whatcha readin' {goal 41::book 8}

I love Ann Marie MacDonald's first book
”Fall on your Knees”
so much so that when I worked
at the bookstore,
I would use that book as a compass.
If you had read that book
and loved it, then I could tell you 100 more
that you might like.

But if you hated it….well…. :)

I bought this book in hardcover
because I couldn't wait for the paperback.
Then I kept it in my TBR pile
until it came out in trade,
so it really didn't matter in the end.

But.
I LOVED this book.
This captivated me and the
writing was beautiful and lyrical and dark
and suprisingly funny in places
where I didn't expect it to be.

♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ out of 5
NEXT UP:: THE HYPNOTIST LOVE STORY - LIANE MORIARTY

whatcha readin'? {goal 41::book 7}

I recently joined a book club and
this was our second read
(the first being One Day
which I read before & loved…).

I loved this book!
I could NOT put it down.
It was smart and maddening,
funny and quirky.
I loved it.

Then I watched the series and
have to say that
I did not love it as much.
There were sooooo many changes.
Some changes are to be expected
but for some, the way it happened in the book
felt so much more powerful…
the series felt a little stripped of the
indignation and frustration…

Though I have to wonder
if I hadn’t read the book,
would I have been fine with the series….
not knowing what it could have been.

I did love the intro to the show though.
It was very retro and fun.

⚗️⚗️⚗️⚗️⚗️ out of 5 on this one!

NEXT UP: Fayne - Anne Marie MacDonald

a jar of possibilities & chance...

I had an idea.
An idea that is giving me
the butterflies
in my belly.
I have been
thinking about it
all day.
I am excited about it.

This is a good feeling.

3 jars.
1 jar of challenges
(this includes things like
drawing, core exercises, trying new recipes,
capturing sunsets)
1 jar of time frames
(this includes slips of paper
that say 5 days or 7 days or 30 days
or even one that says
ONE YEAR)
(not gonna lie, I kinda hope I
don’t get core exercises for THAT one, heh)
1 jar of REWARDS
(cause you know I love
positive reinforcement)
(this includes stickers, socks, mr freezies, etc).

The game is
I pick one slip from each jar
and DO IT.
and if I do it for the full time frame,
I get the REWARD.
(did I mention positive reinforcement?)

I am super duper excited about this.

Here is my first challenge:

CHALLENGE: PHOTO - PERSPECTIVE
TIMEFRAME: A WEEK (this gives me leeway to choose if I want to do it for 5 days or 7 depending on how much fun I am having)
REWARD: SOCKS (& yes, new socks are soooo fun!)

then I will pick a place
to share the results…
probably Instagram; maybe Facebook;
possibly here sometimes…

and here’s the first one!

for me, perspective as a photo challenge
is all about changing the angle
that I would normally look at something from…
getting a new perspective.

I am super excited about this.
I feel like it is the perfect way
to push me out of my little
creative rut.

Feel free to play along!
or give me suggestions for
challenges….or rewards…
(cause…positive reinforcement….heh)

sundays are for naps & poems...& possibly doughnuts

april is
national poetry month.
i have been thinking
about it a lot
but not really doing
anything about it…
and today i decided
it was time.

i looked back at some
old blog entries
from when
poetry thursday
used to be
a regular bloggy kinda thing
and it was funny
that the first one i read
mentioned a herd of turtles
(and if you know me,
you know that also
means my dad.) ♥

in typical geeky girl fashion
i am made a list of
things i might like to do
this month
in honor of poetry…
and also have started making
a list of poets
i would like to check out.

*sidenote: I really feel
like the artist way book readings
and doing the morning pages
might be really working….
that and the change in weather.
that always gets me fired up with new ideas.
♥

so expect to see more about poetry
the rest of this month over here.

(also i just renewed payment for this site
which always reminds me that
I NEED TO USE IT MORE). heh.

friday i'm in love....

It’s Friday…
the sun was actually out
for a bit of the day
along with a little bit of rain.
I love how my front lawn
is full of these little
purple flowers
(probably because the lawn is
well fertilized courtesy of Pugsley)….
seeing them pop up
just makes me happy.

One thing I love right now
is that I spent day with my mom
and we did some shopping
and had burger love
with one of my brothers
at the starlite diner
(which was ok but I’m not really a burger-girl soooo
don’t take my review too seriously)

Another thing I love
are these dollar store journals.
And when I love something,
I buy it in multiples…
as evidenced here.
😊

♥ these photos of deserted places….ohhhhh.

♥ this album that I came across by accident

😍😍And that THIS is HAPPENING!!!!!

I hope that you are having a
fantastic friday full
of fun and french fries and
festivities (I struggled on the
last f word….)
😊