The purpose of Brooks‘ immersion in the raw nature of Flinders Island is to finally,after 4 years, release her howling grief at the sudden death of her husband. These geese = Tony.
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/cape-barren-goose/
Tonight‘s hot cinnamon milk & a book.
pickLane & Darling, are on their honeymoon in Arizona at a luxury Inn.But their idyllic days are lambasted when Lane witnesses a poolside murder.Despite their best intentions,they are drawn in to a web of police corruption,mob presence,& violence.Meanwhile back in Nelson Sgt.Ames is in charge.With the assistance of a new recruit,PC Terrell, the first black on the force, he is investigating a murder.Is his romantic interest Tina involved somehow?
Found this in the library when looking for the author‘s Shardlake mysteries. Starting today. Already intrigued. Madrid 1940s. Spies, espionage. A “bleak winter thriller.” (Back cover). Still feels more like winter than spring here.
Love this poem & her poetry. #InPerpetualSpring #poetry #spring
Despite the cold mornings, spring has sprung in my backyard!
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poets/amy-gerstler
Tonight‘s cinnamon milk -delicious!
Warm milk
Dash of nutmeg
1/2 t cinnamon
1t honey
#hyggehourreadathon
I may be addicted.
#hyggehourreadathon
Me, my kitties, hot cinnamon milk, & a book.
Today‘s piece from Year of Wonder was both mesmerizing & haunting.
https://youtu.be/KVZcW0Wt2wY
pickInfluenced by the BritBox show,I started reading inspector Allen Bank series.This # two in the series captivated me from the start.A former professor,a “dedicated man,” inherited money & moves to the Yorkshire Dales to pursue his archaeological work.Everyone seems to love him,& yet he‘s found bludgeoned to death.What secrets are people holding, past in present?I was mesmerized & carried along as Banks pursued one lot of inquiry after another.⬇️
Sun is just above the horizon. First cup of the day with a cinnamon raisin bagel & honey butter.☕️🥯📗
#weeklyforecast
Top row: daily, annual reads
Middle row: #sundaybuddyread #ChristieCapers #poetry
Last row: school class reads, #lanewinslowmystery #librarybook
Week 3/23-3/29
Watching UConn Women play Arkansas State & reading this Chief Inspector Banks #2 mystery. #serieslove2025
#NCAA #Division1
pickWhat a delightful,intriguing new series introduced to me in another book.Evelyne Redfern, from A Traitor in Whitehall, is addicted to English detectives so she mentions various authors‘ she is reading.One of these is these the delightful Gideon Oliver,an anthropology professor, attends a conference on Gibraltar celebrating the anniversary of the discovery of the Gibraltar woman & her part-Neanderthal boy.But the celebration turns into a setting⬇️
#bookreport
Top row: first 3 are year long daily reads- I am enjoying/learning so much! My son shares this daily morning session with me,which adds to the experience. Grand Design: #sundaybuddyread
2nd row: poetry( currently reading), 2 school class reads, library book, mystery
3rd row: finished books,library,owned book(Donna Leon),kindle. #storygraph #themedcozies2025 #craft
pick#serieslove2025
So many emotions ran through me while reading this book: deep sadness,anger,awe.It‘s the story of a mentally handicapped man,who works in a dry cleaning business that Brunetti‘s wife Paola frequents.She learns he has died & she asks Brunetti to look into his death.As a favor to her he does,but finds no trace of the man- it‘s as if he didn‘t exist.Is his “viper” of a mother or his Aristocratic father‘s family involved in his death?
Today‘s tree brought back memories of the mythical “green man” we heard/read about as kids. 💚
I had to go for fasting bloodwork this morning so I treated myself to a coffee & a breakfast sandwich - of course while reading. ☕️🥯📙
1) My bestie at work & home baked Purim cookies for me What a treat!
2) Litsy!
3) Last night I participated in a virtual book talk/ interview with Fiona Davis about her new book The Stolen Queen. Fabulous!
4) baked Irish apple cake- delicious!
5) my family, husband, son, Poe & Em. You can barely see my husband as he is covered in kitties! grateful for:finally found out chronic headaches,cough,exhaustion, due to “atypical” infection. #5joysfriday
Participated in tonight‘s virtual event with author Fiona Davis in an interview with journalist Mary Shanklin sponsored by the Mark Twain House in Hartford, CT. She was delightful-wonderful background information. Now this read will be so much richer for me! #TheMET #Egypt
https://booknotions.com/behind-the-book-with-fiona-davis/
pickA fun cozy full of quirky characters.A friends invites Brenna to work in her decoupage shop.Brenna settles here,hoping to leave her past in Boston behind.She is renting a nearby lakeside cottage from an artist Nate Williams,who has secrets of his own.Brenna spies a trunk at the edge of the lake & pulls it out.To her horror, she discovers the mayor‘s body inside.Clues point to Nate as the murderer. Can she prove his innocence? #decoupagemystery #1
Lunch time reading. This author was mentioned in A Traitor in Whitehall. Evelyne Redfern,the protagonist,was an avid reader of English mysteries. #serieslove2025
RIP Jesse Colin Young- listened to the Youngbloods in my HS friend‘s basement -his song Get Together so relevant today. 💔
A much older Jesse & Steve Miller singing together-quite poignant rendition of Get Together
https://youtu.be/95a3tw1xq_0
https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/music-news/jesse-colin-young-dead-youngbl...
We celebrated St.Patrick‘s Day tonight with Irish Beef Stew made with Guinness Extra-Stout, & Irish apple cake. The cake was a hit- the stew was strong for my husband. He likes my Julia Child Beef Stew better. #FoodandLit #March #Ireland 💚☘️🇮🇪
My mood is sending me to Venice. Just went outside, the rain stopped, still overcast, but the temp rose to 63, so it feels like I am enveloped in balmy steam on my sidewalk. #serieslove2025
pickLane & Ins.Darling are planning their wedding when an elderly Russian lady appears searching for her brother. Lane,who speaks Russian, invites her to stay in her home While Darling & new constable initiate a search for her brother, a hunter is found murdered. although LaneLaney desperately wants to escape her past,it rears its head again when she‘s contacted by a British agent to alert her that a Russian spy is headed to Canada. #serieslove2025 ⬇️
Slept in. Sunday late morning breakfast. Always coffee!
#BookReport Currently reading a few buddy reads for work & Litsy, library book & audiobook #ThematicCozies2025 #hobby. Finished the last row of books.
#sundaybuddyread #ChristieCapers #libraryfind #workbuddyreads #LaneWinslowMysteries #FoodandLit #Ireland #bookedintime #PatriHedstrom #Spies #audiobook #serieslove2025
pick#4 Lt. Darling is called England to review when his flight crew was shot down behind enemy lines in occupied France during WWII.Two men were lost.Darling is charged with murder.Lane goes over to uncover the plot & save Darling from the noose.
#5 a mother‘s son goes missing.Lane finds a dying man drifting in a rowboat.A red swastika lapel pin is on the nearby beach.Is there a resurgence of the Nazi party in this idyllic village? #serieslove2025
#thematiccozies2025 #hobby #March #StoryGraph
Enjoying this audiobook while waiting on dinner. 🎧📕🍝🥗
My #5JoysFriday!
Magnolia buds on our tree!!!!
Getting ready for CT birds
Me in Madison Square Park NYC
NYC at the Museum of Book Art- incredible exhibit
Litsy for comfort & sanity
Rough week between work & my health so this was just what I needed this evening!
#foodandlit #March #IslandofIreland #bookedintime
Food:plan to make Irish beef stew with Guinness stout, apple cake.
pick1974 –an island off the coast of Sweden.An entire family with the exception of toddler daughter Ebba,vanishes. 5 teens,now adults, were somehow involved. Decades later,Ebba,& her husband Tobias, return to the island to rebuild their life after family tragedy.Erica,with a research writer nose is interested in this old case. Is this past case connected to the current case,Patrick her detective husband is investigating? Evil lurks….
Fun, sexy, frothy. Numbers make sense to Casey and bring order to her life. A fun romp through New York City with career minded twenty somethings. Deeper themes: the true meaning of home, friends, love, & family.#buddyread
Read this with a precocious 13 year old. Discussion on Tuesday .
#weeklyforecast
A mix of #buddyreads, other prompts, library books.
Scenes from NYC.
Madagascar Vanilla gelato; Rizzoli Bookstore; bookish art; Flatiron Building; me in Madison Square Park; me at Center for Book Arts; chefs books; mural nearby; bookish art the Bible books in miniature; Birds of an Feather Book art.
My son & I had an uplifting day, including train ride into the City. https://centerforbookarts.org/exhibitions/the-best-kept-secret-200-years-of-bloo...
#bookreport #March2toMarch8 #2025
Top row: buddy reads
Mid row: 2 books for HS; #foodandlit #PatrikHedstrom
Botton row: first 3 books finished. #audiobooks
Left out Star of the Sea buddyread for #FoodandLit #bookedintime
Also It Begins in Betrayal
I had absolutely no knowledge of this WWII & Hitler‘s vision & tie to Swedish stone.
https://safronovawahlstrom.com/Fragment-of-a-Memorial-Unbuilt
On train to NYC. Visiting the Center for Book Arts in Flatiron district, lunch, & a bookstore! 🏙️🚊🥗📚☕️ #coffeeandbooks
pickA Venetian librarian calls Brunetti with news of a terrible theft and defacing of priceless ancient books. A horrific murder occurs of “Tertullian”, an ex-priest,who is often reading at the same table as a thief. A multitude of suspects means an exhaustive methodical investigation. As always, many ancient are mentioned and discovered in the investigative process. #serieslove2025
pickLawyer Shardlake is tasked by Thomas Cromwell, Chief Secretary to Henry VIII, with a dangerous & secret mission to find “dark fire”, a method of mass destruction. An atmosphere of evil & violence colors this #2 in the series.Shardlake also has a sensationalized case involving a young girl charged with murder.What he unearths is a tale of nefarious,depraved evil.His friend & healer Guy returns & a new character,the loyal,abrasive, protector Barak.
1) sunrise Wednesday
2) English tea with my friend
3) yesterday I woke to a chorus of bird song-afirst this spring
4) Books!
5) made dal bhat-delicious & healthy for
#foodandlit #Nepal #February
