#jolabokaflodswap @MaleficentBookDragon

Ta dah! Just sent out both of my Jolabokaflod Swap packages out today! Super excited! 🥳🎉🎉🎉

I was so excited to see that the December Book of the Month choices were up early! I decided to go with the Nutcracker book plus some historical romances! 🤭💕📚 What did everyone else get? #botm

We got our first snow of the season today! ❄️❄️❄️ I was stuck working today, but I did run outside a few times to enjoy the snowflakes and of course to take a picture or two! 🤭💕📚 This was definitely a good book to have with me today, it really fit the wintry, cozy vibe!

Did I stop by Barnes & Noble after a long day at work today? You bet I did! 😂📚💕 NO REGRETS! Also, I was really tempted to try and steal that awesome book tree! 🥰

#ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead

❤️ Most definitely The Only One Left by Riley Sager! He is one of my top favorite mystery/thriller authors!

❤️ The Thursday Murder Club by Richard Osman! I keep hearing great things about it and I need to set aside time for it!

❤️ I don't know if this is technically a trope, but I do LOVE when the protagonist is an unreliable narrator! 🤭 It's such fun!

Happy Happy Thanksgiving! 🦃🍁❤️

I hope everyone has a wonderful day full of food and fun! Every year I always like to think about the different books and authors I'm most thankful for - and this year in particular I'm thinking of Brandon Sanderson! He released so many wonderful titles this year, all of them fantastic, and I feel so lucky to live in a world where his books exist! 💕📚

What books and authors are you most thankful for?

My November Owlcrate book has arrived! It's the same book as the October Goldsboro book, although this version looks quite different! I keep hearing really wonderful things about this book, so I'm excited to start it! 💕📚 #owlcrate

I can't imagine a more perfect way to start the weekend! 🤭📚💕 I still can't get over how excited I am that he has written another book in this world! Seeing some of these characters again feels like coming home!

Hoping to get through most of this one over the weekend! 💕📚 I've read some of Hobson's adult books, but this is my first middle grade one of his!

First hit chocolate of the season! Really loving this book and excited to see how it ends! 💕📖 Do you think I have enough marshmallows? 😋

Finally getting ready to start the final book in this magical trilogy! I am keeping my fingers crossed that Evangeline will get her happy ending! 💕📖

"To those who have been harmed in the name of 'religion'. To those who have suffered behind closed doors and have yet to find their voice."

??? Already crying!

My hold for this one came in! I'm really interested to hear Jill's story and also hoping reading about her journey will help me with healing from my own religious trauma! 💕📖

Who wore it better? 🤭💕📚

And here's the Illumicrate special edition! 😍 This one is a little simpler than the Owlcrate edition, but I think I might like this one a little bit more because it perfectly matches the original covers of the first three books! 💕📚 #illumicrate

My Owlcrate special edition of The Fragile Threads of Power arrived and I am absolutely blown away by how gorgeous it is! 😱 When the box arrived I was so excited I had to take it with me to open at work because I couldn't wait until I got home! 💕📚 #owlcrate

I have such nostalgia when it comes to the Eragon series! 🐉💕 It's not the most well written fantasy series about dragons, but it's still definitely one of my favorites! Super excited about the new book in the series, as well as the gorgeous new illustrated edition of Eragon!

Here is another one I was super excited for; in fact I've been looking forward to this one ever since I read the first book last fall! Legends & Lattes was such a beautiful cozy book, and I'm hoping for more of the same with this prequel! ☺️💕📚

So.... Apparently there were a lot of books I pre-ordered that arrived today! 🙈 I didn't realize how many there were until I picked up the box and discovered how heavy it was! 😱 A couple of the ones I'm most excited about are the new special edition of Fourth Wing, and of course Iron Flame! I'm feeling really very lucky that I pre-ordered it so long ago and was able to get the special edition with black pages! 🥰💕📚

HAPPY IRON FLAME PUB DAY! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 Can you tell how excited I am?! 😂 Who else is dropping everything else to start reading this tonight? 💕📚

I took advantage of the warm weather this afternoon to finish up this book at the park! Now onwards to book three! 💕📚

First sugar plum danish of the season! ❤️💚❤️💚 Lots of reading and a delicious pastry = a perfect Sunday morning!

I just finished the tagged book today, which is the second book in this series! I'm obsessed! 💕📚 This is not a series I hear talked about a lot, and I feel like that is such a shame because it's phenomenal! The writing is great, the dialogue is fantastic, and I love the magic in this story! Plus, the characters are so incredibly flawed and real! If you love books about queer, fierce witches do not miss this series!

Almost all the remaining leaves fell off the trees last night in the wind! 😱 It was like walking through a golden, fallen, cloud today! 🤭💛🍁🍂

Stumbled upon this new book today and decided to try it since I really liked his previous cat book! 😺💕

I almost forgot that it was the last day of the month! 😱 Book of the Month posted their November books earlier today and here is what I picked! I actually had to do a little bit of research this time because most of these books I didn't know anything about! But I'm pretty happy with my choices! 💕📚

What is everyone else choosing?

Happy Halloween, Litsy family! 🧡🎃🧡🖤👻🖤

I hope everyone is having a wonderful day! I took the day off, not because I'm doing anything in particular, but because I really love Halloween! I'm spending the day reading vampire manga, and I can't think of any better way to celebrate this day than that! 😂🦇❤️

This book was absolutely phenomenal! Lauren Groff has a way of writing that is just so beautiful and descriptive. Matrix is still my favorite book by her of all time - this didn't top that in my opinion - but it's still one of the best books I've read this year! 💕📚 #catsoflitsy #rumpel

My October Illumicrate book arrived and look how stunning it is! 😱 It seems to be a story about Hansel and Gretel that takes place years after the original fairytale! I'm excited for it! It's honestly so beautiful I didn't want to let it out of my sight, so I took it to work with me today! 😂💕📚

#illumicrate #bookmail

Reading outside is my FAVORITE thing about fall! 🥰📖🍁

Trying to squeeze in as many spooky/witchy books as I can before Halloween! 🍁🎃📖

My October Owlcrate book arrived yesterday and it's stunning! 😱 This book was not on my radar before, but I'm really excited to read it now! 💕📚

#owlcrate #bookmail

"Dewey was one of those kids other children avoided. Part of it was due to the weird goggles he always wore. Part of it was due to the fact he'd rather read a book instead of spending time playing games. Everywhere the 11-year-old went, he carried a thick book under his arm."

It's me! I'm Dewey! ???

Happy Litsyversary to me! 🥳🎉🎉🎉 Guys, for real...I can't believe I've been here for 7 years! 😱 I have cultivated so many wonderful friendships and met so many fantastic and amazing people through Litsy! 💕 I'm grateful for each and everyone of you, and I'm so proud and honored to be a part of this wonderful bookish community! 📚 #litsyversary

I think there should be a special work dispensation that will allow you time off if you're in the middle of a really, really good book! 💕📚

Nothing feels more 'fall' to me than reading a vampire book in the park a week before Halloween! 🍁🍂🎃🧡

And also, if you're looking for a well written new YA vampire romance - THIS IS IT! I'm absolutely entranced! 😍

Happy Saturday, Litsy family! 💕📚💕📚💕

I hope everyone is enjoying some quality reading time this weekend?

I was so excited to discover that R. L. Stine is still writing Goosebumps books! 😱💕📖

If you missed the Angeline Boulley event we had at our library earlier this week you can watch it on our library's Youtube channel! 📚 It will be available for two weeks only!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RMmISWk7Vds

She signed both of my books but this one is definitely my favorite! 🥰💕📚

Hosting Angeline Boulley at my library was seriously a dream come true! She was so sweet, joyful, empowering, and gracious! I think the event went really well! The highlight of it, for me, was getting to take her out to dinner before the event! Having a nice two hour chat over a meal with an author I really love and admire has absolutely been the highlight of my librarian career so far! 💕📚💕

Join me tonight at 6:30 to listen to the wonderful and talented Angeline Boulley speak about her books! It's free! Here is the Zoom info below!

I hope to see you there!

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/82944556495?pwd=WGg1b1pWYkxzMXNoNHk2TGEvT3gvUT09hickle...

Meeting ID: 829 4455 6495
Passcode: 236035

The second part of my book haul! I have never heard of this graphic novel series before (apparently it's a really popular web comic!) but the cute, witchy artwork really stole my heart in the store so I had to get it! 🥰 #bookhaul

The first part of my book haul from earlier today! 💕📚 I only planned on getting one or two but then...this happened! Oops! 🙊 I'm really excited about the tagged book because it's an anthology of dark academia stories! 😱 Rumpel was not as excited about the new books! 😹 #bookhaul #catsoflitsy #rumpel

I had to go to the doctor earlier this week and have blood drawn, so as a reward for getting through that I decided I deserved a Barnes and Noble trip today! 😂 Look, I am the hugest sissy about needles so I needed some positive reinforcement! And what better reward is there than NEW BOOKS! 💕📚💕

THIS IS THE MOST EXCITING NEWS EVER OMG! 😱💕📚💕 Can you guys believe it?!?! Who else is totally freaking out!?

I'm VERY excited to let my Litsy family know that my library will be hosting Angeline Boulley on Monday night! 😱 She'll be giving a talk, answering questions, and signing books! AND I get to be the one to present her! (because I'm the one who set this whole program up!) 🥹 It will be in person, but we also have a Zoom option so I will post the Zoom info here on Monday morning for anyone who wants to attend virtually! I'M SO EXCITED AND NERVOUS!

#ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead

💀 When I was a youngster and just getting into reading scary books I came across 99 Fear Street by R.L. Stine and it scared the bejeezus out of me! 😂 More recently I'd have to say Melmoth by Sarah Perry!

💀 I love horror but prefer creepy over gory! I don't like gory stuff.

💀 The Historian by Elizabeth Kostova! It's absolutely fantastic!

Look what arrived today! I'm so so excited! It's Cassandra Clare's first non-Shadowhunters book! 😍💕📚

It's finally getting cooler here and I'm so here for it! 🍁🍂 Spent much of the afternoon rereading one of my favorites in the park! 💕📚