Welcome to Litsy!

Thank you everyone for all the Birthday wishes!!! I appreciate you all, my bookish family!! ❤️

I don't remember who mentioned BookBuddy+ yesterday, but: Thank you, thank you, thank you!!! 😊
The book tracking app I was using shit the bed with the iOS 17 update 😫

I have a lot of scanning ahead of me, but I did finish the TBR section. How is it that there's 140 books there and yet I always feel like I don't have anything to read?!!! 🤣

I can‘t possibly tag all of the folks who reached out to me yesterday, but please know that you all helped to make a horrible day a little easier. I felt the love and kindness and I‘m so grateful to all of you. Thank you from the bottom of my heart ♥️

Thank you for the tag @Eggs

My loved ones ❤️
Our good health 🙏🏻
Books 📚

If you haven't already been tagged, you're it!

@MatchlessMarie !!! Oh my goodness, my #AllHallowsReadSwap gifts are fabulous! Halloween bark and adorable festive cookies? Yes please! And the books are perfect! Thank you so much for a fantastic swap box!
#AHRS #AllHallowsRead @MaleficentBookDragon

Oh my goodness, @Nessavamusic ! Everything is perfect! That black cat mug!!!!!! 🧡🧡🧡 The adorable towels! Pumpkin spice caramels... I didn't even know they made those... but now I'm addicted. (I may or may not have already eaten several of them.🥴) And the books! Both are way high on my TBR. Thank you SO much for a lovely #HHS #HauntedHollowSwap box. 🧡🎃👻🎃🧡
@wanderinglynn

Thank you for cards, goodies and bookish sticker! I felt very special on my birthday 🥳

Thank you #HauntedHollowSwap participants! 🎃🖤We have reached 100% mailed. 👻🧡

We have 1 week until opening day. So hide those boxes until the 30th. Then please post a photo of your opened box on the 30th and remember to tag me.

Again, thank you everyone and I can‘t wait to see everyone‘s box! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🖤🧡🖤🧡

#HHS #HHS23

My #Book2Book package arrived from you today, @Bookish_Gal ! I love the way you packaged it... so pretty! Thank you for sharing! 🧡
@AllDebooks

Thank you for sharing, @dabbe ! 😃💙
#Book2Book @AllDebooks

#Book2Book mailbox fun! Thank you so much for sharing, @Catsandbooks !
@AllDebooks

Thank you so much for this lovely surprise and kind welcome to #LitsyLove , @AmyG! How very thoughtful. 🥰

Yay! #Book2Book mail! Thank you for sharing, @Soubhiville and @BookwormAHN . 💙
And thanks for hosting this wonderful event, @AllDebooks ! 💙💙

Thank you so much everyone for all the wonderful birthday wishes and gifts! You all helped make this a fantastic birthday! ❤️❤️❤️
@LitsyLove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @dabbe @catiewithac @AmyG @BookwormAHN @ju.ca.no @Deblovestoread @LiseWorks

Thank you so much!! @DinoMom
Im obsessed with the Peppa Pig seal!
I love it all! 😊

Thank you, my friend 💚 Very much looking forward to this one! @AmyG

Thank you, my Litsy buddy @Deifio 😍 I was away travelling and returned home to this lovely card 😘

I lost count of my points, didn‘t get any of the weekly bingos or complete a bingo card in any week, but I read 14 books and that‘s what‘s important!

Thank you @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES for hosting this event, I‘ve really enjoyed taking part

#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge
#WinterReadathon

#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge

20 pts

Total pts - 855

My best present was my $50 gift certificate from Barnes and Noble. I can now buy any books I want!

@Reggie You find the best cards! I will be framing this one just like last year‘s. Thank you so much for my wonderful package. You are so thoughtful. I hope that you are having a lovely holiday. 🎄💕

Thank you so much @CarolynM !! I‘ve been meaning to read this one! 💕💕💕

Cindy, thank you soooooo much for my holiday package!!! What a lovely selection! (And all the extra goodies too!)💕💕 @Cinfhen
I loved ‘The Heart‘ by Maylis de Kerangal, so can‘t wait to read ‘The Cook‘ and Eric Ripert is a huge crush of mine!!! 🥰😘

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @StayCurious thank you both for the gift!! The freshie smells divine - tell AC she did great with these! We‘ll see if I can wait to open the gift 🤔😂

The tree is up and my beautifully wrapped #jolabokaflodswap has arrived, thank you mystery Santa and to @MaleficentBookDragon Chelle for organising! X

Many thanks, @Clwojick and @StayCurious , for the generous surprise! I was thrilled to be a #Scarathlon random prize winner! Now I am all ready for some cozy December reading. 🎃🎄🥰

@robinb @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain You guys!!! Thank you so much for these wonderful gifts…. it honestly takes a Litten, to buy any of us a book!
Example, hubby bought me a cookbook, the same one he bought me last year! 😂🤦‍♀️
This is such a generous, thoughtful community of lovely people… so grateful for you all xxxxxx
You all made such perfect choices, can‘t wait to read them all xxxxxxxx

I apologize to everyone for responding so late, but I want to thank you all for the birthday wishes! They were much appreciated! I was out of town on vacation in Los Angeles and did not have time to check Litsy, so I‘m now playing catch up! And if I missed anyone, it was inadvertent, but please know I thank you!

Thank you all who weighed in on my new blog logo. Your thoughts & comments helped me greatly. 💜
It was a tough choice but I ultimately went with option 3. But with a dark background.

And of course with a new logo, I also redesigned my blog. Come stop by and let me know what you think!

http://wanderinglynn.com/

Big thanks to my friend Jessica @thebluestocking for bookswapping with me for #TOB2022 (Subdivision; I sent her In Concrete) and THEN! She went out of her way and threw in an extra kindness to the 📦 package: an extra book!! From my tbr! THANK YOU 🙏
Feeling blessed and having my admittedly bad mood today uplifted, I just cleaned 🧼🧽 a bathroom 🛁🚽 🤣
Now I am settling down to read some Baldwin and then a few minutes of OCF.

This box of happy arrived from @Bookgoil and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks on behalf of #litsylove. Thank you so very much for bringing some cheer to my day in light of my family‘s recent sadness and worry (my husband‘s Uncle passing after a short battle with pancreatic cancer & my cousin who remains on a ventilator in a struggle with heart failure). It really made me smile on a trying day. I love this group, and thank you so much for the smile! ❤️🥰

Thank you to all the challenge organizers of 2021. You enriched me. #BBRC @LibrarianRyan @Sarahreadstoomuch #Booked2021 @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage #FoodandLit @Texreader @Catsandbooks #ReadingAsia2021 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle #ChildrensClassicRead2021 @TheBookHippie #NewYearWhoDis @BookishBelle #FairytaleReadingChallenge @Charityann #AAM @Soubhiville #Nonfiction2021 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Thank you so much to @Roary47 and @Littlewolf1 for my fantastic gifts for winning the #RoaringWolf October edition! I love everything- book sleeve, coffee cup, charm, and candle. You are too generous. ❤️

Thank you for the cards ladies 😘😘 (my little boy loves your card Kay, he‘s obsessed with vehicles so always points to your card saying ‘van‘ 😆💙)

I sent cards out last week so hopefully you all get them soon 💕

I got a surprise in the mail today. I have some work deadlines to focus on this week, but then I'm tearing into this and am so excited. Thank you so much @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks !!!!! You are the best!!!!

I have a mess on my kitchen island (where I opened your package for #CBBC), but I want to thank you for all of everything! I love love that coffee brand!

I used the candle while doing one of my assignments for school :) @Avanders #coffeebeanbookclub

Heather! This card is just lovely!! So super impressed that you made this 😍😍😍 Thank you for this and the stickers and tea ♥️♥️ @Pageturner1 #litsylove

Thank you to everyone who left a message of condolence after my post. Losing a loved one is one of the hardest things in life. Although I have prior experience with the loss of a parent, in my experience grief isn't really something that goes away but it's a permanent loss that you have to find new ways to live with. Your messages are appreciated.

Just a quick interruption to your lovely days to say an enthusiastic and grateful "Thank you!" for sharing your well wishes, prayers, positive energy, and good vibes for my little medical procedure ?

Things went smoothly and I'm hopeful to have uneventful results from my biopsies within the next few days.

I'm back home now, ready to rest and recuperate ?

Up next: Bingo card! ?

Today was a good day. Caught my rollover to 25,000 and got my first vaccine dose. Thanks to everyone who comments, likes and shares. Litsy is the best!

Thank you @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @TheBookHippie for this birthday package! I got this right before I moved and I was so surprised. Thank you so much! ❤️❤️❤️ #LitsyLove

I just wanted to take a moment to say thank you to my #litsylove family for all of the birthday love that I‘ve received in the past week or so. It‘s been a really rough couple of months and all of the sweet cards, notes, bookmarks and just knowing you all were thinking of me really made my birthday special. I‘m slowly getting reply mail back to you all, I promise! Thank you again! 💚💚💚

@Elizabeth2 Thanks so much for thinking of me and all your nice words of encouragement! As you have noticed, I am on a reading roll and feeling much better in regards to the problem I was having. Your card has enlightened a new spirit into my soul and I thank you for caring enough to reach out to me! I‘m so grateful that our paths have crossed and we can both continue to bless one another with our friendship. Thanks again, my dear friend!
Eadie

Thank you @Come-read-with-me for the lovely cards this holiday season! I know I‘m a little late with the Christmas one, but I really appreciated them, and they absolutely made my day. You‘re the best!❤️ #litsylove

Just want to say thank you to @Andrew65 for keeping all of us going on here this year with his #DailyCheckin and his #readathon s that are easy to complete as they aren't pressured. He has done all of this whilst working in the tough environment of teaching and having all the problems that have been raised along the way. Thank you so much for all your support. ❤️📚📖

Wow! Thank you so much @PurpleyPumpkin for this most creative Christmas gift! I‘m now equipped with all I need for a true outdoor adventure—right in my own living room! Honey cider tea 😋, the coolest Evergreen mug, a scented candle to make me feel like I‘m camping under a beautiful starry night AND a new book to escape into! I so appreciate your thoughtfulness, my dear friend. And I‘m so ready for a getaway from this year as we all are! 🤗❤️🎄

Thank you for the lovely cards @kaysworld1 @squirrelbrain @eraderneely @jenniferw88 @trishb 😘
Hope we can all meet up sometime in 2021

I got a new Christmas card display unit - you like? #dogsoflitsy

Thank you for all the sweet cards!!!! I had a wonderful birthday and y‘all just made it all the better

@ElizaMarie this was so perfect, I had to share it ♥️ Thank you for your kindness and continued friendship, and of course for the card 😁 Love you!

Thank you for the beautiful Holiday Greetings and bookmark @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ! I appreciate you and all you do to make Litsy an engaging and welcoming place! I am enjoying getting to know you! 💕❤️💕

@Eggs Thank you so much for the holiday card and bookmark! I like to match my bookmarks with what I‘m reading, so I will use it when I read my Christmas/winter themed books this month! You are so thoughtful. Thank you for making Litsy a more welcoming and engaging place for me! ❤️❤️❤️