Saturday, March 22, 2025

Slice of Life - Bookish Times

Two books are on a cream colored blanket. On the left is Legendary Frybread Drive-In: Intertribal Stories. There are two people with beaded earrings standing facing each other with their hands holding a plate with a large piece of frybread. The book on the right is Get Real, Chloe Torres by Crystal Maldonado. There are three young  women laying on the grass with some flowers and butterflies around them. The one on the left has long dark wavy hair and a few tattoos. The one in the center has short purple hair. The one on the right has shoulder length light brown hair. They are all smiling.

Today was the official first day of Spring Break and as promised, I was busy doing bookish things. 

My first bookish happening was eating toast and drinking a cup or two of tea while reading and finishing A Second Look by Hannah Matus which is a Muslim a Pride and Prejudice retelling. 

The second bookish activity was an actual phone call (don't have those so very often anymore) with a  library co-worker from my previous job back in Wisconsin who works in another library there now. Of course books and library things were part of the conversation.

The third bookish event was a book exchange organized by our local indie bookstore. They offered ARCs and then we could bring up to three books to trade and then we get to go home with ARCs or gently used books. I got a used hardcover book and the ARCs of Legendary Frybread Drive-In and Get Real, Chloe Torres. Yay!

The fourth bookish thing I participated in was an author event for Women's History Month with Nikki Shannon Smith. One of our students interviewed her earlier this month. You can see that video here

Would you believe there was a fifth bookish interaction? It's true. I met virtually with a group of folks to chat about Kidlit.

Now I am finishing up my post and will begin reading. Shocker right? Are books a big part of your life? I can't imagine my life without stories and books. 

 A large cross section of an orange is centered and the title Slice of Life is on it. The address for The Two Writing Teachers wordpress blog is also there in small print.

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