Welcome to Litsy!

Thanks for the tag @EadieB and @Andrew65

Just a few books with #FoodOnTheCover

#KeepLitsyAlive @ljuliel

#scarathlon #teamstoker #thisorthat #halloween

Chocolate candy
Both 🧛🏻‍♀️
Treat for sure! I‘m a snacking queen!
Scary movie
Skeletons
Hand out candy
Hay ride
Either is completely cute
Neither really - but if I had to pick - pie
Walk alone in a dark forest
Black cats (although bats 🦇 are cute too)
Hot chocolate
Neighborhood

📖😋🙌🏽

#bluebooks

#augustabc

All read, except for the bottom one.....

#AyUpAugust #CryMeARiver Vianne and Anouk meet Roux when he arrives on the river in his houseboat.
@Cinfhen @squirrelbrain

My favorite mistakes usually involve chocolate
#myfavoritemistake #lilithjuly @Cinfhen @KarenUK

Penguins make an obvious choice for #OrangeAndBlack. #colormepretty @Sweetkokoro

#LostInFrance in a chocolaterie. 😁

#WanderingJune @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen

I loved this movie (and the soundtrack is really great too!), so I decided to read the book. I really enjoyed it, and I'm looking forward to reading the second book in the series. #ReadingThroughTheYears192021 #1999

Saturday morning #coffeeandabook.

#30JuneBooks My current TBR #BookStack.
@howjessreads

I‘ve enjoyed the film but not read the book. There‘s something mysterious and mystical about Vianne Rocher who arrives at the small French village with her daughter and captivated the villagers with her wonderful charm and chocolate shop.

#MayMovieMagic #BewitchedBotheredandBewildered

I loved this one. I very much enjoyed meeting the various characters that populate Lansquenet and Vianne‘s easy, common sense way with them. The prose is beautifully descriptive, and I‘ve never been more hungry for chocolate. I loved the movie, but the book easily surpasses it!

I‘m still under the weather with bronchitis, but the puppy is playing quietly so I‘m watching an old favorite. I love to watch this one this time of year. ❤️

1. Chocolat by Joanne Harris, Everything‘s Eventual by Stephen King
2. 🤣 Or 🥴
3. 👍🏻😬🤔
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Finally a nice “open window” day for reading. I spent the day so far shopping with a friend..... at a chocolate shop. I‘m an easy mark for chocolate sales while reading this book with its delicious prose. Glad to have a few minutes of downtime to read this afternoon! 😀

#procrastinate #quotsymar19 #lizdoesquotsy

#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

1) green shoots
2) pollen
3) warmer weather
4) be on the balcony more often
5) I think this one had a bit of Spring

And these are delicious! As are the truffles which are not pictured because I've already eaten them!! 😆

@EH2018 @BookishMarginalia #CupidGoesPostal

Missed yesterday so catching with a lovely #sweetheart of a book and one of the great #candylover books.
#LiteraryLove
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

#constantcraving 🙄 #timbittunes

Vianne comes to a town new to her and starts her life with her daughter, from scratch. In the process she makes friends, fights societal taboos, and makes the place hers. I enjoyed reading this. #startedfromthebottom #TimbitTunes

@Cinfhen @TheKidUpstairs

Dreaming of France and luxurious chocolate..

Thank you @Ingerella for my #xstitchxchange swap! I love every bit of it! The bookmark is my favorite thing, I couldn't love it more and your llama is perfect. Funny enough, the kit you sent? I got the finished product as my snarky xchange swap from FB 😂😂😂 I opened it because I have yours ready to send! Can you email me your address please? ladysalmalin@aol.com ♥️ @vkois88

#Winterwonderland #BloweNorthernWinde I haven‘t read the book but I remember that the North wind has a lot to do with when the mother and daughter move around in the movie. Also, I remember this part because in the background of Vianne telling her daughter about her grandfather, the song playing in the background is Eric Satie‘s Gnosiennes No.1. I‘m a sucker for a good score.

What else could I use for #candyland but this book that adds 5 pounds every time I read it! #seasonsreadings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Well what can I say @Avanders ? You just get me. Thank you so much for your generous #readthemoviesswap box! I love it! From the books and movies that were on my wishlist, to my love of chocolate and popcorn that culminates in my favorite Zebra Popcornopolis, everything is so well thought out and perfect for me. You will notice that the raisinettes and twizzlers are not in the photo. The #manpanion grabbed them from my hands. So he thanks you too!

I have not read the book but remember a scene from the film adaptation where a scrumptious thick hot chocolate is served. 🍫 🥣

#litsyclassics #hotchocolate

#WitchyReads #WitchyStories

One of my favorite magical realism books. Great movie, too!

13 | #SeptemberDanes #BonjourMadame

A younger me went through a very intense phase of reading Joanne Harris 🤷🏼‍♀️ Not sure I‘d like her books as much now, but I did certainly enjoy the chocolate, wine, and French-feel of this ☝️

A little bit of magic, good people, bad people, gypsies, little songs in French, an imaginary friend, love, loss, mystery and more chocolate drink than I could have imagined; this is a fascinating book.
The story alternates between the first person narratives of Vianne and Père Reynaud.

An aspect I really loved about this book was that the minor characters and the sub-plots were as 3-dimensional as the major ones

Such a nice and sweet story!

For #booktubeathon this year I read and watched Chocolat, and I had so many thoughts I made a video of them. Check out my opinions on the characters and themes here! https://youtu.be/lChYQXSIWcA

#projectnew
#projectTBR

Just in time I finished my last #booktubeathon challenge, #3! I thought the two seconds of romance at the end was unnecessary, & the constant switching between past & present tense was distracting. Otherwise I loved everything about this book. 4.5⭐. I had seen the movie years ago & loved it, but now much of the movie seems like a watered-down failure in comparison to the book. There were several excellent aspects though. #projectTBR #projectnew

Not from the tagged book, but quote is from the author.
#quotsyjuly18 #enjoy

One of my all-time favorite movies. I‘m curious if the book is even better! I also discovered this is the first of a trilogy. Bring on the chocolate! 😊🍩

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88 #purplerain

I tried finding a book I‘ve read with a purple cover. Wasn‘t impressed much with this book. A so-so at best but some folks probably liked it a lot.

#candy #coolbooks @Linsy

In my opinion one of #thegreatest ways to spend an evening is with good tea, fancy chocolate, and a good book. I need to do some work to prepare for a hearing tomorrow. But first I‘m taking some much needed me time before I get to it. Solo parenting for a few days and I‘m zonked. #getmovin

#QuotsyMay18 Day 15: My favourite thing in the world, next to books: #Chocolate!!

#quotsymay18 #chocolate 🍫❤️

I‘ve watched the movie but not read the book. 🙂

Not sure I can take this advice. Feels a bit like cheating.

1. Chocolat. Read it decades ago & it has stuck with me. Perhaps because of my answer to the next one...
2. Chocolate. 😉 But if you're asking for real food, not dessert, Italian.
3. Brussel sprouts. And, yes, I've tried them.
4. Christmas. There are several candies that I only make at Christmas.
5. All-time fancy fave: The Melting Pot. More reasonable w/family: Olive Garden or Cheddar's.

#manicmonday @JoScho

A favorite #booktomovie title. #readingResolutions @Jess7

Happy Easter, Litterns.
Hope you all have a happy day filled with treats 💕

I presented today at a local school for International Women‘s Day, along with a team of my colleagues. We were privileged to hear Joanne Harris give the closing speech, on the theme of ‘awkward women‘ - she was both fabulous and funny!

Just what I needed right now - a well-told story full of chocolate. The story about Vianne and Anouk is warm and comfortable without becoming bland and boring.

Congratulations on your Litsy milestone @Booksandcooks - it‘s so kind of you to do such a generous giveaway! 12k is incredible 😊 my weekend eats are mostly consisting of chocolate at the moment - I always love chocolate when it‘s cold and snowy outside! #12kgiveaway 🍫

I've forgotten to post my #tbrpile for March. The observant amongst you might see quite a few similarities to last month's pile. Chocolat is this month's #reread and just the simple palate cleanser I needed after a whole lot of nonfiction.