Litsy

In March I reached 40,000 Litfluence and celebrated my 7th Litsyversary!
Thank you everyone for being the reason I love this community!

Ruthiella Congratulations! 👏👏👏 1d

BookwormAHN Congratulations 🎆 1d

AnnCrystal Congrats and Happy Litsyversary! This community is truly magical 📚💝. 1d

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Jari-chan Congratulations! 1d

Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 1d

Gissy Congratulations 📚🎉👏👏👏👏👏Happy Litsyversary 🥳🎉📚🎉📚 1d

Mollyanna Woohoo! Congrats. 1d

kspenmoll Happy Litsyversary! Congrats!!!🎊🎈 1d

LeeRHarry Woohoo! 🎉 1d

PuddleJumper Awesome! Congrats! 🎉🎉 24h

Librarybelle Congratulations! 24h

marleed Congratulations! 22h

TheBookgeekFrau Congratulations!! 21h

Deblovestoread 🎉🎉🎉🎉 20h

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩🙌🏻🤩 18h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @Ruthiella ! 🙌 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @BookwormAHN ! 📚 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @AnnCrystal ! I agree! 🙌 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @Jari-chan ! 📚 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @Bookwormjillk ! 📚 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @Gissy ! 🥰 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @Mollyanna ! 🤩 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @kspenmoll ! 🤩 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @LeeRHarry ! 🙌 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @PuddleJumper ! 📚 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @Librarybelle ! 📚 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @marleed ! 📚 7h

PaperbackPirate Thank you @TheBookgeekFrau ! 🙌 7h

PaperbackPirate 🤩 @Deblovestoread 7h

PaperbackPirate 🤩📚💙🙌 @dabbe 7h

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Texreader

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Y‘all! It took almost 8 years but I‘ve finally reached 500,000 Litfluence! Whoohoo! Ok, how about I do a big giveaway! Please post your favorite thing(s) about Litsy (make me smile) and I‘ll enter you into a drawing for a book from your tbr list. Remember to tag me if you make a separate post! I plan to have at least more than one winner. 😁🎉📕❤️♥️📚

Ruthiella Awesome ! 😎👏👏👏 Congratulations. My favorite thing about Litsy is wry comments in read alongs that make me crack up. (edited) 3w

AmyG Wow! That‘s a huge number. Congrats!!! 3w

WorldsOkayestStepMom That's so awesome!

I love the community support I find here, and it inspires me to read a little bit every day. I also don't feel judged for bailing on a book if I need to! 3w

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Doll8455 Best place to find out what my daughter is up to. Up to over 500,000 congrats!!! 3w

AnnCrystal
Congratulations 👏🏼🥳📚💝. 3w

Julsmarshall Congratulations! That is quite a testament to your love of @litsy ! I love so much about Litsy, but connecting with other readers has to be at the top. Seeing our similarities and differences is really amazing and then there are a the great book recs! 3w

TheBookgeekFrau Congratulations!!! 🎉🥳🎊 3w

GatheringBooks Congratulations! What a remarkable milestone, indeed. Litsy is a refreshing alternative to other social media platforms that I just find to be increasingly toxic - with all the ads and analytics - everything and everyone here revolves around the love of books and reading. 📚📚📚📚 3w

RosePressedPages That‘s amazing!! Congrats! 🥳 I started using Litsy because I wanted to find a space where I could interact with other readers without the stress of trying to put up a facade for likes. I feel like Litsy has become a safe little corner where I can really share my thoughts on books and have positive interactions with other book lovers. I love how supportive Litsy is ♥️ I consider other Littens to be my book friends and cheerleaders ☺️ 3w

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩🤩🤩 3w

dabbe Litsy started as a place to interact with people who loved to read. Everyone seemed to have an equal chance to be heard (unlike Goodreads), and everyone's voice counted. It has since evolved to where I truly have some dear friends here: friends who even allow me to not be happy all the time and always feel like I have to post happy pictures of my happy life. Sometimes things just suck, and you all still care. And listen. Thank you. 🩵💙🩵 3w

mrp27 Awesome! Congratulations on reaching this milestone! 3w

Read4life Congratulations!!! I love the people on Litsy. They are kind and supportive. I also love all of the book recommendations I get every single day!! 💙📚💙 3w

BarbaraBB That is so cool! Congratulations. I‘ll get back to you with my answer! 3w

julesG Congratulations!! 3w

LeahBergen Yayyy and congratulations to you! And I think we‘ve been Litsy friends for all of those eight years, too. 😆😆 My favourite thing about Litsy is the absolutely “untoxic” vibe of the place. Unlike other social media platforms, I‘m assured of a welcoming, stress-free environment whenever I log in. ❤️❤️ 3w

CarolynM Congratulations 🎉 3w

Sharpeipup Congratulations! 3w

Born.A.Reader Congratulations!! 🥳 🎉 I adore how pleasant and friendly everyone is here. It's apparently a fact; reading makes people happier! ❤️ 📚 3w

peanutnine Congratulations on this milestone!! ???❤️ My favorite thing about Litsy is the community, with buddy reads and fun reading challenges, plus getting to know everyone's pets and libraries and more, it really feels like a lovely space for friends. To me, Litsy is full of my "pocket friends" as I say to my husband ? 3w

Aconight Congrats! Amazing accomplishment 🎉🎉🎉👏👏👏 3w

PuddleJumper Congratulations! 🎉🎉 3w

wanderinglynn Congrats! 🎉👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3w

TheEllieMo Congratulations!!! 🥳 There are so many things to like about Litsy: unlike other social media, it doesn‘t get bogged down with stupid arguments or trolls; I have discovered books I wouldn‘t otherwise have known about; and I get to see lots of feline reading buddies! 🐈‍⬛ 🐈 🐈‍⬛ (edited) 3w

Gissy Congratulations 🎉📚🎉📚👏👏👏 3w

MaureenMc 🎉🎉🎉 Love finding all of the books/authors I never would have heard of without Litsy (e.g. Cazalet Chronicles, Furrowed Middlebrow) (edited) 3w

Bookwormjillk Congratulations! I've been on Litsy for a while, but it was the early days of Covid reading Jane Austen books a chapter a day that really made me love it. It really became part of my support system then. 3w

Texreader @Ruthiella Thanks very much! I enjoy those comments too! 2w

Texreader @AmyG @AnnCrystal @TheBookgeekFrau @mrp27 @julesG @BarbaraBB @CarolynM @Sharpeipup @Aconight @PuddleJumper @wanderinglynn @Gissy Thanks everyone so much!! 2w

Texreader @WorldsOkayestStepMom Thanks!! And so many reasons to love Litsy. I agree 100% 2w

Texreader @Julsmarshall Thank you! Yes, I always find it so interesting how we all have different tastes in books, discussing them, and learning something new! And the book recommendations can‘t be beat. Especially when I learn I should avoid a book 2w

Texreader @GatheringBooks Thanks very much! I agree… and we are all still friends even when we disagree about a book because we are here because we love reading and because we respect one another. 2w

Texreader @RosePressedPages Thank you!! And I agree! Even when I‘m stressed (a lot lately) Litsy is my safe place to be. 2w

Texreader @dabbe Thanks so much! And I‘m so glad to call you one of my dear friends here on litsy!! 2w

Texreader @Read4life Thank you!! I can certainly thank Litsy for my never ending tbr list!! 😁 2w

Texreader @LeahBergen Yes! We‘ve been friends for many years now!! I love that so much! And thank you for all the encouragement over the years. 🤍 2w

Texreader @Born.A.Reader Thank you!! 😊 Yes, it‘s a happy social media corner of the world! I‘m always reading three books at a time. I‘ve learned to make sure to never have 3 sad books at the same time. 😉 2w

Texreader @peanutnine !!! Pocket friends!!! I ♥️ that! The truth in everything you said! And thank you!! 2w

Texreader @TheEllieMo Oh gosh yes, all the ♥️ for all the kitties!!! Versus no trolls or arguments. I‘ll take Litsy and the books and all the cute pets any day! ♥️🐈‍⬛❤️🐈 2w

Texreader @MaureenMc Thanks and indeed, my tbr list grows almost daily! 2w

Texreader @Bookwormjillk Support system—a perfect way to describe Litsy. When I‘m happy and especially when I‘m down I can count on my Litsy friends to have my back. Thank you for being one of those dear friends Jill! 2w

Texreader @Doll8455 ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 😘 2w

Aconight CONGRATS!!!! 🎉🎉🎉 honestly the members! Ive been apart of multiple book communities/apps. You can always count on Littens being positive & supportive. 2w

Vansa Commenting because it's such an interesting question to ask,and here's my list:I love the various prompts on Litsy,they make me engage with a book in very different ways apart from what it's about,there's such a variety of readers here that you get great book recommendations and the read-alongs expose you to so many books you may not otherwise read,or books you meant to read but never got around to(1/n) 6d

Vansa (N/n)I always meant to read DH Lawrence but only did with the Litsy buddy read,Cabaret of Plants is now one of my favourite books,the Tolkien read along was such an immense joy,as is Lark rise to Candleford.One may not agree with people's views on books but it feels like a lovely platform where you're heard and allowed to disagree and it's always respectful.So basically what I love about Litsy are all of you,you wonderful intelligent readers. 6d

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dabbe

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

The Academy Awards Winners for Best Picture
In honor of the awards, which will air this Sunday, how many have you seen?
1. Survey link: https://shorturl.at/jp3WT
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!

Tagging some who've played in the past. 🤗

mcctrish, Megabooks, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, Crazeedi, tpixie, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Amiable, CogsOfEncouragement, Susanita, Lynnsoprano, Blueberry, Vansa, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, TheLudicReader, Larkken, jenniferw88, julesG, Eggs, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, rwmg, Q84, BookwormAHN, Traci1, CSeydel, Ruthiella, RamsFan1963, TheSpineView, EadieB, CBee, Bookish_Viking, TheAromaofBooks, ImperfectCJ, Cupcake12, bthegood, lil1inblue, The_Penniless_Author, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnCrystal

Leftcoastzen Link isn‘t working 1mo

Bookwormjillk I‘ve seen 27 which is about 25 more than I would have expected. This reminds me I‘ve been meaning to watch Shakespeare in Love. 1mo

CogsOfEncouragement 26 for me. My all time favorite movie is My Fair Lady. (edited) 1mo

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CSeydel 42 … I‘m exactly average 🤣 1mo

melissajayne 43 for me 1mo

rwmg 38, which I was surprised by. There were a couple that sounded vaguely familiar and which I might have seen on TV and forgotten about. 1mo

Amor4Libros 30…I thought it was going to be lower 😅 1mo

willaful Only 29 for me. I'm not that into the sort of movies that win Oscars, apparently. 1mo

Blueberry 37, it was hard to remember some. 1mo

nelsonmatt890 I like to connect with you and read, lol. 1mo

AnnCrystal Thanks for the tag 🎬🥳💝. 1mo

TheLudicReader 42! I am exactly average, too, @CSeydel ! 1mo

kspenmoll 38 but now I want to see some of the older films. I mostly skip movies with war & too much violence- lingers in me too long 1mo

Amiable Oh, man, only 29 for me. I‘m not a big movie person (weird, I know). I did love “The King‘s Speech.” And also, how DO you solve a problem like Maria? 🧐😀 1mo

Cheryl_Russell 6, which is more than I thought I would get. 😂😂. Obviously not a big movie person. 😂🤣 1mo

shortsarahrose 40! But I minored in film studies in college and watched a lot of old musicals during the pandemic 💃 1mo

The_Penniless_Author Thanks for the tag! Only 36 - I really thought it would be higher. Favorites would have to be Casablanca, Godfather 1 and 2, and No Country for Old Men. 1mo

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Only 16. My tastes tend to run more pop-culture then critically acclaimed. Now, ask me about goofy sex comedies over the years, well, I've seen Porky's 100 times! 🤣 1mo

Read4life Only 19! I need one for sports movies. 😂😂 1mo

Bklover 35. Favorites would be Silence of the Lambs, Terms of Endearment, and Dances With Wolves. Oh, and Titanic. 1mo

CSeydel @TheLudicReader woohoo 🙌🏻 (edited) 1mo

dabbe @Leftcoastzen How about this one: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-awards-for-best-picture 1mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk S in Love is excellent! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿💚📽️ 1mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Audrey Hepburn is beyond elegant, isn't she? And I had a huge crush on Sexy Rexy! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @CSeydel For these surveys, that's a great place to be! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @melissajayne #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @rwmg I hoped you counted them! Did you think you'd score more or less? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @Amor4Libros Nice surprise, huh? 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @willaful I have a lot more that I want to watch! I haven't been into the later movies at all for some reason. The last one I saw in a movie theater was INSIDE OUT! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @Blueberry IKR? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @nelsonmatt890 The books are ALWAYS better than the movies! 🤩🤣🤩 1mo

dabbe @AnnCrystal YW! 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader You're in excellent company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @kspenmoll Same here! Most of the movies I have seen from this list are the older ones, especially musicals and such. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @Amiable You're not weird at all! I haven't been inside a movie theater since INSIDE OUT came out! I love watching old movies, though. And double also, how do you catch a 🌥️ and pin it down? 🤔🤩🤗 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I haven't been lately, either! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @shortsarahrose I'm a sucker for older movies, especially film noir. Do you have a favorite? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @The_Penniless_Author IKR? But then those first movies in the early 1930s, I was like 😳 Now I have a TBW list! 🤣 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Or me with rom-coms or film noir! I haven't seen Porky's in ages ... time to revisit! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @Read4life Oh, I love sports movies! My faves are probably HOOSIERS (rip Gene Hackman 🥺), the original BRIAN'S SONG, and RUDY. What are yours? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

dabbe @Bklover Wowza, what a list! You nailed some fab ones! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🍿❣️📽️ 1mo

Read4life Hoosiers is my top for sure!! I also love The Sandlot, Field of Dreams, Rudy, Miracle, oh I can go on and on!! Watching Hoosiers & The Replacements this weekend (Gene Hackman 💔) 1mo

shortsarahrose Film noir is good, but my heart belongs to mid-century film melodramas, especially anything from Douglas Sirk. Written on the Wind is my favorite, but All that Heaven Allows and Imitation of Life are also great. I also love anything with Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers. Swing Time is my favorite of theirs (except for the black face - might be the only film I‘ve seen Astaire do black face in), but all of them are fun. 1mo

dabbe @Read4life I'm definitely rewatching HOOSIERS this weekend. Totally forgot about THE REPLACEMENTS, too! 🥺 1mo

dabbe @shortsarahrose I need to look more into mid-century films. And 🎯 to Astaire and Rogers! 🎶 1mo

tpixie @shortsarahrose @dabbe did you know that Fred sister was actually thought to be a better dancer? I didn‘t even know he had a sister!! Until I read

Starring Adele Astaire: A Novel

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tpixie 40/96=0.417 46% 1mo

dabbe @tpixie They were quite the pair ... until he went solo ... well, sort of. 🤩 1mo

dabbe @tpixie #woohooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 💚🩶💚 1mo

tpixie @dabbe yes! And yes! 1mo

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ElizaMarie

The Secret History of the Rape Kit: A True Crime Story | Pagan Kennedy

#FebruaryReCap - I got a lot off my shelves!
#OffTheShelf2025 @Librariana

dabbe #yahooyou! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 1mo

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Leftcoastzen

A Room of One's Own | Virginia Woolf

#TLT #ThreeListThursday Thanks for the tag @dabbe
1.A Room Of Ones Own/ To The Lighthouse are both faves love Woolf
2.Slaughterhouse Five
3.The Sun Also Rises
4.White Noise

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2mo

dabbe #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤗🤩 2mo

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Kshakal

Thursday's Child | Sandra Brown

Thanks for the tag @dabbe #tlt

I got 26 of 110!!

Top 3… red badge of courage, where the CRAWDADS sing, and the things we carried

@BethM @peaKnit @JenReadsAlot

dabbe #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤗🤩 2mo

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willaful

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe

dabbe #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🤩🤗🤩 2mo

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dabbe

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
New Survey: AP Literature Free Response Titles List #3 (1970-2024)

1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-3
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading or a combo or whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging some who played last week. 🤗

BkClubCare, DebinHawaii, peaKnit, melissajayne, DGRachel, tpixie, iread2much, AmyG, TheBookHippie, Kshakal, PurpleyPumpkin, azulaco, Texreader, Leftcoastzen, CogsOfEncouragement, BookNAround, Susanita, TheLudicReader, Deblovestoread, thebacklistbook, MaleficentBookDragon, Eggs, Bookwormjillk, Read4life, Billypar, MonicaLoves2Read, rwmg, vonnie862, Mollyanna, TheBookgeekFrau, Butterfinger, LA1, kelli7990, Patchshank, InkedBookworm13, ImperfectCJ, bibliothecarivs, lil1inblue, LiseWorks, Cheryl_Russell, AnishaInkspill

Texreader Thanks for the tag again! I read 10, with women being my favorite authors again: Octavia Butler and Jane Austen. 2mo

TheLudicReader I got 19, but I own a few others that I haven‘t yet read. Geesh, you think you read a lot and then do these lists. 😂 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement 20 this time 2mo

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Bookwormjillk I got 20% which is one less than last week. It makes me feel old that there are books on this list that I can remember when they first came out 🤣 2mo

rwmg 32

I seem to be getting better each week 2mo

Amiable @TheLudicReader Exactly! I only had 18, much to my chagrin. And I took AP English. Where the heck was I? 😄 2mo

tpixie Only 16. 2mo

melissajayne 21. favourites include Pride & Prejudice, Obasan, and The Odyssey 2mo

DGRachel I got 17 for this one with too many favorites to list! Cormac McCarthy, Macbeth, Othello, Much Ado About Nothing, the Austens. I just wish I could count each reread! 😂 2mo

Deblovestoread Thanks for the tag! ❤️🩷❤️ 2mo

kspenmoll 28. Pride & Prejudice, The Odyssey, MacBeth, 2mo

Catsandbooks Only 11. I've read more by authors who were on the list but not those exact books 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me @Catsandbooks Same here 2mo

BooksandCoffee4Me 32. Favorites: Our Town, The Power and the Glory, all of the Austin novels. 2mo

thebacklistbook 14/100 mostly the Shakespeare. 2mo

Mollyanna Thanks for the tag. I‘ve only read 14. Ugh! And like @Amiable I took AP English. I do have quite a few on my TBR. 2mo

Eggs ❤️❤️ 2mo

thegirlwiththelibrarybag 5!! One of my best results from these AP lists. I recognised more titles this week too ☺️ 2mo

dabbe @Texreader I have yet to read anything by Butler; she's now on my list! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader You do read a LOT! Most of these are ancient, I mean (ahem) classics. You beat my sorry ass this week! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement Better than me! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk And they were on our high school “to-read“ lists and are still there! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @rwmg Ya whipped me this week! 🙌🏻 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Amiable So did I! I have to admit that my head was sometimes buried in Cliff's Notes. 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @tpixie You're in good company; my score was 18! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @melissajayne Never read OBASAN; I put it on the TBR. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @DGRachel I still can't believe I've never read anything by McCarthy. You've inspired me! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Deblovestoread YW! 😘 2mo

dabbe @kspenmoll Ya whopped my sorry butt! MACBETH's my favorite Shakespearean play of all time. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Catsandbooks I say you should count those and redo! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me You should count 'em! 🤩 2mo

dabbe @BooksandCoffee4Me Ya whooped my sorry butt! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @thebacklistbook Yay, you! I need more Shakespeare in my life. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Mollyanna @Amiable Same here! Maybe we should have an AP English buddy read! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Eggs 😘 2mo

dabbe @thegirlwiththelibrarybag Yay, you! Can we count them if we recognize them? 🤔🤩😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

DGRachel @dabbe You can go wrong with No Country for Old Men, but I would avoid The Passenger and Stella Maris duology. This reminds me the Blood Meridian is still on my TBR. I really need to get to that one… 2mo

Amiable @dabbe I do honestly toy with the idea of going back and reading all of those classics that I was supposed to have read but instead managed to get through AP English armed only with a cursory review of Cliff's Notes and a winning smile for my teacher. 😄 2mo

dabbe @DGRachel Good to know! I've been scared to read him! 😅 Thanks. 🤗 2mo

dabbe @Amiable I wish we had been in the same class together. We would have been #incahoots! 🤩😂🤗 2mo

DGRachel @dabbe I totally meant cannot go wrong with No Country. Just know it‘s violent. The Road is probably his best known and it‘s excellent but depressing. 2mo

Amiable @dabbe OMG, my English teacher was legendary! On the 1st day of class she told how she escaped Budapest during the Hungarian revolution in 1956 by swimming across the Danube with a backpack holding only a change of clothes and “Hamlet.“ Kind of hard to complain about Shakespeare after that! She also claimed to be a judge for the Nobel Prize for Literature. Found out years later from her obit that she actually was! She scared the bejesus out of us. 2mo

willaful 13 for me. Not many favs other than Pride and Prejudice, though I was really into One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest back in the day. 2mo

tpixie @Amiable what an amazing resilient teacher you had! 2mo

Mollyanna @Amiable Your teacher sounds amazing! 2mo

Amiable @tpixie @Mollyanna We did not appreciate her at the time! She was intense and had sky-high expectations for us. We were all afraid of her, mostly. 😄 But now I can credit her for the success I‘ve had in college, grad school and my career. I can draw a straight line from the things I learned in her class to today —40 years later. 2mo

tpixie @Amiable that‘s amazing. I think that happens with teachers- it‘s not until we reflect on our life that we can appreciate their impact 🩵🤍🩵 2mo

dabbe @DGRachel Fabulous advice. I will file these emotions away, and when I'm ready, I'll give him a try! 🤩 2mo

dabbe @Amiable She sounds like an incredible woman. She could have penned her own memoir/autobiography! 🤩 2mo

dabbe @willaful P&P is my fave Austen. I've even read some horrible pastiches just to revisit Darcey and Elizabeth in as many ways as I could! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Amiable I also was terrified of my AP English teacher. She gave me a “C“ on my 1st essay. I had NEVER received a C in anything in English. I ran to my mom in the library (she worked at my high school) and begged her to get me out of her class. “No way,“ was her reply. “You've finally met someone who's going to take you out of your comfort zone.“ Ms. Wogan was the only teacher I came back to visit my 1st weekend home from college. 🩶 2mo

MonicaLoves2Read I have read 12, 6 in High School 6 in College 2mo

Kitta Read 12, this list is very different from my reading list in school! My favourite would have to be the Picture of Dorian Gray, which I read on my own time in University. I have an Oscar Wilde tattoo 😂 so probably no surprise there. 2mo

dabbe @MonicaLoves2Read #yahooyou! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @Kitta DORIAN is one of my top 3 from this list as well! I'd love to see your tattoo, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 (edited) 2mo

Kitta @dabbe it‘s a nightingale and a rose, 🥀 🐦 from the short story! I‘ll post a picture if I can, it‘s on my inner bicep so hard to photograph 😂 2mo

dabbe @Kitta 🤩🤗🤩 2mo

PurpleyPumpkin 23/100, not bad! Favourites are The Picture of Dorion Grey, The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie, Obasan. Always fun to do these, thanks for the tag!💜 2mo

AnishaInkspill thanks for the tag 😍 2mo

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin Better than my sorry butt! Thanks for playing and sharing! 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

dabbe @AnishaInkspill YW! 🤗 2mo

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I‘m so proud of myself. I have read everyday this month and completed 12 books (don‘t think I‘ll quite make 13)

Ruthiella Nice work! 😃 2mo

BennettBookworm Beautiful!! 2mo

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩👏🏻🤩 2mo

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
New Survey: AP Literature Free Response Titles List #2 (1970-2024)

1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-2
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading or a combo or whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging those who played last week. 🤗

BkClubCare, peaKnit, DGRachel, iread2much, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, PurpleyPumpkin, azulaco, Texreader, CogsOfEncouragement, BookNAround, Susanita, TheKidUpstairs, TheLudicReader, Deblovestoread, thebacklistbook, MaleficentBookDragon, SaunteringVaguelyDownwards, JessClark78, Eggs, Bookwormjillk, MonicaLoves2Read, Kerrbearlib, rwmg, Kar2b, vonnie862, Pogue, WorldsOkayestStepMom, TheBookgeekFrau, TheSpineView, LA1, kelli7990, Patchshank, InkedBookworm13, ImperfectCJ, bibliothecarivs, lil1inblue, LiseWorks, willaful, AnishaInkspill

DGRachel I did better this time but still didn‘t beat the average. I got 19. Too many on my favorites list, many that I have tried, failed, and will never try again (not counted) and several I‘d like to read. Fun! 2mo

Cheryl_Russell 17/100. The Joy Luck Club, Love Medicine, Little Fires Everywhere, Little Women, Housekeeping, and Going After Cacciato all jumped out at me. Some were ‘Did I read this? I don‘t remember‘ (didn‘t count those). 2mo

PuddleJumper What's ap literature? 2mo

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dabbe @DGRachel Yay to beating your score last week! I hope I do the same. And don't say you “failed“ at reading them. You #hailedthebails! 🤩 I cringed at quite a few of these just by looking at their covers! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I say if you even thought you might have read it, it should count! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @PuddleJumper AP stands for Advanced Placement, and it's usually a senior course in high school where, if a student takes the 4-5 hour literature exam at the end of the year (multiple-choice and 3-4 essays), she/he/they can receive college credit and not have to take English 101 or 102 in college. Also, if a student receives an “A“ in the class, it counts as a 5.0 re: gpa, not a 4.0. 2mo

MaleficentBookDragon I hated Ethan Frome soooooooo much!

Ethan Frome

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MaleficentBookDragon Better than last week but still not a lot. 21 (lady week 17). 2mo

dabbe @MaleficentBookDragon You're still in fantastic company; pretty much most of us are between 5-30. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @MaleficentBookDragon That book is so flippin' sad! 😭 2mo

PuddleJumper @dabbe Ahh, ok we don't have anything like that in the U.K 2mo

BkClubCare 35 for me! With one title I am not sure of and a few that I skimmed or only *think* I have read (cough, Great Expectations, cough) 2mo

BkClubCare @MaleficentBookDragon - there are some HILARIOUS youtube videos by HS kids mocking that book. 2mo

BkClubCare P 2mo

dabbe @PuddleJumper I should have explained with the 1st list last week. Sorry about that! 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @BkClubCare #yahooyou! Great Ex: 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

CogsOfEncouragement I checked off 14 again. Four were assigned to me in HS. 2mo

LA1 Rank 72 out of 81 with a score of 23 🤷🏼‍♀️ I didn‘t think I would get any but a few is good 😊 2mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement There's quite a few on this list that I'm not even remotely interested in reading! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @LA1 You got more than a few, and you're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

Patchshank Thanks for the tag. I've read 10. There's a few there I own but haven't read like Kafka on the shore and kindred. 2mo

BookNAround 44 on this one so fewer than last week. 😉 2mo

LiseWorks I only read 14 and only because I had to either for school or it was on my tbr forever 2mo

TheLudicReader A whopping 18! 😬 2mo

peaKnit Doh! 10! lol 2mo

bibliothecarivs Seven for me this time, more than my four from last time. 2mo

dabbe @Patchshank I have quite a few, too. Maybe someday, right? 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @BookNAround #yourock! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @LiseWorks I hear ya! #metoo 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @TheLudicReader We're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @peaKnit Dohing is not allowed! 😂 Ya done good are in great company with the rest of us! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @bibliothecarivs Some book covers on this list did not do much to make me want to read them! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

Bookwormjillk 20 for me. Ethan Frome and The Great Gatsby are two favorites I always think though people should wait until they‘re 30 to read them. Grapes of Wrath is another favorite. One of the few assigned readings I finished in school. Even then I loved to #HailTheBail 2mo

Texreader Ive only read 9, but can‘t remember all the Shakespeare I‘ve read and I question a few others. The best books from this batch were by women: Frankenstein, Kindred, The Handmaid‘s Tale, and In the Time of the Butterflies. 2mo

Texreader @dabbe Oh I was wondering! I‘m too old for all that “Advanced Placement” test stuff! 😉 We had a special English class for a few seniors who wanted advanced reading. And it was great. But that‘s all it was. 2mo

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Agree 💯. These books I feel are sometimes wasted on the high school kids who need to live more and suffer more to truly appreciate them. #Hailingthebail was a favorite activity of mine, too--plus reading CLIFF'S NOTES! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @Texreader Yay for women writers! Curious as to which ones you question, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @Texreader Your senior class sounds a lot more fun than the AP one! We once had a class for seniors that was called Senior Contemporary Novels, and it was fabulous. Kids reading books and discussing a la a book-club format. Now, there's no room for exploratory classes like that. A true bummer. 2mo

Texreader @dabbe Oh that sounds lovely! 2mo

rwmg 28, better than my 21 last week.

Quite a few I know I've read but remember almost nothing about. 2mo

thebacklistbook 11/100 I'm sure I forgot some. 2mo

PurpleyPumpkin What a great book list! While I‘m familiar with many of these, I‘ve only read 27 which surprised me. Favourites are The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Women, and Fahrenheit 451. So many more I want to read!📚 2mo

tpixie 16/100. Apparently I go for the ‘trash‘ books instead of classics!! 2mo

Eggs 🧡🤗 2mo

dabbe @Texreader It truly was. 🤩 2mo

dabbe @rwmg Our brains can only remember so much when we read a lot of books, right? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @thebacklistbook I'm sure you did! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin Love all 3 of your choices! I actually burned a book when I introduced F451 to my students. The kids were like 😳😱😝! It was a book that was already falling apart. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @tpixie No book is trashy! 🤩 Remember, too, that these are books that had to pass the “banned“ criteria... for example, I can guarantee no book by Toni Morrison is on the list, and she ain't trashy at all! You're in good company, m'dear! Most scores were between 5-25. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

dabbe @Eggs 🩶🩵🩶 2mo

tpixie @dabbe 💙🩵💙 2mo

azulaco 39/100. Lots of assigned reading from high school and college. A couple that I actually have on Kindle and have never gotten to! 2mo

dabbe @azulaco Ya kicked my sorry butt! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

iread2much 17 on this one, so a bit better 😅 2mo

dabbe @iread2much Yay, you! You're in great company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩷🩶 2mo

iread2much @dabbe thank you for the invite 😁 2mo

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