No one can replace my Tink, but I fell for this little girl last week and brought her home. Her name is Ginny. I think she thinks she‘s a dog! So very different from Tink! 🤣🤣

Haven‘t been on Litsy in ages! Hi everyone!

1. Currently reading: If You Tell by Gregg Olsen and The 17th Suspect by James Patterson
2. “My mom could be sweet when she wanted to be”, Sami said. 😳😳
3. Decaf coffee and Sparkling Ice.

#weekendreads

I haven‘t been here much lately, my reading has been extremely scarce. But, so many of you were fans of my Tink, that I wanted to share some news. She crossed the rainbow bridge tonight. They believe she had a ruptured bowel and became septic. I held her close and reminded her of all the lovely times we had together. #catsoflitsy ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ I got to hold her for a long time as we shared our last time together.

Happy Easter from Tink and me!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ A prequel to Lilac Girls, although it definitely stands on its own. Set between 1914 and 1920, we follow an American, the daughter of a Russian diplomat and a Russian peasant girl through the turbulent tines after the Bolshevik Revolution. Great historical! Comes out Tuesday.

It‘s my year of (mostly) non-fiction. This is my fave so far this year. Very interesting story of the author‘s journey through DNA and family.
#bestbooksofar2019

1. I‘ve done a few swaps. I enjoy daily prompts, but run hot and cold on doing them.
2. Hmm. Hard to surprise myself when I hardly go out in the winter. 😩
3. “She offered coffee and he asked for an orange soda.”
4. @Ellybug92 One of my newest follows.

#wondrouswednesday

Book - Tagged. My favorite series.
Movie - it‘s a Wonderful Life Clarence!
Song - Johnny Angel by Shelley Fabares. It was on my first record album, purchased at age 10. (1962)

#manicmonday

1. WARMTH! I‘ve been sooooo cold!
2. Allergies. Bah!
3. A good book haul.
4. Sit on the porch!!
5. A spring book I read to my grandkids.

#HelloThursday

Book mail continues! An ARC from Penguin Random House (tagged) two middle grade books, and a fairly new book by a Canadian author. (tagged below).

I love Elephant and Piggie. I‘ve missed them so much. I saw an ad for these and they sounded similar so I decided to try them. Monkey & Cake are great! They‘re by the author of The Day the Crayons Quit. I‘m so excited!

1. There are too many to count. Growing up in Detroit in the 50‘s was amazing!
2. Two brothers and two sisters. The three oldest were 21, 22 and 23 years older than me. They have all passed. My remaining sister and I are both avid readers. She is 7 years older. All from the same parents.
3. July of 2016.
4. Tagged above.
5. @BooksandCats14 @Stephuhhnieee

#wondrouswednesday

1. Tink. ❤️❤️
2. Tracy‘s Dogs Gotcha Day. Around 4 pm EST on their Facebook page. 66 dogs who were set to be euthanized get forever homes with fully vetted pet parents from all over the country!
3. Road rallies. Solving clues that lead us from place to place.
4. Alaska. My lifelong dream. Houston to see my son and family. And anywhere in the U.P. Of Michigan, my favorite place on earth.
5. What job is your dream job?

#friyayintro

Tink can‘t believe I‘m reading a Patterson. 🤣🤣#catsoflitsy

Definitely thriller. I‘m not much of a fantasy fan.
Hardcover.
Bookshop for sure. As a retired bookseller, I love ‘em!
I‘ve never enjoyed mythology, so it must be Harry. Although I‘ve only read three.
The Notebook is the only book I‘ve ever thrown across a room. Romeo and Juliet is wonderful!
Ebooks hide from me, so they don‘t get read! Give me a REAL book everyday!
@BooksandStitches @Soozee (some of my newest friends here!)

Nerds by Michael Buckley
The Nutty Professor with Jerry Lewis
Science Song by Josh Ritter

#manicmonday

I‘m in Westland, Michigan, USA. (Just west of Detroit) I have never lived in a house farther than 13 miles from here. I grew up in Detroit, my dad and both brothers were Detroit Police officers. 👮🏼‍♀️ 👮🏼 👮🏼‍♀️ 🚔

Mystery/thrillers are my jam. I used to manage a mystery bookstore.

Michael Connelly.

I‘m going to go with my favorite book rec for book groups. The Persian Pickle Club by Sandra Dallas.

#socialsunday

1. No controversy, kindness.
2. More bookshelves, ability to search your own posts
3. #catsoflitsy #friyayintro
4. More diverse reading.
5. @Elma

#Litsyedition

I love, love, love Elephant and Piggie, so I‘m excited for this take on them! 🤣🤣🤣

1. When I think of cartoons, I think of the shorts from my childhood. So Felix the Cat. “You‘ll laugh so hard. Your sides will ache, your heart will go pitty pat”. For animated films, it has to be Toy Story.
2. Felix and Woody
3, Since I used Felix, I‘ll have to go with Master Cylinder! (Look him up)
4. I guess I lean towards cats. Felix or Top Cat.
5. There were ads during WWII starring Donald Duck. They were for prophylactics. 🤣🤣

#frideas

1. Winnie the Pooh. An annual read. It always give me warm fuzzies. Or...tubby, cuddly fuzzies.
2. Nothing. This winter I‘ve done plenty of it.
3. Inheritance by Dani Shapiro. Fabulous!!
4. I can write cursive perfectly BACKWARDS with my left hand.
5. Will do!

#FriyayIntro

Happy Valentine‘s Day from Tink and I. ❤️❤️❤️

#catsoflitsy

Agatha Christie‘s Tommy And Tuppence Beresford. Best mystery couple ever!

Like my mother and sister, iris.

Chocolate. Team chocolate covered caramel.

Love you all! 💕💕💕💕

#HelloThursday

Thanks, @jdiehr . I saw your post this morning. It reminded me that I had it! I spent the last hour in this fun world of nothing but books! Loved it. 5⭐️

I‘m sure i lean toward mystery/thriller. These are 5 authors I always read when they come out with a book.

1. Alan Bradley (Flavia)
2. Louise Penny (Gamache)
3. Lee Child (Reacher)
4. Jeffrey Archer
5. M. J. Arlidge (Helen Grace)

There are so many more!

Besties for 50 years. Maggi loves Joanne Fluke‘s cozy baking mysteries, and I love Michael Connelly‘s Harry Bosch. But we both watch way too much true crime on tv. #soulmate #literarylove

Book: Winter Study by Nevada Barr. It takes place in winter on Isle Royale in the middle of Lake Superior. Every page made me colder.

Movie: Fargo. I loved this movie. I have both snow globes that came with VHS copies.

Song: The first thing I thought of was She‘s So Cold by The Rolling Stones. “I‘m so hot for her and she‘s so cold.”

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#manicmonday

I found very few of these comics to be funny. This one made me laugh. Maybe I‘m too old. Comes out in a March.

I received this middle grade book in the mail today. Thanks Scholastic! Comes out February 26. I‘m going to read it fast and give it to my neighbor who turns eight next week!

1. -11 at 11 am. feels like -29.
2. 80
3. 70 and feeling guilty. There was a fire at a gas facility and the state has asked us to dial down to 65. I did it overnight, but after I got up my hands were turning blue. I had to turn it back up.
4. Summer (but not too hot). I love to read on the porch.
5. Anything. Anytime. Any temperature.
#hellothursday

Love this book of poems and songs from Mr. Rogers. I wish I could remember the tunes to all the songs. Comes out in mid-March.

1. Tagged book plus advance copies of It‘s a Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (Fred Rogers) and Fifty Things That Aren‘t My Fault (Cathy Guisewite).

2. I have no idea.

3. Burden of Truth. Luckily I‘m on the U.S./Canadian border so I get to watch some great CBC shows.

#weekendreads

It‘s been awhile, but I won a Goodreads giveaway! Now to read the first in this series, which I‘ve had on the Shelf since it came out. 🤣🤣

1. Winnie the Pooh. I got it when I was 5, and, 60 years later I still have that copy.
2. Summers in northern Michigan.
3. I never had chores. My mom was a perfectionist, so she did everything for us so that it would be done “ right”. I had never made a bed or used the washer when I moved out.
4. Board games. My sister and I could play them for hours and hours. We still do when we get together.
5. Elephant and Piggie! ❤️❤️❤️

#hellothursday

This isn‘t out until the end of March, but that gives you time to catch up on an amazing series. Maisie is in the middle of the blitz in London in this one. I can‘t recommend the Maisie Dobbs series enough. ❤️❤️❤️

1. Mystery/Thriller. My first bookselling gig was at a Mystery bookshop.
2. Pretty much everything.
3. A police woman. Yes, they were called that. My dad and two brothers were cops.
4. 33. Which also happens to be my favorite number!
5. Hi!
#friyayintro

I have been offered a free Shih Tzu puppy. Still with his parents, but ready for a new home soon. Am I nuts? I‘m 66, do I want a puppy? Can I afford a dog? Will Tink go nuts? HELP!

Michael Connelly, Jacqueline Winspear, Louise Penny, Lee Child
I have never disliked one of their books.
@TheReadingMermaid

I don‘t read a lot of teen books, but I loved this one, and plan to read the rest of the series. Who has read the series? Encourage me. #MusicalNewYear #masquerade

I posted this once, a LONG time ago, but with the new popularity of Bird Box on Netflix, @Betty suggested I post it again. April, 29, 2015. My friend Cheryl and I attended a reading at the Barnes & Noble I worked at. Josh read passages, accompanied by his girlfriend. Music and passages. And once, a blood curdling scream. The story time kids were not amused. Oh, and, yes, we were blindfolded. Left, Josh. Right, Cheryl.

#humpdaypost
1. My sister visiting from Florida, my bestie‘s new rescue dog, Aunt Betti, my oldest grandson Cooper graduates from high school, and “my kids” in the neighborhood that make me smile daily.
2. This is the year of non-fiction for me.
3. Nothing bad, and a lot of blessings.
4. Eating low carb. Wish me luck.
5. The new Jacqueline Winspear. I am so happy to be reading an advance copy.

Last night I declared my 2019 to be my year of nonfiction. Today I see this challenge from @Riveted_Reader_Melissa and it is perfect! Can‘t wait to join in. #Nonfiction2019

Although I read mostly fiction, I‘m declaring 2019 the year of non-fiction. I‘ve already started. Read Inheritance by Dani Shapiro and am currently reading Fifty Things That Aren‘t My Fault by Cathy Guisesite. (Remember the comic strip Cathy?)
#SundayFunday

My Tink. My best bud.

I just use my name. I‘ve used my name as a handle as far back as BBS days. (Late 80‘s). If you‘re not familiar with the term, a BBS was a Bulletin Board System. How we connected pre-internet. Back then my friends were Shrinky, Vanilla Creme and Studmuffin. 🤣🤣

On a day in which my best friend‘s adopted son found his half brother through 23andMe, I happened across the review copy of this book. I couldn‘t put it down. Such an interesting story, and her journey was memorable. 5 stars. Comes out January 15, 2019.

1. I do road rallies/clue hunts/treasure hunts and The Amazing Race is like a world wide rally!
2. Same old.
3. I‘m trying to read more non-fiction. Anyone have some super recommendations?
4. I‘m retired. I get up around 7:30.
5. I‘d love a smart t.v.

#humpdaypost

So excited to be diving into this! #ilovemaisie

Book: Wonderstruck by Brian Selznick. Love all of his, but this is my favorite.

Author: Jacqueline Winspear. Maisie Dobbs is one of my favorite series. In fact I‘m starting her newest, The American Agent, as an advance copy today.

TV Show: Who Do You Think You Are on TLC. Love the genealogy shows.

Food: Watermelon. Summer fave.

#ManicMonday #LetterW