Welcome to Litsy!

Very stormy Thursday-thunder, lightening, wind, rain, flash flood warnings & my power is off for the 2nd time today…😬 So let‘s start thinking about joy because it‘s out there!

Post your list of 5 things big or small that gave you joy with the #5JoysFriday & tag me. Tag others to join in the joy & use the background graphic as you like or use your own.

Tagging some friends to get things started, but as always, everyone is welcome to join in! 🤗

#TLT #Threelistthursday @dabbe

I got 17% this week!

3 favorites:

The Great Gasby
Henry VI
Jane Erye

My #bookspin plan for February! @TheAromaofBooks

Is anyone else on Tome books?? I‘m trying to figure it out! If you join give me a follow 💛📚

#LitsyLove

https://tomebooks.com/profileTab?

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe (Thanks for the tag!)

38/100 this time, most of which I read post-schooling. At one point, my favorite authors were Ernest Hemingway and Charles Dickens.

Faves:
1. The Haunting of Hill House
2. Housekeeping (although I prefer her Gilead)
3. Kafka on the Shore

We‘ve gotten some answers and some more pieces of the puzzle. I‘m curious where book five will take us.

#BookSpinBingo #readyourebooks #SeriesLove2025

#poetrymatters #wane
@TheSpineView

#Wane #PoetryMatters

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

THOU SHALL NOT PASS!!!!!

#catsoflitsy #picklescat

#ReadYourKindle #February

@CBee

#Roll100 #BOTMEdition

@PuddleJumper

#Roll100 #NonfictionEdition

@PuddleJumper

#BookspinBingo.

Keeping the same plan for February. Loosy goosy seems to be working.

@TheAromaofBooks

#25Alive
Day 24. Positivity
#Positivity

My sister-in-law gifted this book to me, and rest assured, next time this author writes a book, I will buy it on my own!

This complicated love story takes place in the deaf community. The author did a great job representing this community and put anything said in ASL in italics.

Scarlett finds herself in a love triangle between life-long friend Lorenzo and practically perfect Eli (I'm team Eli).

But things get twisty...

This was really good!

#Wand #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

The Towles novella is not in Litsy database. It‘s funny and clever, greatly enhanced by its narrator John Lithgow. Roach has her moments too…🤗😅

#Laughter #25Alive

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#25alive #laughter

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#25ALIVE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: LAUGH

A random, happy person!!

Joining in the love for February?

@Eggs

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#25alive #hope

#TuesdayTunes

My positive action today is building a resistance playlist because music always helps. Hit me with your favorites, as many as you got.

https://youtu.be/OIT0ucf_gys?si=5kBZiNOsZWHljNJ2

Link is to The Killers Land of the Free video. Not an easy watch but important.

@TieDyeDude

February #Bookspinbingo list. I can't believe January is almost over!
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks for always hosting

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=dzNvk80XY9s

#Favenewsong not new, but new to me 💫

Makes me think of my Daddy 💔

#25Alive

Sorry, I know this should not be a political space but please see Oregon senator Ron Wyden‘s post about Medicaid, etc. I was going to get rid of Meta because MZ but maybe I need to keep it as a place to express my anger. I promise to stay away from politics here in the future.

It's all about Dragons this month at #TBRTheBookwormRevolution. We are an inclusive group focused around our joy of reading. The game is just for fun -- the focus is building each other up, recommending wonderful reads, and having fun together. Read what you want and get a little serotonin boost for accomplishing your TBR goals.

FB: https://www.facebook.com/groups/305352682528691/?ref=share&mibextid=NSMWBT
Discord: https://discord.gg/qy7Skr5v

https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m0027f48

On tonight!!

Excerpt

#Walnut #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Monday was hard on so many levels, and I flaked on #MentalHealthMonday .

1. I‘m here—that‘s probably the best thing to say. But, the lack of doomscrolling has made more time for reading and cat cuddles!
2. Self-help books are usually not for me. I get very discouraged with them, and it‘s wonderful they help so many people. While not necessarily self help, and not about mental health, I always recommend “Maybe You Should Talk To Someone” by ⬇️⬇️

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#25ALIVE
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: HOPE

Happy Pub Day!!

@katiewritesmystery
@jennifercoburnbooks
@kirajanewrites

#25Alive
Day 22. Celebrate
#Celebrate

#25Alive
Day 21. Fave winter food
#FaveWinterFood
Gotta give some love to tomato soup.

Not in the Litsy database. “Nachwasser“ is a new word creation by Frieda Paris, and could be translated as “AfterWater“. It's a long poem and it's deeply impressive. The way Paris uses words, creates new ones and evokes pictures and emotion is unforgettable. At least to me. It took me some time to get used to the style, but it was so worth it. There must be so much time and work put into this poem and it shows.

And then there was today‘s #bookmail - a hard copy of the Hoffer for my personal library project, and the Arendt inspired by (in addition to, well, everything) reading We Are Free to Change the World.

Seriously, I have a problem. And it‘s not enough bookcases.

Got bookmail from J. D. Barker today! If you haven't read him, you are missing a great writer.

#bookmail

Arguments aren‘t fun, but the apologies are best! 😂
I‘ve been reading so much non fiction these days this will do me very good. I miss reading stories!! Just because!!

Although I already started and confused how it‘s going from a narrator to 1st person pov and back to narrator again.

https://youtu.be/Up09ywcvGYQ?feature=shared

Building my 2025 TBR video 😊

February #Roll100

Audiobooks
Ebooks/Physical books

My goal is to finish 3.

#WeeklyFavorites

Here‘s the February #WeeklyFavorites template. All are welcome to join. Fill it out weekly, at the end of the month, skip weeks, etc. Whatever works for you.

If you‘d like to be added or removed from the tag list just let me know.

@Deblovestoread @kelli7990 @LeeRHarry @Crazeedi @dabbe @AmyG @kspenmoll @BarbaraBB @willaful @CoverToCoverGirl @sblbooks @ImperfectCJ Thanks for playing along with me!! 💙💙💙

#WeeklyForecast

I love this entire album, but this song is so beautiful.

https://youtu.be/FZAG1Qk9MhE?si=z23WvTxxu9M4oUSN

#25alive #favenewsong @eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Two week #BookReport & #WeeklyForecast

📚 Finished
Winter‘s Tale ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Small Favors ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Chocolat ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
A Stir of Echoes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

📖 In Progress
The Dark Descent - Picked up where I left off. Read three stories. On page 532.

📚 Next Up
Deep

One of my reading buddies needs some extra thoughts, please!

Xander had his yearly cardiology appointment today—for those of you who do not know, Xander was born with a heart defect and will always have a heart murmur.

We got tough news today: two of his heart chambers has more fluid than they should. He‘s not in the danger “zone,” but his condition has been now moved to the stage preceding danger. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

I hate to pick favorites, but I think I‘d have to say this is my #favenewsong!

#25alive

#Wallet #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

#FaveNewSong

#25Alive

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#25Alive
Day 20. Fave winter drink
#FaveWinterDrink
Hot Chocolate 💜

#Sharreadathon was a great time to honor @sharread and remember the wonderful person she was.