Welcome to Litsy!

This was my least favourite of the series so far.It was the first that the author wrote as a novel and more or less he lazed his way through it until his editor locked him in a room and forced him to finish it. It shows xD He had the set up of the story,the questions he was going to ask and answer,where the story was going to finish,but the story goes wherever it wants to go and Douglas Adams seems to have no control over it. ⬇️

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Driving back to PA to have dinner with my parents and see some of my extended family.

2. Maybe it's recency bias, but French Exit in a way - the odd, cobbled-together group of friends and family gathering for one final party, reveling in each other's company even as they've descended into material ruin. There's a strain of gratitude beneath all the barbs.

Tag @RaeLovesToRead @CBee @Ruthiella @Leftcoastzen

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. Almost too many to pick just one, but since I'm looking at Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy right now I'll just say Zaphod Beeblebrox.

2. Keeping with the Hitchhiker's theme, I suppose 'So Long, and Thanks for All the Fish' is pretty unusual 🐬

Tagging anyone who's interested! ✋️

There are some fantastic stand-alone scenes here, but as a cohesive novel, So Long… is the weakest in the Hitchhiker‘s Guide series yet. Two of the most endearing things (for me) about the Guide is how outrageous it is and how Adams takes the absurdity of everyday life and spins some truly deep wisdom out of it. Both these elements are lacking here.

The whole thing rushes to a conclusion that doesn‘t quite work and frankly left me a bit puzzled.

So today was my last day in the office. I closed my farewell message to my coworkers with the title of this book! 😜

Meanwhile on Wednesday during the ceremony I received an award from the organization, in the form of this globe thingy. It‘s the size of a bocce ball and just about as heavy.

@Moonprismpower it‘s the best I could get 😹 She is not about photos.

Wow! After the disastrous third book of the series, I didn't have much hope for this, but Adams fooled me again. So different from the others, no Zaphod, no Trillian, no Marvin (until the end) and little of Ford, which is good since I've come to dislike him very much. This is all about Arthur, on Earth, an Earth where the Vogon destruction is seen as a case of mass hallucinations. The tone is quiet and intimate, just Arthur and ⬇️⬇️⬇️

That evening it was dark early, which was normal for the time of year.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

1. My sister made me a nifty kindle cover and carrying case several years ago for my birthday. I‘m sad that it‘s way too big for my current model.
2. Easy to switch between books.
#two4tuesday

Happy Towel Day!

“The reason I call myself by my childhood name is to remind myself that a scientist must also be absolutely like a child. If he sees a thing, he must say that he sees it, whether it was what he thought he was going to see or not. See first, think later, then test. But always see first. Otherwise you will only see what you were expecting.”

#42 #DouglasAdams #TowelDay

Arthur and friends go on an adventure a little closer to home.

Squeezing in fourth book of #ReadYourSign on last day of June.

Any excuse for a bit of Douglas Adams

#Fish
#BoundTogetherJune
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
@OriginalCyn620

Shout out to the Pisces of Litsy 📣 I‘ve compiled a list of 8 books for #ReadYourSign, tagged book included.

@Clwojick @Meaw_catlady

This is my favorite of all the “Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy“ books.
I know it kind of defies the whole travel the Galaxy and see the universe idea, but I love that Arthur is content and happy; that he found a like-minded being that likes him back. Call me a Romantic.

Honestly if you have not read these books; just go pick them up!
You'll laugh so hard... and if you don't what's wrong with you? 😬

TNG 2.19, #Manhunt, or “the one with the fish“, is one of the weaker season 2 episodes, but it marks the 2nd appearance of the fabulous and glorious Lwaxana Troi, Daughter of the Fifth House, Holder of the Sacred Chalice of Rixx, Heir to the Holy Rings of Betazed, played by the forever missed Majel Barrett.

Also, the one with the fish, so thank the world for all the fish!

#startreksummermay #day13

I'm pretty stoked to have found this first edition copy for only $3 at HPB tonight. It's in amazing condition too! I wonder it's journey and how it ended up here?

Because I don‘t have enough unread books in my house, I bought more. $12 for these, how could I not buy them?! 😏🤓📚📚📚

PS if you‘re into buying used books, during summer time, Savers has 50% off their entire store including books. Double check with your location. #thriftshoppingftw #allthebooks

#QuotsyJune18 | #Duck | @TK-421

😂😂😂

@DuckOfDoom (I have a feeling you are going to be tagged a LOT today!)

Orbiting this at a distance of roughly ninety eight million miles is an utterly insignificant little blue-green planet whose ape-descended life forms are so amazingly primitive that they still think digital watches are a pretty neat idea.

I needed a book to distract me and this did the job. It was great on audiobook and the story was the same blend of absurd and poignant that I remember! I‘m calling this a classic of genre fiction for #readharder2018 unless I actually get to Dune this year...

An oblique reference to today's prompt, for the U.S. holiday.
#emojinov day 23: 🦃

#ClownFish #HumorousBooks #BooksAcrossOceans

Opening line: "THAT EVENING it was dark early, which was normal for the time of year." #solongandthanksforallthefish #douglasadams #series #hitchhikersguidetothegalaxy #book #bookish #bookgnome #firstline #bookcover

Less frentic, easier to digest, more thoughtful than the previous installment, with a cute, quirky romance, and much less galaxy hopping. The humor is more subtle, the jokes have breathing room. A welcome change of pace.⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

Finished this #audiobook driving to and from Arches. My bf is really liking the series. I'm kinda like meh. We've been going through about a book a day on this trip. Happy Earth Day tho! #audiobooks #scifi

Life is like a grapefruit

#funfridayphoto I have many copies of this Out Of This World book.

Douglas Adams is the master of the long, yet catchy title. #longtitle #booktober

Don't panic!

Douglas Adams' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy is most definitely #outofthisworld 👍🏻

Remember your towel!

#booktober #dontpanic

I loved all four books of this "trilogy." So my question to all of you: Do I want to read Eoin Colfer's addition to the series?

This is why I love these books.

Here are some #bluebooks for the #somethingforsept photo challenge. @RealLifeReading

#somethingforsept #bluebooks
Just a small gathering. 😜 It seems a large chunk of my collection is either blue or black. One of these days I think I'll arrange all my books by color just to see how it looks. I probably won't be able to leave it that way long though, because my brain wants them grouped by author and genre. #bookishproblems #nicestack 😸 (mostly read, 4 from TBR shelves)