1. There are three zoos within an hour drive!
2. We have a membership to the Toronto Zoo, and we absolutely love it! Last visit was probably 3-4 weeks ago.
3. Wolves! The Arctic Wolves at Toronto are awesome (there are pups!), but I also miss the Timber Wolves 🐺
4. In zoo/sanctuary settings, yes. Wombats, Koalas, Kangaroos, Crocodiles, Snakes.
5. Thanks for the tag @CouronneDhiver 👋
@laurenslibrary #thursdaysurvey
Please welcome to Litsy one of my IRL book club friends!!! Head over to @Tungstensmum to say hi to Ashley and give her a follow 😁
#LitsyWelcomeWagon
1. Baby #3 (and girl #1), camping trip to Jacques Cartier next month, family vaca in Jamaica in December
2. I've been blasting this one: https://youtu.be/y2HywN1Zb2M
3. I used to dye my hair, and when I went backpacking in Australia the Outback heat/dry made the old, dry, previously dyed ends of my hair go a word shade of orange. I had to live with it for a couple months because I couldn't afford a proper cut.
4. Board games?
5. 👍
#HumpDayPost
pickBeautiful. This is not a fast paced, page turning, plot driven story. Rather it is about the characters, their pasts, presents, and futures, and the bonds of family they form together. And about the beauty and power of stories in all forms. Wagamese clearly had so much love and respect for these characters he created.
And that wraps up my second quarter for #Booked2019 (Indigenous Author)!
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
This might be a different type of #commitment than you were thinking, but my first thought on seeing the prompt this morning was of women committed to mental institutions, and the line "you walk from breakfast to madness"
#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
Who's got really good YA suggestions for my book club? We're meeting tonight, and I think we're leaning towards picking something YA for our next meeting 😁
Thanks in advance!
This pregnancy has been difficult on my body, so I thought I'd sign up for round two of the #BookFitnessChallenge to try and rebuild my strength and help me get through this summer!
My #BFC goals:
📚 Read at least 6 books overall (1/week)
🤸♀️ 3.5 hrs/wk (30 min/day) of stretching/strength training, plus the same amount of walking
👍 write at least 3 times/wk, either creative or personal journaling
Who else is joining?
@wanderinglynn
1. The Girls at the Kingfisher Club has really stuck with me.
2. I'm having trouble caring about my latest book club pick, The Beach House by Mary Alice Monroe. I think it's just not for me.
3. The new Erin Morgenstern!
4. My usual goals: read at least 50 books, and read from a diverse selection of authors. I've already read 39 books, and am doing pretty well diversifying my picks!
#thursdaysurvey @laurenslibrary
"I guess some people carry their dreams around in their heads so long it gets so they can't stand it any longer and they make it into a story so others can share that dream. In a way it sets them free to dream other dreams. Bigger ones, maybe. Happier ones, too."
#Movie #QuotsyJune19 @TK-421
#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo (and @MinDea we miss you!!!)
1. I found out I'm having a baby girl!
2. The Bell Jar or The Eyre Affair
3. #WeTheNorth
4. Margaret Laurence's The Diviners
I don't think I've ever cancelled plans specifically to read, but I have cancelled plans because I just don't feel up to socializing and subsequently spent that time reading!
#BookwormBingo
@EclecticReaders
A little bit late going out, but this baby is on its way to you @Tianarose
#LMPBC #ReadtheNorth
Let's go Raptors!!! Great book to read and a (hopefully) great game to watch. The King in the North is coming for you, GSW!
#booksandballs #WeTheNorth
pickI was in the mood for something light and fluffy, and this fit the bill. Not perfect, but fun and entertaining for sure!
And since a major catalyst for the action involves a video going viral on social media, I'm going to stretch and claim it for #Booked2019 - Social Media focus 😁
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft
#Booked2019 Spring quarter update: 4 down, 2 to go!
Cheers to escaping in the afternoon for a quiet tea and a good book. I read the first part of Jemisin's trilogy in January thanks to #NewYearWhoDis and @MeganAnn and this second book picks up with the same drive the first book ended with. No slowing down to awkwardly recap, just driving forward with the story👍
1. Reading Rainbow, or one no one else seems to remember called Zoobilee Zoo @BarbaraTheBibliophage
2. Travel more. Write. @Melissa_J
3. Usually go with my gut! @emtobiasz
4. Margaret Atwood @youneverarrived
5. From Electric Lit on FB: What was the last book you read that left you with a powerful sense of ambiguity? Not sure if you liked it, but it still sticks with you?
#FriYAYintro @howjessreads
It's been a roller coaster life lately. Just as I was starting to get a handle on pregnancy #3, life was rocked yet again. Just over a week ago we made the difficult decision to say goodbye to one of the best reading buddies a girl could ask for. Monty had been diagnosed with lymphoma in October, and the fighter in him outlived his prognosis by 3.5 months. But in the end, it was time to say goodbye. There's an empty place in our home.
I haven't been on Litsy much lately, but I wanted to share a little bit of excitement! I'm growing my third mini- bookworm, due in October! This little one is kicking my butt, and looking at screens for more than a minute or two makes me super nauseous, which is why I've been fairly MIA compared to my usual 😩 (my husband is convinced it's because this one is a girl).
#raisingreaders (soon to be x3!)
1. The #1 song on my 18th birthday was Come on Over by Christina Aguilera. I wanted her hair from that video so badly!
2. Scorpio
3. I think Carolyn Keene (I know she's not real, but still) and Ann M. Martin are probably equally responsible for me becoming the reader I am today.
4. If you're reading this, consider yourself my friend and therefore tagged!
#wondrouswednesday @eggs
1. Scorpio
2. My son's latest report card from school mentioned how he is very observant of his classmates and will always reach out to someone who seems sad and offer them help. Nothing could make me more proud of him.
3. Most recently was The Mountain Story. Just couldn't get into it.
4. My son's championship hockey game, and a visit with my parents.
5. 💖💖💖💖💖💖
#FriYAYintro @howjessreads
pickA fun, adventurous story. I enjoyed it even more learning that Constance Kopp was a real woman and much of the story is true!
pickIt's rare that I can go into a book with absolutely zero preconceptions or expectations. I found this one recently, I'd never heard of it or the podcast it prequels, but it sounded interested and fulfilled a #Booked2019 prompt so I decided to give it a go. It ended up being a gripping, page turning read and I can't wait to listen to the podcast because holy cliffhanger, Batman!
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
My #LMPBC selection is heading out the door on its way to @Tianarose and I received @ShelleyBooksie 's selection, so I'm all ready for April!
@StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
pickLots of fun, good quick read if you're looking for a laugh. Prepare for heavy use of the f-word. 😂😂😂
#Booked2019 - Set in Ireland AND Irish author 💚
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
Corned beef and cabbage in the slow cooker ✔
Soda bread in the oven ✔
Roddy Doyle to keep me company ✔
Happy St. Paddy's, everyone! 🍀
Catching a moment with my #LMPBC selection before the craziness of the day. A beautiful book for these little breaks of time.
Anyone else exhausted by March Break?
@StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @Tianarose @ShelleyBooksie
"Stories are a promise," Tom told me when he‘d had time to think it through. "They are a promise that the ending is worth waiting for."
http://u.pw/2hdgmm3
Warning to all, this story made me cry. Not just a little.
#FriYAYintro
This is the most recent selfie I have on my camera roll, it's from January when we took our boys skiing for the first time. I swear, little Dude was having a lot more fun than it looks like!
@howjessreads
pickI loved this one, the first chapter hooked me immediately. I'm already on the hold list for book #2. Thanks to @MeganAnn for including this on your #NewYearWhoDis list. My hold didn't come up in time to read it in January, but I appreciate the push to finally move this from TBR to read!
Just got home from work. 26% to go. If I fall asleep before I finish, the book will be returned and I have to go back on the wait list in order to finish it. Wish me luck!
1. This is my downtown, just 2 blocks from my house.
2. Yessir! I do miss the city sometimes, but I love my town.
3. 👍
4. Midday/early afternoon (aka little dude's nap time)
5. Bean soup/stew.
#FriYAYintro @howjessreads
Moms often try to be #AlltoAll, taking care of everyone and everything else. And I know I'm not alone, such an attempt generally (well, always) ends up failing. I love Bunmi Laditan's online writings for her honesty about motherhood, and for making me feel less isolated on this crazy ride. Her book is still on my TBR, but I'm moving up the OverDrive holds list!
#TimbitTunes @Cinfhen
THANK YOU everyone who played along this month!
One of my favourite books is largely set in Detroit (but not just in '67). #Detroit67 #TimbitTunes @Cinfhen
Sorry that I've been a bit absent over the last couple days. I've been really sick, and looking at my phone has made me woozy! I've been trying to at least check out as many #TimbitTunes posts as I can!
1. My dog Monty is still holding on, four months into a Lymphoma diagnosis, he refuses to give up. And my two cats, Aretha and Otis.
2. Saturday is hockey day for my eldest, Sunday afternoons I work at the library.
3. I love to cook and try out new recipes.
4. Newfoundland, Yukon, Halifax. 🇨🇦
5. Who is your biggest role model?
#FriYAYintro @howjessreads
pickAs a lover of big cities, especially NYC and Toronto, this collection was a beautiful, thought- provoking read. It is a LARGE collection, so I will admit I didn't read it in its entirety, but I did read a large selection. Her earliest writings for Vogue magazine were some of my favourites.
#Booked2019 - Reminds you of your happy place
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
"As I ate the oysters with their strong taste of the sea and their faint metallic taste that the cold white wine washed away, leaving only the sea taste and the succulent texture, and as I drank their cold liquid from each shell and washed it down with the crisp taste of the wine, I lost the empty feeling and began to be happy and to make plans."
#DinneratEight #TimbitTunes @Cinfhen
Former Canadian poet laureate George Elliott Clarke's novel-in-verse I&I begins in the dark side of Halifax. Joel Plaskett's #LoveThisTown is a love letter to the same city: https://youtu.be/yqj5YDyCqoM
#TimbitTunes @Cinfhen
Hey Rosetta!'s #CarryMeHome is a Christmas song about a man who wants nothing more than to reach the warmth and comfort of home, and to escape the hardships he faces. https://youtu.be/61EkGm__esw
An archetypal tale, as old as Western literature. I still have yet to read The Odyssey, but I loved Atwood's tale of the woman left at home awaiting her husband's return.
#TimbitTunes @Cinfhen
These are the books I'm thinking of for #LMPBC, I'll tag the rest in the comments. Let me know if you've read any of them!
@StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @Tianarose @ShelleyBooksie
As Head Gamemaster, Plutarch Heavensbee acts as a guide for Katniss through the game world, while hiding his true motivations and who he's working for. Sounds like a #WhiteRabbit to me!
#CharactersLikeAlice @LibrarianRyan
Like #Alice, Mary Anning was a young girl following her curious nature and discovering wonderful things.
#CharactersLikeAlice @LibrarianRyan
The video for the Barenaked Ladies' cover of #LoversinaDangerousTime is a love letter to Scarborough. Watch it here: https://youtu.be/yGsDlb2ziAk
Chariandy's Brother (current #CanadaReads selection) is very much a Scarborough story with a strong sense of place. Now, to find time to read it...
#TimbitTunes @Cinfhen
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