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I‘ve been working on new book sleeves for the Etsy shop but had a question for those of you who purchase book sleeves - what size sleeve to you most commonly buy? I offer 3 sizes: small (7 x 9 in), medium (8 x 10 in) and large (9 x 11 in). Thank you in advance for all your responses!

Please recommend Booktube channels! There‘s too many to just hope I‘ll randomly find good ones.

My fellow Littens, I just got reamed out on Facebook from an admin of a group and a couple other members giving me crap for charging for professional reviews of books. They were pretty mean about it. Saying reviews should be done for the love of books and should always be free.

My question is, do you think it is okay for a person to make a living off of spending the time and effort to read and write reviews for books?

Thanks for the tag @Blaire sorry it took me so long!

1. Goodreads and book journal
2. First or third but any will do as long as it's done well.
3. Thankfully I will be asleep for the majority of it.
4. If you want to play consider yourself tagged!

Is anyone else having trouble with their notifications? I‘ve gotten a bunch of alerts but when I click on notifications there‘s only a message saying “You have no new notifications”

I tried logging out and back in - didn‘t help😕

Are suggested books still added to Litsy? I tried suggesting about a dozen of them when I first joined, and so far none are in the system. @Litsy

1. Yes. Normally one audio and one text. I can't do it otherwise I get mixed up.
2. Yes, when I can swing it.
3. Nope 😬
4. Nope
5. Occasionally but I don't seek them out.

My daughter wants us to trade books this Christmas Eve. She‘s 9 so she doesn‘t know how to pick, and now that I‘m on the spot I need some help!!
I need suggestions, I ❤️ ALL the 📖s!!
What‘s your favorite book?
📚🐉

1. It‘s a tie between jelly beans and licorice 2. This Side of Murder 3. This is tough! I‘d say Mediterranean , because it includes so much, but it‘s hard not to say Indian, which I love too. 4. Five, all younger than me, and only one with whom I‘m in contact, unfortunately. 5. Love to everyone 😘 #friyayintro

During the summer, about a day or two max. During the school year... sometimes up to a week.

#bookishquestionoftheweek
@BookishGirl06

1. I've read a bunch of biggies so not sure... maybe Les Miz? Pillars of the Earth? 2. Big books with lots of details. 3. no coffee. 4. Iced. 5. My bed. 6. Always was a reader.... but maybe Green Eggs and Ham by Dr. Seuss which I got as a gift when I was 4. @Jenni_Capps

1. The arrival of kiddo #2! 👶🏻
2. All of them! ❄️🌼☀️🍂
3. Love historical fiction, but hard to pick one period!
4. Between $10 & $30 (depends on #BOTM, let's be honest!)
5. The U.K. 🇬🇧 & the U.S. 🇺🇸 (but becoming more well-rounded is a goal).
6. My son (always worth it)... & Netflix (not always worth it).
7. 100+...easy. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️

Jan Owens is all of us.

#omagazine

#miscquestions @Sha0102
1. Machu Picchu
2. Prince Edward's Island
3. Jesus
4. My mother
5. Dunno - I read everywhere
6. Kindle
7. Not long -a couple of days?
8. At some point read the entire historical encyclopedia of Grimberg
9. The Corrections
10. Persepolis

Does anyone have any ideas on what they do to track character's across series? I do like some character series by authors but when books come out so far apart, it's hard to remember the details, especially from earlier books in big series. Authors like Patricia Cornwall, Jo Nesbo, Micheal Connelly, Ian Rankin, etc.

I need recommendations from the #littens. I would like to read a little bit more about political thoughts from the right. Probably more right of center is more accurate. But not sensationalism or polemic meant only to shock and enrage.

I read multiple books at once depending on the type of book. Some books need to be savoured and have all of my undivided attention.

#bookishquestionoftheweek
@BookishGirl06

1. Never
2. Dog ear, even though it goes against my being
3. Off
4. Short stories
5. Colorful

So, this is the poll I put together for our 20/30-Something Book Club based on all the suggestions members gave me. We're voting on our July, August, and September selections. 3 highest vote-getters get the nods. Members can vote for as many titles as they want, and almost every voter has been voting for 3 titles. 10 have picked already. Which among the 12 would you vote for? 😊 #MrBookWantsToKnow

Boost/bump for @Skeebies05 ! Can anyone help her?

I need help. I read a book a few years ago about three friends, one owned a bakery in the DC area, one had a husband who was running for office and the third was being abused by her husband. I can figure out what the hell this book was called or who wrote it. The husband who was running for office has a major melt down in the friends bakery. Any ideas?

@jess.how thanks for sharing this. I also felt silly when I found out what 2 were. Had fun.

I got 13/17 right on this book riddle quiz, and I'm kicking myself for two of them!! Wanna play? 🙂 ---> Can You Name The Best-Selling Book Title From The Visual Riddle?
https://www.buzzfeed.com/robinedds/can-you-name-the-classic-book-title-from-the-...

Is anyone besides me having trouble with the app today? Not seeing photos, can't post. I tried shutting down my phone, uninstalled and reinstalled the app, and still no go.

For all you Littens who also use Goodreads - is there a way to access the giveaways using the phone app? I don't see a link to the giveaways in the app anywhere, and it's a pain trying to log into the actual site using my phone, because it keeps taking me back to the app. Argh! And the Mikey-Cat refuses to give me any advice - he just wants to lie in the sunshine. Not that I blame him!

Ok so I'm using the power of Litsy to ask a question. My friend is looking for books about nuns and priests having affairs. Any ideas or suggestions?

does anyone use zotero? what do you think of it???