I wish it was cold here! Today is the first day of summer break for us but it's felt like summer for years now. No real cold fronts in a long time! Anyways, we are leaving for Disney on Sunday so that is exciting! Too bad it will rain the entire time we are there.
I just started Moon Called. So far so good but I'm only a few chapters in.
QOTW: Of course! DD is 6 and still likes drawing with sidewalk chalk. We play hopscotch all the time!
I'm on a romance kick. I just started Rule by Jay Crownover this morning. I'm also reading White Hot by Ilona Andrews. I'm happy to be back with Nevada on that one.
QOTW: I'm not even sure I remember how to play hopscotch! I would probably do some sort of me version of it though.
It's cool here this morning but definitely not winter weather, thankfully. I just finished Gilded Cage by Vic James -- dystopian fantasy, seems like it's on the cusp between YA and adult. Pretty good but I don't know that I'll continue the series. I haven't decided what's up next, but all my library reserves came in at once so I have plenty of choices.
QOTW: Maybe. We see tons of chalk drawing on our neighborhood sidewalks but hardly ever hopscotch for some reason.
We are finally getting a few warm days here in Wisconsin. But of course I have to work tomorrow so I won't be able to do much.
I'm currently reading The Handmaid's Tale and I'm really enjoying it.
QOTW: I don't know that I ever really learned how to play hopscotch other than just hopping through it. I probably wouldn't hop if I saw one randomly unless I was wearing a super supportive bra.
Post by litskispeciality on Jun 2, 2017 9:01:44 GMT -5
It's been cold and rainy here. Warm and sunny today (when I'm working). I'm still plugging away on "The Summer that Everything Melted". Husband's not home tomorrow so I hope to curl up and really dive in.
QOTW: Yes I would, but I never learned how to play, so I might do it wrong.
Read last week White Hot (#2 in series) by Ilona Andrews - PNR; 3 stars; after waiting 2.5 years for it this was maybe a little disappointing, but still a good book The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel - fiction; 3.5 stars; see book club discussion The Awakening by Kate Chopin - classic; 4 stars; 118 year old book and it still manages to make me question my values of what a married woman/mother should be, pretty awesome if you think about it
Currently reading Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal - historical fiction; I'm going to NOLA next week so reading this since it's set there (but in the 1960s) Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - fiction; early into it but so far an interesting plot mix of immigration issues, Mexican culture, Indian culture, and fertility issues.
QOTW I only taught my 5 year old how to play hopscotch for the first time a couple of weeks ago. To hilarious results - he's terrible at it. Poor kid has my lack of coordination. But no, I wouldn't do it for the same reason as rainbowchip (my regular bra is not prepared for me to be jumping around, I have to plan for that haha)
Everybody's Fool by Richard Russo. I really enjoyed the first book, and this one is just as good so far.
Earlier this week, I finished The Raven King. I really enjoyed that whole series, even if I sometimes felt like I had no idea what was going on. I would love a spin-off romance book about Ronin and Adam. Their actually acknowledging their feelings for each other and acting on them was probably my favorite part of this last book.
Read last week White Hot (#2 in series) by Ilona Andrews - PNR; 3 stars; after waiting 2.5 years for it this was maybe a little disappointing, but still a good book The Summer that Melted Everything by Tiffany McDaniel - fiction; 3.5 stars; see book club discussion The Awakening by Kate Chopin - classic; 4 stars; 118 year old book and it still manages to make me question my values of what a married woman/mother should be, pretty awesome if you think about it
Currently reading Dollbaby by Laura Lane McNeal - historical fiction; I'm going to NOLA next week so reading this since it's set there (but in the 1960s) Lucky Boy by Shanthi Sekaran - fiction; early into it but so far an interesting plot mix of immigration issues, Mexican culture, Indian culture, and fertility issues.
QOTW I only taught my 5 year old how to play hopscotch for the first time a couple of weeks ago. To hilarious results - he's terrible at it. Poor kid has my lack of coordination. But no, I wouldn't do it for the same reason as rainbowchip (my regular bra is not prepared for me to be jumping around, I have to plan for that haha)
I finished The Shadow Land by Elizabeth Kostova on Wednesday and I loved it! Highly recommended. I've started All the Little Liars by Charlaine Harris. It's one of the Aurora Teagarden mystery books (she's a librarian), and I've enjoyed the series even though Harris' writing can sometimes over explain or describe things and the protagonist always feel like an old person in a younger woman's body. It's really short--just over 200 pages--and I'm only about 50 pages in.
QOTW: Sure, unless I was in a hurry. I'm in the big boob group, too, so there's be some restraining needed.
I finished The Woman in Cabin 10 on Wednesday. I am thinking about starting The One-in-a-million Boy by Monica Wood next.
QOTW: depends how I'm feeling. I probably wouldn't today because I didn't get much sleep the last couple nights with my daughter being sick. The lack of sleep is making me feel a little ill, at least I'm hoping it's only the lack of sleep.
This week was The Summer That Melted Everything (2 stars), Seriously... I'm Kidding by Ellen DeGeneres (3 stars) and just today I read Everything, Everything by Nicola Yoon (3 stars).
I finished The Night Circus and Flat Out Love this week. I enjoyed both. We're camping this weekend, so I downloaded a few books on my kindle that were available on overdrive while I wait for some holds to pop up. I think I'll start with Behind Closed Doors.
The same as last week, except now I'm almost done with both of them - The Dream Thieves (second in the Raven Cycle) and The Woman in Cabin 10. I'm hoping to get out on my bike again this weekend (provided it isn't raining, the weather report keeps changing), and we're having friends over, so probably I won't be curling up with a book too much (maybe Sunday, it's becoming my binge read day lately).
QOTW: Maybe... I was never big on hopscotch even as a kid, so it would depend on 1) who I was with, and 2) if I had been drinking.
WIFRTW: I re-read Burn for Me (Hidden Legacy #1) by Ilona Andrews in anticipation of the second book being released. 4/5* White Hot (Hidden Legacy #2) by Ilona Andrews did not disappoint! I read in one night and I'm both very excited for book three coming out in July (and sad that it's the last book in that series!) 4/5*
Currently Reading: Magic Binds (Kate Daniels #9) by Ilona Andrews - turns out that I didn't actually read this one. I think I started to and then put it down for some reason. I'm only on chapter 3 and I really like it. I love the way the authors write the interaction between all the characters. It's such a great series!
What's happening this first weekend of winter? Ha ha! This threw me off for a moment until I remembered you were down under! It's very hot here already (TX) and we're spending most of our time at the pool. I definitely have my Kindle loaded up with books.
QOTW: If you came across a hopscotch on the ground, would you play? Of course! Even in heels!
Post by dorothyinAus on Jun 2, 2017 19:22:21 GMT -5
I'm reading How to Wash a Cat, which is the book we got when we were on our honeymoon trip in San Francisco in 2010. Yes, it's been sitting on my shelf for 7 years! It's pretty interesting so far, but I am having to look up the real places she's mentioning and the real people so it's kind of slow going for an otherwise quick, fluffy mystery.
QOTW: Yes, I absolutely would skip through. If I had a free hand and something as a marker I would definitely play at least once.
Question brought to you by my going through some photos and found the ones I took on my Baltic cruise in 2000. Some were at Stockholm's Arlanda airport where were saw something called the "Hopscotch Area." My traveling companion and I were confused as to whether it was optional to hop through that area. So I just wondered whether other people would skip or hop though a random hopscotch on the ground.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin - classic; 4 stars; 118 year old book and it still manages to make me question my values of what a married woman/mother should be, pretty awesome if you think about it
I read The Awakening in high school, and then followed that with The Story of an Hour. It was interesting, though I have to admit I was less interested in the theme of them both than I should have been. Required reading can do that. I should probably re-read them both.
QOTW: If you came across a hopscotch on the ground, would you play? Of course! Even in heels!
Ditto!!
I'm in the middle of like five books but nothing is keeping my interest. TBH, I'm having post-ACOWAR let-down. I started Golden Compass (based on a thread here) and I'm liking it best so far.
The Awakening by Kate Chopin - classic; 4 stars; 118 year old book and it still manages to make me question my values of what a married woman/mother should be, pretty awesome if you think about it
I just started Strangers in Their Own Land by Arlie Russell Hochschild. I'm feeling a bit conflicted about it: on the one hand, I want to understand what has happened to our country so I can help with more effective solutions. On the other hand, well, let's just say I'm not feeling very sympathetic.
I'm also listening to Frog Music by Emma Donoghue.
QOTW: I don't remember the rules for hopscotch. Is it after you throw you avoid that square?
Ugh, it's almost 90 degrees out today here. Over it already.
I'm reading The Radium Girls: The Dark Story of America's Shining Women by Kate Moore. Still reading A Teaspoon of Earth and Sky, White Trash, and Human Acts. Radium Girls is so horrifying and it is such a shameful part of our country's history.