1* Box Land 📦
2* my plants survived the move
3* & 4* 2 bookshelves waiting for the books!
5* But first, coffee ☕️

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-
bbcs-big-read-200-101

I got 26.

#TLT @dabbe

Play? @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @julieclair @iread2much

The Wayfarer by Stephen Crane

#Wayfarer #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Suspenseful HF with dual timeline: WW2 Europe and postwar Boston. 17 yo Jordan, daughter of her long-widowed father, plays a substantial postwar role…Chilling😳

#Daughter #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Rudyard Kipling, The Way Through the Woods

#Way #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“It must be like the block of wood of the body sprouting tiny tongues of fire and who knows where the next one will rise and burn.” 😱

#Dark #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Excerpt from the lovely The Walrus and the Carpenter - Lewis Carroll

#Wax #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“The truth is, people love violence—from a distance, that is. Anyone who disagrees is either in denial or hiding something.”

#Danger #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1-over the years, we‘ve had 5 dogs, 10 cats, gerbils, turtles, and fish
2-I love stories with horses, dogs, cats, and other pets
3-tagged is a Newbery winner: dog who unwittingly becomes a hero to a park full of animals. Johannes, a free dog, lives in an urban park by the sea. His job is to be the Eyes—to see everything that happens within the park and report back to the park‘s elders, three ancient Bison.

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1.yes, a few dollars and coins sometimes - you never know when you might need it

2. Count Rostov was a wealthy elite before the Russian revolution; but he was an eloquent, kind, and thoughtful man who had so much love in his heart; however, bc of wealth and social status he was condemned to live inside the Metropol Hotel and never leave.
#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

#Waver

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“A long time ago I stopped wondering why there were so many crazy people. What surprises me now is that there are so many sane ones.”

30 yo Ruth quits her job, and goes home to help her aging parents who are losing their memory...so human, spliced with humor.

#Dad #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

May starts soon! Here is our new photo challenge -
We love to view your posts! Post something related to the daily prompt: book, poem, quote, play, film, image, or ?? Thanks to everyone who played in April 🌷

#Bibliophile

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@LitsyEvents

“I don‘t need easy, I just need possible.” Bethany Hamilton

#Wave #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“To embrace the uncertainty of a dilemma is to embrace the fullness of life itself.”

#Dilemma #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Water Lilies - A. A. Milne

#Waterlily #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“Deviled eggs” is a culinary term meaning to spice or season a dish heavily, especially with mustard or pepper, associated with the fiery imagery of hell. These eggs look devilishly great!

#Devil #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

What are your favorite genres? HF, MG, some YA
• What are a few of your desert island reads? NOT SURE…
•What's your go-to reading snack?decaf latte and berries
•Weirdest or most interesting place you've read a book? middle school dance
• What do you do when you're not reading? Walk, time with these 3 women ☝️and my grands
@monalyisha #bibliologistbio

Langston Hughes, “Waterfront Streets”

#waterfront

#poetrymatters

@TheSpineView

#waterfall

#poetrymatters

@TheSpineView

“And the memory made her humble; for we should not forget what it is to be young and to have ideas and attitudes that may later seem so fanciful.”

#Dish #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1 & 2: Flashbacks - me and my girls early 1990s, and me and my firstborn girl 1976
3 & 4: The roses are exploding with blooms
5: Finished another Meissner audiobook

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

You‘re invited to play: @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Blueberry @TheBookgeekFrau

A few years back, I enjoyed this series about the friendship doll exchanges between US and Japan; in which US children sent more than 12,000 Friendship Dolls to Japan in hopes of avoiding a future war.

#Doll #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-the-
great-american-read-2018-from-100-1
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!

#TLT @dabbe

Play? @Blueberry @TheBookgeekFrau @AmyG

#Water #PoetryMatters 💦

@TheSpineView

“You're more than your work... More than whatever contributions you think you're supposed to be making. More than whoever people think you're supposed to be.”

#Dessert #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Happy Wednesday!

1-Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner

2-I dnfed Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy -seemed irrelevant after reading his Road novel. Also Hidden by Fern Michaels.

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Happy Wednesday!

1-Only the Beautiful by Susan Meissner

2-I dnfed Blood Meridian by Cormac McCarthy -seemed irrelevant after reading his Road novel. Also Hidden by Fern Michaels.

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

from All Along the Watchtower - Bob Dylan. 1967

#Watch

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

#Dice

#DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1 - No, I filed in February.
2 - historical

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

From The Wasteland - T. S. Eliot

#Waste

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

#Denial

#DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Discovery

#DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Wasp

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“Snipers must make themselves calm in order to succeed, and that is why women are good at sharpshooting. Because there is not a woman alive who has not learned how to eat rage in order to appear calm.”

A favorite HF from Quinn! I like both covers❄️

#Diamond 💎
#DynamicDs

From The Wash by Sarah Getty

#Wash #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“A sociopath is often described as someone with little or no conscience. I‘ll leave it to the psychologists to decide whether Holmes fits the clinical profile, but there‘s no question that her moral compass was badly askew.”

#Deceit #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1. The roses are blooming🌹🌹🌹
2. Rain has made everything green 🌳🌿🪴🍃
3. LB is 20 months old!
4. Pool opens tomorrow 💦
5. I‘m moving in 12 days 🏡
Almost forgot the pic - baby in the rocking chair

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

#Wary

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Alvin Ailey American Dance Company weaves together the most beautiful songs and stories❤️ I have been fortunate to attend two full length performances in my life, and would love to see them once more…
#Dance #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Here's list #5 covering 2010-2024! LAST ONE!
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-
award-nominations-list-5-2010-2024
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.

I‘ve seen 35. Faves: Black Panther, Extremely….Incredibly Close, Midnight in Paris, 1917

#TLT @dabbe

#Warrior #PowtryMatters

@TheSpineView

Carl is my favorite literary dog 🐕‍🦺! He lives an extraordinary life 🖤

#Dog

#DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Tell Me a Story by Robert Penn Warren

#Warren #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“There we will, I pray, remain and learn and grow until the time when we will rise together to the ultimate heights, changing in appearance but never in devotion, sharing the transcendent glory of our love through all eternity.”

#DynamicDs #Dream

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1- I love so many kinds of flowers…roses, gladioli, peonies but also we have some stunning wildflowers like the poppies above.
2- I‘m grateful for flowers, rain, and friends 💞

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Tagging a few:

📚Most definitely! However I rarely want to own/keep them. They‘re heavy and space is an issue for me🤷‍♀️

📖 tagged

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Play? @Read4life @Sleepswithbooks @iread2much

Excerpt from Tapestry by Stephen Gregory

#Warp #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

“Everybody thinks they are protecting and defending their people. But we are all people, right?" -Papa

A beautiful inspiring story ??

#Diary #DynamicDs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks