Welcome to Litsy!

#wondrouswednesday Thanks @Klou @Catsandbooks foe the tags!

1. I really care about my clients. I like that I can help them when they need it
2. Stop throwing things at your bosses (but it was cathartic both times & a hoot when I remember it now)
3. Sneak out of the bedroom so hubs can get a few more minutes of sleep
4. Check Litsy!

1. Being at home with my fur babies 🥰
2. Do what you are passionate about, not what you think you should do.
3. Check phone notifications and cuddle with fur babies.
4. Say I love you to my husband and listen to a sleep story on Calm.
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Coffee and a new book from my tbr pile 😊📖☕

1. Recently, I have loved Elinor Oliphant.
2. When people roll the front cover around to the back of the book while reading.
3. I would love to have Americanah signed if I got to meet the author.
#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. Definitely prefer to stay up late to read 🌃🦉
2. Ice Cream & Read 🍦📚 My niece wants us to get an ice cream van, fill it with books and go round reading to children, giving them ice cream and selling the books (she wants to write some too)
3. I have them ordered by author and height, my ocd holds no bounds 🤣
#WonderousWednesday @Eggs

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#QuotsyApr20 #guess

@TK-421

1. Mostly keep, but I'll donate ones I don't want. One day I'd like to have my own free little library for donations and such.
2. A couple days if it's a good book and it's not too long.
3. There, There by Tommy Orange. I just couldn't get into it
#wondrouswednesday

1. My new book is called Dragon Genius
2. Dragon Genius sound pretty good to me!
3. I actually have three unfinished novels that I wrote as a teenager but I don't have the discipline or staying-power to finish them
4. I like words so I enjoy writing but it's a private pleasure mostly. Occasionally I write blogs and similar things for work
#humpdaypost

September 2016
Bookriot article 😁
I‘ve read about the same volume- but definitely more diverse in every way.
Fave authors - Stephen King, Sharon Penman, Robin Hobb, Mark Lawrence, Karin Slaughter, Michael Connolly, John Connolly and a billion more!
I think most people have been tagged and thanks to those who tagged me!
#wondrouswednesday

I haven't done one of these in ages.
*May 2016
*@Liberty mentioned it on the All The Books podcast
*So much more - I went from maybe 24/year to well over 100 books/year
*Ausma Zehanat Khan; mystery, sci-fi, fantasy, historical romance
*Just a couple, off the top of my head, and no offense meant to anyone - @MrBook @TrishB @LauraBeth @LeahBergen @julesG @Cinfhen @dsfisher @RealLifeReading @Andrew65

📚 September 2016
📖 Saw a post about Litsy on Instagram (@Cohnina)
📃 More! Far worse is the amount of books I've bought since I joined and my TBR has skyrocketed.
📑 Fantasy, Romance, Sci-fi; Laini Taylor, JKR, Neil Gaiman, Julia Kent

Just tagging a few, I'd love to tag all of you though.

@Lizpixie @DGRachel @thegirlwiththelibrarybag @MrBook @britt_brooke @Cinfhen @Liberty

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

#WonderousWednesday.

🍃Besides the US, I have visited Jamaica, Mexico,
Cayman Islands,Canada, France, Italy, England, Switzerland-8.

🍃coastline- or the best of both worlds like in Washington State, Coastline with Mountains.

🍃NewFoundland where my grandfather was born & raised.

🍃beaches, water of any kind.

1. 10 different countries. Would be more but we're going through the Greek Islands, as we love them so much 🇬🇷
2. I love both 🏖🏞
3. Dublin, can't believe I've never been there when it's so close 🇮🇪
4. Narnia, always found it so magical ❄

@Eggs #wonderouswednesday

1. Autumn Time by Brenda Williams - it's a childrens poem from work, but I've always liked it 🍁🍂🍁
2. Hopefully going to Germany during half term to visit friends who have recently moved there 🇩🇪✈
3. No, but I went back to school to work, that was stressful enough 😂
❤💛💗🧡💜💚💙
#wonderouswednesday @Eggs

1. A Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult
2. Warhorse (because of work but I also love it)
3. TBR 100+ and rising all the time ⬆️
4. I only ever read non fiction in work it will have been something Egyptian because that was our history topic 🇪🇬
5. @Brackellington5 new to Litsy today please follow her 😃

#wonderouswednesday @Eggs
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1. My new book is called Me a little too late for me

2. Maybe an autobiography called “Really??!”

3. A small desire but never likely to be filled because I have zero imagination.

4. I don‘t, at least not in a creative way.

#HumpDayPost
@DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. My new book is called To the End and the End of My Heart.
2. I‘ll take the one above- don‘t think I could do much better.
3. No, I‘d rather read them.
4. Work (local government) and staying in touch with family and friends.
#humpdaypost @MinDea @DebbieGrillo

1. Is this an iPhone thing? I've never figured out how to do it on my Android.
2. Adventures in Reluctant Civility
3. That used to be my goal. It's not anymore, but I haven't found a new goal.
4. Personal correspondence, book reviews. I used to blog and journal a lot, but lately I'm bored with my own opinions, so I don't write much anymore.

#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. My new book is called “A good night for dinner”
2. Hidden Identities (title of the book I‘m writing)
3. Yes! I love writing, it‘s fun. I‘m re-writing my NaNo novel from last year. Maybe it will be good enough to publish some day.
4. My therapist says I need the creative outlet.

#HumpDayPost

I didn't remember hump day last week until Thursday. Please forgive me!

1. My new book is called "In the Form That You Have"
2. Enjoy the Journey
3. I used to want that. Now, my focus is on other things.
4. I write reflectively and with my students. I'm a high school English teacher. I aim to practice what I teach.

#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. Try to make to the east end of Long Island to visit the beach and wineries
2. Some upcoming weekend road trips
3. On the beach in Hawaii with a mai tai nearby
4. My son at the Queens Botanical Garden where he was going to camp in front of snail stadium
#humpdaypost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. Get our schedule for fall sketched out. I need to find space for music lessons, orchestra, clubs, scouts, sports, bowling league, online classes, volunteer work...
2. Having a routine.
3. Our local library.
4. We have two German teens staying with us for the month, and they're amused by food sold in very large amounts. So I'm taking pictures of 5-lb tubs of butter.
@DebbieGrillo @MinDea #HumpDayPost

1. I‘d like to just go out lol, I haven‘t done many summer activities this year!
2. I just love the cooler temps and color changes
3. My bed?! Lol, I‘d love to choose somewhere exciting but I‘m indecisive
4. Took my niece and nephew to the petting zoo and him and this goat had a stare off!
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1. Go kayaking with hubby, and we may do that today for our anniversary. 15 years!
2. Walks along the river under a canopy of colourful leaves.
3. Francis Bay, St. John, USVI
4. We saw this moose along the highway in New Brunswick, Canada on Monday. Pretty Cool!
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#humpdaypost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

Never have I ever...

1. ...traveled without taking at least two books with me.
2. ... finished anything by George R. R. Martin.
3. ... returned a damaged library book without telling a librarian.
4. ... dropped a book in the bathtub.

I'm hesitant about tagging people, so if you're reading this, consider yourself tagged!

#HumpDayPost
Thanks for the tag @wanderinglynn 💖🤗

Never have I ever:
*returned a library book late
*not returned a borrowed book from anyone
*finished the Harry Potter series
*read a George R.R. Martin book

Tagging @eggs @JoScho and anyone else that wants to join along!

Never have I ever
...read anything by Jane Austen.
...stayed up all night reading.
...gone to a book signing.
...read or written fan-fiction.

#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

Tagging @wanderinglynn and also consider this an open tag. Let's play!

#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea
1. The hammock out back!
2. Not worry about the yard, lol!
3. I love the sun in short bursts, gimme 15 minutes in the sun and I‘m searching for the shade!
4. 📸 babysitting my little nephew, Felix!

Hump day vibes even though I'm off work 😍
It's only the beginning, but I know this is going to be a great summer off work 🧡🧡🧡

Hubby helped me with these questions, so these are his answers:
1. Walking the trails.
2. Hibernate
3. The shade

Here are mine:
1. The abundance of restaurants and breweries with inviting outdoor seating.
2. Use the garage as extra fridge space.
3. The shade.

#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. Astronaut
2. Customer Service Manager for an office supply store.
3. He would be pissed as hell to see me doing something that wasn't adventurous and possibly dangerous.
4. Listen to your heart, do what YOU want to do with your life, not what other people tell you is the best course.
5. ❤❤❤❤ Love Given!!

@DebbieGrillo @MinDea #HumpDayPost

1* a Mom and an actor
2* a Mom, a grandMom, and Curriculum Director
3* Most likely
4* Don‘t compare yourself to others; nothing in life is perfect
5* ✅
#humpdaypost @MinDea @DebbieGrillo

1. When I was in elementary school I wanted to be a teacher. When I got older and more practical I decided I'd be an accountant. I also went through courtroom lawyer phase. In that scenario, I wanted a house husband.
2. I'm a high school English teacher.
3. Definitely!
4. Getting married isn't a life goal.
5. Are you ready for the love?
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@DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. I‘ll take a lake or a pool
2. Lake of the Ozark‘s in Missouri. My grandparents used to have a place on the lake & we would spend summers there when I was a kid. Glorious.
3. Usually Netflix but we have an Alamo Theater nearby. I like going to the movies when I can order dinner & a beer.
4. The new Deadwood Movie
5. 👍🏻

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#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. Pool is easier, but Ocean is spectacular
2. The pool where I swim laps
3. Theater for “big” movies, everything else on our big screen TV
4. We saw “Yesterday” over last weekend
5. ;->

1. I love being at the ocean but I don‘t swim in it. I do love lounging and swimming at the pool! 🌊
2. Emerald Isle, NC 🌊
3. I love my Netflix but nothing replaces the movie theater experience. And the popcorn is better! 🍿
4. Spider-Man Far From Home 🕷
5. See above 👆🏻
#HumpDayPost

#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea
1. Pool ⛱
2. Port Perry 🍁⚓️
3. Movie Theatre. I don't have a Netflix account myself.
4. The silent film Metropolis, DVR recorded from the TCM channel.
5. 🔮🦇

1. Scrambled eggs and sweet potato hash browns. Or avocado toast with a hard-boiled egg.
2. My grandparents used to take me to a Christian dinner and a show theater. I was always kind of weirded out by the evangelical atmosphere. Not my cup of tea.
3. YES. But I only do it when I'm eating alone.
4. Pumpkin pasties
5. Everyone is tagged!

#WondrousWednesday

1. Pool.
2. Lake Michigan. I grew up going to the Dunes with relatives.
3. DVDs at home. The movie theater is nice but I can‘t wear pajamas and go bra-less there. You‘re welcome! 😁
4. SpiderMan Homecoming. It was really good!
5. See the insert in the pic above.
#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. Pool, because the sea where I live is far too cold for swimming!
2. A nature reserve with lots of wildlife to photograph 📷
3. Cinema (I don't have Netflix 😞)
4. I don't really watch films...but the last memorable one that I watched was Love Simon ❤
5. 📚📚📚

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@DebbieGrillo
@MinDea

1. Ocean, lake, river, I love nature's swimming spots.
2. Francis Bay, St. John, USVI.
3. Theater but I like Netflix too.
4. Yesterday. It was fantastic!

#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

🎶Even If It Kills Me-Motion City Soundtrack 🕐 Definitely go to Wizarding World of Harry Potter without a lot of people around!! 🏡 A great house, I need an amazing kitchen! @Eggs @HoneyBeeLee @Cinfhen @Jess861 @allthingskayla #wondrouswednesday

1. I‘ve always liked Carnations. They last a long time and smell wonderful even if they are considered “cheap” flowers.
2. I don‘t think I‘ve read it yet. We still have a few days!
3. I‘ve been watching Alias while I exercise.
4. Emily Dickenson.
#HumpDayPost @DebbieGrillo @MinDea

1. Alstroemeria - I love them in every colour, always have a bunch in my living room 🌺🏵🌸
2. The Woman in the Window - just loved it! ❤
3. Line of Duty 👨‍✈️🕵️‍♀️
4. Spike Milligan 📝

@DebbieGrillo @MinDea #humpdaypost

I can‘t choose today, so here‘s two of everything!

1. Peonies & Hydrangeas
2. ‘Rules of Civility‘ & ‘Fortune Smiles‘
3. ‘Dead To Me‘ (starring Christina Applegate on Netflix) & ‘Barry‘ (starring Bill Hader on HBO)
4. T.S. Eliot & Maya Angelou

@DebbieGrillo @MinDea #HumpDayPost

1) Moulin Rouge Sunflowers (but really any sunflower)
2) City of Brass by S.A. Chakraborty
3) Ask a Mortician on YouTube
4) Warsan Shire/Nikki Giovanni (depends on the day)

#HumpDay
@DebbieGrillo @MinDea

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1. I love my iris garden, and plan to add more varieties this year. This one is a particular favorite.
2. A Ladder to the Sky by John Boyne
3. The Handmaid‘s Tale - it‘s a great story made even better on TV (lots of TW, though)
4. Carl Sandburg, Mary Oliver, Maya Angelou. Recently bought some Dylan Thomas because I‘m part Welsh and want to know his work.

1. Nothing can beat the sensory experience of lilacs. But, lupines and tulips are my runners up.
2. One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus.
3. My last true binge watch wss Downton Abbey. Clearly, I'm in need.
4. I have so many! Emily Dickinson, William Stafford, Billy Collins, Naomi Shihab Nye, Mary Oliver to name a few.
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@DebbieGrillo @MinDea

#wondrouswednesday | Thanks for the tag @OrangeMooseReads !

1. The twins (Ashley & Meredith). They moved in next door when we were all 5 years old. We‘ve been best friends for 32 years. Our parents are still neighbors.

2. Nothing beats a Rocky Mountain sunset.

3. Honeysuckle. It takes me back to childhood with “the twins.” Wild honeysuckle grew/grows along the creek behind our family‘s homes.

4. Recursion

5. Anyone who‘d like to share! 🤗