I'm so glad it's April!
March was not my favorite month. Several unexpected and stressful things occured, including a very frustrating (and expensive!) plumbing issue with our sewer line that took forever to get fixed. (Our front landscaping will never be the same.) So, I'm very glad to be heading into April, mostly because I get all of next week off from work for spring break. And boy do I need it! (I'd love a break from all the snow and cold temps we've been getting here in Utah for the entire month of March, but I'll settle for a week off from work.) I've got plans to sleep in, do some birdwatching, go out to lunch with my sisters, play some board games, visit my Dad's grave on his birthday, do a little springcleaning, and read LOTS of books!
Speaking of books, I recently finished reading this one:
Opposites attract in Storing Up Trouble by Jen Turano. It's a charming romance with comical mishaps, a spunky heroine, and an appealing hero who's very smart when it comes to math and science, but who's very obtuse when it comes to women. I enjoyed this one.
Here are the library books I just checked out of the library:
A Venom Dark and Sweet by Judy I. Lin (my next buddy read with Melody.)
Starflight by Melissa Landers
Vanishing Hour by Laura Griffin
Quiet Neighbors by Catriona McPherson
The Bookshop of Secrets by Mollie Rushmeyer
A Fire in the Night by Christopher Swann
Pride & Puppies by Lizzie Shane
Authentically Izzy by Pepper D. Basham
Nora Goes Off Script by Annabel Monaghan
Kit McBride Gets A Wife by Amy Barry
Whispers of You by Catherine Cowles
The Sweetheart Fix by Miranda Liasson
And I love this "Advice from Sasquatch" magnet:
(Which you can buy here along with many other fun advice magnets.)
Happy Reading!
Have a lovely week off, your plans sound perfect. And I hope April is a better month for you. I love that Sasquatch quote. I need to find a good book on Sasquatch as I find the subject very interesting.
ReplyDeleteHave you ever read Max Brooks' book Devolution? It's a very interesting take on Big Foot (Sasquatch).
DeleteNo, but I now have it on my Kindle. Thank you!
DeleteLet's hear it for Sasquatch!
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DeleteLove the advice from Sasquatch! Looks like you checked out a lot of great books from the library. I had a lot of fun with Authentically Izzy. I hope you enjoy it! :)
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to reading that one! Thanks to you I am now a fan of Pepper Basham, too. :D
DeleteYour plans sound excellent. Enjoy! I hope you enjoy Starflight- I remember thinking it was pretty good!
ReplyDeleteIt looks like a lot of fun...and I've been in the mood for some entertaining science fiction this year.
DeleteThat's quite a haul from the library and some very good advice from Sasquatch.
ReplyDeleteI'm always checking out too many books from the library. It's like an addiction. ;D
DeleteSo sorry about your plumbing issues! It does sound expensive if they had to tear our your front yard to fix it! Hopefully April is a better month! I hear you about the cold temps in March! It feels like we've had snow, snow and more snow! We got a foot again on Tuesday! Thankfully, it's melted now. I am so ready for spring to finally show up! I loved Vanishing Hour and Kit McBride! Hope you do too! Love that Sasquatch advice, lol!
ReplyDeleteTurns out the city broke our sewer line when they were fixing a leak in the water main line...so we're hoping we can get them to pay for the repairs.
DeleteI'm ready for April too! I love the Advice from Sasquatch
ReplyDeleteIsn't that a great magnet? I love it.
DeleteOh no my comment disappeared! Darn spam. Anyway your plans sound great, and hope you like Starflight-- I remember that being good.
ReplyDeleteI rescued your first comment from my spam folder along with one of my own comments. blogger is so stupid.
DeleteI feel your pain on plumbing issues! Hopefully everything except the landscaping is resolved now.
ReplyDeleteI have a long holiday weekend this week and I cannot *wait*! I hope you have a relaxing week with some great books.
Thank you! I'm really looking forward to having a week off to catch my breath and catch up on some stuff.
DeleteYay for reading a book. There was a list of a lot of books for free for one day through some author newsletters so I grabbed about 120 free ebooks. So I am reading, reading reading. lol
ReplyDelete:D yay for free books!
DeleteThanks for the link to the Sasquatch magnet!
ReplyDeleteThey have lots of fun "advice magnets"; I also like their dragonfly one a lot.
DeleteLark, your March was my February. I am glad for a new month, but I wish I could have a spring break, LOL! I have been working for 3 months and I am already ready for a break. You have lots of good reading ahead of you! I still haven't read The Bookshop of Secrets, but want to. I love Jen Turano's books, glad you enjoyed this one!
ReplyDeleteTurano writes some fun romances. They always make me smile. And I'm very glad March is done. Hopefully April will be better all around.
DeleteOh no! March was not kind to you. I hope that you enjoy your time off work in April!
ReplyDeleteThank you! I'm so glad to see the end of March. April has to be better, doesn't it?
DeleteSorry to hear that March was not the best. I hope the week off does wonders for you and that April is off to a much better start!
ReplyDeleteThank you! If it would just stop snowing all would be awesome. :D
DeleteSounds like you have wonderful plans for your week off! I can't believe you're still having snow. I love the Sasquatch advice. Who knew Sasquatch was so wise!
ReplyDeleteSasquatch is the best! And I'm so tired of snow. We got 19 more inches just this week! It's never going to be spring.
DeleteOMG, the Sasquatch quote was a fun find in your above post!!
ReplyDeleteIsn't it great? I loved it when I saw it...so much I had to buy it. :D
DeleteWow, looks like you've a lovely haul of library books there! Can't wait to start reading the book for our buddy read! :D
ReplyDeleteI'm really looking forward to finding out what happens next with Ning and the princess and Kang! :D
DeleteSorry about the plumbing ugh. April will be better. That's quite a load of library books. How long can you keep them? Looks like good one, enjoy.
ReplyDeleteLibrary books here check out for three weeks, but if no one else has them on hold you can renew them several times for an additional three weeks each time. And I usually do have to renew mine at least once. ;D
DeleteSorry to hear that March was such a bad month. Especially plumbing problems of that magnitude. I am glad you mentioned Devolution because it has been on my To Read list and now that I read more about, I am even more eager to read it. I loved World War Z.
ReplyDeleteWorld War Z was such a great read. And I loved Devolution, too. It's suspenseful and unsettling and a lot of fun.
DeleteOh no I'm so sorry to hear you had to deal with plumbing issues! Not only are they expensive but also super stressful. I hope by now, you had a nice break and things are getting back to normal. Thank you for the link for Advice for Life - what fun products.
ReplyDeleteThe plumbing nightmare in March was awful! But the city is going to reimburse us for a lot of it because they're the ones who cut into our sewer line. So that's a bit of a silver lining. Though our front landscaping is still really messed up.
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