October Wrap Up 2024

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

I think that finishing 47/60 is still a win with all you had to do last month: the garage sale, and decluttering, and even binging your favorite decluttering KZbin channel was necessary for your inspiration. Congratulations on your challenge.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Thanks Donna, I'm still trying to get through a few more, but I'm happy about how many I've listened to so far.

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

I saw your comment today on Sonia's livestream about Melody Carlson's Harrington book and have borrowed it on Hoopla to read next month.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

I hope you enjoy it. I buddy read that with Fiona a couple of years ago and we both really loved it.

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

@@lizziefayelovesbooks The premise sounds heartfelt and love the cover.

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

Oh, Little Peppers and How They Grew. I had a really neat hard copy of that I read back in the 70s when I was in my 20s. I liked it then as part of my reading children's books that had been important in earlier decades along with The Secret Garden, The Little Princess, and The Borrowers as well as my copy of Little Women that I still have.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

I really rushed through it this time, but I will plan on going back to it at some point.

[@theredheadisreading2251]

❤❤❤

[@charlavaught2681]

A quilt for Christmas was such a great book!

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Yes, I really liked it!

[@krnelson65]

I love The Five Little Peppers & How They Grew. Only one I ever read but I have always wanted to read the rest of them.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

I will need to read it again since I rushed through it. It would be fun to read more of the series.

[@Readingindarknesss]

I loved a quilt for Christmas!! That’s the kind of Christmas book I like!

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Yes!! Have you read Christmas at Harringtons?

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

Howdy, Elizabeth. The Gladys Taber book without the dust jacket is still an attractive book and the wonderful photos inside. What a find.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Have you ever read any Gladys Taber? I think you would really enjoy her writing.

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

@@lizziefayelovesbooks No. And the only book of hers the library has is Spring Harvest on Hoopla. I will try to get it on my TBR soon just to sample at least the author you and Sonia love.

[@Soniawithani]

You know I am loving the Gladys Taber book! I admire how many books you get read! I am so glad your birthday was so awesome. I think 47/60 is pretty awesome as well. Look at you go!

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

I just want to eat up everything she has written! Can't wait to get back into Stillmeadow Sampler.

[@Soniawithani]

@@lizziefayelovesbooks agreed!!!

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

How neat that you could read the rest of Weisel's trilogy after reading the first books as one of you 60 by 60 reads.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

It just made sense to go ahead and get them while they were available on Audible Plus. They are all such short books that they were easy to squeeze in.

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

@@lizziefayelovesbooks Absolutely.

[@lizboegerauthor1785]

So glad you enjoyed ChainLinked! Yes, I agree the internal dialogue is a debatable technique, happy it worked for you in this story. Thanks for the great review! Hope you love AppleJacked too! Happy Thanksgiving

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

It was a fun read, and I liked the familiar Tampa references. Excited to read more. Will there be a book 3?

[@lizboegerauthor1785]

Yes, it is inside my head waiting for me to get the time to sit and write! Plus, there's the good problem of the middle grade book fighting for my brain space and writing time. Not sure which to write first!​@@lizziefayelovesbooks

[@DarkRootsCreations]

Lots of good books on your list!

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Thanks Lee! Hope you are well!

[@Readingindarknesss]

I wanna read a mother’s gift!!

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

It was very good! It was my first Charlotte Hubbard. I wanted to listen to another one by her that was expiring from Audible Plus at the same time, but I ran out of time. I think I can get it on Hoopla though.

[@theokiereader]

Very impressive especially with everything that you had going on!

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Thanks Hannah! I didn't keep up my momentum in November though!

[@theokiereader]

@ your November was still very impressive!

[@Readingindarknesss]

I read the one and only Ivan this year. I’m gonna read the rest in middle grade march

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Danny Devito narrates The One and Only Bob and it's such a good audiobook!

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

I read Watership Down in the later 70s and loved it. I have a nice little hard copy of Watership Down Tales that I would like to read soon as part of my 77 by 77 project. After I read Watership Down, I also went on to read The Plague Dogs, Shardik, and The Girl in a Swing by Adams.

[@Soniawithani]

Watership Down is my most favorite book of all time!

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

I didn't realize there were more stories! Thanks for mentioning that Donna.

[@lizziefayelovesbooks]

Sonia, I meant to mention you when I talked about it and neglected to. I will say more about it later when I do a wrap up of my 60 by 60 projects since it was one of the best books I read during the project.

[@Soniawithani]

@@lizziefayelovesbooks that’s ok, you thought of me which is sweet!! 💖💖💖

[@thestudiointhelibrary1387]

@@Soniawithani That's great, Sonia! It really made an impression on me at the time/for quite a time as well. The paperback copy I had was signed by my grandfather and my best friend when they both borrowed it to read because I had raved about it so much. I don't have the book anymore, but I think I still have the cover and the page they signed once they read it somewhere. They are both gone now, so I need to recover them and put them in a special journal.