1. What‘s Next? When you‘re about to retire and your kids have moved out.
2. Tagged
#Two4Tuesday thank you for the tags @Kshakal and @TheSpineView
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @BethM @BookNAround
Quick! Buy this and read it before the sequel drops in June. 📚
#wondrouswednesday Thanjs for the tags @Eggs @TheSpineView
1. 🤰👨 👱🏻♂️
2. How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard out in June
3. Nikolas Butler
All should play before Wednesday is gone ☺️
1. Work, a retirement party and helping my munchkin move to a new apartment.
2. None, I usually read in bed.
3. A nice book mark or barring that…whatever I can find
4. Tagged
#motivationalmonday @Cupcake12
@JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @TheSpineView
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
💕 either
🩷 either, prefer fiction print and memoirs in audio
💕 Historical
💕 Recent
💕 Coffee in the morning, tea any other time
💕 Physical anytime, digital is nice for travel and midnight reading
💕 print is always on hand but audio for knitting, cleaning, running, yard work, car rides ☺️
@JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM
1. I see Ann Napolitano has an old book being released so I have a new hold on Within Arms Reach…I saw intergenerational and Irish, sold.
2. How the Light Gets In by Joyce Maynard, the sequel to Count the Ways. I saw an online reading of the first chapter last weekend, she is so gifted.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView Thanks for the tag @Kshakal - I‘m late getting on this, I‘d love everyone to join in.
Two books, going backwards. I just finished the prequel to The Book of Edgar Sawtelle, which I first read in 2008. After waiting 16 years for this, it was everything I needed, excessive at times. I need to ponder Familiaris a bit before I can really review it - meanwhile I want to take another run at the original.
#TLT Thanks for the tag @dabbe
All three of my favorite novellas are in one book - Different Seasons has Rita Hayworth (The Shawshank Redemption), The Body (Stand by Me) and The Apt Pupil in it. I am generally not a fan of short stories but this book was a 1982 standout. I wore it out and bought a used copy last summer to read them all again. Stephen King is synonymous with childhood and shaped the 6th grade reader in me.
1. People can change. It is amazing to witness and support.
2. Department of corrections, was an adult probation agent for 28 years and retiring later this year from the Sex Offender Registry, which, believe it or not, has been a fabulous change 😂
3. Librarian (and hope to find a side gig being an assistant at the local library soon for my next adventure)
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
Tagging all who need some wonder this Wednesday!
1. My middle name is my aunt‘s name.
2. Tagged only because I assume Prince Harry is named after someone, this question was hard ☺️
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM #Two4tuesday
I really wanted to enjoy this book more, but it felt like a slog for me.
1. Michael Tolliver from 2. The Tales of the City by Armistead Maupin…I read this series several times in college and as a young adult, such a fun coming of age story in a wild 70‘s/80‘s San Francisco.
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
I squee‘d out loud at my office today when I saw I was accepted to read this through NetGalley. I have literally been waiting a decade for this book, 980 pages is daunting but I feel very grateful for it! 📚 💕
1. Some walks and yoga, and picking up my daughter from college Friday.
2. Familiaris by David Wroblewski, local author of Edgar Sawtelle, I‘ve been waiting for this - it‘s 980 pages yikes!
3. Historical fiction
#motivationalmonday @Cupcake12
Want to play @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal
1. Apple Pie - mom was the best pie maker. She would be 72 tomorrow on her leapday birthday 🩷 she loved her special day every four years.
2. A slightly musty basement because my mom stored our Christmas boxes in the basement, it reminds me of her.❤️
3. The smell of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride…also the burning of the library of Alexandria on Spaceship Earth…because DisneyWorld.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs Thank you!
1. Oh yes, love a joke. My mom was the best April Fooler around. I once put a sticker for a political nominee a friend HATED on his vehicle. It was in good fun, he nearly blew a gasket but later could confess it “was a good one” and my nominee went on to lose. @JenReadsAlot may remember? 🤣
2. I can‘t think of a fiction story with a joker but love memoirs by Jim Gaffigan and Mike Birbiglia.
Thanks for the tags @Kshakal @TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
1. I have 4 meals out and a wedding this week 😳 lots of food ahead, and an author event with @JenReadsAlot
2. The trio singing Hakuna Matata in Lion King as no worries and take it easy is good advice.
3. Warm weather for enjoying nature, sprucing up my yard.
#motivationalmonday @Cupcake12
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. 1997 when we bought our current home.
2. Durable Goods by Elizabeth Berg, I really enjoyed her early books.
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal Tagging @JenReadsAlot and @BethM
1. I did send and give a few to friends and my daughters. I gave cookies in heart bags to my friend, @JenReadsAlot and the fam. My college kid got a nice care package today.
2. No, I think there are many people out there you never meet so one soulmate seems stingy, limiting :)
3. Knitting and reading all day with a nice dinner in, followed by pinball or other adventure.
@Eggs - thank you, I look forward to this every week🥰 #wondrouswednesday
1. Ash Wednesday Church followed by pinball I hope.
2. 50 Shades of Grey? 🤣 or The Notebook?
Thanks for the tags @Kshakal @TheSpineView
#Two4Tuesday
1. Last week of a sugar detox and I‘ve learned a lot, I feel happier, and I can live without Pepsi Max and coffee. Will I live without, we will see.
2. I love the holiday for the reds and pinks. I made my fav cookies and handed them out in heart bags to everyone because see 1. Sugar detox, ack! I sent some Valentines and a package to my college kid.
3. I‘d be picking berries in Maine 🤔 #motivationalmonday
1. Just Can‘t Get Enough by Depeche Mode or Celebration by Kool and the Gang
2. The Big Island of Hawaii
3. Solitude, walking, resting, reading
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday ❤️❤️
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. Every year my dad gives me a large heart filled with chocolate and I love receiving it, the tradition of it. 🩷I love to give treats to others for Valentines/Galentine‘s - I‘m so caught up in red and pink, I miss helping my kids make their valentines boxes 🩷
2. I love a good coming of age story, The Body by Stephen King which Stand by Me was based. Chris and Gordy.
Thank you for the tag @Kshakal
1. Hands down my favorite book was The Covenant of Water, maybe my favorite all year, we‘ll see.
2. Maybe Kristin Hannah‘s new one The Women or whatever BOTM brings.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView
Thank you for the tag @Kshakal - better late then never I posted lol.
Thank you for the tag @Cuilin
1. I‘m doing a detox with my yoga instructor, it‘s fun prepping food and attempting to have discipline lol and finishing up a 30 day yoga challenge. And work.
2. A Wolf at the Table ARC from NetGalley
3. Curious, creative
@Cupcake12 #motivationalmonday
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal
#tlt @dabbe
1. What‘s next for me.
2. Why politics have gotten so decisive. So so divided. Will it ever get better?
3. The future of the earth.
Thanks for the tag @JenReadsAlot
#two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
1. I daydream about the future a lot, I will likely retire this year but I have a lot of unknowns niggling at me. What does the future look like for me and my family. I hope it‘s a warmer location at some point, lots of exploring and finding new purpose.
2. Any magical realism inspires me but also family epics in different places has me wondering about what it looks like. The tagged book right now has me dreaming.
#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern
Yes! Sarah Addison Allen, I love her magical realism. Nikolas Butler, excellent local author. Katherine Center, fun rom-com. Joyce Maynard, depth and relatability of her stories. Stephen King, I love his stories and nostalgia, been reading him since 1982.
We have had such cold temps in WI that the roads are a mess after our first massive snowstorm. I dread winter driving so much that I didn‘t leave the house for 6 days. Thankfully my husband is fearless so he could keep us fed! Feeling anxious was not good but I‘ve also been doing Adrienne‘s annual 30 day yoga challenge…I think it has really helped ground me, along with the coziness of this group! We‘ve got this #Midwintersolace friends!
#TLT @dabbe
1. I am ridiculously sentimental and keep too many school projects, pictures and clothes from my daughters with the idea I will one day make a charm quilt for each of them.
2. Stuffed animals, it‘s a weird holdover from childhood, they seem alive to me, my husband has to handle the stuffies. 🤦🏼♀️
3. Work calendars. I like to remember who I was working with and go down memory lane.
1. The first half of the 20th century, or the present.
2. The Five: The Untold Lives of the Women Killed by Jack the Ripper. An #auldlangspine pick
3. The Stand 1200 pages and Under the Dome 1094 pages, both Stephen King.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs
Tag team @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM
Thanks for the tag @Kshakal #Two4Tuesday
1. I have driven manual many times but would not say I was ever proficient at it. I could probably do it if I had to, but the gears be grinding. 🤣
2. Christine by Stephen King, scared me as a kid!
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM
pickI finished a second book recommended by my #AuldLangSpine partner @Birdsong28 ❤️ - a fun romp through the public relations world of fashion in London. A solid, eccentric group of workmates working in a pretty despicable world of celebrity. The leading lady Frankie finds herself as she realizes she pretty good at handling the crap she is handed. If there is sequel, she will get her feet fully under her and create some clever boundaries.
Just finished an excellent audio of Dennis Lehane‘s Small Mercies, he writes a gritty Boston. The story is told over the background of busing in an effort to end segregation of schools in Boston in the 70‘s. I enjoys the book so much and it got me thinking about the back story as well. I found this documentary on YouTube, well done and interesting. It‘s a good day for me when a fiction book brings historical awareness. Doc link in comments.
Cars are mostly to get from here to there but I have a few favorites of my own…
1. My 1986 Pontiac Sunbird GT Turbo with the pop up headlights and hood stripes
2. My 1993 Acura Integra, so fun
3. My dad‘s 1969 Roadrunner, the horn went “meep meep”
#T4T @dabbe
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Birdsong28 @Kshakal
Enjoying a sneak peek of PBS‘ All Creatures Great and Small and panel with the actors on zoom - while knitting my sheep hat. Season 4 tonight, I absolutely love this show and just finished the book read by the actor who plays James Herriot. So good. 🐶 🐱 🐮 🐷 🐑
pick#fridaynightshare #naturalitsy #midwintersolace this is my favorite more recent winter nonfiction. I have been in a rabbit hole of Everest books for several years. This guy was funny, and his accent was fantastic on audio. I had to stop walking and put my hands on my knees when he described defecating in his own hood on the mountain. It probably “was the best of times and the worst of times” for Fergus. 😂
pickFinished my first pick from @Birdsong28 #auldlangspine list. After reading this I am very curious to learn more about mid-1800 London. The workhouses and rented beds intrigue me. Id like to know how the city transformed. I may have liked more details about the cases, perhaps because I‘m in Corrections. The victims were quickly written off as vagrants and prostitutes, the book uncovered so much more. They shared a thread of addiction and loss.
Happy New Year! 🥳 tagged the first book of 2024, a pick from @Birdsong28 for #auldlangspine - I‘m grateful to shut the door on 2023, plan some new goals and plans.
#audioknitting Enjoying progress on my hat while finishing up this book. Now to pick what‘s next!
1. My goal was to read 75 books and I‘m getting close to 100, Covid over the holiday has helped me pad my total a bit. lol.
2. Tagged book was my only 5 ⭐️ for December. (Expected as I typically read a lot of holiday fluff)
3. I‘m hoping to start my year off with something from my #auldlangspine list, perhaps The Five.
@Eggs #Wondrouswednesday
This series is like milk and cookies for me. Season 4 starts January 7, I can‘t wait. Until then, let me just travel from my pillow to the Scottish Highlands.
#auldlangspine I‘ve been matched with @Birdsong28 and look forward to digging in. I‘ve already found one on a kindle deal and have read all of the synopsis to gear up and plan my library holds lol. The list is nice mix of things for me to enjoy, January is shaping up to be a good month of reading. Thank you @Birdsong28 And thank you to @monalyisha for putting this together during the busy holiday season!
I had to choose both movies as well as soup and chili, I like them all! All the things except shopping, sound delightful ❄️ @dabbe #TLT #thisorthat Thank you!
1. I enjoy Love, Actually every year.
2. “All I want for Christmas is a new Christmas gift for my mom and I” oof, but would I ever. 💗
3. Tagged, I read or listen every year. Peppermint oil is a topic in the book, so it motivates me to run my diffuser and enjoy the freshness of winter. ❄️
@Eggs @TheSpineView - thank you for the tags! #wondrouswednesday Tagging my tag team @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM
1. If I had to be done, I could be, but I could also round out a couple of things with one more trip🤣
2. Oh, hard question…I just finished Bright Lights, Big Christmas and the main character kept shopping a floral market and I thought that would be nice. I covet fancy ribbons. 🎀
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView @Kshakal Tagging @JenReadsAlot and @BethM #Two4Tuesday
Up early knitting by the light of the tree 🎄#hyggehug #midwintersolace
This was a sweet read but I think this will mark the close of my holiday reading. I‘m quite possibly holiday‘d out. 🎄
