Up to 42% 🙃
#allergictochunksters
Up to 42% 🙃
#allergictochunksters
#beyondtheyellowbrickroad
I found this on my picture books shelf and at 158 pages, it looks like it has the full text. It feels like a perfect afternoon to spend in Oz. My new reading companion Fizzgig agrees!
This seemed to work for me last time, so I‘m attacking #bookspinbingo with a new theme and stickers.
January‘s #bookspin is Sword Catcher and #doublespin is Here‘s to Us 📚❄️
Here are my favorite books read this year (from my bookshelves), ordered from January on the bottom, up to December. I‘ll tag them in the comments in case anyone‘s interested in more information. 🥰
My absolute favorite old tv special along with A Muppet Family Christmas and The Muppet Christmas Carol.
Happy Bookmas! May your holidays be filled with love, hope, and books.
#AllergictoChunksters has inspired me to tackle The Last Magician again - I started it 2 years ago, and didn‘t make it very far. I‘m determined to get through it because, as you can see, I have slowly collected the rest of the series.
*Edited* I decided to break it up into manageable chunks bc the chapters are only about 5 pages each. I figure, if I play this right, I could spend all of 2025 with this crew - through all 4 books. #ChapterADay
While we were waiting for oldest niece to finish her last final, my sister and I visited the local thrift store and they were having a book sale - 10 cents each! 😱
Here‘s my 20 cent purchase. I need to read Dreams of Gods & Monsters this upcoming year and I only have the hardcovers nestled away on my shelves, so this was great timing.
Why did I think starting a project in December to gift someone was a good idea? 🤦♀️ It‘s cutting into my end-of-the-year reading time! I have a tough time with audiobooks because I get distracted. I‘m finishing this to mindless tv aka Wipeout and Human vs. Hamster 🤣
Started December with some amateur live musical theater. The movie version will always be my favorite, but this had its moments. 🎶 My favorite was the audience encouraged sing-a-long of White Christmas at the end. 🎶
May your Thanksgiving weekend be full of good food, kind friends or family, and some uninterrupted reading time!
Current mood as I consistently ask myself if it‘s too early to go to sleep for the night…
I ordered this and another sweatshirt before the election and it only arrived this week… I decided it‘ll be my go-to for the next four years when I need a little pick-me-up. From boredwalk.com if you need your own pick-me-up. My other sweatshirt says “Stay-At-Home Unicorn” 🦄
It‘s Chauncy! I found him at BN but he‘s created by https://kingdomofthreads.com
It makes me ridiculously happy to find things inspired by this book.
New in! I‘m excited for this, but saving it. (As one does.)
Can you tell I absolutely adore this author?
I‘m ecstatic NetGalley granted me a copy of The Examiner, which is not due out until September.
I started it last night, stayed up way too late, am about 60% in, and can‘t wait to get back to it.
Oh, and I also preordered it today during BN‘s preorder sale. #netgalley #arc
I found some fun summer stickers in my craft drawer, so I decided to set up a book spin bingo board. Yay stickers!
I‘m loving StoryGraph for all the graphs and data and this new cover collage feature is making it easier to share.
June Wrap Up -
Favorite for the month: Titanium Noir
Donating: City of Nightmares & Cage of Dreams
DNF: Gnomon
Slow reading month, but some good ones 📚
#readordonate
Current reading view 📸 up north on vacation!
I finished Titanium Noir in a day, so I decided to take on this #chunkster It‘s definitely slower reading, but I‘m intrigued enough to continue!
The Summer Reading program has begun at my library!
I just discovered The Examiner is coming out this year. September is going to be lit! 💡📚
Since Jasper Fforde announced he‘s working on number 8 in the Thursday Next series, I realized I‘ve only read through number 3 and made an emergency trip to the library.
Clouds rolling in, but I‘m happy to be back reading on the deck.
#libraryhaul #librarystack #thursdaynext
ESC update - starting to look chicken-y! @FlowerFairy #knitting
First book of May completed. Yay! 🎉
Now trying to decide if I should pick up the next one or finish something else I started in April. Hm, decisions, decisions. 🤔🤣
Um, so I only recently stumbled on Book Outlet (after hearing about it everywhere) and they‘re currently having a sale… so my finger slipped and I bought some books. 🫣
Knitting an Emotional Support Chicken and watching The Masters today. #litsycrafters @Catsandbooks
My birthday‘s later this month (the big 4-0), but my sister surprised me with this early. She was watching the show, then picked up the books (because cliffhangers) and said I should read them too. I started the first few pages and I‘m confused, but intrigued…
I‘m excited and a little surprised that I‘ve gotten back into reading nonfiction this year.
Just a little excited to find this in my mailbox today. I couldn‘t wait for May (U.S. edition), so I ordered from Blackwell‘s…
Late to the party, but I‘m finally here for it! AIDAN!
“AM I NOT MERCIFUL?”
Did anyone else run, not walk to McD to buy their new adult happy meals with the 90s McNugget toys? No? Just me? 🤣🍔🍟
We‘ve made it to the Gump, one of my favorite parts of the Return to Oz movie, which I recently learned is a mashup of Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz.
This section also provided a noteworthy quote from the Scarecrow: “That proves you are unusual and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.”
@Catsandbooks #LitsyCrafters
Going for another KAL, this time not a mystery, with the Bumblebee Acres Fiber Farm group on Ravelry using their new pattern and their Farm-inspired advent I‘m opening throughout December. 🚜🐄🦙🐇🐑🐐
@dabbe #SmilesonLitsy
Here‘s my current read on my Christmas tree. I figured Bing Crosby put presents on the tree, so why can‘t I put books?
Cyber Monday Deal alert! I love this author and her Warlocks of Amherst series is on sale - all six books together are on sale for basically the price of one book. They‘re also in Kindle Unlimited if you subscribe and want to try them before you buy.
Also this is M/M romance with mpreg. (I don‘t want to corrupt or surprise anyone if that‘s not your thing.)
Yay! Look who was just approved! *happy dance* Has anyone read this yet and if so, what did you think?
Update: I bailed 🤷♀️ It was too slow…
I cannot be trusted in a bookstore! I went in to BN for Fangirl and the tagged book and walked out with a few more… #noregrets
When you‘re in a Christmas mood, but you have Peeps left over from Halloween! 🎄👻
I‘ve been feeling super crummy since last week (horrendous cough and I lost my voice), so I bought myself this Disney Haunted Mansion throw with glow-in-the-dark eyes at my local Hallmark. I was really jazzed to find it half off and it was the last one! Made to be. I also picked up a ‘Foolish Mortals‘ mug because hot beverage!
Btw - I changed my name here to match my instagram and my love for all things books, blankets, and hot beverages!
Stayed up too late last night reading and finished this book. But no regrets! 🤦♀️🙇♀️🤷♀️ And now I‘m ready for the sequel!
#LitsyCrafters #mystery
Reading‘s taking a backseat this month as the mystery knit-a-long clues are released. I‘m halfway through Clue 1.
The new Percy Jackson book being released gave me the push to finish The Trials of Apollo series and catch up on the Percy Jackson universe this week. I forgot how entertaining these books are!
To buy or not to buy? 🤷♀️
The facts:
1. I already have at least one copy of all three.
2. I have read the first one (Darker Shade of Magic), but not the other two yet.
3. I‘d like to be inspired to read them before the new one comes out..
Thoughts?
Update: I didn‘t buy them this time. 😄