Hello everyone! Happy June 1! How did we get here already?

As much as I didn’t like having Wyatt’s surgery, I am happy that it is over now and we still have the whole summer ahead of us. Our Frog and Toad summer! He is still healing but everyday is so much better than the day before.

May was in general, a very crazy month. It was a month of new starts, like Little League, and of wrapping things up, like Blackbirds and school (for the most part). We had long school days as I was trying to get us to certain points before ending school for six weeks, then all of his home therapy which also had added exercises and work. Plus Little League twice a week! It was just a really busy month, ending with his surgery. But despite the crazy, it was a pretty good month.

So let’s see. What did I read in May?

I read six books, with one squeaking in there right at the end. I only read one nonfiction book this month, but I did manage a translated fiction book, so I added to my total books in both the Nonfiction Challenge and Books in Translation Challenge in May! These were sort of all over the place in terms of genre, but I seem to read that way.

My favorite read of May was The Faraway Inn. I just love Sarah Beth Durst and her worlds. I feel like this one was good for my frame of mind at the time too. I love to watch people clean and this book talked a lot about straightening and cleaning and fixing up, and I found it really calming. That was not the intention I am sure but that is something I personally took from it.

I am a cohost with Lisa at Boondock Ramblings, who thought of the monthly bookish linkup A Good Book and a Cup of Tea for all things book, not just books read or reviews, but bookstore visits or author visits or whatever else bookish you can think of!

We have decided we will be featuring our favorite posts from the month here. I do read all the posts even if I don’t comment. I only like to comment from my actual laptop and not from my phone, which is a problem sometimes when I read the post on my phone. ( I am working on more time to read and comment though. )

I enjoyed everyone’s posts, but these were my favorites:

From My Children’s Book Cabinet – Catweazle from Cat at Cat’s Wire

May Books from Gail at Is This Mutton?

6 Standout Books I Recommend This Month from Lisa at Lisa Notes

It was an enjoyable month of tv and movie watching. I love all of these shows, and honestly Brokenwood and Beyond Paradise are probably two of my favorite shows. I am so bummed they have such short seasons!!

Anaconda was a weird but fun choice, and I love Paul Rudd and Jack Black so it was a win. But Matilda was my favorite. I love this movie, especially the ending. Billy and I kept saying that Miss Trunchbull was so familiar to us but we could not place her. So I looked it up and she played Laura Thyme in the British mystery show Rosemary and Thyme! She just looked and acted so differently we couldn’t put it together.

And for some non-book related faves this month….

Caturdays Cute and Cozy Coloring Book With Cattitude

I had my first tomato and cheese sandwich of the season yesterday! I had it on toasted sourdough with a bit of green chile aioli and it was delicious.

Good weather, good enough to start gardening. Finally!!!

Thrifting

Little Free Library hopping

And of course we had lots of fun times, some mentioned above. We went to a book fest, we ate delicious adorable cookies, we started seeds, we crafted. It was busy but there were also lots of slow good Frog and Toad moments in between.

I hope that whatever you do today, you do something that makes you smile!