Me and my penguin PJs have just finished the tagged book whilst hubby anxiously watched the football.
The 2nd I‘ve read by this author and I‘ll definitely check out more. Evelyn is ruthless but loving and I sat and sobbed quietly (whilst hubs was on the verge of sobbing too in his desperate wait for a goal) towards the end of the book as I‘d really grown to care about the characters.
4.5 stars

Argh, this is the first time I‘ve ever had to bail on an audiobook because of the narrator!
I‘ve heard so many great things about this book so decided to use an audible credit for it. Christopher Eccleston narrates so I assumed, as he‘s an accomplished actor, he‘d be pretty good. Oh how I was wrong. Dull, monotonous, did nothing to draw me into the story.
So this goes back on the TBR to be read in another format. 🙁

The Audible sale this week is sooo good! I bought these two for a total of less than Qa!

New books go on sale everyday until Saturday. ?

Delicious lunch followed by my last event for the #offtheshelf festival 2019.
Campfire beans, I‘m a sucker for anything savoury that is baked, with beans or eggs or suchlike.
Then a conversation with Danuta Kot and JP Delaney about their most recent books, writing process and more.

😂

Kids say the darnedest things! 😂

#7days7covers
Aaaaand finally.....last one....The Secret Commonwealth. I got this yesterday as a birthday present from my in-laws (my birthday was last week) and I can‘t wait to delve in! October‘s pretty seen up with books I‘m reading so it‘ll be November I think.

#7days7covers
It‘s been a bit of a manic weekend so these 7 covers haven‘t been coming on consecutive days but hey-ho.
I LOVE the cover for this book.....but I‘ve still never read it!

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Essays on story-telling by Philip Pullman. Looking forward to getting a copy of The Secret Commonwealth later this week......

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One of Kelly Link‘s weird and wonderful short story collections. I just like the font and colours on this one.

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One of my favourite books and I love this cover!

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I couldn‘t resist buying this book, being completely drawn in by this cover.
I have so many great memories of reading and visiting the library as a child. I loved series such as the Sweet Valley series, Saddle Club and later Point Horror when I was young and had a note book where I‘d write lists of them and tick them off as I read them.
Share your childhood reading memories Littens!

Finally getting round to #7days7covers and starting with this beautiful cover for Uprooted by Naomi Novak which I read for my IRL book club earlier this year.
Anyone got any good recs for standalone fantasy? They‘re so often part of a series......

I like articles like this, to see if there‘s anything I‘ve not heard of that might interest me! Bit of a danger to the TBR pile though!
I‘ve read 18 of these.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/21/best-books-of-the-21st-century

Oh yeah, this is me. (When I get chance with a toddler!)

😂 Got to laugh otherwise you‘d cry.
#bookhumour

Just starting on this one. I‘ve got a few others on the go but we‘re reading this for book club and are meeting in just over a week so I thought I‘d better get cracking!
Anyone read it? I‘ve only heard good things so far.....🤞🏻

Pick!
I picked this up shortly after finishing One Day in December and just whizzed through it! I loved the way O‘Leary wrote these characters and it made me chuckle and smile throughout!
Liked Tiffy‘s references to Leon‘s note writing style that we as readers experience in his POV chapters.
This is a funny, sweet and fairly light read (though it does deal with emotionally abusive relationships) which I would recommend. 🛏🗒❤️

I‘ve had a tough couple of weeks and the books I was reading just weren‘t holding my attention. So I looked in my kindle back catalogue and picked this because I knew my sister was also reading it.
I wasn‘t sure in the first half whether I was going to like it, I thought Jack was a bit of a nob quite a lot at the start but I found myself becoming invested in all their lives and their ups and downs as we followed them over the years.
3.5/5

I‘m a few episodes into both of these tv series, both comic book adaptations and I‘m really enjoying them, though they‘re very different.

Karl Urban is brilliant as Butcher in The Boys, don‘t watch if you‘re easily offended by bad language though!

The scene where the Hargreeves siblings dance to “I Think We‘re Alone Now” was so good in Umbrella Academy, made me want to get up and dance myself!

Lunch and a book. ❤️

I needed to read this paragraph today.
#everythingosfigureoutable #netgalley

Not been on Litsy much this week, life!!
Thank you to all the #whodunituk crowd for a great time reading everyone‘s picks. I loved reading all your comments, you were all much better at making notes than I was! Special thank you to @jenniferw88 for spoiling me & my little one again! Chocolate not pictured as it didn‘t last long!
Also thank you to @ScorpioBookDreams for organising. I said I‘d forward this book on to someone, can‘t remember who....

Bit of a fantasy week this week, I‘m in the middle of both of these at the minute.
Bit behind target for #bfcr2 this week which I think is a reflection of the busy week I‘ve had, there‘s been so little time for runs or even walks outside of work hours and social events this week.
Bring on week 3!
@wanderinglynn

This made me chuckle......but now I have the Vengaboys stuck in my head! 🤦🏼‍♀️

Went in the library to pick up a reservation. Ended up with these bad boys too.

A rare night at the theatre to see a stage adaptation of one of my favourite books.
So well done, I got a bit choked up at the end. The cast and puppetry were fantastic.
I suspect this production will have life after its brief stint in Sheffield so if you get chance to catch a future production, I‘d recommend it.

I had a book voucher to spend and wandered round the shop for ages trying to decide what to buy. I eventually settled on these two. Once I got to the till, it turned out this purchase was the last one I needed on my loyalty card to get me another (c8 to spend! So I get to do it all over again soon!!

Just me and my kindle having a well deserved early night tonight. Sleep has been somewhat limited this week as my little boy is going through a “wake mummy up in the middle of the night.....every night” type of spell. 🤦🏼‍♀️😴
Anyway, this week‘s #bfcr2 goal was to beat last week‘s step count on the journey to get to 100,000 in one week....last week was 55,000, this week was......68,082! Yay!!
#bookfitnesschallenge @wanderinglynn

Thank you to @wanderinglynn for my participation prize for #bookfitnesschallenge ! My reading light broke a little while ago so this is great!
I‘ve got the afternoon off work to sort some house stuff out and am dancing around to some music and cleaning which is helping my step count no end! 💃🏼😂 #bfcr2

Taking an idea from @Cinfhen here are my #top6reads so far this year. The Winter King was a bit of a departure for me as I‘ve not read a lot of proper romance books but I was hooked and am definitely exploring the genre more.

Well, my goal for #bfcr2 was 100,000 steps per week. I was short in week 1, with steps totalling 55,000ish. I thought about revising this but decided, nah, let‘s just try each week to achieve it and see how I go.
Well day 1 of week 2 included a tough, mixed terrain 15 mile run that I‘d signed up for. After walking to the start line too I‘ve managed to clock up 35,000 so far today so o think that‘s a pretty good start to this week! @wanderinglynn

Quick bit of reading done in my lunch break before getting back to the grind!
I‘m reading the tagged book for my IRL book club. Not very far in so not sure what to make of it so far.
I‘m a little behind on my #bookfitnesschallenge this week. I‘m not certain I‘m going to hit my target of 100,000 steps despite having been out for a run twice. I think it‘s my sedentary office job that makes it hard. I may revise for next week.
@wanderinglynn

Here comes #bookfitnesschallenge round 2!
A few things got in the way of round 1 for me but I‘m feeling refreshed and ready for round 2.
This time I‘ve aimed for 100,000 steps per week instead of a total for running miles, though I‘m going to include those running steps in my count. I might change this as we go, depending on what happens.
I‘m also aiming for 4 books.
Go team #BFC!
@wanderinglynn

This is a pick.....but not a strong one. I enjoyed it and read it pretty quickly but I didn‘t really like the writer‘s style very much. Something about it left me feeling a certain distance from the characters.
I‘ll probably check out the movie though!
Book 20 of 2019.

Last day of holiday in Spain and I‘ve got a little reading time.
I dropped off the face of Litsy a bit thanks to having a bit of an illness before the holiday then all the packing etc and the holiday itself. Updates for #bookfitnesschallenge have gone by the wayside, sorry @wanderinglynn I‘ll look at sign ups for round 2 when I‘m back tomorrow.
Thanks for the update on #whodunituk @jenniferw88 there‘s no rush, hope you enjoy your holiday. X

Uh, what a busy few weeks, so little time for Litsy & books! I‘m re-visiting a fave series with this one, it has THE BEST insults ever!
I‘ve been rubbish at keeping up with #bookfitnesschallenge too, sorry @wanderinglynn
I missed the weekly check-in posts but have hit my weekly mileage targets. I think I‘m on target for my book target too.
Bring on week 5, the week of my half marathon, eek!!

Yay! Gentleman Bastards update! One step closer to publication........I‘ll try not to get too excited about this yet.....it‘s still a while away!

I‘ve not had much chance to post to Litsy this week, or do much of anything really, but tonight I had chance to attend this ‘Crafting Crime Fiction‘ talk with Erin Kelly. She was really engaging and it was great to listen to her talk about her books and process.
It‘s also end of #bookfitnesschallenge week 2. I think I‘m only at 4 points this week (1 additional post, 1 check-in post) so will have try harder next week! @wanderinglynn

Soooo, I managed to do my whole weekly mileage target in one run today!
It was a bit of a struggle today as it was warmer out than it looked but the miles got done I‘m one long run closer to my half marathon in June.
Hoping to really get stuck into the latest (and last I think) #whodunituk book later as I‘ve struggled to find reading time this week.
Hope everyone‘s challenges have gone well this weekend. #bookfitnesschallenge
@wanderinglynn

Well, first week of #bookfitnesschallenge done!

I met my fitness target of 10 miles this week, yay! I actually had to tag an extra 0.7 mile run on last night to get there!! 😂

Miles for week: 10.1 out of 10 target
Books for challenge: 1 out of 6 total

@wanderinglynn

Started off #BookFitnessChallenge with a 10K race this morning! No medal but a coaster, plus free water and bananas afterwards. Plus the added bonus of cake (long since eaten by the time I took the picture) and beers supplied by someone in my running club celebrating a birthday! 🏃‍♀️🍺 Now to chill and hopefully get some reading done!
@wanderinglynn
No of miles: 6.25 (course slightly long)
3.75 more needed this week to reach target

1. Both! But I do more cardio as I don‘t have a gym membership.
2. Outdoors definitely. Miles feel longer on the treadmill...
3. Depends, I like music on a longer run or on something high intensity.
4. I‘m a runner but sometimes it not my favourite!
5. Not mine but stolen from Reddit a while ago https://open.spotify.com/user/blankmoses/playlist/39t5sp8ghr8ZUze1U1U8nq?si=oB6N...
#bookfitnesschallenge
#hellothursday
@wanderinglynn

YES! This is a great idea @wanderinglynn I‘m in! I have a half marathon on 12th June and my training has become a little slack since the last HM I did in April. I need to get back on it so this should help!
I need to get some long runs in so have set a minimum goal of 10 miles a week.
#bookfitnesschallenge

My hold on this book came in at just the right time. I‘ve been listening to loads of Fleetwood Mac recently and just rewatched Almost Famous for the first time in years so it was a good fit!
I really enjoyed this book. Daisy, despite having her issues, was her own woman who did what she wanted. I also found Billy and Camilla‘s relationship interesting with what they were willing to do and accept from each other.
Continued in comments.

My bank holiday weekend in books.
Current read that I‘ll probably finish today is the tagged book, really enjoying it.
Dare Me for IRL book club that I‘ll start after that.
Mrs Hinch because it was cheap in Tesco and I want to see what the fuss is all about.
After the Fall being the latest #whodunituk book. Thank you to @jenniferw88 for the awesome card and bookmarks! 👍🏻

“I am the somebody.”
Yes! Go Daisy!

Spa day! I‘ve got the whole wonderful day to myself to chill out and read and am getting off to a lovely start with some bubbly! This is such a treat thanks to my hubby for Christmas. Apparently there are some meditation sessions being run throughout the day so think I‘ll join one of those too.
Bliss! 🥰

Ooooo, I‘m really enjoying this latest instalment of #whodunituk. Not sure whose selection this one is but I‘ve found it really gripping so far!!

My latest #whodunituk book.
I enjoyed this book, especially the setting which was so well described. The plot made for a good story but it didn‘t quite grip me and there was something that bugged me about the very end of the book that I can‘t quite put my finger on.
Enjoyable but I don‘t think I‘ll pick up book 2.
On to @Christine11 with the usual apologies for being late. You must be sick of me! I‘ll try and be better this month! X