#FoodandLit Italy December 2025

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit & tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

The #ReadtoFeed Readathon has ended and I read over my goal of 15 hours. I decided to round up my donation to $100 to the Mississippi Food Network.

Thank you to Ruth for you generous donation!
Thank you to Sarahinwanderland on Instagram for creating and hosting this Readathon!

#RiseUpReads December 2025

Three Holidays and a Wedding by Uzma Jalaluddin and Marissa Stapley

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion post on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

2026 schedule coming soon

Here's what I'm planning on working through for the Read to Feed Readathon

For every hour I read I will donate $5 to the Mississippi Food Network

For more info or to donate please visit the link below

https://tinyurl.com/bdh8c4a3

I‘m part of the Read to Feed Read-A-Thon—a community reading challenge raising funds for local food banks. I‘m pledging to read $5/hour this month with a goal of 15 hours. Your donation will go directly toward providing meals for families impacted by food insecurity. I'm raising money for the Mississippi Food Network. Every $1 = 6 meals. If you are interested in more info or donating please see the link below

https://tinyurl.com/bdh8c4a3

Reminder for November #RiseUpReads 2025

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion post on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

December 2025 Theme: Hanukkah Romance

Please vote for what book we will read in December
https://forms.gle/icmoK6YRePDCePap6

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
Rise up Reads- reading marginalized voices 🔥✊🏼 If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

#RiseUpReads October 2025

I really liked this cozy mystery! I‘ll definitely read more in the series. It‘s great to see more diverse cozy mysteries being published in recent years.

Any other diverse cozy mysteries y‘all enjoy or have tried? I like Tita Rosie‘s Kitchen series

#FoodandLit November 2025 Algeria 🇩🇿

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit & tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news & would like to be, let me know.

#RiseUpReads November 2025

The Serviceberry by Robin Wall Kimmerer

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Content Warnings: colonization, classism, racism, animal death, religious bigotry, pandemic, cannibalism

#RiseUpReads November 2025

Theme: Indigenous Non-fiction

Please vote for what book we will read in November

https://forms.gle/4uANNmL6Xk3cFw1S9

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.
Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads

Rise up Reads- reading marginalized voices 🔥✊🏼 If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Reminder for October #riseupreads

It's Elementary by Elise Bryant

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion post on Litsy at the end of the month.

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#RiseUpReads September

I loved The Wicked Bargain so much that it will be one of my favorite books of the year. I even read the sequel set in the same universe that happens after the first book but focuses on Dami.

What did y'all think?

#FoodandLit October Samoa 🇼🇸

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit & tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news & would like to be, let me know.

Wonderful start to Fall with my #fallingforfallswap package! Amazing books! I love the pusheen items and the kitty socks! The stickers, minis, die, and necklace are all so fun! I broke into the caramels and they're so tasty! Thank you Ashley! 🍁❤️

#RiseUpReads October 2025

It's Elementary by Elise Bryant

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion post on Litsy at the end of the month.

Content warnings: racism, domestic abuse, kidnapping, bullying, classism, murder, infidelity

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

#RiseUpReads October 2025 Theme: Black Cozy Mystery

Please vote for what book we will read in October

https://forms.gle/hYHTxbANTvVe7Q2c6

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month. Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads

Rise up Reads- reading marginalized voices 🔥✊🏼 If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Reminder for #RiseUpReads September 2025

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion post on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

#RiseUpReads August

I apologize for the delay in getting this posted. For the remainder of the year I will just have one discussion post where you can share any thoughts you have on the book.

I really liked the book! I've always found Día de Muertos to be such a fascinating tradition. Too bad the sequel doesn't come out until fall 2026

Life Update

This will be my final year with #FoodandLit
#RiseUpReads will be pared down next year
And all are welcome to use the #LitsyCrafters tag for anything creative

I will tag the groups below to be aware of these changes for the remainder of the year and into 2026

❤️

#FoodandLit September 2025 Nicaragua 🇳🇮

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit & tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news & would like to be, let me know.

#ShowAndTellTuesday #LitsyCrafters

I embroidered the cover of a book! I even used some metallic thread, which is such a pain, but at least it shimmers 😂

It's actually for sale on my Pango Books store https://pangobooks.com/bookstore/catsandbookspluspup

Welcome to another #ShowAndTellTuesday 🌈

🌟You all get gold stars 🌟

Everyone is welcome! You can post using the image I made above or one of your own. Use the tags #LitsyCrafters & #ShowAndTellTuesday & tag me. If you'd like to be added or removed from the tag list let me know.

#SereneSaturdays
Funny heartwarming shows like Ted Lasso and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel

I love Christmas movies- The Grinch, The Holiday, Miracle on 34th Street, While you were sleeping, Hallmark Christmas movies

Calmed by Nature YouTube channel is my favorite. The best music and ambiance videos & it's all human made art, not AI @calmedbynature?si=REO3ZwT2ZZ_Gg4nE" rel="nofollow" target="_top">https://youtube.com/@calmedbynature?si=REO3ZwT2ZZ_Gg4nE

#RiseUpReads September 2025

The Wicked Bargain by Gabe Cole Novoa

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Content warnings: death, violence, grief, dysphoria, colonization, gun violence, slavery, transphobia, alcoholism

Happy #ShowAndTellTuesday #LitsyCrafters 🌟

Excited to see what everyone has been creating lately!

Everyone is welcome! You can post using the image I made above or one of your own. Use the tags #LitsyCrafters & #ShowAndTellTuesday & tag me. If you'd like to be added or removed from the tag list let me know.

☀️July's Reads☀️

#RiseUpReads September 2025 Theme: Latin & Hispanic YA

Please vote for what book we will read in September. There's also a question about 2026

https://forms.gle/BX1ur2c3FdVV21ZD8

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads

Rise up Reads- reading marginalized voices 🔥✊🏼 If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

#RiseUpReads August 2025 Reminder

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

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If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

#RiseUpReads

We need a Care revolution

Adaptive devices
Accessible spaces
Library of things
Virtual events

The pandemic never ended 😷

Crip pleasure - joy is resistance. Existence is resistance
Crip doula

#RiseUpReads

Disability justice
Care work
People tell you to “Feel better soon”
Grief - I'm dealing with so much of this, for dreams and life I thought I would have

Mutual aid
Do what you can. What you're able ❤️

#RiseUpReads

I really resonated with this book as a fat femme with multiple chronic illnesses. One of which I'm still trying to get a diagnosis for even though I've been dealing with it my whole life. I'm newer to the disabled community so this book was a great learning tool for myself. One of my goals is to find and build disabled support for myself both online and local.

What did y'all think of the book? Anything that stood out?

#5JoysFriday

1. One of my cats has a perfect little heart coloration on his toe bean! I have just discovered this & I melted 😍
2. S'mores
3. The new Superman movie
4. My craft group at my library
5. The love and support for #LitsyCrafters after being away. I love and appreciate y'all! 💗☺️

#FoodandLit August 2025 Bolivia 🇧🇴

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit & tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news & would like to be, let me know.

#ShowAndTellTuesday #LitsyCrafters
I've been learning embroidery! My 1st piece is on the left & my 2nd is on the right. 🏳️‍⚧️❤️

I got these kits from a small business called Capital Stitch Co. It comes with everything you need to make it. Thread, fabric, hoop, bobbins, pattern stabilizer, & even a needle!

BTW thank you for all the love & excitement over this new chapter! I promise I will get to everyone's comments & posts as soon as I can ❤️

2025 has been rough. I haven't had the bandwidth to do anything with #LitsyCrafters the 1st half of the year. I didn't have the interest to do anything creative until the end of May. But I'm getting back into creating & I want to share that joy with y'all.
So I'm starting #ShowAndTellTuesday 🌟I want to bring some nostalgia & that excitement you had as a kid when it was Show & Tell day at school & you got to show off something you were proud of⬇️

I haven't seen anything on Litsy about the controversy surrounding these books so I wanted to post something. The 3 books above (Rose in Chains, The Irresistible urge to fall for your enemy, and Alchemised) all originated as HP fan fiction and are/will be trad pub. The trans community has been very clear that this is harmful to them. We all know that JKR is anti-trans and uses her evil money to harm the trans community. ⬇️

#RiseUpReads August 2025

Cemetery Boys by Aiden Thomas

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Content warnings: transphobia, blood, death, deadnaming, violence, child abuse, deportation, car accident

June's reads

- #14books14weeks hot summer and red white and royal blue
- #riseupreads lavash at first sight

August 2025 Theme: Trans Fantasy

Please vote for what book we will read in August

https://forms.gle/Jm6U9F2nViaGoGAT7

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads

Rise up Reads- reading marginalized voices 🔥✊🏼 If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Reminder for #riseupreads July 2025

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads

If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

Content warnings: ableism, grief, pandemic, chronic illness, mental illness, racism, death, medical trauma, sexual assault, rape, suicide

#RiseUpReads

Armenian food
Have you had any of these or other Armenian food?

#RiseUpReads

What did y'all think of this one?

I enjoyed the look into Armenian culture and all the delicious food.

(I apologize for the late posting, I've been dealing with some chronic illness issues lately, which has been affecting my mental health as well)

#FoodandLit July 2025 Peru 🇵🇪

To participate read a book that takes place in the country or is by an author from the country. Also enjoy food from the country. Share your experience with the tag #FoodandLit & tag @Catsandbooks & @Texreader

If you're not currently tagged in #FoodandLit news & would like to be, let me know.

#RiseUpReads July 2025

The Future is Disabled - Leah Lakshmi Piepzna-Samarasinha

Read at your own pace. There will be a discussion posted on Litsy at the end of the month.

Please tag me in your posts & use #riseupreads
If you're not currently tagged & would like to be, let me know.

#5JoysFriday
1. This week Will and I celebrated our 8 yr wedding anniversary! 💖
2. He got me a bronze bookmark
3. Delicious meals multiple times this week
4. Zola resting her head on her pillow
5. Talking to my niece