I just finished this one for my public library book club. I love Douglas Preston‘s fiction, so I was excited to read The Lost City. It did not disappoint!
I studied anthropology in college so I was familiar with a lot of the history discussed, but Preston tells a really engaging story.

I have way too much fun picking out books for my 6th grade Lit Lunch club. My Tuesday/Thursday group is voting on their next book tomorrow and they have widely varied interests... it‘ll be interesting to see what they choose!
#schoollibraries #litsyloveslibraries #librariansoflitsy

I told my husband I just needed an hour... it‘s cold out here but I‘ve got my blanket, my coffee and some much needed quiet.

Toddlers are just the worst... and so fast when they want to be!

Starting this tonight, if I don‘t fall asleep on the couch first.

A wild reader in her natural habitat... this high school student come to the library and reads for half an hour every day. Needless to say, she‘s pretty much my favorite student 🤗
#schoollibraries #litsyloveslibraries #librariansoflitsy

I‘m having a quiet day in the library and not feeling super ambitious, so I‘m making new bookmarks and listening to an #audiobook
This will be another title crossed off my Michael Printz award list

I just got back from a meeting with my high school book club and found this waiting on my desk. No idea who it came from but it made my day! The note says “For another Harry Potter fan.”

I listened to this entire book while crocheting last night and it was delightful. It‘s been awhile since I read a historical romance.

Evening plans - #audiocrochet
I just realized I have less that a month to finish crocheting 3 baby blankets for the teachers who are having babies in our school this winter... I haven‘t even started the third. So it‘s time to find something good on overdrive, and start furiously hooking!
#audiobooks #crochet #whydoidothistomyself

Our National Honor Society kids organized a Reading Under the Lights event tonight on the football field. It was so fun! They had hot chocolate and hot dogs, the high school kids read to the little ones while some older students just sprawled on blankets and read independently. Most of the books came from my house, so Lane was very excited to share some of his favorites with the “big kids.” #raisingreaders

I loved this! It‘s been awhile since I read a mystery that had me so engaged. I just recently got another book by the same author, so that‘s moving up to the top of my TBR

And here‘s what I‘m thinking for our any book category of #lmpbc
Have you read any? Any look really awesome? Any you have no interest in?
@kellyann28 @TheBookKeepers @irre

Here‘s what I‘m thinking for #lmpbc #groupg
Have you read any of these? Any of them jump out? Any you have no interest in whatsoever?
@LibrarianRyan @rachelm @aCleverDuck

Husband is watching the Bills game, kids are napping - I get to relax with my current #crochet project and my last #LMPBC book for this round.

I started this while hiding out in my office yesterday and am about 1/4 through it. Really enjoying it so far!

One of our students died last night after battling brain cancer for 3 years. We are using the library for grief counseling today and I retreated to my office to get some work done - teenage boys don‘t want to cry in front of their librarian. Naturally, my computer crashed. So I‘m twiddling my thumbs trying to stay busy and out of the way...

I really need to stop reading books that have sequels waiting to be written... this was so much fun and I am desperate for more!

This little sweetheart is either getting a cold or working on a tooth - either way, she‘s not happy and insists she needs to sleep on me. I‘m super into this book right now but keep having to put it down and rest my arms... #booknerdproblems #momproblems

My goal this weekend was to finish my #lmpbc book, and I managed it! Overall, it was a fun read and I really liked the main character. Good choice! @merelybookish @IndoorDame @LibrarianRyan

One child woke up at 5am, the other refused to take his nap today. It was a rough day. The plus side is that they both went to bed super early and I actually get a little time to enjoy myself tonight! This book is really fun so far ☺️ #audiocrochet

I‘m not sure why I brought such an ambitious stack of books home this weekend, considering today‘s (hopefully) 2 hour nap time is literally the only reading time I‘ll get... But it‘s a beautiful afternoon on the porch and I‘m making the most of it! #momlife #letmeread

I still haven‘t finished processing and cataloging all the books that came in over the summer, but I was thrilled to find a present waiting for me at work today! This is the best way to start the day!
#schoollibraries #litsyloveslibraries #librariansoflitsy

I have been listening to this as I do library stuff and I wanted so badly to love it as much as her other books. I gave it about 100 pages but it‘s just not grabbing me... too many seemingly random side stories and I was having trouble keeping track of everyone.

While I continue to have no time to read, there are so many exciting things happening in my library right now! I‘ve been teaching research related lessons all week, so today I‘m finally catching up on some book displays and cataloging a whole slew of new books!
#schoollibraries #litsyloveslibraries #librariansoflitsy

This isn‘t something I would ever have picked up on my own, but it‘s my book club read for the month. I liked it more than I expected, but it didn‘t blow me away. There were so many predictable parts, and Dr. Shields was just obnoxious...

I‘ve got the house to myself tonight, so it‘s an audiobook and a crochet project on our screened porch. Trying to decide between a glass of wine and a pot of tea...
#audiocrochet

Guys, I am in librarian heaven right now! I had a group of high school students approach me about starting a book club at the end of last school year. We just had our first planning meeting! We‘ve decided to choose a different genre/topic each month and they will all pick their own book to read. They‘ll bring their lunches to the library and hang out to talk books twice a month. They were all so cute and enthusiastic!

About to spend my prep period not getting ready for my upcoming classes, but diving into this middle grade novel. #lmpbc #groupm @merelybookish @IndoorDame @LibrarianRyan
Also, Ryan I forgot to post but your book is on its way to you.

The Bad: the beginning of the school year is crazy so I haven‘t found any time to read and when I do have a few minutes, I can‘t relax enough to get into a book.

The Good: 6th graders are adorable! This week they‘re all coming to the library to check out books, get set up with ebook accounts and sign up for Lit Lunch. Also, a group of high schoolers approached me about starting a book club, so we‘re meeting during their lunch on Friday to plan 😍

If anyone is feeling in the giving mood today, my best friend created an amazon wish list of books for her classroom library. She teaches 8th grade ELA in an underprivileged school in Pittsburgh, PA and gives so much of herself to her students.
I‘m sure she would be thrilled if a few random strangers bought her kiddos a book!
https://www.amazon.com/hz/wishlist/ls/C7HXREQQ3BYZ?type=wishlist&filter=unpurcha...

This was absolutely adorable! I probably won‘t have time to get to the post office today, but I‘ll mail it to @LibrarianRyan after work tomorrow! @IndoorDame @merelybookish #lmpbc #groupm

It‘s been a crazy week as I get ready for school to start next week and I‘ve been getting trained on my new automation system in the library - there‘s been no time to read 😭
Tonight, the kids are in bed and my husband is at a fantasy football draft. Time for a book and drink on the porch!

Check out my new reading spot!!! 😍🥰😍
I‘ve always wanted to use our upstairs porch after the kids go to beds but would just get eaten alive by bugs. So this weekend my husband and grandfather framed and screened it in! They still have some little cosmetic things to do to hide where the screens are stapled down, but I get to use it tonight!
I‘m already going Pinterest crazy trying to decide what furniture, rug and pretty string lights to get 😁

Diving into this month‘s #LMPBC read during my weekly shift at the antique store. It‘s already got me feeling super nostalgic... I may have grown up in the ‘90s rather than the ‘60s, but I was OBSESSED with The Beatles!
Any shoppers I have will get to enjoy the Beatles playlist I‘m rocking today ☺️
@IndoorDame @merelybookish @LibrarianRyan #GroupM

This was a quick, fun read - I actually listened to most of it and the narrators were really good. I‘ll definitely continue with the series.
I tend to go through phases with my reading and I feel like I‘m at the beginning of a distinct sci-fi trend... not a genre I‘ve ever read much of, but I‘ve really enjoyed the last few I‘ve picked up!

This was just ok... I wanted to love it because it takes place in a bookstore and I dream of someone leaving a bookstore to me, but I guessed the major plot twist almost immediately and ended up just being really impatient to get to through it.

Not in any way book related, but I‘m just too excited about our house - I thought it was a beautiful house when we bought it 3 years ago, but it was brown and tan, chipped and faded. It looks soooo fresh now after 2 summers of painting! Next year, landscaping!

We have spent the past two summers painting our house and finally finished yesterday! (I can post some pictures if anyone would like to see)
This is the 2nd story porch off our bedroom - we‘re going to get a cute hammock or some comfy furniture to make a nice oasis from the kids, but even with camp chairs, it‘s my new favorite reading spot. We‘re screening it in this weekend to keep the mosquitoes out!

This was excellent! It was such a melancholy story with two main characters your heart broke for over and over again. So good.

I‘m going into work soon to meet up with a new English teacher who wants to do a few collaborative projects in the library (yay!), but enjoying a new book and a breakfast sandwich first.
I‘m not very far in Sleeping Giants yet, but totally intrigued so far! I like the interview format.

There has been a pretty strong caterpillar theme to our evening reading the past few nights, as Lane and I are like full on obsessed with raising our monarch caterpillars... we‘ve currently got 10 caterpillars and 3 more eggs about to hatch. The big one should make its chrysalis in just a few days - we‘re so excited! Anybody else raise monarchs this time of year?
#raisingreaders

@MaleficentBookDragon said in her note “what‘s a bookmark without a book to go with it” - lol I think we would all agree with that sentiment! The bookmark is adorable, and I can‘t wait to read the book. Thank you!
@LibrarianRyan #bookmarkswap

Thank you so much, @ValkyrieAndHerBooks for the beautiful bookmarks! Did you make the Monster one? It‘s so stinking cute!
@LibrarianRyan #bookmarkswap

Ready for another day in my dad‘s antique store... not so secretly hoping it‘s slow so I don‘t get too many interruptions from my books 😂

I took the kids to daycare today so I could get some cleaning done. And then I crawled back into bed with this month‘s book club title and a new crochet project... I almost feel guilty as I look around at all the piles of laundry that need to be put away 😂

@LibrarianRyan Both my #bookmarkswap packages arrived today! I can‘t wait to open them! 😊 Thank you, @ValkyrieAndHerBooks and mystery sender!

Lol this article definitely made me want to start matching my coffee mugs to my current books...

https://bookriot.com/2019/08/09/book-and-mug-pairings/

I‘ve had a migraine for almost 24 hours, so no reading for myself today. But I did read some bedtime stories to my guys while we had a nice cuddle. Hoping I can sleep this off and feel better tomorrow...
#raisingreaders #catsoflitsy

An exciting day of #audiocleaning