Saved my #hyggehourrradathon for todays family beach day. All my summertime favorites, the ocean, reading in the sun, pizza, an ice cold beer and spending time with family. A proud picture of my nieces beach bag. I trained her right, she brought a couple of books.

#childrensclassicread2024

I don‘t remember exactly how old I was but one Christmas in grade school I received from my mom a box of books. The box contained Fifteen, Jean and Johnny, The Luckiest Girl & many other titles. To this day that has been my most favorite gift ever received. I loved & devoured each book in that box. My first copy of Fifteen looked like the copy to the left. Recently I purchased a new copy and it‘s the one on the right.

June #serieslove2024 wrap up. Tackled three books in ongoing series I‘m currently reading.

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Book #14 in the Library Lover‘s Mystery series and I‘m all caught up. This time around Lindsey attends a library conference and on the train ride home, surprise! She‘s stumbles into a murder mystery. Cozy, comfortable, predictable but always enjoying to read.

Two more pictures….

The lighting in my brother‘s house is horrible and my photography is not the greatest but here is my grandpas cuckoo clock from Germany. This one is not operational and needs to be professionally repaired.

June #wrapup

It was a good reading month. Some humorous books, some series love books and 1 DNF, South of Broad. Favorites of the month was Paper Hearts and The Ghosts of Rose Hill.

July #bookspin pick

So glad this is my July #bookspin pick. This is another title that I‘ve had on my physical tbr pile for at least 10 years now.

July #bookspin

Whew, barely made it in before the drawing!

Feels like ages since I‘ve had a free Sunday evening to participate in #hyggehourreadathon so I‘m extending it into my afternoon with a reading nest under the air conditioning. Trying to finish tagged book for tomorrow‘s book club.

June #bookspin

This was a cute read. A young Jewish girl and her family wish to vacation at The Inn at Lake Devine in Vermont in the 60‘s but the proprietor does not allow Jews. Young Natalie decides to take matters into her own hands and sneaks in with a friends family. This begins a lifelong obsession with seeking revenge on the Inn. Romantic entanglements ensue. Enjoyable and glad it‘s off my tbr shelf.

#NancyDrewBR #SeriesLove2024

Not one of my favorite Nancy titles as this was just too convoluted. I did enjoy reading how Nancy and her friends participated in college life with Ned and their dates.

May #wrapup

A crazy and exhausting month led to very little reading. Barely managed to keep up with buddy reads, bookspin and book club books but the few books I did read were all good. Least favorite was That Part Was True.

May #SeriesLove2024 wrap up. Not a lot read but a couple in my ongoing series reads.

June #bookspin pick. I used to read a lot of Eleanor Lipman titles but this one has been languishing on my tbr pile for years. Glad it was picked, hope to get it read!

June #bookspin

How is it summer already?! High hopes to get June bookspin pick read.

#hyggehourreadathon

First some skin care and then hopping into bed to finish up The Women for book club tomorrow. So much to discuss and a great story, but I could do without the romantic elements.

May #bookspin

Yay! I finally finished a book spin pick. Too bad it was just meh but glad to have this book off my shelves. A British woman struggling with anxiety writes a fan letter to a popular American author and the two strike up a friendship and bond through their mutual love of cooking.

#serieslove24

I‘ve read many cozies over the years but Jenn Mckinlay was the first cozy author that I ever read and her two series, Book Lovers and Cupcake series are the only 2 series I keep up with. I‘ve been reading these for years so they are always warm, comforting, and the characters feel like old friends. In this book it‘s Halloween time and librarian Lindsey discovers the skeletal remains of a woman from a 30 year old cold case.

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Slowly working my way through this stack of books this evening while admiring the cute mug my niece and nephew gave me for Mother‘s Day. Their sweet words on the card made me laugh and cry. Hope everyone‘s day was filled with peace and love.

#NancyDrewBR #SeriesLove24

Another fun adventure for Nancy and her besties. This time there is a mysterious fire and a crooked business man that is stealing the ideas of others. Happy to finally have Ned in this one and looking forward to seeing more of him.

#hyggehourreadathon

Had an impromptu family get together yesterday so I missed out on hygge hour but made up for it today. Tried out Uncle Fluffy Japanese cheesecakes for lunch today. I know. Cheesecake for lunch is not ideal but that is the beauty of being a grown up, I can do what I want. Overall, I enjoyed it. Very light and fluffy but the cheesecake flavor was very mild.

Call me intrigued. I‘ve never read Dracula before so I‘m going to give this a whirl. Hope I can keep up with it. So far I‘m enjoying the emails.

I read a chapter this morning and now I‘m ahead of the game by actually starting my May #bookspin pick. Now fingers crossed I finish it!

April #SeriesLove2024 wrap up

Doing great with my middle grade series thus far but need to pick up more adult series.

May #BookSpin

I‘ve been failing miserably at bookspin this year. Let‘s hope that May is a good month and that I actually complete this months pick!

Growing up I was a Trixie Belden girl & not a Nancy Drew girl. So for the first time as an adult I‘m reading Nancy Drew with the buddy read & I did my first adult reread of Trixie. I enjoyed it very much and I can now positively confirm that I‘m still a Trixie girl as I liked this so much better. I felt the characters & plot were more detailed & fleshed out. I still enjoy Nancy, she is a great mc but Trixie definitely has better storytelling.

I did actually participate in Independent book store day on Saturday and not just on Sunday. I went to my neighborhood indie and picked up these two titles and one sticker book. Never Whistle at Night was highly recommended by Linda the wonderful proprietor of this store. Can‘t wait to dig into these titles!

My loot from ABC. Art‘s Delicatessen was a couple stores over where I had lunch and of course I ordered an egg cream.

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I tried tagging Annabelles Bookclub LA but the store wasn‘t listed in the database. Anyway, an unexpected work trip brought me out to the valley yesterday and it put me in proximity to Annabells so I had to pop in. Cute store, very well curated and if you didn‘t know, Annabell opened her store at the age of 17. I spent my hygge hour last night photographing my loot.

Reading and flipping between the Dodgers and the Rangers games this afternoon with a favorite little treat. Having an early #hyggehourreadathon as I‘ll be driving home later this evening from a weekend of pup sitting.

#childrensclassicread2024

This zany red head was a childhood favorite and she stands the test of time of time. Still a fun read. Now I have a hankering to watch the movies. Pippi on the run is my favorite.

#NancyDrewBR #SeriesLove2024

Another fun installment of Nancy Drew. This time she encounters a cult and a crime syndicate. I missed having Hannah in this one but we had more Carson Drew. Glad to have George and Bess around but annoyed we had no mention of Ned.

After a long day yesterday I was too tired for #hyggehourreadathon but made up for it today by taking an extended walk and stopping to smell the flowers. Sadie enjoyed the springtime flowers as well.

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I had my hygge hour this afternoon as I puppy sat my aunts new dog. I enjoyed reading Crumbs and Pippi with gorgeous views of the ocean before my drive home this evening.

#childrensclassicread2024

Rereading a childhood favorite. On the left was what my original copy of Pippi looked like. I wish it had survived childhood. On the right is the replacement copy I purchased in the late 90‘s.

March #bookspin #childrensclassicread2024

Hard to believe I went this long in life without reading this gem. Such beautiful descriptions of nature, and a heartwarming tale that made me miss my grandparents. So glad I read it and so glad I purchased the book.

April #bookspin pick! Looks like a perfect book to start gearing up for summer.

#MiddleGradeMarch

Only got four books in for #MiddleGradeMarch and I didn‘t even get to my Jason Reynolds book but as always it was a joy to participate. Heidi was my favorite.

March #wrapup

A good reading month. Graphic novels have been a big help in getting me out of a little slump. Stand outs of the month are Heidi and Swans of Fifth Avenue. Now for next month, hoping to read more novels.

#sadiescarlett

Happy Easter! 🐇🐣🐰 An old but cute picture.

#hyggehourreadathon

Finishing up Heidi in my peaceful hotel room in LA. Just finished a delicious room service breakfast. Happy to not be cooking or hosting today. Heading to a Dodger game this afternoon with family for Easter. ⚾️🐣 Go Blue!

#middlegrademarch

I knew the subject matter going in but really wasn‘t expecting this to be so heartbreaking and tough to read. This novel in verse tells the story of Betita and her family‘s experience as cranes, people who migrate, for various reasons. Her family is torn apart due to cruel immigration policies in the US. I‘ll never understand how people can treat other people so inhumanly. Our systems are so broken.

March #serieslove2024 wrap up

No more books in a series will be read by Sunday so posting my monthly wrap up. I completed the truly devious trilogy, I‘m keeping current on the Click and Heartstopper series, and I‘m continuing on with the Nancy Drew series.

April #bookspin

Proud of myself for not waiting until the last minute!

This is for all you Litsy crafters and letter writers. Found this cute washi book tape with quotes from Alice in Wonderland, Wizard of Oz, and The Secret Garden at Barbes & Noble. They had another style of washi tape of banned book quotes.

#serieslove2024 #middlegrademarch

In this installment we see Olive reluctantly spend spring break with her father, whom she hasn‘t seeing in a long time, and learn the balance between social media and living in the moment. Book 6 in the fun mg graphic novel Click series.

#hyggehourreadathon

Wearing my warm cozy wrap and catching up on Heidi, which I‘m loving, and my book club book which is dragging. I did some baking today and made a carrot cake from scratch with homemade cream cheese frosting.

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Totally forgot to post a pic from last night! I‘ve really been enjoying hygge hour as it‘s helping me get through my current stack of books. Just finished watching Feud, Capote and the Swans so I had to dive in further and find out more. Even though this is a fiction title it follows the show pretty closely.