🥾 Tagged. Also anything set on the Appalachian Trail
🥾Thunderstorms and traveling alone
🥾No, it‘s just not my thing. I‘d rather be reading or playing outside
🥾Bloodbuzz Ohio by The National
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🌼It‘s a nickname based on fun adventures that I love get myself (& my feet) into
🌼 Archivist
🌼 Working, Netflix, lots of walks, lots of bubble baths, some puzzles & reading
🌼 Tagged. I LOVE it so far! 🏀
🌼 I‘ve been finding that what helps one day might not help on the next. I‘m trying to be flexible and gentle with myself.
#allaboutme
pickI pretend that I read these books so I can make sure they‘re ok for my nieces and nephew but I think we all know that I read them because they‘re funny and smart and adorable. 🦄
Thunderstorms knocked out our power about 6 hours ago. What‘s a gal to do but read a somewhat-work-related-book by headlamp?
Just noticed that my shoes match my book. Also, this book is amazing.
Made lemon sponge pie from this book today. Had some issues with the crust but it still smells divine.
Broke my 2020 book buying ban to support my local indie ❤️
I‘ve repurposed the tray I never use for reading in the tub as my standing desk/jellybean holder. I‘m very proud of this life hack.
pickI‘ve been reading this since the end of November. I can‘t believe I finally finished it! I absolutely loved it and miss it already.
Apparently the only thing I can read right now is a quietly calm book about being a shepherd in the Lake District, and I‘m 100% ok with that.
I had no idea that urban planning/historic preservation romance novels were a thing, but I‘m 1000% here for them! This was so sweet.
1. Novelist with a pen name. I don‘t like the limelight so I think it would be easier to hide from people!
2. Library
3. Dedication
4. Burn....but hopefully just in a survival situation where the fire will help keep me alive!
#manicmonday @JoScho
This books is cute but I‘ve lost all of my reading mojo. Giving up on #stayathome24in48 after about 16 hours of reading this weekend. I still love reading and I gave it the old college try....there‘s just too much going on for me to focus right now.
Here goes nothing! I‘m mostly posting on Instagram this weekend. I‘m @Hoopiefoot there too. #stayathome24in48
Trying to spend some time with Mary Oliver every day. She helps me stay sane in these crazy times.
The perfect antidote for these crazy times. Quirky, funny, tender, and calming. I usually listen to audiobooks on 1.5x speed but I‘ve slowed down this one and find it very relaxing.
Porch reading in my Snuggie. I really needed some fresh air.
Post-work porch reading on a beautiful afternoon. I can‘t wait to get my rocking chairs back out.
Celebrating International Women‘s Day by learning more about Mary Ann Shadd Cary. Born in Wilmington, DE to free black parents in 1823, she was an educator, the 1st African American woman to publish and edit a newspaper in North America, a lawyer, and much more. I learned about her while researching a work project and now I‘m completely fascinated by her life.
I see what the hype is about now! Not getting anything done today until I finish this.
1. Sometimes. I request a lot of books from the library without ever seeing the cover. It‘s always a fun surprise to see what they look like when I pick up the holds!
2. I just finished the galley and immediately the book. I loved it so much.
3. NPR, NY Times, Washington Post
4. Snooze unless I‘m awake before the alarm goes off.
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Admiring the beautiful weather from my comfy couch nest. Still plugging away at this book. It‘s a slow read but I‘m really enjoying it.
pickI read this 10 years ago and it was a delightfully immersive reading experience. It‘s equally as immersive and delightful on audio now, although this experience is heavier knowing that Bourdain is no longer in this world.
Anyone else doing the #greatbackyardbirdcount this weekend? I‘ve got my book, my binos, and a never ending cup of tea at the ready.
Books + Bikes = ❤️
If there‘s anything I love more than books it‘s bikes. Fortunately for me, my local indie bookstore decorates a bike for every season.
If I can‘t run, at least I can read about running.
Fascinating and enraging Saturday morning read.
I am not a great library patron. Usually I just pick up my holds and then I leave right away. Tonight I returned my books and then wandered the stacks. It was such a relaxing way to wind down from a crazy week—ai need to do this more often!
On my way to work, pretending I‘m actually driving to Ellingham Academy
Afternoon reading. I have no idea where this book is going but I like it so far. I love when authors drop you into a story and you have to figure out what‘s going on.
I may have had to cancel my weekend plans because I have the plague, but at least I have new library books to keep me company.
It‘s hard to be motivated to head into work on a Monday morning but this book is making my commute quite entertaining!
This is also my first Libro.fm book. Does anyone else use it instead of Audible? I‘m trying it out.
I‘ve decided I‘m not allowed to buy any more books until I read all of these first. I also have a giant stack of holds from the library. Although I‘ll miss the rush of buying new books for a few months, I don‘t think I‘ll have any trouble finding something to read.
Starting off 2020 in my little reading nook. I‘ve always heard that anything you do on New Year‘s Day, you‘ll do all year long. So I‘m reading and ignoring my other household duties today 🥳
My goal was to read 165 this year. Happy to meet it, but I‘m even happier to have another great year of reading!
Working from home today. I usually don‘t have any trouble staying focused working in my office (the kitchen) but today might be hard. So many new books are calling to me!!
These are the books I‘m giving to my nieces & nephew for their Dec. birthdays and Christmas. True confession: I‘m reading/rereading them all before I wrap them up. I say it‘s to make sure the content is ok (their parents are pretty strict) but really it‘s because I love kid lit & want to be able to talk about the books with them!
This book is so charming. And I‘m so grateful for @Litsy —it feels like the social media equivalent of this book ❤️
The fact that it‘s Saturday and I have no other plans, the fact that I‘m nervous about reading this, the fact that I‘m 25 pages in and loving it so far...
Getting a late start on Non-Fiction November, but better late than never!
I might never go outside again.
Weekend reread in honor of my college Classics professor who recently passed away. She was brilliant and wacky and passionate and unforgettable. 💔
pick🍁”whenever it is a damp, drizzly November in my soul...”
🍁🍁 An event I coordinated for work went really well this week😎
🍁🍁🍁 Sweatpants, book, Great British Baking Show
🍁🍁🍁🍁5 uncles
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Woke up early today to go to the gym, only to discover that I somehow pulled a chest muscle overnight! Climbed back into bed and started this read.....and didn‘t want to put it down to get ready for work! Can‘t wait to come back and read more tonight.
