Here are my favorite books read this year (from my bookshelves), ordered from January on the bottom, up to December. I‘ll tag them in the comments in case anyone‘s interested in more information. 🥰

The reviews on here for Spectacular are lackluster, but the holiday magic was what I was looking for in this novella. Obviously, y‘all need to order this sticker kit from
@ Rosiethorns88 for the back endpapers! 😘

Read 2 hours for #20in4

My absolute favorite old tv special along with A Muppet Family Christmas and The Muppet Christmas Carol.

Happy Bookmas! May your holidays be filled with love, hope, and books.

#AllergictoChunksters inspired me to tackle The Last Magician again - I started it 2 years ago, and didn‘t make it very far. I was determined to get through it because, as you can see, I had slowly collected the rest of the series.

Ugh, I just can‘t do it y‘all. I reached page 100 this morning and called it quits. Turned it into a #ReadORDonate situation. My local library will be getting these to sell or loan out to other readers. #hailthebail

This is not a drill! 9/23/25 Up for preorder!

While we were waiting for oldest niece to finish her last final, my sister and I visited the local thrift store and they were having a book sale - 10 cents each! 😱

Here‘s my 20 cent purchase. I need to read Dreams of Gods & Monsters this upcoming year and I only have the hardcovers nestled away on my shelves, so this was great timing.

Why did I think starting a project in December to gift someone was a good idea? 🤦‍♀️ It‘s cutting into my end-of-the-year reading time! I have a tough time with audiobooks because I get distracted. I‘m finishing this to mindless tv aka Wipeout and Human vs. Hamster 🤣

Started December with some amateur live musical theater. The movie version will always be my favorite, but this had its moments. 🎶 My favorite was the audience encouraged sing-a-long of White Christmas at the end. 🎶

May your Thanksgiving weekend be full of good food, kind friends or family, and some uninterrupted reading time!

Current mood as I consistently ask myself if it‘s too early to go to sleep for the night…

I ordered this and another sweatshirt before the election and it only arrived this week… I decided it‘ll be my go-to for the next four years when I need a little pick-me-up. From boredwalk.com if you need your own pick-me-up. My other sweatshirt says “Stay-At-Home Unicorn” 🦄

It‘s Chauncy! I found him at BN but he‘s created by https://kingdomofthreads.com

It makes me ridiculously happy to find things inspired by this book.

New adult novel by Maggie Stiefvater announced!

New in! I‘m excited for this, but saving it. (As one does.)

Can you tell I absolutely adore this author?

I‘m ecstatic NetGalley granted me a copy of The Examiner, which is not due out until September.

I started it last night, stayed up way too late, am about 60% in, and can‘t wait to get back to it.

Oh, and I also preordered it today during BN‘s preorder sale. #netgalley #arc

I found some fun summer stickers in my craft drawer, so I decided to set up a book spin bingo board. Yay stickers!

I‘m loving StoryGraph for all the graphs and data and this new cover collage feature is making it easier to share.

June Wrap Up -

Favorite for the month: Titanium Noir
Donating: City of Nightmares & Cage of Dreams
DNF: Gnomon

Slow reading month, but some good ones 📚

#readordonate

Current reading view 📸 up north on vacation!

I finished Titanium Noir in a day, so I decided to take on this #chunkster It‘s definitely slower reading, but I‘m intrigued enough to continue!

The Summer Reading program has begun at my library!

I just discovered The Examiner is coming out this year. September is going to be lit! 💡📚

Since Jasper Fforde announced he‘s working on number 8 in the Thursday Next series, I realized I‘ve only read through number 3 and made an emergency trip to the library.

Clouds rolling in, but I‘m happy to be back reading on the deck.

#libraryhaul #librarystack #thursdaynext

ESC update - starting to look chicken-y! @FlowerFairy #knitting

First book of May completed. Yay! 🎉

Now trying to decide if I should pick up the next one or finish something else I started in April. Hm, decisions, decisions. 🤔🤣

Um, so I only recently stumbled on Book Outlet (after hearing about it everywhere) and they‘re currently having a sale… so my finger slipped and I bought some books. 🫣

Knitting an Emotional Support Chicken and watching The Masters today. #litsycrafters @Catsandbooks

My birthday‘s later this month (the big 4-0), but my sister surprised me with this early. She was watching the show, then picked up the books (because cliffhangers) and said I should read them too. I started the first few pages and I‘m confused, but intrigued…

I‘m excited and a little surprised that I‘ve gotten back into reading nonfiction this year.

Just a little excited to find this in my mailbox today. I couldn‘t wait for May (U.S. edition), so I ordered from Blackwell‘s…

New year, new mug!

Late to the party, but I‘m finally here for it! AIDAN!

“AM I NOT MERCIFUL?”

Up next #Wintercleardown @PuddleJumper

Did anyone else run, not walk to McD to buy their new adult happy meals with the 90s McNugget toys? No? Just me? 🤣🍔🍟

We‘ve made it to the Gump, one of my favorite parts of the Return to Oz movie, which I recently learned is a mashup of Land of Oz and Ozma of Oz.

This section also provided a noteworthy quote from the Scarecrow: “That proves you are unusual and I am convinced that the only people worthy of consideration in this world are the unusual ones. For the common folks are like the leaves of a tree, and live and die unnoticed.”

@Catsandbooks #LitsyCrafters

Going for another KAL, this time not a mystery, with the Bumblebee Acres Fiber Farm group on Ravelry using their new pattern and their Farm-inspired advent I‘m opening throughout December. 🚜🐄🦙🐇🐑🐐

@dabbe #SmilesonLitsy

Here‘s my current read on my Christmas tree. I figured Bing Crosby put presents on the tree, so why can‘t I put books?

Cyber Monday Deal alert! I love this author and her Warlocks of Amherst series is on sale - all six books together are on sale for basically the price of one book. They‘re also in Kindle Unlimited if you subscribe and want to try them before you buy.

Also this is M/M romance with mpreg. (I don‘t want to corrupt or surprise anyone if that‘s not your thing.)

Yay! Look who was just approved! *happy dance* Has anyone read this yet and if so, what did you think?

Update: I bailed 🤷‍♀️ It was too slow…

I cannot be trusted in a bookstore! I went in to BN for Fangirl and the tagged book and walked out with a few more… #noregrets

When you‘re in a Christmas mood, but you have Peeps left over from Halloween! 🎄👻

I‘ve been feeling super crummy since last week (horrendous cough and I lost my voice), so I bought myself this Disney Haunted Mansion throw with glow-in-the-dark eyes at my local Hallmark. I was really jazzed to find it half off and it was the last one! Made to be. I also picked up a ‘Foolish Mortals‘ mug because hot beverage!

Btw - I changed my name here to match my instagram and my love for all things books, blankets, and hot beverages!

Stayed up too late last night reading and finished this book. But no regrets! 🤦‍♀️🙇‍♀️🤷‍♀️ And now I‘m ready for the sequel!

Friday book mail! 🥳📚

#LitsyCrafters #mystery

Reading‘s taking a backseat this month as the mystery knit-a-long clues are released. I‘m halfway through Clue 1.

The new Percy Jackson book being released gave me the push to finish The Trials of Apollo series and catch up on the Percy Jackson universe this week. I forgot how entertaining these books are!

To buy or not to buy? 🤷‍♀️

The facts:
1. I already have at least one copy of all three.
2. I have read the first one (Darker Shade of Magic), but not the other two yet.
3. I‘d like to be inspired to read them before the new one comes out..

Thoughts?

Update: I didn‘t buy them this time. 😄

I spent the weekend in the OASIS. The first one was as good as I remembered and in the second, I felt a little bogged down by the pop culture references (seven shards vs. three keys), and the ending left me a little disturbed. But I don‘t read much sci-fi, so maybe that‘s the norm?

A quick trip to Barnes to pick up my free premium member tote and the Witch King caught my eye. I‘ve been in such a 📚 slump, I couldn‘t leave without it after the first chapter hooked me…

@Pamgardens is making me a sheepy quilt! #craftersoflitsy