#jcfmay

I forgot to do yesterday's #jcfmay post, so here it is in combination with today's! I took my most photographed (and easiest to reach) #Funko outside to photograph Princess Jasmine with #flowers! 😄😍❤ . . . . And since there's a Princess in Time of Contempt by Andrzej Sapkowski, which I'm still reading. . . Princess Ciri, meet Princess Jasmine! 😄❤ . . . . Max is in this photo, I think. I don't know how well you can see him, though, since he was behind our oleander plant. (These are oleander flowers in the photo.) 🤔 . . . . So instead, scroll to Photo Two to see Max where he is right now, with me on the back patio. 😊😍❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #AndrzejSapkowski #books #TimeofContempt #series #Witcher #WitcherSeries #AZflora #ArizonaFlora #OleanderFlowers #PrincessJasmine #FunkoPop

I totally forgot to post a photo for yesterday's May 31st #jcfmay task. (Too busy trying to frantically finish these two books.) So here it is a day late! We were to use a #scarf as a prop. Luckily, I found this pink scarf in my Mom's room, in easy view. (She's out-of-town and, last night when I remembered - briefly - about this task, it was too late to ask her about scarves.) 😄❤ . . . . With the scarf, I have the book I read yesterday with the book I finished yesterday (at 11:59p!). Turn to Photo Two to see the photo I snapped at midnight. 😊❤ . . . . Oh! And of course Max is in this photo, too. 😍❤😍 . . . . I haven't told you what the books are! Yesterday I read Daughter of the Siren Queen by Tricia Levenseller. (⭐⭐⭐⭐) And then I finished The Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan. (⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐). I am really loving this Percy Jackson and the Olympians series. I'm going to have to buy it. 😊🎉📚❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #TriciaLevenseller #RickRiordan #books #DaughteroftheSirenQueen #TheBattleoftheLabyrinth #series #DaughterofthePirateKing #DotPKduology #PercyJacksonandtheOlympians

Today's task for #jcfmay is to share #clothes as a prop. So here are two of my bookish t-shirts with the two books I plan to finish today! All with my Max, of course. 😍❤ . . . . For #MiddleGradeMay, I am reading The Titan's Curse by Rick Riordan. I'm currently on page 130 (book is 312 pages long). 😊❤ . . . . And then for a Swap-Bot.com swap, I am reading The Dry by Jane Harper. I'm also listening to this as an audiobook. I'm on page 181 (out of 326 total pages) and have about 4.5 hours left in the audio. 😊❤ . . . . So both of these books should be completed today. Especially seeing as how it's not even noon here right now! 😄🎉❤ . . . . These books will be my 41st and 42nd reads for #bookadayinMay. And The Titan's Curse is my 30th book for #MiddleGradeMay. 😊🎉📚❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #RickRiordan @rickriordan #JaneHarper @janeharperauthor #books #TheTitansCurse #TheDry #series #PercyJacksonandtheOlympians #AaronFalk #SwapBot

Today's task for #jcfmay is to share #headphones as a prop. I thought I had headphones in my backpack, from when I lived in Seattle, and I did! But they'd never been opened or used. 🙊😲❤ . . . . I did eventually get the package open (it was a bit of a fight). Turn to Photo Two to see the headphones out of the box! 😄🤣😍❤ . . . . Max was less than thrilled to be part of these photos, but he gave in without a fight! I told him to settle, and he did. I then placed the book and the box of headphones next to him, and snapped Photo One. HE STAYED IN PLACE (!!!) while I unboxed the headphones, and I snapped Photo Two! 😲😍❤ . . . . I wish I could believe that this is a sign of maturity - at last! - but sadly, I think he just REALLY wanted to go outside, and so figured the sooner he gave in, the sooner he would be free for potty-time. 😄😉❤ . . . . Oh! And the book - Lemons by Melissa Savage - is today's #MiddleGradeMay book. I'm hoping to finish it tonight. 😊❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #MelissaSavage @melissadsavage #books #Lemons (at Oro Valley, Arizona)

Today's task for #jcfmay is to share #shells as a prop. I asked, and my Mom came up with this great Bag o'Shells, which was probably purchased with the intent to be spread artfully around in the lighthouse cases we have in this house. (I can't remember what they're called at the moment, but my parents have A LOT of lighthouses.) 😄🎉❤ . . . . But I didn't want to open the bag. (Where would they go after I photographed a few of them?) So instead, scroll to Photo Two if you'd like to see more of the shells. 😍❤ . . . . My main prop, my Max, is only in the first photo. (I caught him looking in my direction!) But since he's partially obscured, scroll to Photo Three if you'd like to see his face in full from very close-up. 😍❤ . . . . And in Photo Four, I finally got a photo of the books I am reading, The Emperor of Mars by Patrick Samphire and You by Caroline Kepnes, with the shells AND Max. Of course, now that I'm typing this, he's off exploring the backyard again. #neverstaysstill 🤣😉😍❤ . . . . Oh! I am GOING to finish The Emperor of Mars today! It's 4:35p and I'm nearly halfway through it, so it will be today's #MiddleGradeMay and #bookadayinMay book. 😄🎉📚❤ . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #PatrickSamphire #CarolineKepnes #books #TheEmperorofMars #You #series #SecretsoftheDragonTomb

Today's #BoB22IGChallenge task for #BoutofBooks is to share my #FavoriteAuthor, #FavoriteBook, and #FavoriteSeries. And today's #jcfmay task is to share #keys as a prop. 😊 . . . . So I added my keys to this photo of my favorite book - by my favorite author - with book one in my favorite series. 😄😍❤ . . . . My favorite book is arguably Absolutely, Positively by Jayne Ann Krentz. And whether she writes as Jayne Ann Krentz, or as Amanda Quick or Jayne Castle, I simply adore her books, so she is arguably my favorite author. 😊🎉❤ . . . . My favorite series was a harder decision to reach, but I went with the Kate Daniels series by Ilona Andrews. This series is, after all, one of my TOP favorite series (and it has a book that is tied for my MOST favorite series book EVER in it). 😊❤📚 . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #JayneAnnKrentz #IlonaAndrews #books #AbsolutelyPositively #MagicBites #series #KateDaniels #KateDanielsSeries #BoB22IGChallenges

Today's task for #jcfmay is to share an #instrument as a prop. So I took a photo of today's books with my Mom's #piano! 😄❤ . . . . Since Instagram cropped Max out of the first photo (he was looking at the books from below the keys), turn to photo two to see these books with him, my usual prop! 😄😍❤ . . . . Today I am hoping to read The Castle in the Mist by Amy Ephron for #MiddleGradeMay. I'd also like to read at least half of The Emperor of Mars by Patrick Samphire (it can then be my completed book for tomorrow). And then I'll hope to progress a bit further in You by Caroline Kepnes. 😊📚❤ . . . . Oh, wow. I wrote the above HOURS ago. Not sure why I didn't post it. 🤔 Look for another post in a few minutes, because I just finished one of these books. (It's now almost 9:45p on May 17th.) 😊 . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #AmyEphron #PatrickSamphire #CarolineKepnes #books #TheCastleintheMist #TheEmperorofMars #You #series #SecretsoftheDragonTomb

This post serves as my #BoutofBooks and #MiddleGradeMay Update for yesterday and today's #jcfmay post. 😊❤ . . . . Today's #jcfmay task is to share #letters as a prop. I pulled it two letters I received for Swap-Bot.com swaps and photographed them with the books I #amreading. 😍❤ . . . . Day 2 of #BoutofBooks - yesterday - was not a good day for me. I was very sick - food poisoning? - in the evening - during my reading time! 😭 - and went to bed early. I read just 11 pages in You by Caroline Kepnes and 6 pages in Danny the Champion of the World by Roald Dahl. 😔 . . . . That means that I did not read a book for #MiddleGradeMay or #bookadayinMay yesterday! 😭 . . . . To get caught up, today I hope to finish Danny the Champion of the World and then read another Roald Dahl book. I probably won't finish You until tomorrow (I hope). I'm still okay for #bookadayinMay, since I've read 20 books so far this month. But I'd like to get back on track and finish *16* middle-grade books by the end of today, May 16th. 😊 . . . . #DogsofInstagram #bookstagram #CarolineKepnes #RoaldDahl #books #You #DannytheChampionoftheWorld #CurrentlyReading #ReadingWithDogs