I hope you, your husband, and your mother are all doing well or will be well soon. 💕

Prayers for you and your husband. And prayers for your 94 years young Mom!! Your hair looks nice. Thank you -James

I hope Chuck continues to heal and things go smoothly. I'm really thinking I want to read Divine Secrets of the Ya Ya Sisterhood It sounds like that could be my kind of book or I might enjoy it.

Hi Gina 👋🏽. Sending well wishes for your husband. I hope this hobby serves you well as a distraction for the turmoil. I'm interested in reading Roll of Thunder Hear My Cry. 🫶🏽

Hi Gina! Good to see you again. I hope everything will turn out ok for your husband and you. I’ll do my best to help with distraction 😊 I think Mrs Everything sounds really interesting! Glad you enjoyed it. Loved hearing about how your grandmothers family matched the one in the book, and Ralph writing back! That’s so fun 😊 Very interesting to hear your thoughts on the Reader as well. I had no idea it had anything to do with wwii. I might skip that one, or just watch the movie if I’m ever curious! You could always do a pile of possibilities for September, or if you do a tbr, there’s no obligation to finish everything, or even stick to those books. If it brings you joy, I say talk about the books you look forward to and are the most excited for and pick them up when and if you feel like it! The “important” ones can wait if that feels too much right now. Either way I’m here for it and hoping for good things! 💜

I’m staying in touch and loving your updates.Keep it up 10th

Cats, kittens, tomatoes, books, a pool… what more could anyone ever want?! 😍 Lovely vlog, I hope everything works out with the kittens! Poor mama cat! Happy reading!

Another fun vlog. I enjoyed all the activities with the grandchildren and including books along the way. It's always nice to see you away from the house.🥰

Sitting outside while reading should be a requirement for all book lovers. The Beach, bowling, sports and even Tomatoes! Nice video. Thanks for sharing -James & Bella!

Great tag video 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Loved hearing your answers! And I get what you mean about the LFLs! I think it’s great that you include that. It is something people want to see, so use that to your advantage, why not? It’s not harming anyone. I do things for a vlog too that I wouldn’t do otherwise. But for me, that’s a function I want my vlogs to have for me. I want that motivation for myself to go do the thing that I want to do, but I wouldn’t do it just for me. But if I can film it, it makes me go! But I still get the experience of doing it! 😂 I just mean I get it and I do it too and I think that’s fine! 😅 And even with reading! I wouldn’t read this much this consistently if I didn’t have a channel, but I like that the channel is making me more motivated to read, because I enjoy it but don’t prioritize it otherwise. Anyways! Thank you for your kind words and I love seeing you getting more confident in front of the camera. It’s really cool 😊 Happy reading! By the pool! Also I wouldn’t mind seeing some kittens 😊

I love when I see a new video from you!! Loved your answers on this!

I just posted this tag today too and our answers are very similar! This was a fun one, yes? I love your channel, let's do this thing!

I've been waiting!!🥰 lol...why would someone buy a book, without the intent of reading it? I would never do that. If I buy a book, I always plan on reading it, although there are books that actually do not catch my interest, so I have to donate them to the thrift store.

Gina! Thanks for doing the tag. I love Liz Gilbert (Big Magic is really good). I have City of Girls and it's next on my Liz Gilbert list of books. Also, I think I may have watched Coyote Ugly as much as you have. 😅. Also, Judy Blume is a National Treasure and one of my heroes. 💗

Hi Ms. Gina. I hope that you and your fur babies are well and are having a good weekend. -James & Bella!

Oh my goodness Ms Gina. I feel like a fish out of water! I think that I am the only Male in the comments? And I feel so intimidated because You and Mrs. Pat are both Teachers and are both here. I grew up in an age where students were in awe and felt small next to Teachers. I was scared to talk to my Teachers outside of the classroom. Boy, talk about off topic! Anyway, I have two Female writers that I enjoy. The first one is Paulette Jiles, she wrote one of my top favorite Westerns. And the other is Eudora Welty, a Southern writer. I enjoyed the video and Thank you for sharing. I apologize for being off topic. -James

Cats AND Coyote Ugly?! Immediately love this video 😊 I did listen to your answers too though! I love the respect and inspiration you have for and from these women, and that bravery is a recurring theme. I think you are very brave too. Thank you for the tag, I will definitely get to this one at some point!

I put mine up this morning too and totally cheated, listing a BUNCH of phenomenal women authors!

I LOVE Judy Blume. My parents were not really readers, so I was labeled the "book worm". I realize the controversy surrounding banning some books, as some of them are a little more detailed than what needs to be. I never thought of Judy Blume as being one of those Authors. Also, I can see your POV, especially remembering how I was as a tween. Another great tag!!

Thank you for the tag! I love hearing all your answers. Hearing about all the book bans in Utah make me really disheartened because I live in Utah. I really hate how many books that could really help the younger generation are getting banned here. 💔

What a great tag! Judy Blume is a phenomenal author indeed. I agree with all of your choices! I haven't read the book, but I did watch the movie based on Cheryl Strayed and it was so good.

I learned so much about life from Judy Blume and Big Magic is an inspiring book. Thanks for tagging me, this is a great tag!

Hi Gina! Great responses to this tag. Judy Blume is such a powerful and important choice! And yes, she has always been targeted and she is still being attacked, most recently in Utah. Great choice!

Hi Gina. Thank you, for doing my first original tag. I’m so happy to meet you here. Judy Blume is a wonderful writer. Even though I was 25 when Forever came out, the book amazed and delighted me. I’m so glad you mentioned her. I enjoyed your answers very much. I’ve just subscribed. Aloha friend

I agree with you about Judy Blume. She's ahead of her time and touched a lot of people from all different walks of life. I enjoyed watching the documentary as well.

I love free little libraries!! I really want to make my own and I think you should too! I also have been re-reading some of my childhood favorites this year and I’ve LOVED it!!

I just visited our little free library to leave some books, and when I opened the door, it fell off!!! I bet all those books are getting wet now that it's raining so hard. I LOVE free little libraries. #FreeLittleLibraries. Ohhhh, that would be fun to make your own free little library.

Hi Dusty!! Your art/craft/office room is such a nice space and nice and bright with so much natural light. It's down-pouring as I'm watching this, so much heat and humidity and the last two days...rain and of course it's the weekend.

I love your vlog 🫶🏽. You know I get what you were saying about Pride & Prejudice. The first time I read it I felt the same way. I also know what you mean about reflecting on the content we share on our channels...I'm always reflecting in the same way. Keep doing what you love and what brings you joy. I think that's the most important goal generally but especially for my reading life.

Bye bye Secret! 😂 And Throw away your lovelies was a very nice way of saying Kill your darlings! A lot more kid friendly 😅 I was just thinking that I was loving your energy in this video, when you started talking about your channel plans and why you started it. There was such a sense of joy and confidence about you, I loved seeing that. As for content, I say do whatever excites you like that! That’s The Secret 😄 I think your idea for a series sounds great, and you sounded excited by it! Lovely vlog! The dog walk clips made me laugh though, I hope you don’t mind! First the vertical clip that was also horizontal and then you told us about the slomo 😂 😂 I only laugh because I’ve been there! I can’t tell you how many times I’ve gotten record/stop the wrong way round in my head, so I end up with only clips of all the parts in between the actual shots I wanted! 😂 We try!

It's crazy you haven't read Pride and Prejudice yet! I hope you love it! I watched the Bluezone show on Netflix and it was pretty fascinating. My favorite thing is that people need to feel needed and valuable and connected. It's not necessarily always all about food and exercising. Ah, it's funny to see I Am Not a Serial Killer front and center in the Little Free Library. I KNOW HIM! LOL! (Not the killer, the author....)

Such a nice vlog, love your vibe ! Hope your having a good day

The water bottle for walking with dogs is nice. I always carry a cup because where I walk Bella! in the cemetery there are water faucets. I still would like one of those. -James