Welcome to Litsy!

Some of my favorite things... books, chocolate, socks, book plates and candles! Thank you, Secret Santa, @elisebarker!!! Perfect for cold winter days on this solstice! Since I've decided 2018 is the year of working through my TBR, these are all perfect selections to get started! Casey the Cat wonders when we're going to start so the reading & cuddling can begin! #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange @MrBook @BookBabe @Avanders

Oh my goodness! #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange gifts look almost too good to open (but I will). Look at that pretty paper and paper with dogs! Casey the cat in the background is unimpressed. My secret santa has superior wrapping skills for sure! 🌲🎅☃️ @elisebarker

Yay!!! Thanks, @Hoopiefoot 😘 I got excellent reads (WHERE TO START) and the cutest bookish goodies! Those socks will be on my feet Christmas Day for sure, and I ❤️ the Bigfoot 👏👏👏 That ele-sharpener will keep me company at work. Appreciate your generosity so much in this #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolstcebookexchange. 🎅 Have a Very Merry!!!

Oh my gosh @DrJAdMerricksson I am floored! you have outdone yourself!! I will post pictures as soon as I have recovered.

#SecretSantaGoesPostal #WinterSolsticeBookSwap

Ah, so much goodness! Thank you so much, @BethM for everything! I'm especially excited about the Scooby Doo. And I already have a Dalek, so I'm pleased as punch to have a Cyberman to join him. And pins and book covers and a tote from my beloved HPB, which I miss dearly. And, and, and! Thank you!

Bless you and thanks to @Avanders, @MrBook and @BookBabe for putting it together. #secretsantagoespostal #ssgp #wintersolsticebookswap

This beauty arrived a week ago. Thank you so much @mrozzz . Sorry about the late post. Can‘t wait to open it!!!
#secretsantagoespostal
@BookBabe @MrBook @Avanders

It came! Thank you @mom2bugnbee this is such an exciting thing to come home to! #secretsantagoespostal

Look what I got today!!!! It's sooooo beautiful! I honestly can not wait to see what's in it! Thank you so much @TheLudicReader who, not only bought and wrapped this amazing gift, but HAND DELIVERED it to me in person! It was so great to meet you today 😊 I feel spoiled and lucky 😍😍
#ssgp #wintersolsticebookexchange
@Avanders @MrBook @BookBabe

PS I had company when I got home who are dying to see what's in there...but I'm being good!!!

YAYYYYYYYYY! Look what came today! I‘m so excited!!! *hugs self and dances around gleefully* #wintersolsticebookexchange #secretsantagoespostal

I‘m so excited!!!! I got this today!!!!!
#secretsantagoespostal

It's here! It's here! #thewaitingisthehardestpart #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange

What a Happy Mail day, my #secretsantagoespostal package and my BOTM! Now I just need to try and stay patient until the 21st! #WinterSolsticeBookExchange

@BookBabe @MrBook @Avanders

A package is on the way! #secretsantagoespostal

I‘M GETTING SO EXCITED FOR #SECRETSANTAGOESPOSTAL!!! Shipping MONDAY, y‘all! Can‘t wait for #wintersolsticebookexchange. Hope my recipient likes the goodies ❤️🎅

Too fun though 😊 #thisorthatswapedition
1. Poems
2. Introvert. Humans are exhausting.
3. Thriller. But not too many jump scares.
4. Frenemies! Keep your friends close and your enemies closer 😉
5. Cookie Monster over here
6. Quidditch Cup 👍
7. YES
8. Sand. ❄️= little flakes of Norse Hell
9. Bromance I guess? But not with boys. Actual bromances make me 🙄 But romance makes me 🤮

Hmmm. This is tough!
-Turtles All the Way Down
-A Gentleman in Moscow
-the Heart‘s Invisible Furies
-the Stars are Fire
-Lincoln in the Bardo

#secretsantagoespostal

I haven't done any of the "get to know me" surveys but if my #SecretSantaGoesPostal match is stalking me have no fear! I am not picky. My Litsy TBR is loaded and they are all books I do not own. My Litsy feed also reflects my taste in books. There are a few hints in this graphic. ?? I promise I will love anything I get! ?

#MostWantedTopFive
#SecretSantaGoesPostal
#WinterSolsticeBookExchange
@Smangela

1. What Happened- Hillary Clinton

2. Anything is Possible - Elizabeth Strout

3. The Music Shop - Rachel Joyce

4. How Not to Be a Boy - Robert Webb

5. Grief is a Thing With Feathers - Max Porter

😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃😃

1). Phryne Fisher (NOT from be TV series, in this, I‘m a purist) followed close second by Jack Reacher and Remi Fargo
2). The Secret Garden
3). December 😭😭😭😭
4). Very spoilt kitty
5). Nope, no small humans
6). Plants, botanicals, rain & books
7). Depends on the week!
8). Prefer paper but kindle app has gained a little ground recently
9). What Child is This
10). No oven atm
11). ???
12) Either
13). None
14). Spaghetti
15). Tamora Pierce

For any #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange stalkers:
1. Blue 💙
2. Books, animals of all kinds, bagpipes, coffee, toffee, chocs
3. ALL
4. Fantasy, narrative nonfiction, mystery, classics, kids‘ lit, YA
5. Mean people, cruelty to animals, mosquitoes, traffic jams, licorice, white chocolate
6. I️ have color-number synesthesia. Eights are yellow and cruel.
7. www.goodreads.com - Grrlbrarian there too
8. @bitterbear
#giftswapsurvey

In case this is helpful for #secretsantagoespostal #wintersolsticebookexchange
1. Hot toddy, spiked coffee, chai tea, boozy hot choc, I‘m down.
2. Prolly socks? I️ have many cool slippers except for Deadpool slippers. Those would be 👌boys size 3 or 4
3. Adore buttercream, caramel, pumpkin, and coffee especially.
4. Tough question! Heath, Mounds, toffee, caramel
5. Stuffed animals (esp dragons & elephants), Tolkien everything #allaboutme2017

One more round to get to know me. #ssgp #secretsantagoespostal #ssgpthisorthat
Jewelry: silver necklaces, bracelets and earrings
1. Coffee
2. Socks
3. Vanilla
4. Candy
5. Collect art, books and bookmarks
Treasures: Collect-Art, maps and bookmarks. Enjoy-Reading, lounging by the pool or beach, and traveling.
#ssgpswapquestions Books: used is fine. Wishlist and surprises. Christmas music, lights and activities. Indoor scarves - live in warm climate.

Yay! I just received my match! Funny thing is that I actually know this person! Well, know of anyway. They don't know me, but I have heard a lot about them over the years as they are from my Alma Mater! This will be fun!

If you're stalking me, Litsy Secret 🎅 s are the best! I'd love to receive something representative of you or the area where you live. It's like Traveling without the airplane ticket.
#secretsantagoespostal

Definitely sweet 🍫🍬

Either

Again either

Cold at the moment

Either

I always think questions like this are funny.
Eye balls, coconut flavored things, shattered glass, black licorice, rotten lunchmeat, spiders, poop... ECT.

Yay, #ssgpthisorthat questionnaire! Here goes:
1. Ooh me for the sweet.
2. I️ like both depending what it is 😋
3. Personalized as in, my name on? Or just things suitable for anyone? A bit personalized if we‘re going by the latter.
4. Horrid cold climate, alas!
5. Bookmarks are 👌
6. No licorice please or anything anise-flavored. 🤢
@Avanders @BookBabe @MrBook

I did some #whodunitdoeschristmas shopping today! Hoping my items get here soon so I can start packing them up... after a bit more stalking/shopping!

(Image from Google.)

Excited as ever!! #SecretSantaGoesPostal #WinterSolsticeBookExchange @BookBabe @MrBook

It‘s that time again. Head over to @BookBabe for sign up details. 🎄⛄️🎁
#secretsantagoespostal

THIS IS SO AMAZING 😍❤️❤️❤️ Thank you for the STUNNING beach theme, @bitterbear 👏👏👏 Everything you sent is fantastic, from the Hermione quote beach towel to the cute shark tote to the 5 killer reads to the pup pouch & bookmarks! ❤️The book stand already. I ate some tasty fruit snacks before dinner. The pins on the tote are great as well (LOVE Lying Cat especially). Thanks for your kitten too! You = GRAND! #summersantagoespostal

First thing I did this morning was open my box 📦📚💙Thank you @Lidia !!! I am so in love with the Jane Austen bookmarks ! Looking forward to reading these ones!

#summersantagoespostal #summersolsticebookexchange

It's only 9:30 here and I'm going to sleep soon, but I can't wait to open these in the morning! #summersantagoespostal

Forgot to snap a pic of its contents, mainly the cool wrapping paper I found in the dollar store 😥
@ElizaTodd it should arrive today. Apologies for the delay!

Edited to add: I mailed it last week, just forgot to post this when I did. 😬😬😬
#summersantagoespostal
#summersolsticebookexchange

Just got home from my cruise and this was waiting for me... Definitely makes me feel better to be home. Keep in mind, I just got back from the Bahamas so I'm not so happy to be back 😅

@BookishMarginalia @BekahPat

#summersantagoespostal #bookmail

Well I haven't been able to spend much time reading the past two days but I was able to accomplish one important literary task! Everything wrapped, boxed up and about to be mailed (cat sold separately) #summersantagoespostal

Home from my travels and I was greeted by this lovely stack of goodness including my #secretsantagoespostal package! I'm so excited. There's also my Etsy order that will complete my secret santa gift. Will be packing everything up and shipping it off in the morning. Priority Mail of course. 😊 Yay!

@BookishMarginalia

Hopefully this will make things easy for my #secretsanta - like others, I've been cleaning up my Litsy TBR so that I don't have any that I own on there!

You know you want to take part in the summer solstice book exchange! Go to @BookishMarginalia to get the details and sign up!

Time to party! Phase one: the unveiling. 🎄Phase two to follow.

I got my #litsygoespostalOG SECRET SANTA gift out today as well as #secretsantagoespostal package 📦
I forgot to take photos and I didn't mark them as Litsy packages -- 😳

Got my secret Santa package out in the mail today. A little later than I intended as my nephew was hospitalized last week but it's on it's way now. #SecretSantaGoesPostal #WinterSolsticeBookExchange @BookishMarginalia

For my #LitsyGoesPostalOG #SecretSanta as well as the #SecretSantaGoesPostal both of them have a lot of things in common. I basically shopped for both at the same time. In fact my SSGP recipient is IN my LGPOG group. Wrapped all of one's gifts, now to wrap the other set. Wonder what the two main ones could be... 🤔📚

My final #secretsanta gift just arrived! Thank you! I love the little elf doodle, how adorable!

OH BOY!!!! Christmas is here 🎅 I'm soooo excited to open these. 😍Thank you, thank you, thank you: and such talent with the wrapping! #litsygoespostal #secretsanta

Gift box arrived safe and sound!! Can't wait for the 21st!! 🎅🎄🎁 #SecretSantaGoesPostal #WinterSolsticeBookExchange @BookishMarginalia

My #secretsantagoespostal box has arrived! ? It says "It may look like Halloween, but it's Christmas inside." And it's HEAVY! I can hardly wait to open it!

@BookishMarginalia #wintersolsticebookexchange

My secret Santa package arrived today! 14 days! Can't wait to see what's inside! #SecretSantaGoesPostal #WinterSolsticeBookExchange

It's here! Received my #secretsantagoespostal / #wintersolsticebookexchange present today. It's going to be so hard to wait until the 21st to open it...

In the meantime, I've been working hard putting together my own gift to send out, including some special handmade gifts to go along with the book I chose. It's not international so I have plenty of time yet to get it there 😊📚❄️

Finally my #secretsanta gift is packed & ready for the post office tomorrow! It has been such fun! So glad I decided to join in; worried about time, right book, etc. But let that all go & so enjoyed the process. Thx for organizing @BookishMarginalia #SecretSantaGoesPostal #happyholidays
#inaholidaymood

My package is almost done ✅ so much fun! Thank you again @BookishMarginalia for organizing 💗🌻💗Hope my Litten likes...and hope it arrives on time ⌛️🗓It's being shipped internationally 😬#secretsantagoespostal