#jcfaugust

Today's August 31st task for #jcfaugust is to share a #WrapUp. So here I am sharing my #FinalStats for the #NEWTsReadathon2018 #magicalreadathon! 😄🎉❤ . . . . All told, I completed 30 books for 30 N.E.W.T.s! I graduated with an Outstanding grade in all 10 classes! And I read a total of 7,208 pages. 😄🎉📚❤ . . . . Photos Three through Five share all of the book I read for each of the three tiers. 😊😍❤ . . . . Photo One above shares the last bookI read for my final Outstanding N.E.W.T.: Serpentine by Laurell K Hamilton, audio performed by Kimberly Alexis (5⭐). I completed this book yesterday. Okay, so technically I reached the end at 12:20a on August 31st, but I'm calling it read on August 30th. 😊❤ . . . . Photo One above also shares the intruder we had in our front yard a bit ago. It's a hawk! 😍 . . . . Photo Two shares my 31st book read in August: Harry Potter and the Cursed Child by J.K Rowling, John Tiffany, and Jack Thorne. This book gives me a total monthly count of 7,517 pages read. I don't know how to rate this story. For much of it (Acts One, Two, AND Three? Maybe also part of Act Four?), I hoped that the Albus-in-Slytherin story would be revealed to be a bad dream. Sometime in Act Four I accepted that it was all truly happening THAT way. 😕 . . . . So I did not love this 8th Harry Potter book. Harry didn't seem like himself for most of this story, if that makes sense. The ending was good, but. . . I think maybe this book was a three-star read for me. I actually started it last night, during a period after my phone, where Serpentine was playing on audio, died and had to be charged. I read Act One. This morning I was unsure if I wanted to read more. 😕 . . . . In the end, I'm glad I finished this book. But I just can't say that I really enjoyed it. ⭐⭐⭐ 😕 . . . . Photo Two also shares my Max and a tiny bunny we saw yesterday. Sorry for the poor image; I had to take it through the windshield. But this rabbit was so small it could have fit on the palm of my hand. 😲😍❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #LaurellKHamilton #JKRowling #JohnTiffany #JackThorne #books #Serpentine #HarryPotterandtheCursedChild https://www.instagram.com/p/BnKndeflnmJ/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=d4wt3p68fv7o

Today's August 26th task for #jcfaugust is to share something #throughthewindow. The first two photos were taken just 35 minutes apart, at 4:24p and 4:59p respectively, and show the power of a cloud. ☁️😊 . . . . The first photo shows a squirrel and quail (Gambel's Quail) at our quail block. The second photo has a rabbit with the quail at our quail block. 😍❤😍 . . . . The third photo shares the books I'm reading today with my Max and a view out the window. Unfortunately, this photo couldn't be zoomed in to hide all of the many spots on our window. Oopsie. 😲😊❤ . . . . I've already completed today's allotment of The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson for @meltotheany's buddy read, and I'm now reading Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk. Blood and Sand is the last book I need to complete my second tier N.E.W.T.s. Both of the books are in Photos Three and Five. 😍❤ . . . . Only Photos Three and Four have my Max in them. All of the book photos are meant to show Blood and Sand's cover. I think this is a foiled book. Is it? 🤔🤔🤔 If it's not, I'm still counting it for second-tier Defense Against the Dark Arts: #readafoiledbook. After all, *I* Think it's a #foiledbook! 😄😉❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #meltotheany #bookstagram #SethDickinson #CVWyk #books #TheTraitorBaruCormorant #BloodandSand #series #TheMasquerade

Today's August 26th task for #jcfaugust is to share something #throughthewindow. The first two photos were taken just 35 minutes apart, at 4:24p and 4:59p respectively, and show the power of a cloud. ☁️😊 . . . . The first photo shows a squirrel and quail (Gambel's Quail) at our quail block. The second photo has a rabbit with the quail at our quail block. 😍❤😍 . . . . The third photo shares the books I'm reading today with my Max and a view out the window. Unfortunately, this photo couldn't be zoomed in to hide all of the many spots on our window. Oopsie. 😲😊❤ . . . . I've already completed today's allotment of The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson for @meltotheany's buddy read, and I'm now reading Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk. Blood and Sand is the last book I need to complete my second tier N.E.W.T.s. Both of the books are in Photos Three and Five. 😍❤ . . . . Only Photos Three and Four have my Max in them. All of the book photos are meant to show Blood and Sand's cover. I think this is a foiled book. Is it? 🤔🤔🤔 If it's not, I'm still counting it for second-tier Defense Against the Dark Arts: #readafoiledbook. After all, *I* Think it's a #foiledbook! 😄😉❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #meltotheany #bookstagram #SethDickinson #CVWyk #books #TheTraitorBaruCormorant #BloodandSand #series #TheMasquerade

Today's August 25th task for #jcfaugust is to share a #bookwithsnack. I don't often "snack," so instead here is a photo with one of my #CurrentlyReading books and a Mountain Dew! At 170 calories, cans of Mountain Dew are like a snack for me. 😊😍❤ . . . . And when I said "one of my #CurrentlyReading books," really I meant the ONLY book I'm "currently" reading. Max is on my feet and I'm reading yesterday's allotment of The Traitor Baru Cormorant for @meltotheany's read-along! Once finished with it, I plan to read today's allotment! 😄❤ . . . . Early this morning, though, between midnight and 3:00a, I read Fables Vol.11: War and Pieces by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham. But it's in the bedroom and Max is on my feet, sooo. . . 😉❤ . . . . Anyway, I'm very happy that this volume of Fables was my 25th book for the #NEWTsReadathon2018 #magicalreadathon, because, contrary to my hopes, I'm not going to be able to read Blood and Sand by C.V. Wyk today, August 25th. I had to take a nap for a few hours earlier, so lost precious reading time. 😔 . . . . I just can't operate on 17 hours of sleep in 72 hours any more. I'm now up to 19 hours of sleep, so I'm getting close to being back to normal! 😄🙄❤ . . . . Anyways, it's after 6:00p here right now, so I'd best get back to reading the pictured book! Because I'm planning on going to bed early tonight once I've completed today's reading! 😄❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #SethDickinson #books #TheTraitorBaruCormorant #meltotheany #bookandsnack #bookandbeverage #MountainDew

Today's August 23rd task for #jcfaugust is to share a #treasurechest. I can't remember if I've shared this box or not, so here it is, again (possibly)! 😊😍❤ . . . . What's in this "treasure chest"? Turn to Photo Two! 😍❤ . . . . SHELLS! Lots and lots of shells from @_theopaque_! THANK YOU! 😍❤😍 . . . . I think I bought and received this box in July. If this is the first time I'm sharing it, I'm sorry! I really love all of these shells, especially the conch shell I uncovered! Photo Three shares this conch shell with my Max, and Photo Four shares it with the print book I am reading. 😊😍❤ . . . . I am also still reading The Darkest Promise by Gena Showalter. (This e-book is also in Photo Four. 😍) I didn't ever go back to it yesterday after my just-before-4:00p photo. 😣 Instead, I watched football with my Mom and read yesterday's allotment of The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson! 😄❤ . . . . Today I'm posting at about 1:45p, and I'm really hoping to read today's allotment of The Traitor Baru Cormorant AND finish The Darkest Promise! I have just under 40 pages left to read in The Traitor Baru Cormorant for today and 35% left of The Darkest Promise. 😊❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #SethDickinson #books #TheTraitorBaruCormorant #ebook #TheDarkestPromise #series #LordsoftheUnderworld #CurrentRead #CurrentlyReading #meltotheany #buddyread #BoutofBooks

Today's August 22nd task for #jcfaugust is to share something #caughtintheact. The above photo shares two images of my Max "caught in the act": In the one on the left, I caught him in the act of searching behind a cupboard-thing for lizard invaders. Luckily, none were there today. 😊😍❤ . . . . In the photo on the right, Max ran off with his Grandma's napkin and I caught him in the act of tearing it to shreds and eating it. 😲❤ . . . . And the book I'm #CurrentlyReading is in the frame of the left photo. I read 35% of The Darkest Promise by Gena Showalter on Monday the 20th, 0% of it yesterday (😣), and today I'm hoping and planning to finish it. I'm already at about 65% through it, and it's not even 4:00p here! 😄🎉❤ . . . . I'm really enjoying The Darkest Promise, but I'm sort of regretting starting with book 13 in the Lords of the Underworld series. I just met some of the other Lords and their partners. It would have been nice to see how they all partnered up. 🙄❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #GenaShowalter #books #TheDarkestPromise #series #LordsoftheUnderworld

Today's August 21st task for #jcfaugust is to #BurnBright. So I lit my Unicorn candle from @fragrant_jewels and photographed it - burning brightly! 😄😍 - with the two books I read today. Fables Vol.10: The Good Prince (228 pages) by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham will be finished today, and I read the first three chapters (57 pages) in The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson earlier this afternoon. 😊😍❤ . . . . Max is also in the first photo, but since he had to be cropped out to get the books in the photo, I took a second photo just of him. 😊😍❤😍 . . . . And I'm buddy reading The Traitor Baru Cormorant in a read-along with @meltotheany! I'm so excited to finally be reading a book with her, and this one is off to an intriguing start! 😄😍🎉❤ . . . . Lastly, turn to Photo Three to see the candle when first lit. I got lucky with the first pic; had to turn my phone away from it, then move it back and snap the camera *quick!* to get the first photo. I'm lucky it turned out in focus. 😊😍❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #meltotheany #bookstagram #BillWillingham #MarkBuckingham #SethDickinson #books #FablesVolume10 #TheGoodPrince #TheTraitorBaruCormorant #series #Fables #FablesSeries

Today's August 21st task for #jcfaugust is to #BurnBright. So I lit my Unicorn candle from @fragrant_jewels and photographed it - burning brightly! 😄😍 - with the two books I read today. Fables Vol.10: The Good Prince (228 pages) by Bill Willingham and Mark Buckingham will be finished today, and I read the first three chapters (57 pages) in The Traitor Baru Cormorant by Seth Dickinson earlier this afternoon. 😊😍❤ . . . . Max is also in the first photo, but since he had to be cropped out to get the books in the photo, I took a second photo just of him. 😊😍❤😍 . . . . And I'm buddy reading The Traitor Baru Cormorant in a read-along with @meltotheany! I'm so excited to finally be reading a book with her, and this one is off to an intriguing start! 😄😍🎉❤ . . . . Lastly, turn to Photo Three to see the candle when first lit. I got lucky with the first pic; had to turn my phone away from it, then move it back and snap the camera *quick!* to get the first photo. I'm lucky it turned out in focus. 😊😍❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #meltotheany #bookstagram #BillWillingham #MarkBuckingham #SethDickinson #books #FablesVolume10 #TheGoodPrince #TheTraitorBaruCormorant #series #Fables #FablesSeries