Sooo this is what I‘ve actually been up to lately! 15 weeks today, and y‘all are some of the first to know hah. I‘m finally getting over that sinus infection and the morning sickness (and utter exhaustion) is starting to pass so hopefully I‘ll stop being such a Debbie downer. (Pic from 9 week scan)

#saturdaynightspecial
1. Putting away laundry 100%
2. My husband is a professional chef! I asked him and he won‘t cop to one dish lol but we do own a giant smoker and food truck so smoked meats are up there!
3. Probably the same amount of time.
4. I‘m pretty quick so I can‘t think specifically but likely just a few hours.
5. I honestly haven‘t been to a library since I was a kid so I don‘t know much about departments but maybe the childrens👇👇

I‘m still alive. Getting over a horrible sinus infection but still kicking. I have managed a couple of books so I‘ll try to pop up some reviews soon. Mostly just wanted to talk about iBooks, does anyone else use it? I have a weird criteria for what I‘ll buy in ebook form and it‘s not a lot, but I wish iBooks had a feature to track when and how long it took you to read a book. That‘s all, hope everyone is well!

@jbianchi so sorry I didn‘t post earlier, this came a few days ago! (Been so exhausted lately I‘ve done basically nothing, think I‘m finally starting to get some energy back though so hopefully I‘ll be posting more!) I love everything Julia! Thank you so much, it‘s all stuff I would have totally picked myself! Gonna get started on the book soon and ship it off as soon as possible #thecanadiantour #canadagoespostal

I like both depending on my mood. Harry Potter, though I did enjoy TMI (TID more than those though). I don‘t do either usually, if I have to close my book I just find my place after. Both are good, I never used to be into chocolate but have been lately much to the dismay of my skin. I think I‘m pretty fast.

I buy books. I am terrible for returning things so I don‘t borrow anything anymore. Milk chocolate all the way. Probably hardcover, I like the way they look on the shelf, but trade paperbacks are probably the easiest for holding. One at a time. Potato chips for sure, but for some reason they upset my stomach now so I can‘t have them in the house cause I have no self control.

I finally read a book! But my luck being what it is it isn‘t in the Litsy database 🤦‍♀️ I‘ve done the thing to have them add it. So review to come at some point!

Hello lovely littens! It‘s been a while! I‘ve been totally awol from here for a couple reasons, one I‘ve just been going through some stuff, and two I‘m feeling super crappy about the fact that I only read one (not very good) ebook this month. And that was it. So hopefully March is better! Hope y‘all are doing good and reading lots of excellent books! 💗

Book 11. 4🌟. Well written, nice romance, a little to insta love, and a trigger warning would have been nice- so here‘s one from me to you, there is rape in this book. The last third or so was kind of sped up and everything tied up nice and neat. I may or may not continue with the series in the future, still undecided.

Book 10. 4🌟. This was well written and I didn‘t see the ending coming. I get why it was written the way that it was and my problem with it was absolutely a “me problem” but I had a really hard time with it going backwards like that, I just kept getting mixed up about what had and hadn‘t happened yet.

Book 9. 5🌟. Another one with a solid mystery and good characters, highly recommend.

Book 8. 5🌟. Great protagonists, excellent writing, ending I did not see coming. I hope to see more Alice Vega and Max Caplan in the future.

Book 7. 3🌟. I had a hard time rating this one. No doubt at all that John Green has a way with words. Full of terrific quotes, like quotes stacked on quotes. People don‘t talk like that though, not even just teens, I have never met someone who speaks in poems. Absolutely the way Aza‘s mental health was portrayed was great and I really felt for her. But the plot sucked, I‘ve read great books that essentially had no plot 👇👇

Book 6. 5🌟. This one I highly recommend! I liked all the characters and I really enjoyed that way that it was written. Absolutely favourite read so far this year, I can see myself rereading it in the future!

Book 5. 3🌟. This was a free ebook and not terribly memorable, I don‘t think I‘ll be continuing with the series even though this left off on a huge cliffhanger.

Book 4. 2🌟. I HATE giving bad reviews but I actually hated this book. I jotted down some notes as soon as I finished so I wouldn‘t forget why I was raging when it came time to review. — slut shaming. Body shaming. Controlling to the point of abuse. I hate to talk shit about something that someone clearly worked hard on. The style of writing was good but I can‘t in good conscience recommend this book.

Book 3. 4 1/2🌟. According to my goodreads review- I enjoyed this book, I just had some issues with the beginning and ending, lol. Maybe just because I wouldn‘t have reacted the way the characters did. The book was what I expected though and I experienced all the feelings I was meant to feel as I read it. There were parts and characters that I felt should have had a little more flesh to them. The ended was tied up a little neatly 👇👇

Book 2. 4🌟. We read this for last months book club read, everyone seemed to enjoy it. I think it did a good job depicting her manic state of mind, I don‘t want to give away too much though.

Book 1. (I‘m 11 books behind on reviews so these are gonna be quick and dirty to catch up) 5🌟 I liked this one, I‘m a fan of the marriage of convenience trope. Cute romance, and I liked the secondary characters.

January round up. Plus two ebooks. I think the tagged book was my favourite.

I forgot to put this one in the photo last night, also snagged this at Coles the other day. 💗

I‘m terrible at this book diet thing. The Kasie West was a preorder so it sort of doesn‘t count, and the Christina Lauren came in a subscription box. But the others I bought at Coles yesterday because I needed cheering up. 🤦‍♀️

Book 104. Last review for 2017! I believe I got a this for free on iBooks. Was a cute little poly story, not much to say beyond that. Would read more.

Book 103 for 2017. I‘m a big T.M. Frazier fan. While this wasnt‘t as good as some of the King/Preppy books or Rages book, I still liked it. Had a slightly different tone, while still clearly being written by Frazier. The sequel is in my tbr for his month, I fell into a slump almost immediately after this one so didn‘t make it far into it yet. (I‘m really looking forward to Smokes book being released.)

Book 102 for 2017. I really liked the world building in this one, though if I‘m remembering correctly I had wished there was more of it. I felt like it could have been a longer book and had more meat to it. (Pic is from about two years ago, but I‘m sort of missing this hair cut)

Book 101 for 2017. Catching up on my last few reviews. (Hoping in 2018 to stay more on top of them) we read this for our last book club book, I really enjoyed it and I think most of the club did. Good choice in narrators and good premise, though the twist was easy to see coming. Would read more from this author.

Happy New Year Littens! Sending good wishes for 2018!
I haven‘t read a single page over the last few weeks but I‘m back! Ready to read and share it with y‘all! I‘m joining zero challenges this year (except setting a good reads goal, and that‘s just because I like to keep track) and unofficially doing mount tbr. I have some loose personal goals, like reading more books I own, buying less, and I would like to take on some bigger books this year! 👇

The walk in waiting room makes for good reading time at least. #thecanadiantour

Book 💯!! I was reading something else at the time but dropped it because my BFF who lives nine hours away now, started reading this and I wanted to discuss! And I‘m glad I did, excellent book, really like the way it was written “before and after”, and I enjoyed the narrators chosen. Saw the twist coming, but still loved it.

Just received the next #thecanadiantour book from @jbianchi I‘ll get started on it tomorrow, and have it headed your way next week @BookishTrish !! Looks like a good one!

Someone posted about #Leio a couple of days ago, so I got it and used it for the first time yesterday and loved it. But then someone else posted last night about #Bookout and it looks really good too! I don‘t need both so I‘d love people who have used either or both‘s opinions! Bookout looks like it has great info graphics while Leio is fairly basic. (And is it worth 10 bucks for Bookout Pro?)

Book 99. I absolutely loved this book. It‘s really hard to describe but it‘s magic, pure magic and mystery and just gorgeous.

“So let‘s raise our glasses to the accident season,
To the river beneath us where we sink our souls,
To the bruises and secrets, to the ghosts in the ceiling,
One more drink for the watery road.”

Books 97&98. These were both excellent for what they were even if they were entirely predictable, they were totally what I needed when I read them. I‘m sure I‘ve mentioned before fake relationship is one of my favourite tropes. 😉

These came in the mail today from Thrift Books. I‘m sure I ordered a hard cover copy of the tagged book because I wanted it to match the others I have, instead I got a paperback arc. And there is no way I can get the shitty sticker off the side of The De Lint without damaging the book. :(

I want to work on this blanket so I'm audioknitting. I've read this before but I've heard great things about the audio. I can't normally do audio but I've got my earbuds in and I'm trying to concentrate lol. 🎧

Book 96. When I finished this I immediately thought that it was the best of Joshilyn Jacksons books that I had read. After a few days mulling it over I think I like them all about equally. Maybe Someone Else just a little less than the others. I can't wait to read more of her stuff though. Just terrific.
"A long time ago, right now" ?

Apparently I thought I would need 3 books for an overnight trip to Winnipeg. Lol. Had zero reading time but at least they were with me just incase.

I can't seem to find this in the Litsy database, I'll send a request later. I grabbed this at Costco yesterday though! So lovely 😊

Didn't wanna blow y'all up last night, these are the books that I got for myself. I'm not on a full blown fast right now but Im trying to book diet a little bit. But I couldn't go to Chapters and not get anything!

3/3 these are for everyone. Even me hah

Post 2/3 Christmas shopping, these are for the 6 year old and 3 year old

Went a little bonkers at Chapters today, got a bunch of books for the kids for Christmas. Couldn't fit them all in one picture. 🙈 these are for the 12 year old and 9 year old.

Book 95. This was amazing. Not to say it wasn't without its problems, but I think that everything was handled perfectly and I think it's a great book for young people. I could seriously talk about it all day. 💕

Book 94. Good book, I've ordered more of her books because I've liked the everything I've read so far. I had some qualms that I'm going to address in a spoiler comment below. 👇👇

Book 93. I received this is one of my subscription boxes back in the summer. It was right up my alley - musicians, some animosity, sexy times. Well written in my opinion as well, I'll be looking out for the next in the series!

I totally forgot I reread this sometime in October, so it wasn't logged in my Goodreads. (I hate that I can't add multiple reads from the app) still as much love for this book the second go around.

Is anyone else finding amazon to be really crappy lately? They used to ship things super promptly, and I'm not blaming them when the postal services take a long time, but its taking a long time for them to send things out, I end up cancelling preorders lately because I'd rather just buy it in store than wait. Worst part is though I just received a package five mins ago and there was zero care put into packing it up so every single book has a 👇👇

Book 91. Got this in one of my subscription boxes. Another formulaic romance, but I'm totally into that sometimes. Fake relationship is one of my favourite tropes as well.

Book 90. (I skipped 89 because it's a secret, review will come eventually!) this was exactly what I needed when I read it. Sometimes you need something super light that you know exactly where it's going to go. As formulaic as some of these books are, they can be well written like this one was. Recommend if you need something that lets you just not think for a while.

Book 88. I had the urge to reread this but loaned out my copy so I bought it on iBooks, so now I'll have it with me whenever I go. It's my favourite CoHo and I just love it so. Though I had forgotten how slow the last quarter of the book is, I kind of had to push through to the end this time. Still all the stars though.