#SundayFunday
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs! 😘
I can usually keep 3-4 going at the same time--if my brain is functioning at full capacity. 🤪
Play? @ThePageShifter @barkingmadread @mcctrish
#SchoolSpirit
#pencil
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Simply the best. ✏️
#ShardlakeSeriesBR
Hey, Shardlakians~
A fun October fest awaits with the #HauntedShelf, hosted by @PuddleJumper! The link below will take you to her original post where you can sign up! This is right up our Tudor dark alley, so to speak--since what we're reading fits and counts as a readathon for all of October! 🧡🎃🧡
Link to sign up: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2771648
Daisey, PurpleyPumpkin, AnneCecilie, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, jenniferw88, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, batsy, Chrissyreadit, kwmg40, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, bthegood, lil1inblue, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, Karisimo, BookWrym
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
Hey, Sherlockians~
A fun October fest awaits with the #HauntedShelf, hosted by @PuddleJumper! The link below will take you to her original post where you can sign up! This is right up our Watsonian dark alley, so to speak--since what we're reading fits and counts as a readathon for all of October! 🧡🎃🧡
Link to sign up: https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2771648
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, AnnCrystal, CrystalE02
#TLT #ThreeListThursday
See the link below for the list of SPOOKY HALLOWEEN READS recommended by Littens. The spreadsheet is available to EVERYONE to edit, so if you want to add any books (like people sharing their TBR's for #HalloweenShelf, please do so. Books don't have to be near Halloween or even spooky. Cozy mysteries, regular mysteries--it's all good! ⬇️
Here's the link: https://shorturl.at/pkmCa
Tagged people who contributed to the list.
It hasn't been below 100ºF (37.7778ºC) in Phoenix since May 26th. 😳
Today's forecast. Dare the phoenix finally rise from the ashes? 🤞🏻
#SchoolSpirit
#homecoming
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
A lovely YA read. 🩶🧡🩶
#HauntedShelf @PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #frightclub
Here's my hopefully doable TBR for October. 🎃
#hauntedshelf @PuddleJumper @Jadams89 #frightclub
Quick question: Do buddy reads count as readathons? Ex.: #NoPlaceLikeHolmes is reading Halloweeny SH stuff the entire month of October. #NancyDrewBR is reading a mystery in October. #ShardlakeSeriesBR is reading a dark Tudor-mystery read in October. The #hashtagbrigade is reading DRACULA for the entire month of October.
#5JoysFriday @debinhawaii (thanks for the tag; you, too, @Eggs! 😘)
1. Mailing out my #LitSolace autumn cards.
2. Writing postcards to get people to vote in November.
3. Getting ready to high-five Randy Johnson's Bobble-Mascot at the D-Backs game on Wed.
4. Tuesday night's debate + a hat to show how easy it is to pronounce Kamala's name. Perhaps Trump should wear it so he'd remember. 😂
5. Pippa, Kate, & Matt. #always
Play? @AmyG @batsy
#ihavequestions @RaeLovesToRead (thanks for the tag! 😘)
AUTUMN: DRACULA by Bram Stoker: a recurring fall read for me.
WINTER: A CHRISTMAS CAROL by Charles Dickens: a recurring winter read for me.
SPRING: PRIDE AND PREJUDICE by Jane Austen: I always think of Pemberley in the spring.
SUMMER: THE GREAT GATSBY by F. Scott Fitzgerald: nothing says summer to me like the climatic scene at the Plaza Hotel.
#SchoolSpirit
#graduation ... #graduate
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
And here's to you, Mrs. Robinson. 🥂
Look what arrived, @Catsandbooks! And two adorable bracelets! I'm starting to write them right now while watching ASU football. Glad to be doing a little something for this momentous election! ❤️🇺🇸💙
#TLT
My October recommendations! #frightclub #hauntedshelf @jadams89
1. THE ELEMENTALS: McDowell is the one who wrote the original screenplay for BEETLEJUICE. true horror at its Southern Gothic best.
2. HALLOWE'EN PARTY: gotta have at least one Christie, right?
3. THE HOUND OF THE BASKERVILLES: My #1 book of all time. The scary moors, a howling hound, a man literally scared to death, and Holmes & Watson. #perfection
#SchoolSpirit
#FieldTrip
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
A field trip ... or IOW ... #playinghooky 😄
#poetrymatters
#variant ... variations 🤷♀️
@TheSpineView
And it's off! Here's hoping my Litten likes it! Thanks for being such fabulous hostesses, @Chrissyreadit and @Avanders! 🩶🧡🩶
#FFFS #FallingForFallSwap
#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
I've been seeing lots of Halloween posts lately, and I need help finding some fantastic spooky reads. I bet others do, too! So, for this week' #TLT, please share some of your favorite spooky reads by filling out the survey below. I'll then create a spreadsheet for ALL of us to share. The more people who do this, the better the list we'll have! Please tag a few, too!
Here's the survey link: https://shorturl.at/Npiu0
mcctrish, DebinHawaii, BookmarkTavern, wanderinglynn, Megabooks, Daisey, peaKnit, melissajayne, Soubhiville, Crazeedi, tpixie, erzascarletbookgasm, Cuilin, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, Amiable, PurpleyPumpkin, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Susanita, Lynnsoprano, Gissy, OutsmartYourShelf, Blueberry, Vansa, Born.A.Reader, Bklover, Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick, Aimeesue, TheLudicReader, Larkken, TrishB, jenniferw88, julesG, TieDyeDude, Deblovestoread, Librarybelle, thebacklistbook, mom2bugnbee, batsy, vivastory, Eggs, Chrissyreadit, Read4life, StayCurious, Itchyfeetreader, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, Sace, Monica5, kwmg40, rwmg, CindyMyLifeIsLit, CatLass007, vonnie862, Q84, Mollyanna, BookwormAHN, Traci1, eeclayton, TheBookgeekFrau, CSeydel, Ruthiella, CoffeeNBooks, RamsFan1963, TheSpineView, EadieB, CBee, Bookish_Viking, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, ImperfectCJ, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Fr3NcHtOaSt, RaeLovesToRead, Blackink_WhitePaper, Cupcake12, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, bthegood, lil1inblue, The_Penniless_Author, PageShifter, LiseWorks, The_Book_Ninja, julieclair, AllDebooks, AnnR, Karisimo, AnnCrystal, CrystalE02, BookWrym
#WondrousWednesday
@Eggs (thanks for the tag! 😘)
1. The number one place I want to visit is Dartmoor, to see the moors.
2. Because of this book, my all-time favorite. ❤️
Play? @TheLudicReader @Sleepswithbooks @AmyG
#SchoolSpirit
#mascot
@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Some of Arizona's mascots: upper level are the pros, lower lever are our three biggest universities. 😊
#Two4Tuesday
@TheSpineView (thanks for the tag--you, too, @The_Penniless_Author! 🤩🤩🤩)
1. I've not traveled much, but I was lucky enough to visit the MET in NYC. Here is my face the whole time I was in there: 😮
2. Tagged!
Play? @lil1inblue @OutsmartYourShelf @Karisimo
#middlegrademonday
@karisimo
I can't believe it'll be 23 years on Wednesday. 😔
#GridironGab @Kadagul
🏈 All-Time: U of A Wildcats (my college alma mater)
🏈🏈 I still root for ASU (U of A's big rival) because my dad brought me up on the AZ Sun Devils. Also root for the AZ Cards, Detroit Lions (whole family is from Michigan), and Michigan
🏈🏈🏈 I love to watch with Matt and sometimes family (as long as they're not too obnoxious! 😂 We're serious about watching the game. 🤩
🏈🏈🏈🏈 Watching at home is our favorite place.
#SundayFunday
@BookmarkTavern
The tagged, 1984 by Orwell. Where would the country be now since so much of what he predicted has come/is coming true. 😱
#weeklyfavorites
@Read4Life
I think quite a few of us chose this one this week. 🧡🩶🧡
pick#readtheceruleansea @CBee
What don't I love about this book? Nothing. I laughed, I cried, I got goosebumps in all the right places. Then I read a bit more about the background, and it was partially inspired by the Sixties Scoop, where the Canadian government removed Indigenous children from their homes and placed them with unrelated white, middle-class families. What they endured was beyond horrific, so perhaps Klune felt the need to show ⬇️
so-soIt only took me almost 3 months, but I finally finished this, #CampLitsy! I thought of quitting many times, but something inside of me wanted to finish. Learning about the culture and delicious descriptions re: food was what made me want to finish. The story itself dragged on way too long, and I found most of the characters unlikable, especially Kajii, the so-called serial killer who is set to go on trial. Too much telling and not enough showing.
pickRUTH? pub. 1853
MADAME BOVARY? pub. 1856
ANNA KARENINA? pub. 1873
TESS OF THE D'URBERVILLES? pub. 1891
All four are about women adulterers (referred to as “whores/harlots/wicked women“ in some of these novels, thanks to the societies they lived in). Gaskell paved the way for the other (perhaps) more famous novels. Her writing? Exquisite. Ruth's story? Tragic. Do I want to read more Gaskell? Absolutely.
#SaturdayChatterday
@AllDebooks
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs!
1. So far, yes. Slept in, and am staying in as it is currently 105º outside. 🥴
2. Matt's watching the D-backs, I'm doing Litsy and #LitsyLove and #LitSolaceFallCardSwap cards. We're lying low today, reading and watching college football once the D-backs are done.
3. Cozying up in the den with Matt and the pups.
4. Books: THE GOD OF THE WOODS and THE HOUSE IN THE CERULEAN SEA: both rock!
FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl
Thanks for the tag, @Eggs! 😘
“It was almost sweet the way they worried about me.“
One day late. 🧡
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles
Thoughts, Sherlockians?
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, AnnCrystal, CrystalE02
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles
Thoughts, Sherlockians?
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, AnnCrystal, CrystalE02
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles
Thoughts, Sherlockians?
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, AnnCrystal, CrystalE02
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles
Thoughts, Sherlockians?
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, AnnCrystal, CrystalE02
#NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Cuilin
#TheHoundOfTheBaskervilles
Thoughts, Sherlockians?
Daisey, erzascarletbookgasm, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Born.A.Reader, Aimeesue, Larkken, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, Sace, CatLass007, Mollyanna, curiouserandcurioser, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Blackink_WhitePaper, RayHallucinogen, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse, AnnCrystal, CrystalE02
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