Thank you @Meshell1313 I love my #RecipeSwap box. I really wanted this book😍and the recipe sounds delicious 😋 I will post a picture when I try to do it☺️It sounds easy to do it but my skills in that area are limited🤣It so sweet that this recipe is made by your mother in every event you have. It is like a family tradition recipe and it was shared to me🥰❤️ I‘m glad you liked the box I sent you🤗❤️Loved the stationary you used

@BennetteBookworm

#thoughtfulthursday
🧠 If I am overwhelmed, I need a space, a moment of silence, solitude to calm myself to control my breath rhythm and thoughts. A very important step. No talk. But also I like to exercise, walk and look the nurture, the beach, the trees. I like to listen music to calm my soul and of course, I loved to read.
🧠I practiced the steps mentioned above 🙌
Thanks for tagging me @Amiable & Ddzmini 🥰

@MoonWitch94

Izumi, a Japanese American young adult discovered that her father is a prince in Japan. She want to discover her heritage roots his father family and will travel to Japan. Izumi question who she is, her cultural identity where she feels rejection in America for being a Japanese and in Japan for being a foreigner. The story is okay but cute with expected characters YA behaviors and expressions. 3⭐️I will like to read the sequel.

I saw the audiobook was free and decided to read the book. I really enjoyed this one. Benjamin Chaparro decides to write a book to manage his retirement idleness. He will write about a crime case that occurred more than 20 years ago which he investigated. It has two time lines and I liked that slow character driven writing style. It has that existentialist tone about life. There is a good movie adaptation but with different end. 4⭐️

This novel was for me like a cozy mystery in some way. Everything started with the #MayMothers group. All these women were going to have their babies during that month. They support each other but there are secrets. The author said that the idea came from a group she used to attend. One of the babies will disappear and a murder will occur. The group will make their own investigation. I didn‘t see that twist coming. 3.5⭐️

I liked the premise of this book. I think Frida would faced legal consequences in our real world and would receive parenting counseling. But this school was extreme, some scenes were absurd but I expect that in dystopian novels. However, I think it was unnecessarily repetitive in some parts. I still think this would be good for a movie or tv serie adaptation. The end...? Well..you need to read it. 3.75⭐️ I‘m a bad mother but learning to be good”

I liked the premise of this book. It has action, mystery and suspense. I think it describes very well a person who has drinking problems where the person take poor decisions to resolve problems that usually put his/her life at risk, no self control. But the ending of this novel was so abrupt, too easy and unbelievable😳It was like a great fall how it ended🤷🏽‍♀️3⭐️

This one was the last book read during May #20in4 #Readathon @Andrew65 and it was the book for me to read for #CBBC @mommamanzi

It was a light cozy mystery with funny scenes and the expected town gossip. I didn‘t expect that twist. The protagonist has sometimes impulsive personality🙄and there will be second chances. Do we expect a sequel?🤔🤷🏽‍♀️3 ⭐️

#BookSounBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

@mommyoftwo the package arrived yesterday but I picked it up today. It is good to know that this coffee company helps to prevent human trafficking. I love the extras, thank you so much! Love the washi tapes and stickers because as you, I love to decorate my journals😍and I always say yes for 🍫😋The book sounds cute, full of mystery & spells. I think this will be another series in my tbr. I bought the second book for the first series read in #CBBC

#WondrousWednesday
🌹 Scrapbook and 🏃🏽‍♀️ 🚴🏽‍♀️ 🏊🏼‍♀️ 🏋🏽‍♀️ 🧘🏽‍♀️ I like more to run but all these activities are now part of my mental health therapy besides reading. But I do my exercises in low impact just to relax myself. No in a competitive way.
🌹🌹I like to read outside. I‘m trying to visit now the park but usually I read at home in my bedroom or balcony. Before the pandemic I loved to visit cafes.

Thank you @Eggs 🤗🌹

#Two4Tuesday
📚So many books I will like to read this spring! But I‘m trying to read Emma and Someone At A Distance

📚📚Yes, but depend on what I‘m reading and the mood, sometimes I just want silence. But I can read with background sound if the book is good. I use to put those season ambience background on the tv with soft instrumental music.

Thank you @mabel for tagging me🤗

@TheSpineView

I found this cute photo to announce that #RecipeSwap box was sent as well as #CBBC Both packages will arrive by Friday

@Avanders @mommamanzi @BennetteBookworm

💡 Yes, I usually dream about the stories that have impacted me more but also, I have found myself in my dreams adding parts to that story☺️
💡I don‘t think I have one. I have re-read books but not more than twice at this moment of life. There are so many books I need to read for the first time😳
💡various: working in the house in preparation for hurricane season🙄Trying to be consistent with training for a spring triathlon next month.

From last Wednesday-
🐈 Fantasy books-YA and Adult
🐈I found in Litsy many things that brings joy in my life-supportive community in many life situation (when someone is sick, is happy, grief, political issues, family events, etc). I love I can expand my knowledge about books & I can share my reactions. I have met, from the distance, wonderful people with whom I maintain contact. Lovely community😘
🐈I will like to read more classics
Thanks @Eggs

April reading-Only 8 books and no bingos

#BookSpin TheLittle Antique Shop Under the Eiffel Tower
#DoubleSpin The Pearl

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

Late but it is here. March report-I read 13 books. #BookSpin (Cheerful Weather for a Wedding) and #DoubleSpin (April in Spain) were read.
One bingo-column

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

My #BookSpinBingo board for May reflects that I‘m a mood reader. Sometimes I think I should be more ambiguous but this gives me a structure.

I expand the orilius magical readathon for this month and probably for June. This month I will like to read more books by Asian or from Pacific Islands authors. Also, in many countries we celebrate Mother‘s Day so it is an opportunity to read about mother/family/couple/siblings relations.

Legal thriller. So good for me, couldn‘t put it down. Ellice Littlejohn a successful black female attorney working for a big firm one day went to an early meeting but found her boss dead. Instead of calling the police, she ran away. Why? At that moment we will start to know all her little secrets, “mistakes didn‘t make you a bad person. They made you human” (Said Vera, a character I loved). This is a debut novel but I will follow this author. 4⭐️

A retelling of an old Mexican folk tale. What a sad story😢but beautifully written. It has been analyzed from the social-political perspective. It has an average rating in GR but for me...How powerful the words are in these 87 pages. The audiobook was narrated by Hector Elizondo.
4.8/5⭐️
#DoubleSpin @TheAromaOfBooks
April 2022 #20in4readathon @Andrew65

2nd book in this series. Anouk has a little antique shop and even though the story is in Paris, the story and characters are similar of what we see in cozy mysteries where it usually happens in small towns. Not murder here but Anouk will be involved in some jewelry robberies. Situation and characters are silly and story can be described as meh but I read it after a thriller, needed something silly and funny. But it should be described so-so 3⭐️

3rd book read by this author. Not my favorite but still like how author develops her stories in a slowly way, giving you the opportunity to know more the characters. I like character driven plots. Some parts were some kind predictable. I liked Kieran and how he managed his psychological situations. Also, I enjoy reading with the audiobook, for me, the narrator‘s accent amplify the story atmosphere, I feel emerged in the story, region, culture 4⭐️

3rd book in this trilogy. For me, this last book was disappointed. There were parts that were not necessary or poorly integrated to the whole story. The end was not necessarily the one I was expecting. Many parts that we saw in the two previous books were not resolved in this one. But I still love Baz and I enjoyed Penny and Shepard interaction. 2.5/3⭐️I will keep my trilogy because there were romantic parts I loved. 😍☺️

2nd book by this author. I can say that I like how she develops the stories and the unlikely characters. For me, this story has many similarities with Rock Paper Scissors. There were parts I guessed but still I enjoyed this psychological thriller. Amber guessed she is in a hospital, she can hear everything but cannot move, doesn‘t remember what happened and the man talking to her, is her husband, who she thinks is responsible for what happened.

This is a King Arthur retelling. I enjoying it very much. It is a YA maybe with silly parts but they were funny and it is full of action. There is representation to LGBTIQ+ The problem, well, there is a sequel. As a YA fantasy novel 3.8⭐️

April 2022 #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks
#TheForgottenBookClub
#AwesomeApril @Andrew65

Book read for April #CBBC The story is about books. As expected in cozy mysteries there was a murder in a small tow. This time, the murder is connected to a book that seems to have magical properties? or not?🤔Maybe it was a little slow and main character will help to find out what happened. She behaved immature for her age but in general the story was it was ok for me. I‘m enjoying this book club🤗3⭐️
@mommamanzi

Happy Beltane to all of you who celebrate it!
Love my box. Look at those beautiful bells. Well, they are already on my door. I‘m new in this, is it a good place to hang them? They are so pretty!🔔 with Celtic charms😍 the flowers are already in a empty candle vase I saved during the St. Patrick‘s Day because the message says Good Luck Charm☘️Perfect!👌 candles and stones are already with my witchy items 🧙🏼‍♀️
Thank you so much @paperwitchs 🥰

No, I‘m not sending a doggy 🐶 to my match but I sent the #BeltaneBox with some items and a book, without the dog☺️ I sent to @Sprainedbrain the tracking number. It will arrive on Friday. @Chrissyreadit

I also received a package 📦⁉️But I don‘t know the Litsy name or for which swap it belongs #BeltaneBox ❓or #RecipeSwap ❓🤔

📚Yes! I like it more in person but after the pandemic situation, I‘m open to do it virtual.
📚📚I like mostly season challenges or when we commemorate or celebrate a day/person/event. I love challenges because it is a way to choose books that have been in my tbr for a long time.
📚📚📚The Survivors by Jane Harper
Thank you @TheSpineView 🥰📚❤️

@Eggs

See the beautiful surprises inside the sss box?@SpeculativeSpringSwap 📦 Definitely, I love the books! Great selection!👌Awe! Love the stationary items, the journal, the notepad, the pencils!😱perfect😍The candle🕯smells so good and I love the socks! 🧦🧦I already tasted the hazelnut toffee😋I love to try goodies that are typical from my match state, in this case Oregon. Thank you so much @kdgordon88 I really really love everything! 🥰
@Avanders

What I found inside of my sssss box @SpeculativeSpringSwap box 🤗📚❤️

@kdgordon88
@Avanders

For those of you who celebrate it, Feliz Día de Pascua. For those who don‘t, just relax and read a good book 📖 🤗The bicycle image is because I did 30 miles in bike today plus 2 miles running. Here in PR, is a beautiful sunny day😃

@MommyofTwo @CBBC box arrived yesterday and I picked it up today. Yes, I love the extras😍I love to do scrapbook and decorate my journals which means that those washi tapes and paper pack are perfect👌The mug describe my mood state during my first cup of coffee at 3:00 am 😳before my training. Chocolates are always welcome😋and the coffee will help my “awake-is” mood🤣It seems that everyone who had read this book have enjoyed it! Thanks🥰

The ssssssswap box #SpringSpeculativeSwap box #SSS is on its way and it will arrive by Friday. There is still one item that didn‘t arrive on time but I can send it later. @Avanders

#CBBC box is also on its way @mommamamzi

April 2022 #BookSpinBingo tbr
@TheAromaOfBooks

I will participate in three YouTube readathons and #RoaringWolf

I didn‘t post a picture of my February report-books read during this month😳😱

15 books with #BookSpin & #DoubleSpin 9 books were related with #BlackHistoryMonth
2 bingos

February 2022 #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaOfBooks

Unpopular opinion-Story started so interesting about hearing things in the attic, magic appears in some objects around the house and how an old story, a rumor, reappeared, became alive to these characters in this place. But it was confused in some parts, irrelevant dialogue in other parts😳 3⭐️But I like the cover☺️

This story connect various characters to Lara‘s flower shop. She is dealing with grief and other situations and the shop is a tool for her healing as well as for the characters‘s life situations. I enjoyed the first part of this book but then it was like repetitive and I couldn‘t connect with their stories. For me was boring. But this book has good rating in GR. it didn‘t work for me😬3⭐️

Story and the way characters were described were similar to author previous books. Her characters are annoyed and you can‘t identify with any of them. It is almost a writing style pattern. However, I enjoyed it in general. I think it will be good for a movie adaptation. 3.75/3.8⭐️ Book read for #LiterallyDeadBookClub (YouTube) and as I expected, she didn‘t like it but there were mix reviews from the hosts🙌 3.8⭐️

I read it physically and in audio. Loved to listen the accent because is part of the region, culture, and identity. I think Eilis immigration in general was more manageable in comparison to other people, she had a job and persons that supported her. She even had some money when she left her country. But she questioned some of her decisions which would changed her life. There are some sad parts. Liked the story and author‘s writing style. 3.5/3.8⭐️

I am enjoying this author‘s writing. It was a sad story, almost a retelling but beautifully written. I love Agnes with her peculiar, odd, strange personality. She had this kind of sixth sense, instinct, almost magical intuition. It really worked for me. Thank you @SprainBrain for this lovely book ( #Staycationintime swap 2021) because I collect (not book hoarder😜) different editions of my favorite books, I need the UK edition too🙌 4.5⭐️

#WondrousWednesday
🌺I like them but I don‘t usually play them. In Halloween I play it during Litsy readathons games.
🌼...read outside surrounded by colorful nature.
🌷I will say Hamnet but I enjoyed almost all the books read this month with the exception of one (The Flower Arrangement). Another one was ok (so-so) but I liked some parts (Matilda).

Thank you @EadieB for tagging me 🥰

@Eggs ❤️

From last week #WondrousWednesday
📚A small picture of my bookshelf, I need to reorganize my books, is a secret shhh 🤫 😉That figure was from @Chrissyreadit
📚I think the most important book I have read this year (my favorite at this time) is The Vanishing Act of Esme Lennox, and I haven‘t post it yet but also Hamnet.
📚I haven‘t DNF a book yet but I found one book so boring. I haven‘t post my comment yet.
Thank you for the tag @Eggs 🥰

From last Tuesday #Two4Tuesday
🌼I don‘t have a favorite one but I love yellow flowers during spring with a touch of other flowers colors. Yellow is a happy color for me. But I‘m in a hot weather so flowers don‘t last long inside the house☹️
🌼🌼I don‘t have one but I‘m planning to read The Lost Flowers of Alice Hart. I‘m open to recommendations🤗

Thank you for the tag @TheSpineView
😍🌼🌼🌼

I know this is not for everyone but it worked for me. I read it with low expectations and it surprised me. I read it like a movie screenplay and not like a deep literally story. It is more like a violent revenge story, pretty predictable but good with funny and sad parts. If you liked those old movies like Taken, the first one of John Wick etc, you may like this one. I wish I could know more about Derek and Isiah. 3.8/4⭐️⬇️

Mixed feelings. As most of the time happens to me in short stories collection books, I only liked some stories. But I enjoyed 6 out of 9 stories where some were better. I could say the topic of grief and solitude was pretty common specifically in those stories I loved. The book has not the best review ratings but I still like this author writing style. I will like to try another book. Well, I have 2 more books by this author☺️3.6⭐️That cover😍

I read 3 books during #MarvellousMarch #Readathon this is the first one. No exactly the best mystery but I still enjoyed it. I liked the way characters were part of Houston‘s novel including him. I really liked that dynamic. Sergeant DeMarco, not necessarily an honest one officer. A family of 4 members were found brutally murdered and the husband is the prime suspect. The ending was not the best either but I want to read the second book. 3.8⭐️

Book related if I say that I need to read more about half Ironman training. I have a couple of books, need to read some memoirs or inspirational biographies on how people accomplished their goals in this type of events, specially for not young people😜Medal earned by the finishers. My cousin sent me this photo😍
Thank you Litsy friends! For all your support! Great supportive community😘❤️
Today is for reading and watching book related videos🤗

I apologize because I opened my #SpringEquinoxSwap box today but yesterday I came home late, exhausted and starved. Today, everything hurts and I think I overexposed to the sun and I didn‘t participate in the ironman, I was only a volunteer🤣🤪But today I opened it. I wanted to enjoy this process and I love it😱😍 @TheBookHippie Love the books including the under the dust jacket (that pink color 💖 so pretty that edition of An Old Fashioned Girl⬇️

Not book related but I wanted to share that today I couldn‘t read much and my #SpringEquinoxSwap box is still unopened because I was since 3:45 am in the half Ironman event giving support to my fiends. I ran like 4 miles to continue with that support to one of them and worked in one of the water station as a volunteer.

Elizabeth lives in US but returns to Ireland after her mother‘s death to take care over her inheritance. But doing this task, she found some letters that will reveal family secrets about her mother and father. The story has various twists.
I enjoyed the story in general but some events were unreal to me. Poor Edward. The end was ok. 3.5