Van Gogh's Ear: The True Story | 
Via @puddlejumper https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2847581
#QueerBC April's author is Alan Hollinghurst! This is an author l'm aware of but never read anything by them. I think I have The Line of Beauty haunting my shelves somewhere
Have you read this author before? Drop any recommendations in the comments
Don't forget March's author is Bushra Rehman.
There is still loads of March left! How are we all getting on?
#QueerBC April‘s author is Alan Hollinghurst! This is an author I‘m aware of but never read anything by them. I think I have The Line of Beauty haunting my shelves somewhere
Have you read this author before? Drop any recommendations in the comments
Don‘t forget March‘s author is Bushra Rehman. There is still loads of March left! How are we all getting on?
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A little St Patrick‘s Day humor
#ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks
Well I know I already have a ton of books picked for past rolls for #BookishMonopoly that I still haven't read.... so what do I do??? Do some more. Haha. Will post more on Sunday with my picks hopefully.
My Russian copy of one of The Snegurochka tales came in the post today! I love this story so much. It has a kind of darkness to it, and there is no ‘happy ending‘…the art is gorgeous. (No, I don‘t know any Russian…we used the phone to translate). Just remember, Snegurochka means Snowmaiden.
❄️🌨️❄️
@ShyBookOwl #FirstLineFridays
“No house as ancient as Winter‘s End was ever entirely silent: even at eight years old, Sophy Winter knew that.”
My #5JoysFriday!
Magnolia buds on our tree!!!!
Getting ready for CT birds
Me in Madison Square Park NYC
NYC at the Museum of Book Art- incredible exhibit
Litsy for comfort & sanity
Rough week between work & my health so this was just what I needed this evening!
1. My oldest daughter‘s German Shepherd. She is so sweet. 🥹
2. My mom. She‘s 88 & I‘m blessed to still have her with me. ❤️
3. My oldest daughter‘s cat, Bats. He‘s a cutie ☺️
4. My youngest daughter‘s babies, RaRa & Gerald. RaRa used to be my mom‘s cat, but she wasn‘t able to take care of him anymore so my daughter took him. 🐈 #5JoysofFriday
5. Wilamina, my oldest daughter‘s other cat. She is sweet too 🥰
1. Frankie
2. Finished this diamond painting for my friends kiddo
3. Starting trip planning for Boston this summer
4. Coffee
5. Dinner tonight with a good friend
Thanks @Kshakal @DebinHawaii #5joysFriday
1* Finished the Katherine Center book
2*Starting the Shari Low book BC I love Christmas🎄
3*I liked this quote
4* Had sedation this afternoon for an endoscopy and chilling/napping at home now
5*Had an offer on the house, and now set for closing on April 9! Hallelujah
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Play? @TheSpineView @TheLudicReader @Sleepswithbooks
These tea-drinking, book-reading, cake-eating beauties popped up on pinterest and have me eager for the weekend!
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
Ugh, this week has been A WEEK! And Mercury turns retrograde starting tonight and that always bums me out 😖 My joys are tiny this week, but I found some:
1. Finished 1 great book and started another GREAT one
2. Didn‘t have to scrape ice off my windshield to drive to work
3. Coffee
4. A cardinal came to visit my bird feeder
5. Getting excited to see my family in IA in a few weeks for a 4-day weekend 🤩
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Today is Friday.
2. Next week is Spring break.
3. I‘m having tacos for dinner.
4. Reading good books.
5. Spring is here.
I finally finished my February Bookends post, in which I talk about my solo trip last month, uncomfortable interactions, and, of course, the books I read. Here's where it lives, if you'd like to check it out: http://imperfecthappiness.org/2025/03/13/bookends-february-2025/
3/100
Favorites:
The Song of Bernadette
The Ten Commandments
To Kill a Mockingbird
#ThreeListThursday #TLT
1/100
Favorite:
The Wizard of Oz
(The only one I‘ve seen on this list 😂)
Last week‘s #ThreeListThursday #TLT
Catching up on #ThreeListThursday
This is from two weeks ago.
10/96
Favorites:
Dances With Wolves
The Silence of the Lambs
Titanic
American Beauty
The Lord of the Rings
#TLT
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-
awards-list-2-nominations-for-best
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in seeing, or 3 you thought were horrible or a combo of whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
TLT @dabbe
Just wanted to jump on here really quick and say sorry. I didn't post any #StartASpark posts this week due to the fact that I have been super super sick. All I have been wanting to do is sleep or be in a bathroom. I am hoping to be my whole self by next week. 🙏 Thank you and sorry again.
P.S. I hope everyone has been liking the posts. if not, let me know what to change.
Ham, champ, and baked leeks with cheese for #FoodAndLit #Ireland
It was very tasty!
"This was real life.
And real life, when it wanted to be, was horrifying."
From Hatchet Hill (DI Haig Book 2) by David J Gatward
Well, better let the cat out of the bag! I haven‘t been posting much on Litsy lately because I‘ve started a business and it‘s been a crazy ride so far! I renovated my downstairs into a kitchen to create homemade candy and sweets 🍭 and we are already having so many people wanting orders! I am also doing book themed candies based off of new and upcoming books, and these are so fun to recreate! I can‘t wait to start reading again once the business⬇️
My Sammy crossed the rainbow bridge today. After a couple rough days, decided it was time. Poor guy had two tumors in his lungs and hadn‘t been eating much lately before stopping entirely yesterday. Two months shy of his 17th birthday. I‘m gonna miss my reading buddy. So heartbroken but hoping he‘s at peace now
#catsoflitsy
“In regular clothes, I'm a nobody,” Dean once reflected. “In a tuxedo, I'm a star.”
#CoverStories #Tuxedo
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Congratulations, @Texreader !
I love that Litsy has all the best of social media without the stuff I don't like. Here I find a thoughtful, considerate community of readers, a feed that's chronological without boosted posts trying to sell me personalized jewelry or bikini body programs, and a place to talk about books with people who get where I'm coming from (rather than the blank-stare/smile-and-nod I usually get IRL).
I have now regained access to my old Litsy account @vivastory
I will be posting from there from now on. Thanks for the warm welcome back! Sorry for the confusion, you're all the best!!
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#COVER STORIES
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: REPTILE
Isn‘t he a cute reptile? I guess he‘s a reptile. 😊
So happy to see that people are still doing #tuesdaytunes 🤘
Three of my favorite songs right now:
*Edith Frost Calling Over Time
https://open.spotify.com/track/2uGWfZhULc094jY5kTxt0L
*Mount Eerie Between Two Mysteries
https://open.spotify.com/track/1YyRRRrgFCCkVSBsQ3Pc0P
*Waxahatchee Catfish
https://open.spotify.com/track/6DVPrumoHEukExs6a76fAn
@tiedyedude
Of course I checked to see if my library hold was available before taking my lunch, and it wasn‘t. I check now (with no time left to go get it because I‘m my own worst enemy) and yep, now it‘s available
🤪🫠 Hurry up, 5:00!!!
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#COVER STORIES
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: DIRECTION
Cute title - I haven‘t read this book, have you?
#bookreport #weeklyforecast for the past two weeks. I might be getting smarter in my old age, but I‘ve started reading some of the books I earmarked for people for Christmas last year (and didn‘t give them) so I can give them to them this year. 😂
#WeeklyForecast
Haven‘t made any progress on King in the last week. Started the Chiaverini ARC because it‘s a familiar series. Nesting is fantastic so far on audio. And I‘m keeping up on daily reading. Still haven‘t started either print book.
I‘m actually still working on a book from the February #bookspin so I‘m picking short reads for this month‘s numbers.
My prompt #1 is “A First”.
My prompt #12 is “Paperback Crush”.
As always, thank you @TheAromaofBooks ! I hope the move is going ok.
Yesterday when I dropped off a new stack to my hospice patient, I told her that I could stay there and talk to her about books all day. She said, “that‘s the problem—you and I both have the same goddamned addiction!” 🤣📚📖📕🤓
