1) The Odyssey; it was originally written in the late 8th or early 7th century BC
2) 6 or 7
3) The Little House and Harry Potter series
#wondrouswednesday
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1) The Odyssey; it was originally written in the late 8th or early 7th century BC
2) 6 or 7
3) The Little House and Harry Potter series
#wondrouswednesday
1) The tagged book. I only listened to the book because I had heard really great things about the audiobook.
2) Lots. The radiation treatments from a year ago are still wearing me out, especially when I do a number of things in a day.
#two4tuesday
I became a Bookshop affiliate about two months ago. So going forward, I will be posting an affiliate link either in post or in the comments. If you want to throw me a few bucks by either purchasing the book I have reviewed or something else that you would like to read, you can purchase through my shop: https://bookshop.org/shop/jaynesbooks
pick5⭐️ I haven‘t read the previous book Moloka‘i, but despite this fact, I quite enjoyed it. I felt that despite the author being male and white, he really got the Japanese internment experience down very well. It was a very well told story and will go back at some point and read Moloka'i. #2023 #bookreview #bookstagram #fiction #wwII #greatdepression ⤵️
https://bookshop.org/p/books/daughter-of-moloka-i-alan-brennert/8528064?ean=9781...
Posting this a little bit late, but better late than never. My #20in4 #readathon plans are to:
📚 Finish a bunch of books on my reading list
📚 start up again Confidence Man and the Agatha Christie biography
📚 post reviews of recent completed books
My second surgery of my mastectomy to put in my breast implant and raise up my right breast has been set in stone 4 weeks from now.
Happy reading.
My ideal bookshop would be quiet. I would organize it in the same way that a library would organize their collections, with more of an emphasis on historical fiction and nonfiction. I would sell new books, along with totes, bookmarks, journals, pens, etc. It would be a two story building with a cafe on the second floor that would sell mainly light breakfast and lunch items, with baked goods and coffees and teas and other drinks. ⤵️
1. Since last weekend was a long weekend here in Canada, I have no plans for the weekend.
2. a) To get my second surgery for my breast cancer completed
b) for my mom to be in no pain anymore and for her hip to be fully healed and recovered from her recent surgery
c) To not feel still so tired most days (it‘s the radiation; it burned through muscle, etc near my thyroid)
#two4tuesday
pick4⭐️ Read this during the most #deweysreadathon and I liked it more this time around than my first time reading it. I was able to understand the story better and therefore enjoyed it more. #2023 #fiction #classics #reread #modern #bookstagram #bookreview
https://bookshop.org/p/books/the-great-gatsby-f-scott-fitzgerald/18533627?ean=97...
I am hosting a Victoria Day Weekend readathon this Friday through Sunday. For those outside of Canada, some of may be wondering what is the Victoria Day weekend. To sum it up, its the unofficial start of summer here in Canada. For a more broad definition of Victoria Day, you can go here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victoria_Day⤵️
I don't think I posted my March one, but my favourite for that month was Lessons in Chemistry.
For April, it was By the Shores of Silver Lake. Growing up, it wasn't my favourite, but reading it as an adult, I can appreciate it even more and understand the growing up that Laura had to do when her sister went blind. #2023readingbracket
#bookreport: finished two books this past week and feel quite good about it. I didn't read a lot last week. My body is still healing and most of the time, I am maybe reading a few minutes a day, if that.
#currentlyreading: Got through the first part of The Polished Hoe during #deweysreadathon on Saturday and started The Glass Hotel. Continue to read The Long Winter for the #littlehouse readalong. The other two I will try to read.
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so-so3⭐️ I read the first novel as a part of a readalong with the Book Cougars podcast and then decided to read the second novel because I wanted to complete the book. The first novel I found to be very interesting and enjoyable, but the second novel I found to be slower and found it to be a little more of a challenge to complete. #2023 #bookreview #bookstagram #booksaboutbooks #readalong #fiction
pick4⭐️ I have long had a strong dislike for this book in the #littlehouse series, but with this reading I enjoyed it much more than I had in the past. What I noticed more than anything was the maturing of Laura into a young adult. While there are still elements of Laura‘s tomboyish personality, you can start to see her taking steps to taking more adult responsibility. #2023 #bookreview #fiction #boomstagram #basedonatruestory #middlegrade
so-so3.5⭐️ I really liked the premise of the book, but I really got a bit confused as to what the actual “after” storyline was. It was a so-so book that I think needs another few reads to actually make sense of the story. #2023 #fiction #bookreview #bookstagram #refugeecrisis #middleeast #giller #contemporary
My April #bookspinbingo list. If I finish no. 16 before April 2, I will put in another book and will change this photo.
Will definitely be participating on Friday and Monday, but with my book club meeting on Saturday, that will probably not be happening, but Sunday is a maybe #20in4 #readathon
After over three years, I finally updated my blog! I am planning on updating my blog more often than I have been in the last little while (my mom suggested that I try to earn a little money from my blog; I'll see how that goes 🙄). Anyways, here is the link to my most recent update: https://jaynesbooks.blogspot.com/2023/03/its-been-awhile.html?spref=fb&fbclid=Iw...
I apologize for this being a bit late. Life got a little busy at the end of last week.
#bookreport: Finished three books last week; two were a bit of a slog for me and the other one I just had to finish.
#currentlyreading: This week I need to really focus on Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, my least favourite book in the series. The other books are a huge maybe, as are the #upcomingreads. Happy reading everyone.⤵️
pick4.5⭐️Read this for a #littlehouse readalong. Why I like this book is that you can see Laura taking on more responsibilities, but she still can go out and play. Looking forward to starting By the Shores of Silver Lake this coming week #2023 #fiction #bookreview #bookstagram #childrenslit #middlegrade #historicalfiction
so-so3.25⭐️ It was ok; I was expecting it to have more of a feel like Beach Read had and ended up feeling a bit disappointed with the book. Quite honestly, I didn‘t really like the back and forth and it just didn‘t work for me. #2023 #fiction #bookreview #bookstagram #emilyhenry #romance
Was my #bookspin book for January.
pan2.75⭐️ I really wanted to like this book but it just felt like it was very one-sided and that there were some details that shouldn‘t have been disclosed. I realize that this is from his point of view and that the BRF won‘t be releasing anything to contradict or confirm what he “wrote”. Just not my cup of tea. And personally I‘m kinda tired of him .#2023 #nonfiction #bookreview #bookstagram #brf #hypedbooks
#bookreport: I finished Lessons in Chemistry this past week and really liked it; it's my favourite book so far of 2023, but time will tell.
#weeklyforecast: I am planning on getting People and Spare done this week and very possibly the Christopher Morely book. Plum Creek is for the #littlehouse #readalong and I want to get the Trump book completed this week, along with the Agatha Christie book.
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pick5⭐️ I really liked this book and just flew through this. I think that the book really worked was that the book had a very quick pace to the plot. And it helped that Lizzie was extremely likeable and that there were definite villains. I really loved the sign off that Lizzie had for her show: “Children, set the table. Your mother needs a moment to herself.” #2023 #fiction #historicalfiction #bookclub #bookreview #bookstagram #feminism
1) my pyjamas, but usually anything that is comfortable.
2) technically 10, but I‘m probably only reading one or two.
#two4tuesday
Only read two books last month so it was a fairly easy choice. I really enjoyed The Lost Apothocary last month. #2023readingbracket
My #bookspinbingo list for March. I tried to even out between books for my challenges and my #buddyreads and my book club reads anything else I wanted to read this month.
I have some really #goodnews to share: I was discharged from my oncologist's care yesterday morning, a day short of my one year anniversary of completing chemotherapy, which was today (March 3). What this means is that my family doctor is now responsible for post cancer care and that she will be the ordering my mammograms and ordering my Tamoxifen prescription.
Wow; another readathon. My plans for #marchmadness are as such:
📚 Read both of my bookclub reads: Lessons in Chemistry and HP and the Order of the Phoenix
📚 work on a number of my challenges that I signed up or are hosting
📚 work on the books that I didn't read for the #literarycrew #buddyread
📚 complete books that I have started but have yet to complete.
📚 work on my various reading challenges for this year⤵️
Well February wasn't a great month of reading. I am hoping that not having such a busy schedule will allow me to relax and read a bit more than I did last month. But only time will tell.
That being said, my goals for #marvellousmarch are:
📚 finish up Spare (it's also my #doublebookspin book)
📚 catch up on a number of my readalongs
📚 read Lessons in Chemistry and HP and the Order of the Phoenix
📚 get my #bookspin book for March completed⤵️
Glad I saw this before I went to bed lol. It's been a bit of a busy week and am still battling a sore throat and cough, which I am going to see my doctor for on Friday morning. My plans for this readathon is to read a short novel for a #readalong through Book Cougars, work on On the Banks of Plum Creek, and finish up People We Meet on Vacation. #20in4
#bookreport: Didn't finish anything this week; I didn't feel well starting on Tuesday afternoon and spent the rest of the week on the couch, just playing games and listening to podcasts.
#weeklyforecast:
Currently Reading: I am planning on completing Spare this week and to work on a number of the other books that are on my currently reading pile this week, but that will be dependent on how much it takes me to get some bible study homework⤵️
Well this was a bust. I had fully intended to join in but I got sick with a nasty cold on Tuesday and reading was the farthest thing from my mind. I am still not feeling great and it‘s still making things difficult. I really wanted to join in but I was unable to do so. #valentinesdayreadathon
Managed to get a couple of books read. I had hoped to get more books read, but for me at this time, just getting in a few minutes of reading was all I could get in. I am hoping to get more reading in in March. #fabulousfebruary
#bookreport: Finished two books this week and I enjoyed both of them. The Lost Apothecary was a bit of a surprise find for me and quite enjoyed it. I found Little House to be a little bit more problematic than it had been in the past, but there are some useful teaching moments that parents can use in teaching about the westward expansion of America and Canada.⤵️
pick4⭐️ I really enjoyed it and the slower nature of reading it through a #readalong really helps to appreciate what was going at that time in American history. I have ancestors who lived in the Nebraska/Kansas area at around the same time period as the Ingalls family, but I believe they came a bit later. One of my many times great-grandma‘s was born in Nebraska. #2023 #fiction #childrenslit #middlegrade #littlehouse #bookreview #bookstagram
pick4⭐️ I really liked the book. I found the story very compelling and liked how that both the modern day story and historical narrative mirror each other well. #2023 #fiction #bookreview #bookstagram #historicalfiction #bookclub
#bookreport: nothing finished since my last update
#weeklyforecast:
Currently Reading: Have added the Harry Potter book to the pile and I still continue to pick away through a number of these books. I just wish I could finish something...
Upcoming reads: I will have to start reading The Lost Apothecary today and probably The Christmas Spirit, which should only take a day or two to read. I hope 2 start a couple of these books this week.
For those reading the book for the #pemberlittens readalong, you might come across corn. This is a term that collectively includes any sort of grain: wheat, oat, barley, corn, etc.
My reading for the first day of #fabulousfebruary
My plans for the #fabulousfebruary readathon are to:
📚 Read the books for the #littlehouse, #literarycrew and #pemberlittens readalongs
📚 Start reading Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix and The Lost Apothecary for upcoming bookclub meetings
📚/🎧 Read/Listen to A Confederacy of Dunces
📚 Finish reading my #bookspin and #doublespin books for January and start my bookspin book for February ⤵️
#bookreport: Since my last one of these, I finished two books. They were relatively easy reads, but with the week like it was, it was probably a good thing that they were fairly light.
#weeklyforecast
Currently Reading: Still continue to pick my way through these books; last week was just a little bit crazy and with recovering from shingles (yep, you read that right), I was feeling a bit rundown and didn't really finish books from this pile.⬇️
Saw this bracket on a few feeds and I thought about joining in on the fun. If someone could tell me who is hosting this, I will tag them as needed
Anyways, my favourite read for January was Farmer Boy. I am still in the midst of reading some other books, but I really did enjoy each time that I read the book. Looking forward to seeing what my favourite read of February will be. #2023readingbracket
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