Welcome to Litsy!

2025 was meh, BUT a huge win was discovering my ❤️ of hockey after attending a game. It‘s become my whole personality &sorry to my friends who now know more than they ever thought they would about 🏒 . Imagine my pure delight when I discovered this 📖 in the fall bc Ngozi was on the author list for Yall fest. She VERY quickly became my “must see author”. This 📖 is SO cute! Heartstopper, but make it hockey 🏒don‘t skip on the tweets at the end 🤣

Check, Please! series by Ngozi Ukazu: Pie, Hockey, & allowing yourself to be who you are

The Raven Boys series by Maggie Stifevater
“Ronan Lynch—dreamer of dreams, fighter of men, skipper of classes.“
“This is what you get, Maura, for using your DNA to make a baby,”
“Adam was his son‘s friend, & so he had inherent worth.“

Frontier Magic series by Patricia C. Wrede: Eff learns her own magic & her own way & she is not cursed

(2018) It's a web comic about a college hockey team. It's cute, humorous, and sometimes affecting. Also a target of book bans because gay characters exist; or maybe because they sometimes say the F-word. So, trigger warning for potty mouth I guess but if you can get over that it's great fun.

Read #BannedBooks !

Do you ever just cry because of Jack "110%" Zimmermann???? God, so many good developments and story expansions and smooches and TEAMMATES. I CRY. ? #yalit #graphicnovel #reread

This was lovely, I enjoyed it far more than I expected to enjoy a webcomic (no I didn't know what that was either, Google it) about college ice hockey. The characters are very likeable, and the friendships between them are very sweet.

#ReadHarder challenges 2&3: a completed webcomic; and a graphic novel/comic/manga if you haven‘t before; or read one that is a different genre than you normally read.

I remember reading the webcomic in University then I just stopped. It was fun to get back into it.

Book 68 of the year. Plus I earned another achievement for the Kindle Summer Reading Challenge.

Former figure skater turned college hockey player, Bitty vlogs and tweets his way through college life as a gay, pie baking fiend and life with his hockey bros. I thought this was a good story of college life and athletes. Another popular book in the challenged books saga.

4.5/5 ⭐️ Such a cute graphic novel that brought back wonderful college memories of watching our school hockey games with my friends!
#bookspinbingo

Still have so much love for this book on my second read.

This scene (from the bonus bits at the back) reminds me of the America‘s Ass jokes in Avengers : Endgame

Anyway this is my April #DoubleSpin!

(Regular) flu vaccine time...

Everything ran so smoothly I didn‘t actually have time to read 😉

Baby I can see your HALO 🎶

Ahhh, those slow burning sparks are starting to burn

Has a Canadian, where hockey's our cult, I saw myself laughing at every single one of the hockey references. I've spent my childhood at the arena and it was so fun to see that in a story. The romance was adorable but, my favorite parts were the explanation of hockey terminology because they are 100% true!

Loved this comic - so much so I went and read the webcomic to finish the story and I have added it to things I will treat myself to when I have spare money! This volume is the first two years of uni told from the point of view of Bitty - a gay, baking loving, ice-hockey player, history major. It‘s about growing up - finding yourself, your friends and your way. A warm and cosy hug of a book.

I want Bitty to be my bestie 😍 @Bookgoil this one was great too! Have you read the 2nd?

I loved this sweet story about a queer ice skater turned hockey player vlogging his way through his freshman year of college. I‘ll be picking up the next in the series for sure!

#readingqueerauthors2020
#readingauthorsofcolor2020

This was really cute and fun. I like how the author differentiated all the guys on the hockey team. Loved the main character Bitty, a short player on the team who also loves baking and social media. The fact that he is gay is not a central part of the book but his teammates are all cool when he comes out to them, which is awesome. I‘ll have to read the hard copy some day so I can appreciate the illustrations at their full size. Will def read #2!

A fast and cute graphic novel. I appreciated all the baking comments.

After grandpa died in 2018, this little graphic novel about a baking hockey player helped me escape the real world for just a little while.

1. We Didn't Start the Fire by Billy Joel - enjoy the throwback video. https://youtu.be/eFTLKWw542g

2. Audiobooks since I'm reluctantly back in the office full time. I got used to reading more at home.

@britt_reads @bthegood @HOTPock3tt Want to play?
Thanks for the tag @Cosmos_Moon #ThankfulThursday

Today‘s bookmail - included these graphic novels... they were recommended to me on Instagram so fingers crossed that they‘re great!

This book was amazing! There was so much plot to it and I am very happy that I read this book! I would recommend this to someone who likes realistic fiction.
#realisticfiction

This book showed friendships being formed as they learned to work together as a hockey team. I also loved that it has an LGBTQ main character. I am starting to enjoy reading graphic novels a genre I don‘t read a lot of. Currently reading the next book Check Please 2!

#BBRC Yeah Baby Go Team!

I'm at a virtual conference (ie attending from my couch) and decided to finally try this. And well, I finished. So yay!

Day 7 of #7days7books that changed me or left a strong impression.

Chocolate chip pancakes, tea, and Check, Please!

As I seem to find myself in a Henry Bemis-style situation of having the time to read but not the ability (my brain just refuses to concentrate on anything longer than about 5 minutes), I finally got around to listing my favorites reads of 2019. These are my top 3, the first two tied for first place and I refuse to choose between them. I‘ll put up my full list in the next post, just in case it helps someone else find a new title to start.

I really should read reviews before starting a book. I seem to find books that look interesting and then find out they are LGBTQ.
I loved this image of him getting checked.

I grew up in MN where hockey is big and taught in southern MN for 6 years. Not exactly what I was expecting out of this book but that happens.

Such a fun comic about hockey bros, being accepted for who you are, growing up, and learning to let others in. The cast of characters is so fun and often surprising and it's fantastic to see an LBGTQ main character where that is clearly displayed as a piece of his identity but the only piece of who he is. Now to find out if book 2 is out yet! :)

Hits close to home, while coming out was easy for me other times it‘s not. Every time I mention my fiancé, it‘s always assume I‘m talking about a man. Sometimes I don‘t correct people for fear that they are anti homosexuality, while this may be wrong I have been treated unfairly in the past . The world is a lot more open now it is still scary to show your true self. Im trying to read more #lgbt books this year and try to stand up for my truth

Second read of February . I‘m starting to sprinkle in some graphic novels in my reading to mix things up and I‘m trying to make them meaningful ones. I loved the Premise of this one having 2 gay character who are on the hockey team. It‘s a love story of hockey, baking, and of course between teammates. I can‘t wait to read the next one. Satisfied 2 challenges : #popsugar #involvingsocislmedia #readingwithmaja #lovestory

Hoping I get some reading done on this flight in between my work that I Have to do. I have 3 books and 1 audiobook to keep me company during this flight. This book fits for #februaryfeels for #crush. I smiled when I saw this book at my library because it‘s been on my tbr and fits with me trying to read more graphic novels and #lgbtreads. #reallyrandomfebruary

This was the breakdown for my reading total in 2019. Hopefully I‘ll have time to post my favorites before the end of the week! (The tagged book was my absolute favorite.)

[#GraphicNovelReview] Check, Please: Book 1 #Hockey by Ngozi Ukazu! This is one of the cutest graphic novels I‘ve ever read and I‘m in love with it. If you‘re in the mood for a cute story about a gay college hockey player who loves to bake and has a crush on a teammate this is the one to pick up! 📖🏒🥧

https://heathersreadinghideaway.blogspot.com/2019/11/graphic-novel-review-check-...

This week's #libraryloot:
Check, Please!, Ngozi Ukazu;
Small Town Hearts, Lillie Vale;
Inspection, Josh Malerman; and
The Left Hand of Darkness, Ursula K. Le Guin.

Finished this afternoon. A very cute read 💕

This was a super cute comic about a vlogger, figure skater turned hockey player named Eric and his first couple of years at college. He happens to be gay and loves to bake. Super adorable. You get the camaraderie, the house life, the parties, the bro-life, the fights, the hockey. Good for cleansing the palette. Thanks again @quietjenn for the book!!!

4.5 stars - a great GN that helped me understand a little more hockey lingo and had a great storyline. I like that Bittle is a vlogger and was praised for his amazing cooking. A great GN that I will recommend for others to check out!
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

💙💙💙💙💙

I adored this! So funny and amazing and romantic.... 😍 I want the next volume ASAP.

I liked the illustrations but the story was very “meh”. I was bored with the “vlogging” sections and the supporting characters. I ended up skipping through a lot of the pages toward the middle. People love this book but I just wasn‘t into it.

Well, that was a no brainer and so... so.. predicable from me. 🤣🤣🤣
#marchintothe70s #wearethechampions
@Cinfhen @Lizpixie

Well. I can't believe I read a comic book about hockey (and pies, and boys in love), but here we are. It was cute. It was funny. It was occasionally kinda heartbreaking too. The way the story was told made it slightly hard to follow, many major events were only told afterwards. But I will be continuing with this story, whenever the next book comes out. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

1. Earthsea Quartet, 84 Charing Cross Street, Anne of Green Gables
2. We were supposed to go skiing but there‘s a storm so we had to cancel. It was gonna be the boys‘ (and my) first ski class. ❄️ 🎿
4. I can shush noisy kids with a glare
5. 👋

#friyayintro

Ngozi Ukazu (above) initially created a webcomic about Bitty, a former figure skater who plays on a college hockey team. He‘s also gay, a vlogger, has a passion for baking pies, & says goodness gracious rather than swearing. His teammates‘ language is more along the lines of getting “bitch-ass shitfaced.” And yet. There‘s true teamwork, on & off the ice. I love the relationships & the uplifting mix of realism & idealism. #LGBTQ #graphicnovel

Shitty: People just come out to me all the fucking time. Fuck you not—sophomore year? Five different people came out to me in a week.
Bits: No!
Shitty: I thought I had a goddamn sign taped to my back that said “Will affirm all sexual identities.”

The dialogue and interactions between the characters in this graphic novel is realistic. And entertaining.