Welcome to Litsy!

Met my goal 💚

Even with a big tbr pile 📚

I‘m trying not to get more books then I get more books 🤦🏼‍♀️📚

I‘ve told my daughter how to go about this but I still worry 👀📚

It's fascinating to be someone whose two main genres are romance and horror, because the amount of disdain I see going both ways is really shocking. I love to -feel- things when I read, so these two genres go hand in hand to me. Body genre!

My two new bookmarks from Pagewings arrived! The sweater did too, and I can‘t wait to wear it…picture coming soon🤓📚

#26for26 recap

Here are the 6 books I read, I was a few hours short of 26! 😆

✅ 26 pages
✅ 26 chapters
☑️ 21/26 hours

But I did finish 6 books already and I call that a win!!

Thank you so much to everyone who joined in on #12BooksOf2025 and made my first time hosting an event such a huge pleasure. The range of genres has given me some inspiration to widen my reading horizons.

This picture is an accurate representation of the resultant TBR….

Christmas Crime Challenge was so much fun that I wondered if there would be any interest in a longer (but more spread out) crime reading challenge running from Feb-Oct?

It would be BASED ON THE BOARD GAME CLUEDO! 🔎🕯🗡🔧

Tagging participants in the #christmascrimechallenge to gauge interest.

This would be the #cluedocrimechallenge !

If there is interest I will email @ruthiella and start plotting...

I seem to have taken a different to route to most people for the #HolidaySetting prompt in the #Celebrate event. I went for a book set in a place where I am hoping to spend my holiday this year, Sorrento.

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Happy Pub Day!!

@amypeasewrites
@ladyhawkins
#jeanbaptisteandrea
@lauradaveauthor
@gabriellasaab_
@simonandschuster
@stmartinspress
@scribnerbooks
@harpermusebooks
@uplitreads

3 years ago, I started a new job at my local library. I've loved every second of it, and in fact, it has inspired me to go back to school. I'll be starting classes next week to pursue a Master's in Library Science, and I'm very excited.

I've really missed connecting with everyone here on Litsy, and I'm hoping to be a bit more involved this year.

As I said in my previous post, I was largely offline since the beginning of the holidays. Imagine my (un) surprise of 47 acting VERY much like 43. Having watched the excellent One Battle etc last night really hits it home. My playlist for #tuesdaytunes were the songs I was playing at time of the follies of GW:
*Green Day: American Idiot
*Black Sabbath: War Pigs
*Alice In Chains: Rooster
*Pink Floyd: Dogs of War
@tiedyedude

Sexy🤣

4 new holds came in!

I've not started on the colouring in yet, but STICKERS!!!!!!!!! @Branwen and I both have Illumicrate journals to decorate and track our reading 💕💕💕💕

I may have got a little carried away 😅

Happy New Year, dear Littens!
I've been offline for the past fortnight so didn't get to show you my Christmas #bookhaul.
I am properly chuffed with these! 😊
The tree and decorations have all gone back in their box under the stairs now, so it's down to the books to brighten up the post-festive wasteland again.

https://www.etsy.com/uk/listing/1634512019/new-years-resolutions-bookmark-funny?...

I think we all need this bookmark!! 😂📚📖

#Celebrate
Day 4. Has author notes
#HasAuthorNotes

Considering I thought 2025 had been a poor reading year for me, I‘ve actually struggled to narrow this down to three.

My Top 3, I think, are:
- Sea of Tranquility
- Tasting Sunlight
- No Friend To This House

(If I were allowed and top 6, then We Need To Talk About Kevin, Our Man In Havana, and Bonfire of the Vanities would be in there)

Sorry, @Eggs for breaking the rules 🤣

#majicmonday

Me: I overdosed on Challenges last year

Also me: signs up for 10 challenges/events…

#LitsyAtoZ @Texreader
#ChunksterChallenge @Amiable
#FictionalTraveler #MonthlyNonFiction @julieclair
#FurrowedMiddleBrowClub #PersephoneClub @LeahBergen @Ruthiella
#Pantone2026 @Lauredhel
#SeriesLove2026 @Susanita
#192030 @Librarybelle
#Read2026 @DieAReader

“What a year, huh?“
“Lemon, it's January 3rd.“

Here we go again 🫠

#MondayMood
@Deblovestoread

#storygraphshare

https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/graywacke?redirect=true

So my hubby got me these for Christmas it‘s a wallet, crossbody, and phone case that are book stores 📚… I‘m the luckiest because I have an amazing hubby that gets me 🥰📚

What would you do 👀📚📚📚

*Last books of 2025*

Hey Littens! Guess What? I have finished some books for My #BookishMonopoly.

I enjoyed all of these books. Finlay & witchyness... can't go wrong.

As always, feel free to join in with me on my #BookishMonopoly Journey. Everyone is welcome at anytime. I don't do mine month to month. Its just when I feel like playing/reading.

*Should have posted this when I actually finished them.*

Hey Littens. I have finished some books for My #BookishMonopoly.

I enjoyed all of these books. Quicksilver was so so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As always, feel free to join in with me on my #BookishMonopoly Journey. Everyone is welcome at anytime. I don't do mine month to month. Its just when I feel like playing/reading.

This is me on #TheStoryGraph. Same user name, if you'd like to follow/friend me.

Joining the StoryGraph share…

I just started really using it last year.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/mollyanna49

And this is my final couple of hauls before starting my 3 month book buying ban. (More specifically it is a stuff-buying ban... I cannot move around the house for stuff!)

Fortunately, past-Rae preordered a lot of stuff so books are likely to still turn up. Plus I'm allowed to explore Kindle 99p deals so... 😉😉😉😉

Festive #shelfie for those who love books and crystals 💕💕

Ok, I‘ll follow the trend ☺️

If anyone wants me, I‘m TheEllieMo on StoryGraph.

https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/theelliemo

I haven‘t used StoryGraph much, so my stats are completely out of date, but since everyone is sharing their link, here‘s mine:

https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/rubyslippersreads

I use Goodreads for tracking, but will explore StoryGraph more, especially with so many Littens there. 😊

So psyched to see so many Littens joining Storygraph! My handle is the same as my Litsy handle.

Here‘s my #Storygraph account!

https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/cheryl_reads_and_writes

My #Roll100 books for January. Starting with Looking For Group, because I really want to read something cute and romance-y.

@PuddleJumper

I have no idea how the social aspect of Storygraph works but figured I'd jump on the bandwagon. I barely used it last year but plan to prioritize it for 2026.

9 years! I'm so glad I discovered Litsy as it's such a bright spot in my life. 😊

I‘m finally getting around to putting away my Christmas presents and thought I‘d post my haul here. Books are the best presents (okay, Harper was the best present but books are next best).

I‘m back on active #BookspinBingo. Here is my board. My #Bookspin is The Love Songs of W.E.B. Dubois and #Doublespin is Kevin Young‘s poems Night Watch. I‘m gonna get a bingo this month. That rarely happens! @TheAromaofBooks

Will you be stopping by for the first full week of the New Year?

@lorettaellsworth_author
@harperperennial
@amypeasewrites
@atriabooks
@ladyhawkins
@stmartinspress
#jeanbaptisteandrea
@simonandschuster
@lauradaveauthor
@scribnerbooks
@mark.medley
@penguinrandomca

Joining in on showing my #Storygraph profile. Fill free to add me, if you want.

Here's my storygraph. I don't do much with it really.

I‘m on StoryGraph. I saw people on here sharing their accounts so I decided to share mine.

#storygraph

Looks like it's Storygraph day. Here's mine. Follow me, if you want too😊

Saw people sharing their accounts so figured I'd do the same too 😉 https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/coffeedragon

#storygraph #storygraphprofile

#ReadYourKindle

Starting with The Paris Express. Another ARC that I started and set aside.

@CBee

https://app.thestorygraph.com/profile/birdsong_28

I have sent a few friend requests since I saw that some of you were on Story graph please accept me! Or use the above link to add me!

Since this seems to be StoryGraph Day, you can find me there with the same handle.