Tell me your bookish disasters!

For me, a couple months ago my electric dehumidifier decided to unload all of its water (no it wasn't full) and it flooded 2 of my book cases. And now they're wonky like a banana and make expensive sounding creaking/popping/cracking noises sometimes despite being thoroughly dried out... And I'm scared of my books being in the bookcases but I'm 🌠broke🌠 and can't afford to buy new shelves

Happy Friday, fellow fiction fans!

Drop the first line or two of the book you're currently reading, and let fellow Boundlings try to guess the title and author. If no one gets it by the end of the day, come back and reveal the answer!

A few friendly guidelines: • Keep it to the first line or two only (no spoilers!) • Don’t include the title or author right away • Feel free to add a hint later if people get stuck

Over the last few days, I've added so many books centered around language to my 'interested' or TBR list. As if the universe were listening, one of my students came up to me, held out a crayon, and said, "What do you call this?" I pronounced it "cray-on," to which she immediately turned around and said, "See! Who says 'cray-ahn'?"

I totally cackled because I’ve gotten into this exact argument with my husband, who says "cray-ahn" while I say "cray-on." This tidbit led to a fun spin-off conversation about the different ways we say things.

We talked about language differences between just the Hawaiian islands, how our Hawaiian Pidgin (Hawai'i Creole) varies from one to the other, and then moved to the broader spectrum of the continental US and the world.

So, please chime in and tell me some fun words or phrases you use that, when others hear them, make them say, "Oh, you mean __________?"

Like, "No, I meant what I said, and said what I meant."