1. 🤷🏻‍♀️🤗🙌🏼 (As a bonus: 🥳. There‘s been a lot of celebratory texts lately.👍🏼)
2. No! I work at a university and graduation is next weekend, but that‘s as close as I get this month.
3. Travel to/from NY (from NJ) to celebrate Mom(s). “Muffins with Mom” at my kids‘ daycare this afternoon. 🤗
4. Younger of two daughters, born 2 years, 362 days apart. I came home from the hospital on her birthday! #BestGiftEver ?!?! 🤷🏻‍♀️🤣
5. 🙌🏼🤷🏻‍♀️🤗

Nine...NINE bags of books!! A local school is having a book sale for project graduation and these bags of books are on their way to the donation station in the morning. A great opportunity to #declutter, but there are still sooooo many titles on my shelves. #JustKeepReading 📚📚📚

Quick motivational bursts...keeping this close by for those days when I need a pat on the back.

I enjoyed this, though it was not what I expected at first. Reid builds the suspense slowly, and towards the end I knew I had to stay up and finish. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ and a half.

My choice of donuts (yes, 🍩🍩🍩) has placed me in Gryffindor... (I‘m more Hufflepuff, but this was a cute start to my day.) See how you choice of 🍩 sorts you!
https://www.bookish.com/articles/quiz-donuts-hogwarts-house/ Mmmmm...donuts! 🤤

Current bedside stack - got the bottom three this weekend: picked up O‘Farrell & Murakami @strandbookstore & received the tagged book from my sister (I have a soft spot for 80s teen movies 😍). The top two are current reads, not so newly acquired.

Thank you for the tag, @MrBook 🤗! While I‘m not swapping, I can‘t resist.
☀️ Somewhere with a breezy, beautiful view (pool or beach)
☀️ 🍇 🍒 🍉
☀️Lounging poolside
☀️I‘m an ice cold beer, kinda gal 🍻
☀️Sunblock...and a book...and sunglasses 😎
☀️Early morning on the deck
☀️Tag, you‘re it!
Happy swapping to all participating in @BookishMarginalia ‘s swap! Thanks, @hermyknee for the prompts! 👍🏼

Do you ever see another person reading nearby and wonder, “What are they reading?” I‘m at a show, and a nearby woman is reading the tagged book. It‘s the only book in view. #ThisIsSpinalTap #35thAnniversary #TribecaFilmFestival #BeaconTheater

💜Read this book! 💜 I finished Jacob‘s memoir a few days ago and have been struggling to find the “right” words.

They tell their story without hesitation. Jacob doesn‘t pretend to sugarcoat their experience or who they are; they tell their story, share their experiences with frankness & honesty: the bad, the ugly, the better. And they do so with humor and intellect.

Filled to the brim with positivity and light. This book will have a permanent bedside home. 📚🥰

Coming back to Che after a significant hiatus. Trying to focus on making headway in the two weeks leading up to my next book club meeting...

1. Jacob Tobia‘s Sissy
2. To NY on Saturday for a family Easter celebration; “relaxing” at the house on Sunday
3. Yes! Something I‘ve come to appreciate as a grownup
4. Alicia or Ronnie (Veronica) or Frankie
5. 🙌🏼👍🏼🤗
@howjessreads #friyayintro
Happy #Easter and #Passover to those celebrating this weekend!

Today I learned that Jerome Flynn (Bronn) was previously half of the 90s duo Robson & Jerome. Wikipedia tells me that Simon Cowell was a factor in getting these two to put a record together. If you want a song stuck in your brain for the next few hours, check out “Up on the Roof” 🤦🏻‍♀️. You won‘t thank me for this. But maybe you‘ll have a laugh. 🤷🏻‍♀️

1. The Likeness (Tana French) & Sissy: A Coming-of-Gender Story (Jacob Tobia)
2. 🤗 & 🤷🏻‍♀️
3. 👍🏼🍻🦵

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Best footnote ever?! #RIPToysRUs

Looking forward to reading Tobia‘s memoir. Their voice is smart, funny, and honest. This is sure to leave a mark.

The Room. It‘s amazing how bad this movie is. Incongruous...plot holes galore...and yet...amazing. Sestero takes the reader through the wild ride that is his friendship with The Room‘s mastermind: Tommy Wiseau. As crazy-bizarre as he appears to be, I have to give Wiseau major credit for bringing his dream to reality (🤔 how did he find this thing?!). Of course, I need to rewatch both movies. 🤷🏻‍♀️💣🎥

Coming in at under 150 pages, this is a densely packed exploration of the forecasted changes to the future of higher education.

Read this with my 4yo son over the course of the past month at bed time. He enjoyed it, and I was surprised he wasn‘t scared by the content and images. He loves the movie, so I‘m sure that helped a lot! ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

Ummm...anyone else tempted to give this # a call?! 🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️🙋🏻‍♀️😂 #TheRoom #TheDisasterArtist

It feels appropriate to finish this on St. Patrick‘s Day.

I appreciate that the resolution wasn‘t tidy and perfect: questions remain unanswered, which feels more true to life. Ryan is an unreliable narrator, which we know from the opening lines...and I‘m okay with that, though I know it can irk others.

I‘m glad I started with the first book in the DMS series, especially since we see more of Maddox in The Likeness.

Enjoying this book and it‘s dual storylines. I think I may know where it‘s headed, but am not getting ahead of myself. 🤔

We took our 4-year old to his first movie today (The LEGO Movie 2). He did great and wasn‘t too bothered by the volume (which is always feels too loud for me, too)! These movies are just so much fun. I laughed my @$$ off! 😂

#HappyMail to kick off the weekend, thanks to @britt_brooke and the #ImListeningGiveaway! Thank you! Looking forward to reading and sharing this book with others! 🤗

Need to break up my doorstop bio reading with something a bit more lighthearted (and yet overly dramatic). Having seen The Room, as well as The Disaster Artist (inspired by this memoir), I must say that I‘m really looking forward to this. 🎥💣💥

This book is important. Haig shares his personal experience with depression, his insights about the disease, historical/scientific context, and his strategies for coping. His honesty and willingness to put his experiences in the public view provide a view of depressions and anxiety that is very real. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Shout out to @TheSpineView on reaching a big milestone! Thanks for showing the #50KLoveLitsy with her giveaway! 🤗🙌🏼

1. This is what we woke up to this morning...maybe close to 2 inches...I‘m not a snow person.
2. We live in a quiet townhome community but are starting to house hunt.
3. Loved this...my first @AmyStewart definitely not my last!
4. At night, once the kiddos are asleep and the aftermath of dinner is tidied.
5. Last night was pizza, Yum! 🍕
#friyayintro @howjessreads

Haig‘s writing is honest; it is true; it is important.

This was not one for me. There is substantial content addressing mental health/well-being, loss, coping with (loved one‘s) addiction, but the style felt disjointed and erratic. While intentional, this didn‘t appeal to me...

I think I could find more with each re-reading...and perhaps come to appreciate/enjoy it more in time, but I don‘t feel the desire to read it again. My loss, I suppose, but I won‘t lose any sleep over it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

What an awesome #ImListeningGiveaway from @britt_brooke - this is a key addition to my #TBR. Thank you! Good luck to all other entrants! 🤞🏼

1. See tagged. “Assigned” for work. It‘s short (under 200 pgs), but dense. Hoping to get through Chapter 3, this weekend.
2. Paperback
3. 🤓 Nerd Alert! 🤓 No book left behind! I can‘t think of a title I‘ve left unfinished from my school days! 🤷🏻‍♀️
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Cute art on the wall of the pediatrician‘s office. It made me think of my pen pal and friend, @BekahPat 🤗

I was quickly pulled in and couldn‘t wait to learn Neptune‘s true identity...kept me guessing. Mothers & Daughters; the stories we tell ourselves vs. the Truth. Thank you, @Smangela for the recommendation. I‘m excited to read more of her work! 📚

Doing some organizing and thought Litsy might enjoy this #bookjournal from Ex Libris Anonymous. They take old hard cover books and make them into spiral bound journals (blank pages) and intersperse pages from the original text. They have a variety of titles (always changing): from classics to Little Golden to Dr. Seuss. https://bookjournals.com 📒

🎶 I wish it was #SocialSunday 🎶
1. Central New Jersey 🇺🇸
2. Historical Fiction, Literary Fiction, Fiction Fiction
3. I don‘t think I have a favorite author 🤷🏻‍♀️
4. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a top rec

Hope everyone‘s week is off to a good start!

Loved this! So much fun seeing how the series wrapped and how the movie differed from the source material.

Today‘s #LibraryHaul...three for the kiddos, two for me. Shout out to @Smangela for recommending the tagged read.

Got my hands on the final installment in today‘s library haul! 🤗 So excited.

Entertaining & fascinating. Inspired by real people and events, Stewart reveals the story of the Kopp sisters; 3 early 20th Century women living on their own (gasp!) and holding their own against a local gang of hooligans (gasp!). Thoroughly enjoyed this novel and am so glad I picked up the second in the series last night. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

1. The Perks of Being a Wallflower is one I always come back to. All the feels.
2. Date night with my husband (kid free!) and hanging with the little ones. 👶🏻👦🏻
3. Loving my current read: Girl Waits with Gun by Amy Stewart.
4. I can wiggle my nose like a bunny 🐰. I can sing the alphabet backwards. 🤷🏻‍♀️
5. 📚🙌🏼🤗
#friyayintro #hoorayweekend

@WorldsOkayestStepMom is hosting a couple giveaways; fun!

My favorite teacher was my Kindergarten teacher, Mrs. Duffy. She instilled in me a love of learning and brought so much music to our classroom. I have many fond memories of her class! 🤗 #PalindromeGiveaway

👎🏼 Nicholas Sparks needs to stop...now.
🥨 +🍫 = Yes, please! Why choose?!
👵🏼👴🏼 x 2 Helen & Anthony; Eleanor & Francis
🎥 I loved Dirty Dancing. I was 5 and had NO idea what it was actually about. (Spoiler Alert: it‘s not just about a 🍉.)
🗺 Paris 🇫🇷
#friyayintro @howjessreads

When, as an administrator, I first saw these forecasts [decline in birth rates and, thus, future college entrants], my initial response was something like, “I‘d better keep my resume up to date in case I need to find a different line of work!”

Well, that sets the tone...#lightreading

🥶11 F (low of 5 tonight)...and I should consider myself lucky given the other temps I‘m seeing! Brrr
🥶🥶San Diego, CA (does that work?!) 😎🌴
🥶🥶🥶71 F
🥶🥶🥶🥶 San Diego, CA (is it weird for my ideal to be a place I‘ve never been? 🤷🏻‍♀️)
🥶🥶🥶🥶🥶Haven‘t read the tagged, but Key West is delightful in the spring! 🌴🌅😎
#HelloThursday #BeenAHellOfAWeek

Happy “Publishiversary” to Pride & Prejudice!

1. See tagged book & the Che Guevara doorstop of a biography.
2. Hufflepuff
3. The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 🤩🥰
#weekendreads

My #BookClubs next selection! I‘m excited that we went with my recommendation (with thanks to my #LitsyPenPal, @BekahPat who gifted me this book)! I‘m so excited to dive in, but I also don‘t want to read it too quickly, since we‘re not meeting until March. #timingiseverything 📖

I‘ll read more of Sherlock Holmes‘s escapades, for sure. I like reading the inspiration for all those recent retellings.

I‘m having a hard time finding the right words...I truly enjoyed seeing the stories of the past unfold and connect with that of the present. A page-turner, a solid mystery w/paranormal elements and some historical fictionalization.
For me: a win. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️