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xicanti
Dead Dead Girls | Nekesa Afia
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I was so excited when I found DEAD DEAD GIRLS in a Little Free Library near Finian‘s place, and so crushed when I actually dove in. To be generous, this reads like a second draft: flat characters, long paragraphs full of dull sentences that repeat the same thing from three different angles, and consistency errors. It could‘ve been a solid book with a more rigorous editor. As it stands, I bailed at 50 pages. Back into the LFL it goes.

Karisa Looks like the book‘s makers paid more attention to the cover on this one! 😅 (edited) 1d
xicanti @Karisa it has such a great cover! 1d
Karisa @xicanti It really does. Those colors pop! 1d
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BookishMarginalia The series is a miss for me. Such a disappointment— I wanted to love it! 1d
xicanti @BookishMarginalia same. It sounds so good! 1d
DGRachel I only finished it because it was for #lmpbc. I had such high hopes but I thought it was genuinely awful. 1d
dabbe #hailthebail! 🙌🏻 #betterbooksahead 💛🐾💛 1d
MemoirsForMe Is this a new fur baby? 🐾❤️💚 1d
xicanti @DGRachel now I feel even better about bailing. 1d
xicanti @dabbe living the bail life over here. 1d
xicanti @MemoirsForMe he‘s a sweet Labradusky I‘ve looked after a couple times now! His people come home tonight. 1d
dabbe @xicanti 💚🤍♥️ 1d
MemoirsForMe He‘s adorable! 17h
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LitsyEvents
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repost for @BookishBrunette1

Would anyone be interested in joining me for a #LMPBC of our own? I‘d love to do it if a couple of people are interested. I took this picture recently to celebrate the fact that I finally had all of Abbi Waxman‘s books, and might use The Garden of Small Beginnings as my starting book if we decide to make this happen. Of course, I have a lot of others to choose from though.

BookishBrunette1 Thanks for sharing this on my behalf! Hopefully people will be interested if we can all stay in the habit of using media mail. 4mo
BookishBrunette1 There were comments on this yesterday, from people who were interested in doing this with me. Where did they go? 4mo
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BookishBrunette1
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Would anyone be interested in joining me for a #LMPBC of our own? It‘s not done through Litsy anymore, but I‘d love to do it on our own if a couple of people are interested. I took this picture recently to celebrate the fact that I finally had all of Abbi Waxman‘s books, and might use The Garden of Small Beginnings as my starting book if we decide to make this happen. Of course, I have a lot of others to choose from though. @LitsyEvents

BookishBrunette1 @kspenmoll I've read and loved The Bookish Life of Nina Hill and Adult Assembly Required. According to ChatGPT this is the order her books are “supposed“ to be read in but I love the fact that each of her books can be read as a stand alone as well. 4mo
bookandbedandtea I'd be interested in joining! 📬 4mo
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BookishBrunette1 @bookandbedandtea would you be willing to get in touch via Facebook messenger or email for the planning process? That might be easier and faster than here since there isn't an instant messaging feature or a way to contact each other directly other than commenting on each other's posts (unless there's a feature I don't know about.) 4mo
StayCurious I‘d be interested but I‘m in Canada. Not sure where you both are posting from? 4mo
BookishBrunette1 @StayCurious I‘m in California. I‘m not sure where @bookandbedandtea is posting from. 4mo
hya Hii!! Nice to meet you ❤️ I wanted to ask what is LMPBC and how can one be part of it?? I live in India btw 4mo
BookishBrunette1 @hya I don‘t remember what each letter stands for. We each start with a book from our own shelf, and write our thoughts in the margins (or a separate paper) as we read. Once we finish our book, we send it to another participant. By the end of the swap, every participant has read their own book and all of the books chosen by other participants, and shared their thoughts. It‘s fun, but it might be hard to do since we live so far apart. 4mo
bookandbedandtea I'm in Colorado. I'd be happy to send you an email if you'll add yours here. I agree that it would be easier to coordinate that way. 4mo
BookishBrunette1 @bookandbedandtea mine is varela.sophia01@gmail.com 4mo
bookandbedandtea @BookishBrunette1 I just sent you an email 😀 4mo
hya @BookishBrunette1 oh ok got it!! And I agree it'll be really difficult! 4mo
hya @BookishBrunette1 thank you for replying 😊!! 4mo
BookishPiper I have really enjoyed Abbi Waxman. Thank you for the add! 3w
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BookishBrunette1
The Book Haters' Book Club | Gretchen Anthony
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@LitsyEvents I‘m a returning Litsy user and often think of a swap/bookclub I was part of because it was so fun. The tagged book is the one I used for that swap. We were split into groups of 4 or so, each person chose a book from our own shelf, wrote our thoughts in the margins and sent it to the next person. By the end, each of us got to read our own book and all of those chosen by the other group members. I‘d love to do that again.

ShelleyBooksie Due to the cost of shipping, this one hasn't run in awhile. It was a lot of fun! 4mo
BookishBrunette1 @ShelleyBooksie gotcha. That makes sense. I‘ve mentioned it to a few book loving friends. They all liked the idea, but our follow through is pretty terrible. 🤦🏻‍♀️ 4mo
ShelleyBooksie I know in the US there is the option of media mail but in Canada we don't have that and the shipping often exceeds the cost of the book - boo! I always enjoyed reading the notes others wrote!. 4mo
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BookishBrunette1 @ShelleyBooksie I do remember being encouraged to use media mail. That swap made me get over my aversion to writing in books. I loved reading other people‘s thoughts, figuring out what got their attention that may not have caught mine. 4mo
LitsyEvents Welcome back! Have @ShelleyBooksie and @TieDyeDude answered your questions? I believe you were thinking of #LMPBC (if you want to explore the event & how it worked). Also look at #LItsySwaps for some of the Halloween and winter holiday activities. Please retag us if you decide to create a post to gauge interest or if you start an event! 4mo
ElizaMarie I enjoyed when I engaged in these swaps- if you put one together please let me know 4mo
BookishBrunette1 @ElizaMarie If you‘re still interested, please email me varela.sophia01@gmail.com. @bookandbedandtea will also be joining us. I think 3 is a fine little group size. I haven‘t seen any others who have specifically said they‘re interested. Hopefully I haven‘t missed any. 4mo
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peanutnine
Giveaway | Carolyn Finlay
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Guess what I managed to catch yesterday! The moment I reached 100,000 litfluence! This community is one of the best corners of the internet, so to celebrate I'm doing a giveaway 🎉
Comment or post about a great book you've read thanks to a recommendation on Litsy. I've had so many #blameitonlisty reads that have become new favorites & I want to hear about yours! Use #100KGiveaway & tag me by 5/11 - I'll send the winner a book off their wishlist!

Ruthiella Congratulations on achieving 100k! 🥳🥳🥳 The book I just finished is a #BlameitonLitsy book! So many rave reviews, I had to try it. And I was not disappointed! 8mo
PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 Congratulations! That's amazing. Running Close to the Wind by Alexandra Rowland was recommended through Litsy. It was 'this was too silly for me but you might enjoy it' and enjoy it I did 🤣 8mo
Librarybelle Congratulations! 8mo
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kspenmoll Congrats!!!🎉🎈 A #blameitonlitsy book for me that I loved was (edited) 8mo
TheSpineView Excellent! Congratulations on the milestone! 8mo
AbigailJaneBlog 🎉🎉🎉 8mo
Kitta Congrats!! I don‘t know who recommended it but my #blameitonlitsy is 8mo
Gissy Congratulations 📚🎉📚🎉👏👏👏 8mo
Read4life Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉 A #blameitonlitsy book that I read and loved is 8mo
PageShifter Congrats 😱🥳 A #blameitonlitsy book for me that I loved was 8mo
dabbe Yay for you! Thanks for being such a positive force on Litsy. 💙My #blameitonlitsy book of all time is tagged below. I never would have even survived it if it wasn‘t for the #hashtagbrigade! 🤣 (edited) 8mo
Soubhiville Yay, congratulations! Litsy is my favorite internet spot. 📚🩷 8mo
Meshell1313 Congratulations! What an impressive milestone! I always participate in #camplitsy where we read books I would never read on my own! I have so many #BlameitonLitsy books from camp- Bandit Queens, All Fours, and Butter especially! 8mo
Deblovestoread Congratulations! 🎉🎉🎉 I think my favorite #blameitonlitsy book is 8mo
TheBookHippie Congratulations!!! 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉 I second #THEBROS no way I‘d finish that without Litsy !! 8mo
CSeydel I second The Bandit Queens, which I wouldn‘t have known about if not for #camplitsy! It was so good. 7mo
CSeydel And also shout out to Garden Spells which I really enjoyed, from our #LMPBC group! 7mo
peanutnine @CSeydel oh yes, that was a good book and a great #LMPBC round! 😄 7mo
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julieclair
Killer Run | Lynn Cahoon
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Everything I like in a cozy mystery. Amateur female sleuth, police detective boyfriend, likable supporting characters, small town setting, and a mystery that I can‘t figure out. I‘ll read more of this series. 4⭐️

This was my April pick for #ThematicCozies #Sport, and also my #BookSpin #DoubleSpin

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Also - I got Indiscretion in the mail yesterday!!! Thank you so much for sending it back, I genuinely forgot you had it 😂 But in fairness I've had The Smile of a Stranger for so long that I literally don't remember who is supposed to get it next! 😂 😂 😂 8mo
julieclair @TheAromaofBooks 🤣🤣 Once the structure of #LMPBC disappeared, we dissolved into chaos! 🤪🫠😂 8mo
mhillis I ended up reading this one too!! I agree — it was really good 😊 8mo
julieclair @mhillis We have good taste! 😘 8mo
mhillis @julieclair Indeed!! 8mo
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Fr3NcHtOaSt
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Just stumbled upon this book a few days ago and I‘m totally loving it. And the 3rd book Oathbound just came out yesterday. I have some reading to do to catch up. But I don‘t see that a problem.

#Legendborn #TracyDeonn #series #ebook #kindle

5feet.of.fury Love that series, I preordered book 3 so I‘m hoping to get to it soon 10mo
Fr3NcHtOaSt @5feet.of.fury funny thing is I started reading this on a whim and then realized that the third book was coming out the next day. Had to preorder it and get it so I had it 10mo
5feet.of.fury @Fr3NcHtOaSt perfect timing! I read the first one in 2023 with #lmpbc and then jumped immediately into book 2 so I‘d been waiting a bit for book 3, currently listening to the audiobook for it & really enjoying it 9mo
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TheAromaofBooks
One Perfect Couple | Ruth Ware
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Any of these strike your fancy @Jerdencon @bookandbedandtea ? I have a neverending pile of mystery/thrillers from which to choose, so I can pull another four if needed 😂

Since we aren't #LMPBC anymore, do we need another name? #TravelingThrills ? 😆

bookandbedandtea When I was at the past office yesterday I was thinking we needed a new name! #TravelingThrills works for me. 😁 I've read Going Zero but any of the others works for me. 11mo
Jerdencon Im actually reading the Perfect Couple now for #auldlangspine but any of the others are good with me! Love the #travelingthrills as a new name! @bookandbedandtea 11mo
TheAromaofBooks @Jerdencon @bookandbedandtea - Okay, I think I am going to go with First Lie Wins. I really enjoyed one of Elston's YA thrillers, so I'm interested to see how she does an adult one. 11mo
bookandbedandtea @TheAromaofBooks That sounds great. I'm excited to be reading another round together! @Jerdencon #TravelingThrills 11mo
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BarkingMadRead
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Y‘all my #fffs from @Pigpen_Reads was wrapped up so beautifully, but even better, filled with Reeses! Yummmm cannot wait to read these, thank you so much! And thanks to @Avanders and @Chrissyreadit for organizing!

Chrissyreadit 🧡🍁🧡 1y
5feet.of.fury A Witch‘s Guide to Fake Dating a Demon is a fun read! Lots of 🍆 1y
BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury i am here for it 🤣 1y
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5feet.of.fury @BarkingMadRead I had picked it for #lmpbc a while ago and I will say the cartoon cover duped me on this one 😅 I was like “whoops, well, we‘re all grown ups right?” 1y
BarkingMadRead @5feet.of.fury 🤣🤣🤣 1y
Avanders 😍🍁🍎🍂♥️ 1y
Pigpen_Reads Yay! I‘m glad you like it! :) 1y
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