Litsy

5 Love Languages of Teenagers: The Secret to Loving Teens Effectively | Gary Chapman

Taking some liberties with the syllable pattern today.

Today's compliment:
"I'm not embarrassed by
anything you wear, Mom."

High praise from my almost-16-year-old.

#haikuaday #haikuhive

Photo: Yellow Warbler at Sleeping Bear Dunes, Michigan, 2025.

lil1inblue Love it! 😂 😍 2d

JenlovesJT47 High praise indeed!! ♥️♥️♥️ 2d

dabbe That's like the highest praise there is! I L😍VE conversation in a haiku. And the photo is gorgeous, too! 🖤🐝💛 2d

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ImperfectCJ @dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @lil1inblue Of course, he is embarrassed by nearly everything I say and do, but I'll take the wins where I can get them. 😉 2d

Eggs How well I remember the teen disdain years… 1d

AnnCrystal How Sweet 👏🏼🐝👌🏼🥳🐦🐝💝 and gorgeous photo. 23h

Reggie Lolol 10h

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Lesliereadsalot

Who fights? who cares?: war and humanitarian action in Africa | Alexander De Waal

We do not care if husband steps right over folded sheets and towels sitting right there on the stairs to be brought up. We will call him out on it anyway to which he will reply that HE DIDN‘T SEE THEM!

#WDNCW @dabbe

JenlovesJT47 It‘s a sort of blindness a lot of men seem to have!! 😆😅😅 2d

dabbe 😍MG! Too funny! And true, right? 😂 2d

AmyG We don‘t care that we are married to the same man. 😳 (edited) 2d

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CBee Wait, do we all have the same husband? 😂 2d

Deblovestoread 🤣🤣🤣 2d

lil1inblue @AmyG 😂😂😂 2d

lil1inblue My husband says "But you didn't ask me..." ??? 2d

Lesliereadsalot You guys made me laugh out loud! @JenlovesJT47 @dabbe @AmyG @CBee @Deblovestoread @lil1inblue 2d

dabbe @CBee 🎯🩵😂 2d

dabbe @AmyG 😂🎯🩵 2d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 @AmyG @CBee @Deblovestoread @lil1inblue @Lesliereadsalot As a teenager, my nephew, after being told 100 times to take the trash out, took it out in a harumph. The bag broke as he was walking. He stepped over the mess and placed what was still there in the trash, walked back, stepped over the mess, and went into the house. My sister went apoplectic. His reply? “You only told me to take the trash out, and that's what I did.“ #teenagers 2d

JenlovesJT47 @dabbe I swear, it‘s a very contagious disease!! 😅 Several men in my immediate family have it and they are not expected to make a full recovery! 😕😂 2d

peaKnit Thank you, I feel seen ☺️😂 2d

Lesliereadsalot Don‘t get me started on the trash!! @dabbe 2d

Lesliereadsalot @peaKnit You are definitely seen! 2d

dabbe @JenlovesJT47 🎯🩵🎯 I bet the women cook at the holidays AND clean up (or the children slaves do) while the men watch football! #patriarchystilllives #1950s 2d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot IKR? 😂🩵 2d

dabbe @Lesliereadsalot 🩵🎯🩵 2d

KadaGul I think this kind of blindness and annoying behavior is a common occurrence in the Male Gender. I'm surprised it's not biological 🤣🤣 2d

Lesliereadsalot @KadaGul I thought his cataract surgery would help but apparently not. 🤣 2d

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BookwormAHN

The Long Walk | Stephen King

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This is one of my favorite of King's books. I can't wait to see the movie this September.
Set in a dystopian America, 100 boys are chosen for the long walk, where they walk until only one is left. If they stop, if they try to leave, if they are too injured to continue, they are shot dead. Ray has signed up to be in the walk. How far will he get? It's so bleak but so engaging 🖤
#LosersClub @BarkingMadRead
#WickedWords #teenagers @AsYouWish

BarkingMadRead The movie looks epic!!! 1mo

sarahbarnes Yes, this is one of my favorites of his, too! 1mo

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Octoberwoman

Why Suicide? | Jerry Johnston

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

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Sarahreadstoomuch

Brownstone | Samuel Teer

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This was fantastic! A young teen meets her father for the first time when she goes to spend the summer with him in the brownstone he‘s renovating. They navigate language barriers and she feels like a major outsider in the neighborhood. Very sweet story.

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GirlNamedJesse

Brownstone | Samuel Teer

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I can see why this won the 2025 Printz! I LOVE this family! The artwork and text twist together in a completely organic way and I adore both. Almudena‘s summer living with her father and slowly expanding her friends and family is masterfully woven into the renovation of her father‘s brownstone. All of the characters are unique and have their own moments of growth on and off page. I love all of them.

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S3V3N

Sweetness in the Skin | Ishi Robinson

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I enjoyed it so much! It was a perfect way to start the year and provided a real eye-opener into the lives of people in Jamaica.

The book does an amazing job describing Jamaican life, food, scenery, and settings. And the food! It had me salivating, I could almost taste it all!

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alexus_sb

Brownstone | Samuel Teer

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4.5 stars! So good!

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RamsFan1963

Trots and Bonnie | Shary Flenniken

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111/150 This is one of the weirder graphic novels I've read this year. Originally published in National Lampoon magazine, this is a spoof of children's comic strips. The art makes you think of Little Nemo or Little Orphan Annie, but the stories are definitely adult. Sex, drugs, nudity, perversions, violence and a dark sense of humor. Bonnie is 13 trying to understand what it means to be a teenager, as her body changes, and her much more ⬇️

RamsFan1963 experienced friend, Pepsi, gives her horrible advice about boys and dating. Trots is Bonnie's dog, and he can talk but I'm not sure if that's real or if it's only in Bonnie's head. 3⭐⭐⭐💫 7mo

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