I do love our Sunday evenings. What are your plans for tonight's #HyggeHourReadation

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Welcome to #SaturdayChatterday ☕️

Grab a coffee and tell us what you've been up to, weekend plans, current recommendations, etc.

All are welcome to join play, tag, share. 😀

@Sace @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @PaperbackPirate @Emilymdxn @PuddleJumper @DebinHawaii

#Naturalitsy

Our discussion thread for October's #buddyread

🌳 Did you like the author's writing style?
🌳 Did you learn anything new?
🌳 Did the text hold your interest?

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

#VirginiaBloomsberries

I feel quite disappointed that I'm only just getting around to her work this late in life. Thank goodness, I've started now.
Anyway, let's talk about Night and Day?

☕️ Did you enjoy Woolf's intricate examination of romantic entanglements in 1920s London?
☕️ Did you like her characters? Does anyone stand out?
☕️ Do you think Woolf captured the changing societal times of post war England?

#Naturalitsy

Only 2 books remaining this year!! Our November #buddyread is Mabey's The Cabaret of Plants, exploring the encounters between people and plants.
All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

#VirginiaBloomsberries November #buddyread is her essay, Modern Fiction. I am trying to alternate each month with a shorter read, followed by a longer read.

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

🗓 I'm thinking of our 2025 reading schedule, so please put forward any recommendations for books about VW or the Bloomsbury set to read alongside her works.

@LitsyEvents

I really enjoyed this #AtoZReadathon challenge, just 4 away from a full set! I'll tag my reads in the comments. It's been a great month with some fantastic reads. Thank you for hosting @Texreader

#HauntedShelf

This was so much fun. Thank you for hosting @PuddleJumper and @Emilymdxn for being a great team captain. My apologies for the dwindled posts, I have shingles. I have still been racking up the points tho'.

Finishing up with the tagged for my last read of October. #LetterX for #AtoZReadathon @Texreader

Wishing you all a blessed Samhain.

Happy Halloween 🎃

I do love Steph's artwork. ❤️

https://www.instagram.com/toyoufromsteph?igsh=MWVtbnczdXhsY2RlZw==

Are you joining our #HyggeHourReadathon tonight?
What are your plans to get a comfy, cosy respite?

All are welcome to join in.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

I'm in dire need of some serious distraction from shingles pain.
📚 Tagged, Lanny, Night and Day, How to read a tree
📺 Ludwig, Only Murders in the Building, The Great British Bake off
🎬 Anything witchy

Good morning 🌞

Wishing you all a great day. Fancy a chat? ☕️

Don't feel lonely. Here's a weekly space to connect, celebrate, share worries, catch-up, and general check-ins.
Any book/tv/movie, etc, recommendations?

All are welcome to play tag and share.

@Sace @kelli7990 @julieclair @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

What are your plans for our communal #Hyggehour readathon?
We've just had a cosy family movie watching The Boy and the Heron. Now, to choose a new book to settle in for a cosy read.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

I've just listened to this amazing series of essays by Katherine Rundell, exploring what writing and stories mean to us from childhood through to adulthood.
Hugely enjoyable.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0023y8s?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Hi 👋

Good news, everyone, #SaturdayChatterday is back!!
I've missed our weekend check-ins and am so happy to be back. It's been a crazy few months.

Anyhow, how are you all? What have you been up to?

All welcome to join in the conversation. Please play, tag and share.

@Librarybelle @BarkingMadRead @Eggs @Cuilin @dabbe @IndoorDame @TheAromaofBooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @DebinHawaii

My #Hyggehour consisted of winding down after a lovely beef stew, sipping valerian tea and reading by candlelight as I don't have a fire.
That's ticked off 4 squares on my #Witchathon bingo board and about to start a new horror book while I hide under the blankets. 🖤🎃🖤
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @TEArificbooks
#HauntedShelf #Skeletoncrew @PuddleJumper @Emilymdxn

An intriguing article on the discovery of Vanessa Bell's painting, The Party. On exhibition at Sotheby's, London during November.
#VirginiaBloomsberries

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2024/oct/05/discovered-a-lost-possible-inspira...

#Naturalitsy #HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

This was such a charming story about Nora, a 10 year old, coming to terms with change and learning it's ok to ask for help.
#Bookscavengerhunt #Animal
#bookrecommendation #Cosy
#AtoZreadathon #letterN @Texreader
#Witchathon #Childrensbook @TEArificbooks

@PuddleJumper @Emilymdxn

#HauntedShelf

A good find for cold category of #ScavengerBookHunt I love the frost like design at the edge of the cover.
I finished this last night and highly recommend it if you're after an atmospheric, creepy ghost story in an isolated setting. 4⭐️

#SkeletonCrew

@PuddleJumper @Emilymdxn

Catching up on #Losersclub September read.

#HauntedShelf
A find for #BookScavengerHunt - Orange

#AtoZReadathon
Y

@PuddleJumper @Emilymdxn @Texreader

This #ARC is stunning. James Rebank on an isolated Norwegian island collecting eider down with one of the last women to do it traditionally. Perfect.

#NaturaLitsy #NetGalleyGroup
Published 17/10/24

This is so cute from https://www.lucyclaireillustration.com/

I was going to ask for some female horror writers but then clocked this from Book Riot. My absolute favourite genre is gothic horror/thriller.

https://bookriot.com/recent-works-of-gothic-horror-to-read-asap/

#HauntedShelf #SkeletonCrew

#Skeletoncrew

My first read for #HauntedShelf is a good one. It is a very atmospheric, creepy tale so far. I can not stop reading. 👀
That's A ticked off the #HalloweenAtoZReadathon list.
@PuddleJumper @Emilymdxn @Texreader

Hi,

I'm making a tentative return, slowly getting better. Thank you for all your lovely well wishes.
I'll catch up with all tags and posts over the week. I've just posted the October #buddyreads for #NaturaLitsy and #VirginiaBloomsberries
I will post the discussion threads for both September 's reads over the weekend.
I'm looking forward to catching up.

#VirginiaBloomsberries

Our next #buddyread is Night and Day, published in 1919. As one of her earlier works, it is another example of her development as a writer. Set in Edwardian London, the story centres on 2 friends and their romances.
All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

#Naturalitsy

What happened to September? TBH, I'm still reading The planet in a pebble, which is fascinating.

October's #buddyread is Tristan Gooley's How to read a tree. All are welcome to join in. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

I'm so sorry to have posted on Saturday to then disappear. I do care. I just have a bit of a medical issue to deal with. That's about as much of an admission that I'm unwell as you'd get from a Brit! 😅🫣
I'll be back with you asap. Please keep tagging me, I'll catch up. X

#Naturalitsy #VirginiaBloomserries #Hyggehourreadathon #SaturdayChatterday
#LitSolace #MidwinterSolace

Happy #SaturdayChatterday 😊

☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?

Hhhhmm, I found this quite irritating on a few levels. I didn't connect with any character, didn't feel the enlightenment. It was a disappointment as I adored her other 2 books.
However, the writing is good. I think this is a bit of a hit and miss with a lot of people.
#Booker #Longlist2024

#Naturalitsy September #buddyread

I'm excited to be starting this one. I have high expectations, even if the physics is melting my brain.
Anyone else started yet?

Jo is organising an amazing event in October. For more information on #HauntedShelf head to @PuddleJumper for sign-up form.
Eeeek, I adore the 'ber months. 🖤🍁🎃👻🧙‍♀️

https://litsy.com/p/NU1ZRkMwZXJu

Who's ready for a little me time? Join in our communal #HyggehourReadathon at 8-9pm. Don't forget to post your pics and let us know your plans. 😊

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

Well that week was a blur! Happy #SaturdayChatterday 😊

☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?

@IndoorDame @dabbe @Eggs @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

My choice for September's #BookedinTime theme - South African apartheid.
@Cuilin @dabbe

Listening to Terry Jones narrating Sir Gawain for my #HyggehourReadathon with a hot chocolate and quiet space.
#FellowshipofTolkein September #buddyread

@Daisey @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

This is such a thorough, complex history of women, health and medicine. There is nothing new but this remains an important discussion of how men and medicine has treated women over centuries. Warning - it is enraging and at times distressing.

Read with #SheSaid @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

Almost time for our relaxing #Hyggehourreadathon ☕️
What are your plans?

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

Our #NaturaLitsy September #buddyread is The planet in a pebble. Zalasiewicz gives us a billions year history of earth, with a piece of Welsh slate as his starting point.
I'm really excited to read this one with you.

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

#VirginiaBloomsberries September #buddyread is Two Stories. This is her 2nd publication from 1917. It was published by The Hogarth Press, set up by Leonard and Virginia Woolf. I'm reading the centennial copy with a commisioned essay by Mark Haddon.
A discussion thread will be posted at the end of the month.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hogarth_Press

@LitsyEvents

I'm hoping to finish the last of my NB magazine stack for August's #MonthlyMagazineBlitz @julieclair
I'm off to get a coffee before settling down with these beauties.
https://www.nbmagazine.co.uk/
Issues 100 - 103

Happy #SaturdayChatterday 😊

☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?

@TheSpineView @thebacklistbook @TheAromaofBooks @kelli7990

Hi @DebinHawaii thanks for the #5JoysFriday tag.
1. A lovely, most welcome package from you. 💌
2. Finding out there's another week of summer holidays to go. 😍
3. Thrifting.
4. Family dinners
5. Found a bounty of holiday photos from when the teens were littlies. ❤️

I've had a lot of good fortune recently on thrift finds. #VirginiaBloomsberries and #NaturaLitsy September #buddyreads both secondhand, in excellent condition.
#Thriftingistheway

I've been reading the tagged for #SheSaid August #buddyread I have to take it slowly as the content is enraging. Cleghorn writes about the treatment of women by medical men over the centuries, from wandering wombs to hysteria and everything in between.
Highly recommended.

Almost time for our cosy hour. Are you joining in #HyggehourReadathon tonight?

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

Happy #SaturdayChatterday 😊

☕️ Are you having a good weekend?
☕️ What are you up to today?
☕️ Where are you?
☕️ What are your plans for next week?
☕️ Any recommendations - books, places, films/tv shows etc?

Don't forget to tag and share. 😊

@Bookwormjillk @Chrissyreadit @Daisey @Soubhiville @DebinHawaii @Graywacke