Archive for July, 2024
Posted by terrepruitt on July 31, 2024
Posted in audiobooks, Misc | Tagged: 500 Miles From You, A Castle in the Clouds, A Letter to Three Witches, A Man Called Ove, Amanda Elliot, An Island Wedding, Ana Reyes, Ann Leary, Apples Never Fall, Ashley Poston, audible, audiobooks, Audrey Niffenegger, Avery Fynn, Awk-Weird, Battle Royal, Best Served Hot, Bet on It, Better Than the Movies, Brian P. Cleary, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Christina Lauren, Cleaning the Gold, Dave Berry, Donna Tartt, Elizabeth Bass, Emily Henry, Every Reason We Shouldn't, February 2023, Float Plan, Fredrick Backman, Freida McFadden, Gillian McAllister, Girl Forgotten, Helen Hoang, Helen Rolfe, Her Fearful Symmetry, How to Walk Away, In a Holidaze, Janet Evanovich, Jennifer Finney Boylan, Jenny Colgan, Jessica Knoll, Jodi Picoult, Jodie Slaughter, June 2023, Karin Slaughter, Katherine Center, Kerstin Gier, Laura Dave, Lee Child, Liane Moriarty, Libary books, Libby, Libby Timeline, Lilian Jackson Braun, Lily Menon, Love and Other Words, Luck and Last Resorts, Luckiest Girl Alive, Lucy Foley, Lucy Parker, Lynn Painter, Mad Honey, Moonlight and Mistletoe at the Christmas Wedding, Mr. Wrong Number, Naomi Alderman, narrator, People We Meet on Vacation, Pieces of Her, Pip Williams, Project Hail Mary, Quan Barry, Ray Porter, Roomies, Sara Fujimura, Sarha Grunder Ruiz, Something Wilder, Speak, Swamp Story, Tananarive Due, The Bodyguard, The Bride Test, The Cat Who Sniffed Glue, The Christmas Bookshop, The Dead Romantics, The Dictionary of Lost Words, The Do-Over, The Endless Beach, The Good House, The Guest List, The Honey-Don't List, The House in the Pines, The Hunting Party, The Last Thing He Told Me, The Locked Door, The Paris Apartment, The Power, The Recovery Agent, The Secret History, The Sizzle Paradox, The Suite Spot, The Yellow Wallpaper, Things You Save in a Fire, Triptych, Trish Doller, Tundy Oyeneyin, Twice in a Blue Moon, Welcome to the School by the Sea, What You Wish For, When I'm Gone Look for Me in the East, Wrong Place Wrong Time, You Can't Dance to These Rhythms | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 29, 2024
So here is what I listened to from October 2023 through July 2023.
Starred ones I really liked. Although I didn’t mark ALL the ones I really liked, just the ones that stood out as I was creating the pictures to post. The same with the red lines (did not like) and red lines with DNF – did not finish. I didn’t go through my notes I just marked things off the top of my head.
I used to think once I started a book I had to finish it. Then I realized I didn’t need to make myself suffer. There are so many books to listen to (read) why listen to one that is making me miserable. So that is why I have a few DNF. I moved onto something I enjoyed.
Unfortunately when I first started listening to books I wasn’t taking notes. Then I realized it would be good if I did because some authors I would rather avoid and there are some narrators I would have to be paid to listen to.
Plus I sometimes completely forget what a book is about and how I felt about it . . . . so that is why I started taking notes. I imagine I will post some of those notes, but first the timeline.
You may notice (or have from other pictures) that there are some series that I like.
Ok, how about these? Have you read any of these? Any thoughts? Do you have any series that you read?
January 2024 – November 2023
April 2024 – February 2024
July 2024 – May 2024
Posted in audiobooks, Misc | Tagged: Adam Silvera, Annabel Monaghan, audible, audiobooks, Barry Lyga, Betsy Aldredge, Blake Crouch, Caroline Hulse, Charlie Huston, Christina Lauren, Countdown, Dark Matter, David Dosa, Did Not Finish, DNF, Dog Days, Edited, Eight Dates and Nights, Elin Hilderbrand, Emily Belden, Emily Henry, Emma Lovewell, Fix Her Up, Fractured, Happy Place, Harper Lee, Hello Goodbye and Everything in Between, How to Love Your Neighbor, Husband Material, Jeff Haden, Jeneva Rose, Jennifer E. Smith, Jennifer Smith, Jonathan Maberry, Karin Slaughter, Kelly McGonigal, Kelsey Rodkey, landline, Last Chance Books, Libby, library books, Lies, Live Learn Love Well, Lynn Painter, Making Rounds with Oscar, Material Witness, Matthew Quick, Mr. Malcolm's List, Nora Goes Off Script, Patient Zero, Plus One, Rachel Beanland, Rainbow Rowell, Riley Sager, Same Time Next Summer, Sarah Adams, So We Meet Again, Sophie Sullivan, Soren Sveistrup, Suzanne Allain, Suzanne Park, T. M. Logan, Tessa Bailer, The Adults, The Break-Up Book Club, The Chestnut Man, The Dragon Factory, The Honeymoon Crashers, The Hotel Nantucket, The House Across the Lake, The House Is on Fire, the joy of movement, The King of Plagues, The Love Wager, The Missing Files, The Motivation Myth, The Mystic Arts of Erasing All Signs of Death, The Other Black Girl, The Silver Linings Playbook, The Soulmate Equation, The True Love Experiment, They Both Die at the End, This Is What Happy Looks Like, To Kill a Mockingbird, Tools of Engagement, Triptych, Wendy Wax, When in Rome, You Shouldn't Have Come Here | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 26, 2024
Not that she was hiding, but it always makes me laugh when I step into a room and the curtains have a tail. Nessa’s sitting in the window sill for this Friday Photo.
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Posted by terrepruitt on July 23, 2024
So how do you pick a book to read/listen to? I pick a book depending upon what I want to listen to. Primarily, I love to listen to lighthearted Rom Coms. I like to know how – basically – it is going to end. But sometimes I need a break from those. Most often I want a book fast because I just finished one and I want another one to listen to so sometimes I just will pick a book that is available. That method has led me to some very enjoyable books. Then I can look for books by that author or even books that the narrator has read. Looking at this list you may see that I have listened to a few books by the same author (Mhairi McFarlane, for one). I don’t like to read the entire book description because it often gives too much information away. Some books have started on a something-is-wrong-with-the-character but I know her “secret” because the summary said, “Joy is trying to keep her divorce a secret.” Well, that takes away from half of the book because the author wrote it as if IT WAS A SECRET. That is just an example. So I try not to read the book description or the reviews which I don’t put much stock in. So sometimes I am rather surprised by a book.
I am posting screenshots in batches because I am hoping to hear from you. And I think a batch of 10ish screenshots is enough to go through at a time.
Here are the screenshots of January 2024 thru November 2023.
February 2024 through April 2024 is here.
May 2024 to July 10, 2024 is here.
How do you pick a book? Have you read any of these?
Posted in audiobooks, Misc | Tagged: Adam Silvera, All the Light We Cannot See, Anna E. Collins, Anthony Doerr, Ashley Poston, Before I Do, Between Us, Christmas at Rosie Hopkins' Sweetshop, Curtis Sittenfeld, Did Not Finish, DNF, Don't You Forget About Me, Elanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine, Erin La Rosa, For Butter or Worse, Gail Honeyman, Hawkeye, If I Never Met You, It Started With a Dog, It's Not Me It's You, January 2024, Jenny Colgan, Julia London, Julia Whelan, Just Haven't Met You Yet, Just Last Night, Lina Chern, Linda Urban, Love at First Spite, Lucy Foley, Mad About You, Match Me If You Can, Mhairi McFarlane, November 2023, Play the Fool, practice makes perfect, Rom Coms, Romantic Comedies, Romantic Comedy, Ronald Dahl, Sarah Adams, series, Sophie Cousens, Stephanie Butland, Susan Wiggs, Suzanne Park, Talk Santa to Me, Thank You For Listening, The Bookshop on the Corner, The Bookshop on the Shore, The Cheat Sheet, The Christmas Bookshop, The Christmas Clash, The Curious Heart of Ailsa Rae, The Do-Over, The First to Die at the End, The Invitation, The Lost and Found Bookshop, The Off Limits Rule, The Roommate Situation, The Temporary Roomie, The Wonderful Story of Henry Sugar, Tiana Smith, You Lucky Dog | 2 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 19, 2024
I found this photo from March 2023 and loved the striations in the sky and so I am posting it as my Friday Photo.
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: blue sky, cherry blossoms, clouds, Friday Photo, March 2023 | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 15, 2024
More of my Libby Timeline. My first Libby Timeline post was about July 10, 2024 through May 2024, this one is April 2024 through February 2024. I started listening to library books in February of 2023. A couple I have liked so much I purchased them and have in Audible. I re-listen to books. Do you?
I have not re-listened to all the ones I have starred, those are the ones I recognized as really having liked without having looked at my notes. Books I didn’t like are indicated with a red line. Some have a red line AND I didn’t finish so those are the “DNF!!” ones.
Initially I thought I would post all the screenshots in one post, but then I thought it would be too much because my hope is that you will scroll through the pictures and maybe point out a book you have read and let me know what you think. Or you may see one that intrigues you and have questions or research it to read. Scrolling through a few pictures at a time is easier than all at once.
There are a couple that I didn’t actually borrow (and missed when deleted those) because they are not audiobooks.
Do you listen to audiobooks?
Posted in audiobooks, Misc | Tagged: Abigail Johnson, Ali Hazelwood, Allison Ashley, Angie Hockman, Ann Liang, Ann Qguirre, April 2024, audible, audiobooks, Below Zero, Betting on You, Britney Spears, Cara Bastone, Cody Rigsby, Crystal Cestari, Did Not Finish, Die Trying, DNF, Dream On, Echo Burning, Every Duke Has His Day, Every Time You Go Away, Everyone is Beautiful, February 2024, Girl on the Run, Goldy Moldavsky, Happily Ever Island, Happily Never After, Heather Hepler, Hello Stranger, I Hope This Doesn't Find You, If You Could See the Sun, Instant Karma, Jack Reacher, Jayne Denker, Jennie Wexler, Jenny Colgan, Jo Segura, Just Say Yes, Kaitlyn Hill, Katherine Center, Killing Floor, Lee Child, Libby, library books, Love from Scratch, Lynn Painter, Marie Rutkoski, Marissa Meyer, Peloton Instructor, Raiders of the Lost Heart, Reacher, Ready or Not, Real Easy, Running Blind, Sam Lipsyte, Shipped, Simon Winchester, So That Happened Katie Bailey, Sunrise by the Sea, Suzanne Enoch, The Ask, The Lost Husband, The Neighbor War, The Only Purple House in Town, The Professor and the Madmand, The Rom-Com Agenda, The Woman in Me, Tripwire, We Were Beautiful, Where It All Lands, Witch Please, Without Fail, Would You Rather, XOXO Cody | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 12, 2024
I ordered flowers through the farm that we get our produce box from and many of them were broken. (Sigh.) So I decided to float them. I can still enjoy them AND this dish I rarely use. I am posting them as my Friday Photo so you can (hopefully) enjoy them too. Sadly my photography skills are lacking, they look much pretty in person in the bowl on the counter.
Posted in Friday Photo | Tagged: broken flowers, depression glass, Farm Fresh to You, floating flowers, Friday Photo, pretty dish | 4 Comments »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 10, 2024
Here is my Libby Timeline. I thought I had deleted all the BOOKS I had borrowed accidentally. But when I was going through the screenshots I saw at least one. I don’t read on my phone so if I borrowed a book I returned it once I realized it was a eye-read book and not a listen-to book. I know I really liked a lot more than I “starred”, but I wasn’t looking at notes when I starred them so I was just going off of my initial “OH! I loved that book.” I indicated books I didn’t like with a read line. And the ones I didn’t like and Did Not Finish, I indicated with a red line and “DNF!!”. I also listen to books on Audible.
I was going to do reviews without spoilers but then I started taking notes to help me remember a book and they ended up having spoilers. I didn’t start taking notes when I started listening so not all the books I have listened to have notes. I wish I would have because there are some that I don’t remember some key things about. Oh well, an opportunity to listen again.
Every once in a while I think I will post my notes, so maybe I will. I will just post them as I took them . . . maybe . . . but for now there is this.
As I was uploading the screenshots, I decided I don’t want to post all 57 in one post, so this is only from May 2024 to July 10, 2024.
I also wanted to note that I usually return books right away, but since I have been trying to make notes on them, sometimes I get a new one and when I have a moment to take notes I do, so it might be a day or two. I kept the Tattooist for almost as long at the lending period because I wanted to listen to the end again. So the dates may be a bit wonky.
Posted in audiobooks, Misc | Tagged: Amy Poeppel, audible, audiobooks, Beth O'Leary, Bonnie Garmus, Bryony and Roses, Darling Girls, Death at Morning House, Eileen Garvin, Heather Morris, I Owe You One, Jenny Colgan, July 2024, Lessons in Chemistry, Libby, library books, Limelight, Lindsey Kelk, Little Beach Street Bakery, Love Your Life, Maureen Johnson, May 2024, Morgan Matson, Musical Chairs, My Not So Perfect Life, One a Night Like This, Promchanted, Sally Hepworth, Sarah Adams, Small Admissions, Sophie Kinsella, T. Kingfisher, The Christmas Wish, The Enemy, The Flatshare, The Good the Bad and the Dumped, The Hollow Places, The Match, The Music of Bees, The No-Show, The Party Crasher, The Road Trip, The Rule Book, The Switch, The Tattooist of Aushchwitz, The Wake-Up Call, The Wizard's Guid to Defensive Banking, Thornhedge | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 5, 2024
Nessa likes to sit in dresser drawers. She’ll sleep in there and leave when she is done. A Dresser Drawer Cat for today’s Friday Photo.
Posted in Cats, Friday Photo, Teagan and Nessa | Tagged: Dresser Drawer Cat, dresser drawers, Friday Photo, Nessa | Leave a Comment »
Posted by terrepruitt on July 1, 2024
Here is another stretch you can do every day. I am just throwing these out here because, as I mentioned previously, people are ALWAYS telling me they need to stretch more. But I think they think they need to make time to stretch and while I think they do, taking time out of your day to stretch is great, I think stretching EVERY DAY is more important. Stretching is like sleeping, you can’t do it all at once . . . it is something that our body needs daily. So . . . these posts are just quick reminders. They are NOT detailed instructions, they don’t have a lot of notes on variations, they are not addressing injuries and limitations, so remember to do what your body can do. I am just trying to point out that you can stretch EVERY DAY!
This one is another floor stretch and can be done while putting on lotion, brushing your teeth, chatting on the phone, or watching TV, etc.
A stretch is most effective when done for at least 30 seconds. So you don’t even had to sit in it for that long.
This one has a lot of names (as most stretches do) I am going to call it Butterfly. Sit tall and put the soles of your feet together. Let your knees fall out. Bring your feet as close to your middle as you like.
As an example, I am brushing my teeth.
See, easy-peasey. C’mon, this is so simple you can do it every day. The thing is, it may NOT actually be easy for some because of stiffness or limitations. Be gentle and do what you can. But do it every day!
Now you have four stretches you can easily add to your routine EVERY DAY! You don’t even have to do all three every day, but do at least one EVERY DAY!
Calf Stretch
Standing Forward Fold
Seated Wide Angle Stretch Over Leg
and this one (Butterfly)
Edit (03.12.25): More information about this stretch(/asana) can be found at Butterfly, Baddha Konasana, Bound Angle
Posted in Misc, stretching | Tagged: 30 seconds, brushing teeth, butterfly, every day stretch, stretch every day, stretching | Leave a Comment »
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