Welcome to Litsy!

So very late to this party but I decided to finally start filling out my bracket for this year! I‘ve been reading less this year so it was actually kind of difficult to make some picks since I just have less books to choose from, but I feel really good about where I ended up with this so far! Excited to actively participate for the last 2 months of the year 😂

Wishing you a very happy birthday Lynn @Read4life 🎊🎉🎈🎊🎉🎈 We hope you had a wonderful day!

@Litsylovebirthdays22
#LitsyLove
#LitsyLoveBirthdayCrew

#WickedWords completed for November.

I idea was good but the execution was lacking. The characters were flat and the story needed more development. This is the first book in a series and it didn't like enough to read book two. Also, book is not in the database. A high 2 ⭐️ 2.8??

#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65

#Vine

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Still processing the insanity that is our country right now. I'm disappointed that so many people could watch him and think, "Yeah, that guy will be good for us." How on earth do we see this so differently? It is clear that this is not a democracy, this is an oligarchy. I think I'm currently in the anger stage. It will be interesting to see what happens next.

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Vine

Time to get back into swaps signed up for this one and I‘m excited to get started on the package can‘t wait to start @bookish_wookish excited 😊 #littlechristmasswap

My cousin, who lives in Philadelphia, posted this on Facebook this morning. She gave me permission to post it here. It helped me. Thought it might help some of you as well.

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView !
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. As long as I have a book it‘s the ideal scenario for reading 😊

2. I‘ve never been one for “most anticipated”. I try to be content with the book in front of me 😊

Tagging @BarbaraJean @Scochrane26 @Yuki_Onna @Flaneurette @mrp27 @nitalibrarian

#WhatNewWednesday @Read4life @TieDyeDude @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My son is an ultra marathon runner. He has decided to run a 24 hour race that is raising money for people whose homes were destroyed by hurricane Helene in Old Fort. Below is a link if you want to sign up.

https://runsignup.com/Race/NC/OldFort/OldFortStrongEnduranceFestival

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee

Logomachy: A dispute over the meaning of words.

#PoetryMatters @TheSpineView
#Vindictive

#DaysDevotedTo @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#HealthyLifestyle

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. Depends on the time of year. Love to read in the winter on a cold, rainy day. In the summer, I like sitting on the dock.
2. Looking forward to reading Lover Enshrined for #BDBBuddyRead

Play? @bthegood @Sace @Gissy

I am angry and devastated. And I am going to take today to just be angry and sad.

But tomorrow, I will dust myself off and put in the work. Because this is my country too goddamnit, and I refuse to let it be sacrificed on the altar of fascism to a racist, misogynistic, cowardly, traitorous demagogue.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

I almost missed this. Last chance to sign up. @Avanders #StuffedStockingSwap #SSS

I've been quiet here lately for a myriad of reasons but I'm still escaping into books.

Today my goal is this: just keep breathing. Big breaths to calm my system. Just keep breathing.

#Vindictive

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

#DaysDevotedTo

#HealthyLifestyle

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Special edition of #weirdwordwednesday, coming to you from someone in utter disbelief. #weirdwords 💔💔💔

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DAYSDEVOTEDTO
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Today‘s Prompt: HEALTHY LIFESTYLE

Snoodleflooflet

#catsoflitsy #picklescat

You know how the streaming services have a “skip intro” button? I‘d like a “skip next 4 years” button. Please and thank you. 🤦🏻‍♀️

I just cannot believe America has put that man in office. Again.

I will be reading for the foreseeable future. I am a public high school teacher. Please explain to me how I am supposed to teach teenagers to respect others, be kind and do what‘s right.

Election Night in the U.S. is like waiting to get to the final chapter of a book with an unreliable narrator 😬

Happy Wednesday! Happy November! Been thinking about rain and fall bc we had lovely showers throughout the night, and temps in the higher 60s F today!
1* A. Rainy day indoors, reading physical books with a warm drink with classical or jazz 🎶 B. Spring or late fall, in the hammock with the birds singing and breeze blowing with any book format.
2* Teller of Small Fortunes 🔮
#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

Please keep my dad in your thoughts and prayers 🙏🏻 he is in the icu with respiratory failure and on bipap. He has copd really bad and got really sick yesterday morning. This pic was a couple of weeks ago for my birthday. 💙

#LitsyLove

This was perfect for #CalmReadathon …the Emily Dickinson Museum hosted a virtual poetry reading this afternoon and invited Dickinson enthusiasts to read poems by her. Some chose to read original works inspired by Dickinson and others chose to read from other poets. They centered the poetry readings on uncertainty, refuge, and hope. A truly beautiful experience.

I‘m not much of a poetry reader, but I love Dickinson. Highly recommend her work.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Usually sunsets. But where I‘m currently at (Virgin Islands), I‘m getting to enjoy both everyday over the ocean. So beautiful.

2. Current read isn‘t in the database. Thanksgiving in Tokyo. Tokyo, travel, acceptance

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1. I have never sought either out. I honestly don't remember if I've seen one in person 😆

2. I'm deep in Devil's Minion fanfiction right now. I'm reading quite a few that take place right after Armand turns Daniel at the end of season 2. Let old man Daniel get it

#Two4Tuesday

I also came home to some bookmail 🤗 … will be heading out again next week hope I have wi-fi this time 🤣

I got a lovely Halloween greeting ❤️🥳

@Blerdgal_Fenix

I‘m finally off on my 🇨🇦 adventure.

I‘ve completed two of the three ✈️ legs - Melbourne to Sydney to Vancouver and now I‘m waiting for my connecting flight to Calgary.

I‘m so tired 😴

Let's do this!! 💙💙💙

So excited for this year's #WinterGames2024 !
It seems like I'm only on Litsy around Halloween and Christmas for these events LOL. 🥹🤭

Thank you @StayCurious and @LiseWorks for hosting! All signed up! Now to make my TBR!

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DAYSDEVOTEDTO
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Today‘s Prompt: REDHEADS

Yes!! Just signed up! One of my favorite events - Winter Games - is back! Lots of holiday themed fun. Join in, won‘t you?

@StayCurious @LiseWorks #wintergames2024

The first two winners of my “stuff a box” giveaway!! @LeafingThroughLife @Meshell1313
Please send me your address! @Loverofbooks75@gmail. Com 🎈🎊🎉

#LitsyLove

@Bookwormjillk and @dabbe : here are some updated pictures!

My library is still in a transition phase. I have stacks of books in the center of the room as I shuffle books around—I‘m slowly adding shelves and bookcases throughout my house, so it‘s a constant moving of authors and subjects from one area to another. I moved into my house 10 years ago, and I‘m still organizing! 😂 I own thousands of books (not an exaggeration), so it takes time.

Voting for next year's #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead list is now open! It's a great list, and I think it will be hard to choose favorites!

Please follow this link to vote: https://forms.gle/C6y6bxkEhaSrTsGd8

If you would like to vote, select your top 5 choices from the list (links for each book included).

Voting is open through Thursday, November 21st.

The form also includes a space to let me know if you wish to be on the 2025 tag list. Thanks!!

#poetrymatters #villa

Saw this on Facebook. This is so me!!
Can't tell you how often my husband has woken an hour or two after we went to bed and says, "I thought you were only going to read until the end of the chapter." ?
❤️??

I did manage to read one of the four books for #ReadYourKindle and #ReadYourEbooks @CBee in October. I read a second book from my Kindle that was not on my 20 books list.

❤️📖📚

From A Serenade at the Villa by Robert Browning.

#Villa

#PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#DAYSDEVOTEDTO
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

Today‘s Prompt: CANDY

Love gum drops - what about YOU?

18 books read this month. Glad my October was mostly horror books to help with spooky season. Adventurous, Mystery, and Dark. 🧟‍♀️😱🥰💛

Watch Mommy Die was my DNF this month. It just didn‘t flow very well, and not sure why it was so long when most of the story was done in the first 100 pages.