I‘ve seen Hello, Dolly! and Fatal Attraction. I liked Hello, Dolly! but I didn‘t like Fatal Attraction. I watched Fatal Attraction with my mom and she asked me what I thought about it after we watched it and I said,”This movie was something else.”
I want to watch E.T, Mary Poppins, Funny Girl, Fiddler On The Roof and Cabaret.

#threelistthursday

According to Google, I have 4 independent bookstores near my location here in TX. It wouldn‘t be too long of a drive for my mom to take me to any of these bookstores but it‘s more convenient for me to support independent bookstores online because I don‘t have to worry about transportation when I do that.

Good Books In The Woods - 19 minute drive
Buy The Book - 18 minute drive
Village Books - 17 minute drive
The Book Attic - 26 minute drive

I didn‘t know we had so many independent bookstores in Texas. Now that I found that list of independent bookstores, I‘m going to make sure I remember to follow all of them on social media. I probably have more than 2 of these stores that are closer to me than I think.

I‘m following this independent bookstore in Tomball, TX and they just posted this on their Instagram. I live in TX. April 27 is Independent Bookstore Day. I‘m supporting The Book Attic in Tomball on Libro FM and I‘m supporting Village Books in The Woodlands on Bookshop.org. Both bookstores aren‘t very far from where I live. I can‘t drive there myself because I don‘t know how to drive but my mom can drive me.

This was my first Agatha Christie book. I‘m participating in the #christiescapers buddy read and I want to reread this book. I listened to it on Audible and it was narrated by Dan Stevens. He did really good. I liked his voice. He has the perfect voice for this type of book. I will listen to him narrate again.

I just started the tagged book for the #christiescapers buddy read. I like it so far. I didn‘t realize that when I read Murder On The Orient Express that the detective is Hercule Poirot in that book. That was my first Agatha Christie book and I would recommend it if you want to try out her books. I actually want to reread it since I‘m participating in this buddy read of her books.

I just saw this Instagram reel from a Bookstagram account and I‘m sitting here laughing at it at 2 AM. It‘s the way the guys are reacting that‘s making me laugh. I wanted to share the link to the reel here so everyone else can laugh at it with me.

Link to reel: https://www.instagram.com/reel/DHobVc5g_Z7/?igsh=ZmFzdzh3dzJvMnVx

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading for the #christiescapers buddy read. I‘m going to start reading The Murder On The Links next.

The American Library Association also posted this on their Facebook page.

#savelibraries

The American Library Association posted this on their Facebook page.

#savelibraries

I made this challenge for myself during the summer in 2023 to help me finish series. This is an ongoing challenge for me.

Here‘s how I‘ve done so far.

2023 - I finished 1 series during the summer in 2023.
2024 - I finished 3 series and DNF‘d 1 but I still decided to count it towards this challenge.
2025 - I have finished 3 series this year. I‘m curious to see how many more I‘ll finish this year.

#serieslove2025

I joined the #naturalitsy buddy read but I haven‘t read any of the books for it yet. I‘m disappointed. I was hoping to read some of the books for the buddy read this month but I‘m not going to get around to it this month. Maybe I‘ll have time next month to catch up with the buddy read. These books are all about nature and I love anything to do with nature.

Here‘s my progress on my #currentlyreading list.

#noplacelikeholmes - I‘m caught up on the buddy read but I‘m hoping to start the next story before our discussion.

#realmofelderlings - I‘m not caught up with the buddy read yet. It‘s a long book but I want to get back to it.

My Healthy Noggin - This is a #roll100 book from February but I‘m not going to finish it this month.

#christiescapers - I just finished The Secret Adversary.

I see that Fable has reader summaries now. I like what mine says. I‘m interested to see how much it changes this year.

It‘s interesting what Storygraph says about My Healthy Noggin by Bokinia Colbert. This is personalized for me. This book does focus on self reflection and you can journal along with it so I‘ve been doing that. This book is very different from other nonfiction books I‘ve read because it gives you blank journal pages and journal prompts. Journaling takes time. I‘ve been doing the journaling but I‘m not using the prompts.

I just got this email from Sunshine Coast Library in Australia. I signed up for a digital library card with them on March 12. I just got through borrowing an audiobook from their library. I forgot that they only gave me a temporary borrower ID when I signed up. I understand why they‘re doing this but I thought I would have more time and they said on their website that anyone can sign up for a digital library card from them.

I created a reading challenge for myself on Storygraph in 2023 to help me finish series I have in progress where I started the first book but I never continued with it. I‘ve now completed 8 series and I just added 5 more prompts to my challenge. My goal for #serieslove2025 this year was to finish 3 series and I did it so I‘m gonna keep going. Each month, I will choose 1 series that I want to finish.

I just finished reading this book for the #christiescapers buddy read. I‘ll write my review for it tomorrow and then I‘ll start The Murder On The Links after that. I‘m close to being caught up with the buddy read now.

I found a guided journal prompt online. I answered it yesterday and I‘ve included some of my answers from my journal. This was a fun one to answer. The prompt is,”What is a song that always makes you feel a certain way and what emotion does it evoke?” It took 3 pages for me to answer this. I could‘ve kept on going. I‘m thinking about sharing this every Tuesday since it‘s all about music. I love music.

#tuesdaytunes

I got this email today from Every Library. I‘m only 1 person. All I did was sign a petition. I didn‘t do anything else but I helped make a difference in another state I don‘t even live in. I‘m happy to hear they‘ll get to keep their library.

Here‘s another petition I found. I don‘t live in New Hampshire but I signed it anyway.

Link to petition: https://action.everylibrary.org/oppose_hb324_nh_2025

Link from the American Library Association: https://app.oneclickpolitics.com/campaign-page?cid=2CzAyJUB9sorxFLO5KSZ&lang=en&...

#savelibraries

#christiescapers

I found another petition to sign. I don‘t live in New Hampshire. I live in Texas so this doesn‘t affect me but I signed the petition anyway. This could happen anywhere not just New Hampshire.

Link to petition: https://action.everylibrary.org/defend_nh_state_library_budget?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNh...

#savelibraries

https://www.everylibrary.org/nh_state_lib_budget_cut_statement?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNh...

#savelibraries

I just started listening to this book for the #christiescapers buddy read. I like it so far.

I‘m not doing very much this weekend. I took a shower tonight, ate dinner, wrote my book review for a book I finished for the #christiescapers buddy read, read the short story this week for the #noplacelikeholmes buddy read and I‘m going to journal tonight before bed, brush my teeth, put my nightgown on and start the next book for the #christiescapers buddy read.

#chatterday

For #weeklyfavorites, my favorite book I just finished last night was the tagged book I read for the #christiescapers buddy read.

I just finished this week‘s short story for #noplacelikeholmes.

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading for the #christiescapers buddy read.

I use Libby but I tend to forget about Hoopla and Kanopy. I use Hoopla to listen to music. I used Kanopy once on Roku. I tried to watch a video from The Great Courses but then I turned it off because I got distracted. I think I would prefer to listen to something from The Great Courses instead of watching it. I looked on Kanopy today and I found some documentaries that I‘m interested in watching.

I haven‘t started the short story this week for #noplacelikeholmes yet. I‘m hoping to start it tomorrow.

I just finished this book for #christiescapers. I‘ll write a review for it tomorrow.

#5joysfriday

I took some screenshots from an NPR article. What stands out to me is what the president of Hoopla Digital said. It would definitely affect Libby which I use and I‘m worried about losing access to Libby.

I found another petition to sign to save our libraries from www.change.org. I keep trying not to think about this. I keep telling myself that maybe it‘s not as bad as I think it is but it‘s been keeping me up at night. I already donated 78 cents to an organization fighting for libraries but I still wish I could‘ve donated more money. I hope it‘s not too late to save our libraries and museums.

Link to petition: https://chng.it/YHLx29gRcz

I just found out about this. I live in Texas. I don‘t live in Missouri but I feel bad for the residents there who have lost access to Libby. There‘s a lot of people like myself who don‘t have transportation and they rely on Libby. He said he defunded Libby to protect children from pornographic material.

Link to article: https://missouriindependent.com/briefs/missouri-secretary-of-state-withdraws-sta...

#christiescapers

I filled up the bird feeders in the backyard with food and snacks and I filled up the bird bath bowl with fresh water. I weighed down the new bird bath bowl with some bull rocks because it‘s light weight. I put out some snacks in the front yard around the trees too. I decided to put out some carrot sticks for them because I read on Google that birds and squirrels like carrots and my mom and I haven‘t eaten them.

#whatsnewwednesday

I also asked Google if Agatha Christie was influenced by Sherlock Holmes and this is what it said. I thought this was very interesting.

#christiescapers

I did some research trying to figure out why Sherlock Holmes was mentioned in the first chapter of the tagged book that I started last night and this is what Google said.

#christiescapers

Sherlock Holmes (#noplacelikeholmes), I‘m caught up on this buddy read.

Assassin‘s Apprentice (#realmofelderlings), I need to catch up on the buddy read.

My Healthy Noggin (#roll100), I probably won‘t finish it this month.

The Mysterious Affair At Styles (#christiescapers), I just started it last night but I‘ll be able to finish it. This book mentioned Sherlock Holmes in the first chapter. I thought that was interesting.

#currentlyreading

I just started this book for the #christiescapers buddy read. I‘ve only listened to the first chapter but it‘s good so far. Richard Armitage is narrating.

Here‘s my review for this book.

#serieslove2025

Here‘s my review for this book. Forced: To Enjoy is not on Litsy so I‘m reviewing it under the third book in the series.

#serieslove2025

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading.

#serieslove2025

I just saw this story today on Facebook that was shared by the American Library Association Facebook page and I thought I would share it here.

I bought 2 free audiobooks from Chirp just so I can try them out. I already have a Chirp account but I‘ve never bought audiobooks from them before. I like the idea of saving money on audiobooks so I‘m all for that. I chose The Tumor by John Grisham and Finding Faith by B.E. Baker. I‘ve never read either of these authors.

I applied to the Amazon Publishing Creator Program and they accepted me. Yay! I don‘t know what social content inspiration means but I‘m glad they‘re giving me a chance.

Here‘s my review for a book I just finished reading. I read this book for the No Shelf Control book club on Fable.