So much thanks to the super generous @WorldsOkayestStepMom for sending me this book and a cute note after winning her raffle! 💕📚 Book mail is the BEST! 😍#bookmail

Been down and out with a wicked sinus infection these past two days. Ugh. 🤕 I hate missing work and working on school stuff, even though I know I have to just rest up so I can feel better. Luckily this little beauty came in the mail to help keep me company while I'm in between naps! 📚💕

This is one of those books that I keep meaning to read but never get around to it. Maybe this winter!

#gratefulreads #classicyouhaventread @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This is my favorite classic if all time as well as my favorite Jane Austen book! 📚💕

#gratefulread #classicyouenjoyed @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I started this book months ago and really love it so far, but every time I try to go back to it I get distracted by other things I'm reading! So it has definitely been on my TBR list for longer than I would like! 😁💕📚

#gratefulreads #beenonyourtbrtoolong @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

On this day, a hundred years ago, Sylvia Beach opened her English language bookshop in Paris! It also served as a lending library, and as a publishing house, becoming the first institution to publish James Joyce's Ulysses! 😍📚💕

This was such a big disappointment to me, because after all the hype I just couldn't get into it. 😒 It was a bit too rapey, and I couldn't get into the characters at all. It just wasn't for me!

#gratefulreads #thoughtyouwouldlikebutdidnt @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

It's super appropriate to choose this title for the prompt because I'm currently rereading it with litsy peeps! 😃💕📚 This is the book that made me a King fan. Prior to this book, I did not really like his work. But the excellent worldbuilding, storytelling, and characterization of this tome stole my heart and converted me into a fan for life!

#gratefulreads #thoughtyouwouldntlikebutdid @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Snuggling up with my sweet boys for an evening of pokemon-ing, tea drinking, popcorn eating, and book reading! Happy Friday night, littens! 😸📚💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #chaplin #maho

Picked up my library hold today! I'm excited to start it since it seems to be getting great reviews from you littens! 📚💕

Today was my lucky day at work! I found and rescued these two books as they were being weeded! 😁 The tagged book was in the top ten books I've read so far this year and I'm ecstatic to finally have my own copy! 📚💕

My favorite #bannedbook of all time! 😍 I think one of the coolest things I've ever seen were the original letters (stored at the Princeton University archives) from people writing to Sylvia Beach telling her all the clever ways they smuggled this book into the US after buying it at her bookstore in Paris! 😁 It's amazing to think of people having to do this because of censorship! 📚💕

#gratefulreads @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

(1) I made Hungarian goulash earlier this week for the first time and nailed it! It was super yummy! ?

(2) "There is a pirate in the basement." Best opening line ever! I am really loving the tagged book so far! ??

(3) Snowy and so cold! It was only 9° yesterday! There's about 7 inches of snow on the ground! ⛄❄

Tagging any littens who want to play!

Thanks for the tag @DaveGreen7777 !! And thank you @MoonWitch94 !! ???

I'm usually really critical of movies that are based on books, especially if it is a book that I love dearly. But the Anna Karenina film that came out a few years ago was just brilliantly done. It was true to the story and characters, and added an artistic flair that was beautiful and intriguing. 💕📚

#gratefulreads #favoritebooktomovieadaptation @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I ran an If You Give a Pig a Pancake storytime at the library tonight! 🐷🥞 There were books, songs, activities, a character costume, and we served pancakes! Mmmm! 😋 It was tiring, but SO MUCH fun! 💕📚 #librarylove #librariansoflitsy

I'm pretty sure I've read the tagged book in one sitting! And her poetry books too! Sandra Cisneros is such an eloquent writer! 📚💕

#gratefulreads #readinonesitting @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I'M SO EXCITED, GUYS! I just signed up for my first swap in what feels like forever! You exchange a book and chocolate to be opened on Christmas Eve! 💕📚🍫 Very easy and very fun! @DaveGreen7777 Have you seen this?! 😀

#jolabokaflodswap

I'm all signed up @MaleficentBookDragon !!! Thanks for hosting such a great event! Can't wait to find out who my swap is! 😁💕

It is cold tonight! Right now it's 13° and it's supposed to drop down to 9°! Brrrr! 😨🌬 Roxas and I are snuggled up all warm and cozy with some tea and blankets! And we're starting a new library book! 📚💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #roxas

Katherine Mansfield is my absolute favorite short story author. I wrote a paper about one of her stories, Bliss, during an independent study I took when I was an undergrad. Her writing is so sharp, poignant, and beautiful! 💕📚

#gratefulreads #ashortstory @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

The library is closed to patrons today for staff day, and instead of heading to the afternoon session I sneaked away to this little nook to get cozy and read for a bit! Shhh! Don't tell anyone! 😉 It's been snowing like crazy all day, and the somber quiet of this peaceful spot in the library is making me SO happy! 📚💕

My dirty secret is that I love Cersei from The Song of Ice and Fire series. 😍 And I'm always so torn about it, because there are so many reasons to hate her! But I guess I love how she is fearless and kind of brutal, making her mark in a man's world. 🦁 💕 She's certainly not my favorite character (Targaryen pride!), but I do really just love her to pieces!

#gratefulreads #characteryouhatetolove @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

"The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed."

Every time I read the opening line of King's Dark Tower series I shiver, because it's just so good! A character I love to hate is the man in black, Randall Flagg. He's just so evil, intelligent, and powerful...he gives me the creeps! I'm excited to hate him all over again now that I'm rereading The Stand! ?

#gratefulreads #characteryoulovetohate @OriginalCyn620

11 hours, 13 minutes, and 4 seconds total for the readathon! Didn't make it to 24, obviously, but it was still SO MUCH fun to read along with everyone! 😁🎉📚💕 I'll actually most likely be reading for another hour or two later on, but I'm calling it in timewise now.

#mrbookoneinamillion #litsypartyofone #24b4monday @MrBook @Rachel.Rencher @Lynnsoprano @Lucas.Rencher @Alisnazzy @jb72 @Clwojick @TheReadingMermaid

Changed up my location for a bit! Snuggled up in bed with books, kitties, and snacks! It's supposed to be very cold and snowy later today and into tommorrow! Brrr! ❄🌬 I'm really enjoying all this reading today! Happy Sunday, littens! 💕📚

#mrbookoneinamillion #litsypartyofone #24b4monday @MrBook @Clwojick @Rachel.Rencher @Lucas.Rencher @TheReadingMermaid @Alisnazzy @jb72

I hadn't heard of this book before the cover happened to catch my eye at the bookstore. I took a chance on it, and I am immensely glad that I did because this has been one of the best fantasy books I've read this year! Super unique story and worldbuilding, flawed characters that evolve so much throughout the course of the book, animal partners, and queer multifaceted protagonists. Boom. All of this added up to a story that I could not put down! 💕

Continuing this lovely litsy party into today! I've got my tea (london fog), my stacks of books, and yummy snacks! 😋💕📚 It's super cold and windy today, making it the perfect day to stay in and read! Happy Saturday, littens! ❤

#gratefulreads #bookandasnack #mrbookoneinamillion #litsypartyofone #24b4monday @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @MrBook @Rachel.Rencher @Lucas.Rencher @TheReadingMermaid @Alisnazzy @Lynnsoprano @jb72 @Clwojick

Much thanks to @Brittybuhh for teaching me how to paint my book pages! These are the two I've done so far and I'm really happy with how they turned out! 😍💕📚

Huzzah! Time to get this party started! And of course by party I mean reading all night with my kitties and drowning myself in tea and popcorn! 😁😸☕🍿💕📚

#mrbookoneinamillion #litsypartyofone #24b4monday @MrBook @Rachel.Rencher @Lucas.Rencher @TheReadingMermaid @Alisnazzy @Lynnsoprano @Clwojick @jb72

The party hasn't even started yet and Chaplin already stole my seat! 😁😸📚💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #chaplin

My Book of the Month box arrived yesterday! 🎉📚💕 I'm really excited for my choices, I love Jojo Moyes and Kiersten White! But I'm especially happy to finally have a copy of The Secret History as it's ine if my absolute favorites! 😍 What did you littens choose this month? #bookmail #bookhaul #botm

Drinking my favorite beverage, tea! And starting a reread of The Raven Cycle before jumping into the new series! 😊💕📚

#gratefulreads #bookandbeverage @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I love love love bookish totes and covering them with bookish pins! My favorite tote bag ever is the one on the left with the Hemingway quote! I got it at The Strand in NYC! 😍📚💕

#gratefulreads #favoritebookishitem @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My bestie @DaveGreen7777 gifted me with this lovely fantasy series for my birthday last year! 😁🎉

#gratefulreads #bookgiftedtoyou @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Here is a stack of some of my favorite nonfiction books!

#gratefulreads #nonfiction @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Both of these are under 250 pages each! 😍

#gratefulreads #under250pages @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Both of these gorgeous fantasy books are over 500 pages each! 😍

#gratefulreads #over500pages @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I love a lot of genres, but fantasy has always been my favorite and holds a special place in my heart! Give me a sprawling, epic fantasy any day! 💕📚

#gratefulreads #preferedgenre @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I'm a few days late to this challenge, so I'm going to do a few posts tonight to catch up! 😁 Here are all the Christmas books I'm looking forward to reading this holiday season! I really love a good, cheesy, romantic Christmas book! 😍📚💕

#gratefulreads #lookingforwardtoreading @OriginalCyn620 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I am SO ready to party with y'all this weekend! 😎💕📚 Here is some of what I'm planning to read! What is everyone else going to be reading? @MrBook #mrbookoneinamillion #litsypartyofone #24b4monday

I have been getting to organize and handle so many cool things in my library archival internship so far! For example, this is a book of grocery store records from 1865! It's really interesting to touch the old, soft, paper and see the prices of things back then!

It makes me feel a bit like Lazlo Strange in his library, poring over old receipts and documents from Weep! 🤓💕📚

First snow of the season this morning! ☃️❄🌬 I'm so glad I have this magical book with me today to enhance the excitement! 💕📚

Honestly...I picked up this book so that I could review it and get points in my BookishFirst account! 😶 But I started it tonight and can't put it down! It's so good!

Also, what is going on with litsy? I keep seeing these surveys and talk about reviving litsy...is litsy in trouble, guys? I love this community so much and now I'm worried it's in trouble! Could I get some reassurance? 😓 Also I'm sorry, I know I post a lot of pics of my kitties!

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs @DaveGreen7777

1) Virginia Woolf & Ernest Hemingway
2) For Virginia I wouldn't ask a question, but rather just talk with her. I would give anything for a profound conversation with that woman. As for Hem, well, I'd love to have some kind of glorious love affair with him! 😶 And then talk about his marvelous writing. Honestly, I would just love to tell them both how much their work means to me.
3) Probably around 2000?

I loved the first book in this series SO MUCH when I read it that I sent the author a big gushy email about it! She was very kind and wrote me back a sweet email in response! I kind of have a special place in my heart for her now! 💕📚💕

I love the color scheme of these covers! I'm so glad they didn't change the covers halfway through the series! It's really satisfying, I think, to complete collecting the books in a trilogy! 💕📚

I'm very sorry for all the pictures of these books I'm going to be posting. They're just so perfect! I forgot how much I adore Maggie Stiefvater's writing and I can't wait to get lost in her words once more.

"There is a pirate in the basement."

Moukou and I agree that this is a stellar opening line! ??

#catsoflitsy #littenkitten #moukou

Today was such an exciting day for new book releases! I forgot that I had these lovelies preordered until I came home and found them waiting for me after work! 😍 I'm a little bit in love with all of them, but especially the tagged book! 💕📚 #bookmail #bookhaul

Some late night reading with my best bud! 😻💕📚 This book is FANTASTIC so far! Super unique with tons of diverse characters! #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #chaplin

During my walk today I spotted the prettiest trees ever! 🍁💕