Welcome to Litsy!

@Come-read-with-me i love hearing about the connections between Littens! I'm sorry you'll miss your train buddy, but glad you made a good friend and congrats to @rather_be_reading on your new job!

Like many, I discovered Litsy from a BookRiot article. I had an account for a few months until I finally started really using it, and it's been such a bright spot ever since. 💗💗💗

I have decided to write a short story anthology as a way of easing into writing a novel. So far, I have a short story called 'The Echo Chamber' in mind. I could use some ideas for more short stories! Feel free to drop some ideas so I can see what I can make of them!

Thanks @Arvena for the tag!

1. My sisters are big readers. My love for reading comes from my mother and grandmother. They recommended some of my very favorite books to me.

2. I‘m happy to share books with my sisters, but 90% of my books come from the library. I have access to an excellent library system!

#Two4Tuesday

@TheSpineView

@Come-read-with-me is hosting a giveaway!

I read about Litsy on a Buzzfeed books group post on Facebook 3 years ago. I created an account within 5 minutes and reading has never been the same.

Congrats @rather_be_reading on your new job. I love this celebration of friendship! #strangersonatrain

1. My brother gifted me the first 3 Harry Potter books after I watched the Sorcerer‘s Stone movie and loved it. He continued to gift me the books as they were being released and we‘ve been bonding over books ever since.

2. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafón. I am now obsessed with the series!

3. Anna Karenina

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Poorly lit, but my #Blitsy swap went into the mail today!!! It was kind of exciting going to the post office - I actually got to interact with people on a non-digital platform!!! @Chelleo

❤️ I used to share books with my Mum! After she had a stroke I would choose books we both wanted to read and read them to her ❤️❤️ If someone attempts to even touch my books they lose an arm! Who do you share books with @readordierachel , @johncadams , @AmyK1 , and @hes7 ? Thanks for the tag @Eggs

YES! TAKE ALL OF MY MONEY!!!

https://themillions.com/2021/01/most-anticipated-the-great-first-half-2021-book-...

My brother wants to get a kindle - any recommendations? I prefer physical books so I don‘t know how to guide him. Thanks in advance for any leads!

#BFC21 Week 1

I read in print for at least one hour and tracked my food for 5 out of 7 days. I was sort of still holidaying last weekend.

I drank more water and ate no candy for 6 out of 7 days.

I‘m thinking about adding an earlier to bed goal for the weeknights, but not sure.

1. Contemporary Romance by a mile, but I also enjoy suspense/thriller
2. Other bookish items - especially knickknacks
3. Either.
4. I don‘t have a lot of cultural items so I‘m pretty open here.
5. Either!

Thanks for the Q‘s @riversong153 #BHMS #BlitsyHistoryMonth #BlitsySwap

For the week:

Finished 2/7 books - one for #lmpbc and one for #newyearwhodis
Rode the exercise bike 5/4 days
Walked 7.1 out of 10 miles

Need to up my walking but it is January in NY and I hate the cold! Lol
Also thinking of adding a food goal but need to give it some thought.

Overall, happy with my progress.
#bfc21 @wanderinglynn

This article really resonated with me. In 2020, I was way too focused on beating my #goodreads challenge than actually enjoying reading, and so I ended up reading a lot of novels that were cheap eBooks and not necessarily very interesting to me (a few romance novels come to mind - not my type at all).

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2021/jan/08/a-year-of-reading-dangerously-in-2...

Went to the library today since it‘s supposed to be crap weather this weekend.

YAY I've seen so many #BookSpinBingo posts but hadn't been able to find it until now. Happy for an additional challenge! 😈 Here's my list of 20. @TheAromaofBooks

Just because...

Take care of yourselves today. Be well and stay safe.

Yay another BookPage is out♡♡♡

#thinkpositivebepositive. I would title this “Every great adventure begins with a great friend.”💕💕 My husband David‘s entry is “A good friendship is pageless.” 👀 He is just kind of a groaner, but I think he‘s spectacular! @Buechersuechtling @NeedsMoreBooks @MolliesaurusRex and @DinoMom come and join the fun!

Challaborough, Devon. #VirtualTour

Late again! What a week. After 5 days constant working, 8;hours sleep in three days reached my post Adrenalin lull. Received a complaint today over our remote learning offer. All those compliments so why does one complaint floor you! Education minister endangers children , goes missing & what does he do when he reappears but threaten schools with OFSTED inspections and encourages parents to complain to OFSTED.

Not book related- but if you haven‘t already, you should probably turn on the news. 😣🤯😣😡🤬

A little late to start this task, but now writing up my 2021 TBR list. I‘ve found it hard to focus on reading for a while now so I‘ve set myself a challenge this year to get myself back into the habit;

📚Trying to read 24 books in 12 months!📚

I‘ve got 16 books on the list so far that I‘ve been wanting to read for a long time now and looking for some new recommendations to fill the other 8 spots.

Anyone got any good ones to check out? 🤓

I saw this Tumblr post on Facebook this morning, and just had to share it with my fellow Littens. One of my favourite things about Litsy is that everyone is supported in reading and loving what they want. Have a great day today guys, reading whatever book you want!

I've been in Storygraph for a few months now and I'm absolutely in love. The interface is gorgeous, the updates are pretty quick, and they're super receptive to feedback. I really, REALLY hate Goodreads, it's not intuitive at all and the platform has not changed since the beginning. If you're on there, I'm theshrinkette on there as well, add me!

#bfc21 @wanderinglynn
1. 8
2. Track my water intake and curse less. I think ill come up with someway to do this

Needed this today thanks Misty! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Sending this to some friends, tag and spread the message if you like!

#thinkpositivebepositive

@catiewithac @AmyG @Mrs_B @Blerdgal_Fenix @BayouGirl85 @jinxmoon @ScoobySnacks3

2020 was a terrible year. And December was personally pretty awful.

But it‘s a new year! There are new books! And I‘m hoping to be around more to talk about them! Hi to all my fellow west coast time zone peeps. I hope 1/2/21 is treating you well.

(I had loooots of words about these books, too many for a Litsy caption. Find them here: https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjo2Ucg-JA/?igshid=1evhz7iby5it4

#stackingtheseries
Level1:alpha&omega series-patricia briggs
1 Cry wolf
Level 2: cold fury hockey-sawyer bennett
1 Garrett
2 Ryker
Level 3:dark hunter-sherrilyn kenyon
1 Dragonswan
2 Night embrace
3 Dance with the devil
Level 4: demonica-larissa ione
1 Desire unchained
2 Passion unleashed
3 Ecstasy unveiled
4 Sin undone
Level 5:the mckettricks-linda lael miller
1High country bride
2Secondhand bride
3Sierra's homecoming
4The mckettrick way
5 tate

#stackingtheseries
This can be any genre you choose. You can do as many levels as you choose. I do encourage at least 4 levels. I plan on doing a giveaway at the end of the year.
You may post your list at the beginning or as you go. Please tag me in the posts so i can keep track for the giveaway which will be random.

#bookspin and #doublespin 2020 wrapup
@TheAromaofBooks
I finished my september double spin behind the scenes.
I also finished my novermber doublespin frankenstein in baghdad.
I finished both my bookspin and doublespin for december twilight's dawn and shortest way home.

Probably hard to see but I got my #bookspinbingo board ready and did another digital one. Still getting into the habit of digital journaling. I want to put book covers over the digital one. Still enjoying coloring my physical journal though! 😄 already started a few so hopefully they get marked off soon!

Sitting on my back deck watching the hummingbirds (and reading). I‘m mentally preparing for cleaning that needs to happen later/soon. 😀

#readthestates2020 wrapup 2 of 2

#readthestates 2020 wrapup 1 of 2

#litsyatoz wrapup

#readharder 2020 wrapup 2 of 2

#readharder 2020 wrapup 1 of 2

#mmdarcy 2020 wrapup
1. The bourne identity
2. Heat and light
3 meddling kids
4 october sky
5 black spring
6 he little prince
7 the heartbeat of wounded knee
8 the shop on blossom street
9. 1984
10
A turn in the road
The shop on blossom street
Window on the bay

#booked2020 wrapup
@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibarbarathe
17brave new world
18 smokejumper
19 driftwood cottage
20 carmilla
21 the white tiger
22 the shop on blossom street
23 maggies heart
24 brighty of the grand canyon

#booked2020 wrapup
@4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage
1. The tsar of love and techno
2 shotgun bride
3 alzheimers for dummies
4 behind the scenes
5 white knight
6mercy thompson volume 1
7 the martian
8 the kids are all right
9knots and crosses
10 the devil came on horsebavk
11 waiting on a bright moon
12 the joy of keeping horses
13rocket boys
14 the sweetness at the bottom of the pue
15 the hate u give
16pinot red or dead

Wahoo!

#merryreaders #wintergames My points for the final week. Thank you admins so much! With the two big teams it didn‘t feel overwhelming or like I was letting my team down. I really enjoyed this year!

Here is my #bookspin list for January. This year I am going to try and limit the books I buy and read the books I already own. I say this every year but the books I own that I haven‘t read it getting out of control! Thanks for putting this together again this year Sarah! 😀

Glad to report that I have published my first short story of the year. It is an odd story with probably just a few places where it would fit. Will post the link later. Excited to start the new year this way.

Happy New Year everyone! 🎉🥳🎊🥳🎉🥳🎊

I'm planning to work my way through the last of my Penguin Little Black Classics and start catching up on my #AudioBook collection which has grown far faster than I realised!

I also want to try and work through some of the book series I've collected but never actually finished... wish me luck! 😅

HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! Hopefully 2021 will be much easier for reading . The pandemic ruined my motivation for reading :( But I'm slowly getting back into reading again ! Here's to a new year with lots of interesting books !

Happy New Year! Set my 2021 #ReadingGoal. Will work on reading more print books from my personal library this year.

Set my goal for 2021. Last year my goal was 20. I only got 7, but considering I basically only read January-March (and not much) and the last week in December I figured 25 was doable this year.