Welcome to Litsy!

Thank you Chrissy!! I don‘t know your handle, but I believe these two packages are for #JSwap2024!! Thank you!!

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#CHRISTMASCHEER
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: WREATH

#TuesdayTunes

One of my favorite winter albums. Link to December Snow https://youtu.be/z6dJO1JWdSI?si=JmBBtYFNE9S4M_BS

@TieDyeDude

#ChristmasCheer #Wreath

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Had hoped to get to this one this year but the days are zipping by.

My #ChristmasAtoZ bingo board update.

An anthology of poetry from 60 writers all over the world published to benefit Palestine.

At once heartbreaking and hopeful, this is a moving call for peace and an end to the genocide in Palestine. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

All proceeds from sales will be donated to The Sameer Project and mutual aids on Gaza Funds.

Reading Christmas at Starbucks. Very cute so far. #christmasnovella #happyholidays

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1-AM coffee and planning my day

2-The female protag is self-confident and resilient 🩵

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

Play? @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @marleed @kspenmoll

I've recently discovered Witcher 3 and not sleeping so I wanted to be realistic with my #MidweekMuddle

I will be really happy if I actually finish this and get more than 5 hours a night.

@TheAromaofBooks

#Two4Tuesday Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1. My morning coffee and scrolling through Litsy.

2. I have several books going at the moment and I‘m not sure any of the MCs could be described as having a “best trait” since they are all kinda flawed. I‘ll just go with Nancy Drew and say her best trait is determination.

Tagging @vlwelser @Kristy_K @zezeki @Arvena @KadaGul @AllDebooks @Avanders @Amor4Libros @Chrissyreadit

I‘m slowly redoing my bookshelves and finished these today! Lots of cleaning out and reorganizing!

#Ornament #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Front door natural wreath I purchased from a member of the American Heritage Girls!

#Wreath #ChristmasCheer

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My #Jolabokaflod swap package is here! I‘m so excited!

@MaleficentBookDragon @Jadams89

#WinterGames #XmasChaCha #Wardens2024 #ReadAway2024

A cute Audible holiday read. I liked the story & the characters.

🎄: 55

#ChristmasCheer #bowsandribbons
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#PoetryMatters #mistletoe
@TheSpineView #December

And then I got curious about The Execution of Emperor Maximilian painting by Édouard Manet. Poor Maximilian ?

@MaleficentBookDragon I am showing that it was delivered to my person, but I‘m not sure they got it. I‘ve been checking their posts and haven‘t seen the confirmation yet. Hopefully, it got to the right place. 😭🙏🏼 #JolabokaflodSwap2024

First Points Check In #WinterGames2024

7,610 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

2nd Round Of Bookish Monopoly For 2025

1. Set In The Future - Zodiac
2. Paranormal (Chance) - Trouble In Mudbug
3. Friend Picks - The Devil In The White City
4. 🩺 (Emoji) - The Devil Wears Scrubs
5. POC Author - Everything, Everything

Feel free to join in with me. You can either read the books I'm reading, do the prompts, or make your own board. Let Me Know If You Are! #BookishMonopoly

First Round Of Bookish Monopoly For 2025

1. LGBTQ+ Rep - Girls Of Paper And Fire
2. 5 or Less Characters (chance) - Project Hail Mary
3. 1991 (Random Yr Published) - What's Eating Gilbert Grape
4. Indie Book - Under Loch And Key
5. Person On Cover (Community Chest) - Quicksilver

Feel free to join in with me. You can either read the books I'm reading, do the prompts, or make your own board. Let Me Know If You Are! #BookishMonopoly

Day 15 Totals #WinterGames2024

Got two hours of reading done on The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAtoZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +20 each

Watched:
🎥 Dear Santa +5
📺 Mickey‘s Christmas Carol (Based on a Book) +10

+140 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

I don‘t know where the year has gone but I have doubled my reading goal since April … next year I‘ll have to up the goal to 150 or 200

Amazon Gift Card Giveaway!!

Follow bookwormbecky1969 on Instagram to enter.

Here is the link: https://www.instagram.com/p/DDpi3RYSjoy/

As promised, central Texas foliage and the leaves are falling everywhere

@dabbe @AllDebooks @TheSpineView @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ChristmasCheer #BowsandRibbons

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

I loved my #AuldLangSpine #ALSpine reads this year. I had read several on the list from @KadaGul previously and read these 15 books throughout 2024.
Thank you for pairing us up, @monalyisha 💙💙
Looking forward to another fun reading year in 2025.

My #CastTheDie update.

50% complete

#WeeklyForecast

Wasn‘t feeling well yesterday so I have some catching up to do.

#WeeklyUpdate

#Mistletoe #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#CHRISTMASCHEER
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: BOWS AND RIBBONS

Have YOU tried a SPINE POEM?

THE “TRANSLATION” IS BELOW:

THE SILENT SISTER “TOLD”

NECESSARY LIES “TO KEEP”

ALL THE DANGEROUS THING “AWAY!”

All three are reviewed on my blog and Goodreads!!

@diane.chamberlain.author
@stacyvwillingham

Here are my points for the first half of #WinterGames2024 🐉
#HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

Day 14 Totals #WinterGames2024

Read for an hour. Read a chapter of Winter‘s Tale and started The Thirteenth Child.

#ReadAway2024 #ChristmasAToZ #WinterCosy
#Adventathon #MidDecemberReadathon
#OatmealEscape +10 each

Watched:
🎥 Red One +5
🎥 P2 +5

+75 points #ChristmasChapterChasers

At the halfway point for #wintergames2024, my points are listed above.
#wintergames
#cristmaschapterchasers

I‘ve been busy. Not reading much. Hosted Thanksgiving, am running a bunch (8 mile trail race this past weekend), and have been swamped by trying to get everything Christmas done before we head to my parents‘, which means cooking 14 different meals to freeze as my dad‘s gift, make cheese straws and buckeyes for everyone‘s stockings, and shop, wrap, etc.). Somehow I‘m holding onto the thought it will all get done in time. #bookreport #weeklyforecast

#HolidayLaughs
#WinterGames2024
#XmasChaCha

#ChristmasCheer #Yuletide

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#LitsyLove went out last week ❄️🎄💚☃️🌞

# ChristmasCheer
Day 12. Candy cane
#CandyCane

Thank you so much @Kar2b for the awesome package. I can‘t wait to start reading. I love it all ❤️❤️#stuffedstockingswap

#WeeklyForecast

Currently Reading:
📚 Kitchens of the Great Midwest
📚 Before the Fall
📚 Is She Really Going Out With Him?
📚 The Candy Cane Cupcake Killer #SeasonalCozies

Up Next:
📚 Nora Goes Off Script
📚 The Neighbor Favor

Hope to see you this week!!

Can you guess what books will be in the Spine Poem and what the books are that I‘ll Never Forget?😊

Happy Reading!!

@diane.chamberlain.author
@stacyvwillingham
@janecorry
@drgillham
@sofialundberg_
#ronaldbalson
@mirandasmithwriter
Renee Ryan

January's author is Malinda Lo!

I've read and enjoyed some of her YA/retelling books. I enjoyed Huntress and Ash. Anyone else have any recommendations? Drop them below

I'm going to #QueerBC May-May so I'll refresh the author list then and I'll do some feedback stuff March/April to see how to improve it

Thank you to everyone who has participated. I hope you are enjoying yourself and discovered some new authors

Taking these few quiet Sunday morning minutes to devour a couple of chapters.
Hope everyone is enjoying their weekend

Is Litsy showing up on the iPhone like this for anyone else? It‘s been several days and the buttons for like, comment, stack and even add photo, just don‘t show up. I remember where they are and can still click the invisible buttons, but it just looks like this all the time. And I have to check the like count of something before I like it or else I don‘t know if my like registered or not. 🤦‍♀️ So Litsy still works for me, it‘s just weird…

Emily Dickinson

#Light #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

It‘s at last fall here. The bountiful rain caused the trees to become deep shades of red and orange. Piano recital last night for my daughter and granddaughter. Have a great weekend everyone!

#SaturdayChatterday @AllDebooks @TheSpineView @Deblovestoread @KadaGul @dabbe