This is my favorite of this series so far. These short books are such fun to hear on audio! The characters have more depth than I‘d expect from such short books, and I love hearing the stories unravel!

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 7

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone new to play each day.

@Megnogged would you like to play?

Early morning reading snuggles with Froedrick. 📚💚
#CatsOfLitsy #PetsOfLitsy #Froedrick

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 6

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone new to play each day.

@zezeki would you like to play?

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 5

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone new to play each day.

@Owlizabeth would you like to play?

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 4

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone to play each day.

@Morr_Books would you like to play?

#LitsyLoveWinterSwap
1- my Litsy TBR is only Books I don‘t own
2- Lined journals, stationary, mugs
3- not really
4- dark chocolate or trail mix

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 3

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone new to play each day.

@Julsmarshall would you like to play?

Can anyone suggest some short, fast paced audiobooks for a road trip with my husband? Available on hoopla would be a plus. He‘s not a reader. He enjoys fantasy and sci-fi, action and superhero type stuff. Thanks!

(I‘m considering rejoining Audible just to get All Systems Red if I can‘t find something on Hoopla or Libby)

Please rescue me from 5 hours of heavy metal... 🙄

My evening includes frozen banana and strawberry blend, a new book, and quiet time. 🙂

#7days7covers #covercrush Day 2

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone to play each day.

@LauraJ would you like to play?

#7days7covers #covercrush

Posting covers I love for 7 days, no explanation needed. Tagging someone to play each day.

@Eyelit would you like to play?

I picked up my copy this morning (at B&N to use my membership discount and to sign up for bookclub night next month.). I can‘t decide if I want to drop everything and read it right now...?

Also, breathing easier tonight after tests today and finding out my little lump is just a cyst. It‘s been a scary week. I‘m thankful for the quiet connection Litsy always offers to give me a break from the insane world out there. 💚 hugs everyone.

Igor didn‘t really feel like posing this morning. 😸
I am really enjoying this book! I‘m almost to this week‘s stopping point already, and it‘s going to take a lot of will power to put it down!
#CatsOfLitsy

It‘s a little less than 2 weeks until the next meeting of #LitsyATXReadersSociety. This month our topic is travel. We‘ll be in room 471, the 21st from 2-4. As usual, pre-meeting snack time in the cafe at 1. I hope to see you all there!

All praises to @alysonwrites for our bats about books graphic! ❤️🦇

Another lovely installment in The No. 1 Ladies Detective Agency.

There is some restlessness in the office, leading to some changes in staffing. Mr. JLB Matekoni tries his hand at being a detective. And everyone learns a bit about trust.

I love the way Smith portrays human emotions and tendencies, and his quiet wisdom. These books always bring me a sense of peace.

It‘s bed time, and Sietje is sleeping already.
I love this series, and I can‘t wait to see the author speak at #TXBookFestival2019.
#TXBookFest (in Austin at the end of October)

My aunt found this for me at her library‘s used book sale and sent it all the way from Vermont to Texas. ❤️ she gets me ❤️

Growing up in Puerto Rico and Florida in a poor family that struggles through divorce, mental health issues, and addiction crisis, Diaz hasn‘t had an easy life.
It‘s a memoir full of strife, abuse, drugs, and poor decisions.

I found the time-jumping writing style difficult to read. I had to set the book aside several times for a break. But ultimately I think it‘s a good book, from a point of view I‘d not heard before.

Max meets a badger, a cat, and a bear, all of whom can talk and have just arrived in a new land, none of them having any idea how they arrived there. They band together in search of answers.

This is a fun middle grade book I read for #BBRC, middle grade, over 250 pages.

What do you do when you find out your friend is an author? Order his book right away! Of course!

Join us this month in reading VE Schwab! Just use the hashtag and tag me so I can log your reviews. Have fun!

#AuthorAMonth

We read a lot of Shirley Jackson in August for #AuthorAMonth!
@ValerieAndBooks is leading #AaM so far with 4, and @IndoorDame and @sudi are both close on her heels with 3 each.

Thanks for voting for this author! I‘m a fan!

I finished all of these in August. It‘s funny, I feel like I barely read anything this month! Probably because I bailed on 5 others 😱. That‘s a lot for me- I‘m not sure why.

My favorites: Little Women, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, and RISE. All of these were picks though.

My September TBR is pretty ambitious! I‘m already at least halfway through three of these though, so that helps. This stack includes one for #authoramonth, five for #BBRC, five by authors for the #TXBookFestival2020, and the #BOTMBuddyRead. I‘m not sure I‘ll get to everything, but it‘ll be fun to try!

This is what happens when I open my email in the morning to find the latest email from Discworld Emporium. “Oh yeah, I should preorder the next two hardcover editions. And while I‘m at it, the two October releases I must put my grabby hands on immediately.”

Not a bad start to a Sunday! Happy weekend all.

I just got an email with TX Book Fest‘s author lineup for October! Now I want to throw my planned TBR out the window and read all these authors to prepare!

https://www.texasbookfestival.org/2019-festival-author-lineup/

This is a really cool illustrated novella or maybe short story about a girl traveling cross country with her droid sidekick, Skip.

Virtual reality has bypassed TV as Americans‘ favorite pastime. And it turns out to be heavily addictive.

These illustrations are incredibly realistic, and this is a dark tale of a strange land that‘s actually pretty easy to see current technology creeping towards.

Usually I love books about hiking or biking long distances. Especially the AT, as I‘ve done some of it, and it‘s always been kind of a family get away spot.

For some reason this one is boring me right now. I can‘t seem to connect with it. So I‘m setting it aside for now. Maybe I‘ll try again another time.

Of course I loved Carpe Jugulum! We get to know all of the witches a little better and in slightly different roles. There‘s a preacher man who‘s faith is challenged. And some very unusual vampires. Oh, and an Igor who is something of a Frankenstein monster, of his own making. All the ❤️.

Another wonderful book from Erica Bauermeister! I love her writing style, and the way she gets to the heart of every character. The ending of this one I thought was truly beautiful.

I really enjoy animal memoirs. This was a fun one from the author of Homer‘s Odyssey (Homer was one of her cats.)

There are several separate stories about cat ownership, from adopting a new kitty to dealing with an antisocial feline to trying to take 3 cats to the vet on public transportation in NYC.

Funny, sweet, and achingly familiar to any cat lover, these stories will bring all the feels!

There‘s just one week left for Shirley Jackson‘s #AuthorAMonth! Do you have time to squeeze in one more read? I hope to get to one more, but I‘m not sure. I will definitely read more by her though!

As you can see, @ValerieAndBooks is leading in numbers so far 😊.

September‘s author is V.E. Schwab. Do you have anything picked out yet by her?

Don‘t forget to use the hashtag and tag me so I can keep track of your reviews!

This book is beautiful, really great pictures of some lovely gardens and cafes. It‘s not what I was hoping for though; it‘s essentially an entire book about where to get good instagram shots...

I might be planning a thing 😉. #LitsyReadingRetreat2020

I‘m really glad you all voted for Shirley Jackson for this month‘s #AuthorAMonth!

What a fun, creepy little book! I loved Mary Kat and Constance and Uncle Julian. I‘m still not entirely sure what was real or not real.

I hope very much that I have time to read another of her‘s this month, but if I don‘t I‘ll certainly pick up more in the future!

I followed @Mitch ‘s lead and marked my copy of Evelyn Hugo for the upcoming #BOTMBuddyRead! I‘m really excited to join in for September, since @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks gave me a copy of the book 😊💚.

Who else will be reading along this time?

A friend of mine had an online book party (similar to a Tupperware party) with a company that publishes children‘s books. I picked these up for my 2 year old nephew. He‘s all about animals and farm life. Cute!

“I think love is kind of like those waves out there,” she said. “You ride one in to the beach, and it‘s the most amazing thing you‘ve ever felt. But at some point the water goes back out; it has too. And maybe you‘re lucky- maybe you‘re both too busy to do anything drastic. Maybe you‘re good as friends, so you stay. And then something happens- maybe it‘s something as big as a baby, or as small as him unloading the dishwasher- and the wave comes ⬇️

I arrived at the library for my bookclub meeting a bit early today so I could find a couple more middle grade books for the #BBRC #BirthAndBeyondReadingChallenge

I sat and read these two graphic novels, and I checked out two books for other categories. I‘m not sure if I‘ve ever visited the middle grade section of the library as an adult. There were a lot of interesting books on the shelves!

Light was fun, with a quest feel, and Giant Sloths ⬇️

This was my first book haul photo, a little over 3 years ago. The tagged book is still sitting on my TBR shelf 🤦‍♀️. One day it‘ll get its turn! (I have read the other.)

I‘ve really enjoyed seeing everyone‘s first book-hauls! What a great idea!

#bookhaulchallenge @Lcsmcat

(This was also the first time I had unicorn hair 😊🦄)

Misty! Thank you for the book 😊 and also for the tissue paper, which Froedrick loves to play with. He thinks it works like an invisibility cloak 😸. He‘ll spend the whole evening scooting across the floor on it and hiding under it to ambush us.

The book sounds really good, I look forward to reading it! You‘re the sweetest. 🍭

It‘s been a few months since I‘ve visited Discworld. This will be my first time reading this one 😊🧙‍♀️🧛‍♂️

Well, you all weren‘t kidding when you said this was seriously steamy!

I don‘t usually read romance unless it‘s queer, but I was interested in the autistic main character. I thought Hoang handled it really well. I enjoyed the progression of the relationship, but I certainly blushed a good deal while reading, even though I was alone in my car. Lol.

If you‘re into unconventional romance, I‘d highly recommend this.

This was an informative Middle Grade novella about a Muslim girl‘s struggle to think of something interesting about her mother to share at school for International Women‘s Day. There is a lot of information about why Islamic women choose to wear hijab, and the different kinds of them. I‘d say this is a good addition to a diverse middle grade library.

Read for #BBRC, middle grade under 150 pages.

I finished my title #LitsyAtoZ! And I have just one more on my author version! Woohoo!

This was a really great book about a Latina who has to go to a new high school and finds that through no fault of her own, someone is bullying her. My heart went out to her as she struggled to remain a good student while dealing with daily fear.

This is a great addition to any YA library!

It was nice enough for a little outdoor reading earlier today, but the temp continues to climb, so I‘ve moved the party inside. I‘m about halfway through this YA about bullying. I like the main character so far.

I went to Recycled Reads today to pick up a stack of children‘s books to restock an empty Little Free Library I discovered near a favorite ice cream shop. I picked up this little haul of Easy Readers to fulfill my #BBRC prompts and pass along to the LFL. 😊📚

I may also have picked up a few #LitsyLove wishlist books while I was there 💌.

What a great collection of novellas! Mira Grant can sure spin a great zombie story. I love her scientific explanations of how zombies came about, and how the Rising (the Zombie Apocalypse) progressed.

My favorite novella in here was How Green This Land, How Blue This Sea. It‘s an in depth look at Australia‘s method of dealing with the undead. Zombie Kangaroos y‘all! What‘s not to love?!

This bookmark from @Rissreads was the perfect match!

It‘s just a week until our next Litsy ATX Reader‘s Society Meeting! August‘s topic is Classics. Have you read yours yet?

This time we‘ll be on the 4th floor, room 471.

I‘ll arrive by 1 as usual if anyone would like to have coffee or a snack in the cafe or in the rooftop garden before the meeting. Hope to see you there!

We‘ve talked about doing some sort of field trip or bookish project... bring your calendars and let‘s see if we can plan one!