Dearest Sue, it was so wonderful of you to send this to me! I gasped when I opened it - Sandwich was a 2024 favorite ♥️ Can‘t wait to read this! Thank you so very much 😊😊 @Suet624

It isn‘t musical instrument related and it isn‘t a fish 😂 I am always excited when I find new X words and especially words that don‘t mean what I think they mean 😃 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

Hmm. So I liked this and I was really invested but after that very unresolved ending, I have SO MANY questions 😂😅🫣 @BarbaraBB I bought this one based on your review so, I‘ve made a new hashtag: #blameitonbarbara 😀😂

This resolved everything from the last book, which I was happy about, but I didn‘t expect to be so absolutely blown away - this is my favorite of the series thus far. I love Gamache, but I also like that despite his kindness, his brilliance, he is human and makes mistakes. It showed a whole different side of him and now I love him even more ♥️ #readyourkindle

On the search for more good memoirs! Give me all you‘ve got! @Chelsea.Poole @britt_brooke @Megabooks tagging a few of my memoir lovers 😀

Goodness 😥 All I can say is that I hope that Ruby and Jodi never get parole. Major kudos to Shari for telling her story and speaking her truth. I‘m interested to watch the documentary on Hulu (drops February 27) - it‘s actually authorized by Kevin Franke, Shari, and her brother Chad.

Thanks to the #atreeaday daily readings, which I‘m quite behind on, I discovered another new word! This is very science-y, friends. But very cool! Here‘s a link if interested: https://www.thoughtco.com/cladogram-definition-and-examples-4778452
#weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

Happiest of birthdays, Harper! We hope it‘s fabulous 😊 #LitsyLoveBirthdayWishes #LitsyLoveCrew #LitsyLove

Okay, so I‘d checked this out from the library, started it, and it made me so uncomfortable. Then, lovely @AmyG gifted it to me and I figured the universe must be trying to tell me to read it. I ended up absolutely HOOKED. Yes, it‘s SO CRINGY at times, and there are definitely triggers. I hated Doug with a passion. Just wow, this could easily be a favorite of the year for me.

Did I just preorder this? Yes. Yes, I did. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I‘m on time for this one 😂 Happy birthday, Veronika! Hope it‘s amazing! #litsylovebirthdaywishes @starlight97

Sorry for my lateness…. again 🤦‍♀️ Hope you had a great birthday yesterday, Amy! @bookish_wookish #litsylovebirthdaywishes

Happy (late) birthday, Julia! Apologies for the delay! #litsylovebirthdaywishes

Happy (much belated) birthday, Lynne! Apologies for my lateness. #litsylovebirthdaywishes

Thanks to my current audiobook, I learned once again that there is a word for everything. Shari‘s story is riveting. Thankfully, I have enough of all the other types of guilt without adding this one 🤪🤦‍♀️😂 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

Today‘s the day! Here are February‘s picks, friends. Have fun! #readyourkindle #readyourkobo #readyourebooks #readyournook

How to describe this? Ultimately, I kind of loved it, but with reservations. I felt like there were too many storylines, and some of those weren‘t fleshed out enough. It feels like she tried to pack SO MUCH into the book but left out some important parts. That being said, I LOVE her writing and I love her characters. What does it say about me that some of Vera‘s “madness” made sense? 😂🤷‍♀️

Here is the prompt for February‘s #TBRtarot, friends! Have fun, tag me, and happy reading!

Friends, I seem to be in a slump 😢🤦‍♀️ Hoping that February is a better month! A few of you have posted your lists but here‘s my (late) list as a reminder for the rest. Enjoy! Numbers drawn on Monday! #readyourkindle #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo

Amy, Amy, Amy ♥️♥️♥️ Thank you, sweet friend/book twin/all around awesome lady 😘😘 @AmyG

Absolutely flipping brilliant. I‘m a lifelong Greek mythology nerd and his telling of these stories was a breath of fresh air. And the humor! Loved it.

I just really want this word to have something to do with cats 🐱😂 #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

@Jas16 you are the sweetest! Thank you for sending this to me - I can‘t wait to read it. Happy New Year to you ♥️♥️ Though I can‘t believe February is already almost here 😅😳

Amen, Armand. Amen. @Bookwormjillk you were right about it taking off. I‘m hooked on this one and already lost my disappointment from the last.

@CSeydel my heart is full of so many emotions after reading this beautiful book. I loved every minute of it. I wish I could write more but I‘m really just basking in this feeling that will without a doubt develop into a book hangover. Thank you for putting this on your list! ♥️♥️♥️♥️ #auldlangspine #ALSpine @monalyisha

Better late than never, friends! I‘ve been on a Bob Dylan kick lately and the term and lyrics (my favorites in the song) above are from one of my favorite songs of his: Visions of Johanna. Anyone ever play blind man‘s bluff as a kid? #weirdwordwednesday #weirdwords

Beautiful and sad. Loved it even more than Foster.
“He found himself asking was there any point in being alive without helping one another? Was it possible to carry on along through all the years, the decades, through an entire life, without once being brave enough to go against what was there and yet call yourself a Christian, and face yourself in the mirror?”

@CSeydel I don‘t know why it took me so long to read this! I think I‘ve been in a bit of a slump. Anyway, I LOVED it (I knew I would). What a crazy dysfunctional wacky family though - whew 😅😂 #auldlangspine @monalyisha

Thanks for the opportunity and happiest of birthdays, Lynn! I‘d love to have the tagged. #49bdaygiveaway @wanderinglynn

"That's England for you,' Gabi says morosely. Holes in everything. Your roofs leak. Woodworm in all your old furniture. And I've tried Jammie Dodgers. Disgusting.'
'It's about nostalgia,' Alice says gently. She is used to Gabi's sudden bursts of disapproval. I suppose it's about what the biscuits represent, rather than the biscuits themselves. What's your top nostalgia snack in Brazil?”
Gabi says, 'None. In Brazil, we move on.'

@JessieKB thank you so much! I can‘t wait to read this 👏🏻👏🏻 And the chocolate - so much chocolate 😋 I also loved the whole gingerbread theme and your sweet card. Happy Little Christmas Swap Day! #littlechristmasswap @bookish_wookish

Hey @tpixie it would‘ve taken me forever to find my original post, so here‘s a repost just for you 😊 The only change is that I draw numbers on the 3rd of the month, not the 5th. You can read as many of those drawn books as you want, *but* reading anything from your Kindle/ereader counts! Hope this helps 😊

Whyyyyy did it take me so long to read this? I blame the holiday blues. I‘ll admit that I got a little angry at the ending, because it felt unfinished and just not “right” somehow. Then I realized that Louise just threw a cliffhanger in there 😂 I‘m so confused 😂 #readyourkindle

Time to #readyourkindle #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo 😊👏🏻😀♥️ Happy reading, friends! Don‘t forget to tag me in your posts, I love seeing them all.

@CSeydel I started this on audio today and can already tell that it will affect me deeply. As a former hospice nurse, I‘m very aware of unnecessary and often more painful medical interventions that hurt rather than help. There is such a thing as a “good” death, one that allows quality of life in those last days/months rather than quantity. #ALSpine25 @monalyisha

Happy New Year, friends! Here‘s to reading lots of good books 📚🎇 And here is our prompt for January - very appropriate, I think 😊 Have fun! Let me know if you want to be added or removed from the tag list. #TBRtarot

Alright, alright, alright, my peeps! Who‘s ready for 2025? I‘m not 😂🫣😅 Thanks for tagging along with me for this challenge - I hope it‘s helped you clear those TBR mountains! That being said, please let me know if you‘d like to be added or removed from my tag list. Here‘s to another year of #readyourkindle, #readyourebooks, #readyournook, and #readyourkobo 🎇⭐️♥️

And with this book, I‘ve read three out of four. To say that I can‘t wait for Air would be a massive understatement. Every book in this series is special, but Fire was much darker and a bit more unsettling. How is John Boyne so brilliant? I‘d probably burst into tears if I met him in person 😂♥️

Apologies for the crappy pic - I really should take a better one because THIS BOOK, y‘all. It deserves to be celebrated. Loved it! Checked all my boxes 👏🏻👏🏻

I love color words! The bird is a flavescent bulbul, and the fish is a flavescent peacock (a type of cichlid). Apologies for not posting the past two weeks, friends! #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday

Mailing today 🎄🎄🎄 #littlechristmasswap #LCS @bookish_wookish

Total impulse grab from KU. I‘d never heard of Torre but definitely want to read more from her! This book was banana pants bonkers and featured possibly one of the most twisted, evil main characters ever. I flew through it! #readyourkindle (omg I actually read a drawn number 😂)

I didn‘t know if I‘d like this, but I didn‘t expect to absolutely LOVE it. Margo is my kind of “heroine” - flawed, insecure, funny, a bit sad, but ultimately kick ass. This book blew me away.

Loved it, loved it, LOVED it. If you like a family drama - especially with (my favorite) dysfunction - this is the book for you. @AmyG have you read this? If not, I‘m sending to you along with another one I recently read that I think you‘ll love. #TBRtarot gifted by @BookBosomed1 (thank you, Lindsey ♥️)

Okay Carrie, I‘m excited! And I gave you double this amount on my list 🫢🫢😂😂 (I can never narrow it down). I‘ve read #6 and #10 (loved both), but none of the others 👏🏻 I‘ll start with I‘m Sorry You Feel That Way since I bought it recently (have you read Our Fathers by Wait? Excellent book). Yay! @CSeydel
#auldlangspine2025 #ALSpine2025

Who hit 100,000 Litfluence??? ME!!!!! 🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

Absolutely brilliant. I‘ll always love a story about a badass female heroine, but Martha Ballard is more than that and the author‘s love for her emanates from every page. It isn‘t an easy book to read, but seems necessary, especially considering the state of women‘s rights today. The fact that events in 1790 could parallel anything in 2024 - baffling. Anyway, read this, y‘all!

I consider myself semi knowledgeable in Greek mythology, but Stephen Fry is letting me know that there is still much more to learn! Bosporus and Oxford are basically the same word and get their origins from the story of Io (and Zeus being a cad, again). Plus I learned why the peacock is sacred to Hera! Enjoy 😊 #weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Io_(mythology)