Not book related—we are at Johnson Space Center today. Book shopping yesterday in Houston and NASA today. A very nice short spring break trip. Four hour drive back home to San Antonio later.
Two more books, books 23 & 24 of the series, from the Houston bookstore Murder by the Book. I now only need three books to complete the series
Taking suggestions from @cassareada and @Graywacke we visited four bookstores (the last was Half Price Books near NASA), and NASA astronauts‘ favorite Italian place nearby, Frenchie‘s and it is absolutely authentic. Son ate here when he presented his high school rocket flight plan at NASA and told us we had to come try it. The walls are covered with the signed astronaut photos. It‘s wonderful—the little old Italian men running the place ♥️!
Look what arrived as I was writing my review for book one. So I‘m putting Bardugo‘s Wonder Woman book on hold so I can read this one! #authoramonth @Soubhiville
Btw, I hate this cover.
pickMagic at Yale! Alex, a druggie who barely survived a murderous rampage, is recruited to go to Yale so that during her spare time she can go undercover at the Ninth House—Lethe. Not because she‘s brilliant but because of her unique ability to see ghosts. Lethe helps the other 8 houses during their ritual magic ceremonies by keeping ghosts at bay, from interfering with the magic. But Alex is a girl from the streets so she approaches her job quite ⬇️
pickThis is the story about a miserable excuse of a man and the man he‘s been coerced to murder, an Englishman who lived in #Ireland, during their escape aboard ship to NYC from the famine. But a lot of folks have reasons to commit the murder, and does he really “deserve” to die? There are a lot of side stories that all tie back to these two characters. I wasn‘t terribly keen on the writer‘s style but it was a good, interesting read. #bookedintime ⬇️
I‘m Kind O‘Lucky! Tell me yours!
Forgive me for filling up your feed with all the St Patrick‘s Day memes! I can‘t help myself!!
I‘ve always thought the Irish were among the smartest people on the planet! Right @Cuilin and @GingerAntics ?
Fam is going to Houston Wednesday and Thursday and will be checking out some bookstores, particularly the awesome Half Price Books near NASA (we‘re also going to the Johnson Space Center Museum where daughter and I got to spend the night when she was in Girl Scouts—AMAZING!).
Hey Houstonians! Any recommended bookstores down that way or on the way back to San Antonio?
And I can attest this quote is so darned true about Houston!
You know you married the right guy when he surprises you with a book he ordered that he knew you‘d love.
It‘s almost here! Remember to wear green and celebrate everything Irish tomorrow!! #foodandlit #Ireland @Catsandbooks
I ♥️ all the wonderful things you all said about your Litsy experiences. I agree with you! I drew the Littens to celebrate my reaching 500,000 Litfluence. And they are…drumroll please: @WorldsOkayestStepMom @peanutnine @Read4life and @RosePressedPages
Let me know if your litsy tbr is up-to-date for books you want or send me a list of at least 5 books you want. Email me your contact info at kamonsen at aol.com with Litsy in the subject line. 🎉
We are about halfway through our month of #Ireland and it seems like everyone is really enjoying it! If you haven‘t already, post an update on what you‘re reading and eating for #foodandlit
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Fun fact about #Ireland. More photos here:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DHO9i5mx9qE/?igsh=MXZ5NnRmMW50aXNyNQ==
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Interesting fact for #Nepal, last month‘s country for #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Very fun using one of my bookmarks from #Ireland (from our trip there last summer) for my #foodandlit books this month! @Catsandbooks
Too early to start enjoying St Patrick‘s Day? #foodandlit #Ireland @Catsandbooks
I‘m coloring all things Irish while I listen to the tagged book #bookedintime @Cuilin
Dickens makes another appearance! I think I know one of the reasons @Cuilin likes this book so much!! 😉
#bookedintime #whattheDickens @Cuilin #foodandlit #Ireland @Catsandbooks
Ha! Aspiring novelist Dixon doesn‘t have a high regard for Dickens!
#bookedintime #whattheDickens @Cuilin #foodandlit #Ireland @Catsandbooks
Another fun fact (if true) about our January #foodandlit country #Netherlands. 🤣🤣🤣
Y‘all! It took almost 8 years but I‘ve finally reached 500,000 Litfluence! Whoohoo! Ok, how about I do a big giveaway! Please post your favorite thing(s) about Litsy (make me smile) and I‘ll enter you into a drawing for a book from your tbr list. Remember to tag me if you make a separate post! I plan to have at least more than one winner. 😁🎉📕❤️♥️📚
FREE EBOOK and/or audiobook with Audible. Perfect this month for #foodandlit #Ireland! Expires in 4 days or less.
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A trip to Sam‘s and oops! Three new books! I‘ve been anxiously awaiting the tagged book to come out in paperback
pickTwo boys, Pietro the city boy from Milan and Bruno a country boy, become lifelong friends in the mountains of #Italy. Pietro has a complicated relationship with his father, and as adults Bruno develops a much better relationship with Pietro‘s father, creating an unusual but ultimately a stronger bond between Pietro and Bruno following the father‘s death, even when Pietro moves away to #Nepal. A slow, contemplative book in the shadow of the ⬇️
pickAlmost the entire Irish village of Baltimore was taken captive by pirates in the early 1600s and sold as slaves in #Algeria. With little records about their lives as slaves, the author relies on a number of accounts by other slaves to try to describe what their lives could have been like. The author also posits a hypothesis that the taking was an elaborate plan of an evil mastermind who wanted to rid the coastal town of its inhabitants for his ⬇️
pickThis is a hilarious but informative take on all things Irish, both the Republic (south) and Northern Ireland. A few sections require some knowledge about Ireland so I didn‘t understand them but they were quite short. In fact, the book is very short, less than 100 pages. I can‘t believe I haven‘t found this series before! I love it! #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
I‘m starting this book for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Always great to have a map!
My son toured the campus when looking at universities because Yale was heavily recruiting him. Fortunately he stayed closer to home, albeit still two states away. So this map made me think of him. Missing him a lot but will see him in one week when his spring break starts
#authoramonth @Soubhiville
Sadly I just finished this extremely fun book. Review to come. Here‘s one last fun tidbit.
#Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
#Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
This is an EXCELLENT book, very fun reading.
