#MayMovieMagic #SoClose
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JXh1KxI4uls

We are so close to being there, yet so far; Bilbo does get to go there and back again!

I‘m super enjoying this audiobook; the second in the series!

The “post here” for the URL references the Litsy website: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/1584659

#MayMovieMagic #LittestThings
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gw9wE1nutc4

It‘s the littlest things, like attending the Motor City Comic Con with your friend, @VioletCavalier , and finding a middle grade book to gift!

(I also shopped for my #MakerSwap, hence the shaded things in the background 😉)

#MayMovieMagic #HookedOnAFeeling
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=NrI-UBIB8Jk

Have yet to read it, but it‘s a retelling of Peter Pan from Hook‘s point of view.

#MayMovieMagic #LaTempsDeLamour
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=DCFxwN7Y6gU

Takes place in France when all the nobles were getting guillotined. A fun duology about two young lovers.

Litsy now allows us to tag libraries and book store locations! Super exciting! 😊 This is my hangout weekly #SHPL!

#MayMovieMagic #SaveMe
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=T8dyxGiBx3g

As the title states no one needs to save the princess, she saves herself.

#MayMovieMagic #SpaceOddity
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iYYRH4apXDo

All the creatures who live in a Galaxy far far away are a bit of an oddity, at least to our current scientific exploration!

Happy Mother‘s Day to all the Litten mothers!

#MakerSwap

I pretty much stick to crochet, cross stitch, and scrapbooking.

#MakerSwap Littens, here‘s an unmarked quiz chart. Copy and repost with your own markings!

#MayMovieMagic #LustForLife
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jQvUBf5l7Vw

Finished this #audiobook today; quite the ride! For a second, I thought Locke was done for, but then I remembered there was a sequel, so it helped me continue reading, knowing it would turn out well - he lusted for life and so was able to defeat the bad guy.

I passed the book along to a fellow coworker who enjoys fantasy novels and still only reads paper books! Made my day 😊

#MayMovieMagic #RedRightHand
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=RrxePKps87k

Red-Handed Jill‘s right hand is stained red from the blood of those she killed.

Litsy is now on the web; check it out!

https://www.litsy.com/web/home

#FreeLittleLibrary found in Pennsylvania at the Train Depot Cafe! There‘s three sections to it: children, young adult, and adult; nicely stocked. 📚

Happy “May the Fourth” be with you, padawans!

Vacationing with the family and our hotel has a Read It and Return lending library 📚😍 Thank you Penguin Random House!

This is the third book in a fantasy - Napoleonic Wars world with dragons!

#MayMovieMagic #BehindTheWheel
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VEAuMiKqP-4

A Captain Mr. Darcy is behind the wheel when he kidnaps Elizabeth Bennet as she crosses the channel!

#MayMovieMagic #HighwayToHell
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=l482T0yNkeo

Female captains have sailed the high seas-highway to hell pillaging and plundering their enemy‘s ships! 🏴‍☠️⚔️⚓️☠️

#AnglophileApril #SupermassiveBlackHole
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Xsp3_a-PMTw

Pirates can put a supermassive black hole in your pocketbook or ship hull! 🏴‍☠️⚔️⚓️☠️

#AnglophileApril #OwnerOfALonelyHeart
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=vpIduDaggVA

These belles and beaus may have entered the charity gala with a lonely heart, but they‘ll be leaving with full hearts! ❤️

#AnglophileApril #InvisibleTouch
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jpmiZ7zsHXY

There is some such quote about first touch when thieving from a person and then a second touch. I can‘t find it in the book, but it had to do with the first being okay the second getting one killed.

Listening to this book via #Audiobook.

“Good books - like good friends - are few and chosen; the more select - the more enjoyable.”

Louisa May Alcott

#AnglophileApril #AnotherOneBitesTheDust
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=rY0WxgSXdEE

A book on the “Pirate 🏴‍☠️ TBR” about a cursed girl, magically forced to live life as 100 dogs before turning back into a person, only then can she retrieve her treasure!

#AnglophileApril #NeverGoingToGiveYouUp
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dQw4w9WgXcQ

Today is William Shakespeare‘s death date.

The tagged book, about a young adult (soon to be Captain) Jack Sparrow, who‘s read Shakespeare, is never going to give up his ship-the Black Pearl!

Read the origin story of how Jack came to captain the Pearl!

#AnglophileApril #LetYouLoveMe
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XCQK6LmhYqc

Jesus loves me! Happy Easter, Littens! 🐰

#AnglophileApril #CarelessWhisper
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=izGwDsrQ1eQ

Perhaps not a careless whisper, but horse sense and the grieving process can act as whispers of healing.

#AnglophileApril #TakeTheLongWayHome
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=zKGOCOAI_2c

Odysseus sure did take the long way home: Scylla and Charybdis, sirens, Circe‘s island and pigs...

#AnglophileApril #DontGoBreakingMyHeart
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=z0qW9P-uYfM

This sailer and stowaway miss better not go breaking each other‘s hearts as they masquerade being newlyweds!

Even better, me hearty pirate crew mate @CKBrooke authored this treasure trove of a tale!

#AnglophileApril #HardDaysNight
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yjyj8qnqkYI

A fun romping romance, where the heroine attends a RenFest with her boyfriend and learns to joust!

#AnglophileApril #SpiceUpYourLife
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=9wfpXI5PKlw

Spice up your own life by reading about Jane Austen‘s life and times and the do and don‘t of society.

Notre Dame de Paris you live in our hearts and in our songs; may your bells clang once more!

#BigLibraryRead #BLR2019

Thank you to all who participated in this month‘s Big Library Read!

See ya next time for another selection worthy of discussion.

#GameOfThrones

Attended a Game of Thrones pre-show bash at a local Michigan By The Bottle winery! I drank a special “Bend the Knee” rose and champagne beverage, filled out a trivia card, and took a pic on the foam/cardboard Iron Throne!

Thank you @TheRiehlDeal for the Stark pendant necklace! 🐺 Winter has come and I‘m ready!

I‘ll be watching the new Les Mis book adaptation on PBS tonight! We‘ll see if it will be a pretty close adaptation to the novel or not.

#BigLibraryRead #BLR2019

Question 10: while this is Abu Bakr‘s story, written from his point of view, it is authored by Winnie Yeung. What responsibilities does Winnie have, as an author of creative non-fiction, to honor Bakr‘s voice?

Ahoy Littens!

Shiver me timbers I‘ve created a Facebook author page. I‘ll be posting all things pirate 🏴‍☠️ and nautical ⚓️, books I‘ve read and will read, and even giving updates on my creative writing ✍🏻 projects and the journey to publish my novel.

If you have a Facebook, please, feel free to LIKE the page.

Happy pillaging! ☠️⚔️

#AnglophileApril #Dreams
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yam5uK6e-bQ

Dreaming about a new life out west, where the railroad 🛤 was heading, full of possibilities!

#BigLibraryRead #BLR2019

Question 9: one of the main reasons this book was written was to build empathy. What parts of Abu Bakr‘s journey connects to a life story of your own?

#AnglophileApril #RomeoAndJuliet
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=8CRu2SWDtRA

One of my fav Shakespeare plays! Watched this in ninth grade when we read the play as a class. Such beautiful music; love it 😍

Finished this audiobook today; now time to pass it along to another member at Prayer Shawl Ministry.

Crochet 🧶 Knit

#BigLibraryRead #BLR19

Question 8: what questions does this book raise about newcomers in a society? Do you think this book will change your impression of the people in your own community?

#AnglophileApril #ShesSoCold
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=jo34VhfcetU

I went with the word “cold” in the title; hope to read this book someday.

#BigLibraryRead #BLR2019

Question 7: it seems like many countries and communities are dealing with political controversy over welcoming immigrants and refugees into their society. How has this book affected the way you view this issue?

#BigLibraryRead #BLR2019

Question 6: as Abu Bakr and his family began to settle into their new life in Canada they faced lots of challenges, including many conflicting emotions. What parts of this journey were predictable or surprising to you?

#AnglophileApril #Creep
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XFkzRNyygfk

My coworker knows where I sit at work, creeper; these lovelies were on my desk this morning. He‘s moving and is downsizing his library, so I got the nautical seafaring books! The teal books are 1926 “current” about England‘s exploration to other lands.

Oh, and he just happened to have a POTC SHIP lithograph; authentic Disney Park print! 🥰

#BigLibraryRead #BLR2019

Question 5: were you frustrated by any of the decisions that Abu Bakr‘s immediate or extended family made?

#AnglophileApril #TaintedLove
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=L_MfcZNm7ic

Tainted “blood” love; one of my favorite series, which just happens to have good and bad vampires in it!

#BigLibraryRead #BLR2019

Question 4: What were/are some of the images from the book that stick in your mind?