4⭐ I went into this thinking it was a picture book and it‘s not. It‘s a short graphic novel about a boy and his grandmother. His grandmother is a Jew who immigrated from America and her memory isn‘t always what it should be. These two spend the day going around New York City collecting things they will need for dinner, but a lot of the stores and things have disappeared. The reader sees many flashbacks of grandmother‘s life and her adventures and

3 ⭐ I really wanted to like this book. This book is about a student who is not happy that it‘s picture day. They wear their hat all the time. She uses this hat to because she has a face full of freckles. They feel different from their classmates and the last thing they want is to have their picture taken. Her classmates take her in hand, and they come up with a perfect idea to get the perfect picture day.

3 ⭐This is a so-called interactive children‘s picture book where the reader is given instructions to do with the book that creates the action on the next page. Press Here was the best, and now the standard which I measure these books against. While the illustrations are lovely and top-notch, the story is a bit long and the instructions don‘t seem to be as playful as the standard bearer.

2 ⭐This book is supposed to be about processing loss and I‘m not sure I get it.This character has a balloon. They have fabulous adventures, but the character knows that eventually the balloon will go away. We follow along the adventures until one day, the balloon is handed off to another character, as if instead of saying goodbye, it‘s saying it‘s time to move on \ I don‘t think it gets the point they‘re trying to make.

4 ⭐ This was quite a lovely read. The story rhymes and it takes you through a journey of all the things a child could be when they grow up. I don‘t mean things like a fireman or a doctor but things like kind be a thinker be a traveler. It was lovely and lyrical, and the illustrations have this soft, so realistic quality that is just enjoyable to turn every page.

3 ⭐ What the F did I just read. This story is at times hard to follow and a tad bit disturbing. At the same time you want to know what happens next. It‘s like the car crash you can‘t look away from. I‘m not even sure where the title comes from. You have two characters. One is a popular girl, and the other is a geeky nerdy boy. They end up stuck together because of UFOs and evil spirits. They must find a way to work together,

3 ⭐ This book is a connector. It‘s called Robin and we meet Robin, but it isn‘t really about Robin. It‘s about the Teen Titans finally coming together and starting to figure out their powers and what is going, on who is HIVE and what do they want. This book is very much filler, and get you exactly nowhere. I do like with the story arc is going and hope it continues but also hope that the wait isn‘t as long for the next book.

4.5 ⭐ This is the second book in the series, and it is adorable. Sloths are exactly how you expect them to be… slow. And our little girl, Sasha Patient Pruitt is fast. She wants to go swimming, but she hast to wait for Mr. Sloth, which means she hat to find her patience. She also learned that sometimes the wait is worth the reward. This book is just all lovey-dovey and gives a warm smiley feeling to the reader. I love these 2

5 ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐\If there was ever a picture book, meant to rip your heart out and stomp on it, it‘s this one. But it is done in such a beautiful and loving way that this will be a very heavy contender for top book of the year and its only January. A little girl sees an old man eating alone every single day on her walk to school and one day he‘s not there. When he returns on the third day, she hast to go talk to him. Why wasn‘t he there?

3.5 ⭐ Going into this book blind I would‘ve thought this was a ghost story. However, it‘s a retelling for the Shining but for a much younger audience. It‘s not a strict retelling, but it‘s about the Underlook Hotel in Estes Park. It‘s about the writer who lives in that hotel with his son Danny, and the ghosts that inhabit it. It‘s also about a girl from the community who hates everything about the hotel and the young boy who has come to

2 ⭐ This book is a DNF. I am listening to an audiobook from the publisher, and it just cannot keep my attention. It‘s a sci-fi set in Japan, but at the same time involves castle and train travel and modern society, and it just is not working together well enough to keep my attention. I am 15% of the way in and have no idea what is going on and so for me this story ends

4 ⭐This was a fun, mysterious semi-crazy read. It is very reminiscent of the Westing Game but adapted for a more mature audience. We have a girl, Avery who lives with her sister, and they are barely scraping by. Avery hustles poker in order to make sure her favorite homeless man gets breakfast, she sleeps in the car when her sister‘s boyfriend insists he must be with in the apartment, and she just found out that a man in a slick suit has been

⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐5 ⭐ Alex is a pigeon that enjoys art. He visits the museum often and makes his own art. His other friends think he is a little weird, but they love the odd and colorful gifts he gives, and they really do support their friend. They support him so much that they decide they‘re going to get his art into the museum. This book was just such a fun read. It really puts a smile on your face. The friends they have their own color commentary

3 ⭐ This book sets out with the intention of breaking stereotypes. Letting girls know that there‘s no such thing as a boys, job or a girls job and boys are in the same thing. This girl plans on being an astronaut. The story is not quite non-fiction but it‘s a little bit more than your average picture book. It talks about the concepts, but in this hopeful future looking way overall, it works not the biggest fan of the illustrations but it works

3.5⭐ This represents book 34 of the Revenge of the Sisterhood series. Nikki and Jack been hard-working lawyers as well as their side work with the sisterhood, but they decided it‘s time to get away and take a little break. Too bad that work goes with him in the form of a car bomb. An injury takes place and the sisterhood is out for revenge. Overall, this book with a nice comfort read.

4 ⭐ This graphic novel is both heartbreaking and contemplative. Its the story of a modern family both past and present, and the difference in life between two mothers. The author gives us the true accounts of her, her mom, her dad, brother sisters, and how it correlates to the life that she lives now. This graphic memoir has been chosen as an NEA big read book for this year, and after reading it, I understand why.

4 ⭐ This is a fun holiday entry into this wildly adventurous series. Clemeny is still working for the Red Hood Society, and she‘s been taken off her werewolf patrol and put the case of missing children. There‘s something a little off about these missing children because things are getting left behind like some collie birds and five golden rings. Not only does Clemeny have to solve this mystery, she‘s got the hots for her boss.

4.5 ⭐
This was so much fun. Did you know in middle school Bruce Wayne was not super yet all the other kids around him were? He was let into the school because his parents paid for it. All he to be is a vigilante. Alfred, his butler, is like no thank you. Try as he might Brucei still cannot be super enough to make his vigilante dreams come true. But with some hard work, determination, and lots of laughs, he will have the beginnings

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Can you please send me your current addresses to MissRyanAF at Gmail dot com. I went to order your birthday books today, and even though you have wishlists, when I go to order it only wants to send to me. I do not know what the heck is going on.

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Yeah all,

I know I have been bad. We have had a major transition at work, and I just have not had time for anything, including the Litsy Awards. So I am going to leave the nominations up for the rest of this week, and then this weekend, start the voting rounds. So if you finished up something, you still have time to nominate!!

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4⭐️ This is a simple story of one family meeting their cousins from a far off distance. This is an indigenous story from the anishinnabe people. The story is simple but the inclusion of the indigenous words and the indigenous art style is very helpful in projecting the heart of the story

4⭐️Green Lantern goes someplace it‘s never been before to the far sector. Our green lantern is new with a new type of experimental ring that she has been sent to the far sector of the universe is to help solve a murder and bring peace to 20 billion people. I went into this graphic novel with no realization it was going to be a Green Lantern story. Green Lantern was not a superhero. I grew up with and unfortunately only really have Ryan Reynolds

4⭐️ Syv is the seventh snow cat Prince. We start this book with a story of the eldking who used to rule over the land. But the eldking has been missing for a long time. When syvs father passes away, a new king must take his place maybe not an eldking but a new king. The kingdom that he lives in is poor and the people are untrusting of the big cats who just want their gold. Syvs too nice to the people in the community so his six brothers come up

4⭐️ This was a really fun and interesting graphic novel. Zoe has been homeschooled her entire life and is now going to school for the very first time in the middle of a semester during middle school. Zoe‘s parents are coders, and she learned from them. She developed her own app, called the cool code to help her in every day life to be a better person than she already is. But her original app is not as good or work as well as it should. ⬇️

4⭐️ This was a really fun elementary level graphic novel. It would fit nicely in collections such as Norwall and jelly. It has simple concept to understand is full color and is very tongue-in-cheek. Kids are going to love it. Can‘t wait for volume to to find out what Noem does for his birthday.

4.5⭐️ This is a cozy picture book for kids about giving books on Christmas Eve and spending the night reading. This audiobook was well done with music and sound effects and just made what‘s already a lovely book a magical delight. There is an Icelandic tradition called johodkflood and this is a more international version of that tradition. This is a tradition that would be lovely to see families pass on or start as a new tradition for themselves.

4.5⭐️ This was a darling holiday story. Is it extremely predictable of course. What really matters is the book worth the trip and yes it is. Stella runs a small Christmas tree farm and her business is in a bit of trouble. She enters a social media contests to get more publicity and possibly win a $10,000 prize. However, she lies on her application and says that her and her longtime boyfriend bought, and run the place together. ⬇️

2⭐️ This is fat phobic garbage. I made it 6% of the way through the audiobook, which is only 3 1/2 hours and decided I‘m done. Our fat character is a guy and for the first however long I‘ve listen to now 30 minutes 45 it‘s just he‘s so down on himself and his weight and he ends up twitching his back. his brothers a doctor. Who says the only way you‘re going to get better is to lose weight. Physical therapy is fine but you have to lose 15 to 20 ⬇️

2⭐️ I‘m officially DN effing this book at 48%. I just can‘t take it anymore. Our main gal Ivy is jealous, semi-conniving, selfish, and a few other adjectives I can‘t think of. She‘s a screenwriter who wanted to stay in LA. She had been dating Nick since they were in eighth grade. They went from best friends to boyfriends to lovers to broken up. She was planning on asking Nick to stay in California with her while she became a script writer but⬇️

Ok y‘all. I completely forgot about the #LitsyAwards I guess late is better than never. So nomination portal is open. Nominations will go to New Year.

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3 ⭐ When this book starts out, it‘s almost like a holiday take on Schitts creek. Our main character, Matthew Prince is a New York socialite, who just bought an island with his parents money. His punishment is to be shipped off to the country to stay with his grandparents who don‘t come from money and won‘t take it, to keep his spending habits under wraps. Matthew Prince very much echoes David from Schitts creek: that rich preppy fish ⬇

4 ⭐ Narwhal and Jelly her back just in time for Halloween. Narwhal is so excited about the costume and the scary stuff and what he wants to be. He can‘t decide should he be a ghost, a vampire, movie star, who knows! However, Jelly does not like the scary stuff and dreads Halloween. But when a monster threatens his friend, he‘s going to put on his super cape and put his fears behind him. Just like all the Narwhal books, these are super fun.

3 ⭐ From the beginning, it is very obviously this book is about wanting time with family. Our main character has five Christmas wishes she will not share with anybody but Santa. We see her and her mom progressing about their day and mom gets a call from dad. Dad comes home from the military just in time for Christmas. As a former navy brat, I understand the sentiment behind this book. There were years we spent without my dad at Christmas and with

4 ⭐ Sometimes you read books you never thought you would read and that is the case with Blue Pills. Based solely on the cover, I would never have gravitated to this title, but I am glad I found it and that I have read it. The reading challenge, Booked2022 challenged you to read a book where the protagonist is HIV positive or has aids. What I love about this book is it shows a romance between someone who is HIV positive and someone who is not,

3.5 ⭐ This is a fun and cute read. It is a YA romcom. While it is set at Christmas, this book could be placed at any other time and the story would still be the same. I think selling it at Christmas is more of a marketing ploy, then integral to the story. This story is about two teenagers, whose families do not get along. It‘s not quite a Hatfield and McCoy type thing, but there is a business deal gone wrong decades ago. ⬇

So I don‘t own a #holidayjumper but this is what Rodney wore to work today!!

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So when people get their #christmascarss from me please be aware that my 9 and 11 year old nephews sealed them. So if it‘s a mess you know why. 😁❤️❤️

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I can always post pictures of my babies. This case it‘s dad dog Wiggles and the baby who is much bigger now.

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Last one. @andrew65 #winterreadathonchallenge

not done yet @andrew65 #winterreadathonchallenge

more memes @andrew65 #winterreadathonchallenge

more holiday memes @andrew65 #winterreadathonchallenge

Fav holiday memes. This is can do! @andrew65 #winterreadathonchallenge

I have been on Litsy for a long time. I have met some amazing people. Some of my favorites are @MrBook, and @chrissyreadit.

I see and interact with them on here, and also get random texts out of nowhere and it just makes me smile.

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My current beverage, snack and read while at my last day of work for the holidays. #winterreadathonchallenge @Andrew65

I always have a problem with question like my fav christmas song. There are just so many!

So for today,

Little Drummer Boy/Peace on Earth - the one by Bowie and Bing - the best version ever!

Hot apple cider. Always.

@thespineview @ Keppensol whose name I can not spell right and since i am on a desk top the autolook up doesn't work!

@andrew65 asked for #christmaslights and the first thing that popped into my head was Nightlights. I read this for LMPBC a while ago. I liked it, but didn't love it. Still have not read the sequel.

I have read this, but apparently it was before Litsy. Or maybe I just didn't review it on Litsy. No idea. It's not a bad book, but also probably not one many know about. If you are looking for a “food“ book for storytime try this one.

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