Got sucked into the Bridgerton craze while recuperating from emergency bowel surgery. So far so good.

“…the impossible is merely the possible for which we don‘t yet know the science.”

Think I will be keeping this series after tomorrow (which is National Clean Out Your Bookcase Day). Love this series and was so happy to have found it. Saddened to hear that the author is battling cancer at the moment. Sending her happy vibes and thoughts of warm comforting bowls of noodles

Watched Shadowlands last night with the hubby (if you haven‘t seen, I highly recommend the version with Sir Anthony Hopkins and Debra Winger) before settling down to read this. This week was the 10th anniversary of my Oma‘s passing and I‘m finding it a little hard. Perhaps this will help.

I can honestly say that I thoroughly enjoyed this book, but then again I have a sick sense of humour and find true crime fascinating. I also work in the prison system so I understand the authors dark sense of humour and her “female in a male dominated job” life. Her style of writing was informative but not condescending making it easy to read and understand.

Another day of training and a good book. Today: Defensive Tactics!

Picked this up because I needed something meaningful in my life right now. Something that questions and enlightens. Think this might just do the trick

“Tyrants are not easy to oppose or walk away from, especially when you depend on them for everything.”

“Now, don‘t turn your nose up to a little make-believe,” he said. “Sometimes, you need to be someplace else for a while. Even if that place exists only in your head.”

“The dawn had crept in on little cat‘s feet, and here she was, whispering with light, lifting the mist.”

“A good Theater is like a Petri dish, cultivating all sorts of surprises within the confines of a very limited space, and it is of paramount importance that this process be disturbed as little as possible by the vicissitudes of the world at large.”

“Why do we pray when we are terrified? Why do we reserve this ancient and primitive ritual for moments of great distress? It is always the same supplication: O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me.”

Nothing beats a good book when you are feeling Blah!

If they are doing this for all the books, I can see my pay checks evaporating in front of my eyes!

Just a little “light” reading

This is my philosophy as well, maybe we are kindred spirits, Alex and I.

“For me, life is a whole experience, not just a series of isolated moments. It‘s like submerging yourself into a warm bath rather than sticking your toe under the faucet. It‘s the totality of life.”

Found a new series that I just can‘t seem to put down. Picked up numbers 3-5 at my bookstore but held off starting them before I ordered 1 & 2. I have to start at the beginning of a series (I‘m slightly OCD) but binge read them. Bummed that now I have to wait a few days before number 6 arrives. But they say anticipation makes it taste that much better! Also, the goth in me squeals every time I look on the covers to see the skulls “hidden” there

Thoroughly enjoying this series. Picked it up on a whim but now can‘t put them down. Read until my eyes bleed but in an hour, I‘m picking it back up for more. Kinda like Chinese food, an hour later you‘re hungry for more!

It has always fascinated me how books of all styles and genres can have an impact on a person. A book can shape someone; change their life, impact or re-create them, entertain them or influence them.”

“Rumors are like rain through an old roof. The effort of finding the source is greater than the cost of a new roof.”

“Nothing in history was a firsthand account, and the things known really meant things that were allowed to be known.”

“A successful lie is not fueled by the liar; it is fueled by the willingness of the listener to believe. You can‘t expose a lie without first shattering the wall to believe it. That is why leading people to truth is so much more effective than merely telling them.”

“Change will always face resistance, but we must forge forward in spite of it.”

“He was so eccentric as to suggest he might be genuinely nuts.”

“But theatre is the hallmark of ritual, and ritual is the touchstone of religion.”

“I don‘t exactly have a voice if thunder,” Grayson pointed out. “You can whisper and people will still hear thunder.”

Binged Sherlock and now reading the source material!

“Never underestimate the power of thousands of human minds all believing the same thing. They can remake reality. Sometimes for the better, sometimes not.”

The ONLY thing keeping me sane the last three days of sickness

“I believe that pain increases the intelligence of the stupid, and if inmates want to act stupid, then we‘ll give them some pain to help increase their intelligence level.” Great reading while in training on how to deal with offenders!

“Perfection is for people who are lying to themselves.” Waiting for the rest of my carpool!

“We barely get any time on this planet. Do not spend it pleasing other people. Fuck politeness. Live life exactly how you want to live it so you can live the life you make for yourself.”

“Knowledge not shared remains unknown.”

“Sometimes you learn more from losing than you do from winning. When you lose, you learn how to keep going.”

I may be almost 50 years old but I do love this series

“We snack as compulsively as serial killers kill.” Wonderful words to hear while I am in training and bored out of my skull!

Finally finished this one. Another hit for the Library Lovers series. With working two jobs and maintaining a household, I don‘t have much time to read but I try to carve out time for my cozy crimes. I really enjoy the small town atmosphere and the craftnoon ladies. I wish I had something like that in BFE Missouri!

“May we never forget. May we live with honor at all times, regardless of our circumstances. And may we choose love, a weapon that will defeat hate every single time. Love is the resistance.”

Haven‘t been on here in awhile. I just haven‘t felt like reading, which isn‘t like me. I can usually be found with a book in my hand but lately I think the stress of having a full time job and a part time job and a household to take care of I finally catching up with me. I think I will spend sometime tonight enjoying this one

I remember watching this movie when I was a kid, early 80s. I hadn‘t known it was a book until recently. So far, really good!

“For the greatest fear of death is always that it will pass us by. And leave us there alone.”

“Ove had never been asked how he lived before he met her. But if anyone had asked him, he would have answered that he didn‘t”

“Men are what they are because of what they do. Not what they say.”

“Sometimes light illuminates things that are better left in the dark.”

Looks promising. Endorsed by Rick Riordan so should t be too awful. Here‘s to good book and time on my hands!

Oh my goodness! Love everything in here. Saw Snape and squealed like a little girl! Thank you, thank you @OriginalCyn620 for the awesome books and pops. And thanks to @JenlovesJT47 for the swap. Can‘t wait to do another one! #Funkopopswap. #FPS

I‘ll say this about it, truly a story of a megalomaniac child molester. Warren Jeff should have been castrated as soon possible and been given a directive to have no contact with the outside world from his prison cell. To think that he still holds sway over the “church” is a joke. That “church” is simply a cult that segregated women and allows pedophiles to run rampant.