{"id":7124,"date":"2017-06-01T00:46:15","date_gmt":"2017-06-01T05:46:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7124"},"modified":"2017-06-01T00:46:15","modified_gmt":"2017-06-01T05:46:15","slug":"armchair-book-expo-intro-unraveled-summer-book-bingo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.spritewrites.net\/?p=7124","title":{"rendered":"armchair book expo intro, unraveled, &#038; summer book bingo"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the first day of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armchairbea.com\/\">Armchair Book Expo <\/a>(formerly Armchair BEA) and I&#8217;m excited to participate once again. I&#8217;ll be sharing book-related topics here and on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/spritewrites\">Twitter<\/a> over the next few days. <\/p>\n<p>Read on to learn a little about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.armchairbea.com\/2017\/05\/daily-reminders-link-up-introductions.html\">me and my bookish life<\/a>:<\/p>\n<p>I am sprite. I live in Washington, D.C., with my partner Rudi and our three cats.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite authors include Jasper Fforde, J.K. Rowling, Rainbow Rowell, Jane Austen, Barbara Kingsolver, Elizabeth Bishop, Brian Selznick, Madeleine L&#8217;Engle, and Kwame Alexander.<\/p>\n<p><center><a  href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/35025626385\/in\/photostream\/\" title=\"End of May Unraveling\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4245\/35025626385_0488087529.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" alt=\"End of May Unraveling\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Currently, I&#8217;m reading <em>Finding Wonders: Three Girls Who Changed Science<\/em> by Jeannine Atkins. Since I expect to finish it by the weekend (and since I finished two of the other books I&#8217;ve been reading), I&#8217;m starting a bunch of new things: Frances Hardinge&#8217;s <em>The Lie Tree<\/em> (I loved her <em>Fly by Night<\/em> back when it first came out), Zoraida C\u00c3\u00b3rdova&#8217;s <em>Labyrinth Lost<\/em> (a Cybils shortlisted title recommended by a local bookworm), and <em>Kids of Appetite<\/em> (which a book club member liked) by David Arnold (an author my parents liked). Also, I&#8217;m listening to Taraji P. Henson&#8217;s <em>Around the Way Girl<\/em>. On my needles is this Points of Light baby blanket, which I really need to get a move on, since our friends&#8217; baby is due in just over a month. (Want to see others&#8217; book-knitting combos? Visit As Kat Knits on Wednesdays for her <a href=\"http:\/\/www.askatknits.com\/\">Unraveled<\/a> link-up.)<\/p>\n<p>My summer plans include baseball games, Friday night concerts by the river, and lots of reading. I&#8217;ve got tickets to see Roxane Gay next month, my library&#8217;s summer reading program kicks off tomorrow, and Book Bingo began over the weekend. (It&#8217;s not too late to join in!)<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s my card:<\/p>\n<p><center><a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/spriteshoots\/34638184790\/in\/dateposted\/\" title=\"bookbingo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/c1.staticflickr.com\/5\/4200\/34638184790_0def1ae8df.jpg\" width=\"400\" height=\"394\" alt=\"bookbingo\"><\/a><\/center><\/p>\n<p>Thanks for stopping by!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today is the first day of Armchair Book Expo (formerly Armchair BEA) and I&#8217;m excited to participate once again. I&#8217;ll be sharing book-related topics here and on Twitter over the next few days. Read on to learn a little about me and my bookish life: I am sprite. 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