Litsy

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day16

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:

🎄What is your favorite listen of the year? Which one are you looking forward to most?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

WanderingBookaneer

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

xicanti I adored

Madensky Square

AmyG Mine was this, too.

Everything Is Tuberculosis: The History and Persistence of Our Deadliest Infection

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dabbe I have tried audio many times, and I just can't--unless it's a story I know well. So last December (as I was cleaning before people came over), I listened to A CHRISTMAS CAROL narrated by Tim Curry. I absolutely loved it! His reading was stellar! (of course, then I had to go watch “Sweet Tranvestite“ on YouTube, but that's for another day!) ♥️💙💚 1w

MonicaLoves2Read I came across Mary Stone's Winter Black Series on audio on Libby. I have really enjoyed them. 1w

Prairiegirl_reading My top two favourite books of the year were audiobooks.

The Road to Tender Hearts: A Novel

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Prairiegirl_reading And

Margo's Got Money Troubles: A Novel

Zuhkeeyah So many choices. #1

Lights Out: A Dark Stalker Rom-Com

Zuhkeeyah #2

The Briar Club

TheBookgeekFrau No audio books for me 1w

MemoirsForMe

Cher: The Memoir

youneverarrived 3 faves this year on audio - Crush by Ada Calhoun, What My Mother and I Don‘t Talk About and

A Thousand Threads: A Memoir

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MaggieCarr

Dive | John David Anderson

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Dive is a double meaning title for this middle grade novel. #1 (13) is a diver, on a parochial dive team. #2 she meets a teen (17) who dumpster dives as a means of survival. The friendship is kept in secret and that leads to some tense moments and understandable concerns from her parents. I remember being that age and wanting some atomomy but also having zero understanding of the wider world and that not everyone has my best interests in mind.

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dabbe

Untitled | Untitled

#mondaymood @Deblovestoread

I'm not just sad by the murder of the genius Rob Reiner and his artistic wife. I am ENRAGED by this ignoramus's reply. It is beyond despicable. It is psychologically sick and heinous. Every single person who voted for this maniacal, delusional narcissist as our president needs to take a good, long look in the mirror at yourself. Because how you can live with your choice is beyond me. The asshole is PURE EVIL. #ranttime

Librarybelle Seeing this response made a bad day even worse. I just cannot fathom horribleness right now. 😡 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle I am sorry to have added any pain to your day. 😢 That's why I use the hashtag #ranttime. You can block all rants if you block that hashtag. 1w

Librarybelle Oh! Not your response! I meant a certain someone‘s response to the tragedy. Yours is spot-on in my opinion. 1w

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mcctrish Trump, perfecting the shit sandwich, can‘t go soon enough 1w

AmyG I am livid. This man is beyond evil, beyond vile. How anyone can still support him says everything about such people. 1w

Readergrrl I have no accurate definition for the filth occupying the White House. It has pervaded everything. Keep strong. It‘s what Rob Reiner would want. 1w

Aims42 Just when the bar seems to hit the floor for what that man will say, the bar falls into a gutter 😡 The Grim Reaper is taking the wrong men!!! 1w

Hooked_on_books I think he‘s doing 2 things here. One is that everything has to be about him, of course. But I think part of him, before it became clear that it was the son, assumed one of his followers did this and was trying to deflect. How do you have to feel about your own supporters to jump to that conclusion? It says so much about the state of our country right now. Bad, bad, bad. 1w

dabbe @Librarybelle Whew! ♥️💙💚 1w

dabbe @mcctrish 🎯🎯🎯 1w

dabbe @AmyG 🎯♥️🎯 1w

dabbe @Readergrrl I needed that. ♥️💙💚 1w

dabbe @Aims42 🎯♥️🎯 1w

dabbe @Hooked_on_books Excellent point on #2. I hadn't even thought of that. 🎯💙🎯 1w

AmyG @Hooked_on_books Yes, that makes “sense” but it‘s all so insane. 1w

Thatbooknerd Completely disgusted! 1w

Leftcoastzen I didn‘t think there was much more that narcissistic sociopath could do to make me think even less of him but the disgraceful & disgusting post about Reiner is beyond everything. He was asked about it by a reporter a bit ago and doubled down on his hate & cruelty. 1w

CBee Just so angry 😡 1w

Hooked_on_books @AmyG It‘s completely insane. I‘ve been wondering for so long how on earth we got here. When did people get so hateful? It‘s such a toxic environment for everyone. 1w

GingerAntics That sums it up. The only Trump derangement syndrome that actually exists is whatever is wrong in the president‘s head. 1w

dabbe @Thatbooknerd 🎯💙🎯 1w

dabbe @Leftcoastzen “Sociopath“ is spot-on. He has absolutely no capacity to feel for anything or anyone except himself. He's one sick psycho with the evil intent of inflicting the absolute cruelty on anyone he thinks has hurt him in any way. And I still just stand in dumbness and numbness for the people who voted for him. 1w

dabbe @CBee YES! 😖😠😤😡🤬 1w

dabbe @GingerAntics BINGO! 🎯💙🎯 1w

marleed The definition of vile 😖 1w

AnnCrystal Thank you for posting this. I had heard about something cruel that had been stated, but not the details. It fails to surprise me, yet my rage at the disrespect is renewed. Mr. And Mrs. Reiner were genuine heroes... superheroes 💝💝💝. 1w

LiseWorks OMG 1w

dabbe @marleed 🎯💙🎯 1w

dabbe @AnnCrystal 🎯💙🎯 1w

dabbe @LiseWorks It's a shit-show down here. 1w

MemoirsForMe Sickening and inexcusable behavior. Totally agree with all you said. 🎯🎯💙💙💙🎯🎯 1w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe 💙✊🏻💙 1w

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Amiable

All about Me!: My Remarkable Life in Show Business | Mel Brooks

Some Stuff About Me
#AuldLangSpine

1. I tripped Queen Elizabeth II when I was 9 years old. True story.

2. I hate coffee. Yes. I said it.

3. My favorite color is green.

4. I‘m a New England native who can trace my family‘s roots in Massachusetts and Connecticut back to 1627.

5. I‘m a genealogy buff. I started doing research when I was 12 and haven‘t stopped. And boy, have I found some interesting skeletons by shaking that family tree… ⬇️

monalyisha, fredthemoose

Amiable 6. I married the guy who lived next door to me in college. We just celebrated our 34th anniversary. We have two sons: one is a Marine helicopter pilot and the other is a rocket scientist. (edited) 2w

Amiable 7. I‘ve worked as a writer/editor for my entire career: at a daily newspaper, a university and a hospital health system. But I always wanted to be an astronaut. (Thank you, Carl Sagan!) 2w

Amiable 8. I love all 4 seasons. Even winter! 2w

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AnnCrystal 😳🧐💚🆒🌲💞🇺🇸🚁🇺🇲🚀📰🔭✨🌷🌞🍂☃️❤️🤍💙. 2w

AmyG I loved reading these. #1! 🙌🏻 2w

TheKidUpstairs Love all this! And #2 - me too! 2w

Deblovestoread #1 What a memory! Love this ❤️ 2w

Amiable @Deblovestoread when she died my father immediately called me and said, “Do you think they‘ll mention in her obituary about that time in 1976 when you tripped her?” 😄 2w

dabbe I now want to hear the whole story where you tripped Queen Liz! Loved learning more about you, too. ♥️💙💚 2w

Amiable @TheKidUpstairs I‘m a die-hard tea drinker! 🫖 2w

Amiable @dabbe In 1976, Liz and Phillip visited the U.S. for the bicentennial. On July 11, they sailed from NYC to New Haven to catch a flight at Tweed Airport. My parents took us kids to the docks to see them. It was hot and I was bored, so I sat down on the curb and stretched my legs out. As they were traversing the wharf, the Queen stumbled over my legs. 😬 Thankfully she didn‘t fall. But it‘s a family legend now. 😄 2w

Bette Fascinating and fun—thanks for sharing. The jokes your son, the rocket scientist, can make. 😊 2w

monalyisha Great list — and hi! 👋🏻 2w

marleed Not me coming back to the post a day later to see if you continued the story of tripping Queen Elizabeth ❤️👑 2w

Amiable @marleed Ha ha! I didn‘t want to assume that there weren‘t others out there who had also tripped the Queen and were like, “ho hum, boring!” 😄 2w

Chrissyreadit wow!!! 🎉🎉🎉all of it! 2w

CSeydel Wow! 🤩 1w

CSeydel Love the tripping the queen story, but I want to hear more about the family tree drama!! 1w

Suet624 So fun to know more about you. 😊 1w

Amiable @CSeydel Well, one of the stories is that I‘m a direct descendant of the only person ever executed in New Haven Colony … for bestiality. William Potter, who was part of one of the founding families of New Haven, was hanged in 1662. He was my 7x-great grandfather. 😬 You can actually Google him and read all about his court case! 1w

CSeydel Oh my goodness! 😬 1w

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mcctrish

Frozen River | Ariel Lawhon

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This story held me in its grip the whole time!!!! I guessed a few of the twists and turns but not the whys, what a rollercoaster ( Santa bag #2 is done)

AnnCrystal 🤩🧩💝. 2w

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BarkingMadRead

A Heart for Christmas: An Advent Novel | Sophie Jomain

Advent book #2

AnnCrystal 🆒🥳👏🏼📚💚🤍❤️. 3w

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dabbe

The Official We Do Not Care Club Handbook: A Hot-Mess Guide for Women in Perimenopause, Menopause, and Beyond Who Are Over It | Melani Sanders

#WDNCW @dabbe

We do not care that this book would have made a fabulous holiday gift, but it doesn't come out until January. We also do not care that we suffered yet another vertigo episode yesterday and have been dealing with it for over 30 years.

We also do not care that we are in no way ready for the holidays re: gifts, cards, decorations ... it all seems so overwhelming this year.

Care to share your “we do not cares?“ I'd love to hear 'em!

DGRachel #1 Boo to vertigo/dizzy spells. Feel better! #2 SQUEEE for WDNC book! (And there was a #3 wasn‘t there? Dang Litsy and their hiding of the post while leaving comments. My brain has already forgotten what I read and what I wanted to say! 😭😭) 3w

ShelleyBooksie I do not care that I am a 46 year old woman who has a golden tinsel christmas tree in her office decorated with squishmallow stuffies. They make me smile ♡ 3w

DGRachel OH! #3 - the whole world feels overwhelming right now. Fortunately it‘s just me and my mom and we basically quit doing Christmas. Neither one of us is good at waiting to give gifts to the other person so we buy them, and within two days it‘s like “here. Merry Christmas” and it‘s September 30th. 🤣🤣 The tree is up and has lights on it. There will be no ornaments. We‘re done. 🤣😂🤣😂🤣 3w

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dabbe @DGRachel 🩵☃️🩶 3w

dabbe @ShelleyBooksie I now need to see a picture, please! 🩵☃️🩶 3w

dabbe @DGRachel Sounds like the perfect Christmas to me. 🩵☃️🩶 3w

Bklover I hate vertigo!! Hope it gets better.. this is the first time I‘ve seen the WDNC club- I‘m in a menopause WDNC club on TikTok. I even have a tshirt. 😊😉 3w

Bklover @DGRachel that happens to me too. By the time I hop over to make a comment I‘ve forgotten what I wanted to say. I also have the same problem with Christmas presents, and my tree has lights and that‘s it. Kindred spirits. 3w

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝 May you be all well now, and may you be able to focus more on the fun of the season in this overwhelming world 😘💝💝💝. 3w

ravenlee I feel so overwhelmed, too! There‘s too much going on, and expectations are too high, and everybody NEEDS SOMETHING FROM ME ALL THE TIME and I am already so freaking over it all! And yet, we have three weeks to go. 😖🙄😫 3w

dabbe @Bklover How cool is that? I adore her! Where did you get the shirt? I might have to get one, too! ♥️💙💚 3w

dabbe @AnnCrystal ♥️💙💚 3w

dabbe @ravenlee I say do what you can and let the rest go hang! You deserve some quality “me“ time, m'dear. ♥️💙💚 3w

Bklover I got the shirt on Melani‘s TikTok shop. I had a lady come up to me in Walmart to tell me that she‘s in the WDNC club too. Apparently there are a lot of us! 💙💙 3w

ravenlee Thanks for the sentiment - but it‘s mostly kiddo‘s Nutcracker commitments and my Christmas gigs causing all the stress, none of which is negotiable. 😖 The rest of the presents and family stuff is its own headache, of course, but I just fake it as I go. 3w

MemoirsForMe Vertigo sucks! Feel better! 🤗 3w

kspenmoll Feel better! 3w

dabbe @Bklover L💙VE! ♥️💙💚 3w

dabbe @ravenlee Wishful thinking on my part. Hang in there! ♥️💙💚 3w

dabbe @MemoirsForMe @kspenmoll TY! I feel better today. ♥️💙💚 3w

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ncsufoxes

Auld Lang Syne!: Reliving Your Scottish Childhood | Allan Morrison

@Deblovestoread I‘m excited about your recommendations for #AuldLangSpine. I have only read one on your list- King, which was excellent. The Correspondent & Things in Nature Merely Grow were on my radar but haven‘t gotten to them this year. Now time to track down some books.

monalyisha

TheBookHippie King was so good. 3w

Deblovestoread Enjoy! 3w

Chelsea.Poole I loved #2–nearly made my list! 3w

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jenniferw88

The Serviceberry: An Economy of Gifts and Abundance | Robin Wall Kimmerer

So excited for my #auldlangspine list from @Singout ! I haven't read ANY of them, although I have read the tagged author before & loved it (Braiding Sweetgrass), so I'll probably start there.

Top right shows books I already owned (and/or purchased recently), & bottom right shows books I'm interested in.

Books #2, #5, #6 & #12 aren't appealing to me at mo, but might later in the year! 🤣

Thanks @monalyisha for another 👍 match!

#als2026 #als

Singout Wow!!! I‘m so happy you‘re looking forward to them! I‘m going to make a beautiful list like yours, and do a bit more reflection when I am away in the next couple of days. 3w

Amiable Oh, I love Thrity Umrigar —everything she writes is wonderful. 3w

KT1432 This looks good!! 3w

TheKidUpstairs I love love love Christine Higdon

Gin, Turpentine, Pennyroyal, Rue: A Novel

Chelsea.Poole @singout was my match last year and she had an amazing list! Several made my list this year. Enjoy! 3w

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