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@LibrarianRyan What a super fun surprise!! Er, should have been an un-surprise, but my brain is all mush lately, so it was a surprise. This book looks soooooooo good!!! (Delicious Monsters) And I‘m posting it alongside the one you sent from my wishlist. Thank you for your always-thoughtful and incredibly kind generosity — and Happiest of (un) Birthdays!! ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️

Hey @mabell and @Avanders - you both will be receiving a package today, or tomorrow. This is the first of 3 packages. This will be the book from your wish list. Then later this month you will each receive my Pre-order for February, which is a YA title that takes place in two time periods. It has a black main protagonist by a black author. It's the pre-order I made for myself for February. And a 3rdpackage will be mailed tomorrow or Monday at

Started this on Friday but forgot to share on here lol

Morning sunlight waved a cheery hello on the papered walls of an equally cheery bedroom.
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And certainly the glass was beginning to melt away, just like a bright silvery mist. . . .
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This was an unusual read. There were some parts I had a hard time understanding, but it also seemed to fit with the nonsense of Wonderland. It was interesting to see it from the perspective of a grown Alice instead of a child. Overall I would definitely recommend this book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
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Currently Reading 📖
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Started reading, not bad but not a story I am all in on - letting this one go -

#CurrentlyReading #ReadingUpdate #TBR

Make a great day everyone -

Thank you for my Unbirthday card and present @BookwormAHN they're adorable and cheered me up greatly ❤ I'll be sure to post a picture of any birthday books I get in December thank you 🤗

@ErinSueMreads The #MerryUnbirthdaySwap box arrived today 📦 🙌 I told you, the mail here is very slow, thank you so much. I like the book which was in my tbr👍Those bookmarks are so pretty😍❤️and the sticky notes😱so cute, love them, really!!! I will try that type of tea for the first time and they indicate that support the immune function, which is necessary at this time. I like to try new type of tea

Thank you so much!🥰📖❤️❤️❤️

@aperfectmjk

My #MerryUnbirthdaySwap box 📦 will arrive by Saturday🙌 ❤️❤️❤️ to celebrate 🎉 a Litsy friend unbirthday day🎂🥳 Let‘s see if my match likes what is inside the box🤞

 @aperpectmjk

Yay! My #MerryUnbirthdaySwap package came today. I love it! Thank you so much @Chrissyreadit 🥰💛

#merryunbirthdayswap

I LOVE IT ALL 🐇🐇🐇🐇🤍🤍🤍🤍🤍

I‘m ready for a Very Merry Unbirthday tea party with my lovely gifts from @Littlewolf1 😊 I can‘t wait to fill my new Cheshire Cat mug with English Afternoon Tea, to see the Cat appear. And the puzzle looks like so much fun (very clever of Crystal to send a crystal puzzle. 😸) I‘ve really been wanting a copy of this book for my personal library. Thank you so much, Crystal, for choosing such thoughtful gifts. #MerryUnbirthdaySwap

My #MerryUnbirthdaySwap package is on the way! 🎩🫖

@Kdgordon88 my packages arrived the other day. I haven‘t opened them yet. My actual birthday is this week, so I‘ll probably open them soon. 😊

On their way:

Small box of bookmark fun to @DebinHawaii arriving Friday. Thanks for hosting, Christina! @cwarnier #SummeBookmarkSwap

A book via media mail arriving next Monday and a box arriving Thursday to @ncsufoxes Thanks for hosting, Malina! @aperfectmjk #MerryUnbirthdaySwap

#merryunbirthdayswap my collection lives atop my bookcase 🐇⏱💜

If you have me feel free to let me know 😂

Okay all, matches have been sent for #MerryUnbirthdaySwap. Be sure to check your email. If for some reason you cannot view the content I sent, please let me know. Also, please use this post to let your match know anything specific such as allergies, or personal preferences. Or maybe even if you're okay with knowing who has you and don't care to be surprised, please specify that here. ⬇️

As requested @hannah-leeloo my dog Butterscotch in a Cheshire Cat costume. I‘m getting really excited for the #merryunbirthdayswap host by @aperfectmjk do not have much Alice in Wonderland items. It‘s time to change that. 😊💛

We are approaching the deadline for the #MerryUnbirthdaySwap, but it's not too late to sign up, there's still time. Sign up today! Share with your friends!

The Alice in Wonderland book of the Twisted Tales series. I really liked this one. It starts with an older Alice who thinks Wonderland was a dream from childhood. When she develops the pictures she takes of various people in the "real" world, she suddenly starts to see images of their Wonderland counterparts. Then she discovers that she can only reach Wonderland seemingly while dreaming. She is the only one who can save it, ?

I couldn‘t resist joining this Alice-themed swap hosted by @aperfectmjk Check her page for details.

#merryunbirthdayswap

I‘m pretty excited for this! I do not normally do swaps so let‘s see how this goes. If you would like to join this swap check out @aperfectmjk page for more details.

Yahoo! I love Alice and I love swaps! Go check out @aperfectmjk original post for details and sign up!

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So excited- I have quite a nice Alice collection so I‘m excited for this one!!! Join in 🐇

@aperfectmjk is hosting #merryunbirthdayswap and I‘m here for it!!! Especially since it takes place during my birthday month. Anyone one else interested? See her page to sign up!

A Very Merry Unbirthday to you all! 🎂

Do you love Alice in Wonderland? Is it your Unbirthday? Well A Very Merry Unbirthday to You Swap is perfect for you! Celebrate your Unbirthday with a swap that includes an Alice in Wonderland themed item, a beverage item (coffee, tea, or hot cocoa) and of course a book!

Visit https://forms.gle/qgXMq74wbCb9LPcFA for more details about the swap and of course to sign up!

#MerryUnbirthdaySwap

Okay, here's what I'm thinking folks... since no one appears to be hosting a swap, maybe I host one next month to celebrate my birthday!

One thing I have always found annoying about swaps is having to wait until a particular day to open it... forget that... with this one, you get to open it when you receive it. Because after all, it's your Unbirthday.

Anyone interested? Suggestions? I can get a sign up sheet together.

#MerryUnbirthdaySwap

Fiction: *Character Focus*: What choices has the character made thus far? Do you agree with their decision? Why or why not?

-Alice's decisions thus far have been wise. So far, she's been exploring and wandering around without getting herself into too much mischief. But there are certain decisions with which I disagree. I believe some of her judgments were not quite reasonable or well-considered. Hopefully, she improves as the story progresses.

Fiction: In another place/ time, how would the story change? Where else could the story take place?

-Yes, the novel would be different if the plot was set in a different location. Alice's travels in Wonderland are the subject of this novel. In order for this narrative to happen, it had to take place in Wonderland. If the location was altered, the plot would no longer make sense in my opinion. Therefore this story wouldn't make sense anywhere else

Genre: Fantasy fiction, Fairy Tale, Young Adult fiction
Start/end: May 19th -
Summary:

Got to chapter 10 but could not finish. I was enjoying it! But kept putting off reading and realized that if I attempted to push through I was going to put myself in a reading slump. Feel encouraged to try again when I‘m in a different headspace / mood.

Way too long and drawn out. Finished with a resounding MEH feeling. Many better books in this series.

Of the twisted tales this one is definitely my favourite. I loved returning to Wonderland and the authors take on it. But I do think it was a little longer than it needed to be at just over 500 pages.

The winner of my #Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway is @Apostcardlife 🎉🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations lovely, email me green-eyed-pixie@hotmail.com & we‘ll get your prize sorted. So many awesome book suggestions you guys have given me, so as a Runner up Prize I‘ve chosen @RamsFan1963 to receive a book from me based on your brilliant book selection!🙌 Email me at the above address too. Thank you all for entering & allowing me to #payitforward. Love you all😘

Entries to my #Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway are now officially closed! Thank you all for entering and giving me the opportunity to #payitforward to this fabulous community I joined almost 5yrs ago. I‘ll be organising entries & feeding them to a random number generator after midnight and posting the winner tomorrow morning. Good luck to all who‘ve entered!🙌🙌🙌

4/5 for this fairytale retelling! I loved going back to Wonderland! Seeing what it would be like for Alice to go back older was so cool! I also enjoyed seeing what happened to Alice after Wonderland! She is such an awesome character. All the other characters from Wonderland were also fun to see again. If you love Alice, you should check this out.

Unbirthday by: Liz Braswell is only .99 on iTunes books 📚
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Ebook deal alert! #KindleDeal

#Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway 🎂🎉

Yay! I love a giveaway! Some of my favorites from across the decades:

📔'70s: Kindred
📕'80s: Choose Your Own Adventure Series
📘'90s: Harry Potter & the Sorcerer's Stone
📗'00s: American Gods
📓'10s: Six of Crows

Oh my! It's hard to chose and I'm already re-thinking titles. 😅 Thanks, @Lizpixie and Happy Birthday!

Guys! I‘ve had only a few entries in my #Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway to win a $50au gift card to an online bookstore so I‘m extending it for another week. You have till next Thursday 8th April to tell me your fave book either published or read by you in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s, & 10s. So tell me your books, use the above hashtag & tag me in your post. Please share this, I really want to give back to this community that‘s done so much for me!

Posting this again to give you all another opportunity to enter my #Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway. To enter:
Repost with your fave book published or read by you in the 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s &10s with the above hashtag & tag me. Simple!

Good luck my fellow Littens! Entries close 31st March 2021.
REPOST PLEASE!

@Lizpixie is hosting a #lizpixie50thunbirthdaygiveaway. To enter name your favorite read from the following decades: 1970s Helter Skelter, 1980s Rage of Angels, 1990s The Red Tent, 2000s The Kite Runner, and 2010s The Fault in Our Stars. Thanks for the opportunity. It was fun reminiscing.

@Lizpixie is hosting a #Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway. To enter, name your favourite read from the following decades: I‘m spitballing my responses.
1970s - Flowers in the Attic
1980s - Velocity
1990s - The Secret History
2000s - Atonement
2010s- Billy Dead
thanks for the opportunity to participate.

#Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway

Hope your birthday is the best ever! Thanks for doing a giveaway and my opportunity to participate!

These are books that I have read and enjoyed for the past 5 decades:
70‘s - The Exorcist by William Peter Blatty
80‘s - Time To Kill by John Grisham
90‘s - The Secret History by Donna Tartt
00‘s - The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
10‘s - The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot

A very happy early unbirthday!!

#Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway

Soo many great books to choose from!!

70‘s - The Shining by Stephen King

80‘s - A Brief History of Time by Stephen Hawking

90‘s - Fight Club by Chuck Palahniuk

00‘s - Harry Potter & The Goblet Of Fire by JK Rowling

10‘s - Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn

Thank you for the memories 🤗

It‘s my 50th Unbirthday on the 21st March!🎉 So I‘m having a giveaway to celebrate. You can win a $50au gift card to either Amazon, Book Depository or Booktopia if you‘re in Aus.(there may be a few smaller prizes as well)
TO ENTER:
Tell me your fave book from each of the last 5 decades- 70s, 80s, 90s, 00s & 10s. Use the hashtag #Lizpixie50thUnbirthdayGiveaway & tag me. Entries close on 31st March 2021.
EDIT: Published or read in those decades😘