The Talented Mrs. Mandelbaum is amazingly intriguing so far! #history #booksky

At least, in the midst of insanity, people are pretty hilarious!

It’s still hard to believe the simple fact that this is all self-imposed. Everything that’s happening right now wasn’t the result of some foreign adversary destroying the country. We did this all to ourselves by electing the dumbest motherfucker to ever rule a nation.

March in review! #booksky

This morning I finished book no. 20 of March. Definitely way better than I expected in a month with a new job. But I’ve been reading tons after I get home from work (instead of doomscrolling), yay! #booksky

60% done with my ARC of A Death on Corfu, and loving it! Fin-de-siècle, proper young English widow gets drawn into the murder of another family’s maid. #booksky #mysterybooks

Had to start a second template for March, since strangely everyone’s templates seem to stop at 16 books. 🤔 I guess if I’m going to keep avoiding reality this hard, I’m going to need to start making my own templates! #booksky #amreading

Yayayayayay!! I’m reading When the Moon Hits Your Eye. 😍 #booksky #johnscalzi

I love Rick Steves! #booksky #audiobook

Explain yourself in 5 hobbies: •reading •talking about reading •baking •genealogy •vacation planning (Bc yes, I go on vacation a lot, but I also plan at least 3x more vacations that I don’t actually take!)

Hi yes I did start Sunrise on the Realing on Thursday, and have consumed all 5 Hunger Games books since then. This is fine. It’s definitely normal to read 5 books in 3 days. Yep. #thehungergames #booksky

Way to go, T-Town! I was there last weekend, wish it had coincided with this. 😍

Four more days till I get When the Moon Hits Your Eye by @jscalzi. *sighs impatiently* #booksky #scifi

Just finished Sunrise on the Reaping. Am now destroyed. 😭 #booksky

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I made two loaves of Irish soda bread, and after dinner my 11yo said “I’m so full I have to lie down”. I think I got it right. 😂☘️ #stpatricksday

The authors I’ve seen today at #TFOB : Luis Alberto Urrea, Lisa Genova, Matt Mendez, Libba Bray, Nic Stone, Nnedi Okorafor, Mateo Askaripour, Pemi Agouda, Sandra Brown, Casey McQuiston, Rachel Howzell Hall. Another really wonderful day! #booksky

This panel is the motivation I didn’t know I needed. 🔥 #resistance #booksky

Authors I’ve heard speak today: Craig Johnson, William Kent Krueger, Tess Gerritsen, Megan Miranda, Sandra Brown, Kimberly Lemming, Ali Hazelwood, Penny Reid, Suzanne Scanlon, Sarah LaBrie, Sadie Dingfelder. #tfob #booksky

It’s a beautiful day at the Tucson Festival of Books! #booksky #tfob

Good morning from #Flagstaff, Arizona! I just finished book number six of March. #booksky

As someone who lives about an hour from the Grand Canyon… the entrance almost always looks like that after 10am. I am absolutely gutted by the gutting of the NPS. Bought a “support our parks” shirt at Jamestown last week! 1/ 🧵

Reading Elephants Can Remember by Agatha Christie while I rearrange my furniture on this blizzardy afternoon. (Yes, it snows in northern Arizona. Accumulating at 2-3 inches an hour right now!) #agathachristie #booksky #flagstaffaz

Aaaarggghhh. I need people to read faster. 🥺🥺 #oathbound #booksky

Me: Why do J (11) and I have the same roller coaster face? E (14): I’m pretty sure you just have the same face… in general. 😂

Front row for Fantasmic! Occupying ourselves with beignets while we wait for the show to start. #disneyland

Where are YOU reading today? #booksky

I read 25 books in February! But in March, our family is going to Disney and then I immediately start a new job, so I think my numbers will go way down. 😁 #booksky

Snow day activities: Noel: 6’4” Me: 5’5 & 1/2” E: 5’4 & 3/8” Ju: 5’4 & 2/8” So I still have just over an inch on the kids! And I am apparently only 10.5 inches shorter than my husband. Thought it was 11. 😂

Time to stop scrolling and start reading. #booksky

Laissez les bons temps rouler! Like, literally please. We all need good times in the current hellscape. Eating piles of pancakes with my children and husband was a good reminder of that. 💜💚💛

Perks of early flights I guess! Switched out of my seat to my own row 🥳

I found this chicken rock, which is from Fidalgo Island, WA at Bunker Hill in Boston, MA today. Tmrw I’m flying to VA for two days, and then Tues I’m flying home to AZ. Where the cluck should I leave the chicken?? #rocksky

What a weird time for a first visit to Boston. I’m so sad about the future of the country, yet happy to be see the history. But- an encouraging moment: the sign says “Boston Common, founded 1634. Michelle Wu, Mayor.” And the founding fathers never would have imagined a woman of color leading!

Y’allllll the Gardner did not disappoint today!!! 😍😍 #isgm

Oh but this is adorable! 🥰

I appreciated this sign at the entrance of my Kohl’s today! #dei

I #amreading THE RED MENACE by Ilise S Carter. It’s really interesting! #booksky

My to-do list is a mile long - so of course I’m just sitting here.

Meant to start THE LOVE HATERS yday, but immediately after taking this photo, the kids asked me to play MALDITA DIAMOND, and I never got back to it. Now I’m actually beginning! I love Katherine Center. #booksky #boardgames

Forgot to post yesterday, so have some #SillySundayShelf laughs for your Monday morning!

The virtual reading retreat I’m attending is going well! I’ve read 2.5 books in the last 21 hours. Plus enjoyed a couple of zooms with friends. 🥳 #booksky

My friend is hosting a virtual reading retreat! Some voice messages and video check ins, and lots of lying around and reading. So cool what technology lets you do — she’s in Norway, I’m in Arizona, and we’ve got friends in the middle joining too! #booksky

New post about how captivated I was by Parable of the Sower is up on my insta! #octaviabutler #bluesky

Literally cannot put this down. Have read almost 200 pages in the last 90 min. #parableofthesower #booksky

Weirdly tempted???

Am I the only one who didn’t know Ada Lovelace was Lord Byron’s daughter???? Currently having a dramatic freakout about their family in my insta stories. 😂 #themoreyouknow

I want more of my books to contain pictographs. ☀️🐍🦉 (Pictured is pg 143 of my ARC of The Mesopotamian Riddle by Joshua Hammer.) #booksky #bookreviewer

I do NOT like scary books. But I trust Jodi Taylor -so I tried the Elizabeth Cage paranormal mystery series & ahhh. I read 3 in 3 days! They’re funny & terrifying & brilliantly plotted. And that twist in book 3 🤯🤯 Go in blind, don’t get spoiled! #booksky #joditaylor