It is a truth universally acknowledged, that if Gail Carriger writes it I must read it. 🤓

It is a truth universally acknowledged, that few Pride & Prejudice retellings are allowed precious space on my All Things Austen. bookshelf. This was Library borrow that I will definitely buy a Print Copy for my Forever Shelf. P & P is, I think the hardest Austen to modernize. Whole 'you must marry or starve in the hedgerows' doesn't work in our Western society. Soniah Kamal brilliantly makes it work in Pakistan. 🤓
#allthingsausten

I sooo need this tshirt. 👕
#prideandprejudiceinpakistan
#allthingsausten #janeite
#notyouraverageaunty
#itisatruthuniversallyacknowledged

😱 The horror! Milk has gone bad. About the only tea I like with lemon is Lady Grey. Maybe it's the hints of citrus? Lots of surprises in Timeless Gave me all the feels! Biffy and Lyle. 😍 I want a ride in Dandelion Fluffy Upon a Spoon aka Buffety. Madam Lefoux is always a delight. That ending! 😲
#great2019parasolversereadalong

My favorite Biffy quote so far. 🐺☂️🎩
#great2019parasolversereadalong

When your Reading List inspires your Renfaire Outfit. 📚☂️💋
#great2019parasolversereadalong
#parasolprotectorate #steampunkstyle

As a Gardener I may know a few Plant Obsessed People. I could definitely identify with Crazy Talk To Plants People. Lots of witty dialogue. This a book for Gardeners. I understand the Gardener vs Bunny Horde dilemma but a couple times it turn a bit unsettling. I have good bunnies in my yard. Gracie and Bun-Bum are well behaved. 🐰
#springstacks #mounttbr
#readmyshelves #inthegarden

This is what happens when your reading inspires your spring gardening. You bring home Sweet Alyssum - Lobularia hybrid - Dark Knight and a Hedgehog; which you name Hedgeford Hogen-Daz. 💜🦔🤓
#great2019parasolversereadalong
#parasolprotectorate #steampunk #coverlove #donthogthehedge
#hedgefordhogendaz #inmygarden

Puff Bonnet and Ruffled Parasol.
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#great2019parasolversereadalong

Quite different that other Granchester novels, no mysteries to solve. Glimpse of Detective Sidney. 📺 & 📚Sidney go their separate ways later in the series, this will appeal to Fans of both. Sidney becoming Sidney in War, Peace, Faith, and Love. All the moments that make him the man he is. Insight into a beloved character. Sidney could convince me to go to Church. 🤓 #sidneychambers #bookvstv
#literarytravels #granchester

April was a month of Malec. Finished listening to City of Glass just in time to listen to Red Scrolls of Magic. Loved it so much then read it in print. Then it made me want to reread The Land I Lost. April is time to get back in the garden; which means Audiobooks. Working my way through Chronicles of St Mary's and keeping up with Parasol Protectorate Readalong. 📚
#mymonthinbooks #april #malec

Sidney's friend Freddie: ‘My definition of eternity is the time the bus takes to get from the railway station to my aunt‘s house in Lacock. That‘s a disappointment, let me tell you. No lays and precious few cocks.‘ 🤣🤣🤣

Bit behind on reread. Finished Blameless yesterday. Favorite Quote is courtesy of Madam Lefoux: "You, sir, are a bad scientist!" Hopefully Genevieve approves of my new hat.?
#great2019parasolversereadalong
#genevievelefoux #qotd #redshesaid #steampunkstyle #coverlove

I celebrated International Book Day with trip to Whitty Books in Tulsa's Kendall Whittier District. Afterwards met up with my Yogi Posse to see
Iyengar: The Man, Yoga, and the Students Journey at Circle Cinema. Only seemed fitting to buy a Yogi Book. 🧘‍♀️
#internationalbookday

Blustery day when I made it to the Wall of Books at Kansas City Central Library. My Jane Austen scarf kept slapping me in the face. Since Pride and Prejudice wasn't one of the books I went with Willa Cather for my Shelfie. 📚🌬🤓
#whenindoubtgotothelibrary
#opioneers #willacather #prairiewriters
#literarytravels #bookwall #shelfie

I found this at used bookstore not long after returning home from a trip to The Willa Cather Foundation & Memorial Prairie. Writing style is a bit dated. No big tell all moments; just straight forward account of Willa Cather's life & writing. Absolute best part was inside was newspaper clipping dated Sep 15th 1973 from the National Observer. Article about life of Willa Cather. Also small notice of the death of Edna Lewis. 😁 #treasuretrove

On to Blameless!📚
#great2019parasolversereadalong

I finished Red Scrolls of Magic yesterday.💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙💙
Suffering from a serious Case of What To Read Next. If you want to read my @goodreads review on why I love it so: https://www.goodreads.com/crinoline_laphroaig
Tried a couple of Audio books today while working but just wasn't feeling it. Finally settled on listening to The Land I Lost for umpteenth time.😍
#malec #bookhangover #happyhour #booksandbubbly #whattoreadnext

“Many a mission to end a great evil has failed because of low blood sugar.” Sadly I have no magic. Had to make my own pancakes. Now time to tackle Neverending Mundane To Do List. 😒
#booksarebetterthanreallife
#bookbrunch #springcleaning
#idratherbereading #malec

This right here is why I read Fantasy. Not having to worry about Champagne losing fizz. 🍾🍾🍾

Over the weekend I finished my Reread. TV Malec tonight. Tomorrow it's Book Malec and the Red Scrolls of Magic.📺 🍸📘
#martinimonday #malec #shadowhunterreread

St Mary's Gang goes to see Shakespeare's Hamlet back in the day. Of course things go hilariously wrong.
"It‘s fine. Everything‘s fine.‘ This is St Mary‘s speak for ‘Everything‘s gone tits up, but I‘m trying to sort things out so leave me alone to get on with it.‘
I love this series!

Wow. My 4th Bail this year. That's a record. The older I get the easier it is for me to say nope moving on. Lots of people love this book, I just wasn't in the mood for a mother who died sleep swimming. Since it's for a Book Club that I don't always attend decided to Bail. #imho

For a minute there I thought we were going to have a cliffhanger. A lot happens in last few pages. Awesome ending.

I know just how you feel Magnus. 🤨
#morningmood #justwanttoread #shadowhuntersreread

Afternoon Tea Break with Changeless. Loving the reread. First time was a binge read, this time I'm savoring.
Happy to see return of one of my all time favorite characters - Genevieve Lefoux.
💙💙💙💙💙
#great2019parasolversereadalong

April is a busy month for me. Keeping my list simple; just my favorites.
Almost finished with Changeless.
City of Glass Reread so that I will ready for Red Scrolls of Magic on April 9th. (Insert fangirl squee). 😍
Blameless.
#great2019parasolversereadalong ☂️
#readwhatyouloveproject2019 #favoritesfirst #malec #april #tbr 📚

Detectives named Ian. I always end up wanting to give them a hug & make them a cup of tea. Edinburgh comes across as more character than just setting. Has me longing to go back. As to Goodreads review about Sex & Violence; 'Bosh and Bumkum' as Ian's boss would say. Murder mystery, yes there is a bit of violence. Nothing so graphic, that it bothered me to read it before bed. Sex? Barely any & mostly implied. Definitely read next in series.🤓

Serious climb up Spring Mt TBR! 9 Books including whopping big Middlemarch. Juliet Stevenson Audiobook was perfection. 3 more #readwhatyouloveproject2019 with Chronicles of St Mary's. Read my first Neil Gaiman for #booksandbrewsclub and promptly read another. Sprinkle in a few friend's recommendations and kept up with Readalongs. 🧗‍♂️📚🤓
#springstacks #mounttbr
#readmyshelves #march
#stats #mymonthinbooks
#2019parasolversereadalongadalong

"Like many great cities, Edinburgh had a variety of moods. It could be warm and welcoming, in the boisterous, dangerous way of Scottish cities, sly and beckoning as a sloe- eyed whore, or grim and foreboding." Loving descriptions of city. Only had a day there. Himself had been graciously following me around Jane Austen's England; let him pick what to do. He picked Castle & Royal Mile.Would love to go back & settle in for awhile. So much to see. ?

Just time for this short story.
WD40. Oh Max. 🤣🤣🤣

Another delightful adventure w/ Max & Co.
‘Actually,‘ said Hoyle, ‘can I have coffee? I don‘t like tea.‘ The world stopped spinning on its axis. Ten people eyed him with expressions ranging from condemnation to compassion via outright bewilderment."
Surprise twist towards the end.

Honestly I'm reading this because someone on Goodreads gave it 1Star Review instead of Shelving it as DNF. Don't know how to make a dedicated DNF shelf? Delete book and move on. It's not fair to give a bad review just because it's not 'Cozy' mystery you prefer. While they didn't actually finish the book; they did count all the Swear words they came across. 🤪
#foundmynextread #imho
#playfair #rebelreader

I love this series! I got sidetracked from it for awhile but now I'm back with the Gang of St Mary's who
"investigate major historical events in contemporary time. For God‘s sake – do not call it time travel." Joy of being late to the party is having plenty to binge on. ?

Deeply disappointed that main character Paige never wears anything remotely like the gorgeous cove. It's all dowdy outdated business wear, cut offs & stained tshirts. Pet Peeve of mine when cover doesn't match character. Aside from that it's a great story on dealing with grief, the suburban obsession with turfgrass, crazy office politics & gardening as therapy. I personally work out my worries with weeding.👩‍🌾
#coverisnotthebook #springstacks

Finishing my quiet Saturday with a wee dram and this ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT
book. I now know while all my Librarians LOVE Neil Gaiman. 🤓#whenindoubtgotothelibrary

Quiet rainy Saturday. 1st part I wasn't sure what was going on. Checked Goodreads reviews and saw that it was 3 Novellas that came together in the end. Once I started 2nd part I was hooked. Excepting getting up for more tea, I finished book in one 'sitting'. Few unanswered questions at the end but that went with not knowing all about people who disappeared in WW2. 📚 #springstacks #lazybookday #mountbr #covercaughtmyeye #literarygardens

Everything a Classic English Novel Should Be. All 904 Pages Of It. #bigspringread

LOVED IT! Can't wait @booklahoma to discuss at next #booksandbrewsclub 🍺

I just couldn't get into it. Probably the family drama and then 'I don't want to talk about' attitude. I had trouble keeping characters in 'Diary' straight in my head. Not author's fault just me. (I should start a Goodreads shelf for that.) Also if I found a Tell All Diary it wouldn't take me days to read it. I'd stay up all night. 💁‍♀️
#readpastmybedtime#springstacks
#mounttbr #covercaughtmyeye

Another Great Reread!
My Favorite Things - Pink. 🌸🐙💝🐖🌺 #great2019parasolversereadalong
#qoth #bubbly #lordakeldama #allthingsausten #prettyinpink

One last St Patrick's Day Post. I hope All Y'all have had as lovely a day as I have. Yoga, Puttering in my greenhouse and making Irish Soda Bread. I'm off to find a wee nip of the Jamey and tuck into bed with a book. I'm such a Party Girl. I'm bed by 9 and asleep by 10pm. 😴

Ah Jamey. I may have since discovered a world of whiskey & whisky but you never forget your first love. We first met in pages of Marne Davis Kellogg's Lilly Bennett series. Lilly always drank Jameson. I gave you a try & it was love at first sip. Highlight of our relationship was visit to your birthplace. My 1/2 Handstand wasn't perfect. Was after whisky drinking or maybe because. 🙃 #happyhour
#whiskeydrinkingyogini #thingsyoulearninbooks

Loop Head is about 50 miles from the more touristy Cliffs of Moher. It's where River Shannon flows in to the Atlantic. Maybe 6 people there that day. No fences or guard rails. Just a stunning view.
One of my favorite memories of Ireland:
Himself - "Which Guide Book did you find this in? Lonely Planet?"
Me - "Nora Roberts - Born in Fire" ?
#thingsyoulearninbooks #eringobooks

Favorite Greens - Book Covers, Dublin Morning Tea, Lime Green Ivy, and Frogurt the Yogi Frog. Funny I don't think any of my green books is set in Ireland. 💚💚💚💚💚
#happystpatricksday #coverlover
#myfavoritethings #dublinmorningtea
#teadrinkerinacoffeeworld
#eringobooks #fortyshadesofgreen

Wishing I was once again walking Altamont Gardens. Tag me and Tell me your favorite Irish books. ☘☘🍀☘☘
#tagandtell @Crinoline_Laphroaig #eringobooks #happystpatricksday

A friend recommended Sonali Dev to me. Her 2nd book in series Bollywood Bride has been in my TBR for awhile. I don't think you have to, but since my Library had this 1st one, thought I would read in order. Wasn't crazy about this one. To many Romance Novel Tropes: misunderstanding, helpess female, & bad boy changed by good girl. Going to read next one and give author another chance.

Liked the Irishnish of the language & setting. Although book is in Co Mayo, in my mind I kept picturing Inistioge in Co Kilkenny. Didn't seem like Instioge was hiding any deep dark secrets while I was there, but you never know when you are outsider in a small town. Really wanted to like this one but just couldn't do the violence & descriptions of dead people. Did want to know the ending. ☘☘☘ #skimmedandreadlastfewchapters

Happy Pi Day! You could celebrate by making a pie or not, share math jokes, read book about pie with a character who can recite pi, watch beautiful people doing math,or maybe just order a pizza.
🥧🤓 🍕
#piday #pieforpi #bookishshenanigans
#aleclightwood #favoritebookquotes #flaviadeluce #smartgirl

Obviously I'm a plant person. This book was in the free library at local coffee shop, I excitedly took it home. Weird but I was intrigued by plant lore. Then let's just say if you are animal lover you will be appalled. Skimmed last few Chapters. Unlikeable main character got even more unlikable, crazy people crazier, and then there's a even weirder ending. If it wasn't for the plant portion of the book it would have been a total waste of time.