Welcome to Litsy!

Welcome to Poppy Land! A visual representation of Joy! Which includes poppy tiaras

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Play? @KadaGul @Cupcake12 @Deblovestoread

To My Ward-Sister by Vera Brittain 1893-1970

#Ward #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Cory Booker‘s incredible 25 hours & 5 minute speech
2. Susan Crawford‘s win in the Wisconsin Supreme Court election (suck it, Elon!)
3. Watching the speaker of the house Mike Johnson‘s temper tantrum after the House proxy vote failed
4. Seeing all the big, beautiful memes come out following the Insane Cheeto‘s tariffs announcement
5. The joy of feeling optimism regarding politics for the first time since Nov. 6th 💙💙

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) Not My Cat has returned for the summer
2) lunch under my neighbor‘s apple tree
3) Virginia bluebells blooming on a nature walk
4) bouquets from the backyard cheering up my reading space
5) planting seeds

Bonus quote: “I‘m not going to allow my inability to do everything undermine my ability to do something.”
Cory Booker

Have a good weekend!

I'm so happy about this month's #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks! These are both books that I really want to read, but just hadn't made time for them yet. @TheAromaofBooks

I'd already decided I was going to read The Huntress for #AuthorAMonth- how cool that it's my @BookSpin pick! @Soubhiville

Thanks for the tag, @Eggs
#ThreeListThursday #TLT 73 of 100 ! Yay!
So many ! Gangs Of New York , Field Of Dreams, Goodfellas , Pulp Fiction, Sideways……

My library check outs today!

My #ReadYourKindle picks for April:

4. Grave Talk - Nick Spalding
13. Friends in Napa - Sheila Yasmin Marikar
20. When the Rain Ends - Mary Ellen Taylor
12. The Thirteen Black Cats of Edith Penn - Sean McDonough

My #ReadYourKindle list for April. 📚🌸

Way better than last week. Lol. Thanks @TheSpineView @dabbe #tlt

My Four Books for #ReadYourKindle2025 are:

4: Death of an Ex
13: All We Keep Hidden
20: The Disapperance of Shannon Gilbert
12: Encountering the Holy Spirit

#ReadYourKindle2025 @CBee

I only got 29%.
3 Favorites: The Green Mile, The Blind Side and Finding Private Ryan

#TLT #Threelistthursday @dabbe

My March wrap up. 📚☘️

All five books were favorites for March. Starting to catch up on challenges and buddy reads.

Finished two for #LosersClub
Finished two for #SeriesLove2025
Finished one for #TwinPeaksReadingChallenge

Still in Progress
The Stand

March #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

All audios, BC: no time to actually read!

Thanks for hosting Sarah ❣️

📢 What day is it? Yay! It‘s #readyourkindle numbers day! Have fun, friends! Don‘t forget to tag me in your posts, I love seeing them even if I don‘t always respond 🤪♥️ #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo

Here's list #4 covering 1987-2010! I think we'll all do a lot better on this one!
1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/academy-
award-nominations-list-4-1987-2010
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!
Liked so many of these! Esp. Moonstruck and Awakenings
#TLT @dabbe

by Kevin L. Cole

#Warblers #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

#War #PoetryMatters

@TheSpineView

Repost for @Librarybelle

This is very low key—no tag list, so feel free to participate how often you would like. I am reading one nonfiction a month that looks beyond the history found in schools.

If you would like to participate, post your book and thoughts each month, using #RealHistory and/or #HonestHistory . I‘ll make a bibliography for those interested.

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2852508

75/100
This is apparently my time period for movie watching.
Three faves: Babe, A Serious Man, Fargo (and In the Bedroom and Sixth Sense because I can't stop with just 3)
Thanks for the tag, @dabbe !
#ThreeListThursday #TLT

Thank you to everyone that gave their feedback on #QueerBC It's been really useful reading it all

I'm going to include more information about the authors and more reminders of the monthly authors. It's easy to lose track when everything is a month in advance.

There were several requests for an end of month discussion or check in post. How you enjoyed the author etc.

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Litsy is part of my morning routine with my coffee. This community always helps my day start off with a smile. My towering TBR is proof of how powerful your book reviews are. So many ways to participate and all open, inclusive, and kind.

Congrats on your milestone @CSeydel ! So glad you are here.

#50KGIVEAWAY

Before I make my April board, I just need to celebrate getting 3 bingos this month! I never do well reading from my board but somehow, I did well this month. 😁 #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

Trying something different (again) for my quarterly bingo. I‘ve found I‘ve become a mood reader of late. I‘m five or more pages into about nine books right now. 😅 All are good, all have my interest, but none are the winner of my full attention. So instead of being hyper focused on what I need to read to get a bingo, I‘m leaving it to chance. ⬇️

We are beyond excited and grateful!! Baby Dillard coming in October!! 👶🏻❤️

#LitsyLove

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My #ReadYourKindle List for April!

Thanks, @CBee, for running this challenge!

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

# DynamicDs
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks

TODAY‘S PROMPT: DETECTIVE - FORGOT TO DO THIS YESTERDAY!!

Detective Owen McKenna will pull you right in along with his dog His Largness - a Great Dane.

Have you read any of Mr. Borg‘s books?

My #ISpyBingo board for March
'Secret ' The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
'Puddle' My Friends by Frederick Backman
'Title in all caps 'THE SINNERS ALL BOW by Kate Winkler Dawson
'Teeth' Propaganda Girls by Lisa Rogak
'Number higher than 10' Naples 1944 by Keith Lowe
'Stars' Frozen by Disney
'Horns' Wild Animal Adventures by Sesame Street
'Stripes' Wild Animal Adventures by Sesame Street
'The in Middle of Title ' Mummies at the Mall by ⬇️

Didn't get a Bingo for March, but came close!
Got both of the #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin read!
#BookSpin - Long Lost by Linda Castillo
#DoubleSpin - The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#50KGIVEAWAY

Congratulations on reaching this milestone @CSeydel ! 🥳 And thank you for the giveaway opportunity.

As others have pointed out, there are many, many things to love about Litsy. For this prompt, I‘m gonna say DISCOVERY. I love encountering books and authors I might not otherwise. It‘s an adventure! 😊

March Wrap Up

Favorite: Sunrise on the Reaping
Least Favorite: American Mother

4 book club books
1 book for work
3 #readyourkindle books
1 new release
1 mood read

Not to shabby.

March Wrap-up 19 books read. Started off slow.bit picked up mid-month.

5⭐️
Propaganda Girls by Lisa Rogak
Room for Good Things to Run Wild by Josh Nadeau
Would You Rather: Bible Questions by Clareese Saunders
My Friends by Frederick Backman
Easter Egg Hunt by Eric Carle
Happy Birthday to You by Dr. Seuss
Holy Bible by God
The Maid's Secret by Nita Prose
Elmo's Wild Animalistic Adventures by Sesame Street
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My #tuesdaytunes selections this week are picked from a relatively new spotify feature (capitalizing on the success of their year end wrap up): On Repeat. Linked below are four of on my current On Repeat that I have yet to get tired of:
*Phoebe Bridgers' Funeral
https://open.spotify.com/track/3rJDsZjIaCfJQSqRUvl0BM?si=93493112cc754fec
*Band of Horses: No One's Gonna Love You
https://open.spotify.com/track/2IvNxLl01CTAfCOA103Tgx?si=e615a11bd9c24783

Political post - fingers crossed for Wisconsin 🤞

Some great titles this month. ☺️

#StartASpark

Here is a little bit of fun for you. Do you know your adaptations?? Let us know what you got!!!

https://www.buzzfeed.com/kbball27/movies-based-on-books-trivia

Hello My Lovely Littens. Happy 1st of April and #StartASpark day. Today we will be talking about adaptations. I love finding out that something I have watched/ am watching has been written in book form. I try to make note of it so I can go look into later. These 6 books were turned into tv shows. I tried to find ones that aren't talked about a lot.

What are some of your favorite show adaptations? What do you wish was turned into a show?

Hello My Lovely Littens. Happy 1st of April and #StartASpark day. Today we will be talking about adaptations. I love finding out that something I have watched/ am watching has been written in book form. I try to make note of it so I can go look into later. These 6 books were turned into movies. I tried to find ones that aren't talked about a lot.

What are some of your favorite movie adaptations? What do you wish was turned into a movie?

#ClearMyShelves

I‘m happy with the books (audio, e, physical) I‘ve been able to clear off of my #Roll100 lists YTD.

There were so many positive comments left on my post last night that I think it‘s worth making this official.

This is very low key—no tag list, so feel free to participate how often you would like. I am reading one nonfiction a month that looks beyond the history found in schools.

If you would like to participate, post your book and thoughts each month, using #RealHistory and/or #HonestHistory . I‘ll make a bibliography for those interested.

It's April and this year is flying by!

Here's my April #Bookspin list ready to go.

Since I finished my chunky book yesterday, I am a bit behind but welcome another couple of books to my TBR Cart!

 @TheAromaofBooks

From Auguries of Innocence

https://www.poetrysoup.com/famous/poem/auguries_of_innocence_18433

#PoetryMatters #Wanton

@TheSpineView

I wasn't very consistent this month, I either read nothing or loads.

It wasn't a great month physically, emotionally or mentally. I think I read a bit more to cope with that and since I have now time when I was ill

#MonthlyWrapUp #PuddleJumperWrapUp

My Storygraph March stats. Feel free to friend me on Storygraph. I am Eggbeater there also. I only have like 4 friends. 😞

#bookbracket @Catsandbooks

March was a really good month for me. I actually made a TBR plan and stuck to it. I even managed a few extra books! #wrapup

#readingbracket

@CSeydel