Woolever‘s life story is brutally honest and self-deprecating and you have to respect that. Despite addictions to weed, alcohol, pharmaceutical mood-alterers and emotionally unavailable lovers, Laurie reaches success co-writing with Anthony Bourdain until his untimely death in 2018. You‘ll enjoy the plethora of mouth-watering food descriptions as well.

#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025

Co-creator of How I Met Your Mother, Craig Thomas also wrote this hilarious and poignant novel about 2 writers, husband and wife, who have an adult son with Down‘s and a teenage daughter who‘s neurotypical.

#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025

@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel

One of my go-to books for inspiration with color, style, textures and designs. This reminds me of the front porch images that @kspenmoll often shares🩵🩵

#Table

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Happy Monday! Fun fact: 17 days til Thanksgiving, 6 weeks til Christmas❣️ But, whoa, take a break and tell us what smells make you feel good⬆️

I love spiced bourbon, Christmas tree scents, spiced coffee, vanilla, pumpkin

Repost and tag someone 💖

#majicmonday

@Eggs

“Close your eyes. Hear the silent snow. Listen to your soul speak.”

#Fireside 🔥 ❄️🎄📚

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Betsy, Tacy and Tib lived in an era without phones, cars, TVs, and convenience. They relied upon nature and imagination and loyalty to enrich their friendship. 💞

#SundayFunday

@BookmarkTavern

Play? @Dilara @RosePressedPages @Leftcoastzen @monalyisha

BOUNTY by Robyn Sarah

#Bounty🐈‍⬛🫕🥡🥣🍅🍌🐈

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#weekendreads

@rachelsbrittain

What are you reading this weekend??

“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”

#Saints

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Mom is dying and we both know it.

#FirstLineFridays

@ShyBookOwl

This book was as beautiful as its book jacket. The process of nature's cycles and the imperfections of our lives combine for an engaging look at the human condition: mistakes-suffering-forgiveness and the gentle art of always moving forward. Sometimes that means reconciling with the unresolved…

#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Pantone2025

@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel

“The measure of us isn‘t in the day-to-day. And it‘s not in our past or our future. It‘s in the fundamental changes we make within ourselves over a lifetime.”

This conclusion to the Jaipur Trilogy was so satisfying. Really enjoyed this series💜

#Read2025 #Bookspinbingo #LitsyAtoZ #Series2025 #Pantone2025

@DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks @Texreader @BarbaraBB @Lauredhel

“There are content days and there are sad days. Each person is a master of his silence.”

#Souls

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#Pumpkin

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“When you don't cover up the world with words and labels, a sense of the miraculous returns to your life that was lost a long time ago when humanity, instead of using thought, became possessed by thought.” Thought for the day…

#Earthy

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

From Twilight by Louise Gluck, 1943-2023
Nobel, Pulitzer, US Poet Laureate, and more

#Twilight

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Amid the struggle to navigate change and loss, Lily and her grandmother look for gratitude and the comfort found in mindful attention to the present.

#Grateful

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Happy Monday! It‘s a crisp 46 degrees Fahrenheit here in central Texas this morning!

I had to drastically downsize my belongings earlier this year which necessitated a hard look at my values and needs. Simplicity feels so unencumbered.

Share and Tag!

#majicmonday @Eggs

I‘m grateful for many authors and the effects of their writing on my understanding of self, other people, and life‘s mysteries, but most recently Sarah Damoff in The Bright Years. Her The Burning Side will be released June2026.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Play? @Cuilin @Kshakal @rubyslippersreads

#Bookspinbingo

#Bookspin = Writers and Lovers

#Doublespin = The Perfumist of Paris

@TheAromaofBooks

An engaging and charming tale of two souls who are meant for each other - a sweet holiday romance.

#Romantics

@ChaptersofChaos

Play? @CrowCAH @Blueberry @ChelseaM6010

#FavoriteReadoftheMonth

@ChaptersofChaos

Play? @uncommonlycozies @TheBookgeekFrau @Kshakal

“At the end of life, what really matters is not what we bought but what we built; not what we got but what we shared; not our competence but our character; and not our success, but our significance. Live a life that matters. Live a life of love.”

#Apples 🍏❤️🍏

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“A common flower, a weed that no one sees, yes. But for us, a noble thing, the dandelion.”
They let the dandelions run amuck to compile a grand #Harvest for the inimitable dandelion wine-spirits of the gods…

#ARichLife

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#weekendreads

@rachelsbrittain

1* We have FALL!
2*Little Bear at pumpkin patch
3*I made Ruby slippers for granddaughter‘s Dorothy costume
4* 👆🏻Costume is sewn, and bought a basket at Goodwill
5* Same granddaughter selling live wreaths for fundraiser

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

“I‘d never expected to lose nearly everyone I loved by the time I was twenty-five.”

#FirstLineFridays

@ShyBookOwl

And just like that, October 2025 transforms into the misty realm of memory.

Please join us for the November challenge:

#ARichLife

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Do I exist?
There is so much fog here, and no words spoken
Did I fade?
Am I just dreaming?
•Autumn Williams

#Fog

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

"Her eyes are homes of silent prayers."
- Alfred Lord Tennyson

#Eyeballs

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“She‘d once heard them described as the whispers—the moments that are trying to tell you something isn‘t right here.”

#Whispers

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Apollyon: “By this I perceive you are one of my subjects, for all that country is mine, and I am the prince and god of it.”

#Devilish

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#majicmonday

Use food processor for mixing. Once base layer is in pan, put in freezer while making next layer. Chocolate can be chips or bars-if you want it sweeter, adjust as necessary. When melted, mix in oil and vanilla.

Sprinkle with some sea salt.
Freeze or refrigerate

@Kshakal @Kerrbearlib

#OrangeCover 🍊🧡🎃🧡🍑📙🔶

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Happy Monday 🎃

First Halloween I recall: I was 6 yo wearing a Tinkerbell costume, trick-or-treating in our new neighborhood - very exciting❣️

#majicmonday @Eggs

How about you?

Though I don‘t often choose books that are characterized primarily as romance, I do find it a lot in recent novels. An unlikely romance occurs in this fun page-turning novel written by Hilderbrand and Cunningham (her daughter).

#Romantics @ChaptersofChaos

Play? @BookmarkTavern @Cuilin @LiseWorks

I like making and eating these! No oven required, 3 layers, and no sugar.

What Halloween treat do you like to eat while reading?

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

Play? @Kshakal @ChaptersofChaos @uncommonlycozies

“All shadows of clouds the sun cannot hide
like the moon cannot stop oceanic tide;
but a hidden star can still be smiling
at night's black spell on darkness, beguiling.”
Munia Khan

#BlackCover

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Winter creeps closer, more holidays appear…
As we approach the close of another season, let‘s revel in what brings us closer to each other and to our clan and extended family, with gratitude and warmth. Presenting #ARichLife photo challenge! Mark each day by posting a book, poem, song, film, or photo that matches the prompt. Thanks to everyone who participated in October🧡🧡
Enjoy!!

#ARichLife

“It was the best first kiss in the history of first kisses. It was as sweet as sugar. And it was warm, as warm as pie.”

#Treats

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#weekendreads

@rachelsbrittain

“Sometimes bad things happen and you have to tell everyone; sometimes terrible things happen and everybody knows.”

#FirstLineFridays

@ShyBookOwl

Dancing the Tarantula by Peter S. Quinn

#Tarantula

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Hey Sarah! I‘m ready for November 🌽🥧🥦

#Bookspin
#Doublespin
#Bookspinbingo

@TheAromaofBooks

“Her heart was racing, thudding against her ribs, as she tried to appear calm.”

#Chilling

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“She looked like autumn, when leaves turned and fruit ripened.”
-Sarah Addison Allen

#Spell

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“There were a billion lights out there on the horizon and I knew that all of them put together weren't enough to light the darkness in the hearts of some men.”

#Scarecrow

#HauntsAndHexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The author transforms poetry and fiction into ‘potion‘.

#potion

#hauntsandhexes

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Happy Monday!

For me that is from Austin, TX, to the northern coast of Jamaica 🇯🇲 , 1600+miles by air.

Play and Tag a few!

#majicmonday @Eggs