August #Bookspinbingo list is to maximise mood reading.
#Buddyreads for #NaturaLitsy #VirginiaBloomsberries #BookedinTime #LiteraryCrew #Losersclub #SheSaid #RiseUpReads #QueerBC
Happy summer reading 🌞
📷 Sunset across the fields from my home, July 2025.
#VirginiaBloomsberries
Discussion thread for July's #buddyread
💡Did you enjoy the novel? Any particular likes or dislikes?
💡 Was the stream of consciousness narrative a pleasure or a challenge?
💡 How would you describe the Ramsey's marriage and relationship with their children?
💡 What was your understanding of the symbolism Woolf used throughout the novel?
All welcome to join us.
#Naturalitsy
Discussion thread for July's #buddyread
🗺 Did you like or dislike Wulf's biographies of Alexander Von Humboldt?
🗺 Did you find him heroic, as defined in the book's subtitle?
🗺 Are there any other thoughts or comments on the man, his work, or his legacy?
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Powerful words from #nikita_gill
There is always hope. We can always do better and be better. Be brave, be loud, be strong.
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. ❤️📚❤️
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.
All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.
Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞
bailedI've tried so hard with this, cos y'know, it's Stephen King. I have to bail. I just don't engage with the characters. Sorry #LosersClub this one is not for me.
#Hailthebail @BarkingMadRead
Eek, I'm excited for this one. Stomp, stomp, stomp, here come the 🦖🦕 for a little while.
#NaturaLitsy August #buddyread is Riley Black's 2022 book examines the aftermath of the asteroid strike and the role of evolution in earth's recovery.
All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
Our next #VirginiaBloomsberries #buddyread is Woolf's 1928 novel, Orlando. A satirical biography of an immortal, who slips through history, changing identity and gender.
I've been looking forward to this one the most. I'm hoping to squeeze in the 1992 film by Sally Potter.
Orlando (1992) - IMDb https://share.google/9DTqrfwJu05VN6WbR
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
pickTrack Record: Me, Music, and the War on Blackness is a 2024 release from George 'the Poet' Mpanga. It is a very insightful and honest, well-researched memoir. George covers the rise of grime and hip-hop in the 00s and the influence this had on him as a child/young adult, growing up in North London. The music and sense of community gave him experiences and skills to propel him onto his creative path.
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It's been a cranky kinda day. 😕
#NetGalleyGroup #NGG
It's our last day for July's #readathon 📚
How did you do?
Did you meet your goals?
Did the readathon help give you a nudge?
I've enjoyed hosting it. It's certainly helped give me a kickstart back into Netgalley life. I've enjoyed reading your comments and posts.
See you on 15th August for another round of #ARCs 😀
All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Yay, it's Sunday! 🌞
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. ❤️🌞❤️
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
#NetGalleyGroup #NGG
Let's share our recent #ARCs or #ALCs that we've enjoyed the most in 2025.
📚 What did you enjoy most about it?
📚 Is the author new to you?
📚 Would you read more by the author?
All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.
All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.
Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞
#NetGalleyGroup #NGG
Let us know what #ARC you're reading for the #readathon.
📚 Are you enjoying it?
📚 Would you recommend it?
📚 Is the author new to you?
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
My goals for July's #NetGalleyGroup #readathon
📚 Note down statistics for a baseline. I do so much better with a visual of progress.
📚 Assess how many reviews to finish.
📚 Plan out goals for August readathon.
📚 Start the tagged and a fiction #ARC
📚 Write a minimum of 10 reviews.
What are your plans? Don't forget to share and tag @AllDebooks and #NetGalleyGroup
Have fun! 📚😊📚
Hi 👋
Welcome to our first #NetGalleyGroup monthly #readathon 😊 over the next 4 days.
📚 Set your goals.
📚 Introduce yourself to the group.
📚 What are you hoping to achieve over the readathons?
📚 Share your tips or advice for using Netgalley.
I'm excited to get going on my #ARC tbr list and tackle my backlog of reviews. 🙈
All are welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Here are the #NetgalleyGroup monthly #readathon dates for the rest of the year.
This will be a chance to chat about favourite arcs, upcoming titles, publishers, all things Netgalley, tips, reviews, and recommendations.
Are you all ready to start tomorrow?
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
I think the ginger one loves #Hyggehour as much as me.
Finished the tagged for #QueerBC 📚 It was a cute, amusing read. 📚
#CatsofLitsy
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie @PuddleJumper
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. ❤️🌞❤️
#MidsummerSolace
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
#NetgalleyGroup What tips would you share?
@tpixie A good way to start on Netgalley is browsing the browse books/audiobooks (in the Find titles section). They have a selection of arcs there that you can read or listen to without having to request from the publisher. It's a quick way to access titles and start building your feedback ratio.
Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.
All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.
Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞
Oh dear! I've just checked my Netgalley profile and noticed my feedback ratio has dropped significantly.🙈
In response to this, I'm going to relaunch #NetGalleyGroup with a 4 day long monthly readathon. The first one will start 18 - 21st July.
A chance to natter about upcoming publications we're excited about, old favourites, Netgalley, ARCs, authors, books, publishers, recommendations, reviews, and everything in between.
All are welcome. ⬇️
#Mood
I am looking forward to starting #Shesaid July #buddyread Unshrinking this weekend. 😀
It's my birthday! 🎂 I've had a great day celebrating with my teens, spoilt rotten with gifts, books (the tagged is AMAZING!🥹), flowers, and chocolates.
A trip to the cinema to see Jurassic World- Rebirth. Dinosaurs on my birthday = a perfect day. 🥰
Now it's gin o'clock. 🍸
My favourite ginger companion, Ronnie, cuddled up to listen to the tagged for #hashtagbrigade for a quiet #HyggeHour readathon.
#CatsofLitsy #TheRonald
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. ❤️🌞❤️
#MidsummerSolace
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
You would have our eternal devotion. ❤️📚❤️
#MidsummerSolace
Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.
All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.
Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞
Following Tyrion Lannister's famous summary of himself, "That's what I do, I drink, and I know things."
That quote never gets old. ?
Cheers, my dears. ?'
My #Roll100 books for July.
Heavy reading, but knowledge is power, right. ✊️
@PuddleJumper
#BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
My #Bookspin is Mansfield Park.
My #Doublespin is Strange Pictures for #buddyread with @julesG 📚
A slight contrast in subject matter. 😅
My #BookSpinBingo July list. I've left it pretty open this month as I have a few to continue from June.
@TheAromaofBooks
Thank you so much for joining us for #MidsummerSolace 🌞 I hope you've enjoyed it as much as we have.
I'd like to say a big thank you to my co-hosts @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit for all help.
We will be back in December of #MidwinterSolace ❄️ to help us through the darker months.
Please let me know in the comments if there is anything you would like more or less off, any improvements that can be made, etc. All comments are welcome.
Debs x
#VirginiaBloomsberries
I really enjoyed this glimpse into the rural life of VW and her fellow authors.
🌿 What did you think of the biography?
🌿 Did the accounts of VW's contemporaries, Townsend-Warner & Lehmann, help give context into her world?
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
#MidsummerSolace
I hope you've enjoyed our #buddyreads 📚
This is an informal reading discussion for the tagged book. Please let us know your thoughts.
📢 I will post the discussion thread for A Wilder Way around late July, to give our 🇺🇸 readers a chance to catch up.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
#NaturaLitsy June #buddyread discussion thread.
🦑 Did you enjoy the author's writing style?
🌊 Was there a good balance between memoir and science?
🦑 Did you have a favourite part/story?
🌊 Did you learn anything?
🦑 Would you recommend this book or read anything else by the author?
All are welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
#MidsummerSolace
I'll post a little prompt every Monday to remind ourselves to take care of ourselves and each other.
Have a great week. 🌞
#MondayMoments
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. ❤️🌞❤️
#MidsummerSolace
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
It's my first time taking a break today and catching up with #Chatterday 🍵plotting out discussions for #MidsummerSolace 🌞#NaturaLitsy 🦑and #VirginiaBloomsberries 🏡 June #buddyreads abd then on to reading in the sunshine.
#MidsummerSolace
Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.
All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.
Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞
#MidsummerSolace
It's time for our last #FridayNightShare (for now). It will be back in December for #MidwinterSolace
🌞 What's your go-to book when you're feeling low or struggling?
🌞 Which format do you prefer? 📚 🎧
🌞 Where is your most ideal reading location or environment?
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
#NaturaLitsy
Our July #buddyread is Andrea Wulf's 2015 biography of Alexander Von Humboldt, following the Prussian naturalist from childhood through to his travels in Europe and Latin America.
Alexander von Humboldt: the groundbreaking naturalist who bankrupted himself to share his life‘s work https://share.google/mvcNuhhcptd3a6uOw
@LitsyEvents
#VirginiaBloomsberries
Our July #buddyread is VW's 1927 novel, To the Lighthouse. We meet the Ramsey family at their summer retreat in the Hebridean isles over a ten year period.
Critics have claimed its themes to be about art, WW1, time, family, and connection. My experiences of reading VW, so far, lead me to expect a highly skilled novel accumulating all the above themes in a most concise way. I can't wait.
@LitsyEvents
Here's my roundup of the books read from my #14booksin14weeks list. James is as good as everyone says it is. North Woods is my favourite fiction read of the year, so far.
I'm moving on to the tagged for a long weekend read.
@Liz_M
#MidsummerSolace
This is my new mantra. ❤️
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
I haven't laughed so much at a book for the longest time. I'm really enjoying it so much. It's a bit scary as it's playing out like one of my many bizarre dreams. The cats are ace!!
This is why I love #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville ❤️📚❤️ I would not have picked this author as a priority tbr, but I'm so glad to be introduced to his work.
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