Jacqui - aka Mama BookDragon

Seriously! My daughter wanted to be a doctor, and I'd love to encourage her towards that, but the cost of that education is insurmountable. Truly. Either we make higher education more accessible or we suffer the consequences. It is sad that these institutions cannot see that.

The Magicians, Lev Grossman, ADHD, Penn Holderness, #adhdisawesome, Illuminae, Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff, Tower of Dawn, Throne of Glass, Sarah J Maas, #Sarahjmaas, #throneofglass, Siege and Storm, Leigh Bardugo, #mamabookdragon, #booksky, #bannedbooks, #massbookchallenge, #books, #reading, #readingchallenge

Yup, fell off the edge of the planet again...life, work, kids, house...the usual culprits. But here is my May Book List - No banned books this month, though I've seen "The Magicians" on a couple random lists. My personal favorite this month was "Illuminae". SO GOOD!!!!

I felt the same way about “Yellowface”

Books read in April. #bannedbooks, #readbannedbooks, #fahrenheit451, #raybradbury, #RobinSharma #Greatnessguide #deadlyeducation #naominovik #scholomance #bookchallenge #booksunbound #booksky #booktok #bookdragon

April is done, on to May! Tried to pull in a banned book...will continue to do that each month, I think. I just got a load of them, second-hand. The Scholomance series is now a personal favorite! A female MC who expects you to dislike her, and yet you don't. So good I had to read the first two!

It looks so good!

Took my team of EAs to a local indie bookstore today to show how much I appreciate them, then to lunch. Only bought one book, growth or a shame? Hard to tell. Here are a few I didn’t buy but I’m adding to my list!!
#booksky #bookdragon #booksunbound

It’s nice to know you are appreciated. Full stop. 🛑
Happy Administrstive Professionals Appreciation Day!

This country is just too anti-woman right now. They would lose before they got started. I wish it wasnt true, but there you go.

God, I hope they don’t run. Nothing against either. But there is no world where an 80+ yo white man and a heavily left woman of any color fight against this hate-filled country and win against biggotted liars.
Personally, I’d love to see DNC start pushing. Booker/Buttigieg alliance.

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I've read 21 books since January 1st. Now, you may say "Wow, that's a lot!" or you may say "Oh, is that all?" And you are completely right! This ADHDer reads 4 at a time to keep herself interested. That is NOT everyone's cup of espresso. If you're reading, you're winning!

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Yes. Just yes.

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⋆ ˚｡⋆୨ April 8 ୧ ‧₊˚ ☔️ ⋆

જ⁀➴ Would you rather read one long (900ish-pages) book or three shorter (300-ish pages) books?

#BookishQOTD 📖🦋 #Booksky 💙📚

March book review time!
All were quite good. Favorite was "Yellowface" by R.F. Kuang. It had me hating the MC, then commiserating with her, then siding with her, then hating her again. Made me question myself as an ally. And then my response to the MC made me question myself again!

Oooooh! Storygraph gave me this great new chart to see my monthly progress! I love it!
#booksunbohnd #mamabookdragon #bookdragon #storygraph #bookchallenge

It is sent 😃

Oh no! Is there a better way to send them to you? Do you have an email you could message me?

Hey, thanks for this!! I just sent you a message through your Contact Me site, loads of Indies north of Boston you dont have yet. Woohoo, now you do!

Well, I wish you the best of luck! And maybe a chat with the owner of your local spot. I’m sure you arent the only fantasy lover out there.

And hey, maybe this isnt the bookstore for you, in all honesty. I know that in my area we have an Independent Bookstore Crawl in late April and its helped me find loads of new indie shops in my area. Maybe your dream shop is just a “crawl” away. Haha

Maybe just mention it to the owner? I know an independent bookstore owner and he is always trying to figure out how best to serve the majority of customers. Only so much space and too many books to choose from. Maybe they dont sell a lot of fantasy so they choose the most commercially accessible.

Yes. 😉

I took it with me on a family cruise and woke up at 6am every day to read it, while watching the ocean pass by. I got up early on my vacation just so I could have quiet time to read it. Hahaha
Planning to wait until my next cruise to read the next in series. But I dont want to wait until October.

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Still working on my little WIP…the characters are whispering things, telling me a little more about who’s going to join them, adding a bit more spark and cozy…and I opened up about it to someone and they got excited and asked to be a beta reader. Now I’m feeling all shy and stuff!

Agree 100%. Read this like I was eating potato chips. Couldn’t put it down! Such a sweet, good story, so cozy.

Celebrated a child’s basketball win with a trip to the bookstore. We each got 3. She begged for more. “But I’ll never have enough time to read all of them!” Same child….same.
#bookdragon #booksunbound #booksky

I am so sorry. My wife is a fed employee and everyone we know is scared, saddened, and just at a loss at what to do next. I don’t know if there is any similarities, but I have contacts at a cyber security start up and work at an HR SaaS, if you want to connect on LinkedIn I’m happy to make connects

March is a good one for me! My goals are 4 books again, though I’m up 4 from my yearly goal. 1 will be placed in Australia, some additional fantasy I’ve been putting aside, and 2 self-dev books.

Used book collection, nonfiction, personal development, health and wellness, 101 Essays That Will Change The Way You Think, Dopamine Nation, Mindset, Outlive, Longevity, Sapiens, Lifespan, Brianna West, Anna Lembke, Carol Dweck, Peter Attia, Yuval Noah Harari, David Sinclair, booksky #booksky #booksunbound #bookdragons

Books arrived! Used nonfiction thanks to World of Books! So excited to add them to my collection and TBR list! Any look good to you? Which should I read first?

Neon Gods, Katee Robert, Bloodmarked, Legendborn, Tracy Deonn, Together We Burn, Isabel Ibañez, A Curse So Dark and Lonely, Brigid Kemmerer, Cemetery Boys, Aiden Thomas, booksky, #booksky, #booksunbound, #bookdragons, #bookreviews, bookreviews

February was a heavy fiction month for me. Mostly because the nonfiction I've been reading were SO LONG that I'm still reading them...may finish this week, cross your fingers. But holy cow was February good! I highly recommend almost all the books I read. My only caveat is "Neon Gods" is a bit 🌶️🌶️🌶️

Thanks for sharing their email to the world! As the wife of a Fed employee, this is scary times. No one feels safe, and we're already planning for a shut down in March. Please, please, please share with OPM all the things you are doing...spam them! Show the Fed emps that you see them and care!