Welcome to my annual 12 DAYS OF GIVEAWAYS!
If you’re new to this – here’s how it works:
1. Each day from December 1 through December 12 I will put up a new giveaway HERE on my website with instructions on how to enter, a detailed description of the prize, and some stuff about the book or series. Each giveaway is different and each has ONE WINNER. MY GIVEAWAYS ARE ALWAYS OPEN INTERNATIONAL
2. Each giveaway runs UNTIL DECEMBER 13.
3. Winners are CHOSEN and NOTIFIED on December 14. I will be notifying winners USING THE EMAIL USED TO COMMENT ON THIS BLOG – and all winners will BE LISTED AT THE TOP OF EACH GIVEAWAY POST HERE ON MY WEBSITE on December 14.
4. Winners have 24 hours to respond, then another winner will be chosen.
5. ALL PRIZES WILL BE MAILED ON DECEMBER 15. If I’m waiting on a winner to respond and they miss the December 15 mail date, that prize will be mailed when I get around to it. I live in the middle of nowhere so a trip to the post office is a “thing” for me. 🙂 So make sure you’re checking for winners on the 14th.
6. I will send newsletters announcing giveaways on December 1, December 6, December 12, and a Winner newsletter on December 14. I NEVER send this many newsletters in a month so sorry if that feels spammy.
7. You can also FOLLOW MY BLOG. I will also make a blog post HERE announcing ALL WINNERS on the 14th. If you want to follow this blog there will be a form at the bottom of each post to do that. Then you get an email when I POST HERE. I don’t do that often – December is the exception because of the 12 Days and my yearly “Wrap-up” post.
NO PURCHASE NECESSARY.
THAT’S IT! I HOPE YOU ALL ENJOY THIS!
DID YOU MISS A GIVEAWAY?
FIND THE OTHERS HERE (UPDATED DAILY)
GIVEAWAY 1 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3yy
GIVEAWAY 2 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3yY
GIVEAWAY 3 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3zc
GIVEAWAY 4 – https://wp.me/p2C2YB-3zh
All prizes this year are self-care gift sets filled with holiday and luxury items, plus a $25 gift card and a signed copy of a a book.
NOW LET’S GET ON TO THE FIRST GIVEAWAY!
IN EACH POST I WILL HIGHLIGHT A BOOK
TODAY’S BOOK HIGHLIGHT IS SICK WORLD!
BOOK 1 – SICK HEART
BOOK 2 – SICK HATE
SICK HEART IS A STANDALONE BOOK!
“This book will STUN YOU SILENT!”
“Brutal, Brilliant, Beautiful!” – You will NOT stop turning pages.
“Unique story and Top Read 2021”
Cort van Breda has won 35 death matches as a fighter in an MMA circuit so deep underground there are no rules and only the winner gets out alive.
They call him the Sick Heart.
They say he’s a shameless monster.
They say he’s a ruthless killer.
They say he’s as twisted as the man who owns him.
They say a lot of things about Cort van Breda.
But in our world violence is money, and money is winning, and winning is life, and life is the only thing that matters.
Except… he wasn’t meant to win that last fight.
And I wasn’t meant to be his prize.
But he did.
And I am.
And now his sick heart owns me.
WARNING: This is a sweet love story adrift in an ocean of evil. It is about two survivors dealing with their darkest secrets while they fight to change their lives. It is for mature readers only and has descriptions of deeply disturbing situations. There will be pearl clutching.
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GET SICK HEART
WATCH THE SICK HEART TRAILER
LISTEN TO THE SICK HEART AUDIOBOOK TEASER!
NARRATED BY TROY DURAN AND LESSA LAMB!
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BOOK 2
SICK HATE
Irina van Breda escaped the hopeless life she was born into and started a brand new one in America all by herself. She has everything she needs—a condo in South Beach, a new accent that doesn’t betray her dark origins, a brilliant best friend, and an easy life of walking the beach and feeding the gulls.
But she is merely existing—until Dead-Eyes Eason Malone appears, asking questions. He knows who she is, he knows where she came from, and he’s got a plan for her. A plan that could help him get over his own tragic beginnings.
Irina and Eason are on a collision course with the truth—and when they finally come to terms with what really happened to them as children, it just might shatter them both into millions of pieces.
Sick Hate is the second book in the Sick World Series. It is a standalone but new readers should start with Sick Heart first if they want the whole story of Irina’s past.
What you can expect inside the pages of Sick Hate:
*DARK Past
*Friends to Lovers
*He Falls First
*Slow Burn MF
*Touch Her and Die
*Sick World/Evil Bad Guys
*Found Family
GET SICK HATE
LISTEN TO THE SICK HATE AUDIOBOOK TEASER!
MULTI-CAST DUET NARRATION BY
ERIC NOLAN
SAMANTHA SUMMERS
RUPERT CHANNING
SAMANTHA COOK
TROY DURAN
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GIVEAWAY #4
SICK HATE GIFT SET
- Signed PAPERBACKS of SICK HEART and SICK HATE
- $25 Gift Card
- Tokyo Milk “FLIRT WITH ME” Fragrance Kit (parfum & handcreme)
- Tokyo Milk “FOLLOW YOUR DREAMS” Candle
- Fuzzy Holiday Socks
- Felt Christmas Ornament
- Handwritten Holiday Card from JA Huss
- Mini Christmas Tree with lights and trimmings to bring good cheer!
BY THE WAY… I’VE BEEN FORGETTING TO PUT IT IN THE PICTURES BUT EVERY GIFT SET ALSO COMES WITH THE SPARKTOPIA 2025 MAGNET CALENDAR. 🙂
AND HERE’S HOW TO ENTER TO WIN TODAY’S GIFT SET!
(1) COMMENT HERE ON THE BLOG (BELOW) AND TELL ME –
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY?
MY ANSWER
All the farm stuff I do makes me happy. I hate the thought of getting up and going right outside to feed but once I’m out there I don’t mind it at all. Not even in the worse weather. I like feeding because everyone is happy. 🙂 Also, picking up eggs is pretty fun. Right now my girls are not laying because they just went through molt and the days are short. I don’t have production breeds, so while they lay more eggs than I need most of the time, they’re not the breeds of chickens that lay one a day without fail. I choose my flock for egg color and you really just need some Rhode Island Reds if you want eggs all winter. 🙂 Still, I like it when they are clucking around and happy. So I guess my farm is my hobby and it’s worth all the hard work. Plus, it’s good exercise. I spent a couple hours a day outside. I’d never have a reason to go outside if I didn’t ahve a farm because writing and business stuff takes up most of my time.
Even though writing is my job, it also makes me very happy and satisfied. I can’t imagine what life would be like if I wasn’t walking around thinking about a group of fictional people doing a bunch of fictional stuff in a place that doesn’t exist. lol
Can’t wait to read what you all do for fun!
HERE’S A SNEAK PEEK OF TOMORROW’S GIVEAWAY!
Make sure you stop by and enter!
BTW – THERE ARE FIVE FUN WAYS TO STAY IN TOUCH with me.
ONE – FOLLOW THIS BLOG – FILL OUT THE FORM BELOW and you will be notified via email whenever I put up a new blog post. I usually do this about once a month unless I’m having a cover reveal, or a new release, or something special like this 12 Days of Giveaways. This is not a newsletter list. It’s ONLY tied to BLOG POSTS.
TWO – JOIN MY NEWSLETTER – you will get an email when I send a newsletter. I don’t send very many. Maybe once a month unless I’m up to something special. But you will NOT be notified of blog posts. DON’T FORGET TO CONFIRM YOUR EMAIL or it won’t sign you up.
THREE – or if you don’t like to get emails – YOU CAN JOIN MY FACEBOOK GROUP. This is where I hang out on the daily. We’ve got a nice group going with ZERO DRAMA. And if you ever have a question about something, you can tag me in there and I’ll answer you. I’m literally in there all day, every day.
FOUR – If you like more personal things, then my Instagram is the place to be. This is where I post everyday stories about my ranch and farm animals.
FIVE – I started a Patreon in 2024 and all my books release early there before they release to the public. Since I didn’t have a new release ready for October and November I’ve been writing a very special SPICY WHY CHOOSE novella for all my paying members. They will get the book the free and there will even be a duet narrated audiobook! YOU CAN CHECK OUIT MY PATREON HERE.
I HOPE YOU ALL HAVE A VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY AND NEW YEAR.
Stay calm, stay safe, and let’s have a great 2025!
WINNERS FOR ALL GIVEAWAYS will be chosen on December 14 and announced on my blog and in my newsletter. All gifts will be mailed on December 15th with priority mail, so hopefully you get them before the big day. ALL MY GIVEAWAYS ARE ALWAYS OPEN INTERNATIONAL.
487 Responses
I cross stitch and bowl besides reading. I’m currently working on a Van Gough style Dr. Who stitch.
I love reading especially JA Huss & spending time making memories for my 2 foreign exchange students, Italy and Germany. Showing them our community & family traditions & learning theirs their’s. Have a blessed Holiday on the Farm 🚜
My favorite hobby is reading
Let’s i love to read or listen to audio books. I also like to crochet blankets hats and scarfs
My family, my dogs and my friends.
My hobby is reading. It allows me to get out of my head and feel something different. I have always been a reader but as an adult it is now a lifestyle more than a hobby. I am finally able to afford to buy books occasionally and am attending my 1st book signing next year!
I love cooking. There is something about trying a recipe and having it come out delicious and everyone loving it.
I love diamond painting, counted cross stitch and quilting. I usually listening to audiobooks while doing these.
Reading makes me happy as well as spending time with family, friends, and my dog.
The hobby that makes me the happiest is reading. Don’t lets my overactive mind calm down and think about one thing at a time versus multiple things at a time. I love the pictures that the words draw in my mind and if the author is really good I can actually see the film as I’m reading.
I enjoy baking and listening to audio books! Mich love!
Reading and creating bookish content are my primary hobbies. My job isn’t very creative, so it gives me an outlet for that side of myself.
I make felt ornaments each year for family and friends.
I also love to cook and read.
I LOVE felt ornaments!
Reading and cooking. Love trying new recipes! I’m not a great baker though. Happy holidays!
Diamond art and reading
Other than reading I love making flowers out of book pages! I’m lucky because I work with books and we get alot of damaged ones so I can use them
I actually just read.. I wanted to try diamond painting but I don’t have any extra rooms and I have cats and one of them is insane they’re a little hyper but once just insane and there’s just no way I could do them because they would have those little b things just everywhere and it would be destroyed before I even pretty much got started so they were not even be a point in me trying. But other than that I would have already tried that LOL so I thought about trying The diamond painting I seen them in drink coaster size that way I can hide them from them cuz they’re so small
My biggest hobby is reading, but I also enjoy writing, drawing, hiking and I just started making candles. So I am all over the place, but reading is my most consistent hobby and my most loved.
I love to read and draw.
Reading and colouring in 🫣
I love to make crafts, I like to sew and make stuff with my Cricut machine
I like to crochet. It calms me. I make blankets. I have made baby blankets to give to new mothers. I have also made blankets to donate. Thanks for doing another great giveaway. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays
I have a few i cycle through. My main one is reading and audio books (obviously) but I cycle through a bit of gardening in the summer months, growing tomatoes, cucumbers, runner beans, strawberries. I also enjoy making bread, haven’t got it quite right but it’s fun to try and the family enjoy trying the different ones I make. Finally I am learning Welsh. I am Welsh but was never taught it in school (that’s a complete history lesson that most probably would not be interested in) and because I am Welsh I feel I should learn my language. It’s a hard slog and quite difficult to learn but I am trying. I’m in my third year currently (takes about 7 years to learn to speak fluently when you’re learning part time apparently) and also passed my entry exam after year 2. I’m not a confident speaker, yet, but I can read and write in Welsh some basic sentences, paragraphs and phrases. When travelling around my local area I now try and read the Welsh signs before the English to see if I understood them correctly. There are some lovely Welsh words out there, probably my favourite is Cwtsh which means hug, but it’s more than a hug. The Cambridge Dictionary has the following definition
a loving cuddle (= an act of holding someone in your arms), especially one that makes someone feel very happy and safe.
Diolch 🙂
Reading and Cooking. 💛🤎💛🤎
Reading and running.
I love gardening, it makes me happy to grow things and to just stick my hands in the dirt and connect with the earth.
I love to color Adult Coloring books, puzzles of all kinds they calm me. And I am now learning to crochet. Merry Christmas 🎄🎅
Up until recently I didn’t have much time for hobbies as both my sons played Rugby League, my husband was the coach and I was the team manager so a lot of our time was spent at the club, but now I love to travel and go on several holidays a year my most recent was a road trip around a very small part of Texas and I fell in love with the place, other than that I have an extensive irregular choice shoe collection and am slowly building my pretty book collection so that when my oldest son moves into his new house early next year I can have my own reading space!
I love to read, this make me relax and happy
Baking. It’s been a passion of mine since I was in junior high and my parents came home to discover cream puffs all over the kitchen counters. It was an impulse to try something new and I’ve never stopped over fifty years later.
Reading actually makes me happy it keeps me calm and keeps me from going insane. I also love to bake and try new things and see how the family likes it
The HOBBY THAT MAKES ME HAPPY:
Is gardening. I have a giant garden that I grow lots of veggies and some flowers that attract birds, Then when it is cold outside I have grow lights that I grow plants inside so when it warms up outside I can plant them there.
Besides reading, photography is a hobby and my part-time job, but I love it. Tennis is another thing I do, but I tend to watch more than play these days. I also love vintage clothing and costumes and I am working on incorporating those into a personal photography project.
I wish I could say a have a hobby I flips and change all the time . I always start new projects spend heaps on it then after a while get bored with it . And start all over again .
I do enjoy Diamond arts but with my medical problems atm my hands don’t work 100% .
I guess reading my kindle and listening to autobooks is my main hobby well maybe not a hobby but it’s what I enjoy most and relaxes me .
My hobby is making crafts for my friends. I’ve made 10 no sew blankets for Christmas gifts this year. I also do bottle crafts with lights and I’m about to start resin crafts and paint marbeling for fun and if they turn out well, I’ll give some to friends.
I not only read but I also do legos to help soothe myself when I feel to overwhelmed with things. It’s very calming for me. Thank you for the chance.
I love to paint. I love most mediums, watercolor, acrylic, oils, pastels, charcoal, and even paint by number. My mind is totally still when I paint. My grandfather was a master Dutch painter and I am lucky enough to have a number of his works. At 50, I was in an all-consuming wreck of a job. It was one that just sucked you dry on a daily basis. Then I had at best a 45 min traffic laden drive home. With the right accident, it could be two to three hours of bumper to bumper assholes. Some days I arrived home in tears or throwing up in my driveway. I needed something and I looked at my grandfather’s painting and asked if he had given me any of his genes. I was willing to try. I signed up at a local art center and began my journey of discovering my inner painter. I thought of nothing while I learned to mix colors, create abstracts and learned to sketch. It was a godsend when I needed it the most.
I have a bunch of crafting hobbies. Jewelry making, crocheting, vinyl print, but my latest had been dabbling in resin. I love the little creations I can make.
My hobby is reading. It’s relaxing and let’s my imagination go wild.
I make jewellery & knit. The knitting is mainly for our dogs & the jewellery is for my business which I sell at show all year round.
Reading is my hobby. It lets me escape for a bit and live another life. Between work, school, and a 6 month old granddaughter, I don’t have time for much else but when I finally lay down at night, I read. It makes me happy.
I love feeding my birds and am an avid birdwatcher. Each morning i fill up feeders and the action begins!
I have a few that make me happy. I crochet, it’s a form of stress relief and quiet time and I get to make all kinds of cute amigurumi plushies or maybe a cardigan and sometimes I’ll make mittens, scarves, beanies or afghans for nursing home residents and homeless people that want them. Another hobby that makes me happy is baking.
Animals are my passion. I have four cats and my daughter loans a horse one day a week. They make me happy 🥰
My hobby is diamond painting and bingo. I am in a online group that plays bingo for diamond painting supplies. I have meet many new people with the same interest.
Running in a park; letting loose and enjoying nature!
Reading makes me happy.
I really don’t have a hobby in less you include reading, that makes me happy getting lost in another place and forgetting about your own life for a while
Reading is the hobby that makes me happy! I also love taking photos and sharing book reviews.
Reading and cats make me happy.
Reading makes me happy
I do sweepstakes and giveaways. It helps with the bills and you can win some awesome stuff.
Reading is definitely a hobby of mine. Tough question because I realize that I don’t have another hobby. At one time, it was gardening, but the older I get I realize that it’s really tough on my aging body.
Cooking. My grandmother (100% polish) taught me to full blown cook when I was 7
My hobby is reading (obviously). But I also love traveling, going to the museums, and going for long walks.
My hobby that makes me happy is reading and most crafts, because I like to change things around, so I do reading just for me and the crafts I do for others because they are always a gift.😄
Reading and doing diamond art is a hobby that I enjoy todo.
Reading, of course! Also my husband and I like to restore old cars. Not old old, most have been hot rods or muscle cars. Right now we’re doing a 1965 and a 1966 mustang.
Music, I love singing and playing guitar. I started learning percussion meditation and it feels so good to meditate through rhythm and sound.
Reading would be the number one thing that makes me happy! I never go anywhere without my kindle. I also crochet and am currently making a counted cross stitch Christmas stocking for my second grandchild, it won’t be ready for this year lol.
Reading is definitely a hobby of mine but I also enjoy hiking. But more importantly my family is what truly makes me happy.
Reading is my main hobby. I love how you get pulled into the story. I also love puzzles, crocheting, diamond art, and coloring. All things that helps me with my stress levels and makes me happy
I absolutely love reading. I love how you get pulled into the story. I also love puzzles, crocheting, diamond art, and coloring. All things that helps me with my stress levels and makes me happy.
I love crafting, scrapbooking, journaling, making things out of recycled items makes me happy 😊
I make quilts. Just simple imperfect quilts. I havent made one in awhile but I love making them. My daughter cuts the squares of fabric for me and I make them.
Reading and playing games on my phone.
My biggest hobby other than reading is home making. I’m a homeschooling sahm of 2 girls! Currently pregnant with baby #3, it’s a boy!! I love all things parenting and I too have chickens lol. I also have 2 dogs.
Reading, baking and watching shows about murder!🤪
Right now my hobby is toting my kids to and from their activities haha. So when I can I read or listen. That’s my biggest hobby that I love. And watching trash TV with my hubby in the evenings when we can.
A hobby that makes me happy is painting. I don’t get to do it often because I’m afraid of my 3yr old getting into the paint and making a mess. While I’m trying to paint. Therefore making me not happy.
I love to turn Pandora on and sing along to my favorite songs. Alone, of course!!
Reading is my hobby. I am not a craft person. I would love to learn to crochet tho
Absolutely Reading is first, whether physical, ebook, or audiobook. Watching great programming on streaming tv, and my most favorite is travel. My mental health therapy requires lots of travel! lol 😆 Just returned from London and Paris, and planning Wales, Italy, and Croatia this spring. Therapy is important.. 💜
Reading and gardening
Making Bracelets and Pens ,I currently have made so many I enjoy giving them away
Well of course reading is my biggest hobby followed by window shopping. I don’t buy very often but I love looking.
Sitting outside on the front porch when nice and sunny to read, nothing like that natural vitamin D.
Happy Holidays 🎄🎅🧑🎄
I love reading and babysitting my grandchildren. Merry Christmas 🎄
I like doing crafty things, scrapbooking, bujo journalling, making wreaths and centerpieces and diamond art to name a few.
I paint rocks. Lol luckily i live near the beach and have access to a lot! I paint them and gift them, i especially love leaving them in random places for people to fund and usually take them on vacation with me and leave is the new cities I explore. I leave a little tag on the back so people who find them can post on FB when and where. I have had a handful report back. It makes me smile.
I like to create scrapbooks with pictures from various trips or sporting events, or just random pictures
Reading, I’ve always enjoyed it.
I love reading and golfing
My favorite thing to do is curl up with a great book and read! Going somewhere away from reality in my mind is my happy place! If I’m not reading for fun, I’m in the yard, cleaning up, mowing, clipping, watering and pulling weeds. I like to garden, but I’m not a big fan of the heat so I tend to do more in the Fall/Winter and Spring and then sit back and watch everything grow and bloom…Summers can get very hot and humid here on the East Coast! I tend to retreat to the air conditioning or head to the beach to read when the heat becomes too much.
My favorite hobby is sitting by my pool and reading. Even in the winter I sit outside to read by the water because it relaxes me.0
Reading, diamond art and hanging out with my family
I like to crochet 🙂 I just finished up some crochet coasters that look like a succulent when you put them in the basket that goes with it for Christmas gifts for the ladies in my family (the guys do NOT care about their furniture!) I am now working on a baby blanket for my soon-to-be niece or nephew. I also think I will crochet some games like Memory and Tic Tac Toe for him or her. It should be fun! I hope everything turns out well 😀
I love to play cards. It really does not matter what game it is. I like the game but I also love the Fellowship and the snacks that often come with playing. It is something I have been doing since I was a small child and it just makes me happy to be shuffling a deck of cards.
I enjoy crafting and making homemade by hand tshirt quilts for my family. Right now I am making snowman ornaments and door wreaths along with two tshirt quilts. One for my youngest son and one for my future son-in-law as christmas presents. I sew them by hand, so they take several months to make, but I can’t wait to see the looks on their faces when they open them christmas morning. 🎄
Read and playing games with my family
I like to read and bake. Oh and I love to watch anime.
For me it is reading and photography
Reading is my passion. Whether it’s on paper, digital or audio I love to read it!
I have a few hobbies. I like to do counted cross stich, gardening, canning, reading and listening to audio books. My husband and I also like classic cars and going to car shows. I retired a year and a half ago and now I have time for these hobbies. We also have a great neice or nephew coming in June so I am looking forward to that. Thank you again for this opportunity.
Reading, cooking/baking and growing tomatoes in the summer are all hobbies that make me happy.
I used to cross-stitch for fun, but the. I had kids and now my vision won’t alllow it. Currently my hobby is reading, audiobooks or Kindle; I always have a book with me.
I do paintings and my grandkids love them so they are excited around their birthday or Christmas to get a new one I try to do what they really like. My daughter asked me to do a paint party for 2 of my granddaughters and their friends in a little of a month!
My hobbies include reading, painting, drawing, crafting, and watching sports. This is my favorite book that you have written so I really hope I am picked to win. I hope you continue this story as well.
My hobbies lately have been painting, crocheting and reading.
Quilting, knitting, and listen to audio books.
Hi , my love of reading has no bounds ! I’m a stay at home wife who loves to read , depending on the day , a good coffee, tea, hot cocoa sitting on my porch and watch the sunrise and sunset reading !! My other hobbies also include diamond art painting !
My hobby is reading and listening to books. I love escaping into other worlds. It also gives me perspective into some of the issues I’m dealing with lets me see other points of view. My mother gave me this gift and it’s been a passion my entire life.
For years I did crafts and counted cross stitch. But I got bored. I returned to reading. I loved reading from my early childhood through my teen years. I got married and left that behind. But after I got bored with my crafting I returned to my love of reading.
I enjoy crocheting, but I like amigurumi best. For some reason, I dislike making sweaters.
Reading is my number one hobby that makes me happy, but coloring is a close second. Escaping to another world in a book will always be my favorite.
My hobby is Reading. I just love to sit and relax while reading a good spicy romance.
Favorite hobby is reading.
I love to read.
My main hobby is reading. But I also make things on my cricut, paint, make dream catchers, and knit some weird shapes for the hell of it.
Audiobooks…audiobooks..audiobooks!
Well of course my favorite hobby is reading. It takes me out of myself, to different places, so I can see the world and its people from a different perspective.
I was debating saying baking, even though I rarely do it lately but after reading your answer I realized it’s mine too. I have a couple rescue dogs, guinea fowl, chickens, and currently 5 goats, but considering #5 was a buck between Feb-May I’ll probably have 2-8 baby goats as well. I love going out and caring for my animals. I love that they all come running to me when I go outside and the joy I get caring for them.
Listening to audiobooks is my hobby/obsession.
In the summer I garden. I became obsessed with daylilies years ago and have over 50 plants. In the winter I read.
I love doing arts and crafts with my children. It’s hectic and crazy but I love the finished projects and the fun along the way
I honestly love DIY projects around my home. I get a sense of pride at having been able to either fix, make more pleasing to the eye or create something from scratch with my own two hands.
All of the things we do around the ranch. Taking care of the horses, alpacas, our llama, chickens, turkeys, guineas, barn cats, dogs, and our house pig – Hamilton. You truly can never have a bad day when one of them shows affection in their special way.
My hubby is making jigsaw puzzles. 1000 piece is what I enjoy. My daughter and I make 5 or 6 a month. It’s very relaxing. I’m also an avid reader. I belong to Kindle unlimited and read endless romance books.
I love to read and make cookies with my youngest daughter!!
I’m a crafter. I love making things and sewing. But I have to make them for other people. I don’t like making things for myself.
I love gardening and all things that keep me moving! Golf, tennis, volleyball and just jogging is totally fun for me in my spare time!
I do a lot of reading (probably when I should be doing housework) crafts love making things all crafts and like to try something new. I love it when I can make something different
My favorite hobby is reading. Or maybe legos, but they are more expensive than books. Lol. Adding the kindle app to my phone was a dangerous choice because now I read all the time. My goal this year is to read 300 books, and I’m a 35 away. I need to pick shorter stories, but I like big books. Lol
I got into sewing during the pandemic and I love it. It’s my alone time to wind down and I get to be creative. Thanks!
Besides reading, jigsaw puzzles. Especially if it’s the 1,000 piece puzzles.
I l8ke to craft. Lately I’ve been making jewelry and beaded suncathers.
Crocheting, reading and lately jigsaw puzzles. I’ve done three 1,000 piece two 500 piece and one 300 piece. It’s a fun way to pass the time and hang out with my beau in his man cave, lol.
I love to read, draw, crotchet and write fanfiction. I love expressing my creativity. When I draw, it lets me take a little bit of the beauty in front of me with me. When I read or write, I’m falling or creating new worlds and I love to make people smile and laugh. When I crotchet, I throw on my headphones and listen to my music or an audiobook and just enjoy creating something warm and beautiful. They’re all very relaxing to me except the writing when I’m stuck on a plot, LOL!
I have two hobbies reading bring a calm to my soul that is so therapeutic for me. However cooking for my family or someone who needs a meal is the best thing I do! I love to cook, I spend hours in the kitchen to make the meal in my head come to life to feed the people I love most is the happiest you will ever see me!
Reading!!!!!!
One hobby is that I collect vintage and antique jewellery. I love trying to find out the history of each piece.
My second hobby is of course reading.
Hmmm I do love reading but my main hobby that gives me the most pleasure is music. I like slot of different styles from Elvis Presley to Roy Orbison to Bill Haley to Kylie Minogue to The Cure to Sarah Jory to Shakin Stevens to Mikey Cyrus to Roxette . I love my music. It once took me 15 years to track down one LP by Roy Orbison and soon as I did the damn thing came out on CD the following week 😝
I have 2things that I love to do. Reading is one and swimming is another. I read every day without fail and swim five out of seven days a week weather permitting. I love in Naples FL so the weather is pretty good most of the time.
My favorite hobby besides reading is making herbal remedies. I love to learn about new herbs and how they can help heal the body naturally. I also make my own homemade body oil, fave serum along with salves and tinctures.
Reading, Buying Books & Raising & tending to my Chickens and Quail!
Reading is the hobby that makes me happy. I’ve read 249 books so far this year and have no plans on stopping. There’s nothing better than living vicariously through each one.
Reading has always been part of my life. I love it!
Any downtime I have is spent listening to or reading books. Walking on the beach while listening to a book is a best day for me. Unfortunately I don’t live near water so walking in my neighborhood while listen is the norm.
I LOVE to read – it’s my stress reliever. My other hobbies are doing puzzles and baking yummy treats.
I have a few hobbies that I absolutely love. My very favorite is reading. I love an author that can pull me in right away with an awesome story…. you might know who I am talking about… hint… hint… My second favorite hobby is Legos. I have all the botanical sets. I could not keep a real plant or flower alive so I have my pretty Lego flowers. Last but not least, I love to do jigsaw puzzles. I have an app on my IPad that I use. We also bought a camper over the summer and have been camping quite a bit.
Prior to having kids, I loved to scrapbook and make greeting cards. It’s just too difficult to keep them out of everything right now so that has been put on hold. I also love reading. I’m so thankful for the Kindle app because I can easily read from anywhere as long as I have my phone.
I have a handful of hobbies that I enjoy to keep me occupied. I enjoy DIY felt needle kits ( do as gifts) knitting scarves & blankets (as gifts as well) if I get bored with those I’ll switch to a puzzle to finish.
Hobbies with the kids are paint rocks with paint markers or bling out some of there shirts for school with them.
I love to read and also binge watch tv shows late at night.
I’ve gone through stages in life where I’ve really poured myself into different hobbies. In my early twenties through my early thirties, I was really into ceramics. I have an entire nativity scene that I poured, cleaned, painted. The camels stand about 16″ tall and the wise men, Joseph, the sheperds, they’re about 12″ tall. I also created an entire Christmas village with a church, tavern, house, wooden bridge, etc. So cool. And tons of ceramic ornaments on the tree. About the same time I was doing that I was heavy into Cross-stich and have tons I’ve framed and hung or gave as gifts. Reading has always been there, I need to read at least a little bit every day. I would love to start taking some different cooking classes and I think I’m going to try my hand at Diamond art.
For me all I have is reading. Due to health issues I can no longer get out to go places. Guess you could call me a home body now lol but I just feel safer being home. Occasionally I do try to color and absolutely LOVE jamming out to music daily.
I have 2 things that make me happy. Reading in my library or playing with the grandkids.
Reading is my main getaway but I also enjoy crafting , making my kids tshirts and holiday decorations.
Besides reading, I love cooking. Since my son was born I was trying to improve my baking skills. With much or less success. 😅 Thanks for the chance!❤️
Other than reading, knitting and crocheting make me happy, as do gardening and building furniture.
Growing my fruits and vegetables and then canning. I get to share all the good eats with my kids and their families.
Reading is the only hobby I have right now. It makes me happy, but it’s not a cure for my grief. I probably should try to find something to do that helps more, but a 3 yr old and 1.5 yr old are hard to work around.
Reading, painting, crafting or listening to music are my favorite hobbies.
I have a few hobbies and it’s my greatest pleasure to indulge.
I love reading and now I’ve added listening to audiobooks. I love music so I can listen to music for hours and I love to dance. I dance when I’m cleaning sometimes 😂
Pyrography (burning pictures on wood) I have burnings in 10 states at the moment.
Reading is my main hobby.
Competitive Scrabble!
The Hobby that makes me Happy:
House plants. I have lots of house plants That I love to tend to and care for. Its my moment to be amazed and the growth of life.
Also love playing VR games with my husband. Anytime I can get a win its a great day in the Barr Household 🙂 .
We both enjoy listening to audio books. So while fishing in our VR we have J.A. Huss story time 🙂
One of my favorite hobbies that make me happy other than reading books would definitely be doing my type of puzzle. Could be word search, cross words, Lego, 3D crystal puzzle, wood puzzle car, plane or train models, diamond art, or even just plan puzzles. Doesn’t matter what I love doing them all.
Mainly reading, tho I have started listening to more and more audiobooks while getting fairly mindless tasks finished. And I’m trying desperately to get my mother to try to listen and enjoy audiobooks now as her eyes are slowly going blind, and I’m concerned about what she will do when the mascular degeneration gets to that point. Also, watching movies w her, which is becoming interesting, bc aside from her constant Qs, she is rewatching favorite films & classics she’s seen maybe hundreds of times but now she has no memory of seeing them and she has the joy of watching them as if for the very first time. Admittedly (while NOT wishing to get ill) I often think I would love it if I could go back and see fav films or read fav books for the first time. Read the Turning Series or Jordan’s Games for the first time. That would be so amazing! (And if I could go back in time to when I first read them, that would be the chef’s kiss!! )
I love to READ!
I love to read, create various types of paintings, and write poetry
My hobbies now are reading and making mini books of all the books I have read. I used to do so many things I couldn’t really pick a hobby but since I became disabled my reading hobby has gotten to where I read most all the time when I’m awake. I love that it takes my mind away from the thoughts of what is wrong with me and my pain at that moment. I can open up a book or my Kindle and immerse myself in a good story. I have also began making mini books of all the books I have read since I started reading again at the very end of 2020. They are far from perfect, but I love doing it. I’m still working on getting caught up to where I am now, and it’s fun to see all the covers again and look back at them all. My plan is to put them in clear “Christmas” balls and hang them from rope I have to hang on my wall in my room. It keeps me going and gives me something physical to do when I can.
I enjoy sewing and crafting. I can also do this with my kids.
I have two hobbies. One is reading and the other is showing my boxers. We have an rv and travel to dog shows with our 3 boxers, Journey, Ziggy, and the baby Halo.
My hobby that makes me happy is Baking! It helps with my stress, and lets me spend more time with my nephews.
The thing that makes me happiest is being outdoors. It can be sitting outside reading, going on hikes, traveling to national or state parks. I love to see this beautiful country and feel so blessed that I can enjoy the beauty.
Ok so my hobby is reading it truly makes me so happy. Spending time with my kids and family watching a movie and eating popcorn 🍿.
I love making cards, really any paper crafting.
Reading and gardening makes me happy. Having my dog around me makes me happy.
My hobby that makes me the most happy is reading. I love getting to live in so many situations/worlds/stories while creating my own.
I really like quilting and machine embroidery and also flower and veggie gardening. Stained glass will happen again one of these days.
I like reading but in the fall I like to walk in the woods looking for mushrooms.
Honestly, reading is my hobby. I’m a bit of a home body and I enjoy reading. While it may take me some time to finish each book I pick up, I enjoy every word. I love finding new authors through social media and reading their work. That’s how I found you ❤️
As I live in Florida, my hobby is shelling. It provides such a zen atmosphere with the sounds of the waves, the birds flying overhead or scurrying past your feet, and the warmth of the sun.
Reading and walking.
Thank you
Reading makes me happy! I feel like I’ve missed something if I miss doing a bit of reading every day. In the warmer months I like to sit outside on the porch and watch the world go by. That’s about it, nothing too exciting. Lol
I enjoy your farm! Outside of reading, hockey is a hobbie of mine! We support our local SPHL, southern professional hockey league, Knoxville Ice Bears. It is a lot of fun and something we do as a family. It is a great time and we have met a lot of great people.
I enjoy reading and trying out new recipes.
Besides reading, I LOVE baking! I am not an artistic baker but enjoy making sweet treats and breads to share with people 💖
Reading obviously 🙄. But painting and such. Don’t get as much time for either lately.
Reading mostly. And while I tend to be lazy when I’m home, when I’m on the clock I love to organize. (And I do a lot of that at work, and also why when anyone is looking for something specific, they come to me to see where they might find it.) lol
My hobby is running a virtual bookclub. We meet once a week on live events . Spin a wheel to pick our next book. It’s been a really fun adventure past year! I love it
Reading always makes me happy. I have also found great joy in gardening and branched out into vegetables 2 years ago, which has been mostly a success.
I’ve had many hobbies over the years (collecting Thomas Kinkade plates, collecting medieval pewter figurines, and collecting English teacups and saucers). But the one hobby that has stayed the test of time is reading/ audiobooks. It’s wonderful to step into a world that takes me away from all the stress real life throws my way…. Although I have very little stress these days, I still love the escape. Not only is it my favorite hobby, it’s my addiction.
I love my yoga class so I try to make it at least 3-4 times a week. My other favorite thing is to bake my winter desserts. It’s a lot of work because I make several kinds of cookies but my kids love them and it’s usually a once a year thing so I do look forward to eating them 😉
Well reading is the obvious one but I also love baking and by no means am I a professional baker but I just love making treats to share with my family, coworkers and friends. Hubby and I also love hiking.
I work on old cars! People are always amazed that a woman is into restoring cars and always ask my husband the questions. He usually defers to me because he doesn’t remember things : )
I’ve alos just taken up painting. Painting to Gough has so easy to do paintings with step by step videos that cover everything I need.
I loved hearing about your farm. Sounds like my kind of fun.
I love to make handmade cards. Coloring, cutting and creating something fun. Sometimes it’s for myself and other times it’s for others. ☺️🎄
My husband’s grandmother makes cards like this! I collect the cards she makes, because of the love and work that she puts into making them for people.
Cooking and baking. It relaxes me. I love doing for others and feeding people is seriously along the same lines for me as taking a Xanax. I love the peacefulness and the calmness that I get every step of the way, even when I’m planning a menu, and buying supplies.
I don’t have a whole lot of hobbies. I love to read and color for relaxation in adult themed coloring books. My days are pretty hectic at times taking care of my elderly parents who still live on their own but need assistance.
My hobby is reclaimed wood working. I have always loved making thigs that have been discarded into something amazing and beautiful!
Reading and watching reality tv like The Traitors (UK and US versions) or Survivor or The Voice☘️
Recently, I’ve gotten into crochet. I love it because it relaxes me and I can also listen to audiobooks or watch tv while I do it. And it gets me away from doom scrolling on my phone.
Listening to audiobooks while doing EVERYTHING. I also love to cook and try new recipes. And during the season, watching my Chiefs play football.
Love to read! It takes me away from everyday stress, if only for a short time.
Favourite hobbie is reading. Hoping to increase my book challenge next year but I will thankfully hit my goal for this year!
My hobby is not a physically active hobby, I love researching and learning about random things. I wanted to be a cultural anthropologist when I was younger… I research cultures, languages, anything that catches my interest I’ll become interested in and go down the rabbit hole of information. It keeps my mind occupied and it’s quite interesting. I do wish I enjoyed physical activity more, but I enjoy my research so much.
I love crafting and playing cozy video games!
Being outside is always the best but if I’m hiking, or following my camera lens or foraging, then being outside can turn into a sublime adventure.
My favorite hobby is writing. I’ve written my first book which is on Amazon (I’ll avoid the shameless promotion out of respect to Julie…), and in a few months I’ll be fully retired. That means I can make real progress on the sequel and another stand-alone not in the series. Both are half written and I can’t wait to finish. Julie, I envy your tenacity. It takes a TON of work and endless creative drive to write, and you just keep going. I’ll never be as good as you, but you’re a great role model, and your books keep me motivated.
Oh wow, crocheting, puzzles, listening to audibles, gardening, doing stuff with grandchildren. I’m working on a cross stich stocking for my son in law but I wouldn’t call that a hobby ! Lol
I really love to read. Also, I enjoy baking different treats.
I record my son’s basketball games and edit his highlights for social media. He loves getting the clips and I love sharing them.
I love to cross stitch!
I enjoy feeding our 5 horses. We have a older stud that has to be fed a special diet twice a day. So when I feed our older horse for the 1st time I give the other 4 horses treats so they don’t feel leftout. Also, I enjoy looking for goodies to resale in my shop.
Reading & baking
My hobby is reading! 🤣🤣. I also love teaching my 7yo daughter cooking and baking. I plan to have her help make some chocolate chip banana bread today! 😊
I love sitting outside to read. Moving to Florida has helped that immensely. I also love live music. This past summer, I got a lawn pass at the local amphitheater and was able to see 11 shows starting the season with Chris Stapleton and ending with Hootie and the Blowfish.
My hobby is reading and do crafts with my great nieces and nephews
My hobby is a two-in-one I guess you could say. It’s books but not just reading, I have also taken the on the adventure of writing my first book and I plan to publish it on KU hopefully in 2025 once I figure out how to edit it and create a book cover. (By the way, damn these two book cover models are pure fire)
I read at least one book a day. I love to read and it drives my family crazy that I would rather be in a book world than in the real world. I get it naturally though because my Grams who loved to read got me hooked on her historical romances when I was a teenager and I will never forget when 50 Shades came out and she was reading it at the kitchen table and I was like Grams OMG you are just going to read that sitting there and she was like sure am and if any one has a problem with it they can leave. This was in the middle of Thanksgiving Lunch at her house I thought my uncles were going to hit the floor from shock. She then proceeds to tell everyone that it was a great book and she couldn’t wait for book 2. This was at the hype of those books. After I sat down with her and I was like weren’t you embarrassed and she like CandyCane (her nickname for me) sex in books in nothing to be embarrassed about I had 5 kids if people don’t know what causes that its there problem. Enjoy what you enjoy and never be embarrassed about it. life is short live for those moments that make you feel alive.
So books today are big part of what I enjoy, wish she was still here so I could recommend her better books.
My hobby that makes me happy is: I like to write for fun it makes me feel happy, accomplished, less stressed & also heals too & it’s fun to do.
Reading!! 📚💓
Mine is jigsaw puzzles. I don’t take a close look at the image and that makes it more of a mystery to put together.
I make crystal bracelets
I’m happiest when I’m reading or traveling
My dog, friends and family make my happy!
Baking is my happy hobby. If I could bake everyday I would. I just have to be able to give it away as soon as possible.
Reading makes me happy.
I don’t know if you consider listening to audiobooks all day a hobby. But I do it very well. Haven’t had many interests in other things the past couple if years. It keeps me occupied abd happy. And you can get things done while listening. I probably listen more than the average person but I like it better than watching TV.
I would have to say trying out new recipes for my family.
My hobbies are reading and baking. I enjoy them both because when my mind is being loud and anxious I can always count on baking to distract me and ease my mind. Reading also distracts me and I love how it can transport you to many worlds.
I feel like most of us will have the same hobby of reading, lol. Which I love to do to escape reality. But I also love to turn pictures into cross-stitch patterns, and then make the cross-stitch. I usually do them as Christmas presents for someone each year 🙂
I love to read alot! Spending time with my 3 beautiful children and shopping sometimes lol.
Reading
I love anything crafty. Recently my two biggest projects have been finishing a cross-stitch that my great-grandma started before she passed, and a scrapbook that follows my husbands military career! But I also love painting, I’ve been making Christmas cards as well !
My hobby is reading and coloring in adult coloring books. I’m a stay at home mom at the moment, and will be going back to school soon hopefully to further my education in healthcare. Another hobby of mine is, collecting perfumes and lotions, specifically niche and indie perfumes. When I can afford them anyway. I would love to eventually learn how to make my own perfume or perfume oils and start a small business with that.
Reading and baking.
Reading makes me happy. Because when I read I can do everything. I have cerebral palsy and I can not walk. So when I read I can walk and do everything that I only dream about.
I love to sew and restore old furniture. I paint chairs, cabinets, etc. I reupholster what needs it.
I play video games and do embroidery and I also mess around with electronics repair.
My favorite things to do are reading, gardening, doing puzzles and of course spending time with my family
I have tinnitus and to alleviate the noise I almost always have an earbud in one ear. I listen to audiobooks and podcasts. I am retired so I can listen while doing my daily tasks, shopping, driving, etc. If I’m not busy I enjoy playing word games on my phone. None of this sounds very exciting but at almost 75 it’s my pass time.
I love to embroidery, read, and cook and bake as well as spending time with my family.
Reading, crafting and baking make me happy.
Reading and I like to cross stitch also its a been awhile but sometimes I do scrap booking.
I love to read especially when the weather isn’t great, but I also love to hike and am lucky to live where there are lots of opportunities to explore the mountains, forests and beaches right outside my front door!
Reading would definitely be my number one hobby, but I also enjoy puzzles, whether crossword or physical and spending time playing with my pets.
Reading I love getting lost in the world you create as well as some of my other favorite authors.
I love to knit.
Reading and working on jigsaw puzzles, which works as mindful meditation for me. I also love playing board games and video games with my husband since we’re both fiercely competitive, but it’s all in good fun.
Reading and gardening….
thank you !
The only thing that makes me happier than reading are my fur babies. My 4 dogs are my children, I would love to someday be able to have them approved as therapy dogs so I could bring them to Children’ Hospitals to help bring a smile to the kids faces.
Gardening – as the results are delicious and healthy
A hobby that makes me happy is reading.
I’ve been an amateur photographer since the 8th grade back when there were things like a darkroom for developing photos. Almost all the artwork in my house is photography and most of it is my own. I love being able to admire a photo while at the same time reminisce about what I was doing when I took it. Subjects include people, animals, nature and architecture all attached to good memories.
I enjoy reading and baking.
Camping! Getting ready to camp, when I’m camping, and even after getting everything back in order. We bought an RV two years ago and it makes me so happy.
Baking and ready make me happy
The hobby that makes me is reading because I can get lost in a book for hours at a time and it relaxes me.
The only hobby I have right now is listening to books. It is my escape from everything.
Karoake makes me so happy. It literally makes my heart sing ♥️
I sing barbershop (a cappella), with a chorus and a quartet. Singing always puts me in a good mood.
My favorite hobby is gardening.
My main hobby that I do every day and day dream about is reading. I’m an introvert and other than my parents and my husband and my dachshund furbaby my social group consists of my bookfriends/ bookboyfriends.
When I’m not reading I’m knitting. I’m an experienced beginner who makes a lot of mistakes. I mainly knit blankets for our local animal shelter. It relaxes me to knit for animals because they don’t mind if I mess up and have little mistakes.
I also LOVE to play bingo! If we’re at a casino that offers bingo that’s where I am. If the casino doesn’t have bingo then I’m a big fan of video poker.
That’s all I can come up with for my hobbies.
I love to hike and explore waterfalls! I have a waterfall bucket list for each state I’ve lived in (MN, MI, WI) and have visited a couple hundred so far.
I’m learning to do acrylic Painting. It is relaxing and stressful at the same time lol.
Diamond art
Reading and listening to books
Reading or gardening
I was in love with doing stain glass but time and space stopped it . Now I am a reading junkie!
Planning on retiring soon so I will set up a new workshop and listen to audiobooks while I try and get creative again
Win win right?
For me, anything I can make or learn how to make with my own 2 hands. I have made soaps, been a beekeeper, made candy for Christmas and crocheted blankets, tops and sweaters. I am making a teddy bear right now for my future grandbaby.
And then there is my absolute favorite hobby of escaping into a good book and going through all the emotions. Love you Julie for making me feel!
I like doing crafts. Everything from sewing to making cards.
Diamond art, crochet, sudoku and mostly reading.
I love reading, listening to music(dancing while I listen) and baking cookies and cupcakes.
Reading and knitting
Other than reading (which is a given) I love doing diamond paintings. Right now my falls are filled with Christmas themed pictures.
I love reading because it allows me to escape into different worlds and experience lives and emotions beyond my own. It sparks my imagination and helps me learn new things about people, places, and ideas. It’s my way of exploring, growing, and connecting with stories that resonate deeply with me.
My hobby that makes me happy is gardening, unfortunately I can’t in the winter so I watch a lot of movies all winter long and look forward to being back out in the hot summer sun.
Reading is definitely my most loved hobby but I will occasionally color also.
Two years ago for Mother’s Day, my daughter got me a crochet hook and yarn. After watching countless YouTube videos I can make a blanket LOL. It is relaxing and I feel like I created something special.
Reading is my hobby, I also like to paint and draw and recently write
I love watching my flowers/plants grow. I also love being crafty. I’m just getting into making shirts/cups with my own graphics (mostly inappropriate cuz that’s me!!). Making my family fun personalized stuff for Christmas this year.
I also LOVE reading!!
I also enjoy my nature walks/hikes. I love close to some beautiful spots.
I love to make shirts and other crafty things. I am getting ready to try my hand at spray painting my book edges because I want all my books to be unique.
Reading of course is my favorite, I am really enjoying doing yoga. I started recently. Just spending time with friends and family cooking good food and laughing
reading and coffee
My hobby is walking. It really helps to relieve stress. I also like to garden. Also, watching classic television shows and movies are other things I like to do that make me happy.
I love my 45 years contesting hobby.
Not really nothing besides reading and collecting reading swag and books
Reading is my happy hobby! When I first came to look at my house before I bought it I loved the floor plan because it had the 3 bedrooms that I wanted but then had a great room and a formal living room. I walked in the house and saw that formal living room space, said “library! I’ll take it!” like 27 days later the house was mine and it’s still my favorite room in the house. My books make me happy. Reading books, looking at books, shopping for books, reading books, buying more books. All the books. 🙂
Reading is the hobby that makes me happiest!!
WHAT IS YOUR HOBBY THAT MAKES YOU HAPPY? Obviously reading but also DYI around the house and playing with my animals ❤️
I love trying to keep plants alive in my house & during the spring/summer months I love trying to landscape my yard.
My hobby is reading. I love to read or listen to books. Every spare moment I have I read. And second is baking but nothing crazy complicated just simple baking. Yum. Happy holidays.
Reading makes me happy. Just forget the real world for a while and get into a great book!
I adore going to visit new places and enjoying live music- gigs, well known bands or unknown artists. I used to quill paper but not done so much for a few years.
My favorite hobby is to spend time with family when we can all get together.
I love to make handmade greeting cards and to scrapbook but, I don’t do either of them often due to lack of space.
Merry Christmas 🎄🎁
Reading is definitely my favorite hobby ❤️
Audiobooks. I’m disabled because of Lyme Disease and so this hobby is something I can do while laying in bed and doesn’t zap my energy. Love the romance genre and I’m a huge Julie book fan!
My hobby that I love to do is crochet, I can crochet hats, animals, winter accessories, plants, purses and etc. I love a challenge.
I love to read and cross stitch.
I love to crochet, I’ve been making baby blankets, baby cardigans, hood hats, it makes me so happy, and when I gift what I’ve made and see how happy I can make others it brings me joy. Thank you for the chance.
Don’t really have a hobby really enjoy reading as a way to relax. Also spending time with my twin grandkids brings me joy.
My favorite things to do is quilting, canning every thing I can think of and watching movies. I know this is gonna sound weird but up until 5 yrs ago, I never liked books. A friend I worked with introduced me to the world of audiobooks then and I have listened to thousands of them now. Day and night I have them on listening; in my car, while I sew, while I’m canning even while I’m in bed sleeping. I just remember the last chapter I’m on when I lay down so I can find my place when I wake back up. Lol weird I know but it helps me sleep and works for me!! I average about 400 hours per month listening according to Audible. I love it 💜🩷💜
I like to repaint my outdoor ceramic decorations, like gnomes. But my main hobby is probably playing Animal Crossing: New Horizons. I didn’t pick it up until 2021 and I know a lot of people are over it, but I like doing my daily challenges and interaction with the characters.
I’ve never met a craft I didn’t enjoy. My preference is for making weird or odd accessories and home decor.
My hobby is reading. I have a abundance of ebooks, paperback and hard cover.
My only real hobby is reading. Occasionally I’ll break out my adult coloring books and color to relax.
Reading – I can literally read all day. Also online jigsaws, and doing tapestries – in real life, not online!
My hobbies include bowling, diving into a good book, sharing my thoughts through book reviews, and supporting authors whenever I can. It’s a joy to combine my love for reading with helping others in the literary world!
Crafting, scrapbooking, crochet, wreaths, and all sorts of other crafty stuff. Pinterest has so many great ideas that my sisters and I like to take on.
Reading and papercrafts (scrapbook style cards etc) are my expensive hobbies. I also like gardening but not the weeding part so I’m happiest if my garden mostly just grows itself other than water and fertilizer.
But reading (audio, ebooks and paper) … often at least one of each on the go at once keeps me busy. And paper crafts + audio is the best of both.
I enjoy baking all year long. When I bake I give it to numerous friends around my area. I enjoy seeing their smile and their eyes light up tasting a treat I have for them. My sons are grown and not around to sample the goodies and my husband doesn’t need all the snacks, so I share it as much as I can. When I am not baking I am playing around with my Cricut machine. The ideas for that machine are endless.
Reading, gardening, and cooking/baking. Reading for those relaxing quiet times to recharge and gardening, cooking, baking cause I can share the fruit of my labor with friends and family.
Reading makes me happy. Gives me an escape into other worlds.
Reading, baking and adult coloring books make me happy.
Thank you for the chance
Reading ❤️❤️
Knitting woollen socks, picking up mushrooms in the forest, reading and traveling make me happy!
I’ve taken up doing my nails and I enjoy it a lot
Reading, walking my grandpup and watching Christmas movies during the holiday season!
I have a few hobbies. I love reading my mother gave me that gift. I sew clothes and other items. I love crafting. My other hobby has always been baking. Christmas usually means 72 dozen cookies in a variety of flavor, shape and sizes.
Reading and knitting – both relaxing.
Reading is the thing that makes me happy. Read about 150 books a year. And JA is one of my favourite authors
Reading is my first hobby that makes me happy. Doing my nails is my second favorite hobby that makes me happy because I always feel better about myself when I have my nails done.
reading
Reading is definitely my number one hobby. I do like movies and TV as well, and jigsaw puzzles and board games (though no one ever wants to play them with me). All sedentary pursuits lol
Going for a ride on the Harley with my husband. It just feels so freeing being out there on the open ride the wind in your face. It helps me release some of my stress and fills me with a sense of peace.
Reading makes me happy,but I also like baking cookies a d cakes
My hobbies include quilting and cross stitching as well as trying new recipes.
I like reading, and taking on sewing projects that I never seem to finish. And watching eye make-up tutorials (even though I don’t wear make-up very often). Talk about a rabbit hole!
Kia ora – I read fiction books to escape from life. Its my refuge.
Listening to audiobooks and making stuff. Beadwork, cross stitch, watercolors, collages, whatever the crap I can get my hands on.
I have ocd and adhd. For whatever reason hand writing list, either it’s a grocery list or things to do around the house or books I want to read; for some reason it is so calming.
Reading is my favourite hobby. Being stuck inside and basically being bed bound due to my health its about finding stuff i’m physically capable of too. I love spending time with my dogs and i also love mini legos!
Crafting keeps me sane
Besides reading. Doing puzzles especially word searches and jumblers
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Reading and listening to audio books!
Going to the gym and swimming
A hobby that makes me happy is crocheting. I just started relearning how to crochet and I’m in the process of making a blanket. I also love to read. I try to read a few chapters a day but sometimes I don’t get to it. And I’m also teaching myself how to tattoo!! I’ve been practicing for a bit now and I’m thinking of giving myself a tattoo soon. I just need a little bit more practice.
I like crafts. I especially like trying new crafts and creating things from scratch.
Researching genealogy is one hobby that makes me happy. It’s like solving a giant puzzle, digging through newspapers, land records, wills, censuses, family stories and relating them to what happened in history during those times is really cool!
Hobbies that make me happy are baking, reading and doing cross stitch
Reading and Knitting
I guess I would say my hobby is my participation and work in my Parish Choir. My Choir Director likes to tell everyone that I’m his secretary/administrative assistant. 🙂 I do all the music planning and scheduling of cantors, send out the communication emails to both of our choirs (he directs two parish choirs). I also cantor at both of the parishes he supports as well as at all four parishes in our cluster for funerals and weddings. So, I’m at Mass every week for at least one Mass, if not more. It’s a lot of work and a big time commitment outside of my actual 40-hour business job to keep my creditors paid (LOL), but it also brings me satisfaction and I feel more centered and content after Mass or rehearsal.
That’s pretty easy – reading, lol 😆
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Reading! I loose myself in the books I read and find myself loving the worlds and characters created. It’s a nice escape from the day to day task as adults we have todo to survive.
Well of course I love to read!! I love to spend time with my daughters. Go to see movies and watch them play volleyball. Thanks for the giveaway.
Out in my garden, just me and the worms! It’s my happy place!
My favorite hobbies are crocheting and reading. Nothing more satisfying than creating something from yarn. Or reading a good book that has an impact on how you can look at life some how differently.
I love to craft. I like painting wood items or ceramics. I love to create new things. I also love to diamond paint. It is soothing to sit let all my cares go. Reading is also a big hobby.
I really love to read and thrifting! I feel like I’m treasure hunting and love the thrill of a good deal. I also really enjoy my job, I teach 11th grade US history honors.
my hobby is collecting books but rhe same author.i have floor to ceiling bookcases that are full.
Reading and Legos.
I write and read fanfiction. Multi-Fandom reader and writer.
I have a few, reading is my happy place..I tend to read at least a few chapters every day. I also bake, even though I don’t eat it..I give it away, although I am learning to adapt my recipes to make them healthier and sugar free.
I love to read romance books. It’s my escape and stress reliever. I love to bury myself in a book and let it take me on a journey.
Reading and writing are my two biggest hobbies with occasionally making a dream catcher or two.
That’s about the only time I can escape my reality and truly relax.
I like reading, going to the movies, and spending time with my family.
well reading of course, but i also like playing video games, jigsaw puzzles, escape rooms and crafting.
Reading is my relaxation and collecting paper and hardback books signed when possible is my hobby
I won’t read them just keep in immaculate condition x
I love cooking, and woodworking. My wife has only had to make dinner maybe…30 times in the past 10 years. Lol
Reading is what I do to just relax, but I absolutely love to travel and experience new places. Researching and planning trips is just as much fun as the travel itself, and luckily my family are good sports and seem to enjoy our adventures. I always include something cultural/educational (pasta making class in Italy) and something adventurous (cage diving with sharks in Hawaii). Memories are my favorite thing to collect!
I love gardening. My garden is happy place. In the winter my she shed is my happy place where I can read and do puzzles
Reading or binge watching my favorite shows is my go to. I am a person who is very happy to stay home so not many hobbies really.
Reading is such a relaxing hobby. Its peaceful but yet exciting. Doing things, going places but most importantly meeting people. Okay so they are imaginary people but yet when I read It gives me a feeling of being there, enjoying the things they do. Oh and I do enjoy Thrifting.
I decided this year to plant a small garden and plant some flowers in my backyard. It was so full filling to see my veggies and fruits and flowers bloom and grow. I love to be outside and this gives me a feeling of satisfaction.
I love to write poetry, I have been writing poetry since I was in the fourth grade. It calms and relaxes me. It also helps to get out all my emotions and feelings on paper. I also love to color in my free time, its great to rewind and shut out the outside world for a while.
Other than reading, which is ever and always #1 for me, I’m a crafter (crocheter, to be precise). Working needle and thread or yarn is meditative…plus, bonus, pretty/nice things to gift 🙂 <3
I like painting!! I love taking old pieces of woodwork and painting or restoring them. And of course I enjoy reading. That’s a major hobby of mine as well
I love to craft and create. The last year and a half or so I’ve found my way back to water coloring. I water colored gifts for my family this year and can’t wait to see them opened.
Gardening is my hobby i love to change my flower garden up most years.
I love reading and playing with all of my pets (I have 2 dogs and 3 cats)! I also like to give blood (platelets) and help people!
I love reading almost anything that is well written. I love learning new things-especially about horses. I am training 3 yr old and 4 year old mares. I also really enjoy observing animals and people.
Collecting books! I listen to audiobooks and read ebooks. The physical copies are trophies for my shelves.
Crocheting, crafting, etc
Finished projects make me happy. I have made a baby blanket for all of my nieces, nephews and grandies and they were never ready by the time they were born but we got there eventually!
Besides reading, I love jigsaw puzzles
My hobbies are reading and gardening (flowers only) and both make me happy🙂
Diamond painting and of course reading
I love gardening. I may not be great at it but I enjoy it so much. I suck at keeping any plants alive inside the house though.
I like drawing, painting but I love read books and manga. I love to watch anime too. But I have an other side who likes parashooting / tried once/. :)):)):)):))
I love to garden, to read, to decorate, to raise animals, to hike and even to drink … but I think my passion is probably my biggest hobby and unfortunately it’s my job too … I teach.
My cars, and my photography!
My husband and I are big into classic & muscle cars. He has a 68 Camaro, that was his first car. I have a 69 convertible Camaro that he restored for me. It’s my dream car! We “share” (hint, it’s mine 😂) a 2010 Camaro SS. Those are the biggies.
I am a photographer, have officially been one ever since I got my art degree. I rarely go anywhere without a camera. I photograph our local minor league hockey team, and concerts for 2 different web based publications. I don’t get paid, and I don’t mind because I do it for love of the game / show! For my day job, I’m the school picture day lady, and I love the kiddos! Photography is my life!
Reading is the hobby that makes me happy.
I love to read
My bestie and I love crafting together. We choose each other a different craft each of our birthdays. We paint pottery, make clay figurines have painted canvases and door signs. It’s one of my favorite hobbies ever. Personally I love photography and have made a few scrapbooks or books online. My one hobby I wish I could afford more of is travelling. Love exploring different cultures or states. Especially warmer climates! Thank you so much for this chance ❤️📚
Reading is my favorite hobby. If reading doesn’t count, then doing crafts with my grand daughters would be it.
I love to read, color and do puzzles
Reading is my main hobby, but I also like to learn new recipes, draw & paint. This year I want to take some stained glass art classes.
I’m a pretty mean poker player and of course, I love to read
I love to take pictures, especially of my kiddos and my nieces!
Love to garden and crafting. Making wreaths was my favorite. Was really into craft shows and selling wreaths but my husband’s health declined and I turned into a full time care giver. I lost the joy of crafting. I have tons of beautiful ribbon and craft supplies but I can’t seem to find my passion again. Grieving is a bitch…maybe someday I’ll find the joy again.
My newest hobby that makes me happy is puzzles. I bought a couple nature scenes that were so pretty, now I look for new ones to do all the time. For the past year there has been a puzzle board on my living room table at all times .
Of course reading will always be my #1.
Besides reading, my favorite hobbies in spring, summer, and fall when our Michigan weather cooperates are golfing and cruising in my classic 1967 Ford Mustang Coupe.
I love seeing and painting. I’m terrible at painting, but I love doing it!
*sewing, not seeing 😂
I have 2 which are reading and baking.
Reading, swimmng, baking, gardening and volunteering at my local library
I enjoy refinishing furniture in addition to reading
My hobby is reading, even books with subjects that I don’t always agree with or like. It’s interesting to get a perspective outside my own and I feel like it keeps me from too harsh or judgmental with people whose life experiences may have been vastly different than mine.
I have ADHD so my hyperfocus hobbies change almost quarterly but my biggest hobby that never changes is collecting books. Whether going to book conventions, or signings, or the bookstore, or thrift stores, I am always on the lookout for books I dont have and want.
I know this is hard to believe haha but reading is actually my hobby. That and traveling when time and money permit, but we prefer to travel in the U.S. for now since we like to drive.
I love to crochet and sew!
Reading, puzzles and crocheting.
I love reading. It makes me happy and relaxed.
Reading had been my happy place. My normal hobbies are crafting but I guess in my old age in getting tired of it! I just want to relax and reading is my jam!
My hobby is reading since COVID. Before that, I read occasionally but was addicted to mindless TV. When I had to start working from home during the lockdown for a while I just couldn’t stand the noise of mindless TV anymore. My husband didn’t know who I was cause I mean I watched tv constantly. I started reading more and since then I read and listen to at least 70 books a year if not more. I love these books.
I also love to garden but I’m really bad at it. I just can’t seem to grow anything. Ugh
Reading, Cross stitching, and Coloring
My favorite hobby aside from reading is hiking. I love getting out in the fresh air, the sun on my shoulders and just being for a bit without distractions.
I enjoy reading and gardening as my hobbies
Roller skating! Quads. Outdoors, when possible. Love it.
Aside from reading? lol I don’t really have any hobbies other than reading.
Reading and playing games on my switch. I like being able to escape into another world for a while
reading and collecting stuff to decorate my kindle in😍😍
My favorite hobby is reading. It lets me get away from reality and stress for a while!
I love reading and collecting books. That’s what really makes me happy. It’s a costly affair! My husband (as with many) isn’t always on board with my addiction but I have this need regardless. I also love looking for pens. Every where I go I’m always drifting to pens if I see them. This makes me happy. 😊
My hobbies are all over the place. I like to read, crochet, knit, working on my small hobby farm, making quilts, and doing different things on my silhouette machine.
Reading is my number one hobby, followed by gardening..working in yard, as my back permits
Does reading count? I’ve lost a lot of myself and hobbies since becoming a solo mum, but I still like to bake, crochet and draw when I get the chance. Reading is the only consistent hobby lately though
The only thing extra I have time to do is read. I read a few chapters each night before bed. It helps me wind down from the day!
I am a quilter. I love making quilts, and a variety of other sewn items including bags, table runners, wall hanging. They are like art, everyone is unique and are created with love. I love to make special quilts for my family and closest friends.
My hobby would be painting ceramics.
Hobbies are a little difficult to engage in with two toddlers, but I love reading, and audiobooks make reading more accessible!
Listening to audiobooks while doing EVERYTHING. I also love to cook and try new recipes. And during the season, watching my Chiefs play football.
I guess reading. At least it’s the only one that sticks. And puzzles
My favorite hobby is reading and working on my book blog!
Reading or cross stitch are my happy place x
Is reading to cliché? Hahaha I recently fell in love with reading (this year to be exact). I like reading when I was in high schoolish, but fell into college life thereafter. lol. I also like to craft. It really depends on my mood, but it could be making mini books, painting, sewing and many more. lol.
Making stain glass.
I love making things with my cricut…and i love making jewelry…it makes me calm 🙂
Reading and writing. I love the escape it gives my mind
Reading is #1 – puzzles- pets
Reading is my hobby! But I also love baking.
Entering contests and sweepstakes. I have won dozens of trips hundreds of concert tickets and thousands of T-shirts and gift cards
My hobbies and interests are Rockabilly and Rock and Roll dancing. Listening to music, trying to learn more line dancing at the moment. Reading has always filled the gaps between working full-time and dancing.
Thank you for the opportunity
I love reading doing 5d paintings and spending time with my son. My time is otherwise spent in the hospital taking care of people
My hobby is Baking. Especially with my nephews on Christmas, it became a tradition.
I really don’t have much for hobbies but I spend my time before work watching my 1 and 2 year old grandchildren and that makes me happy, that and reading of coarse
My hubby is reading probably pretty common in this neck of the woods haha and window shopping at all the books I can’t afford ahahha
I guess I can honestly say my one and only hobby that makes me the happiest is listening to my audiobooks. It brings a peace to me that not much else does. I listen while I’m working, driving, at home cleaning, cooking yard work. Listening to books keeps me focused and encouraged to stay busy. I also have chickens and love to go out and take them food, I love cutting up fruits and veggies for them. And like you I enjoy gathering eggs! We have 8 Rhode Island reds and they lay good. And btw did you know they absolutely looooooove eating their egg shells!? I dry the shells out after I break them to use and crush them up, they go for eggshells before any other food!
My first hobby is listening to Audible books. I have listened to all under the JA Huss pen. And I have to say the Sparktopia was well worth the wait!!!! You have a way of creating stories that just suck a person in and leaving her wanting more! I think I listened to the first Sacred Trinity book 4 times in a row, lol. Ok fan girl moment over… 2nd hobby. After my son died by suicide 6 years ago I had all these vases with nothing to do with them. So I researched creative ways to recycle. Now 6 yrs later, I have a ton of painted (on inside of vase) and flower arrangements. I create them for holidays or just because. I pretty much kill any in live plant so the fake is fine with me. The are so colorful and brings me joy by brighten up my home. It’s difficult to find joy in my life after the loss of my son, so these are 2 things I do to help take my mind in positive directions.
My hobby is paper crafting. I love making hand made greeting cards. I also love collecting crafty supplies!
Reading and diamond art is what makes me happy. Also playing with my grandkids.
I love to bake when I have time and the money to do so. Yummy treats to eat while I read.
Reading is my happy hobby!!
Reading, travel, and working in my garden are all hobbies that make me happy.
I love listening to audiobooks. I have also been trying to get 10000 steps everyday. Happy Holidays!
I would have to say reading.
Sewing n crochet 🪡🧶
Without a doubt, reading is my go to hobby. I’m fortunate enough to have a job where I’m able to listen to audiobooks most of my work day. Then I often listen/read in the evenings, and I always listen to an audiobook to go to sleep. I love having my days filled with so many book, definitely a childhood dream come true!
I also enjoy painting, doing diamond art, and random Pinterest crafts that look easy but usually turn out horribly wrong LOL.
My hobbies are reading and spending time with my family at the beach. My ten-year-old daughter and I are currently attempting to learn how to crochet.
I love gardening and picking wild berries and making foods from it all!
In the summer I’m in the garden…flowers, veggies, berries. In the winter it’s quilting, reading and baking.
Reading. Working on my book lists. Adding to my wishlists. Christmas lights and cookies!
Well in the spring it’s gardening in and through the summer. In the winter reading of course and figuring out next year’s garden .
Reading and collecting skeleton keys.
Definitely reading and watching old movies.
Gardening!…
Don’t always know what I’m doing or what I’m growing but I like that, it’s like a surprise to see what appears 😆
And I also like to buy flowers that are near dead to see if I can save them – so far so good!!
I absolutely love singing! It really calms me and the more upbeat songs also get me dancing around! It’s such a fun activity to do!
Crocheting is my all-time favorite hobby. Nothing beats curling up on the couch with a cuppa tea, lots of yarn & true crime shows.
My biggest hobbies are reading and photography.
Reading. Yes, an escape, but something I love. I do occasionally do counted cross stitch, but I associate it with stress. When I’m massively stressed ill pull out my sew box and work a pattern. It allows me to blank my mind and focus.
The farm life sounds great!!
I love to photograph nature. It’s also good exercise with all the walking I do to capture the perfect shot.
Reading, being with my dogs, and crossword puzzles. I also like watching true crime shows and my very secret indulgences are watching The Challenge on MTV and Sister Wives. My husband thinks I am so weird, especially because I still watch The Challenge.
I like to make scrapbooks and homemade cards to send to my friends and family
My resin art is my happy place.
My two favorite hobbies are painting and reading. I relax after work and destress by painting. My travelling back and forth to work and lunch hour walks listening to books. I love your narrators they are the best 🙂 they draw you into the story. Very talented.
Reading, reading, and more reading! Love it!
Reading and baking and cooking for other people
I love to craft. I like painting wood pieces or ceramic pieces. I love to create, so any craft with painting or making cards is fun! I also love to diamond paint. It is so satisfying and calming. I can sit there and let all my cares melt away. I of course, also love reading.
I enjoy traveling, and I’m trying to visit as many of the US National Parks as I can. I also enjoy cooking, playing word games and puzzles, collecting Disney memorabilia, and of course…reading.
I enjoy reading, jigsaw puzzles and gardening.
I find my hobby very fulfilling, though I rarely get paid for it- I answer questions on QUORA ( my main ID is “owned by two cats”) , and I also comment on recent events when I can spare the time.
I really enjoy going to sing Karaoke with my husband. We have so much fun
I love to crochet. My great grandma taught me and I’ve been crocheting for over 40 years. I can crochet anything but my favorite is toys/stuffed animals. Including clothes. I also dabble in embroidery and am always looking for new and interesting projects.
During the summer months I enjoy taking my Harley Freewheeler Tryke out with my hubby on his Harley. I also enjoy reading and watching movies. I enjoy Face time and phone calls with the kids and Grandkids. I enjoy going to local wineries with my Mom and sister.
Knitting, crochet, painting, fiber art, zentangle, journaling & long walks in the woods or on the beach.
I do my own nails, making fun designs on them. It keeps my hands out of the cookie jar so it kills two birds with one stone. 🙂
A hobby that makes me happy is reading.
I love to read and love Goodreads to keep track. I read so many books I lose track of what I have and haven’t read! I used to crochet and might get back into that, but for now I’m just trying to keep up with youth sports and all the big kids school things. 🙂
I make jewelry and plants make me really happy.
Reading or watching mindless videos as well as cuddling with my pets.
I Love Reading and Listening to Audiobooks that is my favourite way to pass the time.
I also love listening to music and watching my favourite Football/soccer team play on TV,also love watching Ice hockey too.
Thankyou so much for the chance. xx
I’m not sure i have hobbies. But on my free time, I enjoy reading. Nice warm bath with a book. Or doing crossword puzzles while a movie plays in the background.
Outside of reading I love to craft
Reading is my favorite happy hobby. Taking my brother’s dog to the park also makes me happy, as does salsa dancing.
I LOVE reading first and foremost. Then anything crafty – scrapbooking, card making, laser cutting, etching, I love it all.
Hobbies, ok I love to get up early and go watch sunrise at the beach. It’s my favorite way to start the day. I love to read & listen to audiobooks. I love to crochet & make up my own patterns on the afaghans. I am learning to quilt now. So far so good. 😊
Sewing/quilting is my hobby. I’m learning how to make journal pages with all the washi tape and stickers and paper mediums. It might become a passion hobby. I love being outside with my Great Pyranees and her five goats.
I love reading, listening to audiobooks, making book content for socials and crocheting
I love reading and puzzles of all kinds.
Definitely reading and listening to audiobooks. Mainly listening to audiobooks because I can listen and work or clean at the same time. Books just make me happy 😊
If I’m by myself. I love to spend time in my shed shed doing anything creative. Coloring, building, puzzles, diamond painting, drawing, wood burning, printing pictures, cutting vinyl and/or writing. But the thing i enjoy the most is what my husband and I do together. We golf. Any day of the week as long as it’s above 53 degrees outside, and we will golf all day. We don’t always have the best scores but the more we play the better we hit and control the ball. It’s a new learning experience everytime.