Litsy

Christmas Miracles: Inspirational True Stories of Holiday Magic | Brad Steiger, Sherry Hansen Steiger

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

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Cinfhen

Device Free Weekend | Sean Doolittle

#PublishesTomorrow #ARC #NetGalley I‘m sorry but at 45% I‘ve had enough 🤪 This book about a tech billionaire who gathers his college friends for a reunion on his private island started out great but this is the year I #HailTheBail and stop wasting my time on books that aren‘t working for me. This became wayyyyy to convoluted and went wayyyyyt off the rails #NoThanks

Centique All hail the bail! It‘s the best way to go 💕 2y

Cinfhen #PREACH 🙌🏻 @Centique xxxx 2y

Bookwormjillk I was wondering if this was Sean Doolittle of the Washington Nationals (relief pitcher and bookworm.) Looks like it‘s not so I‘ll skip. 2y

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Cinfhen @Bookwormjillk that would have been true fan dedication ⚾️😉 2y

Susanita @Bookwormjillk I‘d read it too if that were the case! Too funny 😂 2y

Cinfhen I totally believe that @Susanita !!!! 2y

Bookwormjillk @Susanita go Nats! 2y

kezzlou85 I need to bail on more if they're not pulling me in. I always feel bad with review ones but life's too short to read books I don't enjoy. 2y

Cinfhen I also feel bad about bailing on review books but I think bailing can be considered part of the review process 🤣😅😂 2y

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Lollymya

A Dance with the Fae Prince | Elise Kova

bailed

⭐️ ◼️ I couldn‘t find the actual book on here….This is only the third book in my entire life that I DNF‘d (Did Not Finish). I feel guilty and like a total failure. I tried to push through it and got about 70 percent done but I couldn‘t do it. It was total Deja vue (not spelled right) I felt like I read it already….or maybe I have just read to many Beauty and the Beast retellings. It‘s also my #March #bookspin #LitsyLove

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks There is no shame in bailing on a book that isn't working for you!!! As @Cinfhen likes to say #AllHailtheBail 😂 There are SO many amazing books out there that you are going to love - sometimes you just have to let one of the not-amazing ones go!! 2y

Cinfhen #PREACH @TheAromaofBooks #TRUTH 🙌🏻💖 2y

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Chrissyreadit

The Stand | Stephen King

Stephen King #preach !
@ElizaMarie I‘m so glad you shared this on IG ❤️😘❤️

TheBookHippie ✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼✊🏼 3y

TheSpineView 🙌 3y

AmyG I just read this on Twitter. He‘s the best! 3y

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Tamra Ohhh, yes. 3y

Deblovestoread Love this! 3y

LKK526 Agree 100% 3y

ElizaMarie He is the best! Banning books makes me so angry. Its so dumb! 3y

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Cinfhen

Crossroads: A Novel | Jonathan Franzen

Woohoo 🙌🏻 Finally, Marion #PREACH ❣️❣️I‘ve been waiting for this book to start moving and now on page 366, I feel the beginnings of a great story 📚 Up until this point, I‘ve felt like this novel was a bit of a slough. I‘m here for it, Pastor Russ Hildebrandt is a total A-hole( nicest word I could think of). Hope the next 200 pages don‘t disappoint.

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Cinfhen

Midnight Library | Matt Haig

so-so

Oy! What to say....I get why this book was loved by so many & I don‘t want to take away from that, but for me this book was wayyyyy too sappy & boarded on cheesy. The underlying message while beautiful was delivered so heavy handedly. I‘m afraid this was #MoreMehThanYeah #Booked2021 #LibraryOrLibrarianInBookTitle

BarbaraTheBibliophage, alisiakae

Moray_Reads I've enjoyed Haig's non fiction and his children's books but this is how I've felt about all his adult books. It's too much and instead of making me smile it makes me roll my eyes. This one's still tbr (maybe) 4y

Cinfhen I guess I‘m a bit of a cynic and I kind of went into the book with low expectations @Moray_Reads I was able to #BorrowNotBuy and that suited my needs 4y

Vansa This book was terrible! Nora is quite annoying, quite honestly. The story is so silly, and I found the basic conceit terribly flawed- how can she decide what makes her happy when she's just flung into situations? The entire glacier bit really annoyed me.Also I find this bad advice-its good to get medication from actual practitioners. 4y

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BarbaraBB I was afraid so. I‘m glad you confirmed my suspicions. I am having a hard time with this #booked21 prompt! (edited) 4y

Cinfhen Ha @Vansa 😆I definitely feel where you‘re coming from. I thought Nora was annoying AF 4y

Cinfhen There are seriously TONS of books with Library or Librarian in the title @BarbaraBB have you read this one that @Kalalalatja just reviewed/ it‘s awesome

The Library Book

BarbaraBB I saw her review and though I liked it I‘m not sure it‘s a book for me. 4y

Cinfhen I‘ll tag you if I come across any more posts @BarbaraBB but I don‘t think this book is for you! 4y

BarbaraBB Thanks Cindy 🧡 4y

britt_brooke I hated this one. 4y

Cinfhen It was a bit difficult to bare @britt_brooke but so many people gush over it and I don‘t want to take away from those who connected so deeply with Nora and the message Haig was delivering 🙃 4y

Vansa This is why I love Litsy,I love the validation from other people hating the same things I hate! 😂 4y

Cinfhen #PREACH @Vansa ❣️😂 4y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen You are much nicer than I am! 😂 4y

Cinfhen I still think you‘re pretty nice @britt_brooke you pepper your reviews with ya‘ll which seems so friendly & harmless xxxxx 4y

britt_brooke @Cinfhen It‘s that KY/TN thing, lol. 💁🏼‍♀️ I tried many years to drop the “y‘all,” but now I embrace it. 😂 4y

mollyrotondo Oh I‘m so glad you and the commenters felt the same way as me about this book 😂 I just finished it today and I really thought it was so sappy and made suicidal thoughts seem like they can be reversed just by saying life is beautiful. It was too superficial for me. 3y

Cinfhen I wasn‘t sure if I was being too cynical...so im thrilled to know others had similar feelings about this book. 3y

Desha I bailed about halfway through... 3y

Cinfhen I felt like bailing @Desha but the kept thinking maybe it would redeem itself.... nope 👎🏼 and I feel bad because many many many other readers LOVED this book 🤷🏼‍♀️oh well, that‘s what makes reading so wonderful 3y

Desha Lol @Cinfhen I got a comment on my review “you bailed on Midnight Library?”. Not sure what to conment back I know a lot of people loved it but I found it like you said too “heavy handed” in delivering its message. I also believe suicidal thoughts deserve treatment. So I guess I‘m in the minority too 😂. 3y

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Megabooks

Happy Fat: Taking Up Space in a World That Wants to Shrink You | Sofie Hagen

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I‘d encourage people doing the #pop21 challenge to read a Fat Liberation book instead #BodyPositivity book. Fat Liberation not only deals with feeling better about the body you‘re in and your relationship with weight, food, and exercise but it also includes dismantling the system of oppression of fat people. That is everything from making airplanes more comfortable for everyone to size-inclusive fashion to being treated well at the doctor. ⬇️

KarenUK, Cinfhen, Kalalalatja, alisiakae, BarbaraBB

Megabooks ⬆️ In this book Danish comedian Sofie Hagan takes a mostly serious look at her own Fat Liberation journey, but also how to start your own or be a good ally for fat friends. I plan to read this soon as well.

Health At Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight

Megabooks #20in4 book 2 - about 4 hours in! @Andrew65 4y

BarbaraBB I am willing to however I didn‘t enjoy Hunger by Roxane Gay. Do you think I should try this one? 4y

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Megabooks @BarbaraBB Hunger is more a memoir of why Roxane is fat and her life story as a fat person. This book is less memoir and more activism. It‘s an explanation of the systematic oppression fat people face and how to combat it. The parts where she talks about herself are about learning to love her body rather than why it got that way. I hope this helps. 4y

Kalalalatja @BarbaraBB I would recommend it, too! I learned a lot from Sofie‘s book, and I‘m always here for supporting a fellow Dane 🙌 4y

BarbaraBB @Kalalalatja @Megabooks That settles it then! #stacked (edited) 4y

Gillyreads 👏👏👏 4y

KarenUK Love this recommendation @Megabooks I‘m in! I‘m definitely part way on this journey, so this will be a great one for me! 4y

Andrew65 Great start 👏👏👏 4y

Megabooks @Gillyreads 😃😃😃 4y

Megabooks @KarenUK oh fantastic!! I hope you get as much from it as I have! 4y

Megabooks @Andrew65 thanks! 4y

Cinfhen #Preach 💕💕💕Great review, Meg!!!! 4y

Megabooks @Cinfhen thanks!! 😘😘 4y

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TheAromaofBooks

OUR STOP. | LAURA JANE. WILLIAMS

#WeeklyForecast - lots going on with various challenges and the like! Still trying to finish May's Bonanza books. I'm almost done with The Well-Wishers, which is book 17e. Amber & Dusk is June's #BookSpin. I'm currently reading My One Square Inch of Alaska (so-so at this point) for #LMPBC and also have Winterwood to read for my other group. I'm hoping to read 10 books for #ReadYourSign - so far, two down, and these are the three most likely to ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) be next! And of course I went on a book-buying binge this week that mostly consisted of RomComs and fantasy, so I will probably read a couple of those - Our Stop and Would Like to Meet will probably be first. Just having new happy books in the house has made me feel better about life, which may be a sign that I have a problem! 😂

@Cinfhen @clwojick @meaw_catlady 4y

Cinfhen Who doesn‘t love looking at new books????? #Preach 🙌🏻💕 4y

TheAromaofBooks @Cinfhen - I usually get my fix from the library, but here we are!! 😅 4y

Cinfhen Both work for me!!!! But these are #ForKeeps 🧡 4y

Clwojick Agatha 😍😍 4y

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Cinfhen

Manic Monday: Journal / Notebook | Wild Pages Press