My new favorite bookmark in a pile with some of my favorite books! Honestly, the message could say “cry over books not people” but boys fits so much better in the word play, doesn’t it? 😅 What are some of your favorite bookmarks? I like cheeky ones with funny quotes, and I’m a BIG fan of magnetic bookmarks personally! ~ #bookstagram #booklover #bookmarks #cryoverbooksnotboys #favoritebookmark https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVEzqpL02-/?igshid=12my755tv066

Love this candle! Mama Liz had this candle first, and then when we were at Walmart Nolan picked this one up too. Smells amazing and makes you want syrup 🤤

These are my favorite type of nails. They are almond shape and this length is perfect for me!

Today's November 7th tasks for #jayjaysbookishbirthday - #HoldMyPlace - and #bookscoasttocoastnov - #UnpopularOpinion - are once again combined! 😄😍❤ . . . . The top two books are for the Unpopular Opinion and the bottom two are holding my place! I just finished The Good the Bad and the Undead by Kim Harrison and am about to start Every Which Way But Dead, so there isn't a place needing to be held right now. But if you want to see my #FavoriteBookmark, which is in Every Which Way But Dead waiting to go into service, turn to Photo Two! 😄😍❤ . . . . The top two books are in the Anita Blake series by Laurell K. Hamilton: Book Three - Circus of the Damned - and Book Seven - Burnt Offerings. I don't know how unpopular my opinion is, but I hope with every fiber in my being that one day @official_lkhamilton will KILL both Richard and Asher in a book. I don't like either of them. Actually, I think it's fair to say that I HATE both of them. 😠😠😠 . . . . A more unpopular opinion might be that I LIKE the post-CHANGE books. Some of them I even love! Like Cerulean Sins - Book 11 - and Hit List - Book 20. 😄❤ . . . . But to get back to the #UnpopularOpinion tag, we are introduced to Richard Zeeman in Circus of the Damned and to Asher in Burnt Offerings. 😠 . . . . The most unfair thing about my hating these two men is that both have promise when they're introduced. But then they morph: Richard hates his beast and lets his unhealthy opinion rain on Anita and Asher is insecure and grows worse as the series goes on. My most favorite moments in this series are arguably when Richard finally messes up so badly that Anita ends things with him and when Asher finally beats a dead horse and gets kicked out of St. Louis by Jean-Claude. 😃😄❤ . . . . Unfortunately, I can never remember in which book these final scenes take place. Which makes rereading this series great - if rather painful - fun! 😄❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #LaurellKHamilton #KimHarrison #books #CircusOfTheDamned #BurntOfferings #TheGoodTheBadAndTheUndead #EveryWhichWayButDead #series #AnitaBlake #AnitaBlakeSeries #TheHollows #TheHollowsSeries https://www.instagram.com/p/Bp6PtuoH9W9/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1np5sr8rxhq70

Today's October 9th task for #bookscoasttocoastoct was to share #FavoriteBookmarks! So here is my #FavoriteBookmark in my #CurrentRead to illustrate that my favorite bookmarks, and pretty much the only ones I ever use, have tassels! 😍❤😍 . . . . Why do I love tasseled bookmarks? Because when I lived in Seattle, I didn't have a car. So I walked or rode the bus everywhere. Put the bookmark in the half of the book you're not reading, and then just flip it to mark your place when you reach a street crossing or bus stop! The tassel IS my bookmark! 😄😍❤ . . . . And I don't know if you can read the page number, but I am STILL about to start Chapter 16 on page 135 of Serpentine by Laurell K. Hamilton. Turn to Photo Two to see my place truly bookmarked. 😕 . . . . It's now after 8:20p and I'm GOING TO READ MORE NOW. Just as soon as I post this. And write notes about the last chapter. 🤣❤ . . . . So I forgot to post Photo Two with this post when I first tried it. It's now after 8:25p here and the delays on starting Chapter 16 are ALIVE AND WELL! 😠😭🤣❤ . . . . Sorry to all of you who liked the first version of this post! 😙❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #LaurellKHamilton #books #Serpentine #series #AnitaBlakeSeries #AnitaBlake #CurrentlyReading https://www.instagram.com/p/BovM35JnQol/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=62uqty58coxv

Today's October 9th task for #bookscoasttocoastoct was to share #FavoriteBookmarks! So here is my #FavoriteBookmark in my #CurrentRead to illustrate that my favorite bookmarks, and pretty much the only ones I ever use, have tassels! 😍❤😍 . . . . Why do I love tasseled bookmarks? Because when I lived in Seattle, I didn't have a car. So I walked or rode the bus everywhere. Put the bookmark in the half of the book you're not reading, and then just flip it to mark your place when you reach a street crossing or bus stop! The tassel IS my bookmark! 😄😍❤ . . . . And I don't know if you can read the page number, but I am STILL about to start Chapter 16 on page 135 of Serpentine by Laurell K. Hamilton. Turn to Photo Two to see my place truly bookmarked. 😕 . . . . It's now after 8:20p and I'm GOING TO READ MORE NOW. Just as soon as I post this. And write notes about the last chapter. 🤣❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #LaurellKHamilton #books #Serpentine #series #AnitaBlakeSeries #AnitaBlake #CurrentlyReading https://www.instagram.com/p/BovMKrSHtl-/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=gp7db149xax0

Today's task for #jcfmarch is to share my #FavoriteBookmark. No contest, there. 😄 . . . My most favorite bookmark is the one in the picture! It's my Disney-Pixar Inside Out "Every day is full of emotions" tasseled bookmark! 😄❤ (I have two of this exact bookmark, but the second one is MIA at the moment. 🤔😕) . . . And now for a tag! I was tagged in Shara Me With Books' BookTube video a week or two ago (on March 15th) to do #thereadinghabitstag! Thank you so much for tagging me, @shara.me.with.books! 😄🎉❤ . . . . QUESTIONS: 1. Do you have a certain place at home for reading? Yes! I mostly read in bed, late at night after my mother and my puppy-son are both asleep. Sometimes I am able to read on the couch in the living room, mostly if the television is off. 2. Bookmark or random piece of paper? Definitely a bookmark for me, one with a tassel! (Look 🔝 for my fave!) 3. Can you just stop reading or do you have to stop after a chapter/ a certain amount of pages? It depends on the book. In my current e-book, sadly it is proving very easy to just stop whenever. But ideally, I prefer to pause when a chapter either ends or begins on a page that is divisible by five. 4. Do you eat or drink while reading? Yes. I usually have a beverage (Mountain Dew most commonly nowadays), and mealtimes are prime reading times for me! 5. Multitasking: Music or TV while reading? No, thanks. I need quiet to read. Sometimes I can read in the living room with my Mom while she watches TV, but only if she's watching NASCAR. 6. One book at a time or several at once? I TRY reading several, but I usually focus on one at a time. 7. Reading at home or everywhere? Everywhere! But most often at home. 8. Reading out loud or silently in your head? Silently in my head. 9. Do you read ahead or even skip pages? Rarely. Seeing how characters work out their problems and challenges is part of the fun for me. 10. Breaking the spine or keeping it like new? I keep my books like new for as long as possible. I only buy books I may want to reread, so I want them to last! 11. Do you write in your books? No. I take notes in an app on my phone or on paper. 12. Who do you tag?See pic.❤