Welcome to Litsy!

@ravenlee - the Franken-Sweater. My kid took the picture: "never mind the blurry book, the focus is on the sweater" (he asked me to choose a book that represents me)

It has lots of positive ease, I'll be able to wear it over several layers. It's cool today, so I might as well give it an outing, but it's not going to be a summer staple I hope.

#KnittersOfLitsy #LitsyCrafters

A young boy from the city spends his tenth summer on his aunt and uncle‘s farm, where he becomes pals with his fearless and reckless cousin Harris…

#Pantone2023
#MarchMadnessReadathon Day 17
#middlegrademarch @megnews

Quick read.

Might not have learned anything new, but definitely funny.

Brief explanations and interesting graphics.

Also, I got a bucket-bag with 'the Duck' from the famous German kids' TV show "Die Sendung mit der Maus" https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Sendung_mit_der_Maus

Additions to the yellow non-fiction bookshelf.

Yes, it's also an addition to the books about swearing, which, all but one, have yellow covers. 😁

I don‘t tend to swear much, but I find books about swearing just as fascinating as other aspects of language. This one includes some interesting discussion of gestures in addition to spoken language and quite a bit about how the brain works in relation to profanity.

#audiobook #nonfiction

According to goodreads, I read 17 books last year, which sounds about right, most were nonfiction and two took an inordinate amount of time (I'll make a post about my dislike for reading challenges/targets that focus on counts another day). There are the best and worst (finished) books from last year.

Absolutely fantastic, read this book. Thorough without being dry, hilarious when applicable, informative as hell. Wonderful. Best book this year. Had to buy it when I was halfway through the library copy. (why it took me forever? I fell back into an old fandom and read a couple of hundred thousand words of fic instead of books.)

I really love this book, so don't ask me why I'm reading it at a literal snail pace of approximately one word per day.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

"When I was about nine years old, I was smacked for calling my little brother a 'twat'."

#SuperSeptember @Andrew65 @EadieB

First but last book from my #SceptreSummer #TBR. @DuckOfDoom @Maike

Thank you, @squirrelbrain, for giving it to me.

#SuperSeptember @Andrew65 @EadieB