13 Words Beginning With Z

Colleen at The Thursday 13 holds a weekly blogging prompt where bloggers make a list of 13 things on Thursdays. The topic is for you to choose. The blog host doesn't have any official graphics to display on the Thursday 13 posts, so I decided to whip one up myself. 🙂  

I haven't posted a Thursday 13 in almost two months. My topic this week is inspired by the A to Z Blogging. 

1. Zeitgeist
2. Zanzibar
3. Zephyr
4. Zulu
5. Ziggy
6. Zebra
7. Zirconium
8. Zero
9. Zinger
10. Zoological
11. Zipper
12. Zygote
13. Zany

What are some that come to your mind?

Six Years Ago...

The two occur on the same day this year. The last time that happened was in 2020, during the pandemic. I began to remember these memes that came up then:

Many people did not seem to know at that time that "coronavirus" already exists as a term. "Corona" is also Spanish and Italian for "crown," which appears on the Corona beer labels.

May Bookish Bingo

 Here is the card for May.

My Books: 

1. 44 Cranberry Point--Debbie Macomber (9 squares): DNF Last Month, Library Book, In a Series, Physical Book, Book Club Read, Mother/Grandmother, Travel, Flowers on the Cover, Plot Keeps You Guessing
2. What About X?--Anne Marie Houppert (1 square): E-Book
3. Make Me Rain--Nikki Giovanni (1 square): Audiobook
4. 6 Rainier Drive--Debbie Macomber (5 squares): A Favorite Author, Free Space, Set in a Small Town, Banter, Cozy Vibes 
5. The Wedding People--Alison Espach ( squares): Not in a Series, Tropey Title

Summer Reading Challenge: Read the Rainbow

Once again, doing this one, at Booklist Queen. The colors have to be on the covers.

Red:

Orange:

Yellow:

Green:

Blue:

Purple:

Black:

White:

Blogging A to Z Reflections

 

The Refections post sign doesn't begin until next week, but I wanted to do mine now before getting back to regular blogging this month. I only made a few posts in April outside of A to Z, during our Sundays off. 

It was another great year of reading posts by participants. I was amazed how many people participated in my scavenger hunt. The number of comments per post dwindled once the challenge neared the end, but it was still fun to see what others came up with.

Once again, I am glad for schedule posting. Made it a lot easier to navigate other people's posts.

One blog had an 80s theme. When I learned about this in March, I knew I had to read their posts. Another had a book theme, which I also knew I'd be reading. More than one person, including me, wrote about books on B day. Same with cats on C day. 

The month seemed to speed by fast with the challenge. I can't believe it's already May. The weather in my area is still a little weird, not feeling like mid-spring. 

Though a little burned out from the challenge, I do plan to see how many others are participating in the Road Trip that begins on May 11. There weren't a lot of participants in the Road Trip last year and I now wonder how many will take part this time.

And here is the Winner badge for this year. Congrats to all who finished.

Z is for Zombies

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. 

Today's item is:

Zombies

My choice:

Pride, Prejudice and Zombies--Seth Grahame-Smith

Z was as pesky as ever. (Do I even need to say that?) It was a while before I arrived at "zombies," having flashed back to this book. I don't know how easy this one will to find, but it was the best I could do.

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!

Y is for Yarn

 

A book-cover scavenger hunt is this year's theme. Please see this post for general rules on how to participate. 

Today's item is:

Yarn

My choice: 

Knit One, Kill Two--Maggie Sefton (from A Knitting's Mystery series)

Having read a great number of cozy mysteries with craft themes is how I arrived at this one, making Y a little less tricky that I thought it would be. I've read at least three books in this series (all several years ago), and still have two of them at home. Once again, I don't know why they're  till there, and I likely won't read them again. 

Now it's your turn. Provide a link in the comments (from Amazon, Goodreads or other sites) to a book with the item of the day. Just naming the book in the comments is also acceptable. Remember, you cannot use the same one in my post. Otherwise, just comment on the post. Good Luck!