It’s beginning to look a lot like the end of the year is coming on fast. Entirely too fast! Which means both holiday presents to wrap and New Year’s Resolutions to make.
I’m not really talking about actual New Year’s Resolutions – because those seldom work. It’s more about cogitating on what changes need to be made for Reading Reality. Last year it was the decision to start posting on Instagram, something I’d been debating for a couple of years and finally made the plunge because Twitter was getting weird and I felt the need to start posting on a different – and less weird – social media channel.
And Twitter/X got even weirder and more toxic, so I think the Insta decision was a good one. But it’s looking like it’s time to bail on the whole X thing and that’s what I’m looking at now, both at Bluesky and Threads. If you have any thoughts or experience or both on either service, I’d be VERY interested in hearing about it!
With cats in the house, wrapping presents is always a problem. They ALL want to HELP. Which means playing with the wrapping paper. After all, if it interests us, it interests them even more! And we pay SO MUCH attention to THEM when they’re playing with it. Even better – at least from their perspective.
So, we brought the vacuum cleaner into the room with the big table. We’re planning to run the “Monster Vacuum” while we wrap. Based on past performance, we think a five minute blast of Mr. Vacuum will vacate the room for at least an hour!
Because that little story absolutely BEGS for cat tax, here’s a picture of Hecate looking rather dignified. This might become her “official” portrait.
Current Giveaways:
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book in the Fall 2024 Seasons of Books Giveaway Hop
$10 Gift Card or $10 Book PLUS EVENT-WIDE AMAZON/PAYPAL PRIZE in the Holiday Giveaway Event!
Winner Announcements:
The winner of the Holiday Book Bingo Challenge Giveaway in the 2024 Ho-Ho-Ho Readathon is Kai
Blog Recap:
Holiday Amazon/PayPal Giveaway Event!
A- #BookReview: How to Steal a Galaxy by Beth Revis
A- #BookReview: A Snake in the Barley by Candace Robb
C+ #AudioBookReview: Orbital by Samantha Harvey
B #BookReview: The Hero She Deserves by Anna Hackett
Stacking the Shelves (630)
Coming This Week:
Mechanize My Hands to War by Erin K. Wagner (#BookReview)
Bayou Book Thief by Ellen Byron (#BookReview)
Cruel Winter with You by Ali Hazelwood (#AudioBookReview)
Dead as a Dodo by Hailey Edwards (#AudioBookReview)
I Made It Out of Clay by Beth Kander (#BlogTour #BookReview)
Bluesky is great. Like twitter was before muskrat took over
I like Bluesky a lot. Looks and acts exactly like Twitter without all the hate and rage.
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