Tuna mechado and Filipino bbq chips. Yes I‘m very late in trying my food from the #Philippines for #foodandlit because no one else in the family found it appetizing. It‘s yummy. So I‘m on my own tonight and glad of it for this meal. @Catsandbooks @Butterfinger

“To everything there is season, and a time to every purpose under heaven. A time to be born, and a time to die…” I love this so much. The Bible also may have saved his life.

#Uganda, #DemocraticRepublicofCongo, #DRCongo, #DRC, #CentralAfricanRepublic, #CAR, and #SouthSudan. #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Author announced her cover design was released today! https://www.instagram.com/tv/CY_rvBws_KY/?utm_medium=copy_link

I hate going to a bookstore on the spur of the moment but not remembering what books I want or need for a challenge. So I‘ve started this list to update periodically. I‘ve researched books that look interesting to me for #foodandlit and #readingafrica2022. Thought I‘d share the list because some of these are for hard-to-find countries. @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle

In the 1960s the French Algerian War came to an end when many “French” families were repatriated to France even though their families hadn‘t lived in France for generations. They still loved Algeria and lost all their roots (and generations of buried ancestors). This book is about hostilities that still linger from the French still living who love #Algeria. This was probably a good book if I could have made out the plot more easily. I‘ll repost ⬇️

My next audiobook. #Zimbabwe #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Multi-plus tasking. Writing thank you notes (including my #litsylove thanks), drinking hot chocolate from my book cat mug, in front of my bookstore puzzle, while somewhat listening to the tagged book (see previous post, I‘ve lost most of the details of it already).

Not book-related but this was a very fun quiz. Only one of my family members got Texas! I‘d love to hear y‘all‘s results! (Maybe I‘ll tell you mine.)

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2014/upshot/dialect-quiz-map.html

I do NOT recommend the audio version of this book. The narrator does not distinguish voices well between characters so it often sounds like the same character talking to himself. There are also lots of jumps in time and between places within chapters and the narrator doesn‘t so much as pause between them so it can be downright confusing as to what‘s happening and when. I‘m barely hanging on to the plot. Fortunately I‘m almost done with it.

#twofortuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!

1) and 2) I read all my ebooks on my phone. I got a kindle paper white for Christmas but we are returning it. I really didn‘t like it. So I‘ll just be upgrading my phone and continuing to use it to read my ebooks

😂😂😂 Never stopped me either. 🎶 🎵

#foodandlit #Malawi #readingafrica2022 @Catsandbooks @Butterfinger @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

This is way too late for #foodandlit #Mexico but it is still a topic near and dear to my heart: Mexican food. So I thought you all might enjoy this enjoyable article about Mexican food versus Tex-Mex.

https://apple.news/AsmDGq_qeT-aAfttbWk1tew

This is the first in a trilogy about the decline of Ancient Egypt. The main character is purchased from her Thracian mother who cannot survive and feed her remaining children otherwise, to a man who wants to educate and develop her into a consort for Egypt‘s wealthy men. Fortunately her “work” is never described in detail. My only complaint is that the reason the MC‘s only friend turns against her is beyond the MC‘s control. Interesting read.

The timing couldn‘t be more perfect as we wrap up #Egypt and our #foodandlit #buddyread this month of the tagged book that the movie comes out next month! https://www.fandango.com/death-on-the-nile-2022-223330/movie-overview?fbclid=PAA...

Up next. #readingafrica2022 #Malawi @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Next Valentine‘s Day card design. #litsycrafters #readingafrica2022 #Algiers @Catsandbooks @curiouserandcurioser @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Audiocrafting tonight. Valentine‘s Day cards are coming together. #litsycrafters #readingafrica2022 #Algiers @Catsandbooks @curiouserandcurioser @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I may not be a painter but give me paper and glue I can do a bit better. 😊 Audiocrafting to the tagged book. #litsycrafters #readingafrica2022 #Algiers

Ok done and yea maybe I‘m not so great with detail! 😂😂😂 But what fun spending time with my fellow #litsycrafters. You‘re the best and thanks for hosting it!

Not even close to the artist rendition but ok. #litsycrafters paint party

Getting ready for our painting party! #litsycrafters @Catsandbooks @Curiouser_and_curiouser

I‘ve picked my next audiobook thanks to a review by @Hooked_on_books for #readingafrica2022 #Algeria

#joyousjanuary #readathon I‘m in Andrew!

Goals:

☃️ finish White Lotus (#Egypt for #foodandlit and #readingafrica2022)

☃️ continue with Roots (#Gambia) & To Stop a Warlord (#Uganda #SouthSudan #CentralAfricanRepublic, #DemocraticRepublicofCongo)

☃️ find my next audiobook

I loved this graphic novel about a vampire and werewolf navigating first love. It is wickedly adorable.

#litsycrafters check-in. I finished the tagged book while audiocrafting tonight. I‘ve started making Valentine‘s Day cards for #litsylove. I can‘t wait to show you when I start stamping the fun images!

I‘m all signed up with my daughter, got our supplies, and we are looking forward to paint night! I‘m not remotely talented when it comes to painting but I‘m so doing this for the fun of it! #litsycrafters @Catsandbooks @curiouserandcurioser

I can get behind this. #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I‘m going in. #readingafrica2022 #chunksterchallenge2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Amiable

This is my first Agatha Christie book (I‘ve watched various David Sachet shows though), and I thought it was going to be slow and boring. It took me 5 days to read chapter 1 because it introduced one character after another in a lengthy and dull chapter. But once Hercule Poirot got down to business, it was a ton of fun. He can be so blunt in the most courteous way possible. I loved him. I had figured out the murderer early on, just not how ⬇️

Charlie Mackesy‘s message to teachers today on Instagram. Thank you #teachersofLitsy!

In between chapters about the author‘s mission, there are chapters about David Ocitti born in 1986 in #Uganda. This is his first chapter and it tells about his community‘s idyllic daily life but also the constant fear of being born into and living in a war zone. #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Map of the Central African countries whose populations have been terrorized by warlord Joseph Kony. #Uganda, #DemocraticRepublicofCongo, #DRC, #CentralAfricanRepublic, #CAR, and #SouthSudan. #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

I bought this book about two years ago after hearing the author speak about her humanitarian fight in central Africa. I managed perfect timing to read it now for #readingafrica2022. Yes, that quote at the top is a recommendation from Desmond Tutu. They were close and I suspect if she were able she was probably at his funeral. @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

Gifts arrived from Norway. Family knows I like moose. This is from the Animals in Norway series. Book is not in database yet.

Recipe here: https://www.egyptianepicurean.com/all/mains/egyptian-rice-with-vermicelli?format...

And many more recipes from #Egypt can be found on our #foodandlit board on Pinterest here: https://www.egyptianepicurean.com/all/mains/egyptian-rice-with-vermicelli?format...

#thoughtfulthursday

1) complete challenges: #litsyatoz #foodandlit #readingafrica2022 #chunksterchallenge2022 #biblebuddyread and participate in #authoramonth and #litsycrafters (I ❤️ Litsy and how diverse it is!!)

2) better

3) tagged and absolutely

Care to play @Jari-chan @AnneCecilie @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle @Amiable @BookBabe @Soubhiville @curiouserandcurioser @Dilara @DivineDiana ?

#wondrouswednesday

1. Tagged. I had forgotten how much I loved this book. I need to reread it this winter.

2. Work less. For reasons out of my control, my workload doubled and I worked an insane number of hours in 2021. This is just not sustainable for another year for me as a human being. So I‘ve got to find a way to work less.

Want to join in? @Butterfinger @Catsandbooks @Jari-chan @mdm139 @Amiable @BookBabe @Nute @freeatlast1137

I‘ve picked my #chunksterchallenge for 2022 thanks to Mom lending me her copy and her highest recommendation. @Amiable Fortunately it also works for #readingafrica2022 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB

My book arrived today! Now to do some catching up. I‘ve read a fair amount of the Old Testament years ago when I found an ebook version of the Bible that was extremely accessible. Unfortunately I don‘t remember what version it was or even what app I was using to read it! So step one: find that Bible! #biblebuddyread #biblein52weeks

#two4tuesday Thanks @Catsandbooks & @MoonWitch94 for the tag!

1) I love it because it we get it so rarely. If we had it often I know I‘d begin to hate it for the inconvenience it causes.

2) I‘m with @Butterfinger on this one: snowball fights! Second, building snowmen.

Barnes and Noble‘s book challenge

Reminder to all #foodandlit participants! We have a recipe board for each country in Pinterest here:

https://pin.it/3chRU8X

You can also find the recipe for hawawshi here, a good source for recipes from #Egypt:

https://www.egyptianepicurean.com/all/mains/hawawshi

All done. My picture taking skills not very good. And four more hours listening to the tagged audiobook. Audiopuzzling. #20in4 @Andrew65

#wintergames #mistletoemaniacs

Week 5 Points: 24,322

#Wintergames total: 56,567
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Audiopuzzling. #20in4 @Andrew65

Audiocrafting today to the tagged book. I haven‘t stamped the images yet but they will be so cute! I can‘t wait to show them off. #litsycrafters #20in4 @curiouserandcurioser @Catsandbooks @Andrew65

Finally a decent resolution: get not that much fatter! 😁

#holidaylaughs #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

#holidaylaughs #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

Equal time to the #dogsoflitsy!

#holidaylaughs #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick

One year later still true. #holidaylaughs #wintergames2021 #mistletoemaniacs @Clwojick