We all have our time machines. Some take us back, they're called memories. Some take us forward, they're called dreams.
-Jeremy Irons

She is too fond of books, and it has turned her brain.
~ Louisa May Alcott


I love to read well written time-travel and past-lives fiction. Some of my favorites...Time and Again by Jack Finney, Passage by Connie Willis, Kindred by Octavia Butler, The House On The Strand by Daphne Du Maurier, The Gargoyle by Andrew Davidson and Richard Matheson's Bid Time Return (aka Somewhere in Time). One Christmas my husband gave me a first edition copy of Bid Time Return, and it is one of my favorite gifts. Distant Music by Lee Langley is probably my all-time favorite novel.

I collect paper bookmarks. I have a unique collection and I store them in a small, vintage card catalog cabinet that I acquired when my library was getting rid of them once computerized cataloging came along. It's a fun hobby. I also collect small snowmen for winter decorating, and small fairies for spring & summer decorating.

Currently reading: The Good People by Hannah Kent


Books read in 2023:

January
February
March
1. Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens
April
May
June
July
August
September
October
November
December


Participating in:
-ekorren's 2023 52 Towns in 52 Weeks Release Challenge


CATCHES in 2023:
1.

Number of my wild releases that have been caught:
2004 - 15 - My first wild release resulted in my first catch!
2005: 21
2006: 29
2007: 11
2008: 12
2009: 09
2010: 16
2011: 13
2012: 05
2013: 03
2014: 07
2015: 05
2016: 01
2017: 07
2018: 00
2019: 04
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 0
2023:

Number of books I've caught in the wild:
2004: 1
2005: 2
2006: 5...this is my all-time favorite catch because I found it unexpectedly.
2007: 4
2008: 0
2009: 0
2010: 0
2011: 1
2012: 0
2013: 0
2014: 0
2015: 2
2016: 0
2017: 0
2018: 3
2019: 1
2020: 0
2021: 0
2022: 0
2023:

# of books read
2004: 55
2005: 101
2006: 82
2007: 63
2008: 67
2009: 70
2010: 43
2011: 35
2012: 24
2013: 22
2014: 20
2015: 17
2016: 32
2017: 31
2018: 105
2019: 29
2020: 05
2021: 04
2022: 02
2023: 01

Challenges I've hosted:
Lucky Sevens Release Challenge - 07/07/07
Crazy Eights Release Challenge - 08/01/08 through 08/08/08
To The Nines Release Challenge - 09/01/09 through 09/09/09
Perfect 10 Release Challenge - 10/01/10 through 10/10/10
11/11/11: The Eleventh Hour Salute - 11/01/11 through 11/11/11
12 For 12 Release Challenge - 12/01/12 through 12/12/12