Welcome to Litsy!

1. All parts of my name. Nothing too exciting!
2. Y‘all I just can‘t do it. I wish I could and have tried so many times…I either get distracted and think about something else or get annoyed with their voices. I SO wish this were not the case. 🤦🏻‍♀️
3. People You Meet on Vacation…so-so🧡💚
Fun one @Eggs

This was fun! https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2024/books/best-books-21st-century.html

Bookmory has a Wishlist now!? Great!!!

@BarbaraBB - still happy you introduced me to the app

My #naturalitsymidsummer swap arrived!

@Graciouswarriorprincess so excited!!! 💜

Recieved both boxes! @dabbe @Meshell1313
For #naturallitsymidsummerswap #staycationswap

#TLT @dabbe #ThreeListThursday

86 out of 100💥
1. Shakespeare in Love
2. Shawshank‘s redemption
3. Three Weddings and a Funeral or My Best Friends Wedding or The Pelican Brief or The Full Monty😜. or Silence of the lambs.

My #MayReads!
Here are my stats:
24 Books read
4 Books DNF‘d - not shown

4 Physical or Ebooks
5 Manga
14 Audiobooks
16 books off my physical owned tbr!
Favorites of the month:
5⭐️ Vinland Saga 13, Fragile Sanctuary &
Spy Family 4
4.5⭐️ A Memory Called Empire, Home is Where the Bodies Are & Empire of the Damned

#WondrousWednesday
📖 I have pleasant memories of my visits to school libraries in each stage
:elementary, junior high and HS. I participated in a book clubs. During my elementary school period I visited a beautiful library located in San Juan and I was just in love, impressed🤩

📚Local bookstores, charity store near home, B&N, eBay, BOM, Amazon, subscriptions swaps😂even from Blackwell‘s but I‘m having problems to access the web🤷🏽‍♀️
⬇️

Well my initial thoughts run along the lines of “eww”, “whyyyyyyy?” and “who asked for this?”

Was Amazon giving Elrond the haircut of a business man not enough? THIS IS WHY WE CAN‘T HAVE NICE THINGS - either reboot the original movie or better yet move on to literally any other fantasy book series - there are so many to choose from.

1. 🧑‍🧑‍🧒‍🧒🏡🐾
2.☮️💗😴

Family, shelter, and my fur babies!!🖤
Bring me peace, love, and rest!!🖤
Fun one @Eggs

From a Google search inspired by a post from @Purpleness

This is probably more of a post for January, but I wanted to share some photos of my reading journal. I moved to more physical ways of tracking my reading in 2023 and I think it has enhanced my reading life. I still log books on The StoryGraph for end of the year stats report, but my thoughts on a book go into the journal.

From left to right:
“Title” page
Book reviews and entries format
My star rating system
2024 reading goals
Yearly overview

Just because ❤️

My #bookspin picks for April. Some of these have been on my tbr since January. 🙄
I read 10 books last month, and still no bingo. Maybe because I keep picking up books that aren't on the bookspin list.🙃
@TheAromaofBooks

The Trans Rights Readathon starts today, celebrating trans authors and representation, and to raise funds for and awareness about organizations that support the trans community. I picked out 3 reads to enjoy this week, and look forward to discovering new authors! #TransRightsReadathon #LGBTQIA

I love meeting new authors and @kerryevelynbooks is a real sweetheart. @barkingmadaboutreading introduced me to her and the Coffee Loft series. I just love these sweet romance books however I especially adored Kerry‘s book, “That Thing You Brew”.

I received #bookmail from her today and it is the cutest little package! Thanks @kerryevelynbooks for making this rainy, grey day bright!

I need some book recs! Specifically audios! I got a promotion where I really don't have to interact with people very much at all. I will be able to have my headphones in all day! 😍

Bear‘s Den 🎶🎵🎶 kinda day here #TuesdayTunes

Here is my #MarchTBR for #bookspin #doublespin #bookspinbingo #MangaMarch - my new Readathon! And #Roll100 🍀😁

Here in Perth we have just broken records for the highest temperatures ever in February. Today was a tiny bit cooler so we ventured out to a shopping centre. The books were calling me. Top 2 for grandkids. Next one I‘ve heard about on the radio. The bottom one was going cheap cheap and sounded like a good read. Watching US abc news. Hope the weather not near any of US people.

Went to the neighbouring town today. Bought a rucksack full of chocolate at a factory outlet (they make posh chocolate for export) and came across this little free library in the middle of a town square.

🔎 Hercule Poirot
🔎🔎Veronica Speedwell
🔎🔎🔎Sherlock Holmes

#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

Apologies for being missing in action, & not having responded to posts. Had to take a few weeks away whilst I had a big flare up of my Crohn‘s Disease & the associated pains that made it difficult to focus on sitting & responding to things. Also been dealing with one or two other things. Hopefully back now. Thanks for your understanding and going missing in the middle of a Readathon.
Thanks to those that have sent messages 😍 Litsy is the best

I made these bookmarks for my daughter in law and my grandbaby, while listening to THE NURSE

#ReadYourKindle

@CBee is starting a new challenge to #ReadYourBooks #ReadYourNook #ReadYourKindle so here is my first list from my huge kindle backlog. All of these either start or continue a series so I can double up on my challenges with #SeriesLove24. Checkout her feed to join us.

Thanks for the tag @Eggs
1. Leave my house at least twice, hopefully including some sort of walk, and finish my January reads.
2. Scarlet by Stephen Lawson
3. Accepting and inquiring.

@Cupcake12

Tagging

@TieDyeDude @peaKnit @Bluebird @Amiable

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My #MidWinterSolace scavenger hunt. It was more of a wet week than a cold one so I had to get creative.

Finally posting my #bookspin bingo list for January 2024. Still have a few spaces that I‘m undecided on but I‘ll see if I get through some of the books I‘ve already listed & started

Thought today was Monday so I‘m a day behind in the #hyggechallenge

Soup and sandwiches tasted so good after two weeks of cookies and cheese! #MidWinterSolace

January 2024 #Bookspin
1. We Measure the Earth
2. Doppelgänger
3. The Book of Goose
4. Run Towards
5. Thank You Mr Nixon
6. When We Were Sisters
7. An Immense World
8. A Better Man
9. The Art of Gathering
10. A Small Place
11. Saving Time
12. Love and Drowning
13. H is for Hawk
14. Pure Colour
15. Fruit of the Drunken Tree
16. Crip up the Kitchen
17. Love Enough
18. We Should Not Be Afraid of the Sky
19. Either/Or
20. The Glass Universe

This was a cute Christmas Romance for the Victorian Era. I actually got a full bingo card this month. #ISpyBingoDecember @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks Two Readathons #RushAthon #HolidayRomanceReadathon @peanutnine @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #TeamReindeerGamers #WinterGames

This was a cute story for kids. It fulfilled some bingo spots. #ISpyBingoDecember @Clwojick @TheAromaofBooks #CandyLandReathathon @Catsandbooks #CozyReadBingo @PuddleJumper #DashingDecemberReadathon #RushAthon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES

Arrived today!!! It‘s not marked, but I am guessing #jolabokaflodswap. 🤍🎉

We got it!
@MaleficentBookDragon #jolabokaflod

I have some days off at the end of the year. What should I read? Hit me with suggestions, please. 🫵🏻

#JolabokaflodSwap23 shipped!!! 💚🎄❤️ ETA Monday!

My #Yuleswap package arrived thank you @Born.A.Reader I can‘t wait to see what you got me. And thank you @BookwormAHN and @wanderinglynn for hosting.

@MaleficentBookDragon my #Jolabokaflodswap is being sent via amazon and will arrive in two packages. Thanks for putting this swap together every year!

A #WhiteStack from my TBR

#DecemberDreams

My complete December TBR 🎄

@Julsmarshall @katiekat311 @Bookworm54 @AmandaBlaze @tdrosebud @Coueriamb @Sarahreadstoomuch @RedxoHearts

#RestingGrinchFace #WinterGames

Enjoying a hot cup of peppermint vanilla tea 🫖 ☕️ while I choose the books for the Popsugar 2024 Reading Challenge.

PosiTEA message of the night:
“Trust creates peace.”

Have a great night, everyone! 😃

Spread the love. Help each other crawl out of their hole.
Have a great day! 😃
#thinkpositivebepositive #love #loveeachother #crawlout
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#humbleharvest #family #day27
Row 1:Frank,Robert,me,Poe,Em-our family
Row2:Robert,Frank,nephew Anthony,me,us,Frank‘s sisters, Frank & Robert
Row3:Robert,Frank,me,R‘s cousins,my sister,brother-in-law
Row4:sibs & 1 in-law,3 sisters& me,mom, me,7 sibs(dad cooking)as teens/kids

Sorry if I‘ve been MIA. October was a busy month: Prepping for vacation, working, 3 birthday parties, 2 nephews soccer seasons, knitting group, the Actual vacation (loved DC), the downside of unpacking/shopping/laundry post vacation, and hockey season started. (Season tickets. Yes hockey. In south Louisiana. . 😍. Finally have a team after 21 years). Here‘s my books read this month. All 15 of them 😱. Here‘s to a quieter November

Last photo prompt!!! I hope everyone had a great one!!!🧡🖤 #scarathlon #hhc

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdmlwTZhimnpp8m1oEETyMCIsDbgBK3JwuKu0TD...
#wintergames
Missed it last year so excited for this one! 🎄🎅🏻 @Clwojick @StayCurious

Forgot to post this earlier, but @DeeLew your pkg. is on the way! #HHS @wanderinglynn

My #hhs23 package is on its way 🍃 I had lots of fun shopping and I hope everything is great! The post office says it‘s due to arrive Monday. Thanks for organizing, @wanderinglynn #hauntedhallowswap 🤗