Litsy

Thanks to @Librarybelle and the #literarycrew #buddyread I got this book off of my shelf in February! What a great story!

#12booksof2024
@Andrew65

TheEllieMo Her 2024 novel, Enligtenment, which will feature later in the 12 days as one of my top reads of the year, has a cameo appearance from Cora. 23h

Andrew65 I keep wanting to get to this. Stacked. 23h

Librarybelle This is a good book, and I‘m so glad you were able to join us for the buddy read! 23h

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dabbe

A Study in Scarlet | Arthur Conan Doyle

#12daysofChristmas

A reread (of quite a few times), but an exciting start to the #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #buddyread with the lovely @Cuilin and quite a few fab Sherlockians. The first of the SH canon, and it does not ever disappoint. #sherlocked

Thanks for hosting this fun event again, @Andrew65! 🤩

Andrew65 Love the Sherlock Holmes books. 2d

dabbe @Andrew65 My faves of all time. 2d

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AllDebooks

Wild: Tales from Early Medieval Britain | Amy Jeffs

#12Booksof2024
As I read an equal amount, I will be sharing a fiction and non-fiction selection for each month.

January's picks

Fiction - Tagged

Non-fiction - Ultra-processed People by Chris Van Tulleken #NaturaLitsy #buddyread

@Andrew65

AllDebooks

Ultra-Processed People: Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn�t Food ... and Why Can�t We Stop?

Andrew65 A good strategy. 2d

kspenmoll Stacked! Wild… (edited) 2d

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LitsyEvents

The Shining | Stephen King

Repost for @BarkingMadRead

Just a reminder that January‘s #LosersClub read is #theShining Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about January 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

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BarkingMadRead Thank you for sharing! 3d

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BarkingMadRead

The Shining | Stephen King

Just a reminder that January‘s #LosersClub read is #theShining Put your library holds in now, search your shelves, or buy a new copy, and check back on or about January 1st, when we begin reading this one. Discussion will be at the end of the month! #StephenKing #StephenKingInOrder #KingFromTheBeginning #ConstantReader #ReadAlong #BuddyRead #BookDiscussion

BarkingMadRead @jessclark78 @kathywheeler @imperfectcj @roary47 @fortifiedbybooks @kwmg40 @bookwormjillk @maddustkitties @tiedyedude @jenlovesjt47 @5feet.of.fury @balibee146 @bookwormahn @addison_reads @sconsinbookybadger @alldebooks @paperbackpirate @sace @bklover @karkar @LitsyEvents 4d

Sace 🤔 I did purchase a copy back in October. Now…where did I put it? 4d

AllDebooks I'm going to skip reading this as I read it a few months ago. 😅 4d

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BookwormAHN Yay, the audiobook is fantastic 🖤 4d

Bookwormjillk Like @AllDebooks I read this one recently. I‘ll chime in on the discussion but won‘t read again 4d

kwmg40 I'd read this a number of years ago and recently watched the movie for the first time, but I'm up for a reread in January. 3d

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AllDebooks

The Hygge Holiday: The warmest, funniest, cosiest romantic comedy of 2017 | Rosie Blake

#MidwinterSolace #LitSolace

I'm so ready for this tonight. I shall be cosying up with last year's #buddyread Winter Spirits - Ghostly Tales for Frosty Nights. It's so cold and blowing a hooley, again, so it seems like the perfect night to read it. 🌬🍷
What are your plans?

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

kspenmoll I am so ready too. Plan to relax, snuggle with my cats, read by our hopefully fully trimmed tree. That‘s the plan for today, to leisurely trim it ! 🎄 5d

dabbe My new favorite hashtag: Hey, stop getting so revved up; you're #blowingahooley! 🤩😂🤩 5d

AllDebooks @kspenmoll a perfect day 👌 5d

AllDebooks @dabbe 🤣🤣🤣 5d

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Tove_Reads

Little Girls Sleeping: An absolutely gripping crime thriller | Jennifer Chase

Been meaning to read this series for some years, and now it‘s time to read the first book as a #buddyread with @Andrew65 and @EadieB 🙂

Andrew65 Looking to start this tonight. All welcome to join us. 😊 5d

EadieB I'm on Chapter 4 as I just started this morning. 5d

Tove_Reads @andrew65 @eadieb I quite like it that the beginning is a bit different, not immediately murder, and with a strong backstory, and the reader doesn‘t know where it‘ll go. 5d

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EadieB Right! I like it too! 5d

Andrew65 A positive initial section, with some interesting characters (including a dog). An intriguing prologue. I‘ve read up to chapter 15 but likely a couple of hours more before I have time to read on. @EadieB @Tove_Reads 5d

Tove_Reads @andrew65 @eadieb I liked it, but didn‘t quite live up to my expectations. I will definitely continue with the series, I think it has real potential. I like the main characters. The plot towards the end was a bit meh. 4d

EadieB @Tove_Reads @Andrew65 I think the first book just introduced her and probably the 2nd book will be better. It‘s just the beginning of the series. I‘m on chapter 70 so I should finish this afternoon. 4d

Andrew65 @EadieB @Tove_Reads Not finished it yet but finding the writing flow a bit stilted, but might be my mood and distraction. 4d

Tove_Reads @andrew65 I list focus several times, but definitely not a bad book, just not one of the great ones either. I believe this series will grow on me. Started Rita Herron‘s series as well, and that first book is better. But I love Cisco and Chad. 4d

EadieB @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads It might just be the 1st book syndrome. I think we should give the 2nd book a chance and see what we think after that one. 4d

Andrew65 @EadieB Definitely, based on what I read so far more than happy to go onto book 2. I always like to give a series 2 books, and do like the characters. @Tove_Reads 4d

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads What Rita Herron book are you reading? 4d

Tove_Reads @andrew65 Ellie Reeves 4d

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads I own the first one in that series so may give kit a go too. 4d

Tove_Reads @andrew65 definitely! I need new authors now that I‘m pretty much caught up with most old ones. Enjoyed the first one and since I have unlimited for another two months I plan on plowing through these series, the Dunphy 4, and some Wes Markin 🙂 4d

Andrew65 @Tove_Reads Be interested to hear what you think of Wes Markin. 4d

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AllDebooks

The mysteries of Udolpho | Ann Ward Radcliffe, Bonamy Dobr�e

I'm currently participating in the final #hashtagbrigade #buddyread of the year. 10ish chapters left, and I just don't care anymore. I've never read a book with more loose ends, dead ends, and 'we won't talk about that' plot devices in my life. Thank goodness for @BarkingMadRead keeping us sane and the humour flowing. Otherwise, I would have bailed around chapter 10!
FYI, I got bored and did a word count. 🙄😅
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AllDebooks @IndoorDame @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish @TheBookHippie @dabbe @zezeki @Deblovestoread @Librarybelle @kwmg40 @Ruthiella @Clare-Dragonfly @Cuilin @ElizaMarie 7d

AllDebooks @quietjenn @jewright @Larkken @TheAromaofBooks @rubyslippersreads @AnishaInkspill @eeclayton @peanutnine @Bklover 7d

AllDebooks Word count results - Hither 158; Thither -53; Whither - 58; Crying + cry - 36; Weeping + weep + wept - 176; Fainting + faint - 175 😱 7d

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AllDebooks Sorry, I should have been reading tonight's chapter but got distracted 😅 7d

Librarybelle Word count dedication! 7d

BarkingMadRead 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 7d

BarkingMadRead #wordcountqueen 7d

AllDebooks @Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead Just so you know, it was on Kindle. I didn't sit there with a book and highlighter. I do have a life! 😅 7d

BarkingMadRead But still. You had to do the search 🤷🏻‍♀️ 7d

AllDebooks @BarkingMadRead 😬 you got me 7d

dabbe I managed to get through THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV thanks to this group and @BarkingMadRead's hilarious posts and @Aimeesue's hysterical dioramas, but this one? I bailed at Book 2. And I had also tried to read it a few years ago. I just couldn't do it. Again. Writing that goes on and on an on and on with tears all over the place and too many descriptions and meandering everywhere ... bleh! I'll be up for the January read, though! 🤩 7d

mcctrish @dabbe The Bros was better ( never thought I‘d say that ) 7d

Bookwormjillk @mcctrish you know it‘s a bad book when #thebrosarebetter 7d

mcctrish @AllDebooks the fainting count surprises me, I must have fainted myself and missed then but all those ithers I have felt and I attribute them to the author‘s dithering 7d

mcctrish @Bookwormjillk it‘s mind boggling 7d

Ruthiella @Bookwormjillk @mcctrish 🤣🤣🤣 The Bros! Slightly less histrionic than The Mysteries of Udolfo! 7d

mcctrish @Ruthiella there was no crying 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 7d

Clare-Dragonfly Brilliant word counting 😂 7d

eeclayton Wow 😲 6d

AllDebooks @Clare-Dragonfly it's telling that I would rather do that than read the bloody thing. 😅 6d

TheAromaofBooks It honestly seems like there should be more crying 😂 Maybe we should add “tears“ to the word count?? Poor Emily, it just seems like her eyes must be swollen shut all the time! 6d

dabbe @mcctrish Well, that makes me feel a wee bit better. And you even helped me through a few chapters, and I still couldn't get through it! 🤩😂🤩 6d

mcctrish @dabbe you‘ve honestly missed nothing cuz nothing ever happens 6d

mcctrish @TheAromaofBooks it‘s amazing she can see anything 6d

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LitsyEvents

The Adventure of the Missing Three-Quarter: No. 39 | Sir Arthur Conan Doyle

repost for @dabbe:

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheMissingThreeQuarter

Hi, Sherlockians~
Interesting discussion this past Saturday! Our next SH read, “(TAo) The Missing Three-Quarter“, is linked below (spoiler alert). Discussion will be on 12/21 and will be led by @dabbe. Happy Hump Day. 🐫

Link: https://shorturl.at/22xVn

#BuddyRead

dabbe Thanks for the repost! ❣️🎄❣️ 1w

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LitsyEvents

Vilest Things | Chloe Gong

repost for @TheBookHippie:

#CHLOEGONGREADALONG

This is fast approaching!!!!

#BuddyRead

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