1. I‘m so suburban, my area is between two cities.
2. Wilde Lake is about fifteen minutes away.
#two4tuesday

1. Finish the tagged book 😀
2. Kili says he can‘t change the channel because he doesn‘t have thumbs. 👍🏻
3. I‘d like to be an otter: swim around all day and break shells with rocks. 🦦
4. ✅

This book is due back in two days, and I don‘t want to renew it. I‘m not hating it, but I don‘t feel like spending seven more hours with it. Even though it‘s an #awardwinner and an #authoramonth selection, I‘m bailing. #springskies

1. A mama duck with several babies hanging out at the community center.
2. I bought a shredder. (Yes, I know I need to get out more.)
3. First pedicure since Christmas.
4. Selecting nominations for #CampLitsy (there‘s still time).
5. Singapore noodles at a new-to-me restaurant, and some of the proceeds went to a local cat rescue organization.
#5joysfriday

1. Nicole Kidman
2. Keira Knightley
3. Grace Kelly
#TLT

This book has a strong sense of place and sometimes insightful writing, but overall it needed more editing. I also didn‘t find the story very satisfying for many reasons. Apparently the following books in the series feature a different main character who‘s more compelling than the guy in this book, but even so I don‘t think I‘ll read any further.

In any case #Montana is done and there are only a few states left! #52mysteries

I‘m pretty sure there‘s a #magicalelement to those cinnamon rolls, amirite? #springskies

More travel, less cholesterol.

I‘ve managed to stay married despite not having the best example in my parents, in part because of sheer stubbornness.

#wondeouswednesday

1. Haircut, ballgame
2. Trees, apartments, parking lot
3. Maryland USA. It‘s a little muggy!
4. Tagged

Here are my nominations for #CampLitsy2024

See the post from @BarbaraBB if you‘d like to join in the fun!

Inspired by @julesG ‘s comment on my #sundayfunday post…

However, one could say that any book I read #InvolvesHeist 😎

#springskies

I have a copy of Hamlet that, according to the stamped label in the front, a relative of my mother-in-law used during the 1923-1924 school year. #sundayfunday

1. Partial eclipse. Photo courtesy of Capital Weather Gang.
2. Walks in the woods.
3. I finished the tagged book about two hours before the book club meeting. We had a good discussion and all agreed that it‘s not really a mystery.
4. Myspouse has been off all week, and dinner has been delicious every night.
5. After two months of instructor illness and pool issues, therapeutic aquatics class has resumed.
#5joysfriday

1. The Princes Bride
2. Big
3. Rocket Gibraltar
#TLT

All #authoramonth edition of #wondrouswednesday
1. What‘s happening here?
2. The Lola Quartet
3. Tana French

Very interesting story about an army captain sent to survey Alaska, and his wife who was unable to accompany him. Epistolary novels are hit and miss for me, but their letters to each other were poignant and memorable.

A former coworker took a job in Anchorage and sent me this picture from her commute.

#setinsnow #springskies

Perveen leaves Bombay for the mountains and finds herself embroiled in palace intrigue. Interesting story. Now onto Book 3! #serieslove2024

1. A mostly quiet week of cleaning and organizing.
2. Nothing special, as long as it‘s not too messy.
3. I have a container full of bookmarks but will still just use whatever I have on hand.
4. Tagged!
#motivationalmonday

This book sounds adorable. #sundayfunday

Congratulations to @DebinHawaii for reaching 500K Litfluence! #500Kgiveaway

Here are five things that give me joy
-my morning coffee ☕️
-fuzzy black brat cat 🐈‍⬛
-hearing my husband‘s key in the door 🔑
-bagpipes (I‘m weird that way) 🎶
-cheering for the Nationals ⚾️

This book #involvesart … and murder. It doesn‘t seem very popular on Litsy!

Picture is from the immersive Monet exhibit I visited last month. Hence the deck chairs!

#springskies

I would say these books were all good to great. The movies, however, were magical.
1. Tagged book is in the collage so someone must agree with me…
2. Stardust (Neil Gaiman)
3. At Play in the Fields of the Lord (Peter Matthiessen)
#TLT

Not all who wander are #lost…

Some are just along for the ride.

#springskies #FellowshipOfTolkien

Interesting presentation at the senior center today about animals in the Civil War. (Spoiler alert: no elephants were involved.) Here‘s the same presentation a few months ago at a different venue. https://youtu.be/lPijg-c0lvI?si=T0M1yIxG0ZxizbfK

#animalPOV #springskies

I could just say “yes” for most of these…
#wondrouswednesday

1. I‘m going to Malice Domestic at the end of the month! Sujata Massey is the Guest of Honor, so that‘s a good reason to keep reading in the Perveen Mistry series.
2. Not preordered, but I put the tagged book on hold on Libby.
#two4tuesday

#gloryintitle #springskies

1. Baseball, doctor appointments, and hosting our friends‘ cats while they chase the eclipse.
2. Goodreads says 394…
3. Horror
#motivationalmonday

I completed two April #bookclubread selections and am reading a third (tagged). I made progress on Emma and March, and I threw in The House on Mango Street after moving it several times. #springskies #marvellousmarch

Also in March: evolving circumstances allowed / required me to accelerate my plan to move out a piece of furniture and relocate this little bookcase in its place. In the process I folded my #readordonate books back into the general TBR shelf and decided to donate the tagged book unread.

Magazines to be read are on the bottom shelf and stacked on the side. On top of the magazines are the “outbox” for books and a box for the Real Simple cards.

Two books for March book clubs. Two books for April book clubs. Two books read and returned to the LFL. One book read for #serieslove2024 with the next installment proving to be elusive.

My favorite read this month was the tagged book, though Tomorrow… is a close second.

#wrapup

Google says this book is set in spring. I haven‘t read it yet, but it‘s on my shelf! #sundayfunday

In 2016 I went with a friend of mine to see the Go-Go‘s during their farewell tour. This was a nice bit of symmetry, because I saw them in 1982 as the opening act for The Police. Anyway, I have no idea what song this is, but I‘ll pretend it‘s Vacation (All I Ever Wanted) for the sake of the prompt. 😎

#withvacation #ittakesallkinds

Today I finished the last March back issue of Real Simple, as well as this sad and insightful collection of vignettes about a young Hispanic girl in Chicago.

A couple days ago I got a free copy of the April 2024 issue in an attempt to lure me back. Nice try but no.

#readordonate #monthlymagazineblitz

1. The Madness of Crowds
2. Pride and Prejudice
3. Hobbit/LOTR
#TLT

#womanfacingaway #ittakesallkinds #serieslove2024

1. Louise Penny, Geraldine Brooks, Tana French, to name a few
2. Tagged book is the most recent of my favorite mysteries
3. Sue Grafton (see profile pic)
#wondrouswednesday

If you want a punny title and some #foodoncover you should check out a cozy mystery. #ittakesallkinds

1. Media literacy!
2. I can‘t really think of anything, so this pertains to question 1.
#two4tuesday

Goodreads blurb calls this Gilmore Girls #withmurder and I can see that.

#ittakesallkinds

1. Ringing and singing at church then later going to dinner with my husband.
2. I heard about Sea Wife from a podcast and thought it sounded interesting for one of my book clubs. It didn‘t really work for me, but some other members liked it better…
3. I still have my tattered copy of a book called I‘m Suzy, which I liked because it featured the correct spelling of my nickname. It‘s also pretty stinking cute.
#motivationalmonday

This has been a month with many moving pieces, so a #readathon is just what I need at the moment.

Goals/plans
-April book club selections 🌷
-March book to read then donate 📚
-Emma to read a few more chapters 😎

#marvellousmarch

1. Ellen Foster - Kaye Gibbons
2. The Alchemist - Paulo Coelho
3. A Christmas Carol - Charles Dickens
#TLT

This collection suffers a little in the compilation, I think. By the end, they seemed like the same story with just some details being changed. It also leads me to believe that everyone in England hates each other. I‘m giving it a pick for the craft, but maybe leave some reading time between stories. In any event, it‘s back in the LFL.

Meanwhile, I‘ve finished one lonely Real Simple issue so far this month.

#monthlymagazineblitz #readordonate

1. We still exchange gifts with my sister and her family, so we usually go there for Christmas. Sometimes we also spend the first part of the day with my husband‘s family, which means two Christmas dinners!
2. I guess I confide most in my sister.
3. I loved road trips with the family, whether it was visiting grandparents or an actual vacation.
#wondrouswednesday

1. Several years ago, my alma mater had to select a new mascot. There was a poll, and the winner was a griffin. Though that wasn‘t my initial choice, the griffin has grown on me.
2. The tagged book features a wyvern that‘s also a library. This year I might actually read book two.
#two4tuesday

1. Lunch date tomorrow and trivia date Thursday.
2. About an hour?
3. I think it would be fun to visit all the current major league ballparks and write an updated version of the tagged book.
#motivationalmonday

Quirky story about a man who tries to find his way in the world after his mother dies. Soft pick. #sundayfunday

I have a goal of making a necklace for every month of the year. Some months have been easier than others, but here are my creations for January through March. Yes, I used my cat as the background for January‘s picture. #LitsyCrafters

A clever cozy mystery that made me hungry! Pick.