We‘re currently stuck on the OBX (literally stuck due to overwash on Hwy 12) and there‘s no power. Milo‘s bored, but I have sunlight and my book, so I‘m good 😎

😏😂 I love John Boyne

Ok, so are there people who actually read their #BOTM pick in the same year it was received? Asking for a friend 🤔😏😅

Loved it! Interesting POV, interesting look at women‘s roles and parenting, and interesting take on people‘s ability to assume and misunderstand rather than communicate. A winner for me 🏆

I have about 6.5 hours in the car ahead of me, but I‘m fully prepared. Catching up on my magazines and finishing Fleishman 🌟

Anyone part of The First Look Book Club? Each morning this week, I got to read a part of The Water Dancer, and now I‘m super excited to get my #BOTM box this month 💃🏽 Every week is a new release. It‘s a great way to preview a book before buying or wasting a checkout at the library.

The art is lovely
but...
Not a lot of words.
Not a lot happens.
Not sure what I just read.
Not a pick for me.

It‘s the kind of graphic memoir that makes me want to color all the pages 😍🤗🎨🖍📚

Pretty excited about these two—First Look Book Club is offering a daily excerpt from The Water Dancer this week. I wasn‘t really interested in the book, but after reading the first bit, I‘m down for it. And then some kids catching on fire. My two kids have thrown some fits that seemed to come close to combustion, so I feel pretty comfortable reading about that 😏🤷‍♀️ #botm

Yessss, “the babysitters and the pretty blond twins” made up all of my pre-teen and early teen reading 😍🤩🤗 #nostalgia #babysittersclub #sweetvalleyhigh

Just started it, but really enjoying these laugh out loud lines 😏

Ehh, I may be giving up on this one. My book club picked it. I gave it about 50 pages, but if we‘re being honest, I‘m kind of over the unreliable narrator who‘s been accused of a crime that we don‘t know if she committed or not because we only get her account of the story. I have so many other books waiting for me. #movingon 🤷‍♀️

I went to the library between books. It‘s like going to the grocery store on an empty stomach. 🤷‍♀️

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 A super important novel that reiterated the importance of the Me Too movement. I loved the characters and setting the author created. I loved the badassery shown by the young female characters. My English teacher heart loved the prep school setting and English teacher main character. I wish the ending had been handled differently, but that‘s my only complaint...and it‘s a tiny complaint 🤷‍♀️ A total pick in my book 👍🙌✔️🔥

As excited as I am about new Atwood today, I‘m not putting down The Swallows, and THAT says a lot about how much I‘m enjoying this book 💯

The wait is over 💃🏽💪👊🥳🤩🙌👏

🎃🎃🎃🎃🎃 Five pumpkinstars for this one! It‘s exactly the way I like my graphic novels: fun, cute, and so very inclusive! Loved it!

I don‘t read a ton of graphic novels, but I am super enjoying this one 🎃

This is a conversation between a prep school student and his teacher. That reference to Gatsby speaks to my English teacher soul...cracks me up 😏 I‘m loving this book!

A tiny bit of morning reading before heading to work. I‘m about 💯 pages into this book and I‘m digging it 🌟🤓

Umm...🤔 I am reading The Goldfinch and, therefore, should read a YA novel with this ridiculous blurb?! Goodreads has lost its mind. #thatsastretch

A fun romp in the world of royals and American politics, young adults trying to find their way, and guys being in love. It rocked! I loved it!

I had a meeting at my son‘s school, and they‘re having a book fair (be still, my heart 😍🤗🎉). The minute I spied this gem, alllllll the memories of reading this series came rushing back. I LOVED these books as a kid!

This one‘s pulling me straight outta that reading slump 👊🙌💃🏽

I‘m in more of a reading valley than a slump. The reading struggle has been so real for months now 😫 Eileen was a DNF although I liked it well enough, I‘m currently reading/listening to The Goldfinch, picking up some Anne Lamott wisdom here and there, but nothing is making me crave time with a book. I‘m going to throw in another one and just see what happens! Wish me luck 😁🤞

Preach, Sensei 🙌🗣

My first soirée into Lamont and I‘m hooked.

🗣🗣🗣If Ottessa Moshfegh writes it, I will read it. Eileen dreamt of really loud trains really often, most likely because of her (really horrible) mom‘s snoring 🤣

Beaches and books🐠🌊🏖 🙌💃🏽

Great choice, @irre 🙌 #lmpbc It‘s an interesting read about a part of the world I‘m not familiar with. It‘ll be heading home soon!

Here I go, @irre Starting this one today and I‘ll get it to you ASAP!

Not only do I judge a book by its cover, I also judge a book by its title. It‘s who I am 🤷‍♀️

I love this tote! Even the biggies fit in the book pocket ⭐️🙌💪 #botm

Alas, here I am in the conundrum of finishing a book during vacation and not knowing which of the 3️⃣ books to start now...

So good! Loved this series! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Not sure where the book‘s going, but I have a wee literary crush on Wallace Cobb.

Sometimes being late to the game is good. No wait to see what the Bull Mountain peeps are up to 😎

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Loved it!

Diggin‘ it 👍

I love anything Bitter Southerner, and I especially love their Summer Reading Lists. https://bittersoutherner.com/bitter-southerner-summer-reading-roundup-2019

This was between a ‘so-so‘ and a ‘pick‘ for me. I went with a pick only because it touches on really important topics and it‘s written in a way that makes for a quick read that‘s perfect for teen readers struggling with the stamina it takes to get through full pages. I would absolutely recommend this to some of my high schoolers, but I‘m not the perfect reader for this book. Still, super important conversations can be had after reading this book.

Well, would you look at that?! So what I thought was a typo happened again, and inquiring minds had to know🕵🏼‍♀️ if this was some weird word never used in modern English. Alas, friends, Dr. Google tells me that this word that I thought was a misspelling of ‘favorite‘ is a Flippin‘ Green Gem. Whaaaa?? And how does one pronounce that? I‘m only going from the dip that kinda starts the same, so is this “savor it” “savor rite” Headed back to Google.

What has happened here?! 😂😂😆 I‘m cruising along and all the sudden I stumble over this editing mishap. It‘s the equivalent of the tv glitching.

The reading slump continues. I put A Woman is No Man down. Nothing is holding my interest. Maybe one of these will pull me out of this madness.

This reading slump is serious. My book club meets Tuesday night. I‘m on page 4. 😬

A good book written from an interesting perspective. I enjoyed the child narrator's voice and seeing such atrocities through his eyes. The connections and comparisons made between the two boys on both sides of the fence was a constant reminder of the theme that, regardless of race or ethnicity or culture, humans are humans.

Woahhhh, the reading slump has been REAL lately. I'm almost through this one and hoping to finish it today. It'll be heading your way soon, @irre

1. 💃🏽🤷‍♀️🙌
2. No graduates this year
3. Eldest has soccer (if it‘s not rained out...again😐) and wine. Lots of wine 🍷
4. The only one
5. Got that 👍
 @howjessreads #friyayintro

I tried. I gave it another afternoon and a bit this morning, but I find myself actually irritated at how little I care about these characters. I‘m bored. I get what Rooney‘s going for, but I don‘t need these detailed descriptions of everyday activities. See this play-by-play of him opening a bottle of wine? Listen, I‘m an expert at opening a bottle. Novels are not where novice wine openers should learn the ropes. That‘s why we have Google. ✌️

#botm and #lmpbc mail in the same day! It‘s Christmas in May 🎉😍🙌👏💃🏽🎅🏽🎄💐🎉 @LMJenkins @irre @fandom_hellspawn99