Monday for my twice postponed book group, finish Blank Page to First Draft, make a dent in Caste for Augusts book group, and start the Say Everything series. Plus I have lots of other books if these are@t getting it for me.

Finished Stone Cold Cowboy. Still working on Vortex but now that I can see we‘ll out of one eye, it‘s time to start the book group book for July. (Got the right eye fixed on Thursday, getting my left one fixed this coming up Wednesday). #20in4readatjon @Andrew65

The other book I started for #20in4 it‘s fine, but I can‘t figure out if the 2 storylines are going to join together, or if they‘re going to stay separate. I can‘t see how they‘re going to connect but I‘ve been surprised before.