Our book club host served homemade bloody-axe-murder red velvet cupcakes for our discussion of The Trial of Lizzie Borden! ❤️ Thanks, @kimgnix The group enjoyed the book. I haven‘t finished, so won‘t post my review yet.

Happy Mardi Gras!

Book - Til We Have Faces by C. S. Lewis. Movie- Angel Heart. Song - Have A Heart by Bonnie Raitt. #manicmonday @JoScho

Although the Thames is the river in the novel, the Alabama River will have to stand in for this photo. 😊 I‘ve read 10 hours of this book so far and three hours in another book this weekend, so I will fall well short of #24in48 . But it was fun to devote a large chunk of my weekend to reading. Thanks for the inspiration! @24in48

Happy Birthday to @gradcat and congratulations on your 10k milestone! Thanks for creating a #Birthdaygiveaway ! 1. I‘ve tagged The 11th book in Louise Penny‘s Inspector Gamache series, which is set in Quebec. 2. To make Kir, you pour a little creme de cassis in a wine glass and top with white wine. For New Year‘s Eve you might want to try a Kir Royale, which is the same except with champagne 🍾 instead of regular white wine.

Just received my copy! It‘s so new I can smell the ink :sniff: Ahhhh! I saw this on the Brain Pickings blog and had to order this collection of illustrated letters to young readers. Can‘t wait to dig in!

The title refers to a Persian tale of a mythical stone that absorbs the pain of others. In this case, the “stone” is a comatose Afghan man whose wife confesses her secret thoughts to her unresponsive husband as war rages around them. Although I disliked the ending, I gave the book a good rating because the story has really stayed with me. #WorldTour @JulietteGF

Cleaned the gutters and pruned the crape myrtle in preparation for Tropical Storm Alberto. Now for an uplifting read! 😉

Michelle Richmond gave an engaging presentation on her novel The Marriage Pact at the Alabama Book Festival. She drew on research about cults, marriage, and privacy issues in an era of electronic monitoring.

1. Figure Skating ⛸
2. Edwidge Danticat 🇭🇹
3. August 🦁
4. And Breathe Normally (Icelandic Film)🇮🇸 5. Happy Birthday, Februarians! 🍰 🎁
#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

Enjoying three hours of Colson Whitehead on C-Span‘s Book TV.

Fun giveaway! I chose a favorite loner from childhood: Harriet the Spy. #OneIsTheLoneliest# @Elle_Skeldon

1. 🕷🕸🐖
2. 🍄 Polka dots! (Just saw a film about Yayoi Kusama).
3. Um, ketchup! 🍅
4. It‘s “coke” (generically) or “soft drink” down here. #FridayFrigesDay

1. No 2. 50 degrees F 3. Sycamore by Bryn Chancellor 4. Barbados 🇧🇧 5. @LisaJo ✋🏼 @Godmotherx5 ✋🏼

@jesshowbooks #friyayintro

The film adaption of The Miseducation of Cameron Post won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival 2018. 🎥📚

What to do between screenings at the Sundance Film Festival? Oh, Look! 😍 📚

“What will I tell you/ When you ask me/ Father, speak to us of Haiti?/ Then my eyes sparkling with pride/ I would love to tell you/ Of the blue mornings of my country/ When the mountains stretch out/ Lazily/ In the predawn light/ The waterfalls flowing/ With freshness/ The fragrance of molasses-filled coffee/ In the courtyards/ The fields of sugar cane/ Racing/ In cloudy waves/ Towards the horizon... - Marc Christophe, “Present Past Future” #haiti

#HumpDayPost. I‘m late to the hump day party! Art is by Bethanne Hill of Birmingham, Alabama. Signed up for 36 books on the Goodreads challenge. I wear zebra-striped reading glasses. Starry night sky (in the mountains and at the beach). Commonwealth was a gift last year, but TBR In 2018! @MinDea

Looking forward to this murderous 2018 challenge! #ssdgmchallenge @shanebeth

I forgot to include this in my Christmas haul photo! 🎄🎅🏽. Can‘t wait!

My Christmas 🎄🎁🎁 gifts this year! Looking forward to reading them!

Prepared!

Gift left on my porch for my most recent birthday! Animalium is the large wrapped book. #liberthday @Liberty

This 1946 edition was my Mom's before it was mine. #bookyouveownedlongest #riotgrams

Audio puzzling! #palatecleanser #feistyfeb @RealLifeReading

Thank you so much @Abby-J for my #cupidgoespostal gifts! I appreciate your research into my TBR list and posts. Lamb is one I've wanted to read for a long time and A Darker Shade of Magic is a more recent stack addition. I owned neither and am delighted to now have them! The green M&Ms and the Novel Teas are a nice touch. Happy Valentine's Day! I hope Cupid was good to you also! 💘💘💘 Thanks, @BookishMarginalia , for organizing the swap!

Atticus Finch is a #LiteraryCrush - helped along by Gregory Peck in the movie. I am reluctant to read Go Set a Watchman because I heard it would forever tarnish my image of Atticus. I'm open to being talked into it though. #FiestyFeb @RealLifeReading

A TBR story collection by Jennifer Horne (University of Alabama Press) amid a collection of my Dad's regional wildflower books. I'm all flowered up for my #litsypartyofone . #flowersoncovers #feistyfeb @RealLifeReading @Ambrosnazzy

I've been entertaining my #cupidgoespostal box for several weeks and I'm looking forward to getting to know it better. 😍 Only a few more days @Abby-J ! Can't wait!! ❤️❤️❤️ @BookishMarginalia

Went back to some classic children's literature for #anthropomorphiccharacters . Beatrix Potter, Paddington, Stuart Little and, of course, my favorite - The Wonderful Wizard of Oz! #fiestyfeb @RealLifeReading

Finally got the package to the P.O. Yay! California, here I come! #cupidgoespostal @BookishMarginalia

I'm going to give this one a thumbs up. Even though the story was convoluted and the plot twists, motives and coincidences strained belief, I did enjoy being carried along by the audio book. This photo is not from Cornwall, England where the book was set, but a lake house garden I visited recently near Eclectic, Alabama (Lake Martin).

I was so honored to be able to meet Mrs. Parks in 1996 at a book signing at the Roots and Wings Bookstore in Montgomery, AL. One of my dogs thought it was a great honor to eat her book. I was not able to save the book, but managed to rescue her signature. #readjanuary #signed @RealLifeReading

I loved all of Tony Hillerman's Navaho mysteries, so I'm betting I'll enjoy his memoir. #autobiography #ReadJanuary @RealLifeReading

Our first film at Sundance was Look and See, a beautiful documentary about Wendell Berry. Robert Redford took the stage for the Q & A!

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I'm having lunch in the Bass Pro Shop which is less than 5 miles from the Big Fish movie-set town of Spectre, AL (see link above). Loved the book! Loved the movie! #readjanuary #setinmycity @RealLifeReading

@Shawna posted about Tigers in Red Weather by Liza Klaussman for #dreamingofawarmerclimate , which prompted me to reread this old favorite by Wallace Stevens! ❤️ #litsypoetry365.

A hopeful poem, which I need! #litsypoetry365

I remembered this little gem set in Australia for #dressesoncovers #readjanuary #childprotagonists. @RealLifeReading

Artist Frederico Uribe created this book tree for the Montgomery Museum of Fine Art. Although dozens of books were destroyed to construct this tree, I didn't notice any titles that broke my heart when seeing them used in this way. #bookishchristmastree #seasonsreadings2016. @RealLifeReading

Wow! My Secret Santa assembled a beautifully wrapped, thoughtfully chosen assortment of gifts. I'm thrilled to have Commonwealth, which is on my TBR list. And I love heritage cookbooks! The coffee, candies, exceptionally cool reading mug and the lovely bags are all a delight. I will enjoy everything! Thank you, @Godmotherx5 !!!

And thank you @BookishMarginalia for organizing the swap! #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange

Here are a few of my Mom's Nancy Drew mysteries from the 1930s. Nancy has been updated through the years, but I always picture her in silhouette with magnifying glass in hand. I loved reading the adventures of the girl sleuth and knew I had gone into the right field of study when I attended a conference that included a paper session titled "Nancy Drew as a Cultural Script." #seasonsreadings2016 #silhouettesoncovers @RealLifeReading

Working on my reading challenges tonight. 2017 is going to be a great reading year! Thanks for all the inspiration, Littens! ❤️👍🏼

#setonanisland #seasonsreadings2016 @RealLifeReading

The island of Hispaniola is shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic and is the setting for Edwidge Danticat's affecting story that takes place during the 1937 massacre of Haitians under the regime of Dominican dictator Rafael Trujillo. This book is one of my all-time favorites. The crèche and painting are from Haiti.

As far as I know, this has not yet been translated into English. (Please, correct me if I'm wrong.) Gilles Leroy won the Prix Goncourt for this story about Zelda and Scott Fitzgerald. I plan to give it a try with the help of my French-English dictionary. Have any of you Littens read it? #seasonsreadings2016 #notinenglish @RealLifeReading

I've been meaning to read this classic. I may need to try serial reader, since opening this old copy made me sneeze! #seasonsreadings2016 #aclassicyouhaventread @RealLifeReading

So, exciting! A mysterious package from Wisconsin arrived on my front porch last night! #secretsantagoespostal @BookishMarginalia @Godmotherx5

Doctor Ann's "Healthy Bean Salad" (from drannwellness.com) is paired with Fairy Tales Every Child Should Know because -- Magic Beans! #Litsycooks

SomeWildie just wishes I'd put the book down, turn off the light and go to sleep! #readingcompanions #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading

Enkidu, the lap cat, is my most constant reading companion! #readingcompanions #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading