My #AuldLangSpine stack! Subbing for The Last Unicorn, which I've read many times, are The Last Unicorn: The Lost Story and/or In Calabria.
Not pictured: Scythe by Neal Shusterman (saving for February, when he's the #AuthorAMonth, Wayward Children book 1 or 2, Everyone Knows Your Mother is a Witch, and The Bone Spindle (Libby), Interview with the Vampire (on hold) and Engagement in the Digital Era, which isn't available to borrow. :-(
Wishing you all a wonderful Christmas filled with joy and stories! 🎄📖❤️🧑🎄⭐️🎁📚📚
Some of the holiday greetings I received during the 2025 Litsy #HolidayCardSwap — not pictured are the accompanying stickers, bookmarks and Post-It notes that were included as bonus goodies! Book people are the best people! Happy Holidays to you and yours!
pickThe second book picks up from the previous cliffhanger, where Tomek suddenly learns he has a thirteen-year-old daughter, Kasia. As they struggle to adjust to their new reality, Tomek is drawn into another gripping murder case involving the discovery of a young girl‘s body. Balancing fatherhood and duty, the story delivers an intriguing and emotionally charged mystery.
Loved the book 🎧❤️
Went to See It's a Wonderful Life at the cinema. Of course, as powerful as ever.
This scene made me laugh though: instead of marrying George, "poor" Mary became a librarian... ?? So she gets to read all day instead of bringing up four kids whilst G is stuck at the Saving & Loan?
Holiday lunch with some of the book group peeps! Love these people—I‘m a lucky guy! #FirstSaturdayReaders
I went to do some Xmas shopping, and somehow also came home with some books for me...
@Crinoline_Laphroaig I was just wondering if you have a plan for #Pemberlittens next year? I have so many Austen-related books to read!
I've been trying all sorts of “X“ books, and then I realized I had one from back in October. 🤦🏻♀️
A The Secret Adversary/Agatha Christie
B The Girl in the Blue Dress/Mary Burchell
C The Celebrants/Steven Rowley
D Legendborn/Tracy Deonn
E Miss Granby‘s Secret/Eleanor Farjeon
F From Dust to Stardust/Kathleen Roony
G Greengage Summer/Rumer Godden
H Here Comes Treble/London Price
I I Shall Never Fall in Love/Hari Connor
cont.
Have done a decent amount of reading this week. I've got 2 1/2 #10BeforeTheEnd books to go.
#SnowyDecemberReadathon
@LiseWorks
Visit to a beautiful bookshop in #Chorley
Bonus: a 3 piece band playing Xmas songs. Upstairs there was a wreath making class. Got started on the Xmas presents.
https://www.ebbandflobookshop.co.uk/
so-so
Shadow‘s End, the last book in the series, is a wild, intense read. Liam and Thompson chasing Steven Pine again had me hooked from page one. The stakes feel huge, and Liam‘s determination to end things hits hard. The psychic action and emotional tension land perfectly, delivering a satisfying and gripping conclusion fans will love. 🎧
so-soShadows Deceive was a fun, twisty read. I loved the mix of messy romance, family drama, and unexpected murder chaos. The tension between the narrator and Thompson felt real, especially as their relationship started to crack. The ex showing up made everything juicier. Overall, it kept me hooked and guessing, and I enjoyed every bit of the drama. 🎧
so-soIn Book Two, psychic Liam Baker and Detective Kimball Thompson are now romantically involved after stopping ruthless psychic killer Stephen Pine months earlier. Pine is behind bars awaiting trial, but a new string of murders targeting college women surfaces. Disturbing clues point to Pine, and though imprisoned, Liam senses he‘s found a terrifying way to keep killing.
🎧👻🕵♀️
I have no particular goals for this, just want to spend some concentrated reading time each day and finish up some stragglers. I'm listening to How Sondheim Can Change Your Life and want to finish Gilead and Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorow. (Maybe!)
@LiseWorks
Hey #QueerBC, here are some discussions questions for our November author, Adam Silvera. Answer some, all, or none!
BookmarkTavern, GirlNamedJesse, Kitta, TheBookHippie, JenlovesJT47, CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian, jenniferw88, maich, Read4life, rwmg, Catsandbooks, Butterfinger, ElizaMarie, flying_monkeys, AbigailJaneBlog, Jari-chan, JudeCC, Kenyazero, PuddleJumper, lil1inblue, peanutnine, Zuhkeeyah, AllDebooks
All challenge books for #CastTheDie. Don't think I'm going to get everything finished...
@Puddlejumper
Argh! I thought I had another chapter to go of the book I was *actually reading* but no, an "exclusive extract"...
Choose between two very different houses to shelter in during those rainy March days. ☔️
Books tagged in the comments. #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub
@LeahBergen @willaful @CarolynM @Ruthiella @rubyslippersreads @Gissy @bookandbedandtea @kwmg40 @quietjenn @Kimzey @catebutler @Cuilin
Our #FurrowedMiddlebrow nominations for January are two of my favorites authors:
Sharp‘s first book is about a girl who feels like an outsider in her self-consciously artistic family, and strives for an ordinary life.
Ten Way Street is described as having “a little more Noel Streatfeild in it than the average Susan Scarlett,” which got my attention. 😁 It‘s about a governess caring for the difficult children of an actress.
Please vote below!
rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, Kimzey, catebutler, Cuilin, CarolynM, LeahBergen, Gissy, Tamra, bookandbedandtea, kwmg40, Ruthiella
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“Shadow Edge” is a psychic-detective series featuring Liam, a consultant for the LAPD who can see and communicate with spirits. He works closely with Detective Thompson as a string of murders shakes the city. Liam becomes convinced that the killer is also a psychic—and a very powerful one. The book is short, but it‘s captivating, well-written, and includes a romantic angle between Liam and Thompson. I really enjoyed it. 🤯🤯🎧
Happy Birthday @MatchlessMarie! I'll probably read more today but am unlikely to finish anything else. Thanksgiving madness is here!
My #37By37 goal was four books, which I met, as well as a short story and two graphic novels. And am several stories into Table for Two, one of my #10BeforeTheEnd books.
Speaking of little free libraries... my sister hired a young woman to help her out with chores and asked her to take my sister's library books back. And she walked all around the neighborhood putting the books into different free libraries! 😂
Luckily my sister's boyfriend was able to retrieve them all.
https://www.apmreports.org/episode/2019/08/22/whats-wrong-how-schools-teach-read...
Absolutely flabbergasted by this article.
#ScreamTeam, my final points are 13,100.
I finished ~46 books and got 98 bingo lines and 7 completed boards. Got all the word search words, but not a single Cluedo. 😂
sebrittainclark, Laughterhp, MsRadioSilence, kwmg40, vonnie862, TheAromaofBooks, ImperfectCJ, Roary47, Yuki_Onna, IriDas, ReadingInTheRealWorld
Blackout? I used Touch Not the Cat for the “classic book“ square, because it's an old genre classic, but I'll let @OutsmartYourShelf decide if that counts or not.
#SPNBookBingo2025
https://warwick.ac.uk/fac/cross_fac/womenintranslation/longlist2025/
The judges said of the 2025 longlist:
“....the longlist... showcases the extraordinary range and depth of global women‘s writing now available to readers in English. The inclusive scope of this prize means that it crosses borders not just language and space but of time as well... Our longlist travels from Argentina to South Korea, from Haiti to Romania, from Sweden to Slovenia.”
Friends, please welcome @AuntieJulie to Litsy! She's a friend of mine from another website and I persuaded her to give this a try.
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