What I Read and What I have DNF in June

I am linking up with Modern Mrs Darcy's Quick Lit.  Check out what everyone else is reading.  This summer reading has been a bit about quitting books unfortunately. 

We Are Mighty by Sharon McMahon

Sharon McMahon came out with a picture book based on her adult book The Small and the Mighty.  It is beautifully written and illustrated.  I have talked about Claudette Colvin, and she is featured in here as well.  I took a picture of the book by someone who I consider small and mighty in our community of Artesia, NM - Sallie Chisum.

Have you ever been in a reading pattern where you pick up books and just can't finish them or lose interest.  Well I have been in that pattern recently.  So, I thought I would share those books and why I didn't finish and if there are a time and place to revisit them.

Chain of Ideas by Ibram X Kendi

This was one of our extra book club reads.  I did make it through 50/130 chapters and read the epilogue.  The chapters are small, but the book is 510 pages. We had an author talk but no book discussion. It is well researched and about replacement theory and zero sum.  I get the concept it was just too much and without discussion I found it a chore. I don't think I will be revisiting

Her Hidden Genuis - Marie Benedict

I have read a few of her books.  I made it only 18 pages.  The historic fiction book highlights Rosalind Franklin and her work on DNA.  I could revisit this book but wrong time for me. I have read Carnegie's Maid, The Other Einstein, The Only Woman in the Room.  I thought those were good reads. 

When He Was Wicked by Julia Quinn

I was a little bit on a Bridgerton kick, but I only made it 146 pages, and I just put it down.  I am positive I will go on another Bridgerton kick. I like these books for a lighter read. 

Who Needs Friends by Andrew McCarthy 

I never even cracked this book. I just thought it was a book about friendship.  I not sure if I will revisit.

Weekly Roll

 

Linky Love

I have been listening to The Lady Vanishes Podcast. This is an old missing person case from Australia. 

Political Typology - If you divided voters into 9 political groups.  I thought it was interesting

Camino de Santiago Alternative - walking pilgrimage

Inappropriate Thoughts

Roswell is not too far from the town I live in. This just cracked me up. There was an alleged UFO crash July 4, 1947, outside of Roswell New Mexico. Roswell UFO Festival

52 Ancestors- the possibilities

I am participating in Amy Johnson Crow's 52 ancestors in 52 weeks. This week's topic was possibilities.

Find a Grave

Find a Grave

What is the likelihood that 2 Noah Liston's are both related to me and buried in the same cemetery, Mount Moriah Cemetery, Valley Point, Preston County, West Virginia. Secondly their deaths and births are a year apart. Ah, the possibilities. It gets better they both married women who go by Elizabeth even though Noah E's wife's name was Mary Elizabeth. I was researching Noah Z Liston, but I kept getting a lot of Noah E Liston's info mixed in on Ancestry So, I did a dry erase board to get things sorted out.  I did not realize at first that I was related to Noah E Liston.

Their common ancestor is John Jackson Liston Sr. He is my maternal 4th Great Grandfather.  Noah Z and Noah E's fathers are brothers. Both Noah's were farmers and live in the same county. Evidently are also buried in the same cemetery. 

I know the pain of having multiple people in your 6th grade class named Heather.  I was one of 6 Heather's 

Wordy Wednesday

 

Weekly Roll

 

Bouquet of the Week

Walmart Dahlia, Salvia, Lavendar, 

Linky Love

Anyone else follow Jackie and Shadow the eagles at Big Bear.  Well their eaglets, Sandy and Luna, spend the night alone in the nest.

New Mexico Nun closer to Sainthood

Missing Nuclear Lab Worker found dead in New Mexico Forest amid a string of missing Scientists - has anyone else been following this.

Inappropriate Thoughts

Of course, I needed my own special 

alien stickers

I rewarded myself with a sticker bootcamp course for my Cricut. Does anyone else reward themselves when they do something hard? I have done many things with my Cricut but designing stickers is not one of them. It was time consuming, but I learned a lot. This was a Mim Jenkinson sticker bootcamp course.

so many ideas

Wordy Wednesday

 

Junk Journaling

It is a picture of a lid for a reusable container

I typed "Chaos Container"

 I don't know if what I do is junk journaling, scrapbooking, slam book or what.  I started a new junk journal because I ran out of pages in my other journal.

This was in my old Junk Journal

April 2026