Coffee and reading by the pool. I never want July to end.
July 27, 2025
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Coffee and reading by the pool. I never want July to end.
July 27, 2025
Used bookstore finds from this morning!
Tustin and Orange, California
July 19, 2025
When your puzzle inspires you to read some new things…..
July 16, 2025
I‘m starting this book today! Another beautiful summer morning.
July 10, 2025
Another book on an overcast summer morning.
#summerbreak
#teachersoflitsy
July 7, 2025
Adventures with my book part #2
Reading in the gazebo in my back yard
#teachersoflitsy
#summer
June 27, 2025
Adventures with my book part #1
Breakfast as a reward for doing the recycling.
June 27, 2025
Library stack 🩷📚
June 20, 2025
One more week left of school and then I‘m free for the summer! But the coffee and reading mornings outside have begun! Adding a little journaling and watching the pool robot to start my day.
June 8, 2025
Another delightful book from Amor Towles. His writing is close to perfection. View from our stateroom balcony on a cruise ship.
April 27, 2025
At the start of a journey. Bought this book at LAX with my coffee before my flight. Excited to spend a week on a trip with my husband!
April 20, 2025
Library visit to get some books for spring break next week. We are all struggling with such a late spring break - everyone is ready! Also, I‘m so excited to find the latest Flavia de Luce book available! 🩷
#teachersoflitsy
April 10, 2025
pickI finally finished this book of short stories in a patch of morning sunshine. I liked the last stories the best. “Metempsychosis” - a story about a woman who thinks she is a snail, was quite disturbing. “My Evil Mother” made me smile.
March 9, 2025
“Isn‘t everyone with any degree of self knowledge an insignificant person?”
Yes, Ms. Atwood. We are.
February 8, 2025
I went to the library and this is my assortment for the week. I‘m going to finally finish Between Two Kingdoms (about half way), make a sweary cross stitch for my friend, and try a new recipe from Ina. Should keep me out of trouble!
December 29, 2024
These audiobooks are honestly such a comfort to me. I listened to this series during a personal rough period (health problems - my husband). Listening to them again reminds me I am a survivor.
I‘m having a lazy, post-Christmas day. Reading (and napping) with my dog close by. Good book so far!
December 27, 2024.
I‘m having a personal crisis, so this morning I decided it‘s time for round 2. I felt better after only five minutes of Kinsey. Audiobooks are great therapy. It‘s a reminder of my progress and growth too. Thank you so much, Sue Grafton and Mary Peiffer.
December 9, 2024
I like books about train trips. But this one is crazy so far….
November 26, 2024
Audiobook for my road trip. Loving it so far!
November 24, 2024
This entry has stayed with me.
November 21, 2024
Afternoon reading time under the umbrella. It‘s a beautiful day and my feet are warming in a ray of sunshine. I live for these days!
October 20, 2024
pickLatest reads. Really liked the cozy mystery genre and A Quiet Life was delightful. Assistant to the Villian was fun but SUCH a tease.
Starting this book in a hotel. Weekend getaway for a family birthday party!
October 6, 2024
Dinner & reading. Sloppy Joe made with lentils and topped with pickled red onion & cabbage. Ginger peach sparkling water was a winner.
September 15, 2024
pickWow! This was a dense read. It took me a while to get used to the main character‘s voice. The author‘s writing style is like a heavily annotated autobiography. But towards the end, things started to click and I went back to put the pieces together. It was all there and I missed most of it.
Brilliant!
September 7, 2024
This book is wordy - it took me awhile to get accustomed to the author‘s pace - but I‘m into it now!
August 20, 2024
I‘ve started dating my posts because I like to go back and look at my past posts, a digital reading scrapbook. Anyone else like the dates?
Coffee date with myself and my book. Reading my way through all of Emily St. John Mandel‘s books. She is in my top five all time favorite authors. 🩷
August 9, 2024
Soaking up the last day of July. I wish summer could last a little longer!
July 31, 2024
pickFive stars. Loved it!
This book is about a young author and her famous father. It is also about a marriage, and about being a wife and mother. It‘s also a story within a story.
Set in New York City and a house in the Hamptons, the story moves between present day daughter and father narratives and past mother narrative. Thrown in is one of their novels. It works so well. And I loved the ending - not tidy, but hopeful.
July 25, 2024
Breakfast with my book.
July 21, 2024
Book and lunch. I feel so blessed to have some alone time this week. My husband has a work conference and I got to come along to enjoy the hotel. Today‘s agenda includes fancy girl lunch and a massage.
July 17, 2024
pickI finished this second book of Chamber‘s series by the pool in Laguna Beach. I‘m glad it wasn‘t crowded because the ending made me cry happy tears. The duet of Pepper‘s and Sidra‘s stories of survival and adaptation were so interesting and compelling to me. Chambers explores the hard questions about existence with such an open hand. It is beautiful to read.
The Ranch at Laguna Beach is fantastic! Especially if your husband has a work trip…
Morning reading with coffee. My “go away I‘m reading” mug has been used so much that the words faded away.
pickThis novel, inspired by the real diaries of midwife Martha Ballard, is such good reading. I couldn‘t put it down.
Six books from the library is a lot for even me, but they will be closed on July 4 for the holiday….
pickAahhh such a great summer book! Hilderbrand‘s Nantucket books are the best summer reads and this one is excellent! Ticked all the boxes for me.
June 30, 2024
pickOh boy was this book a twisty ride! I felt very mentally unstable as I tried to figure out what was real and what was not what it seemed. It kept me doubting reality right up to the end.
5 books behind schedule for the year‘s reading goal.
Thankful for summer and the time to catch up!
pickI read this book on the plane ride home after five days in Hawaii. The trip was great! This book was creepy. I‘m still not sure if I liked it. It kept me entertained on a five hour flight so that‘s good!
pickI read this in one day. The story really pulled me in and I loved the religious themes of silence and forgiveness.
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