Welcome to Litsy!

I tweet @Annkingman about a book rec from a Books on the Nightstand podcast episode she and @mkindness did 10 years ago - I couldn't understand the title and can't find it anywhere. (The #podcast has been off the air for a few years but it is still my fave and I have all of the back episodes in my cloud.) She kindly responds and remembers(!) the name - A Fraction of the Whole by Steve Toltz. I dig through my tbr shelves and...😂 #botns

7$ and change for these two titles at a pop-up used bookstore that I spotted totally by chance. I think the #botns podcast was playing in my head when I chose these books. #Chicago peeps, the spot is Carpe Librum in the South Loop on Roosevelt.

For those, like me, who miss @mkindness @Annkingman and the late great #BOTNS podcast, Michael is Roxanne Coady's guest on the latest episode of her own excellent Just the Right Book podcast. Fun conversion about summer reading. #rjjulia #justtherightbook https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/just-the-right-book-with-roxanne-coady/id118...

This was a pretty good book. I don't read much about teenagers, but this is a well-written story that explores the lives of teenagers beyond the rich, spoiled exterior. Thanks to @mkindness for the recommendation. #BOTNS

I'm pretty happy with my year-end stats.Of my 100 books, I was almost evenly split between men and women authors-49/51; 5 authors who identify as LGBTQ+; 22 authors of color-of those 11 men and 12 women. I'm sure the @bookriot #readharder challenge and the #seasonalreadingchallenge along with #Botns bingo helped but most of my choices just happened naturally as those challenges were used primarily as a way to direct my choices from my existing TBR

I looked forward to this late great podcast every Tuesday. (Which is also where I first heard about Litsy!) Well, today there's a Tuesday Treat! Ann and Michael are on the most recent episode (11) of the awesome @DrunkBooksellers podcast! Go forth and be happy! http://drunkbooksellers.libsyn.com/ @mkindness #BOTNS

Enjoyed this very heartfelt, tragic, and hilarious memoir. Learned of this book awhile back on an episode of Books on the Nightstand #BOTNS. Shout out to @mkindness for the recommendation! Liked listening to this on audio, read by author.

This #BOTNS bingo sheet has seen better days, but it recently survived a leaky AC unit! Working on my "Set on a Ship" square and also reading Lost in Seoul for my "Travel Writing" and Sandburg's Chicago Poems for "Published 100 Years Ago." ?❤️???

Updated #botns bingo card.
Ship: My Last Continent by Midge Raymond
1-word title: Pond by Claire-Louise Bennett
Steampunk: Curtsies & Conspiracies by Gail Carriger
...library: Generation Loss by Elizabeth Hand
Biography or memoir: Shrill by Lindy West
Self-help: The Happiness Project by G. Rubin

Dietland made me righteously angry while making me love it and marking off a square on my Books On The Nightstand summer book bingo sheet. Such a multi-talented book! #botns #bookbingo