Laurel County Public Library discussion

QOTD: What do you keep on your bookshelf other than books?

I have some Funko Pops, a couple special Beanie Babies, a few stuffed animals, assorted knickknacks, and pics of our Rainbow Bridge pets and their cremation urns.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What do you keep on your bookshelf other than books?"

I live in a very small place so my shelves are also storage. I have bins that hold different chargers, perfumes/lotions, etc. I keep my bullet / art journals. I also have a Gengar squishmallow on one because I'm afraid my dog will get ahold of it.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What do you keep on your bookshelf other than books?"

DVDs, knickknacks, stuffed animals, anything really.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What do you keep on your bookshelf other than books?"

some knick-knacks i've been given over the years and some small plushies

QOTD: What is your favorite Spring color or color palette? Do you change up your wardrobe or home decor for Spring?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite Spring color or color palette? Do you change up your wardrobe or home decor for Spring?"

i love a light purple color, but i tend to like darker colors for my decor/wardrobe all year round

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite Spring color or color palette? Do you change up your wardrobe or home decor for Spring?"

No, I don't change up my wardrobe for seasons, other than adding more jackets and sweaters for winter. I don't have a specific color palette either.

QOTD: What's on your spring bucket list this year?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your spring bucket list this year?"

i just wanna spend a lot of time outdoors and be more consistent with my crocheting

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What do you keep on your bookshelf other than books?"

Mugs with bookmarks and annotating supplies, funko pops, book sleeves, small plushies, photos, and little random trinkets I get.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What is your favorite Spring color or color palette? Do you change up your wardrobe or home decor for Spring?"

I don't really change up my wardrobe for Spring. I tend to not wear jackets, sweatshirts, or hoodies as it gets warmer, but the colors don't really change that much. I love neutrals and earthy tones. For Spring, I enjoy a lighter color palette with neutrals and pastels, like sage green, a light peach, light coral, beige, etc.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your spring bucket list this year?"

Some Spring bucket list ideas:
• Spring cleanings & decluttering
• Read more outdoors - maybe buy a hammock
• Go on nature walks
• Pick wildflowers
• Try a new recipe with Spring produce
• Enjoy a bonfire
• Make a Spring-inspired music playlist
• Read a Spring book release
• Bake a Spring-themed treat
• Plan summer vacation

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your spring bucket list this year?"

- Declutter house
- Clean flowerbeds
And, as always, for anytime of year
- Get more tattoos
- Read more books

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your spring bucket list this year?"

Get my body moving a bit more and maybe bake more. I haven't been baking much lately and I miss it.

QOTD: What's your favorite Spring activity?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite Spring activity?"

just being outdoors. spring is my favorite season for weather so i try to be outside as much as i can. reading outside is always nice. and i love hiking and just going on walks

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite Spring activity?"

Just being outdoors for me too.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite Spring activity?"

After being cooped up inside for the winter, when the weather is warmer and it's a nice sunny day, I enjoy spending an afternoon outside reading. Just a relaxing activity where I can put away my phone and spend a lazy afternoon on the front porch with some iced coffee, tea, or lemonade, and a good book. I'm thinking of maybe getting a hammock to enjoy reading in this spring and summer.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite Spring activity?"

I don't go outside too much, but I enjoy the occasional walk/hike. I also enjoy going to the park to read.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite Spring activity?"

I like just being outside. Maybe yard work, I hate starting it but I get really lost in it when I get into it.

QOTD: What's your favorite springtime recipe to cook or bake? If you don't cook or bake, are there any specific foods or drinks you associate with spring?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite springtime recipe to cook or bake? If you don't cook or bake, are there any specific foods or drinks you associate with spring?"

blueberry muffins are coming to mind for some reason lol so i'll go with that

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite springtime recipe to cook or bake? If you don't cook or bake, are there any specific foods or drinks you associate with spring?"

I'm sure peach cobbler is meant to be a cold weather treat, but I make it more during the warmer months lol.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite springtime recipe to cook or bake? If you don't cook or bake, are there any specific foods or drinks you associate with spring?"

I think this is more warm weather foods but I love when the blackberries come into season because I bake a lot with them or preserve them. Fresh squash and Zucchini is a go to as well.

QOTD: What's on your April TBR?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your April TBR?"

Main priorities:
I Who Have Never Known Men by Jacqueline Harpman (I'll finish it today)
A History of My Brief Body by Billy-Ray Belcourt
The Fisherman by John Langan
Where the Dead Sit Talking by Brandon Hobson

If I finish those I want to try and read A Mind Spread Out on the Ground by Alicia Elliott. I may also try to read some poems from The Collected Poems of Audre Lorde.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your April TBR?"

i wanna finish: the angel of indian lake and the babysitter lives by stephen graham jones
i wanna get to: brainwyrms by alison rumfitt, jawbone by monica ojeda, moon of the turning leaves by waubgshig rice, and bad girls by camila sosa villada

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your April TBR?"

TBR April

Continuing from March
- A Girl Called Samson by Amy Harmon
- The Art of Neil Gaiman by Hayley Campbell
- Crocodile's Kill by Chris McGillion
- Island of the Crabs by Steven J. Taylor

Planned
- The Raven Boys by Maggie Stiefvater
- System Collapse by Martha Wells
- Tom Lake by Ann Patchett
- The Berry Pickers by Amanda Peters
- Murder Road by Simone St. James
- Revise the World by Brenda W. Clough

Maybe
- Hang the Moon by Jeannette Walls
- Purgatory Ridge by William Kent Krueger
- A Court of Wings and Ruin by Sarah J. Maas
- The Other Valley by Scott Alexander Howard
- The Black Dahlia by James Ellroy

..

QOTD: Are there any April releases you're excited for?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's on your April TBR?"

Here's my list of April hopefuls:
• When the Moon Hatched by Sarah A. Parker – carrying over from last month
• Past the Rush by Britt Stark – carrying over from last month
• The Invisible Hour by Alice Hoffman
• Butcher & Blackbird by Brynne Weaver
• The Sweetest Oblivion by Danielle Lori – carrying over from months ago
• Emily Wilde's Encyclopaedia of Faeries by Heather Fawcett

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any April releases you're excited for?"

Some April releases that I'm excited for:
• The Hemlock Queen by Hannah F. Whitten
• The Familiar by Leigh Bardugo
• The Book That Broke the World by Mark Lawrence
• To Gaze Upon Wicked Gods by Molly X. Chang
• Funny Story by Emily Henry

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: Are there any April releases you're excited for?"

this skin was once mine and other disturbances by eric larocca
dayspring by anthony oliveira
indian burial ground by nick medina
a kind of madness by uche okonkwo
midwestern gothic by scott thomas

The Hemlock Queen by Hannah Whitten
Death in the Spires by KJ Charles
What Cannot Be Said by C.S. Harris

QOTD: How many books did you read in March? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in March? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

I finished 8 books in March and had a decent reading month. My favorite read of the month was Skin of a Sinner by Avina St. Graves, and my least favorite was A Guest in the House by Emily Carroll.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in March? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

Finished: 4 books

Favorite: A Minor Chorus by Billy-Ray Belcourt

Least Favorite: Grasshands by Kyle Winkler (it wasn't awful, but I just didn't like it as much as the others I read)

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in March? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"

i read 3. my favorite was the re-read i did, but i don't wanna count that one so i'm gonna say leech by hiron ennes was my favorite. that just leaves negative space by b.r. yeager and i gave that 4 stars so i wouldn't call it my least favorite of the month lol

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How many books did you read in March? What were your favorite and least favorite reads of the month?"


Finished: 12

Favorite: The Women by Kristin Hannah
Favorite (different genre): House of Hollow by Krystal Sutherland

Least favorite: The Bird's Nest by Shirley Jackson

QOTD: How do you practice self-care and relaxation during the busy spring months?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How do you practice self-care and relaxation during the busy spring months?"

Deep cleaning my apartment helps me feel better during the spring. I also enjoy sitting outside to relax (if the bugs leave me alone). A Spring walk with the pup is nice to let out some energy so I can sleep better at night.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How do you practice self-care and relaxation during the busy spring months?"

i just like being able to be outside whether it be just sitting out there or taking a nice walk

QOTD: What's your favorite genre of book to read during the spring season, and why?

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: How do you practice self-care and relaxation during the busy spring months?"

While I don't necessarily love the process, I love the feeling afterwards of having a deep cleaned space from spring cleaning. I also like to spend quiet mornings with a cup of coffee and my journal, or cozy evenings with a cup of tea and a good book. I also enjoy spending time outdoors on a sunny and warm days with a good book. I just got a hammock so I'm looking forward to trying that out. I also like to try new recipes for meal prep that are great for spring.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite genre of book to read during the spring season, and why?"

I tend to navigate towards cozy fantasy with strong nature elements, or romance, which is not any different than my normal reading but that's what I usually want to pick up in the spring. I love the beautiful, lush descriptions of nature, or a budding new romance between characters.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite genre of book to read during the spring season, and why?"

I'm just a literary fiction girly. I read it all year long. I think it does fit Spring well though.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite genre of book to read during the spring season, and why?"

same genre i read every season. horror lol

Same genres I read any other season.

LCPL wrote: "QOTD: What's your favorite genre of book to read during the spring season, and why?"

Never really thought about it before but I do start to want to re-read books I associate with springtime, usually classics. Jane Austen, L.M. Montgomery, Louisa May Alcott, I also particularly enjoy an Agatha Christie this time of year.

QOTD: Do you have any recommendations for books that evoke the spirit of springtime?