Welcome to Litsy!

Thank you all so much! 😘😘😘

@squirrelbrain - love the book, perfect choice. You know me so well.🤣🤣
@robinb - wonderful print, I'll frame it.
@gradcat - I love cooking, was already browsing through the book and cards this morning
@Cathythoughts - my dear birthday twin, Happy Birthday to you! Great book!
@scripturient - Thanks! 🤣🤣 looking forward to reading the book.

#BookMail - a surprise box based on my Goodreads lists

😁I want to thank everyone who has wished me happy birthday and all the wonderful members of the #jb group and other littens who have sent me cards and other wonderful goodies for not only my birthday but just because. Thank you so much for your warmth and kindness!!! I love you all! 💗 Litsy is a great place and I‘m so lucky to have connected with so many wonderful people here & made so many real friends. (I hope I didn‘t miss anyone🤭)

It took forever but I've come up with my list! Mostly YA because a lot of my adult book authors either aren't coming out with a book or they just don't want me to know about it yet 🤷‍♀️ Whatever.
Some of these I have galleys for, but I may not get to them before the new year
Happy 40 @LibrarianRyan #40in2019TBR

Happy birthday to @LibrarianRyan - thank you so much for making this amazing giveaway part of your celebration! I had so much fun making my #40in2019TBR list! I‘ve never sat down & done a reading list for a whole year with only pre-release reviews before & I sort of thought it would be hard to track down 40 I was excited about, but turns out it was super hard to limit it to just 40! Off to fill out the googledoc now so you can read this properly.

Take 2 since I'm not so good at following instructions. This was hard! #40in2019TBR
Happy birthday and thanks for letting me try again @LibrarianRyan !

What a fun challenge. Happy birthday @LibrarianRyan and thank you for such a generous giveaway! #40in2019TBR

Early Happy Birthday to @LibrarianRyan ! Making this list was really fun! I decided to pick 30 for me and 10 that I want to read with the boys. Now, I'm off to fill out that Google form. #40in2019TBR

There is still plenty of time to enter. I do not have the google form set up to send a read receipt for privacy reasons.

If you are tagged below I have your google form. If you are tagged in the comments there is a problem. Want to join the fun, feel free. More info on the original post.

I will be making a master list of all the entries for everyone later.

#40in2019TBR

Happy Birthday @LibrarianRyan 🎉 🎂
I hope you have a good one.
And thanks for the fun #giveaway.
Here is my #40in2019TBR
It was tough going after 30, I finally picked 40. Sone if these I'm really looking forward to.

Darn it! I just noticed a duplicate. I need one more. Any suggestions?

Happy 40th Birthday! @LibrarianRyan 🎂🍰🥂
Here‘s my #40in2019TBR ..... This was so much fun !
What a fantastic and generous idea! 👍💕

It was so hard to come up with 40 upcoming books in 2019, but I did it! #40in2019TBR

Thanks for doing this really fun and generous giveaway @LibrarianRyan 👏 and happy (early) birthday! 🎉

I'm stuck with my #40in2019TBR at 25. What else is coming out next year that looks good?
@LibrarianRyan Happy Birthday BTW. 🎂

Just entered the #40in2019TBR sponsored by @LibrarianRyan !!! Super excited for all 40 of my picks- and I just think this is a great #giveaway idea!!! Happy Almost Birthday!!!! This brightened up my first day back at work!!

Thank you all my Litsy friends for the birthday wishes! Thought i'd share some of my bookish gifts & pics from the day. I love the t-shirt from my hubs. Excited about my new books too!

Today my oldest child turns 40. My grandma used to say she never felt old until she realized she had a 40 year old son. I dunno—I still feel pretty young, even if I don‘t look so. Happy Birthday Matt!

Thank you for all of the wonderful birthday wishes! And a huge thank you to everyone who entered #TheBig40Giveaway! It was inspiring to see the advice everyone had for their 40-year-old selves, and my TBR runneth over with new book recs. Litsy is truly the best community!

And without further ado...Congratulations to @niftytiffd for winning the giveaway!

What a great birthday celebration Litsy style!!! My advice: DON‘T SWEAT THE SMALL STUFF!! Life is too short to worry about the house being spotless, a coworker‘s bad attitude, the kids looking perfect or (and this is a BIG one) what may or may not happen with things that are out of your control. Life is too short for trivial worry and self loathing. Happy 40th!!!!! 🍾🎂🎉🎁🎊🎈 #thebig40giveaway

Happy birthday @TheWordJar ?? Hope you have a great one! Favorite books are so hard to pick. I usually go with To Kill a Mockingbird because I really do love it!! Advice to myself in the not so distant future is to let it go. I'm a dweller, so there will always be an "it" to let go. #thebig40giveaway

I‘m pretty excited to turn 40 this week, so let‘s celebrate with a giveaway! To enter, create a post tagging your favorite book, and offer some advice to your 40-year-old self, whether that self is in the past, present, or future. Use #TheBig40Giveaway and tag me! Winner chosen by random drawing and will receive a $40 GC to your favorite online bookstore (Amazon, BN, Book Outlet, etc.). International OK! Enter by 1/28, 10 pm (CST). Good luck!

Just wanted to drop in for a minute to thank @Captivatedbybooks and @dariazeoli for the thoughtful birthday cards!! ☺️ I‘m using them as an excuse to start celebrating early! And on that note, stay tuned...I hope to post a little birthday giveaway later today!! 🎉🎉🎉