Standing in the kitchen at Hilltop, I listen to the laughter and conversational murmur of my closest friends. #FirstLineFridays

#TLT.

1). Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter
2). Captain Hook from Peter Pan
3) darth Vader

#TLT.

1). Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter
2). Captain Hook from Peter Pan
3) darth Vader@

I enjoyed this book. It wasn‘t suspenseful. It wasn‘t overly humorous. But it was just a nice easy literary fiction read. #SummerEndReadathon book #10

1). If babysitting for neighbors count I was 13. Then McDonald‘s at 16.

2). I think it depends on your definition of balance. As a teacher: nope. No balance too many useless demands of my time, that required me to bring work home. As a library support staff: yes! No work comes home. (I got fussed at for checking my email at home and responding to it 🤣. Old habits die hard)
#WONDEROUSWEDNESDAY

1). My favorite meal of the day is lunch. It‘s the one meal that I get to sit, read and enjoy my lunch. With no one trying to make conversation. 🤣

2) the Hannah Swenson series by Joanne Fluke. She includes recipes for desserts and cookies. I‘ve made some of the cookies in the past for cookie exchanges

I am not a huge romance fan. But I really enjoyed this book. Just enough magic…and humor to keep me interested. #SummerEndReadathon. Book 9

#SundayFunday.

Yep. I could use the excuse: I read to my great-nephews…or….i work in the youth area of my local library….or I am a retired teacher of little people…..and all of those are true. but honestly I sometimes just enjoy going back and revisiting books I read as a child.

Holly by Stephen king
The Ex Hex by Erin Sterling
Lady of Bones by Carolyn Haines

#Weekendreads

It‘s an old city, and no longer in very good shape, nor is the lake beside which it has been built, but there are parts of it that are still pretty nice.
#FirstLineFridays.

I so loved this book at a child. Actually I acted just like her. 🤣. I needed to read “a book published the year I was born” for a challenge (pop sugar challenge) I‘ve been doing with a friend. And this was the only one that appealed to me. I was so glad I read it again.
#SummerEndReadathon. Book 8

#TLT

1). Nancy Drew. (Ahhhj my love of mysteries was born here)
2). Jo March from Little Women.
3). A tie between Ramona Quimby (who I was very much like as a girl) and Hermione Granger (who I was like as a teen. Very bookish and always reading everything)

#SummerEndReadathon. Book 7
I really enjoyed this story. The struggles of the family seemed sad at first but I couldn‘t help loving how they overcame the struggles and worked hard to have a better life.

This is a prequel novella to A Good Girl‘s Guide to Murder. If I had read this one first, I PROBABLY would NOT have gone in to read the first book in the series.

The premise of the story is that a group of friends are playing a murder mystery game. While I understand it is a YA book, and a novella I felt that the plot was just not fully there. It was just about teens playing a game.
#SummerEndReadathon. Book6 @TheSpineView

Autumn? What‘s that I live in south Louisiana. 🤣. I like to sit outside and read. Or knit while listening to an audiobook.

2) tired.
3) reading: daily Dracula, kill joy by Holly Jackson, Holly by Stephen king

#WONDROUSWEDNESDAY.

I so loved this book. And this quote from the book. I wish the journey hadn‘t ended.
It wasn‘t a suspenseful action packed book. It wasn‘t a gushy romance (there was a little spice. More like a tangy bell pepper than a jalapeño pepper ?). But such a sweet story of learning to love and to be loved in return. And a story about finding a home.
I loved this quote. It just resonated with me.
#SummerEndReadathon book 5

It‘s a leap of faith to love people and let yourself be loved. It‘s closing your eyes, stepping off a ledge into nothing, and trusting that you‘ll fly rather than fall. 😍😍😍

I was talking to my niece, who‘s going through a divorce from a man who was verbally/mentally abusive to her. Reading this today…. I had to immediately text her these words.

1). Nope. Met my now husband 39 years ago through friends. 8 years later we married (hey high school and college had to be finished. Priorities were important). 31 years after that here we are still putting up with each other 🤣
2). I haven‘t really read any books about online dating. But i don‘t read much romance.
#Two4Tuesday

You expect a retired elementary school teacher to choose JUST ONE PICTURE BOOK???

The napping house by Audrey wood: The repetitive storytelling (which makes it so much fun to add drama and play acting) but the illustrations. 😍😍😍

Love you forever by Robert Munsch (always makes me cry. It was the first book I read to my son. He was 1 day old).
There‘s a monster at the end of this book. (Read to every child in my family)
#SUNDAYFUNDAY

Finished this book last week as well. Love cozy mysteries. My all time favorite genre

#SummerEndReadathon book 4

I finished this book last week. I didn‘t know about the #SummerEndReadathon Book #3

I really enjoyed this young adult book. While not as suspenseful as others in this genre (as it was written for teens) I found it really well written. I will be reading more in the series

Book 2 done
#SummerEndReadathon

I have always loved Steve berry‘s books. They have plenty of action but what I love most is how the author explains what points were real and what points he twisted into fiction. I always end up stopping and looking up particular facts or places or people. I always learn something from@his books
#SummerEndReadathon.

@TheSpineView

BOOK 1 DONE ✅

#SummerEndReadathon

Goals:

1). The Paris vendetta by Steve Berry
2). A tree grows in Brooklyn by Betty Smith
3). A good girls guide to murder by Holly Jackson
4). The very secret society of irregular witches by sangu Mandanna
5). The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
6). Holly by Stephen King.

Pip knew where they lived.
#FirstLibeFridays
@ShyBookOwl

#tlt

#tlt

1: Friends: how you doin? 🤣.
2. The Office: (us version). That‘s what she said. 🤣
3: Jana Deleon‘s Miss Fortune series. “I Gertied”. I want to be Gertie when I get older. And carry dynamite in my purse. 🤣

#popupthursday
Which one do I start with? I have an hour until I need to start dinner and get ready for work. 30 minutes in each? 🤣🤣🤣

My current book (wellll one of the three that I am currently reading). Squeezing in some reading on “national read a book day”. And my dog is not a fan of it. (Mainly because I am using him as a book prop 🤣). What are you reading tonight?