Just reached 24 hours on the #24in48 readathon with 1 minute left on the above book's audiobook. My stats for the #24in48readathon are as follows:

Books read: 7.5 (the .5 is an audiobook I bailed on at the halfway point)
Pages read: 1,996
1 paperback
2.5 audiobooks
4 e-books including 3 graphic novels

Review for the above book will be posted tomorrow, when my reading addled brain is better able to write a review. And now, 😴.

Book 11/150 for 2017. 5/5 ⭐️. Just as great as the first two books in this graphic novel trilogy. Highly recommended. I have 21 minutes left until I've read my 24 hours & I have roughly the same amount of time left on my last audiobook (How To Set a Fire and Why), so I'm off to close out my readathon. #24in48 #24in48readathon

Heading into the final hour of the #24in48 #readathon. Just took a quick social media & snack break, now I'm powering on to the finish line with the remainder of this book (Book 3 of the March trilogy). #24in48readathon

Book 10/150 for 2017. 5/5 ⭐️. Amazing graphic novel. Just as great as Book 1. Onward to Book 3. #24in48 #24in48readathon

One more from March, book 2. I highly recommend this trilogy. #24in48

This graphic novel trilogy...man. SO GOOD. #24in48

Book 9/150 for 2017. 4.5/5 ⭐️. Such a fantastic book. Great, quirky characters, wonderful town, lots of soccer and fantastic story. Backman made me both laugh out loud & want to cry in turns. #24in48readathon #24in48

Nope. Nope. Nope. I tried to finish this one out, but I just can't. I told myself I'd read the audiobook until I had reached the midway point & I could bail then if I felt I still hated it. Bailed at the exact midpoint. All of the "normal" characters have more issues than the mentally ill one. Never connected to a single character, all adults were atrociously stupid & unrealistically permissive. MCs have a v. unhealthy relationship. 1 ⭐️/5. NOPE.

These two sentences pretty perfectly sum up the book so far (57% of the way through). I'm totally loving this book, the town of Borg & Britt-Marie. #24in48 @24in48 #24in48readathon

Today's @24in48 #readathon bookish shirt. #24in48 #24in48readathon

Homemade dill & chives bean spread on homemade mini baguette for #24in48 #readathon lunch. Back to my book! 😋 #vegan #24in48readathon @24in48

Gotta go with The Princess Bride for my #bookwithinabook (although I also really, really love The Neverending Story 😍). #readjanuary

I'm a little late on this one, but here is yesterday's #januaryread...a topic you'd like to know more about. I'd love to know more about the history of the Master & Margarita inspired graffiti at Болшая Садова улица 302-бис in Moscow. This book contains some info, the author has also written an article about it, and there is some info online, but it's not enough, I need more info!

Book 8/150 for 2017. 4.5/5 ⭐️. One of the better memoirs I've read lately. Part memoir, part love letter to his amazing mother. Well worth a read. Trigger warnings for abuse and basically all the bad stuff you'd expect in a memoir set part in apartheid/part in post-apartheid South Africa. #24in48 #24in48readathon

This is where I started off today (at 9:15...I slept in a little bit after staying up late to finish Born a Crime last night, oops!). Let's get to 24 hours!! #24in48 @24in48 #24in48readathon

Book 7/150 for 2017. 5/5 ⭐️. Amazing graphic novel. I have no words. #24in48 #24in48readathon

Still juggling several books for @24in48 . Currently stepping away from the Trevor Noah memoir & Britt-Marie and am reading the first of the March graphic novels. Im loving them so much. #24in48 #24in48readathon #readathon

Book 6/150 for 2017. 4.5/5 ⭐️. What a charming book! If a Rebecca Stead novel & an Elizabeth Enright novel had a baby, it would be this excellent later middle-grade story of a young girl growing up & discovering who she is & becoming comfortable with who she is. This is the book for the year 1998 in this year's #birthdaychallenge. #24in48 #24in48readathon #40thBDayChallenge

Vegan lemon-blueberry bread, anyone? #24in48readathon snacks for us all! #24in48 #readathon

Current @24in48 #readathon status: 4 hours 46 minutes in, roughly halfway through the audiobook of Born a Crime (I listen on 1.25X speed), 24% of the way through Britt-Marie, and a few pages into The Secret Life of Amanda K Woods. I also now have 2 freshly baked homemade baguettes & a few rolls, plus there are 2 loaves of lemon blueberry bread baking in the oven (come on over for treats!). All in all, a successful #24in48readathon so far. #24in48

I realized I should probably share today's bookish shirt. I'm currently waiting for my baguettes and rolls to be done baking in the oven & repping my man Jean Valjean while reading Britt-Marie Was Here. #readathonmultitasking #24in48 #24in48readathon

Started off my @24in48 #readathon with this book on audio. One of the best things about audiobooks is being able to read while still doing morning chores. 👍👍 I won't be reading this straight through, but will be alternating it with my other books so I can keep reading while doing all of my usual daily chores/activities. I am a little over 2.5 hours in and loving this memoir so much. #24in48 #24in48readathon

Neither of us slept very well, and my hair is extraordinarily wild today, but we are here and shelfie-ing for #24in48. #readathon #24in48readathon

Heading to bed now, in order to avoid becoming this person if I attempt to stay up until midnight and start @24in48 the first minute I can. Instead, I will be up bright & early to read! I wanted to wish all those who are about to start shortly--and those of you in time zones where it is legal to already be reading!--a happy start to your #readathon! May your books be exciting and fun! See y'all in the morning! #24in48 #24in48readathon

This just popped up on my year round Christmas station (in case you missed my last post, I'm hiding from today with books, vegan ice cream & Christmas music). I am slightly terrified that this was ever a thing. Also, Cindy totally doesn't sing, she just does some sort of proto-rap of her Frosty the Snowman lyrics. It's pretty hilarious.

Today's plan: read a good book, eat my feelings (the best vegan ice cream!!), cuddle under a comfy blanket & listen to Christmas music. #booksfixeverything #almost

Some books I am considering for this weekend's @24in48 #readathon. I know I should narrow it down further, but it was hard limiting my selection this much, I don't think I can pare it down any further! We'll see which titles grab me this weekend. #24in48 #24in48readathon

This cover makes no sense...why is her face blue-grey? And why are her hands as blue as her turtleneck? Who is that strange shadowy figure stepping off of her camera and why is he doing this? Why is her camera lens bright yellow? Why does her face look like a space alien? 👽 So many questions! #readjanuary #thiscovermakesnosense

Speaking of #endpapers, does anyone remember these memorable end papers from this 60s/70s kid's mystery series? One of my proudest achievements as a book collector was tracking down & purchasing hardcover copies of all titles in the series back before the internet was awash in secondhand books. It took me a lot of time and effort to track them all down (paperback editions were a lot easier as the hardcover spine quality was bad) #readjanuary

End papers from a first edition of the above title. #readjanuary #endpapers

While looking for a good set of end papers to use for today's #readjanuary prompt, I came across this inscription in a first edition of the above book: "Charlotte H.G. Ripley, Merrymount, Tacoma Washington, 1919". It is so odd, sometimes, to look at my books and realize how many of them are nearly or over a century old!

In case you guys missed this, @Ambrosnazzy is setting up a #LitsyPartyOfOne on February 10th! Follow her for more (heck, follow her also because she is a swell person with excellent taste!!). 💕🎉✨📚✨🎊😍

A couple of (highly recommended!) #royals for today's #readjanuary.

Book 5/150 for 2017. 3.75/5 ⭐️. A basic good mystery/thriller I picked up on sale on audio due to the narrator, Julia Whelan, being one of my absolute favorites (this is my 15th audiobook narrated by her). I figured out the mystery before the reveal (I usually do), but this did not diminish my enjoyment of the tale. Well narrated (as per usual with Whelan's work) and well written & paced, interesting characters & a good story.

I haven't been cooking very much this week (my body has decided to remind me just how much heart failure sucks), but I have still been eating well. I know I will routinely have days where I'm too unwell to cook from scratch, so I regularly make ahead & freeze meals for those bad health days. This bean & veg dish is one of the dishes I regularly make & freeze from the above cookbook. Seriously, so much love for my fave make ahead cookbooks. 💕

FYI, Littens with kittens, every time y'all talk about your need for a transparent cat so you can continue reading, I think about the Glass Cat from this Oz book (which always makes me happy--I love Oz so much!) http://oz.wikia.com/wiki/Glass_Cat #catsoflitsy #makeitso

You have to admit, Jackson Pearce's books have some pretty cool fonts. #fortheloveoffonts #readjanuary

Bonus #readjanuary for today. This book is about the city where I was born. #CaliforniaGirl #setinmycity

Book 4/150 for 2017. 5/5 ⭐️. Alaskan magical realistic retelling of an old fairytale, updated to 1920s rural Alaska. Amazing story, Eowyn Ivey is a fantastic storyteller. I hope we get more from her soon! 2 books aren't enough. Highly recommended on audio, Debra Monk does a fantastic job with making distinct voices/intimations for all characters.

I have not read any of the books my local library has on their "set in Ann Arbor" list, but apparently this is one of them. #readjanuary #setinmycity

My favorite book with "girl" in the title. ? #readjanuary

This is my #birthdaychallenge #TBR (well, this stack plus the book this photo is filed under--it will be released in February 2017 & I don't have it yet!). One book published each year since I was born. Bonus Hopper print on the wall above the stack for fellow Hopper enthusiast, @BookBabe ! #savethefloorjoists #readallthebooks

And here are all three of the canine crew (top to bottom: 8 year old Ziggy, 15 year old Streak & 12.5 year old Clara Bow). They all posed themselves so nicely just now, I figured I had to share them with my fellow Littens. Please note the books peeking in on top of the table at the far left of the picture, and the cookbook & perpetually in-use @strandbookstore bag on the couch. Books & bookish things are everywhere in my house! 😂👍👍📚

Family time with my boys--my husband & Ziggy. I'm reading, my husband is computering & Ziggy is staring. This pretty much sums up our main interests. 😂 Too bad dogs cannot read, he looks a little bored (poor Stardust!).

Book 3/150 for 2017. 4.75/5 ⭐️ What can I say about this book? It is fantastic fun! Ten year old me would have loved it just as much as 39 year old me does. An intelligent, spunky & independent kid sleuth going through adventures while solving a big mystery. Great characterization (and character development) of primary & secondary characters, lots of humor & a sequel coming soon (tagged below). I can't wait!

I generally like Gabrielle Zevin's books, but I couldn't seem to get much past the 2 hour in mark on this one on audiobook. Not sure if this will become a bail, or if I will return to this to try again, but for now it is a #DNF. #readjanuary

For today's #readjanuary: #BooksEveryoneButYouHasRead. No plans to read it either. (As I am an ornery reader who mostly dislikes books that are very popular with wide swaths of the population, I was actually paralyzed by too many options--couldn't figure out which one to choose out of several dozen titles that immediately came to mind!).

I'm a bit minimalist when it comes to my #readingequipment. Cellphone & headphones--used either to listen to audiobooks, to listen to music while reading a physical book or, if ebook, used to read the book (usually while music plays on my headphones. My husband is a noisy sort & doesn't understand that I cannot read with Law & Order: SVU blaring away on his laptop 12 inches away from me). Optional winter equipment: warm & cozy blanket (see above)

So much for not buying new books unless I had earned an Amazon gift card from Bing or Swagbucks to pay for it...🙄🙄🙄. I only had $1.31 in gift card funds left, but I purchased these 3 from the cooking-related & cookbook one day mega sale on Amazon right now. This history of Indian cooking looks particularly interesting. Adding it to the TBR, hopefully will be able to get to it soon! Http://TinyURL.com/Litsycookbooks

A slightly battered (loved?) #TitleWithAProperName for today's #readjanuary.