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#readinginthenewyearswap

Definitely a pick. Character driven, and easy to feel empathy for the characters. Glad I‘m doing the buddy read because I really have a lot on my mind with this book. I highly recommend reading her end section discussing history and her information.

Hope you will join us in a New Years Swap about reading goals and self care! There are sign ups for 1 book and 1 item, as well as bigger sizes. Open Internationally! Direct matches so you can cheer each other on beyond the swap if you choose.

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Show some litsy love to @revellbooks and check out their giveaway to celebrate 100 followers! (Ends today) tagging a few more who might. Be interested. @mabell @Avanders @cobwebmoth @TK421 @MeganAnn @BethM

Signed up! This should help me with #mountTBR and overlap some of my other challenges and help me with meeting my reading goals for 2020. #readingeurope2020

@BookwormAHN my #cbbc package arrived! Thank you! I am so excited you sent cute highlighters!!! My daughter keeps teasing me with hers but mine are so cute!!! One of my goals for 2020 is to annotate more often and use all my adorable stickies. 🧡🧡🧡

@wanderinglynn my prize arrived! I am so thankful! These are perfect to celebrate BFCR4 and that book sounds like one I would love- 🧡🧡🧡

I love this book, but I can‘t read it before bed because I‘m scared something awful will happen to Lilli or Charlotte. This reminds me a little of how I felt when I read Black Beauty as a child. I need some light reading before bed....

I just signed up. See @MaleficentBookDragon for sign up info. #jolabokaflodswap

I enjoyed this book. I thought it told a good story even though some of it seemed contrived to make it work. I liked the characters overall and the story within a story plot device.

What are your reading goals and/or favorite challenges? Hope you will share them on litsy!
#readinthenewyearswap

Super excited to have a swap around reading and bookish goals! Sign ups open Friday! This is open to everyone with three levels of participation . Hope you will join us!
#readinthenewyearswap

so thankful for Litsy and the beautiful energy shared by @BookwormAHN @Gissy @sprainedbrain 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡
1. A cup of tea or coffee, a cozy blanket in winter, a candle that smells like campfire, a good book or the movie Pride and Prejudice or a walk when I‘m able.
2. Sending blessings to @BethM @Bookzombie @cobwebmoth @Avanders @mabell @MeganAnn

Looking forward to hosting this with @MeganAnn
#readinginthenewyearswap

I have completed the Fall prompts for #booked2019 and have one book left from Summer to complete the challenge! Except for Among The Hidden (3.5 stars) I consider them all 4.5-5 star reads for me!
The question by Lies that comfort and betray is because protagonist becomes addicted to Opium in the book, but the main story is the mystery.

This book for middle grade up takes place during WWI. It was an excellent depiction of war on the home front of Scottish Lowlands and well written with emotional depth and understanding. I highly recommend it to anyone who reads historical fiction and war stories. #homeschoolhistory #bbrcdogsrule #booked2019 #soldierstory

Bfc really is an important part of my self care 🧡🧡🧡🥰

Am enthralled with this book! Downloaded because of a read along hosted by @Librarybelle If you like historical fiction, plague and great characters check it out! I will want an in hand copy of this - if only to be able to loan to friends.

Just completed notebooks 1-3 for the #lilliread looking forward to the discussion.

Seriously incredible. Brilliant, emotional, like being a part of the book. Spoken word poetry that completely pulled me into Xiomaras life. Highly recommend. #booked2019 #personofcolor

@BethM thank you so much for your thoughtfulness in returning my LMPBC book! I‘m so happy to give my son Ex Heroes! And have two more historical fiction books for my TBR. Are you participating in the Lilli De Jong read along? Hoping we can sign up to do LMPBC together again! Maybe with @Avanders and @cobwebmoth if they are available.

This book did take a while to get into, and it was enjoyable, but difficult to relate to the main characters. It also felt oddly two dimensional at times. But I liked it well enough to finally finish it. YA romance, friendship and classical music at a snooty school. Plus I finally completed Spring for #booked2019 with features a musician 🤣🥰😙

Mine are blankets, candles, coffee, bookmarks, stickies, pens, pencils and reading lights and time.

Please feel free to comment or copy and share 🧡🧡

Also would anyone be interested in a swap for bookish resolutions/new year new book goals?

Love this book so much! George knows she‘s a girl, and learns how to be her best self! #diversemiddlegrade #booked2019

1. Sara Donati/Rosina Lippi And Louisa May Alcott, and this was so difficult!!!
2. No questions, just lovely conversation.
3. Over 1,000 not sure of exact number.
4. @cobwebmoth @Avanders @Gissy @BethM @BethM
#wondrouswednesday

1.Everything but especially getting to know people who love reading.
2. I like all of it
3. Able to search a TBR and not start over again when I look at a book link.
4. Daily if not more
5.yes- I‘m an introverted extrovert and this feeds my social needs.
6. I would love to know what people who stopped using litsy thought- but everyone has different needs and views for social media- this is one niche. Also, it took me a year of observing before 👇

I‘m still hoping I can complete the 2019 challenge but I signed up for the 2020 challenge too! Brought to Litsy by @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft and @BarbaraTheBibliophage

@IamIamIam thank you!!! The books you sent are perfect for my clinics free library and I am sure they will fly off the shelves 🧡❤️🧡❤️🧡🥰 I wanted to take a better picture but I had back to back clients for 7 hours today. They are up on the shelves already though!

This is between a pick and a so so, as Haddix explores what if children has to be hidden- yet there are books and diaries where this is a reality to families around the world for centuries. It is an interesting way to introduce the topic to children who may not yet be aware that life can be difficult. #booked2019 #politicalintrigue #mounttbr

Gilded Age NYC, mystery, love, friendship, YA,
I loved this book! I‘m sad it‘s over. I highly recommend to fans of YA and historical fiction. Jennifer Donnelly is excellent.

I‘m working through two classes right now, but am determined to maintain my #bfc goal of self care with reading for pleasure every day. Not sure what would work weekly yet- so no forecast for me but I think these will fill prompts in both #booked2019 and #bbrc as well as complete my goodreads goal. Also some non fiction I‘ve assigned to my teens. Does library thing have a similar yearly goal? Shoutout to @WanderingBookaneer for 2 of these!

Currently reading These Shallow Graves. I‘m happy with my baby steps. I‘m also happy because BFC keeps me motivated in general without frustration. This has really been a huge deal for me 🧡🧡🧡

@teebe is hosting a #creepychristmas swap. See her page for more info!

@Mitch here is my cookbook shelfie . The two on the right I use most often. Monastery is not completely vegan but mostly and amazing. My other favorite is Oh She Glows. What are your favorites?
Anyone else love cookbooks and books about food?

Thank you @TheReadingMermaid for my #basicwitchswap package.

@Easytiger thank you so much for my #nightmareswap package! I love the books you chose! And 🖤the house witch🖤- so happy! I‘m also happy about The Witches Guide To Self Care- I share a copy with my daughter and now we can each have our own 🖤🖤🖤! Also thank you so much for the Vegan Gummies and tea 🧡🧡🧡

In my typical late fashion my kids are getting their All Hallows‘ Read books today. My poor niece received hers unwrapped.... books they are getting tagged in comments.

Ahhhh! I love my swap box so much! And an author annotated City of Brass! And my very first funko! The box was absolutely perfect- AND I have not yet watched It! I‘m so excited!!!! Thank you so much @BookwormAHN 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤 #allhallowsreadswap

My before- @BookwormAHN the picture does not do the wrapping justice 😍👏🙌 #allhallowsreadswap

This was my book choice for #LMPBC round 7, and I thought it would take longer to read- but I flew through it! I LOVED this book! The main character is perfect! Historical fiction about a strong, smart , sassy wet nurse. This is definitely a favorite of this year!

Would you join my book club?
@monalyisha it was very difficult to choose- especially as I choose books based on mood- but these are all books I think would be better with discussion. Thanks for sharing this great idea!
@megnews here‘s my list! I‘m tagging others to share their #myidealbookclub but everyone should feel free!

Loved it!!! So much!!! I gained new perspective and am so happy about that! This is great for children, friendships, deaf perspective, teachers and people who like to read.

I love these! Thanks for sharing @rather_be_reading

Here is my BFCR4 update: this week is a challenge with starting two classes. And sometimes days can be sad. Luckily tomorrow is a new day and it‘s Halloween Season. I‘ve read more- and watched a movie - Happy Death Day- I actually loved it.

Silly, fan fictiony, cliche, like a big cotton candy type of read. Also, fast. Would have been a good graphic novel.

My first #cbbc read! It was ok- I liked the cats role in it, and the location- a bookshop in NYC but I felt like the author was a little dated in execution for a present day book (unless I misunderstood the timing 2007ish). I would consider it a 2.5-3 out of 5.

1. I‘m passionate about learning.
2. @cobwebmoth is incredibly kind and generous.
3. Committing to making an amazing pot of soup this weekend and a yoga session with my kids.
#bfcgiveaway
@wanderinglynn thank you for doing this! You are also incredibly kind and generous!

@REPollock I‘m working this Halloween but my favorite costume was as Winter. My college roommates and I dressed as each of the seasons and made beautiful wreaths for our hair, and I wore a crocheted white dress with snowflakes painted on my cheeks. We won first place.
Congrats on your 10,000! Cheers to the next 10,000. #big10k

1. I think Dec 2016
2. I found out about it from a homeschool group on Facebook
3. Reading more.
4. Fantasy, sci Fi, historical fiction, mystery, nonfiction
5. I did not really start to get to know people until swaps- my First was @Gissy who tagged me and @Bookzombie - consider yourself tagged. Also tagging @cobwebmoth @Avanders @BethM @jenniferw88

This has been one long stress filled day. It‘s midnight and I am taking my few minutes for pleasure reading when I realized this entire moment was brought to me by #litsy- the book is part of #cbbc @BookwormAHN , the book sleeve I‘m using made by @BethM I believe and the bookmark from a swap but I can‘t remember which one....