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Cinfhen
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So I‘m committing myself to 6 #ReadingChallenges in 2021
5 of these challenges are all Litsy hosted

And of course I‘ll be doing #BookSpin2021 as well @TheAromaofBooks

#Booked2021 @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft @Cinfhen
#ReadingAsia2021 @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle
#Nonfiction2021 @Riveted_Reader_Melissa
#AAM @Soubhiville
#FoodAndLit @Texreader @Butterfinger
#Pop21
Hoping to use books I own, can borrow or swap
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Cinfhen I‘ll be using hashtag #SwapMe in case another Litten would like to do a swap / we‘d exchange books to help fill prompts...who‘s in???? Which challenges are you joining??? 3y
TrishB Only yours 😁 3y
Cinfhen Awwww @TrishB you‘re my #TrueBlue friend xxx 3y
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jenniferw88 I may be interested in #swapme - may be able to help with #readingasia2021 and #booked2021 - but it all depends on shipping and covid! 3y
Smarkies I am tackling #nonfiction2021 #booked2021 and #readingasia2021 . But realistically I think I will only finish #booked2021 as I already have my books lined up for that. 3y
Cinfhen Agreed @jenniferw88 we will have to wait and see 🙏🏼💓Hope you‘re feeling well!! 3y
Cinfhen I‘m hoping I‘ll be able to cover multiple prompts from multiple challenges using the same book @Smarkies but that doesn‘t always happen 😜it‘s fun to get creative with your interpretations. I‘m so glad you‘ve already covered most of #Booked2021 prompts!!! We try to make the prompts flexible enough so readers have multiple choices 3y
BarbaraBB I am doing #Booked2021 #pop21 #ReadingAsia2021 and #ATY21 (the Around The Year challenge on Goodreads) 😅. And I‘m in for #swapme! (edited) 3y
Cinfhen 🤗🤗🤗 @BarbaraBB 3y
KarenUK I‘ll be doing 2, maybe 3.... definitely #booked2021 and #pop21, and I‘ll try #AAM again, but did so badly this year! And I‘ll be up for #swapme too! 3y
Librarybelle I sign up for so many challenges, then fizzle dreadfully. Definitely doing #ReadingAsia2021 and #Booked2021 , along with my usual GR reading goal. If #LitsyAtoZ happens again, I‘ll do that too, and I am doing #BBRC . Lots of fun reading for everyone! 3y
alisiakae I‘m doing all of those too! 3y
Butterfinger It is so fun to see what prompts from different challenges fit one book. 3y
AmyG Wow. If anyone can complete these, it‘s you as you read so much! I won‘t be doing much this year as I need to read all the books on my shelves. I need to make room! 3y
Cinfhen I do love to “challenge” myself @AmyG but I also need to curtail my book spending so we‘ll see how far I actually get 3y
Cinfhen #BookTwins👯‍♀️ @4thhouseontheleft 😍‼️♥️ 3y
Simona Since I obviously missed a lot this year I have to do some research on #BookSpin I see it everywhere and I'm and I‘m quite intrigued by tihis game .... 3y
Cinfhen @TheAromaofBooks please tag my lovely friend @Simona and give her the #BookSpin spiel xxxxx 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Simona - Hello!! I host the #BookSpin challenge. The concept is that you make a list of 20 books you've been meaning to read & post it (& tag me) & then on the 2nd of every month I draw 2 numbers & everyone tries to read those numbers from their list - so everyone is reading different books but the same numbers if that makes sense haha Here is a master post I made with more details - https://www.litsy.com/web/post/1989556 & it also talks about ⬇ 3y
TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) the bingo part of the challenge, for those folks who reading 2 books from their list just isn't enough!! If you want to join, all you have to do is make a list of 20 books & tag me. I just posted December's numbers today, so you can even jump in for this month if you want to!! Just let me know if you have any questions - everyone is welcome to play along!! 3y
Simona Wow @TheAromaofBooks thank you. This is literally the master post! I'll skip December, but I will be happy to participate in January. 3y
Cinfhen Thanks for sharing the info @TheAromaofBooks it‘s a fun monthly “challenge” @Simona 💚 3y
Simona Looks like fun activity 😘 I‘m finally at home and I‘m already browsing through my piles stacking for January and trying to combine all the challenges 😅 3y
Cinfhen It‘s a good mental workout @Simona 😊😜trying to sort your challenges (edited) 3y
Simona After looong months of not reading I‘m finally really excited about planning my lists.... and this is also great opportunity to do some dusting on my shelves 🤫 3y
Cinfhen I had a small slump too and it definitely felt good to get excited about my books again @Simona 3y
TheAromaofBooks @Simona - Sounds great!! I usually tag everyone with a reminder about making their list a week before I draw the numbers, so I'll add you to that list!! 3y
Simona @TheAromaofBooks Thank you 🙏I will be prepared 😘 3y
Crazeedi @TheAromaofBooks I'm really going to try to do #BookSpin starting in January, I have so many books on my shelves 3y
Crazeedi @TheAromaofBooks I dont know about the bingo part 3y
Cinfhen #BookSpin is a FUN and EASY way to tackle your TBR @Crazeedi / I don‘t even try to do the BINGO part each month just occasionally 3y
Crazeedi @Cinfhen that's good to know, just start easily! 3y
BarbaraTheBibliophage You are ambitious! I‘m sticking to just three challenges in 2021, because one is laaaaarge! (#readingasia) 3y
Cinfhen I‘m hoping to do LOTS of #DoubleDipping with #ReadingAsia2021 @BarbaraTheBibliophage and a #TripleScoop would be EVEN better 🍦🍦🍦 3y
andreadmw Where can I find the info on these challenges? Sorry noob here 😂 3y
Cinfhen Welcome @andreadmw Here‘s the sign up link for #Booked2021: https://bit.ly/2ICbIkC

If you go to the other hosts pages using the challenge hashtags you should be able to find the sign up links or if you tag them they can probably direct you to the proper places. #Pop21 is from Pop Sugar and not “officially” hosted on Litsy. I hope you‘ll join us 🥳The reading challenges are a fun way to meet & interact with others❤️
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CarolynM
Blue Heaven | Joe Keenan
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2 Joe Keenan novels for 2 #Movember prompts #TrueBlue #LuckyStar

Cinfhen Cool covers!!! @LeahBergen @rubyslippersreads thinking of you 2 ❤️❤️ 4y
Cinfhen Don‘t forget to email me, Carolyn ❣️ 4y
batsy That edition on the left is so cool! 4y
rubyslippersreads 😍😍😍 4y
LeahBergen I like that one, too, @batsy ! 4y
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JennyM
The Confession | Jessie Burton
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A beautiful #trueblue cover, with a story about a #luckystar novelist who‘s book is being made into a Hollywood movie. I‘ve got it on audio ready to go 🎧
#movember

Texreader Pretty! 4y
Cinfhen Sounds great!!! I‘m excited for this book! Hope it‘s as good as the cover 4y
Cathythoughts Gorgeous cover 4y
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Reviewsbylola She always has great covers! 4y
Kalalalatja I always love the covers of her books, but I have never read anything by her 🙈 4y
JennyM @Kalalalatja @cinfhen @texreader @cathythoughts @Reviewsbylola I‘m really looking forward to this one. It sounds very good 👍 4y
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Reviewsbylola
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#trueblue took me down a path that wasn‘t intended by this prompt, but given the book I finished today, it immediately struck me as “having the blues.”

Jen Ashton is a celebrity whose life was rocked on Feb 11, 2017 when her ex husband took his own life. This book is the story of how she and her 2 teenage children dealt with and grew from their grief. So enlightening, albeit tragic. #movember

Cinfhen This sounds really heartbreaking but necessary. Very recently somebody from our community lost their husband to suicide. He suffered silently from bipolar disorder. It left the community shocked. Only 52, he appeared jovial, upbeat, was financially successful and articulate. Always with a smile and laugh/ so suicide seemed so out of character. 4y
marleed Oh my gosh, I will have to read this. I was in my 40s and my two kids were teenagers at the time of my husband‘s suicide. These years later I find that my efforts in the suicide discussion lean more toward those moving through the aftermath. 4y
ljuliel Very sorry to hear that @marleed ♥️ 4y
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Reviewsbylola I‘m so sorry. @marleed. Dr Ashton definitely appears to talk quite a bit about prevention (I think—I don‘t watch any of the shows she frequents), but in her case, she had a close relationship with her ex and there were no warning signs, so she definitely focuses mostly on the aftermath for suicide survivors and how to help, as well as what that journey looks like. In the book, she also shares stories of others who have been thru it too. ♥️ 4y
marleed @Reviewsbylola @ljuliel Oh thank you. I will definitely check it out. It‘s been a few years for me. I‘ve moved a couple times so as not to be the curator in the museum of my former life so it‘s all fine for me now. He was such a great guy and we are all the point where that is what we remember most. What most people didn‘t know was he had stage 4, terminal depression - and suicide is so often the result. 4y
Megabooks My longest friend, we‘ve been close since first grade and eat lunch every other week now, her husband committed suicide very rashly last year. It came after a fight about something he was hiding from her. She had no intention of divorcing him, but his own internal pressure popped. The last year has been horrible, tragic and difficult for her, her daughters, her mom, his family etc. She is honestly so fucking strong for her daughters. She amazes me (edited) 4y
Megabooks She is the epitome of grace under pressure, and I‘m glad I can listen to her vent whenever she needs it. Our moms are best friends, which is also cool! 4y
Mdargusch So tragic @marleed 😢 4y
marleed @Mdargusch Oh thank you. It never occurred to me to cover up the manner of his death. I wanted my kids and all our friends to grieve honestly. I think that made a difference. His mom was of the generation where suicide was a family secret. She did not come to his funeral or allow me to contact family until after the funeral. She grieved to friends and family a heart attack that never happened. She passed five years after her son. 4y
Reviewsbylola That‘s so heartbreaking. @marleed 4y
Reviewsbylola ♥️♥️♥️ @Megabooks 4y
marleed @Reviewsbylola I explain that we held him high on a 3-legged pedastool and when one leg was kicked out, he just could not maintain balance. These days I think of his depression as a terminal, stage 4 fight in which he ultimately lost the battle. ...For me, I thought our life was soo easy. I just did not recognize the severity of the situation until depression was deep in his bones. People actually got mad at my Pollyanna easy life. 4y
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merelybookish
Blue Castle | L M Montgomery
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I remain a #trueblue fan of L. M. Montgomery after all these years. It's been a while since I've read this one. Might be time for a re-read.
@Cinfhen #MOvember.

rubyslippersreads 💙 this book! 4y
Cinfhen #BookishConfession I bailed on Anne and I‘ve never tried any other books by this author 🙈 4y
batsy Yes 💙 4y
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merelybookish @rubyslippersreads I've only read it once for grad school! I need to re-read! 4y
merelybookish @Cinfhen That's okay! We can still be friends! 😀 4y
rubyslippersreads @Cinfhen You should try again@! This book is for adults. Or start with my favorite 4y
Cinfhen Ok @rubyslippersreads I will try again...but not today 😉 4y
rubyslippersreads @Cinfhen Tomorrow is another day! Oops, wrong book. 😂 4y
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DebinHawaii
How Quickly She Disappears | Raymond Fleischmann
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#MOvember #catchup
I‘m so behind on Litsy & life so here is a #tripledip post. It‘s #TrueBlue is my favorite color & the cover & background represent💙well. This is Nigella‘s Thai Noodle Soup with Shrimp & it‘s delicious & would be perfect for the book‘s #Frozen Alaska setting. I‘m trying to restart this one & its tagline is “The Dry meets The Silence of the Lambs” so I guess it‘s on the #Borderline of literary suspense & psychological thriller.

DebinHawaii Here‘s a link to my #soupersundays post with Nigella Lawson‘s soup recipe with my adaptations: http://kahakaikitchen.blogspot.com/2019/11/nigellas-thai-noodle-soup-with-shrimp... 4y
KarenUK #tripledip for the win!!!! 🙌🙌🙌💕 4y
Cinfhen Echoing @KarenUK Thanks for the catchup post!!! Always love seeing a post from you xx How‘s Max??? 4y
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DebinHawaii @KarenUK Thank you! 🤗🥇😆 4y
DebinHawaii @Cinfhen He‘s doing pretty well. Thanks for asking. 😽❤️Just posted a pic. Hope all is well with you.😘 4y
Sleepswithbooks Soup looks delicious!! 4y
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Kalalalatja
The Future Is Blue | Catherynne M. Valente
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I love Catherynne Valente‘s books, and this (her newest but not very new anymore), is very high on both my to-buy and to-read lists. 💙

#TrueBlue #MOvember

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Billypar
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#trueblue #MOvember

Some shades of blue from my shelf 💙

@Cinfhen

Cinfhen Pretty 💙blue is my favorite color 4y
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SconsinBookyBadger
The Book Woman of Troublesome Creek | Kim Michele Richardson
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#TIL about the Blue Fugates of Kentucky. Online articles are what exists on this mysterious family and their genetic trait of methemoglobinemia. The closest to a book is the tagged historical fiction I found on hoopla.

#TrueBlue #MOvember @Cinfhen

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Librarybelle
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Highly recommended to me by someone who loves to read about #TrueBlue -bloods, especially the British royalty. I grabbed this as a #BookOutlet buy, but have yet to read it. #Movember

Cinfhen Bet it‘s fascinating 4y
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