Too Hot to Write!

That was how felt all day yesterday. This was the first week I did not participate in the Thursday 13 since I began doing that weekly prompt in June. But it doesn't have to be every week. Hot weather is expected again today and this weekend. I didn't feel up to working on my writing either. I got a little behind on that one when I was sick last month. I don't often feel up to  sitting at my computer when I'm sick, and the hot weather the last few days made me too sleepy to think about writing. 

I'm posting this in the morning before it gets hot and before I head to work. The center was closed on Monday for Labor Day and on Wednesday for the monthly staff meeting. It was weird being gone for a week! 

Waiting for the hot weather to end! Wondering if the 97 degree weather will still be true when the fall equinox hits. I won't be surprised if that is true.

And I've been driving past the former Kmart to see how they are doing with getting the Sprit store set up. The banners are up. Two delivery trucks were in the parking lot yesterday and boxes were piled up on the sidewalk. Displays of items are already up, but I don't know when they will be open. It's so fun to have one in my hometown. I'm glad to see the building getting some use for a while, after four years of the building and the parking lot standing there empty.

September Bookish Bingo

 The new card is here.

My Books:

1. Spin: The Rumpelstiltskin Musical--Neil Fishman (3 squares): Audiobook, Twisty Plot, Sunshine 
2. Plants vs. Zombies Volume 1--Paul Tobin (3 squares): E-Book, Plants on the Cover, Cover is a Drawing
3. Powdered Peril--Jessica Beck (6 squares): Shelf Love, In a Series, Physical Book, Police, Secrets, Free Space
4. Angel--Johanna Lindsey (7 squares): Free Book, Book Club Read, Abstract Design on the Cover, Fate/Destiny, Secrets, Historic, A Favorite Author
5. No T. Rex in the Library--Toni Buzzeo (1 square): Pirate
6. The Mountain is You--Brianna Wiest (2 squares): Self-Help, Nonfiction, Life Lessons
7. Far From the Tree--Robin Benway (3 squares): Library Book, Not in a Series, Set in a School

25 squares completed on September 12

September Begins

 It's now here! 

Though it's not fall yet, it still feels like summer when the equinox hits. Weather in the 90s is expected later this week. 

My hometown is getting a Spirit Halloween store this year. It's already being set up in the building left empty by Kmart in 2020. It may only be a temporary store, but I'm glad to see the building get some use after four years of being unoccupied. Our town rarely gets stuff like this. I was surprised when one appeared in the empty Staples building 10 years ago (Ace Hardware now occupies that building). I'm excited to see the store!

I'm not thinking too much about Halloween just yet, but after seeing this idea, I totally want to do it. I'll have plenty of milk jugs to use, I just have to find cheap glow sticks. I see them a lot at Dollar Tree, but they've been out the last few times I've looked. 

More on both of these to come.

Book Discussion: Re-Reading

 

Jessica at A Great Read posted a discussion titled Guilt for Re-Reading?  She asked if you feel guilty for re-reading when you have books at home you haven't read yet at all.

I tend not to feel this way, despite how many unread books I have at home. And I go out and get more library books, when I could be reading from home (but that's another story).

It seems I get the re-read prompt every year in at least two different challenges. When it comes time to decide what to re-read, I tend to go off what I already have. If I look up a book from the library on Goodreads and see that I've already read it (I'm surprised how often this happens), I often tend not to re-read the book in question. For one I already had at home, it turned out I'd already read that one and had no wish to read it again. For some books, once is enough. I may donate a book after I read it, if I feel I won't have a desire to re-read it.   Some I just keep, without feeling certain if I want to repeat them. And when it does come time to want to do a re-read, it can be hard to decide what to take off the shelf for a second go-around. I decided to re-read this one just last month. 

There are also those prompts that say "Re-read a childhood favorite" or "A book you had to read in school" or some variation. It can get even harder to fulfill this one. I've re-read so many books I had as child and cannot remember all the books I had to read in school. And just how far back can I go when it comes to books read in school? Does that include college? I feel free to interpret this how I see fit.

What is your take on re-reading?

Election Cartoons and Videos

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. 🙂   

Here are some cartoons and song parody videos about the upcoming election. I don't like discussing politics much, but the videos and cartoons were too hard not to share. And it was hard to just pick 13.

Readers Imbibing Peril (RIP) XIX

A favorite seasonal challenge. RIP XIX is hosted at this Instagram account. Begins September 1 and ends October 31. Will get as many books as possible then.

My Books:

1. Plants vs. Zombies Volume 1--Paul Tobin
2. The House in the Pines--Ana Reyes
3. Briarheart--Mercedes Lackey
4. Horrible Harry at Halloween--Suzy Kline
5. The Ghost in the Gallery--Carolyn Keene
6. The Devil's Novice--Ellis Peters
7. Little Witch Hazel--Phoebe Wahl
8. Jade War--Fonda Lee
9. Crave--Tracy Wolff
10. Rebecca--Daphne Du Maurier
11. The Captive--Victoria Holt
12. I'd Know You Anywhere--Laura Lippman

Challenge completed on October 29

13 End-of-Summer/Beginning of Fall Reminders

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. 🙂   

Most of these came up on Facebook recently. Others I found or took pictures of.

 

Been seeing this at Dollar Tree since 
the end of July.

Moved to one corner to begin fall
displays. School displays have since
been taken down.