Thanks, Char! I feel like I've made friends here and I like getting to know everybody.

Thank you so much. I so enjoy the community here!

Aren't they great? The flock just keeps on growing....

Penguins are my favourite birds--I can't get enough of them. And I am list-obsessed, so I'm glad that someone besides me enjoys them too.

Great interview -- and yey for another person who doesn't own a TV! Love the penguins (like everybody, it seems), adore your reading recliner ... and I, too, am frequently inspired by your reading lists ... I think I signed into quite a few of them. Great to know you a little better this way!

I really appreciate Booklikes doing features like these. It's great to know a bit about the folks that you interact with. And I'm glad to know another lister.

Have you done a birding trip down under yet? We have fairy penguins! :D

I love these features and getting to know my BookLikes friends a little better. MT has a tv and I *wish* I could get rid of it; I keep thinking how nice that space would be for bookshelves. ;)

I have! I've seen Fairy Penguins (on Tasmania and New Zealand). I've seen 13 out of 17 species. I still want to do a cruise of the Sub-Antarctic islands of Australia & N.Z. I'll have to cross my fingers for a stray Emperor Penguin, because I just can't afford the trip to see them.

Aren't they the cutest things? One of these days I'll figure out a way to see Antartica (hopefully while there's still an Antartica to see), but if all else fails, I've at least seen an Emperor Penguin - and gotten to pet it. :) (My Ex worked for Anheuser Busch and they had a rescued Emperor they'd rehabilitated and were allowing us to visit - one at a time, in very controlled conditions. I might have gotten in line several times.)

Btw, I love that Mark Twain quote: I'm not sure I've ever seen that one before but it is powerful.

And of course I'm looking at them and thinking, "I really should have dusted."

LOL. I wouldn't have been able to tell!

The shelfies are always one of the best parts of the interviews. We're all a bunch of book voyeurs. :D

Thank you, Leigha! It was fun.

Glad to find a fellow penguin lover, Jennifer!

Hi, Rachel

Hi, Midu!