Welcome to Litsy!

Hey #EBBR reading friends! I hope you all had fun solving cases with Leroy “Encyclopedia” Brown. I freely admit, one stumped me (The Civil War Sword) and one I got only b/c I remembered the solution (The Happy Nephew). As an adult, I do think some of Encyclopedia‘s deductions would not hold up in court 😂

1. Did any particular case stand out to you over another?

2. Are you interested in continuing reading the next books with me on Litsy?

#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

It was fun to go back to my childhood detective days & reread the first book with #EBBR I remembered most of the stories in this one & how smart they made me feel when I managed to figure them out as a child (& now as an adult although I don‘t know how much was memory & how much was getting hopefully smarter as I aged!) 😉😂 I have the 2nd book checked out from the library & I‘m looking forward to it.

#Naturalitsy #HyggeHourReadathon

Spending my #HyggeHour with Encyclopedia Brown for #EBBR & when I finish it I may try to start Run or I may go to sleep. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The dried cinnamon Fuji apples are pretty much total sugar but they are so darn good! 😋

How did Monday get here so soon again? 😬 It‘s going to be another busy work week but teaching workshops online so no Hilo trip.

DELIGHTFUL! I can‘t believe I never read these as a kid. I adore the format - short stories with the solution to the mysteries at the end, giving you time to puzzle out the solution, if you can. This was a lot of fun. #EBBR

This made me laugh. I wonder if that's been there since 1963 or if it's been added to new editions to help the post-internet generations. 🤔😁
#EBBR

I loved this series as a kid and really enjoyed revisiting the first book for #EBBR. I had the entire series and both of my kids read them when they were younger. Such a fun series and format.

#BookSpinBingo #readyourTBR #SeriesLove2025

Loved these as a young person, had forgotten about them until @Ruthiella started #EBBR (thanks) and I still do!
Encyclopedia Brown helps his father (police chief) solve crimes, and sets up his own detective agency. Very short stories where the reader is asked to figure out how the crime was solved. Really good read for young people (5th or 6th grade maybe) interested in detective stories.
Make a great day everyone 😊

I was able to get the 1st book from the library just in time for #EBBR
I have never read or heard of this series, but I am looking forward to reading it and others in the series.
@Ruthiella

Repost for @Ruthiella

#EBBR
Encyclopedia Brown Buddy Read

Tagging those who expressed interest in revisiting or discovering this children‘s detective classic by reading the first book in the series in February. I‘ll check in with you all around mid month to see how we fared matching wits with the boy detective!

All are welcome. 😊 If you are interested and would like to be added to the tag list, let me know.

#EBBR @Ruthiella @DebinHawaii @DGRachel

I‘m ready!

#EBBR
Encyclopedia Brown Buddy Read

Tagging those who expressed interest in revisiting or discovering this children‘s detective classic by reading the first book in the series in February. I‘ll check in with you all around mid month to see how we fared matching wits with the boy detective!

All are welcome. 😊 If you are interested and would like to be added to the tag list, let me know.

#AdventRecommends @emilyrose_x

I read this series when I was young and it brought out my love for mysteries, detective stories and even series reading.
My daughter fell in love with them as a kid and is a big reader of many genres but loves mysteries the most.

Day 24 of #scarathlondailyprompts is lies.
I adore this series. I was ecstatic when my son was enthusiastic about reading these too.
The lies Bugs Meany tells brings Encyclopedia a lot of business, and he always outsmarts Bugs.
#TeamSlaughter #scarathlon

Break out those magnifying glasses — plus those encyclopedias (or maybe just a handy Wikipedia scroll, perhaps). The new episode of my book podcast is all about the first book in the classic Encyclopedia Brown series! We chat about the origin of the series, the way it portrays smart kids, its super cool format, and a potential Encyclopedia/Rory Gilmore crossover. 🔎 Link to listen in my bio!

#GratefulHarvest

For #Brown I thought of Encyclopedia Brown, Boy Detective. And the book cover is sort of brownish too.🤎

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 76.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

Well, since I had to set aside The House of the Seven Gables until I can find a copy with larger (non-microscopic) print, I pulled this classic off the shelf. I used to read these as a kid but only ever solved about half of them. This was fun!

Getting down to the wire here with #20Series20Days! For Day Eighteen, I‘m going with the Encyclopedia Brown series which I read as a kid. More Sherlock Holmes than Nancy Drew or The Hardy Boys, Encyclopedia solved most cases using science and/or logic. Loved ‘em! 😍

I can‘t sleep, so I‘ll play! Thanks for the tags @KathyWheeler and @TheEllieMo
1. I checked this whole series out of the library in first and second grade!
2. When You Are Engulfed in Flames by David Sedaris
3. Ugh. Not a fan in general, but I do love All the Missing Girls by Megan Miranda
4. Lately I‘ve been into Udi‘s gf breakfast sandwiches with a side of frozen blueberries 😋
5. Any lovely person reading this

@Eggs #wonderouswednesday

#colormepretty @Sweetkokoro When I was younger I devoured the Encyclopedia #Brown books. I may revisit them as part of the #BBRC challenge.

I loved this as a kid! Link to information about the author: https://crimereads.com/encyclopedia-brown-and-the-case-of-the-mysterious-author/

Are you so extra you keep books in the fridge even?🤣

2. Both but rather pie
3. Ummm, watching tv, hiking (but haven't in a while)
4. In an rv/bus/van traveling the world. Otherwise I'm a Texas girl!

#friyayintro @howjessreads

1. This was my favorite in first grade. I‘d always check them out from the school library.
2. Cake
3. Cooking - I do a lot of experimentation now the I‘m gluten free.
4. Probably Seattle, but I like it here in Kentucky too
5. 💕💜😘

#friyayintro

Thanks for the tag @EadieB !

1. I loved Encyclopedia Brown along with Trixie Belden
2. All the pie!
3. Yes! I love to bake, scrapbook, and snow ski.
4. I can't decide if I want live in a big city or by the beach.
5. Thanks @howjessreads for fun #friyayintro

#emojimadness #🕵🏻

Where my love of a good mystery began.

#tuesdaytidbit
1 Encyclopedia Brown
2. Underground Railroad, The Song Rises
3. Dolores Umbridge
4. Twilight series and it's fan fiction bastard 50 Shades... 🙈
5. @Riveted_Reader_Melissa

@JenlovesJT47

Thanks for the tag @Jabberwocky 😊

1. Encyclopedia Brown
2. The Night Circus
3. Not sure
4. A Catcher in the Rye
5. @LectricSheep

1. My grandparents had a bunch of the Encyclopedia Brown books. I loved reading those as a kid.
2. That's a tough one. I really liked All the Crooked Saints, A Court of Wings and Ruin, and The Girl From Venice.
3. I REALLY hated Ramsay Bolton!
4. Saga volume 4. I loved everything before and after volume 4.
5. EVERYONE!!
#TuesdayTidbits @JenlovesJT47

#tuesdaytidbits @JenlovesJT47
1. Encyclopedia Brown or Nancy Drew. I can't decide. I predate BSC and Goosebumps.
2. Uh. I don't remember.
3. Lady Alyce of the Jude Devereaux Velvet series pops into my head.
4. Twilight? LOTR?
5. If you see this you are tagged (yeah, cop out.) or @Teakillamockingbird 😁

Thanks for the tag @eanderson

#tuesdaytidbits @JenlovesJT47
1. Encyclopedia Brown or Nancy Drew. I can't decide. I predate BSC and Goosebumps.
2. Uh. I don't remember.
3. Lady Alyce of the Jude Devereaux Velvet series pops into my head.
4. Twilight? LOTR?
5. If you see this you are tagged (yeah, cop out.) or @Teakillamockingbird 😁

Thanks for the tag @eanderson

#riotgrams theme for the day is beloved series. I used to devour Encyclopedia Brown books. These books were like Sherlock Holmes for youth: everything from backwards writing to subtle clues to brain puzzles, I ate these books up. I have no idea why they are not as popular nowadays, except that I doubt that kids know what an encyclopedia is. Lol! I always wanted to write the female-led version ... Anyone else love this series?
#belovedseries

My MIL cleaned out some books from her basement and I'm inheriting the strays!!!

#RiotGrams Day 3: How You Read

The best way to read is the way I've always read: wearing the fluffiest robe I can find, surrounded by pillows

📚😊

Intrepid fifth-grader solves petty and not so petty crimes. Fun book! #boyinthetitle #feistyfeb @RealLifeReading

Day23 #FeistyFeb #boyinthetitle Apparently the few books I have read with 'boy' in the title (at least the recorded ones) were from childhood, pictured in the top row. The bottom row has two unread boy-titled books that have been on my #TBR list for ages: 'About a Boy' & 'A Suitable Boy' and one that I am anticipating-'New Boy' is the upcoming Hogarth Shakespeare adaptation of Othello by Tracy Chevalier due out in May. 📚👍

#FeistyFeb confession.... Soooooo according to my Libib app I have no books with the word boy in the title, Google helped me with this one. I loved these books as a kid!

Andrew is showing out today!!! #encyclopediabrown

I was really into mysteries for a while, so I could think of a bunch for this prompt, but my first love was Encyclopedia Brown. I read and reread all of these books. He was the first #sleuth I wanted to be like. #octphotochallenge

#FunFridayPhoto My two favorite series as a kid were Encyclopedia Brown and Choose Your Own Adventures. Couldn't get enough!!!