Breckenridge, CO finally got a ”regular” indie bookstore!

Just finished this. It‘s lovely.

A book about Romanesque art and architecture in four languages with color pictures on every page for four dollars? Squee! 💗

lunch + ice cream + a bookstore stop with a good friend = an excellent afternoon

“. . . for bringing me into this world and making me the man I am today, I owe the greatest debt, a debt I can never repay, to my mother.”
You should read this book.

Placement essays are graded. It‘s all downhill for the rest of the quarter!

Look. It‘s a dumpster fire out there. Let this adorable story make you feel a teensy bit better.
❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

No, I haven‘t finished the nonfiction book I‘ve been reading forever, but, but, but dinosaurs! 🦖🦕 I can read this, too!

Independent Bookstore Day haul! 📚💗📚Plus, I got a free t-shirt and a 20% off coupon for my next visit. 💗 Third Place Books, Lake Forest Park, WA

Up on Vancouver Island for a few days. Stopped at the teeny-tiny Window Seat Books in Nanaimo. Picked up a book even though I brought several because of course I did.

O. M. G. This was adorable. How long do I have to wait for book 2?

This. Is. Freaking. Adorable. I‘m trying to go slow.

Look. I was in Redmond, so I had to go to the indie bookstore. It‘s like a rule. (Finished my punch card. Next time I go back, the card is worth $20!) Look at that adorable Pride & Prejudice pin. ❤️

Oh, my heart. Just started this. Adorable teenaged boys - that‘s my reading catnip.

A colleague gave me this to read and said it was like Winnie-the-Pooh, but Finnish. It was adorable, but nothing is like Winnie-the-Pooh.

haul from a book sale fundraiser for the American Association of University Women, of which I am a proud member 👩🏻‍🎓👩🏽‍🏫👩🏽‍🔬👩🏽‍⚕️👩🏼‍⚖️

Look what arrived in the mail! 🤺💗

Oh, no! I finished Vol 1 too fast. It‘s going to be a few days before I can get my hands on Vol 2. 😔

I‘m loving this and very happy to know that volume 2 is available and volume 3 comes out in August.

Awwww, the best friend relationship in this YA novel is the best. I loved that Jordan wasn‘t secretly crushing on his straight best friend and I loved that best friend Brandon always had Jordan‘s back. 💗

Eeeek! My Litsy app was not working for several days! Just started this.

I wish I could make everyone in the US read this.

It‘s so beautiful! There‘s more snow on the way tonight here in the greater Seattle area. Will there be classes tomorrow? Waiting to find out . . . Back to the books. ❄️💙

Snowmaggedon part 2 is supposed to start this afternoon here in the greater Seattle area. Got lots of food, several bottles of wine, and a stack of books. I don‘t plan to leave the house for days.

What we had . . .

Classes are cancelled again!

Classes are cancelled. This teacher gets to stay home. Maybe I will rearrange and dust my bookshelves.

Medieval art is my jam. Found this beauty today.

Saw this tonight! 💗

Love this cover. Enjoyed the book.

I‘m with Captain Janeway. Time travel gives me a headache and I can‘t follow the timeline. However, it doesn‘t matter. I just go with it and enjoy the girls and their adventures.

Happy New Year to me!

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ (I love a book that makes me cry.)

Started this. So far, I‘m loving it. I can‘t help myself when it comes to sweet teenaged boys in books. 💗

Finished this last night. Excellent! Summers took the tired dead girl trope and really did something with it. She spoke for girls. She also broke my heart. (Photo from the Olympic Peninsula, where we are spending Christmas.)

Popped into this indie that I love in Port Angeles, WA. They had hot cider and cookies for the holiday. ❤️🎄

I‘m leading the discussion on this book at my book group‘s January meeting. Yes, I choose it. 😊 I‘m fascinated by language and love a good potty-mouth.

Rented a house on the bluff overlooking the Strait of Juan de Fuca, which separates WA state and Canada. Got a ton of books with me.

Wow. Hard to believe this is Mbue‘s first novel. We need the stories of immigrants now more than ever.

When your friend really gets you. 🎄

After a long afternoon of Christmas shopping (blech 😑), I deserved a stop at the bookstore.

Saw this lovely tree at the Seattle airport. Think this book will be my Christmas present to me.

Had to treat myself to a bookstore stop after I posted my students‘ grades. Heard about this book on BookRiot‘s “All the Books” podcast.

Loved this. Now I want a book of just Jack‘s sex advice columns. ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜

I‘m enjoying this book, but I wish there were pictures of all these amazing creatures. Also, why is there no jellyfish emoji? Someone needs to get on that.

“Immersing myself in the science of jellyfish nourished a recognition that the fate of ocean, the very cauldron where life began and that still sustains our life on land, is now in our hands. We are responsible for its future, which is also our own - and that of our children.”

Damn, this book is killing me. ❤️💔❤️💔❤️

Did my part for Small Business Saturday. Plus, I needed to celebrate crossing the 300 followers threshold. (Got a ten-dollar gift card for spending over $50. Now I have to go back! 😆) 💗📚

I love Saga. I‘m looking forward to the day it ends and I can get out all my collected volumes, make endless cups of tea, and read the whole series again at once.

“Father once gave her [a book] he said was good for girls, but it was all about people who wouldn‘t call each other by their first names and never thought about anything except getting married (the process of which seemed alarmingly complicated).”
💗I am happy whenever I find my beloved Pride and Prejudice mentioned in a book.