Welcome to Litsy!

Thank you, @catiewithac , for this perfect #JolabokaflodSwap24 gift! I have been wanting to read this book for ages. ❤️💚❤️ And two types of chocolate & peanut butter candy.... how will I ever decide which to open first? 😂

@MaleficentBookDragon Thank you for hosting this very fun swap again this year! 🎄❤️🎄

1. Usually lunch - especially when I‘ve actually remembered to pack it for work - I‘m very excited to have tonight‘s leftovers for lunch tomorrow

2. Gunpowder & Cinnamon - a French trained chef gets kidnapped by a pirate and is one bad meal away from walking the plank (this is a very bad summary of a brilliant book)

My current read (for my IRL book club) and a very rummy eggnog.

Rum goes with pirates, right? 😆

One of my favorites for #night #ScarathlonDailyPrompts
And my most recent #LMPBC book for #spices #OminousOctober @BethM I haven't been able to get through this and hate that I'm holding you up so I'm gonna send it out to you today unfinished @Chrissyreadit @Laughterhp
@StayCurious @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

This was a pretty low pick. I had a really hard time getting into it. I couldn‘t stand Owen and he barely redeems himself. This is not a HEA romance! A lot of interesting food descriptions and pirates. Won‘t say much more for the #LMPBC group.

I‘ll get it in the mail as soon as I can!

This book was not the light romantic adventure I expected. It was a well crafted story with layers and twists and what seems to be May not be after all. I thoroughly disliked the main character and just as thoroughly loved most of the other characters. Full disclosure: this was not the HEA I crave. But I‘m not sad I read it. #lmpbc

Oh @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego this is amazing. I‘ve never heard of this and it looks brilliant. Just up my alley - a chef spared his life by pirates as long as he makes amazing food from the ships meagre supplies. Food, adventure, great writing - this sounds AMAZING! 😘

Finished for my virtual foodie book club & enjoyed it. It‘s fun & food-filled as a chef is taken captive by a female pirate captain & must cook her a gourmet dinner each Sunday to stay alive. He gets quite creative with limited provisions & conditions on the ship. My bookish dish is this Potato, Cod, Garbanzo Bean & Saffron Stew, combining various ingredients from the book.

Thanks to @MeganAnn for including a copy in my #BWS box last month.🤗

1. Cinnamon and Gunpowder, Earthling, and This Land is Their Land

2. The Only Good Indians by Stephen Graham Jones

3. I've got quite a few on my TBR already so I did some Googling and found two new-to-me titles: Heart Berries by Terese Marie Mailhot and Flight by Sherman Alexie

#WeekendReads

A dinner party turns into a blood bath and a job offer one chef really can‘t refuse...

What‘s your favourite enemies to lovers book?

“Mr Apples might‘ve been drawn by a particularly violent child.”
This is one of my go-to audiobooks to revisit when I‘m not ready to commit to anything in my listening queue.

#Sweet #BoundTogetherJune

This is a sweet #pirate story where the female captain takes aboard a chef to cook her meals!

Enjoyed the #reread as much as the first read!

#pirates #chefs #ladypirates #strongfemalecharacters #strongfemalelead #piratebook #piratebooks

The #readharderchallenge2020 task 13 “read a food book about a cuisine you‘ve never tried” is a real challenge bc I don‘t wanna read a cookbook nor a chef‘s memoir. I‘m not into the art of cooking no matter how much I enjoy eating.

This book, y‘all, nails it. Adventurous plot, historical war theme, lovable characters and FOOD. The most exquisite cuisines one could conjure up in the middle of the ocean as if one‘s life depends on it.

Halfway now.

Read this book a few years ago and keep thinking about it so I bought it to reread!
#reread #chef #argh #pirates

And my other purchases with a B&N gift card which are already much loved.

Oliver Wedgewood, chef, is taken captive by Capitan Hannah Mabbot. So begins his journey with pirates trying to destroy the opium trade.

I found this story so entertaining. Loved the character of Oliver Wedgwood. I hope there's another installment!

How kind of ThriftBooks to help me realize my dream of book ownership!

I'm not done yet, but I already know I want to experience this again by reading a physical copy. I see book mail in my future.

Did some very simple audio knitting this morning.

Side note- I wish Hoopla had chapter divisions in the audiobooks. 😔

I checked this out randomly. It's been on my Hoopla favorites list forever and I needed a book to listen to for my drive to work so I figured what the hell. I'm 13 minutes in and I already love it. #noplanning

Fun read! Light hearted and yet with threads about loaded subjects such as the opium trade in colonial times and gender bias.

#12Littens12Books

Thank you so much for my birthday surprises @Chrissyreadit ! I‘m so excited for both of them!

Last one done! #12littens12books I can‘t believe almost a whole year is gone! It was a blast! Thanks to all of you!
@ju.ca.no @Sarah83 @Heideschrampf @LaLecture @Moony @DuckOfDoom @julesG @Maike @LittleBug

A serious case of #catsagainstreading #kal #catsagainstliterature #catsoflitsy

Luckly I still have other books to read😅😂 this one for #12littens12books will have to wait a little longer🙈

This book was delicious 😋 all the way through. I need a recommendation for something that I could enjoy almost as much. I read it slowly, only when I had time for unrequired fiction, and I‘m glad I did so!

Finished the next one for our #12Littens12books read along. It wasn't my cup of tea. 😕

Reading time 😍

Started this one yesterday for our buddyread #12Littens12books . Now sitting on my bed and waiting the rain and thunder will stop after four hours of nerving me... I hate thunders...

Such a fun book! Can't wait to see if there's going to be another

An adventure story with a cook on a pirate ship. Nothing more, nothing less and just what i needed. Now i just need to put my thoughts on it in its companion notebook and it'll be on it's way to @Sarah83 for #12Littens12Books

Prime seats for #12Littens12Books #readingatwork

#readingatwork for #12Littens12Books while soundchecking for our labour day party

Starting my next #12Littens12Books read and l'm already hungry after chapter one. Note to self: never read books where the protagonist is a cook by trade!

Passing in the halls of power

This book was FUN. The culinary descriptions were utterly delightful, and the uniqueness of the story was engaging. The gore and violence was a touch outside of my comfort zone, but not too much for me. While I didn‘t agree with everything, it was thought-provoking and the characters were still appealing.

“Naturally there can be no hope of winning,” she said. “That‘s what makes me so dangerous.”

My kindle is about to die and I‘m too lazy to get out of bed to fetch a cord. And I was so looking forward to whatever it was about potatoes that was up next. Ah well, food on the brain. A lovely cooking day yesterday, I‘m still full!

Currently reading about making my own sauerkraut and discussing other such do it yourself plans

I can't imagine how much research (culinary and otherwise) went into this book. It's a vibrant read. Characters are 10/10. TW: piratical punishment, battle, and gore, plus frank discussion of human sex trafficking (one character is a victim).

I love the book! The characters are so multicultural and good animated. The language is wonderful and the cooked meals and drinks sounds sooo tasty.

After finished the book I made a little shippingtour to Oslo (a funny chance). The picture I took at the journey.

#12Littens12books #bookjourney #sea

1. Any of Mercedes Lackey's Valdemar books
2. I have two big projects to finish, so mainly working 😕
3. I haven't quite finished this yet, but I'm close and I'm absolutely loving it.
4. Um, I guess double jointed fingers that I can bend back to less than 90 degrees from the back of my hand.
5. 🖐
#friyayintro @howjessreads

Wow, didn't realize quite how much progress I'd made while out on the road again today until I compared to yesterday!

Glad to say I also narrowly avoided bad weather, with near whiteout conditions hitting about a half hour after I got home. I'll count that as a win for the day.

Lots of travel today, so I made some progress on my current audiobook. Definitely not my usual fare, but I'm really enjoying it so far.

More travel on my schedule for work tomorrow, and I'm looking forward to discovering more of Captain Mabbot's secrets. Just hoping the weather isn't too bad.

Glad to be enjoying my audiobook from home instead of out on the road today.

Pictured: the top photo is a driver's view of a particular bridge I crossed yesterday as I saw it. The lower picture is the same bridge one week earlier. Just heard it's back underwater today. 😲

My snack besides reading cinnamon and gunpowder. 😂 #bookmeal #bookandfood #12littens12books

When you know you have some work travel ahead, so you download a new audiobook in case you finish the one you're currently on!

My next one for #12littens12books #bedandbook