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Let's Eat Together, Aki and Haru, Volume 1 | Makoto Taji

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I wanted another slice of life like Our Not So Lonely Planet or Confessions of a Shy Baker with tons of food illustrations (because I love them 😍) and a hint of romance, and that‘s exactly what I got! We also get a look at the characters‘ insecurities and their hopes and fears for the future, which adds a nice dimension as well. Bonus points for including recipes in each chapter! #Manga #SliceOfLife #Food

Kenyazero Used for #LGBTQIA2025 book bingo Free Space; and #GottaCatchEmAll Tauros: the first book in a series @PuddleJumper (edited) 4d

PuddleJumper 🦬🦬 4d

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The Discomfort of Evening | Marieke Lucas Rijneveld

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Set in a rural farm area amongst a devout religious community it is a searing portrait of grief and the many unhealthy ways it manifests in a family when left alone. Other circumstances conspire to make an unbearable situation even worse, culminating in a final action, final sentence that is a punch in the gut. OOoft.

3.5⭐, #FoodandLit, #Netherlands, #LGBTQIA2025 #SurpriseEnding

BarbaraBB Such a punch 🥊 5d

sarahbarnes Great review. Agreed. 5d

Suet624 Jeepers. I think I have this book on one of my shelves. Now you‘ve got me wondering where the heck it is so I can read it. 5d

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dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 5d

Liz_M @Suet624 😂 I love that this is your reaction! 5d

Liz_M @sarahbarnes Thanks! 5d

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Just Pretend | Tori Sharp

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I didn't realize this was a memoir comic when I picked it up, but it started to dawn on me as themes took shape. This is a lovely look into the author's life, the middle school experience, maintaining friendships, and growing up with devorsed and complicated parents. I enjoyed the way Tori's writing is represented, and the references to Harvest Moon charmed me endlessly. #Comics #Nonfiction #MemoirComic

Kenyazero Used for #LGBTQIA2025 nonfiction; and #GottaCatchEmAll Rockruff: jewellery is important @PuddleJumper 3w

PuddleJumper 🐶🐶 3w

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Kenyazero

Haru: Book 1: Spring Volume 1 | Joe Latham

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Haru, a little blueberry-shaped bird, helps their best friend, a piglet named Yama, on an unexpected quest to do away with an immensely evil object. The pacing is a little off, but I absolutely love this first book. The characters are fun, the dialogue is charming, and the post-apocalypse setting is interesting. I enjoy that the characters don't fully understand their quest. The lighthearted but dark tone reminds me of Rice Boy.

Kenyazero (if you love this, check out Rice Boy!)

Rice Boy

Kenyazero Used for #LGBTQIA2025 Nature; #GottaCatchEmAll Drampa: a child character @PuddleJumper; and #OwlHouseReadathon Flapjack: a bird on the cover 3w

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 3w

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The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 4w

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 4w

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 4w

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 4w

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 4w

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 4w

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 4w

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 4w

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 4w

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 4w

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 4w

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 4w

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 4w

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 4w

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 4w

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 4w

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 4w

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 4w

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 4w

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 4w

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 4w

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 4w

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 4w

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 4w

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 4w

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 4w

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 4w

ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 1w

Texreader So great to have you back!! 1w

britt_brooke Joseph! 1w

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LitsyEvents

Untitled | Anonymous

repost for @Kenyazero:

The 2025 LGBTQIA+ Book Bingo card is here! Anyone is invited to join this inclusive, casual, year-long #BookBingo and take it at your own pace. Read books by LGBTQIA+ authors or featuring LGBTQIA+ characters.

You can also track progress on The Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2a75ed55-253f-4e22-b540-bd10b2b...

Don‘t forget to tag me in your reviews and #LGBTQIA2025!

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Untitled | Unknown

The 2025 LGBTQIA+ Book Bingo card is here! Anyone is invited to join this inclusive, casual, year-long #BookBingo and take it at your own pace. Read books by LGBTQIA+ authors or featuring LGBTQIA+ characters. There‘ll be a bonus card in June.

You can also track progress on The Storygraph: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/2a75ed55-253f-4e22-b540-bd10b2b...

Don‘t forget to tag me in your reviews and #LGBTQIA2025!

Kenyazero Download the bingo card here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1gm7PL-F3kqRqt2xj5WIUd9Jo-Q9pfcqj?usp=dri... (edited) 1mo

Kenyazero @thebookhippie @willaful @kitta @coffees @litsyevents @bookmarktavern @peanutnine @puddlejumper @zuhkeeyah @BookmarkTavern @abigailJaneBlog @Lauredhel @singout @Jari-chan 1mo

TheBookHippie Yay!!!!! 1mo

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Kitta Yay!! Furniture on the cover?? I‘m going to have to look for something specific for that one hahah 1mo

PuddleJumper Yay! Thank you! 1mo

Kenyazero @Kitta I was trying for something I definitely haven‘t had on the card before 😆 hopefully that one won‘t turn out to be too challenging! 1mo

BookmarkTavern I‘m so excited for this! 🎉🏳️‍🌈🎉 1mo

AbigailJaneBlog Thanks! I'm very excited 🥰 1mo

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