Happy Fourth of July Weekend!!
Will you be stopping by this week?
@janedarbyauthor
@rjkoreto
@jeannettedebeauvoir
@evashawwriter
@helainemario.author
@amy_clipston
@mindbuckmediabookpub
@partnersincrimevbt
@uplitreads
#uplitreads
@tnzfiction
I‘m fortunate in that my life has contained more good and neutral days than bad ones but I don‘t know how I would have kept on keeping on without books. 💗
My mom sent the packages of what I couldn‘t squeeze into our suitcases when we came home. Kiddo already absconded with her stack of manga drawing books and Baby-Sitters Club graphic novels. I must have put a cookbook or four back at HPB because I thought I had more coming, but these actually fit on my shelves! This is a combo of HPB, BN, and my mom‘s shelves shopping sprees. One of them is for our homeschool library, does that make it better?
Mark Twain by Ron Chernow
High Season by Katie Bishop
The Hazelbourne Ladies Motorcycle and Flying Club by Helen Simonson
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain
Happy Saturday!! We had a great night watching the fireworks 🎆 downtown with our community! Now I need caffeine! I‘m so sleepy 😴
Drink of the day is Delta Dream 🍍 🍓 🍊 🥤 from Kajun loaded tea company!
#DOTD
https://youtu.be/f8gQAkA1bho?feature=shared
My haul from London and Tunbridge Wells!!!!
I love this community. I‘ve gone about my day trying to ignore that it is July 4th and consumed with grief about recent happenings. It took a few minutes of scrolling on here to feel a bit less doomsday. 🩵💙🩵
This is the beginning of Robert Reich‘s post today about what it means to be a patriot. I find his work to be informative, encouraging and hopeful. Happy to forward the whole thing to anyone who is interested.
#ReadingisPolitical
Where are my Pedro fans? I love him for his acting talent, but even more for THIS ⬆️ and his advocacy. “Support the people that support you.” 👏🏻👏🏻♥️♥️ #overcomingevilempires #notbookrelated #prettypedro
I‘m a bit late on this. My June reading was pretty sad, seeing that this was a reread (and my audiobook has the book twice, which is why I read it twice. Seeing that this is already on my reading bracket, I‘m not even going to add it again. 💁🏼♀️ Sorry reading bracket.
#JuneWrapUp #StoryGraph
@dabbe #Fridaythe4thPlaylist
Quick off the top of my head:
La Bamba- Ritchie Valens
Superman es ilegal- Los Hermanos Ortiz
Yo soy mexicano americano- covered by many artists
Mi Tierra- Gloria Estefan
American Pie- Don McLean
Maple Leaf Rag- Scott Joplin
It‘s a Wonderful World- Louis Armstrong
This Land Is Your Land-Woodie Guthrie
Strange Fruit- Billie Holiday (gotta acknowledge and atone)
The Pill- Loretta Lynn
I bet I‘ll think of more.
#Fridaythe4thPlaylist
America - Simon & Garfunkel
American Idiot - Green Day
Land of the Free - The Killers
America, the Beautiful - Ray Charles
Take Back the Power - The Interruptors
Beds Are Burning - Midnight Oil
Do You Hear the People Sing - Les Mis soundtrack
Alexander Hamilton - Hamilton soundtrack
I Want to Break Free - Queen
Not Ready to Make Nice - The Chicks
@dabbe
I introduced my kids (teen and adult) to Utah Phillips today, this album and Fellow Workers. I forgot how much I love his storytelling. https://open.spotify.com/album/2IqT02ArTZ3Pd3PH9LQ2nU?si=xeNMakznTEuZich4ErldfQ
#4thofJuly #Playlist @dabbe
Feeling this today. To echo what many others have already said, I didn‘t recite the Pledge of Allegiance every day in school for 13 years to now be called WOKE 😒 I‘m feeling grief for what happened yesterday. Feeling grief for what‘s to come in the future. I know I‘m not alone in this feeling so that gives me hope! Happy ‘Bonus Reading Day‘ & National Caesar Salad day to those feeling the same today🕯️
Happy #5JoysFriday 💛💛💛
My joys this week:
1. Tasty subway dinner with family 🥪
2. Surprise gifts from my bestie 💖
3. Women's European Championship started ⚽
4. Lovely gift from a customer 💛
5. Children drawing and playing in our children's book section 📚
@DebinHawaii
We all know my tbr is bad … I mean I could get through them in maybe a year and a half if I went full read mode… but the what about the new books coming out? So I‘ll read as much as I can and keep adding titles to my tbr… Where are you at on this scale ? 📚
Hope everyone reads as much as they want today happy 4th everyone 📚📖🥳
1. Frankie
2. Crumbl cookie
3. Coffee
4. Litsy
5. Not doing shit today
#5joysFriday @DebinHawaii
Ok I got my #readyourkindle #readyourebooks ready @CBee
#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1️⃣IT‘S CURRENTLY RAINING! I can literally feel our crispy front yard grass saying, “OOO! This is NIIICE!” 2️⃣Had a fun Thursday night out at a bar trying new drinks with family who feel more like friends 3️⃣I love my current read! (Sorry, repeat from last week but it‘s still true!) 4️⃣ Nothing to do today but read and relax 5️⃣ This community fills me with such JOY! Thank you for being the light in these dark times! 🕯️
A bunch of my library holds came in ... To add to the massive pile of library books I got last week and I'm currently reading a book over 800 pages long
I don't think I'm going to get to these anytime soon 😅
@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday
1. I can‘t remember who shared this image but it brought me a new perspective.
2. I signed up for the #litsysnailmailclub
3. I decided to start logging read books in Library Thing again because they have stats that the StoryGraph doesn‘t.
4. Litsy
5. Binge watching RuPaul AllStars season 7. What a beautiful group of souls.
Happy Friday and Happy July 4th!! 🇺🇸 ❤️🤍💙
Drink of the day is Louisiana Sunrise from kajun loaded tea 🥤 🍑 🍊 🍓 and it‘s delicious 😋
The bees 🐝 and butterflies 🦋 are loving my zinnias 🌺
#DOTD
Yesterday I posted that true patriotism means expecting your country to do better. Rabbi Lawson says it all so much better.
https://open.substack.com/pub/rabbisandra/p/reflections-on-american-ideals-and?r...
It‘s an unsettling 4th this year, but I hope all my fellow US Littens can find sparks of hope.
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#JULYJAZZ
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: STARS AND STRIPES
I was up half the night—thanks anxiety and Zeke‘s frequent food schedule (I feed him when he wants food, because it‘s whatever makes him happy)—let‘s gather joy!
1. My boys…always! Throwbacks of my guys when they were very young
2. Fun author event last weekend
3. Lindt chocolate, because I‘m eating it like it‘s going out of style
4. Poppi soda—tried Strawberry Lemon and loved it!
5. Litsy—I don‘t feel alone in this crazy world ❤️
#5JoysFriday
Repost for @CBee
I suddenly remembered that I needed to post the #readyourkindle numbers for July! Whoops - my mind is just 🤪 but here you go, friends! Enjoy! #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo
See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2879908
June was such a fun month for books! #MonthlyRoundup
I cannot believe that this is the last six months for #192025 !
For the first half of 2025, I managed to read 4 more titles. I am determined to get as close to finishing as possible.
And for those interested, I will post the official announcement for #192030 , set to begin in January 2026 and run through December 31, 2030. Much like this current challenge, read one book originally published for each year, 1920-2030. ⬇️
#ReadYourKindle2025
My books for July are
10: The Sniper
16: Windsors at War
17: Death of an Ex
19: The Gilded Cage of Women
I only got 1 read last month, so hopefully, I will do better in July!
@CBee
Mourning Dove Update:
We were wrong...she actually has TWO babies!
I set up a Ring camera to be a nest cam because I wanted to see how Mom is eating, but so far she's not left and no one has visited (or at least no non-human has triggered the motion sensor).
On a lighter note, I suddenly remembered that I needed to post the #readyourkindle numbers for July! Whoops - my mind is just 🤪 but here you go, friends! Enjoy! #readyournook #readyourebooks #readyourkobo
Doing an audit of all my books after donating a bunch and clearing out some space. Yikes, I haven't read many of my actual physical books.
I was going to do this for e-books too but er that might look even worse!
The Books With Betsy podcast is new to me. Melissa Joulwan is the guest this week and I love listening to her. I can never have too many bookish podcasts!
The Birthday Fairies are really excited to celebrate our first July birthday!
🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉
We‘re sending birthday wishes and lots of #birthdaylove to @OrangeMooseReads !
🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷🎉🩷
Have a fabulous day, Ammy!
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#JULYJAZZ
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: LOYALTY
#WeDoNotCareWednesday #WDNCW @dabbe
It‘s 9pm and I‘m in bed for the night with my cooling blanket (thanks, Costco!), MLB Big Inning on, and my book. The sleep aids have been taken so, peace out ✌️
Death Row ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Ex-Wives Club ⭐️⭐️⭐️
False Notes ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Skydivers⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Good Neighbors ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Small Things ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
The Skydivers was most memorable
Good Neighbors and Small Things are tied for the favorite of the series.
06.19.2025
My new lawn flag! Love it. #WithTheBanned @Jadams89 - please share with the group.
Audiobook audition recording day can be interesting, especially when it's for a horror novel.
Kids hear Mom yelling.
Check the door. Yep, it's okay:
She's just recording.
#haikuhive #haikuaday
@dabbe @TheBookHippie @DebInHawaii @lil1inblue @Kristy_K @julieclair @BooksandCoffee4Me @bellabella @AnnCrystal @Reggie @jdiehr @vivastory @CBee @Mimi28 @Jari-chan @Itchyfeetreader @Susanita @kelly7990 @JenLovesJT47
Here are my #bookspin choices for July. Hopefully I‘ll finish both. I only finished one in June.
@TheAromaofBooks
My #BookSpinBingo July list. I've left it pretty open this month as I have a few to continue from June.
@TheAromaofBooks
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#JULYJAZZ
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
TODAY‘S PROMPT: MADE IN THE USA
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