pickDid you dress up for Halloween?
My three-year-old was channelling her inner Peppa and had about a zillion costume ideas. She ended up having two - a knight and a cat!
This book (thanks for the review copy Candlewick Press!) has been an instant favourite in our house!
Peppa is trying to come up with a unique costume idea but her friends have all already called dibs on them! Don't worry, she ends up with a super cute outfit!
pickUmmm why haven't I heard of this book before??
✔dystopia
✔everyone can hear each other's thoughts all the time
✔mystery virus kills all the women
✔oh wait it didn't there's a girl 😱
✔cutest talking dog ever
✔did I mention the constant and inescapable mind reading?
✔trilogy
I can't wait to read the next book!!
I looved this story sent to me from Candlewick Prrss for review! Thanks!
If you had a super power which one would you want?
pickOur bedtime book tonight!
This simple chapter book (with four books in it!) with adorable characters is great for beginner readers.
Thanks to Candlewick Press for the review copy!
"In a hole in the ground there lived a Hobbit."
"If you look the right way, you can see that the whole world is a garden."
?Frances Hodgson Burnett
"Do you know why this world is as bad as it is?... It is because people think only about their own business, and won't trouble themselves to stand up for the oppressed, nor bring the wrong-doers to light... My doctrine is this, that if we see cruelty or wrong that we have the power to stop, and do nothing, we make ourselves sharers in the guilt."
?Anna Sewell
"Believe me, my young friend, there is nothing - absolutely nothing - half so much worth doing as simply messing about in boats."
?Kenneth Grahame
Our bedtime story/song tonight!
Is it bad I had to go on YouTube for the music? 😂 Like I know the song but I just totally blanked! Tell me I'm not the only one 😉
Happy Canada Day! ?
Here is a non-comprehensive list of awesomeness you have Canada to thank for:
?LM Montgomery
?Poutine
?Ryan Gosling
?Excessive "sorries"
?Hawkins Cheezies
?Margaret Atwood
?Timbits
?The Barenaked Ladies
?Hockey
?Robert Munsch
?Kraft Dinner
?Mounties
?Insulin
?Nanaimo Bars
?Garbage bags
?eh?
What do you think the best thing from Canada is?
We went and saw the Han Solo movie last night! I was pleasantly surprised. I didn't know anything at all about his backstory so there was a lot of new info for me! I loved his and Chewie's meeting 😂 And the actor they picked for young Han did a great job of being young Harrison Ford without it seeming too forced!
Have you seen it? What did you think?
pickThis is one of our favourite bedtime stories!
✔ Bookworm main character
✔ Gorgeous illustrations
✔ Perfect rhyming verse
✔ Adorable characters
✔ Poop
✔ Saves the day with books
My next read thanks to Candlewick Press!
Has anyone else read this yet??
21 years ago today! Happy birthday, Harry ⚡
How old were you when you first read Potter? I was 12, and even though 12 is definitely old enough to not expect my letter, a tiny part of me hoped that Canadian Hogwarts sent letters at 12 instead of 11 😂
#Hogwarts #HarryPotter21 #always
pick🌷Giveaway time again!🌷
Lonely Planet is doing an #ExploreEveryDay tag this month and so I wanna hear what you like to do to explore!
Do you take the scenic route to work? Get dug in to your garden? Walk the pooch? Meander in the forest? Get lost in a good book?
To enter to win one of these awesome books just do the following:
🍁Live in Canada
👵Be 18 or older
👭Tag a friend
🍩Eat a doughnut
🌍Tell me how you like to explore!
Got super exciting news that this picture of mine from my Instagram (@booksinthewild - I'm doing a little giveaway on that account) is up and displayed at Instagram HQ right now! They asked me ages ago and I said yes but it had been so long I didn't think they were still using it.
What's your favourite outdoorsy book?
Got 63 books for $20 from the library book sale today! Woooo! 📚📚📚📚📚
pick✔Complicated protagonist
✔Adoption
✔Victorian language of flowers
✔Heartache
✔Second chances
✔Homelessness
✔Beautiful imagery
✔Foster care system
✔Flashback narration
✔Hope
pickMy daughter turned 6 this week and this is the cake she requested 😂😍
#proudmama
pick🎉GIVEAWAY TIME🎉
It's time for #PlayTestShare from Raincoast Books again!
There are so many cute games, books, and toys to choose from this season 😍
Check out my blog www.quillable.ca for all the ways to enter, but if you want some extra entries just follow me and tag some friends in the comments below! Each friend counts as a separate entry.
Not affiliated with Litsy, Lithuania, or Liguini.
Open to Canucks aged 18+ only 🍁
pick✔Time travel
✔Outlander-y type of 🎶Should I stay or should I go🎶 dilemma
✔Plague
✔True love
✔Neurosurgeon female MC
✔Political drama
✔Assassination
✔Premonitions
✔Hunky Medieval painter
✔The Medici family
✔Easy read
pick✔Fairytale retelling
✔Stars a villain (Queen of Hearts)
✔Secret love
✔Irritating cat
✔Adventure
✔Ambition
✔Delicious treats
✔Creepy Jabberwock
pickI finally read this classic... And it was even better than I'd hoped! (I could have done without the interjections from Goldman, but such is life.)
The actual meat of the book was fantastic. Backstories galore!
✔Fencing
✔Fighting
✔Torture
✔Poison
✔True Love
✔Hate
✔Revenge
✔Giants
✔Death
✔Passion
✔Miracles
#litsy #bookreview #litsywelcomewagon #princessbride #classics
pickAn Indian girl living in Saudi Arabia ends up dead in a car accident... with a boy she isn't related to.
Addresses issues of:
✔Heritage
✔Abuse
✔Assault
✔Race
✔Polygamy
✔Double standards
✔Mental health
✔Prejudice
"She collapsed in the snow, hoping that for the first time, she'd feel something like cold."
-Melissa Bashardoust
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#quote #bookquote #yalit #yabooks
pick✔ Super fresh take on retellings
✔ Complex characters
✔ Complicated mother-daughter relationship
✔ LGBT romance
✔ Magiiiic ⭐
✔ Redemption
✔ PG-rated
