I went on a mini-me shopping spree. I loved the tagged book we read for #campLitsy so much, and I love that the paper cover of the book is different from the book itself that I just had to buy it. How are they going to do this with a paperback?!? And of course a couple more me-centric items. Sadly the neck reading light is falsely advertised. I bought it for the yellow light. It‘s not. It‘s blue.
2 today for #wdncw
We do not care that I‘m wearing socks and sandals around the house. Yea, it‘s true, I used to think when “old people” did this it was a crime against humanity. Now that I‘m kind of an “old people,” I just don‘t care.
And I don‘t care that the report for the client is “just a draft.” Both of you (my associate and my paralegal) proofed it and when I get it there shouldn‘t be any misspelled words!
I‘m enjoying this slow-moving book. The main character, a Peruvian is living his best life in Paris in the 1960s, while loving a mysterious woman from somewhat afar, the eponymous “bad girl” he knew in Peru. The ongoings in Peru at this time are weaved in and out of his story, mainly through letters from his uncle in Lima.
I like that I‘m simultaneously reading about Pizarro “discovering” #Peru. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
I‘m starting this audiobook tonight for #foodandlit #Peru
@Catsandbooks
#5JoysFriday
#CampLitsy has given me 2 of the best reads of the year so far! I‘m spending the weekend scrapbooking and card making with good friends. I ♥️ my family to no end and I‘m so lucky to still have my beautiful parents in their 80s. And my stellar team at work are doing their best to keep my head above water. There‘s been so much tragedy here in Texas since July 4. I had to share my gratitude for life today for all I have. @DebinHawaii
pickWow!! Wow!! Wow!!
This may be the best book of the year! Wow!!
Just finished. Review to come. But my mind is blown! 🤯
@Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB
#CampLitsy
Just finished. Whew!!! This is one brutal book!!! Review to come. #campLitsy
@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB
#wdncw @dabbe
We do not care that the family dinner tonight was frozen chicken baked in the oven, potatoes au gratin from a box, and microwaved lentils and barley. Sometimes that‘s all we can muster after a long busy day at work. 🥱
From an account I follow on Insta:
https://www.instagram.com/p/DL2cpLGMWqI/?img_index=1&igsh=MXZndGYyYmg3cWN6Yw==
I just reached the halfway point so I can now dive into the weekend comments! #campLitsy
@Megabooks @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB
I‘m tired of waiting for my library hold (still several months out) so I‘ve splurged one of my Audible credits to get this book for #campLitsy. I hope to start it by tomorrow
@BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain
Please say prayers for all the little girls who are missing. This is just up the road from San Antonio and my daughter camped in Hunt when she was a Girl Scout and my grandpa used to live right near the river that‘s flooded. It‘s raining again tonight. I‘m so worried about the little ones!!
Just learned the floodwaters will lead to the lake with our lake house and there are fears the dam could break. Lots of prayers for many communities tonight!
pickAs far as histories about fish go, this is top notch. But it‘s, well, a history about fish. This book covers the economic history of the market for cod, starting with the Basque of Spain through cod‘s depletion in our lifetime. We learn a lot about the cod itself and countless ancient and newer recipes for all things cod. Having toured the ancient Hanseatic Museum in Norway, I expected a lot more detail about the economics of cod. I just felt ⬇️
America 🇺🇸-Neil Diamond
Invincible-Pat Benatar
Winds of Change-Scorpions
Forever Young-Alphaville
Running Up That Hill-Kate Bush
Take On Me-Aha
I‘m On Fire-Bruce Springsteen
Faster Than the Speed of Night-Bonnie Tyler
Eve of Destruction-Barry McGuire
Everybody Wants to Rule the World-Tears for Fears
Zombie-The Cranberries
Everyday is Like Sunday-Morrissey
80s anthems & Cold War angst-nothing will make you cry today like Neil Diamond‘s America
Happy Fourth of July 🎉
I doubt I‘ve ever tried to read six books at the same time. But here I am giving it a try! It‘s too hard to pass up a good reading challenge! And I haven‘t even started my books I‘ve picked out for #Authoramonth this month.
#campLitsy #Greenland #Peru #foodandlit #whatthedickens #klbr #doorstopkirstin
Drop everything! My library hold came in!! Out of order for #campLitsy? We do not care. I‘m reading five other books right now? We do not care. Cosby is an absolute go to author. So I‘m diving in as fast as I can!!
@squirrelbrain @Megabooks @BarbaraBB
#wdncc #wedonotcareclub @dabbe
#raisingareader
Our 19-yo son has started cataloguing his books. Here‘s his first 200 he‘s input. I love that he‘s including his childhood books he plans to keep (lots of Encyclopedia Browns for example). Husband and I have both kept lists of our books since our teen years so it‘s awesome that he‘s got the right genes. Daughter has many books too, but she catalogues her movies.
We do not care that I wear my pajama tshirt inside out to bed. The sewn seams drive me nuts because I‘m a side sleeper but I don‘t feel them when I wear it with the seams on the outside. I got this brilliant idea from justbeingmelani on Insta and her We Do Not Care Club for us Women of a Certain Age. More brilliant insights from her here:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DLfOyazMlJf/?igsh=dTRma3VsNnduYjlj
#wdncw @dabbe @Chrissyreadit
Very interesting, and I‘ve read quite a few she‘s posted here. I do love history and historical fiction! I may create my own lists with my favorites. (Not the tagged book)
https://www.instagram.com/p/DLhuRX_MiWb/?igsh=ZThnb2c4a2FlNzFu
June was a good month for reading, thanks to a mostly restful vacation where I finished 7 of these 11 books. I tagged my favorite of the month. Stats:
7 for #Greenland #foodandlit (1 doing double duty with #authoramonth)
3 for #serieslove (double duty with #foodandlit)
2 for #authoramonth (plus 1 finished in May)
2 for #campLitsy
1 for #klbr
@Catsandbooks @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @Soubhiville @BarbaraJean @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Megabooks
I‘m squeezing in one more book for #Greenland #foodandlit because my library hold finally came in. @Catsandbooks
😥 #foodandlit #Greenland @Catsandbooks
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How reading and cocoa rooms popped up in Victorian England inviting not just men but women too! Can we start doing this again?
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKmG9g7oXlE/?igsh=MWVubngzcm91NTlvbw==
I‘ve started this book tonight for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Maybe I‘ll care tomorrow about my weight, age, & that I‘m not quite so energetic anymore. But not today. Yesterday in NC and today in the airport on the way home I discovered this: “women of a certain age” (credit @IriDas for the quote) and of a certain size—oh my gosh we can spot each other a mile away and immediately bond!! We‘d just start chatting, or at least smiling and nodding sympathetically, like long lost friends. No judgment!! #wdncw
Ah back home with my cuddly reading buddy. We missed our sweet little girl. And she missed us. My son skipped this trip and took care of her. And she seemed good when his buddies came over to help cat-sit, a rarity for her to accept being around “strangers.” So I‘m reading the tagged book now with my little Midnight with her blankie.
Young Kristin Lavransdatter is betrothed to Simon, a kind practical man chosen by her immensely well-regarded father. But she‘s swept off her feet by Erland, who comes with an immense amount of baggage—a mistress, their children, and an unworthy back story. But he‘s handsome and charming and so you can probably guess what happens next. Part of the charm of these books is their setting in Middle Ages Norway. I read them in my 20s when I‘d just ⬇️
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