Litsy

Join us for the new #USPresidents reading challenge!
Goal: Read about one president per month, IN ORDER. Thus, 2026 will be George Washington - Zachary Taylor. Books can include biographies, memoirs or books written by the president.
Related bonus topics will be posted in a bingo-card format to work on throughout the year.
As you read, share fun facts or interesting tidbits! We will also post a discussion thread at the end of each month.
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LitsyEvents ⬆️BY @AMIABLE AND @TEARIFICBOOKS 2w

TEArificbooks Thanks for sharing 2w

Amiable Thank you! 2w

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kspenmoll This looks like a fun challenge- will join in! Would love to read Chernow‘s Pulitzer prize winning biography but I cannot see me reading 900+ pages in s month so reading a book not in data base here (edited) 2w

MonicaLoves2Read Sounds great. I think I'll join in the readathon. 2w

bookandbedandtea I like the sound of this. I don't know that I'll be able to read something every month but I'll try and I'll definitely pay attention to what others are reading. 2w

LitsyEvents @AMIABLE & @TEARIFICBOOKS ⬆️ 1w

Amiable @kspenmoll @MonicaLoves2Read @bookandbedandtea We‘ll put you on the tag list! 1w

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Amiable

American Presidents | David Levine

Join us for the new #USPresidents reading challenge!

Goal: Read about one president per month, IN ORDER. Thus, 2026 will be George Washington – Zachary Taylor.

Books can include biographies, memoirs or books written by the president.

Related bonus topics will be posted in a bingo-card format to work on throughout the year.

As you read, share fun facts or interesting tidbits! We will also post a discussion thread at the end of each month.

TEArificbooks, LitsyEvents

Kerrbearlib Oh, this sounds fun! One of my favorite Presidential books is Destiny of the Republic about President Garfield. I may have to re-read it!

Destiny of the Republic: A Tale of Madness, Medicine and the Murder of a President

Bookwormjillk Love this! I‘m in! 2w

Bookwormjillk @Kerrbearlib that‘s a favorite of mine too! 2w

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TheBookHippie I‘m so in!!! 2w

Cuilin Fabulous, count me in. 2w

Amiable @Kerrbearlib That‘s a great book! She also wrote one about Teddy Roosevelt (save until we get to him!):

The River of Doubt: Theodore Roosevelt's Darkest Journey

JenReadsAlot Oh I'm in!! 2w

Larkken lol my dad would be so excited for me to do this so I could talk presidential anecdotes with him 2w

Deblovestoread I‘m in! 2w

TEArificbooks I‘m excited. Can‘t wait for all the fun facts to be shared. There is always more to learn about history, they run out of time in school and can‘t teach it all. 2w

CoverToCoverGirl Yes! I‘m in! 2w

dabbe I'll give 'er a try! 🧡🍁♥️ 2w

Roary47 That sounds interesting I‘d like to try. 1w

ImperfectCJ It's probably ill-advised for me to join another challenge, but hey...count me in! 1w

fredthemoose Will you add me to the tag list? I started trying to read a biography of each president a few years ago. I think I have all of the early ones done but I‘d still love to jump in here and there! 1d

Amiable @fredthemoose of course! I‘ve read about 18-20 president bios so far, but not in order. (I‘ve been bouncing as interest takes me.) I‘m going to start again in order. For the presidents I‘ve already completed (with heftier books that I‘m not rereading), I‘m going to pick one of the “American Presidents” series published by MacMillan. Most of them are only about 200-250 pages long. (edited) 24h

AshleyHoss820 His Excellency was a pretty interesting read about George Washington. And I‘m biased, but I loved John Adams by David McCullough, too. I read American Sphinx for Thomas Jefferson and Reagan: A Life by H.W. Brands for Ronald Reagan (obviously). Have fun, you guys! You‘ll have to get a bit creative with the lesser-known presidents, but the books are out there! ☺️

His Excellency: George Washington

Amiable @AshleyHoss820 I loved “John Adams” —McCullough is the man for history books! The “American Presidents” series has a bio all of the presidents (including the ones everyone forgets about!) up through Clinton, I think. So that‘s a good resource as a backup. Also, have you read a Washington bio? I highly recommend

Washington: A Life

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MonicaLoves2Read

Snoopy: First Beagle in Space: A PEANUTS Collection | Charles M. Schulz

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I don't think you can ever be to old for Snoopy and the Peanuts Gang. I thought this book would have more about space based on the tittle, but it didn't have a lot. I did learn that Schulz was interested in space and in 1950 as Peanuts was getting started he had comic strips with the Gang talking about space.

#comics

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Texreader

Simon's Cat | Simon Tofield

Happy National Cat Day (it should be everyday)!

Karisa In their furry brains, cats know it‘s everyday! 😂 1mo

lil1inblue @Karisa 😹 🎯 😻 1mo

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Texreader

Simon's Cat | Simon Tofield

Bette 🐈‍⬛🐾🖤 1mo

AnnCrystal
🤩💕🐈‍⬛🥳👍🏼💝. 1mo

Gissy There a couple of litsy friends with beautiful black cats 🐈‍⬛ 🖤🖤🖤🖤 1mo

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DogEaredBooks

Revenge of the Librarians | Tom Gauld

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In case anyone is interested they have up the design for the 2026 Independent Bookstore Day on Bonfire. It comes as a shirt, long sleeve, or crewneck. I‘ll put the link in the comments! #independentbookstoreday

DogEaredBooks https://www.bonfire.com/indie-bookstore-day-2026/ 2mo

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Daisey

The Best of Beetle Bailey | Mort Walker

I didn‘t have a word to share from my reading today, but then I stumbled across a short video from Merriam-Webster about expletive infixation that included the definition of grawlix. This led me to an article with a bit more history of grawlixes, so I‘m sharing with the rest of you. Links in comments ⬇️

grawlix: a string of typographical symbols used in place of an obscenity, especially in comic strips (noun)

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

CBee

Daisey Video 🔗 https://youtu.be/OpbzzNSy-Us?si=Qc3o90BnLkvDzlO0 2mo

Daisey Article 🔗 https://www.cbr.com/grawlixes-cursing-symbols-debut/ 2mo

CBee Used to love reading Beetle Bailey on Saturday mornings 🙂 2mo

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Ruthiella Neat! Who knew there was a word for it and we have it thanks to Beetle Bailey! 🤯 2mo

Daisey @CBee I enjoyed the comics on Sunday mornings! 2mo

Daisey @Ruthiella I found it a very fun fact! 2mo

CBee @Daisey wait, you‘re right! It was Sunday mornings 🤦‍♀️🤪 2mo

tpixie Interesting! 1mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Physics for Cats | Tom Gauld

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A clever silly time that runs the spectrum from sweet to satire and doesn't mind dipping into the eldritch or surreal. My enjoyment was peppered with giggles and chortles and a satisfying amount of sci-fi scenarios and robots. I should add, per the last page of the book, these science cartoons all originally appeared in new scientist magazine and I've definitely seen a few already on Gauld's Tumblr account.

Robotswithpersonality So if you're a subscriber to either, be pleasantly prepared for some re-runs. 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Physics for Cats | Tom Gauld