Oh man this one just about killed me. I'm a blubbering mess. I'd read the book, so nothing was a surprise except that the movie was really well adapted. I'm going to have a crying hangover in the morning. 🥺

Starting this one while I wait for my daughter to get off from work. I've never read Lisa Jewell, but I won this one off Goodreads. Hoping it's good. 🤞

#20in4 #readathon

I'm going to try to do 20 hours, but I'm getting a late start. I did finish a book yesterday (Atlas Six, and it was fab!), but I didn't clock myself. My guy and I always do a rewatch of Band of Brothers over Memorial Day weekend. He pretty much snoozes on the couch, while I tend to read while it's on. Anyway, it's gonna be a lazy weekend, so I plan to get plenty of reading done. Hope to finish the tagged and a couple more. 🤞

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Loved this one. On to book two.

This was totally a FOMO purchase. I'd read that people were having a hard time finding it and that they weren't going to be printing it with the dragons on the pages any more, and, well...here we are. I ordinarily prefer paperbacks, but it's Just. So. Pretty.

I am pathetic. 🙄

A Florida school has banned Amanda Gorman's poem after one parent's complaint. 😒

Gorman commented, “Book bans aren't new. But they have been on the rise…often all it takes to remove these works from our libraries and schools is a single objection. And let's be clear: most of the forbidden works are by authors who have struggled for generations to get on bookshelves. The majority of these censored works are by queer and non-white voices.”

Poppy cannot seem to stop sniffing my library book. I wonder if the person who had it before me was eating bacon while they were reading. 🤔

My daughter and I dropped by the FotL bookshop this morning, and I picked up these for just $8. The Anna Karenina and Top of the World are like new, without a single crease in the spines. 😁

I've had some decent luck with goodreads giveaways lately. I've won four in the past couple of weeks, and these two arrived today.

I can't think of many things I love more than a good armchair travel book. Got these two today, plus the adorable little book marker, with a Barnes and Noble gift card. If there are any travel memoirs you love, I'm always up for recommendations.

It's #lflweek. We've had ours almost a year, and I've loved every moment of it. Just last week my daughter was outside and 3 children started asking her questions. "Do we need to bring the books back?" Nope, they're yours to keep. "Do we need to bring a book to trade?" No. And then the littlest says "do you BUY all the books?" They all left with a ? and some bookmarks, and my heart was filled with joy when my daughter told me about it. ❤️

My kids got me the backpack for Mother's Day. My husband's gift to me was taking me to Barnes and Noble and saying "get all the books you want." These were the only two that really spoke to me, but I've been wanting the Lisbon one for a while.

Hope you're all having a great weekend.

I was going to be good. My husband told me he was taking me to Barnes and Noble tomorrow for Mother's Day, so I wasn't planning on buying bookish things at Target. But I just couldn't help myself. 🤷‍♀️

I don't usually have issues with movie version covers. BUT changing the name is a big no-no. Yuck. 👎

I love books with maps in them. 🗺

While I do recommend this book, I don't recommend reading the last 20 pages in a parking lot waiting for your kid to get off work. So many people passed by staring at the crazy lady sobbing in her car. 😭

This book was recently left in my LFL. I rarely take books out, but this one looked good, & I'm really enjoying it. Thing is, it's book 37 of a series that apparently started in 1985. So, I'm wondering, if you've read any of these, would you recommend going back and starting from the beginning? Or should I just see which ones I can find at the local FotL (their paperbacks are $0.50) and read them out of order?

I had a $25 gift card, and this set was on sale to the point that it only cost about $30 after that, so I snagged it. Don't know if I'll like it, but I figure if I don't, I'll stick it in my little free library.

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This story was a good (and important) one and easily worthy of five stars. The writing itself was a bit disjointed and repetitive, however. I think a little editing could have done wonders for the book, but it was still one I'm very glad to have read.

I'm loving this book (because I'm learning a lot, not because it's a happy comfy book). But, it's bringing back memories of how truly horrible this 4 year period was. I'd forgotten, or blocked out, some of the more disgusting moments, quite a few of them following on the heels of Hurricane Maria.

#NoLongLinesForYou 🔥

I've had this book on my tbr shelves for a while now. I'm trying to decide if I need to read it first or watch the show first. My usual plan is book before film, but idk. If you've read and watched, what would you suggest?

The weather today has been super yucky, so I spent a stormy hour in Barnes and Noble. Came away with these. I'm really excited about the top two. I love memoirs. Especially travel ones.

#RainyDayBookHaul

The bottom 4 plus the Year of Yes were today's #libraryhaul. The top 3 left, I got from the friends of the library book sale (for $2.50). Hard to say which I'm most enthusiastic about, but I've been wanting to read the tagged one for a while.

Ok, you brilliant readers. I want to give Sanderson a shot. What should I start with? I read Final Empire ages ago and recall nothing, so I'd need to reread it. Is that where I should start? Is there a definitive order to his books? Help!

Spent some time in Barnes and Noble this morning and tried to show some restraint. The top 3 are for my youngest kiddo, though I'm planning to read the first two with him (how cute is that Dust and Grim cover?!). Bottom two are ones I've been wanting for me. Even just a half hour spent in a bookshop restores my soul a little bit.

Nothing beats a book in a coffee shop.

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Between a so-so and a pick. This one finds Jess working as part of the defense team intent on helping her friend escape a murder conviction. Nothing earth-shattering here, but it was a solid cozy. My only real complaint is that the plot felt way too similar to the last one of these I'd read - Martinis and Mayhem. If I'd read these in pub order, I'm sure I'd not have noticed the similarities, though, as there were 12 books between them.

So, my dog may be a ginormous butthole, but my oldest kiddo is really sweet. I got a package this morning. He'd found me a replacement for the book Poppy ate. 😊 The original one wasn't particularly sentimental to me, but this one sure will be.

"I think the mailman did it." - Poppy

The cover was gorgeous, so who needs to read the blurb, right? Wrong. This was bad. So bad. Like Disney fanfic porn. I don't hate romance, but some of it is just nausea inducing. This was one of those for me. Hard no.

I picked this book up with a couple of misconceptions. First I thought it was by the same author who wrote the Gallagher Girl books (nope, that's Ally Carter), and I thought it was about royal vampires - I am a by the cover buyer, I rarely read blurbs. Despite the lack of vampires, I really liked it. YA tends to be very hit or miss for me, but this one was a big hit.

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This one lacked all the charm of the Biden / Obama books. Maybe because it was told from the staffer's perspective, I don't know. But the mediocre story wasn't enough to carry this one.

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While maybe not rich in realism, this one was chock full of escapist fun.

Anyone need a dog? Slightly used. 🤬

I'm totally allergic to her, and I can live without breathing too well. I can deal with her eating my shoes. I can even live with the fact that she peed in my bed. But eating my books?!?! #$@&*!!!!!

Ooh! I can't wait! 😃

Probably my last #botm box for a while. I just can't justify buying more hardbacks when I don't like reading them. I love the look of them, but they hurt my old lady fingers. And I find myself just checking out the audio or ebook on libby for books I already own.

Only tangentially bookish, but I thought some of you might appreciate it. Today my daughter and I met David Tennant. I got him to sign this drawing she made of him and the TARDIS when she was about 7. It's had a framed spot on my DW bookshelf for the past 13 years (she's 20), and now I love it just a little bit more.

Gus thinks Road of Bones is a story you can really sink your teeth into...

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I got this without reading the blurb. My assumption was it had to do with mountain climbing in Turkey. Turns out it was a horror novel based around the discovery of (possibly Noah's) Ark. It was a great surprise. A creepy fun book that kept me up late reading (til I had to download a tame book to read for a few chapters so I could actually go to sleep without worrying about what was hiding in the dark waiting to get me).

My daughter and I spent about an hour in Barnes and Noble yesterday, and these books just sort of ended up following me home. 🤷‍♀️

Finally got a bingo on my #ISpyBingo board. It's been really useful in helping me decide what to read next. I've started Packing for Mars for suitcase. I think sports jersey and footprints (and time) may keep me from a blackout, but we'll see.

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks and @Clwojick for a fun little challenge.

I'm looking for #ISpyBingo recommendations. Specifically, I'm looking for suitcase, mirror, window blinds, and pizza. Any suggestions?

My sweet little Gus loves the kindle. It leaves plenty of lap room and one hand free for pats and belly rubs. Nearly done with Kings of the Wyld, and it's been a rollicking good time. I've got book two on hold on audio, and I'm hoping it'll come through soon.

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Loved this charming little book so much. Can't wait for the sequel.

I am loving this book. I'm torn between not wanting to put it down and not wanting to get to the end. Gus is maybe not as big a fan, but his complaint is largely that it takes up valuable lap space.

Probably 2/3 audiobooks and a lot of rereads.

Favorite of the year was The Winners by Fredrik Backman, with his Us Against You coming in a close second.
Honorable Mentions:
Remarkably Bright Creatures
The Bullet That Missed
The Guncle
Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow

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March
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January (I'm a bit late, trying to catch up)
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Drinking coffee from my new ASL travel mug while reading this delightful little book. ☕️