1. Yes, probably about 500. I stopped really collecting years ago, I try to give then away often or leave them in little libraries. Now working a little in a library I can donate them there. I keep trying to cull the herd…but so many favorites!
2. So many good reads this month. Tagged the best but Wild Dark Shore and Great Big Beautiful Life both get honorable mention.
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView @Kshakal
#Chatterday @AllDebooks
Yardwork lies ahead….but it‘s also national indie bookstore day and there is one nearby I‘d like to check out.
I have to recommend my new coffee creamer. So good.
Tagging @dabbe @AmyG @TheSpineView
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. First read in the hammock for the year
2. Lots of walks
3. A good lemonade with the college kid.
4. When a coworker tells you about a new coffee creamer.
5. 9th Litversary today 🎉 📕
Bonus - first pedicure of the year with a friend 💅
thank you for the tag @DebinHawaii and @Kshakal
All please play!
@Eggs #WondrousWednesday
1. Leo the rescue Aussie/corgi and Kevin, my daughter‘s rescue cat. They are the 4th dog and 4th cat in 31 years of marriage. Leo is the most intuitive little fur friend I‘ve ever had. Kevin is a cat in every way 🤣
2. I like animal books that aren‘t sad. Old Yeller nearly broke me as a child.
3. I love All Creatures Great and Small, the book and amazing PBS series.
@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
1. I do, just a little or I‘ll get extra if I am going somewhere that offers a discount for cash.
2. Jay Gatsby, and most definitely.
Moody sock and a broody read. Very good, suspenseful, characters you want to root for.
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. A fun handmade card from a friend
2. Kevin is sassy
3. Daily book coffee picture exchange with a friend
4. S‘more sundae treat with my daughter
5. A local book club with themed SNACKS (and wine)! I look very naughty for some reason. 🤷🏼♀️
Tagging @Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @BethM
1. I have had 5 5🌟 reads so far in 2025, which is amazing! I finished the tagged today on audio and was absolutely drawn in.
2. I moved Orbital back to my to-read, I was excited by others on my TBR, but I do think I‘ll get back to Orbital at some point. No absolute DNF for 2025 yet - that‘s a win!
#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView
Thank you for the tag @Kshakal
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Thanks for tags!
1. Knitting another sock to match a book
2. Fur babies
3. Another excellent latte and walk with a friend
4. The Great Midwest book club zoom
5. Winery book club with my daughter and @KLyn1 and @JenReadsAlot (consider yourselves tagged😘)
@dabbe #TLT 🎶 At laaaaast I know more movies that were Oscar picks. I loved the three above but also so many more. I remember being aghast when my kids wanted to go see JoJo rabbit, which I thought made light of Hitler. Then I read an article from an author who talked about the satire and value of it. It was poignant. An f u to fascism, in my opinion, which sadly seems still relevant. It‘s also a forever “I told you so” by my kids.
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs Thank you for the tag @Kshakal
1. 🌷 🌷 tulip
2. The attitude of a exercise class teacher - so infectious and upbeat, learning my author crush is coming to the library I work at this summer OMG, and chocolate - especially those damn Cadbury mini eggs, I‘ll also be grateful when they are no longer available 🤣
@TheSpineView Thank you for the tag! I have had my ☕️ coffee! Relaxing day ahead after some silly shopping! Maybe a walk in the sunshine and then I hope to knit all while listening to the tagged book. @AllDebooks
#5JoysFriday Thank you @DebinHawaii and @Kshakal
1. Lots of Kevin, sending a photo every day to the college kid.
2. Lots of walks.
3. WI voted in a liberal judge!
4. Read books along with both of my daughters - both books were excellent!
5. A breakfast catch up with a friend ☕️
Bonus, a nice lunch with dad where no politics were discussed.
1. I was a good student, obviously I liked to read :)
2. Enjoyed this, Rachel is a college student that works in a bookstore - living the dream.
@TheSpineView Thank you for the tag #Two4Tuesday
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM
Knitting socks to look like book covers knit-a-long continues 🤣
@DebinHawaii Thank you for the tag for #5JoysFriday
1. Oldest child‘s birthday week! Which means…
2. Another puppy chow sundae and…
3. College kid is home but we had….
4. The best latte I‘ve ever had…and then
MINOR SETBACK - Dad reminded me he‘ll never see things my way but…
5. I knit another sock to match my book 🤣🥰🎉❤️
Overall winning! I really enjoy this weekly opportunity to remember all the good in the crazy times we are in. I‘m grateful.
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
1. In addition to reading - knitting, walking (especially hiking in nature) and yoga bring me peace.
2. The Sugar Queen by Sarah Addison Allen. I‘ve re-read it many times just for the joy of it. I also have a book of daily meditations about grief that I find comforting.
@JenReadsAlot @Kshakal @BethM
@Kerrbearlib #mentalhealthmonday
1. Feeling pretty good mentally but fighting a terrible cold and cough.
2. It can be positive or negative. I am on instagram as I follow other knitters, it‘s my yarn Litsy, so to speak. But if I‘m not careful I can go down political rabbit holes 😝
3. Yes, and it is helpful to my productivity and anxiety to put my phone down. Everything is in my phone, including audiobooks so total divorce would be tough.
I had my coffee hours ago but am now relaxing after a busy day working at the library and getting a walk in. Now i can put my feet up with my knitting for the Badger Basketball game as #MarchMadness continues!
Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView
#Chatterday2025 @AllDebooks
Thank you for tags @DebinHawaii @Kshakal #5JoysFriday
1. 4 meet ups with friends, this is a record for introverted me. I need some me time lol.
2. Bowling event with old co-workers
3. More sock knitting with books, I ripped this one out
4. College kid spring break
5. Impromptu hike today
Bonus - offered a move to daytime hours at the very part time library gig, feels like a promotion 🤣
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday
1. I love tulips the most but also daffodils and hyacinth
2. Tagged
Doesn‘t everyone knit socks to match their books? 🤣 there‘s a knitalong encouraging this silliness. It‘s fun, started my next pair. I switched to the audiobook and ended up enjoying the book after struggling to get drawn in by the print version.
#5JoysFriday Thank you for the tag @DebinHawaii @Kshakal
1. Crossing paths with an old cookbook at the library and making brownies
2. A knit socks/read along. Knitting matching socks to books
3. The pets
4. It‘s 77 and sunny 🌞 in WI today so two walks
5. Lunch with my dad where politics were not discussed. 🎉
#5JoysFriday Thank you for the tag @DebinHawaii @Kshakal
1. 5 mile hike today with former coworker
2. Tried a book club at a winery, enjoyed it, an old fashioned and some new people
3. Annual March Puppy chow sundae at a local custard place
4. An interview
5. A pleasant phone chat with my dad
6. and always Kevin the cat or Kev‘van if I want to talk to him with a French accent 🤣🤷🏼♀️
Tagging @dabbe @JenReadsAlot
#weirdwordwednesday @CBee
I learned this word last week and thought about it Monday when I was walking into the heavy wind. It gave meaning to my walk. 🧘♀️
pickJust finished. I rushed to Reddit to try to figure out what exactly I just read. Now I wait 18 months+ for the next chapter lol. I was not a fantasy reader and then started working a little at the library - my new co-workers were eating this up! I had to join and damn, I‘m enjoying the sauce. The hype around this book has been palpable.
#5JoysFriday Thank you for the tag @DebinHawaii and @Kshakal
1. Always the boys - Kevin 🐈⬛ and Leo 🐶
2. College kid and ENT trip hilarity
3. A new knit hat and walk in the sun in the hat
4. John Boyne ARC - all four parts - omg.
5. The college kid quote “well, he touches turtles and licks his hands”. Never sure where these things come from but the kid is comedy gold without trying.
#mentalhealthmonday thank you for the tag @Kshakal
1. Feeling melancholy and nostalgic, had a favorite uncle‘s funeral tonight, saw a lot of family.
2. Music always helps!
3. Seems like heavier rock always helps me jam out the blues, anger and pump me up! 🎸 🎶
I listened to the graphic audio of the first two in this series. Reading this feels haaard. So many names. Anyone else feel this? But - I want to know what happens so I‘ll try to keep at it. 🐉
I barely recognize Kevin, he has not been a lap cat AT ALL until recently. Where I knits, he fits.
#5JoysFriday Thank you for the tag and doing this list reminder weekly @DebinHawaii
1. Kevin, he missed me
2. Drinks and pizza with @JenReadsAlot - great chat where we again did not take a selfie 🤣
3. Nickolas Butler event
4. When Onyx Storm was on the lucky day shelf at the library! But I already had it held
5. Family, the good, the bad, the ugly. All of it this week has brought glimmers of joy.
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @dabbe @AmyG
Somehow I can get to the library embarrassingly early and still sit behind a big furry hat. (It is zero degrees so I‘ll give the lady a pass)That said, it was about the conversation with the author, Nickolas Butler - which was so powerful, vulnerable and just plain cool. He is such a regular guy, I love his work.
#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern
Sometimes reading magazines or doing what the tagged book implies, read easy breezy romance, can help me clear the deck to get out of the slump. 📚
Kevin missed me! (And he loves this blanket) Happy Caturday! 🐈
#5JoysFriday
1. The views
2. Safe flights all around. Lots of family traveling.
3. Simple entertainment - bingo, cards, puzzles and laying around in the sun 🏝️
4. My mother-in-law‘s cooking and hosting
5. Lots of walks, rest and reading - rested to face the rest of winter in WI 🥶
@DebinHawaii Thank you!! Tagging @JenReadsAlot @dabbe @Kshakal
Happy Valentine‘s Y‘all! 💕
Finished the Atmosphere ARC, so good! I am also knitting a hat for return to the tundra for a serendipitously named Astronomy knit along.
At my in-laws condo in FL. A perfect spot to enjoy this book, Water by the water. Not a breezy read but so good. I love Boyne and look forward to getting the other three in this series. Do not look forward to going back to snow in a few days - but I‘ve heard there‘s no place like home.
#mentalgealthmonday @Kshakal - thank you for the tag❤️
1. I‘m feeling good, on vacation but also looking forward to going home
2. Walking, breath work, yoga, knitting and always reading
3. This. That we need to keep talking about it.
@DebinHawaii @Kshakal #5JoysFriday
1. Water 🏝️
2. Nostalgia on Sanibel Island
3. Paying homage to Gene‘s Books 😢
4. Dinner in Tampa with an old friend
5. College kid joining us mid-vacay
Pub day!! Love this local-to-me author, and the book is a delight, a slow and steady rekindling.
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Long overdue lunch with a college friend
2. Successful sourdough with farmers market apple pie jelly
3. Warm temps in WI!
4. A zoom with my x-country knitting friends
5. Library staff holiday party to confirm I cannot golf
Pre-joy - I visiting my college kid today for lunch and supply shopping. 🛍️
@Kshakal @JenReadsAlot @dabbe @AmyG
