Taking a #litsylove cue from @quirkyreader who tagged her first 10 followers. I‘ve modified it to tag the first ten who are still active, as 8 out of my actual first ten haven‘t posted in two or three years. Thanks to all of you who are still active, converse with me about books, and validate my buying of more books than I can read. ❤️ you all.

Just saw this come through from The NY Times. RIP Cokie.

#7days7covers day 5 #covercrush Post a cover you love each day for 7 days. Use the hashtags and tag someone new. Want to play @BookishJess ?

Because I don‘t have enough books in progress, I started this audiobook as my “exercise book.” And I‘m loving it. #currentread

#finale #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#7days7covers day 5 #covercrush Want to play @mrsmarch ? Post a cover you love for 7 days, no explanations. Use the hashtags and tag someone new each day.

“Baseball‘s a dull game, really; that‘s the reason that it is so good. We do not love the game so much as we love the sprawl and drowse and shirt-sleeved apathy of it.” I have to agree with him here. #wolferead

Find the complete poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/51563/beer-56d22f62b5fb4
#beer #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#7days7covers day 4 #covercrush Post a cover you love each day for 7 days, no explanation. Use the hashtag and tag someone new. Want to play @barbwire ?

“Washington City was being built on a landscape of utter insignificance, a mudflat by the river barely elevated above sea level, with a midsized southern town arising on it, with the distinguishing addition of a few half-formed classical temples of enormous scale, in such a state of partiality that it was hard at first glance to tell whether they were falling or rising.” #13moonsbuddyread @megnews

Find the other 3 sonnets here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44722/four-sonnets-1922 #struggle #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#7days7covers day 3 #covercrush Post a cover you love. No explanation. Use the hashtag, and tag someone new each day. @Butterfinger Want to play along?

“He could go back to any house in Pinedale or Du Bois and be welcomed like a son.” I love Pinedale, and spent happy vacations and anniversaries there, summer and winter. I can‘t say that I‘ve ever seen it referenced in literature before. #catherbuddyread @Graywacke

#7days7covers - day 2. Post a cover you love every day for 7 days, no explanation, and tag someone new each day. @samanthagutt Want to play?

#7days7covers - day 1
No explanation. Tag someone new each day.
Want to play @Joseph5 ?

My copy arrived a day sooner than anticipated! I couldn‘t have started it any sooner due to meetings every single night, but now it‘s here! (Of course I‘m reading four other books right now, and I want to savor this on all on its own, so I‘m going to exercise great restraint. Maybe.

#impact #poetrymatters @TheSpineView (Not that I need anything in order to celebrate a Fudgsicle. 😀)

#currentlyReading

#wrap #poetrymatters Not sure if this poem is in this collection. I found it here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/40797/butter @TheSpineView

I‘m not sure it rises to the level of treason, but after 35 years married to a trombonist, I can see the annoyance. 🤣 #catherbuddyread @Graywacke

#idea #quotsysept19 @TK-421

#compare #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#past #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#bear #quotsysept19 @TK-421

“These were the innumerable small fry who became . . . embattled vegetarians, or believers in salvation through nudism.” 🤣 #wolferead

And no one like Atwood to inspire #literacy! #quotsysept19 @TK-421

#scent #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

My #bookhaul from the Bookmarks Book Festival. I didn‘t buy as much because my mother (84) and sister were with me. So I couldn‘t buy their Christmas presents like I did last year. 😀 We went to 3 talks, met many authors, and had a blast!

The title of each poem is a stage direction from a Shakespeare play. Some sad, some funny. I‘ll be sharing some over the next month I‘m sure. #Shakespearereadalong and #poetrymatters buddies, there are some gems here!

Starting this book of poetry that I picked up at the Bookmarks Book Festival today! #poetrymatters

Read the whole poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44070/delia-6-fair-is-my-love-and-cruel-a...
#blush #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

#whisper #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

Ah, if only it had gotten better since 1929. #WolfeRead

The chapters Jack at Morn and Mrs. Jack Awake are quite a shift from previous chapters. The minutiae of his morning routine, the quicksilver changes of mood and wordless conversation between her and her maid Nora. I‘m ready to have George back, please. #wolferead (random picture from the internet to represent Mr. & Mrs. Jack.)

#timeless #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

Find the complete poem here: https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44136/difference-56d2231d9f249
#shape #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

“We kept housecat hours, sleeping three fourths of the day, and the rest of the time we cooked and ate and talked.” #13moonsbuddyread @megnews @sblbooks

I am so excited I can hardly stand it. I want to shout it to the world, but y‘all are the people who will get it, so (I‘m shouting now) my friend/cousin/fairy godmother @barbwire invited me to go with her to hear Margaret Atwood at NC State in November!!!!! 😊 💃🏼🌟🤸🏼‍♀️🎆🎇🎉 I can‘t believe I‘m so lucky!!!

#forfeit #quotsysept19 @TK-421

I don‘t know if this is the right collection. #meadow #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

I‘ve finished Book 1 (about 125 pages) and there‘s no puzzling over where the title came from. He made that very clear. 😆 #wolferead

#reason #quotsysept19 @TK-421

“And really, what better company of a dark night than one of the smart dead Englishmen of yore?”

Thanks to everyone who participated in the #bookhaulchallenge! We had so many participants that I had to do more than one winner. Grand prize goes to @Reviewsbylola ! Second grand prize to @GrilledCheeseSamurai !
And the “Thanks for not making me feel guilty about how many books I buy but haven‘t read yet” awards go to @Sweetkokoro and @BookNAround ! Send me your mailing addresses to mischalynx at MSN dot com. Congratulations all!

Read the entire poem here: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.panmacmillan.com/blogs/literary/monday-by-billy...
#window #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

This has long been a #favorite. #poetrymatters @TheSpineView

August stats: I only read 11 this month, but two were quite long. One pan (the Flagg) and one so-so (the Dreiser) but the rest were wonderful. All in all a good month.

Thrift store #bookhaul! The Undset is a #blameItOnLitsy.

It‘s been years since I read this, but I believe she was living in a #cabin. #letstravelaugust @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620