Litsy

The Glass Universe: How the Ladies of the Harvard Observatory Took the Measure of the Stars | Dava Sobel

Does the book count as scary if you read it at your 16yo‘s doctor appointment where their BP was high and the doctor says, “has anyone ever mentioned a heart murmur before?” after listening to his chest?

I think I impressed the staff with how calm I was. They have no idea that this is not my first rodeo and, in comparison to other Dx my other kids have had, it‘s pretty innocuous. 😆 Tests are OK so far, though. Still, I think it should count. 😜

IriDas #spooktober #maybe #lol #hauntedshelf #screamteam 3w

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝 I'm glad the test are good so far, and hope they continue to be just as good 😘💝💝💝. 3w

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GingerAntics

Scythe & Sparrow | Brynne Weaver

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This one is definitely darker, but I was fully prepared for that. It was laugh out loud funny in places (I was trying so hard not to wake the neighbours with my head under a pillow laughing SO hard at the dragon costume, but mostly the poster plant). It had some really hard parts to read, but it wasn‘t necessarily the dark parts I found hard to read (I‘d guessed at least some of them).
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GingerAntics I‘m so, so glad it ended with the beautiful, wonderful HEA it did. Fionn and Rose totally deserved it - Fionn especially. I have greatly enjoyed the Kane brothers and their lovely wives. These will definitely be a pick me up reread going forward. 7mo

GingerAntics #BrynneWeaver #ScytheAndSparrow #Fionn #Rose #Rowan #Sloane #Lochlan #Lark #KaneBrothers #audiobook #trilogy #lol 7mo

julesG The dragon costume was so well done, I wonder whether that was taken from a real life experience. 7mo

GingerAntics @julesG oh my god I was laughing SO hard, I was under my pillow trying not to wake anyone up. I was thinking the same thing. Who did you know who actually did this… and then he was green for a week! Lived Fionn piling on with that. “Maybe 2 weeks if you scrub a couple times a day… otherwise, maybe a month.” 🤣😂🤣 7mo

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BarkingMadRead

Little Women (Little Women, #1) | Louisa May Alcott

Ch 7: the trials and tribulations of Amy March 🤣 #roughdayatschool #icannotgetbehindthepickledlimes 🤮 #anyway #shegetsherpalmrappedwitharuler #dontmesswithmarmiethough #nomoreschoolforamy #staytuned #hashtagbrigade

BarkingMadRead @librarybelle @amor4libros @mcctrish @bookwormjillk @indoordame @peanutnine @catlass007 @julieclair @kspenmoll @cuilin @spellboundreader
@rubyslippersreads @ruthiella @willaful @thearomaofbooks @dabbe @clare-dragonfly @daena @quietjenn @staycurious @curiouserandcurioser @deblovestoread 1y

Cuilin “pickle limes” does not sound appetizing. “Lapse of Lingy” is so much better than dysgraphia. I will be using this from now on. I also want the backstory as to why the Irish kids were foes. 1y

BarkingMadRead @Cuilin I say lapse of lingy all the time because of this book 🤣🤣 1y

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IndoorDame LOVE “lapse of lingy” never really noticed that phrase before. I think I‘ve always been too wrapped up trying to figure out what exactly picked limes actually were… This time I actually found a recipe, and now I‘m even more confused as to what these things might taste like????? 1y

dabbe @Cuilin I'm with you. I can see the Irish-English feud for centuries, but the Marches are American. Or do their ancestors come from GB? 1y

dabbe #lol The old-new hashtag. Now it can mean #lapseoflingy to those in the know. 😀 1y

Cuilin @dabbe so many Catholic Irish arrived during and after the famine and were not welcomed at all by the established protestant community. Of course, Massachusetts has such a huge Irish heritage community now. 1y

dabbe @Cuilin I think this idea comes out in SH's VALLEY OF FEAR. If only we could let everyone practice their religion or no religion in peace. 💚 1y

Cuilin @dabbe 💯 1y

mcctrish My Nana wasn‘t allowed to play with Catholics growing up and what‘s crazy is they lived in St Boniface in Winnipeg ( French quarter, settled by French Catholics so they‘d be the majority 🙄) her dad went on to be mayor - still not allowed to mix with them ( or be a nurse or hairdresser because those occupations were beneath her ) 1y

willaful Just remembered that I grew up with no religious tradition yet awareness that there were “Irish Catholics down the street.“ 🙄 I wonder now if that came from my stepfather because it seems unlike my mother. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly Yeah, there was a lot of racism among groups that we today don‘t consider to be different races—I‘ve learned that as an Italian, Laurie‘s mother wouldn‘t count as white! That partially explains Mr. Laurence being so overprotective and not introducing himself to his neighbors. Now, can anyone explain to me what Latin phrase “lapse of lingy” is supposed to be? It always made perfect sense as it is to me! 1y

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly I have no idea, I just like the way it sounds. Italians not being considered white reminds of that line from the LaBamba movie, when Donna‘s dad thought Richie was “one of those I-Talians” 🙄 1y

kspenmoll @Cuilin Agree- yuk pickled limes; love “ Lapse of Lingy”! I would not have explored that phrase without this group! 1y

kspenmoll @Cuilin My great great grandfather came to Connecticut during the potato famine as 12-year-old. Many Irish & Italians immigrated & by 1860s lived in the city of Hartford in separate areas. By then there was less intense bigotry by the Protestant farmers than when they first arrived. 1y

julieclair @cuilin I wondered about the Irish kids, too. Is there a backstory, or was it just pure prejudice? @mcctrish That is a wild story about your Nana! @dabbe YEs! 💯! 1y

rubyslippersreads In all the times I‘ve read this book, I‘ve never noticed #lapseoflingy! 🤣 However, I always thought pickled limes sounded quite unappealing. 1y

Cuilin @kspenmoll how amazing that you have that information. Do you know where in Ireland he came from? I agree, as time went on the Irish worked very hard and were eventually embraced by their communities. 1y

Clare-Dragonfly FYI: I googled “lapse of lingy” and found a site saying Amy is trying to say “lapsus linguae,” Latin for “slip of the tongue.” 1y

BarkingMadRead @Clare-Dragonfly even better!! 1y

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Gnora

Dating Dr. Dil: A Novel | Nisha Sharma

Nope. 😂

#romance #romcom #lol #librarybook

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hannah-leeloo

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@TheWolfbehindTheEyes @CymbaX13 reminds me of when you take me book shopping lol 🤣 you will never catch meeeeee #litsyhumour #bookshopping #lol #bookworm happy reading and weekend everyone 📖❤📚

suvata Lol 😂 4y

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 4y

jimfields3 Truth! 4y

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JudeCC

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😩 After a LONG day on my feet, other than a book, there's no better thing than lifting my feet up! 🙌 Taking a 15-30 min break! The kitchen awaits me. 😭 😭 Then, to our new apt at last!
Only a cup of coffee and a pop tart on my system. I need a bath, a meal, some love and a good night sleep!
Don't we all? 🙃

#movingday #exhausted #needmybed #feetup #lol

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Sending love 🤗💗 4y

kspenmoll 💚💜💛 4y

JudeCC @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @kspenmoll Received the love with open arms. 🥰🤗😃❤️ 4y

bthegood 💕 💕 💕 💕 4y

JudeCC @bthegood 🥰❤🤗🤗 4y

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JudeCC

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😂 😂 😂 Can you relate?

#fun #funny #littens #reading #joke #lol

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 4y

persephone1408 Not the drinking but the rest, yea. 4y

JudeCC @persephone1408 😂 Same! 4y

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JudeCC

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LOL! 😂 I had to!!
#ilikebigbooks #babygotbooks #lol

bthegood LOVE THIS!!!! 😆 4y

JudeCC @bthegood 😂😂😂 Right? Love it!! 4y

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JudeCC

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I needed to share this!! 😄 😂 Who are you?
#lol #readersbelike #reading

IuliaC 😄 just the classic 🙈 4y

JudeCC @IuliaC me too! Classic, gourmet, and multitasker!! 😃 3 dogs, a son, plus the craziness of the zoom classes etc. 😂 4y

BookDadGirlDad Classic and unofficial classic. Unofficial classic let's me escape the chaos of 3 girls (3 to 8 yo) for a few minutes 😳😳😳😁😁😁 4y

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JudeCC @BookDadGirlDad 😂 can relate. I have a son, he's an adult now, but I remember!!! I have three dogs and they act like babies! They always follow me to the bathroom!!! 😂 4y

IuliaC @WJCintron 😄 I sometimes multitask too with the cats 😹 4y

JudeCC 👍 @IuliaC 😁 4y

DivineDiana The Classic and the Gourmet! 4y

KateReadsYA The risk taker.....I'm guilty 4y

JudeCC @KateReadsYA 😁 👍 4y

5feet.of.fury Gourmet and Multitasker 4y

kspenmoll Risk taker, unofficial classic, gourmet🤍 4y

swynn As soon as I take a book on a volcano safari, I'll have a sweep! 4y

ShelleyBooksie All of the above 4y

bthegood The unstoppable 🤣 4y

JudeCC @bthegood 🤣😂🤣😃👍 4y

JudeCC @ShelleyBooksie 😃👍 4y