
#Midwintersolace #Naturalitsycardswap
They're on their way x 📮💌🛩
#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace
A reminder of our December buddy read schedule. All welcome to join us. Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace
All welcome to join our December buddyread. You don't have to sign up for the #MWS event.
Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist. 🕯⭐️📖👻❄️
#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace
💚 Love this 💚
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Welcome to #Midwintersolace 23/24. ❄️🌲❄️
Come say hi and let's get to know each other. What do you love most about this time of year? I'll be posting several times a day, so keep checking the hashtag.
Our #buddyread starts today, tagged book. This is a chilled, own pace read with a discussion at the end of the month. 📖💬😊
I'm ridiculously excited for this. I hope you are too. x
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Naturalitsy
Sign up for #Midwintersolace closes tonight, ready to start the fun tomorrow. 😊
Sign up form - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHrldSr4h5OUT73_2zc9uHOoXrRo9I4qP8v6M3...
Edit - Closed
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace
Perfect for our short story board 👌 It's on my 🎅 list, but if you can't wait it's on offer on Kindle Uk.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/gp/aw/d/B0C9DZT4R7?storeType=ebooks&pf_rd_p=3356a109-04...
#Naturalitsy
Who wants a sneaky peek at the plans for #Midwintersolace starting 1st December until 31st January? 🤔
I'm so excited to start. Are you? x 💚❄️🕯🤗💡🙌💬👋🌲💐🍾🥂🏡⭐️🧤🧣📚💚
Still time to sign up (closes 30th Nov) - https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHrldSr4h5OUT73_2zc9uHOoXrRo9I4qP8v6M3...
Hosted by @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
#Naturalitsy
Our last week in The Secret Garden 💚
#NovelNovember readathon roundup.
📖 Bailed on Pym. I love her writing but didn't take to the characters.
📖 Kept up with #NaturaLitsy reading of The Secret Garden.
📖 750 pages of J S & Mr Norrell. Hope to finish this today as I can not stop reading it.
📖 Starting The glass blowers and Our darkest night after Norrell.
📖 I got distracted by Bret Easton Ellis's collection of essays White and History Hit's series on Napolean.
@Andrew65
#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace
A great article extolling the virtues of comfortable cosiness over winter. Join us for a communal version of this over December/January ❄️❤️🤗
Sign-up link in comments x
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2023/nov/26/hot-chocolate-woolly-socks-...
#Midwintersolace #Wintergames #Bingoboard
I've made up a simple bingo board challenge to help you accumulate those #Wintergames points. Each category is completed by reading a short story or essay on that topic.
5 days left to sign-up for #MWS https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHrldSr4h5OUT73_2zc9uHOoXrRo9I4qP8v6M3...
@Clwojick @Staycurious @Catsandbooks #Candycanecrushers
@LitsyEvents
I didn't get this library hold until this week, so have missed the #Pemberlittens #Hashtagbrigade buddyread. I did start but couldn't gel with the characters. This is more of a pause rather than a full on bail. I'll try again at a later date.
@StayCurious @BarkingMadRead
#BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#TEAMCandycanecrushers @Catsandbooks
My planned reading for December, the rest will be made up of arcs and books from my tbr shelf.
I'm really excited to get round to Babel.
#Rushreadthon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
A perfect afternoon is an absolute delight while finalising plans for #Midwintersolace
#Naturalitsy
@Aimeesue spotted a bargain on US Amazon. Our December #buddyread is reduced to $2.99
https://litsy.com/p/dW9Fc0V4ajdI
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December #buddyread discussion thread
🌿 Spring has sprung and the source of crying is discovered.
🌿 How did you find these changes in Mary?
🌿 Still enjoying the story and Mary's continuing development?
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
#Naturalitsy
Just watched this beautiful film with my beasties. I can't begin to tell you how wonderful it is. The stunning artwork reminds me of Van Gogh 😍 The last film in Tomm Moore's Irish folklore trilogy.
https://m.imdb.com/title/tt5198068/
#Naturalitsy #Midwintersolace
Our 1st #buddyread starts Friday, 1st December. Spooky, haunted tales on long wintery nights...I can't wait! 👻 This will be a relaxed, own pace read.
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
@LitsyEvents
11 days left to sign-up for our #NaturalitsyWinterswap event, hosted by @jenniferw88
Sign up form - #NaturalitsyWinterswap
Original post - https://litsy.com/p/cEQzVWt1eHBw
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
#Rereadtheclassics #buddyread
Starts 1st December
Who's joining me in reading Charles Dickens' 1861 novel Great Expectations?
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
#Naturalitsy #Buddyread
December theme - Food
A nice easy one for holiday season. I appreciate this is a crazy time of year, so please don't feel pressured. This is a very casual readalong.
All are welcome to join us.😀 Let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist. Apologies if you already have.
Starts 1st December 👨🍳🍽📖
@LitsyEvents
#BookedinTime
Dan Snow (British historian) is having a Napolean week on his podcast, History Hit.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Cz35gYMCzYl/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
@Cuilin @dabbe
#Naturalitsy #MidwinterSolace
Today, I'm busy prepping for our event, starting 1st December. This is a warm hug, laid back, connect with others event, celebrating the end of the year and the start of the new.
All welcome to join us. Please complete the sign up form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHrldSr4h5OUT73_2zc9uHOoXrRo9I4qP8v6M3...
@LitsyEvents @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
I'm thoroughly enjoying revisiting this old favourite. I had forgotten how funny it is.
Mr Norrell has to be one of the best characters in English literature imo. Eddie Marsan did a magnificent job bringing him to life in the BBC adaptation.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Jonathan-Strange-Mr-Norrell/dp/B00Y1PPAHIhickleberrypun...
An incredible memoir of a pioneering scientist, specialist in her field. Meg examines her love for the natural world with expertise and passion for her subject. Researching on a global scale from the States, Scotland, Australia and India, creating arbor walkways to take people up into the canopies, researching in the tree rather than from ground level and so much more.
What an amazing life to read about. This is one of my favourite tree books.
#Naturalitsy
A little help translating Yorkshire dialect for thi 🤪😅
#Naturalitsy #buddyread
Reading this, I did wonder how you are coping with the Yorkshire dialect. I'm a Yorkshire lass born and bred, so I find it oddly comforting, even though no-one I know talks like this.
Thoughts? On the secret garden? On Dickon? On Mary's emerging engagement with her surroundings and people?
All welcome. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Oh, hello, old friend 😍
I have a stinking cold and feeling sorry for myself. So, a day of comfort, it is.
Favourite book ✔️
Cat ✔️
Herbal tea ✔️
Blankets✔️
Have a great Saturday x
My planned reading for #NovelNovember readathon
🎧 Finish the tagged, which shouldn't take too long as it is amazing!
📚 Catch up with #buddyreads for #LiteraryCrew #Pemberlittens and #NaturaLitsy
📚 Once I've finished The Arbornaut, I'll pick up my 2 chosen books for #BookedinTime
📚 Squeeze another Kazuo Ishiguro in for #AuthorAMonth 🤞
Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 😊
I am absolutely addicted to these puzzles..... need more.
https://hiddenbooks.nationalbooktokens.com/
#HiddenBooksGame
#Naturalitsy
The Baillie Giifford prize winner for non-fiction announced. Have you read it?
https://www.thebailliegiffordprize.co.uk/
Margaret Renkl has such a perfect way of describing the natural world of her Tennessee 😍
#Naturalitsy
This beautiful book is a complete love note to the natural world and seasons. I love it. Definitely one for #NaturaLitsy and #Midwintersolace
#NetGalleyGroup #ARC
Unfortunately, I had to bail on this arc, mainly due to the 'stage directions'/prompts on reading and interpreting the story, which I found incredibly irritating.
#NetGalleyGroup #NGGFallFiction
Oh wow, this is such a haunting, powerfully told story of a council of female slaves plotting an uprising in Jamaica. These characters will stay with me for a long time.
#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville
What a wonderful discourse on race, diversity, literarure, inspiration and culture. Ishiguro's Nobel lecture from 2017.
https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/2017/ishiguro/lecture/
#Naturalitsy
Feeling a bit low with the darker days? Don't feel full of festive cheer? Need a bit of support and friendship?
Sign-up for #Midwintersolace to help get you through December and January with a bit of fun, games, swaps and companionship. All welcome.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScHrldSr4h5OUT73_2zc9uHOoXrRo9I4qP8v6M3...
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88 @LitsyEvents
#Naturalitsy November #buddyread
Week 2 - reading schedule. A discussion thread will be posted on Saturday. All welcome to join us.
Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Not sure what #NaturaLitsy is? 🤔
It's a super-friendly, supportive community of nature lovers who enjoy regular buddyreads, challenges and events.
All welcome to join us. Just explore the #Naturalitsy and tag me if you wish to be added to the taglist.
I'll post links to current and upcoming events in comments,
All welcome to join us.
#Naturalitsy November #Buddyread
Discussion thread - Chapters 1 - 6
Well, I must say rereading this childhood favourite as an adult and parent is a very different experience.
🌷 Are you revisiting the book?
🌷 What are your thoughts on reading as an adult?
🌷 What did you make of Mary?
🌷 Did you struggle with the colonialist attitudes?
All welcome to join in with us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
This was a terrific read, the right amount of tension, creepiness and general malificience of Hill House. The mc were good, flaws and cracks appearing as the house draws on their weaknesses.
A wonderful tribute to Shirley Jackson 🖤
#Naturalitsy
Gorgeous Autumnal colours in the sunrise this morning. This was the view from my bedroom window. 😍
#NaturaLitsy #MidwinterSolace @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88
Heads up on our planned #buddyreads
• 1st December - Short story collection (tagged)
• 1st January- Enchantment (tagged in comments)
All welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
#Scarathlon
Wow, what an amazing event. Thank you so much to hosts @Clwojick and @StayCurious and all the great team captains.
See you all again for #Wintergames ❄️🕯❄️
Well done #TEAMBooklovers 👏
@Bookwormjillk @SamAnne @CogsOfEncouragement @gossamerchild @DanaManiac @Jadams1776 @Coueriamb @Charityann @peanutnine @SpiderCrafts
#NetGalleyGroup #FallFiction #NonfictionNovember
#BookspinBingo
Ok, I sneaked a non-fiction book on Darcy and have no regrets. I highly recommend this great read on what our literary heroes/heroines teach us about love. It is intelligently written but with such humour too.
That's my #bookspin ticked off @TheAromaofBooks 😊
#Naturalitsy #Buddyread starts today with chapters 1 - 6 over the week. I will post a discussion thread on Saturday.
Oh hello, old friend. I'm so excited to revisit this childhood favourite with you all. 💚🌷🌻🌹💚
Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents