Welcome to Litsy!

There are many things I‘m thankful for (this little pipsqueak being one of them) but over the last few days I‘ve been thinking about how grateful I am to all of the Litsy readers who have introduced me to so many great reads. Would I have read My Friends or Martyr!? Would i have known who Anthony Marra, Rene Denfield or Rebecca Wait were and then chased down their backlist? Nope. I have benefitted so much from being here and I thank you all.

Thank you, Ashley! @BookwormAHN
I loved the library card 😘

Oh my goodness, @TheBookHippie ! What an incredible #WinterWonderlandSwap box! It's like you got inside my head and knew just what I would choose if I were going on a shopping spree! ALL the books, the beautiful journal, the lovely, high quality book sleeve (which also fits my iPad) and the assorted bookmarks... especially the custom made #SundayBuddyRead ones! Love!!! Thank you so very much. 💙💙💙❄️❄️❄️💙💙💙
#WWS @Chrissyreadit @Avanders

I am grateful for so many things this season. But being able to spend it with my family was the very best part. Hubby made me these boyfriend bookmarks. Half are of him and half are of my book boyfriend.
#WinterReadathon #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge
@DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES

The books I received for Christmas (and am thankful for) are:
🌋 A Photographer‘s Guide to Hawai‘i Volcanoes National Park - from my sister
🍴The Edible Woman & A Tale For the Time Being - from my Secret Santa
🌲 A Lancaster County Christmas- from my mom & dad
🐎 Horse - from my husband

#WinterReadathonDailyChallenge
#WinterReadathon

Dec 26th #WinterReadathon #WinterReadathonDailyChallenge

Unsurprisingly December 26th is National Thank You Note Day. For today‘s challenge what part of Christmas Day are you most thankful for, or what present are you most thankful for? If you got them a perfect opportunity to post any books you received for Christmas.

I want to thank @TheBookHippie @AlwaysBeenALoverofBooks and other contributors to #HolidayFriends yesterday 👏👏👏🙌🎅🏼

@CarolynM thank you so very much. This arrived today. I will write to tell you just how timely your card was.
Best wishes to you. Xx May you have a book filled Xmas.

Oh my goodness, @Avanders !! What delightful surprises you included with my #LMPBC book!! You totally made my day! I am now all set for a cozy evening of "reading my socks off" ?... Cute mug for hot chocolate, truffles to savor, and socks to keep my feet toasty! Thank you so very much. ❄️?❄️?❄️

Thank you so much, @BookNAround , for this delightful and generous #AHR #AllHallowsRead swap box! The candy corn tissue wrapping was so cute! And the real candy corn... even better! Yum! And pumpkin Reese's... love it! 🎃 The books are perfect. Venice Sketchbook and A for Aunties we're both high up on my wish list. And Sapiens sounds intriguing... I love non-fiction books about subjects I know little about. Great choice! Many thanks! 🧡🖤🧡

Oh my goodness, @JamieArc ! My #HHS box is perfect! Thank you so much. 🧡🖤🧡 I love the beautiful wrapping. Where did you find such pretty Halloween paper? And the gifts! Oh my! I love the cookbook - the food all looks delicious! I will read some spooky stories tonight. 👻 And you managed to pick one of my most-wanted wish list books. 😃 The puzzle is so fun! Can't wait to get started on it. The tea towel is gorgeous, and will be perfect right ⬇️

Many thanks to @Cinfhen , @alisiakae , and @BarbaraTheBibliophage for the gift certificate I received as my prize for the third quarter of #Booked2022! I had such fun choosing items from my "Bookish Things Wish List". My book puzzle and new reading journal arrived today and I love them both! ???

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks I got my #LDF package today! I love everything. I got my favorite Irish Breakfast tea and Irish Claddagh Ring teacup that says “Love, Loyalty and Friendship.” Got a Book Lover‘s Cookbook and a Laughter for a Woman‘s Soul Book. A Love Tablet, Book Sticky Notes, Thank You Cards, Tissues, Socks, Chocolates and Mints. Wow! Thanks a bunch! Love it!
Eadie

Kimberley - I received your letter today and am blown away by its length and by your willingness to let me into your life - thank you. I've had a pretty terrible few weeks and am now sick myself (NOT Covid), so your letter was MUCH needed and a balm for my soul. Thank you, thank you! @Nute

I was not expecting all this. Thank you @Soubhiville #AuthorAMonth

@Crazeedi Look 👀 what I got today! Love 💕 the stamps and stickers you sent! I cherish your friendship too and hope you enjoy your books! Good idea to send them on for others to enjoy. You can never have too many books 📚 but don‘t tell our husbands!

Thank you so so much @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks you are a beautiful soul 🫂❤ I really appreciate your care. I'm really sorry I still haven't been able to keep up with my #litsylove welcome list. I feel so bad about it 😔 I really hope I can get more stable soon.

Thank you @hissingpotatoes for my lovely card. The boys wanted to see too lol. I really appreciate your kind words. I'm just about managing the menagerie haha and the kids are ill with a cold sadly 😔. They'll love the stickers too though 🫂❤🥰 #litsylove #dogsoflitsy @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Michele, this was such a beautiful surprise. It‘s my very own chemo kit with tote, tea, lotion, socks, a nice warm hat, and so much more. I seriously cried when I opened this. I was going to pack a bag Sunday because I have a long infusion time of 4-6 hours. Now, I don‘t need to. I can just throw my kindle in with this! Thank you so much! Yes, we have many series to still get to, friend! Cindy, I adore the blanket you sent! 👇

Thanks for the lovely card Kay! @kaysworld1 It really cheered me up today!

I hope you are doing OK too. 😘

Thank you so much Trish @TrishB ❤️❤️
I received your beautiful card and book mark today and was completely surprised. It‘s so thoughtful of you , and sums up for me what Litsy is.. a wonderful worldwide tribe of readers and confidants. Happy New Year everyone 😘😘

I appreciate very much all the lovely messages regarding my grandmother‘s passing. I wish every Litten and your families a Merry Christmas and abundant blessings in the New Year ❤️💚❤️

Wesley here- just saying thank you to Mom‘s friends for my super cool opening day outfit! Mom said this place is only for books but I told her it would be fine this once :)

One more post, I promise! Thank you so much @Mynameisacolour for this sweet surprise birthday package. This Golden Girls fan is speechless! Oh, I love everything, especially those crazy Rose Nylund socks. What fun! You‘re the best, Heather 🤗❤️
#litsylove

Just picked up a new batch of mail at my PO Box today and received another wave of beautiful letters and birthday greetings. Wow! Thank you for all the #LitsyLove. I gotta tell you all, my 163 wonderful pen pals, you mean the world to me! 🤗❤️
P.S. I‘m reeeeeeeeeeeally behind now! 😉
@Bookgoil @crazyspine @Deifio @BayouGirl85 @Annie1215 @CaliforniaCay @TheAromaofBooks
And @maich , I adore the Slovenian card! Can‘t wait to show my Mom. 😍

I usually don‘t post this much, but just had to thank everyone for all of your beautiful birthday cards, gifts and messages. My Litsy family of friends ROCK! What a gift you all are to me! 🥰🎁
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheBookHippie @BookwormAHN @aroc @Lovesbooks87 @robinb @iread2much @Stacypatrice @ImperfectCJ @tdrosebud @BookNAround @OriginalCyn620 @PurpleyPumpkin

@JaneyWaneyB Your second pack of bookmarks arrived and I love them all! You have great taste! Thank you for going above and beyond!

Oh wow, Jane, these are brilliant! What a wonderful collection to add to my bookmark stash...I just love all of them! Especially the Back to the Future with a piece of actual film 😍 and the designs by British Book Art. Thank you thank you thank you! 🤗 📚#summerbookmarkswap

So thankful to you Ann @runswithscissors007 for this surprise box and envelope of lovely gifts. Everything thoughtfully selected, even a surprise for my grandson (not in pic). My favorites are the personalized handwritten helpful hints that correspond to pics of poses in the yoga book. I‘m motivated to start practicing. You are so kind to think of me🌹#LitsyLove #neighbors 🇨🇦🇺🇸

took a little break from reading earlier to make this for my window✨ huge shoutout to all the key workers on Litsy and beyond, thank you!👏🏼

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Thanks so much for the #LitsyLove !!! Your stickers are right on time ⏰, I believe I have one sheet left with maybe six stickers on it. 😂 💃you‘re a great friend! 😘

Bunky says a big thank you to the wonderful @wanderinglynn for sending him this lovey box. He just about fits in - although he might need a chiropractor on later life ♥️

Day 18of the #Fallisbooked challenge by @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @OriginalCyn620

#apple - Apples are a sign of appreciation, right? I‘m feeling very appreciated today because I passed 10,000 Litfluence! Thank you all so much, I treasure the friendships I‘ve made on Litsy and enjoy chatting books with you all! 😊

Also, I know this was a bit of a stretch for today‘s prompt... I literally don‘t have one book with an apple on the cover! 🍎

5/5 #BookmarkSwap

Received my last gift from Australia. Thank you very much @LapReader did you make it yourself? It's lovely.

@LibrarianRyan

@Come-read-with-me Your original #BookmarkSwap package arrived today! Very strange that it would have taken so long. Must have been stuck in customs... anyhoo Thank You so very much. I love these bookmarks!

@LibrarianRyan 4/5 Received. 🔖🏷

Wow! 👀Look at all this #LitsyLove that arrived on my birthday. Thank you so much, my sweet Pen Pal Friends. I won‘t be able to fit all your names here, so consider yourself #Litsy-loved and hugged. 🤗❤️ I‘ll be taking my time reading and enjoying each one, so you‘ll hear back from me....eventually.😉

Thanks everyone who gave me encouragement on my training this morning!!! I passed it with no problems!!! I am sore from the physical part, but happy that the written part wasn‘t as tough as I remembered, plus it was open book, so that helped!! Now I am going to relax and maybe get some reading in!!!

Sarah!! Oh my goodness, I'm stunned. You are such a generous friend! Thank you so very much!! I love everything, you know me so well. The cookies! 😊 I haven't opened it yet, but I think most of them made it lol. 💖 Thank you, thank you, thank you. 💖
#PenPalExchange @Beatlefan129

THANK YOU SO MUCH to all my Litsy friends!! 💕 So much #BirthdayMail & #LitsyMail . Littens are the best kind of people. 😊💌 #PoutinePenPals #IHeartSnailMail

💖 @sherryvdh @KarynGood @teebe @LA_Mead @mcctrish @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @throwmeabook @PurpleyPumpkin @BookishTrish 💖

So I caught this number this week! It means so much to me because it‘s a symbol of so many new friendships, of new pen pals, of discovering new books, of sharing nerd love with other proud nerds, of discovering new genres and bookish worlds... and it‘s a symbol of just how much I love you all.

This weekend I‘ll think of a way to thank you all. ❤️

#LitsyWalkers - you made my week! I fought exhaustion & insomnia. This week has been filled with highs and lows.

In June 2018 after a long hike I wound up with plantar fasciitis in my right foot. In Oct I broke my big toe on my left foot. It has been a very frustrating healing process.

This is the most I have been able to walk in months, and I don‘t think I would have attempted it without your support! THANK YOU!! 💜💜💜

@Jess7 I finally got home today from being away over winter break and got your adorable Willow Tree ornament that you sent me!!! It is sooooo cute and describes me so well, “Love of Learning!” Thank you so much for being so incredibly thoughtful! I have some other Willow Trees so this will go wonderful with the others! Again thank you so much and I wish you the happiest 2019! ❤️❤️😘😘⭐️

After my post about bad date I got so many support and kind words from you. Just wanted to thank you all. It means a lot. Can't remember the last time I was part of such a positive enviroment.
I love this community so much. 💕

@LibrarianRyan thank you sooo much for all the #XmasXstitchexchange goodies!!! You really did sooo much and I appreciate all the thought you put into it!! I ADORE the wallet and the book socks! I also can‘t wait to read the books, especially the Cornelia Funke one! I‘m going to read that one with my boys!!I also just heard of Raven Boys earlier this week and am going to read the first one in the series over break so the wallet was sooo timely👇🏾

Thank you so much @ShookBelf for sending my book back to me and for the gifts! The bag is so gorgeous - I absolutely love it! I will send you a little email with a few Edinburgh recommendations once I‘m home tonight! I really enjoy our little book club - it‘s always so interesting to read something I might not have usually picked up! Looking forward to the next round! 💛💖💛

@jhod - I will get your book back to you ASAP! Sorry for taking ages!

Thank you so much @RachelO for brightening my day! That was so thoughtful 😘💛 #jbuk

BIG THANK YOU to everyone for your warm, loving & thoughtful wishes!!! I feel so loved by all of you!!! I had fun celebrating my birthday with my family. And I'm officially 41 years old! 😁

@BarbaraBB @Wonderwoman89 @Librarybelle @AsYouWish @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JessClark78 @Pamwurtzler @Jas16 @DGRachel @robinb @mrp27 @Ddzmini @Purrfectpages @GripLitGrl @Dragon @Cinfhen @TrishB @DarcysMom @merelybookish @Robothugs @julesG

#BirthdayLove

BIG THANK YOU to everyone for your warm, loving & thoughtful wishes!!! I feel so loved by all of you!!! I had fun celebrating my birthday with my family. And I'm officially 41 years old! 😁

@BarbaraBB @Wonderwoman89 @Librarybelle @AsYouWish @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @JessClark78 @Pamwurtzler @Jas16 @DGRachel @robinb @mrp27 @Ddzmini @Purrfectpages @GripLitGrl @Dragon