Friday, January 23, 2026

Friday check in: it's cold! + more trips + reading

 

An hour after I took this screenshot the temperature dropped another 2 degrees. 

The storm has been in the forecast all week and it's probably affecting where you are.   We're on the edge of the snow with just 1"-2" predicted for tomorrow.   

The retired library directors are meeting for lunch today but LS and I, who were going to ride together, have decided to stay in our respective homes.   I have enough to keep me busy.

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I only need 36 Trip Around the World blocks but I'm having such great fun with color/pattern placement that there will be 42.  A few extras won't hurt.  

I have no recollection of acquiring some of the batiks that keep coming out of the bins.  


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The Page Turner is a Facebook book club with a difference.  The reading challenge is self-paced and relies on prompts rather than specific titles (with the exception of TPTBOY, the Page Turner Book of the Year, which everyone reads).  Participants can interpret the prompt however they choose.   I confess that I've begun TPT several years and read in most, though not all, of the categories.  (So many books, so little time....)  

 The Book of Lost Friends fulfills the 2026 prompt for "a book with dual timelines."  It is set in 1875 and 1987.  Then: a former slave searches for her family.   Now: a young teacher helps the students in a small Louisiana town to discover their heritage. It's a good story.   

I listened to the multi-voiced audio edition ($1 from library book sale rack).   

Linking up with Finished or Not Friday

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