This has been my mood here lately. I feel like I‘ve been surrounded by lackluster people and people who love me for what I can do for them. So here‘s to reading more books this year, going on more trips this year, spending more time with Pat, spending more time with my best friend, and walking away from things that force me to be something other than myself. ❤️✨

I ***loved*** this book. I am NOT a high fantasy reader. I prefer humanistic books gone wrong, books that talk about all of the potential falls that humanity might take and where and why. But this series has opened a door to worlds that I‘ve never quite been interested in before. I‘m so excited to read all of them.

If any of you are on #Instagram or #bookstagram - I made a new account dedicated to books. If you guys would like to follow me there, that would be awesome. I‘m really trying to make 2019 the year of the books! 📚

I have like 30 pages to go. My advice to you? Just read the Handmaid‘s Tale.

Just read this book yesterday! It was a quick read filled with Dolly Parton lyrics and the struggles of being a fat girl. I loved this book and will be recommending it to everyone for the next few days, I‘m sure.

Reading a grown up book for once in my life. It‘s such a good read so far. I love Nora Roberts. 💘 and also love interests that are nerdy and bookish.

I also do book reviews now on my blog!
(The link will also be on my profile in case this one doesn‘t work!) ✨

http://onlymejustt.blogspot.com/2018/09/stories-with-tori-extraordinary-means.ht...

LITTENS. I FEEL LIKE I‘VE BEEN GONE FOR SO LONG.
If you didn‘t unfollow me, hi!
I‘ve traveled to 3-4 different states over the summer.
I‘ve gone to two concerts.
I‘ve read like fifteen books.
I went from two part-time jobs to a full-time job.
&I paid MY LIBRARY FINES. 👏🏼
I am THRIVING. and about to start doing book reviews on my blog/maybe YouTube. I‘ll keep you posted!

I have two radical extremes. Romance & YA.

Oh my gosh. First round of reading HP ever in my life and this is my favorite book so far. It might end up being my favorite book period?? I can‘t wait to get the next one tomorrow. Been pushing through to read 1-3 books a week here lately, between work and such. Excellent read. 10/10 chocolate frogs would recommend.

I went to my first #TaylorSwift concert on Tuesday and met so many kind people and had so much fun! I got incredibly sunburned, lost my voice from screaming/singing, and made new lifelong friendships. I‘m thinking about going to another show to see my new friends again. I‘m just happy this week and I wanted to share it. ✨

Woke up sick as a dog this morning and called in to work. So while I sip some sprite and ignore how my managers are gonna treat me at work tomorrow night, I‘ve started reading this! So far, so good!
(&Yes, I am further neglecting the other three books on my shelf with bookmarks in them. I‘ll finish them soon. Maybe. Hopefully.)

Also, RIP to my bookshelf as it is laden with these (and more!) books that I have yet to read/need to finish reading. I keep getting distracted or buying and reading different books. If I was doing a readathon right now, life would be good. I plan on reading some next week while traveling to Cleveland for a concert. Maybe I can knock a couple of these out on the way there and back! 😏

Growing up in a Christian household, I wasn‘t allowed to read Harry Potter because it was about witches and warlocks and all of those wicked types of things.
So this weekend, I finally picked up the first book- and COULDN‘T PUT IT DOWN!
I‘m onto book four now, and it‘s a phenomenal series overall and I can‘t wait to finish it and then *finally* watch the movies. 🦉✨

I know we‘re more bookish here, but this is a look into my world as a bookseller. I‘m obsessed with my new job. My coworkers are kind. I get to tell kids about the wonders of Little House on the Prairie and Percy Jackson. I help high school students search for classics to write reports on. I get to watch young adults pursue dystopia because I tell them about it. I. Love. My. Job. ❤️ #IAmABookseller

Working my way through this sweet book! I love it so far. It reminds me of so many things close to my heart. ❤️
Anyone doing any fun summer reading? Read anything good lately? Any recommendations? ☀️

Suzanne Young is a literary genius and you guys need to embark on the journey that is The Program.
It‘s especially interesting if you‘re not into dystopian literature, I think. It paints dystopian circumstance among a normal American setting and it‘s worth the read.
10/10 would recommend. 👏🏼

This book was such a fun one to read! I‘ve always anticipated that it would be a drag/too difficult to understand- but I adore it. It awakens the quirky, weird child I was years ago, and makes me interested in pursuing the whole series. 10/10! ✨

Home from work tonight sick with a sinus infection/ear infection so I picked up and started a new book. So far so good! I love wacky books about gifted kids who help save the day. ✨

So I found this cute little idea on Pinterest, and I don‘t have a bullet journal so this is just in my current normal journal. I filled it up with all of the books I‘ve read so far in 2018, and all the books that I want to read.

THEN - I had to make a list of which books to purchase or get from the library.

THEN - I had to make another cute page with a new theme bc I ran out of space!

#BulletJournal #ToBeRead

I‘ve been spending my Memorial Day with a cute new bookmark, a quilt, and vampires. This is my second book of the day. 😁

Please comment and let me know! I really wanna start a group with just a few rules (like no soliciting random products and making sure that everyone‘s nice to each other!) so that those of us who wish to have the closer social interaction can.

Thank you @Lovesbooks87 !!!
I‘m looking forward to reading all of these!
I‘m also kind of a bookmark hoarder, so thank you for the new editions to my collection!
& Thank you @JoScho for organizing such a fun swap!
#bottleandbookswap

The face of the newest employee of her local Books-a-Million! I sell books for a living now! I start training next week, and I couldn‘t be more excited about it. ✨

Okay... so I can‘t put them down... 😅
Thank you for the new obsession @Bturner588

Okay Littens- I read the first book in 7th grade. It‘s been a hot minute since then, and I need to know if it would be worth it to pick it back up from the library and read the whole series? Anyone read it? Pros and cons? No spoilers, please. Be vague. 😂

My 6 hour shift turned into almost an 8 hour shift today! Gotta absolutely LOVE the graduation time of year! Everyone was super nice, though. Finishing up my evening with some food. I‘m really into the vampire book I‘m reading but I can barely keep my eyes open. 🙄 #DinnerOnLitsy

Congratulations @JoScho ! You were one of the first people to give me the grand tour of Litsy, and this milestone is awesome!
• I feel that something that makes me uniquely myself is my unconditional love for people. I‘ve been on this learning path with forgiveness and trust over the last two years, and I‘ve learned that talking about things and being real is the very best thing I can offer to anyone I hold close. ✨
#uniquelyyou #giveaway

My post-work, post-dinner book for the evening. I usually don‘t read fantasy/vampire books, but I‘m making an exception for this series because Bethany loaned me THE ENTIRE flippin‘ series and I feel obligated. They‘re super good so far!

My package is going out in the morning!! I‘m so excited! Here‘s a glimpse at an accompanying letter going in the box! 😊
@JoScho @Lovesbooks87

So #HandmaidsOnHulu sent me a PR package on the first day of Season 2 of the show. I haven‘t been able to share it because my Litsy hasn‘t been working- but here it is! It‘s pretty awesome!!

#ResistSister

Hi guys!! I‘m sorry I‘ve been so MIA lately.
-I started a new job!
-I started a DIET!!
-I have surgery on Friday {wisdom teeth}
-Litsy keeps freezing when I try to post these days. Today it hasn‘t. So yay!
Happy to be back and more active again! ☺️

It‘s here!!! #BottleAndBookSwap

#TrivialThursday @GarthRanzz
1. No! I wish! @Bturner588 and I might as well be, though. We keep mailing each other books to read and talking about them when we finish.
2. I would change my name to ‘Tori.‘ My name is legally Victoria, but I‘d love to be able to sign Tori on legal stuff.
3. Tough question. Maybe Capital Letters by Hailee Steinfeld. My all time fave song is Babe by Styx.

Aww! Thanks y‘all!
This means only 3,000 more points until I do a giveaway. 😋

Litsy has honestly become the highlight of my day. I feel like I can share my heart and bookish soul with all of you, and you‘ll just get it.

(And this is random, but so far I‘ve read 19 books in 2018, and I have about ten more on my shelf to get through in the near future.)

#ReadingResolutions

When I was 13, I was in a little play based off of the Iliad. My boyfriend was Paris, I was the twin sister seer that no one believed because of Apollo‘s curse (picture on the left), and it‘s a fond memory.

I‘m also a HUGE fan of Greek Mythology, and was read this after my obsession with Percy Jackson. It can be a difficult read, but getting a copy w a companion guide in it makes it fun to read.

Bookish giveaways are the best! #2468Giveaway being done by @BarbaraTheBibliophage

(She also shares wonderful book reviews and recommendations and is definitely worth a follow!)

• I actually found it by accident on the App Store looking for a good way to log books I want to read. Best accident ever!
• Yes, well sort of. I write down and number books I‘ve read in a journal, but they aren‘t organized in any particular way.
• It didn‘t until last month, and now it does heavily.
• Black Moon! I want to finish it tonight!

@Chellebearss

#SelfiesOfLitsy

Hi again everyone! I‘ve been following a bunch more Littens to make some new bookish friends, and I just wanted to share a selfie to say hello to them if they swing by to say hi! ✨

I‘m Tori. I‘m 19. I read a lot of dystopian books and poison my mind with romance and science fiction. I have a blog that I love to write (see profile), and I started writing a memoir for fun.

Happy reading, and thank you if you follow me back!

Sorry for blowing up everyone‘s feed today and falling so behind on this month‘s daily posts. I‘ve been dealing with the DMV and Human Resources, as well as going to a couple of appointments and having orientation at my new job. It‘s been crazy! I finally have some time to sit down and read some today, and I‘m planning on finishing up the #Zodiac series this week. Hopefully! ⭐️

Day 18! 💜

Sharing a bit from my personal life today, I believe that all of my inheritance will come to me from the Lord. Every little thing that‘s gone wrong will be supplemented with growth and happiness in the years to come, thanks to him!

I‘ve struggled with my faith some over the last few years, but I‘m thankful to be back in a place where I can cherish His words and promises!

#ReadingResolutions #April #TheBible

Day 17!

This book is a celebration because it was my introduction into the world of Nicholas Sparks. I have been in love with his books and movies for years, and it‘s especially a celebration because...

I‘m moving to Wilmington in October! 🎊

So here‘s a picture of me at Carolina Beach from February when I went to visit @Bturner588 and fell in love with the coast.

#ReadingResolutions #April

Day 16 (I forgot to do so many days, so late!)

Tragic: Macbeth! It‘s also tragic because I argued with my APLit teacher in 12th grade over this wonderful work of literature for 10 minutes because I said that I believed Lady Macbeth was controlling and manipulating Macbeth‘s actions throughout the end of the story, and she disliked my essay about Lady Macbeth the temptress. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Day 15! (Late!!)

The biggest book I‘ve ever read!

📚 The Unexpected Dragon: 852 pages

I read it in the 8th grade. My teacher (who is now a good friend) was tired of me reading ahead all the time in our literacy class. So she sought out long and endearing books for me to read while everyone else read together. Excellent book, by the way!

Day 14 (late!)

Unpopular Opinion: I *love* the Twilight Saga. The books are so much better than the movies, and this is the first series I ever binge read. ☺️

#ReadingResolutions #April #Late

1. I am the firstborn! Woo hoo! To my mom at least.
2. Yeah. I wish I had more younger siblings.
3. A brother, and then two half-sisters and a half-brother on my dad‘s side that are 10+ years older than I am. They live in Germany.
4. The Sisters Grimm or the Baudelaires
5. Yeah. @PathfinderNicole and I are both firstborn and apparently both have complicated extended family.

@jesshowbooks #FriyayIntro

Day 13!

Book to movie adaptations usually suck. Let‘s not lie about this or act like we all haven‘t experienced extreme disappointment in our favorite booking going to the big screen. We have. A lot.

This is one of the best adaptations I‘ve ever seen. The directors only cut out information that wasn‘t vital to the plot, and remained true to both characters. I need to go watch this, now that I‘m thinking about it!

#ReadingResolutions #April

Day 12 (A day late!)

The Magdalen Girls is a fictional story based on the true accounts of girls who fell victim to the awful Magdalen Laundry facilities in Dublin, Ireland throughout the mid-to-late 1900s.

I recommend reading it, and then watching the movie based on the book. I especially recommend reading it if you‘re into international history.

#ReadingResolutions #April

Read this book and watch the movie! It‘s such an empowering story, and it‘ll make your heart warm.

Side note: Robert D. San Souci (whose book inspired the beloved movie) came to my elementary school for three years consecutively and I have signed books. This is also my *favorite* Disney movie.

Day 11!

My misunderstood book is probably one of the most misunderstood books in American history right now. I chose it because when I was told to read it in the 10th grade, my teacher confiscated my personal copy of the book when I chose to read the uncensored version while the class read the censored version.

If you lie or censor history, it‘ll always be doomed to repeat itself.

#ReadingResolutions #Censorship