Great ending to my day - read the entire novella before bedtime. Fun and entertaining - just what I needed.

Cooking my way through A Homemade Life - today was the butternut squash and pear soup with vanilla bean infused cream. A feel like a full-on rock star - this is so so so good! Made with my own homemade veggie stock and I added a little pumpkin I had left from making muffins. Excuse me while I eat a vat of soup! 😋

Our local library has been closed for remodeling and just reopened this weekend. I went with my bookclub friends to check out the new space and OF COURSE checked out a few books. A BRAND NEW NEVER BEEN CHECKED OUT COPY!!! I‘m so happy just holding it!

I made the Chana Masala today - first time and it turned out great! Molly‘s directions are specific and easy to follow. Love this book!

Current bedside stack. Halfway through The Slow Regard. If you like The Name if the Wind, you‘ll enjoy this story about Auri.

My dog wants me to put down my book and pay attention to him.... but it‘s so good! It took me awhile to figure it out, but now I am really interested in the story.

This book is a very slow start. Too many characters to keep track of, and a whole world to figure out. Add to that a dead child, a missing child, and the end of the world.
I‘m not even 100 pages in and I‘m not sure I‘ll make it.
At least I have today off to read! Happy Labor Day 🇺🇸

Wow. Read this in one day. I haven‘t done that in a long while. I laughed at the flirty new romance at the beginning of the book, then got sucked in by Lily‘s story. So good.

And now it‘s past midnight and I have to work tomorrow. Great. I‘ll need the venti latte for sure!

Audio-puzzling 💕

A quiet morning.

I am enjoying this book! It reminds me of Handmaid‘s Tale, with long descriptions of domestic life. It‘s also very introspective, with dual narrative from Grace Marks and her psychologist, Dr. Jordan. Fascinating since it is based on real events!

Planning my week. How many of these can I read in the next week? #summer #teachersoflitsy

I 💜 the library

I started two books this week! The Atwood is a little creepy (of course) so I needed a Before Bed book to read. Enter The Wedding Date. It‘s delightful! Exactly what I needed.

I was listening to this audio book and walking at the arboretum near my house when I passed 15,000 last week! 🤓🤓🤓

Delightful! An American couple - newlyweds - arrive in Italy bringing too many appliances and a whole trunkload of secrets! Fast paced, funny, and surprising - I loved it! The only negative for me was too many characters that I kept forgetting who was who.

Starting the week by finishing this book. I have two and a half weeks of summer left and I‘m going to enjoy every quiet moment!

Stay-cation. #summer #teachersoflitsy

Today‘s agenda:
1) drink coffee
2) finish knitting a hat
3) read a book
#summer
#teachersoflitsy
#knittingphotobomb

This is a great book for anyone who loves books and libraries! Part library history, part Los Angeles history, and part mystery - who set fire to the Central Library in 1986?

Up next - The Italian Party. I‘m hoping it‘s light and fun!

I spent the weekend devouring this book. It‘s fascinating! Anyone tried intermittent fasting?

Gotta love Parks & Rec!

“... he believed he‘d learned more at the library than he would have at a university.”
Ray Bradbury read at the Los Angeles Public Library almost every day for thirteen years.

I can‘t go to the library without visiting the Friends Used Bookstore! Found these favorites - I‘m planning to give them away (except for the Jennifer Crusie one - that‘s for me 😉).

I have achieved one of my summer goals - to get a membership at the Orange Public Library. This is my fourth library card and it makes me so happy! I wasted no time and checked out these two books, even though I have no shortage of reading material.

Reading about the Los Angeles library fire with my mint plant and holiday coffee mug.

Starting a new book ❤️

I put my #audible on hold for 90 days, but not before I spent all my credits! Which one to listen to first? Such a great problem to have!

I‘m in the middle of re-reading this one and it‘s such a great book. It‘s like traveling to Venice, a little history lesson, and vacation romance all at once. Delightful.

Re-reading The Rossetti Letter for my bookclub and knitting this hat with my favorite yarn, Malabrigo Rios.

Knitting and watching Harry Potter with my son. #knitting

The story of Leni, a young girl who moves with her parents to Alaska to live off the land. I hated this book because Leni‘s dad suffered from PTSD and was violent and abusive, and Leni‘s mom was a victim. However, I loved the twists in the story, the cast of characters, and the setting of Alaska. This picture is from my recent trip to Alaska. It is beautiful there, perfect for daydreaming about escaping your life.

My goals for this week:
Finish The Great Alone
Finish Early Riser
Re-read The Rossetti Letter
Start The Library Book
No problem, right? It‘s summer. #teachersoflitsy

A bright, cool morning.
Sitting outside with my coffee and my dogs.
Starting a new book.
💜

This book ticked all the boxes for me - interesting characters, secrets, mystery, and a little teenage romance. I did figure out part of it in the middle, but not the whole thing until the very end. Nicely done! (Finished reading this afternoon while my dog took a nap. I‘m happy to be back at home!)

I was in Seattle this weekend! I flew home today (to Southern California) and started this book on the plane. Hooked already! I‘ll read while I do all the vacation laundry tomorrow 🤓

The library on our cruise ship is beautiful. I just love looking at it! Celebrity cruise to Alaska this week with my family - loaded up six books on my kindle! Might be enough...

Getting ready for a trip to Seattle and Alaska! Very excited. Downloaded six books for a ten day trip. Should be enough! 😳🤓

Inspired by all you audio walkers, I got off my couch and went for a walk! Thanks for your posts!

Victoria (the main character) is bounced around from foster home to group home until she turns 18. What‘s next? And why is she so seriously damaged? And how does she know so much about flowers?
I enjoyed this book, but in the middle I thought it might break me, but then the story turned and I liked the ending.

Current read and current view. Enjoying this day off from work and soaking up the fresh air and sun!

I cannot go into a bookstore and NOT buy a book....or five.... The Bookman, Orange, California. 💚📚

Audio book for my weekend in Vegas car trip! So far so good! Great characters - I‘m loving Francis!

Ending the day in the same place I started the day. My dog is keeping me company while I finish this book. I‘m in the last 20% and it‘s SO GOOD. Kate Morton is like a spider weaving a web of characters. I love the mystery and finding out how they are all intertwined.

“...so that they do not need to bother seeing or feeling things now.”
#truth

Breakfast and reading time. Saturday mornings are wonderful.

Another great book by Celeste Ng exploring what makes a person a parent - what does it mean to be a good mother? From the outwardly perfect mother of four to the single mother of one to the mother who leaves her baby at a fire station to the mother who adopts the abandoned baby..... Excellent novel! I couldn‘t put it down.

Weekend plans - finish Little Fires Everywhere, start Early Riser, and reread The Rossetti Letter. 🤓

Currently reading but may be napping soon, despite the fact that I already like this book and I just started it yesterday. Happy weekend!

The peanut butter bars are amazing! The book is even better. Read the book. Make the bars. Thank me later 💕

I‘m making Pat Prager‘s Peanut Butter Bars from this book, and I can‘t wait to try them! (Recipe is in the book and on Pinterest)