I scored this cute bone shaped basket that I am using for my #LitsyLove mail. It was $3 in the discount cart at Dollar General.

❤️📫🐕

Some more ##LitsyLove going out today. I am loving being caught up. ❤️📫🖋📬

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TieDyeDude @Read4life

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Waterfall

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

"I scan the room, searching for familiar faces - anyone in my department at Moorehead Media who I know well enough to strike up a menial conversation with."

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

🐕 Tucker graduated to coming to the office. Pictured sleeping with his sister.
📫 Caught up on my #LitsyLove mail! Wahoo!!
🐴 Made it to the barn this week. Still not able to ride but at least I got to visit.
🍽 Friday lunch out!
🪻 Everything is blooming.

@Cupcake12 @Blueberry @Texreader @Read4life @AnnCrystal @TheBookHippie

I need something to listen to at work. So I am starting this one now. ❤️🎧📕
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

This one was just OK. The dialog was cheesy, and the humor sometimes fell flat. Also, if I had to read another scene involving man-scaping, I was going to lose it. The first book was much better. 3 - 3.25 🌟 #SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

I liked this second chance story about a retired MMA fighter, Aiden, who lost his wife to cancer and is starting over as a gym owner. Loved how protective he was of his daughter. Also, liked FMC too. Always love a strong FMC. My only issue is, it got a little ridiculous how Aiden thought 10 years was too much of an age gap and how he was hung up on the idea that he had not grieved enough. Minor stuff, still a good story. 3.5 🌟

This maybe an unpopular opinion; however, I just couldn't make myself finish. Bailing at 35% read. I didn't care about the MC and the plot didn't get my attention. The whole thing felt like a slog. #HailTheBail #Read2025 @DieAReader
I was reading for #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville challenge and was excited since I enjoyed Bardugo's other books. On to better things!

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Waterfall

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Doll

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView

Poet: Emily Dickinson

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Water

I love how Tennyson describes the flow of water in a creek and the feel of endless time in this poem.

##ThreeListThursday @dabbe #TLT

My favorites:
📘 LOTR
📘 The Clan of the Cave Bear
📘 The Martian
📘 The Foundation series
📘 Dune
📘 Harry Potter

Play? @Kshakal @vivastory @AnnCrystal @peaKnit @Susanita @BethM

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Water

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Dessert

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. Tagged. This one pulled at my heart strings. You also have to read Keeping 13 because it is a continuation of the story.
2. Not yet. However, I might DNF " The Familiar ". I can't get into it, and I don't care about the MC.

Play? @Kshakal @TheBookHippie @JenReadsAlot @ImperfectCJ @Deblovestoread

I'm starting book two today in the Pucked series. I need something light to finish out the week. ❤️🏒

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Anencephalous: Absence of a brain.

My brain is often absent! 🤣🤣🤣

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Watch

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Dice

I enjoyed this book but it was hard to get invested in. I tried reading the physical book and couldn't. I ended up with the audiobook and liked it better. 3.5 🌟 #Read2025 @DieAReader

Saw this today and isn't it the truth.

Happy tax day for those in the U.S.! If you are not in the U. S. feel free to talk about when you do file your taxes. Have a great day!

💸 My tax return is complex; therefore, I pay a CPA firm that specializes in tax to prepare and file mine. I believe they filed mine yesterday.
📘 Tagged ~ Angst

Play? @Kshakal @TheBookHippie @WildAlaskaBibliophile @Lesliereadsalot @TheBookHippie @Cupcake12 @InkedBookworm13 @dabbe @Texreader @Librarybelle

I mailed some #LitsyLove correspondence out yesterday and I have more going out today. I'm finally caught up except for a few letters I received in the last couple of weeks. Feels good to not be behind. Yeah me! 💜🖋📬📤

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Waste
Poet: David Welch

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Denial

##WhereAreYouMonday @Cupcake12

Currently in New Port, Rhode Island. It is one of the few states I have not been to. Hope to make all 50 before I die.

This is book three in the series and a continuation of Henry and Abbi's story. I enjoyed seeing Abbi come into her own. The plot was good and I liked that this book ended more organically than the first two. 4 🌟

#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Assailant

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Discovery

#WeeklyFavorites @Read4life

My favorite book from last week is Tempt Me by K. A. Tucker.

#WeekendReads @rachelsbrittain

The above three books are the ones I worked on this weekend. Eleanor and Park for ##LittensLoveRomance @StayCurious and Under An Endless Moon for #ReadYourKindle @CBee and The Wedding People just because.

#SundayFunday @BookmarkTavern

📔 Dog ear pages! 👿😱😬 and..
📘 When a male narrator tries to do a female voice and just sounds like a sick elephant and vice-versa. 😒😵😵‍💫

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Wasp

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Diamond

My April #BOTM selections came yesterday. I totally forgot to post this tidbit yesterday. I am most excited to read Enchantra. ❤️📭📘 Digging the cover on it too.

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Wash

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Deceit

#FirstLineFriday @ShyBookOwl

" "This one should be easy", River said, though it sounded more like a question as he glanced around at our crew."

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1. My fur babies are happy to be home. They survived their stay with the grandkids.
2. Tucker has learned a new trick. He will lay down when asked.
3. Finally had some much needed rain.
4. Everything is blooming and the grass has been cut twice.
5. Two cups of coffee!

Play? @Texreader @Born.A.Reader @peaknit @melissajayne @AmandaBlaze @Librarybelle @Blueberry @Susanita @Kshakal

So I took the quiz to see what kind of reader I am and my results show me as a yellow reader. A yellow reader is "drawn to books that stir their heart and evoke intense feelings." See the link below if you want to take the test.

https://www.readyourcolor.com

Thanks @TheLudicReader and @ReadingOver50 for making this available.

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Wary

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Dance

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

Favorites: Top Gun - Maverick, Dune 1 and 2, Avatar, The Martian, The Help, Hidden Figures, War Horse, Gravity and The Imitation Game.

There were so many good movies on this list. Way too many to narrow done to just two. BTW, a number of these I read the book also.
❤️🎬

This book is a continuation of Henry and Abbi's story. This is book 2 and they need to be read in order. I'm totally invested with the characters; yet, I can't say I agree with all their actions. Henry is too arrogant and Abbi too immature for my taste. Despite this, I am enjoying these books. A testament to the prose. 4🌟
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 #Read2025 @DieAReader

#DynamicDs @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#Dog

One of my favorite books growing up. I read the whole series.

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Warrior

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Who knew!?! 😆🗡

This book is the first in a series about a rich playboy, who is set to inherit a hotel chain, and a nieve young woman who knocks him off his feet. At first, I struggled to get into the story. I was not a fan of Abbi at first. Yet she grew on me as her character developed and become more independent. I didn't like that this ended in such a huge cliffhanger. Thank goodness that the series is complete or I would be grinding my teeth.