Welcome to Litsy!

Has anyone else signed up for any of the #TheStorygraph reading challenges? I have four that I have signed up for. The 2025 reading goal, January page‘s challenge, the genre and reads the world one.

Happy New Year, Littens! I have a question for my bibliophile friends. I‘ve been using Goodreads to track my reading progress. But I listen to many, many audiobooks and Goodreads only tracks pages read. Also in Goodreads, there is no way to record DNF books. I‘m looking for a single app that tracks both. If y‘all have any suggestions, please share them with me. Happy New Year!!🎉🍾🥳

Question for all the writers/authors/book lovers out there!

Today I was looking at my WordPress and realized I have 10 stories/books I have started to write, but hit a block on most/all of them and stopped. I really want to work on/finish these stories.

What do you do when you hit a block? Do you try to push through? Do you switch between stories?

Any advice/suggestions are welcome!

Fellow Littens! I‘m looking for books about big houses, family secrets, (mystery, thriller, suspense, scary, etc.) that will keep me turning pages. No boring family sagas. Suggestions?

a bit late but here i go: 1. les miserables 2. miss saigon 3. book of mormon and a bonus: wicked #tlt #threelistthursday @dabbe

Help! Anyone know how to make a template of my favorite books of 2023? I don‘t have the actual books, planning on using Goodreads for pics

yes i do…it feels good to cross off a book on my list…kinda like a serotonin boost #readinggoals #sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern

I‘m signed up for a number of buddy reads and I‘m having a difficult time keeping track of them. So I‘m going to list as many as I can, along with the host. Please help me add any In which I‘ve shown an interest or I may have forgotten.

Hey, Littens! This month's #Authoramonth is Ursula K. LeGuin & I know nothing except for her name & that she writes fantasy. Where do you suggest I start?

Does anyone know of one? 🤔

I thought there was a way to go to the book and find how many people (or really who the people) have the book in their TBR (can anyone help?)

Anyone use Bookish box and is it worth it?

What should I read??? Completely uninspired by everything right now.

I like memoir, nonfiction, and some fiction but I‘m not sure how to further specify which kinds—I‘m not big on sci fi, fantasy, or horror, but like most others.

What have you loved recently??

Anyone like this? I‘m not for several reasons, one of which is that if the series is already 8 plus books deep I find it overwhelming and am less likely to start. I find it frustrating bc some of my favorite series have ended prematurely bc there wasn‘t enough interest at the time of publication for the series to be “lucrative” enough to continue publishing.
Do you worry about series ending early for lack of interest? Genuinely curious.

Has anyone ever used the book bundler? If so what was your experience? What were the condition of the book and weee they book you would read? Thanks!!

Sorry, I didn‘t see this post before. Anyway, the thing I love about me today is my commitment to following my Ideal Protein protocol and losing 42 lbs. (as of today)! My doctor took “diabetic” off my chart today which is huge to me. Thanks for all your support! 💕😊📚

I have a question--on your profile page if you click the book symbol there is a list of books you've added or noted over the years-a "wishlist" of sorts.
How do you remove a book on this list? I'm trying to update and want to remove books I've now read or am no longer interested in. Thanks!

Does anyone know what “countertop, empty” means on a book?

Does anyone know what happened to Tamara? She had a few handles on here but now I can‘t find her and the Facebook blog she had isn‘t active either.

Okay folks, next month is Audiobook month! So..... who's up for an Audioathon? I'm thinking maybe I might do a contest for the most hours listened. The question is, should it be individually or team based? 🤔

#littenlisten #nationalaudiobookmonth

I know I'm not the first to ask, but I've never taken notes when others have asked.

Favorite audiobook narrators? I don't listen to much, because my mind tends to wander. I am much more likely to listen to non-fiction/memoir on audio, but I am absolutely up for some good audio suggestions. And I know that a good performer makes all the difference.

Thanks in advance!

Has this happened to anyone else on NetGalley?

Question on #booked2021, since this is my first year participating: I‘ve been trying to read the prompts in season order, sticking to just Winter prompts for these first three months. But the book I‘m reading now meets one of the Summer prompts. Can I count it, or do I need to find another book to read in the July-September quarter?

Litsy - I‘d like your opinion. I have a book that is good, just really slow. It‘s 480 pages and in 2 + weeks, I‘ve only managed to get to page 134. Meanwhile, I have 9 other books I wanted to read this month and can‘t start. Would you keep going or put it aside, knowing you‘ll probably have to start over from the beginning later?(For perspective, I read 2 books last week in 3 days that were 416 pages each.)

I‘m prepping for my February TBR, and trying to pick a Zadie Smith book for #AuthorAMonth.

I didn‘t love Swing Time, and haven‘t read any of Smith‘s other work. Was considering White Teeth, which is a chunkster.

Which book would you recommend, Litsy?

I'm thinking of asking for a Book of the Month subscription for Christmas.

Looking for feedback. Do you love it? Just okay with it? What do you think?

I have a question. Is there a way to change the description of a book in Litsy's database? The reason I ask, I have a book called Hotel Andromeda, and the blurb describing the storyline is totally wrong. I was just curious if there was any way I could edit this or bring it to Litsy's attention. No big deal, just one of those little annoyances of life that bugs me until I have to fix it lol.

What‘s your favorite blog platform? Have you tried several? I‘m using Wordpress, and I‘m looking into a new website with a blog as the main thingy. Wondering if there are better options out there.

1) Why don‘t I see my NG reviews in my read-list, and why do I still have the “write a review” option? How can I change this, or can I? 2) Why can‘t NG find some of the ISBNs, and should I let them know about this?
I‘m sure some of you fabulous NetGalley reviewers can help me with these questions! 💡🔋🗝🆖

Lately I have been reading a lot of historical fiction and a lot of that have been books with at least two narratives. What I would like to find are historical novels that have only ONE narrative and don't shift between the present and the past or between two or more characters; I am really tired of it. The ones I can think of are historical mysteries, the Outlander series and The Book Thief.

I said when I got up to date in a series or finished one I could start another- so here‘s my current list for recommendations to start. These are all series where I have at least the first 4 in print or kindle. Thoughts from all welcome 👇🏻

I'm trying to figure out what #Litsygames and activities are coming up next month? Anyone have a list? Or if you know of one, drop it here and we can crowdsource this list!

Do you read one book at a time or many? I‘m usually one at a time but I‘ve signed up for some May challenges and I‘m wondering how do I this? Is it a chapter a time, a book a day, whatever you feel like at given moment? Would love to know how others do this. Should I have a schedule? Thanks.
Pic is of my cat Pemberley

There are two book podcasts that I‘m considering unsubscribing; I have listened to both of them for a considerable amount of time and while they are both excellent shows, I just don‘t enjoy them any longer. Partly it‘s because I‘m enjoying other bookish podcasts more that just really deal with discussing actual books than any sort of bookish news, which I don‘t really care for.

@laurenslibrary @Hooked_on_books @TheAromaofBooks it showed up again, finally! I thought it was Horizon Books but when I searched it didn‘t come up.

Ok, a couple days ago I saw an ad on Facebook from an indie bookstore somewhere, offering blind date-type packages of five books for $25. When you order they‘re supposed to ask questions about your fav genres and authors. I want to do it and now I can‘t find the ad, and of course I have no clue what the store is called. Did anybody else see this? Help! None of my FB friends know what I‘m talking about and my google search was useless.

1 Only the constant concern, but no panicking except to make sure I‘ve enough reading material if I need to quarantine myself!
2 Yes
3 I live in the US now so I treat it as any other day to prevent homesickness
4 Lancelot by Giles Kristan
5 1917

QUESTION: Does “book adds” mean books you have added to your own lists on here, or the number of “stack adds” other people have done from your posts?

Does anyone else wish we could just search for a genre?

I would love to be able to see a list of books in a genre so I can look at the books, their descriptions, and the posts people added about them. It would be nice...

@Rachel.Rencher I got your envelope today but nothing was in it...I think it may have been tampered with! 👎

I need your wisdom 🙂

Question dear Littens: what is your favourite writers‘ festival (and why)? Mine is Adelaide Writers‘ Week. We‘re doing some brainstorming and gathering inspo for future Writers‘ Weeks - fun times! I‘d love to hear about other festivals that are doing things well. 🙏🏼📚🥰

76 points

And it‘s an estimate because all my books are in my room right now and I‘m playing on the iPAd but my sons picture books are in sights distance and there are a lot.

Longest word on the book next to me is “geographic”

@ljuliel

@ljuliel

1. I love that Litsy is a non judgemental place of bibliophiles. Littens understand your my obsession with books.
2. Some of the buddy reads because I am not interested in the book. But others enjoy and it doesn't distract me.
3. I would live to be able to direct message.
4. Daily. Usually multiple times. Except for this week because I have been sick.
5. I like it all. I don't participate in them all the time, but choose..

1. Most of all the comraderie
2. Posts about certain genres of books I don‘t like but that‘s to be expected
3. Not sure
4. Every day/every other day
5. I love the swaps, questionnaires and read alongs
6. Not sure - I kinda like it the way it is but have also noticed people leaving... not sure why. Maybe a way to put all book posts one place and the questionnaires and swaps somewhere else.
@ljuliel
#keeplitsyactive

I‘m thinking about starting a book blog to post things like book reviews, bookish events, author highlights etc. basically a place 2compile all my bookish browsing &activities I do already &maybe connect more w/ online bookish friends by hosting Readathons, book clubs, &Chats (most probably linked here to Litsy). What do u guys think of something like this? I LOVE Litsy & this is the best bookish community I‘ve found so I value your opinions!

I need some suggestions on a good book 📚 subscription service...anyone got a favorite they would like to share? 😊

One of my college professors shared this on Facebook, I thought I would share it here.

First of all, sorry about some of the language, although I found the comment very funny!

Second, I want to know would you take the job? Would you have conditions?

I think I could do it, but I might have a few conditions. Some sort of lights & my headphones to listen to music or books.

#question #spookyjob #80dollarsanhour #haunted #iwannameetcasper

@Avanders how does one get involved with #sfmbc it looks like fun.

Thanks for the tag @JenlovesJT47 and thanks for making this fun set @jenniferw88 ! ♥️♥️
1. Prob modern, but I have more experience w them 🧐
2. Poirot? 🧨
3. 🤷🏽‍♀️
4. Sure.. prob earrings most now..
5. Deep reds, greens...

1. Queso!!
2. My new Nespresso machine☕️
3. Icing on the Corpse 🐶🎂
4. Since it‘s Thursday... you! ☺️

Also, FYI re #cozyswap —>
I made a new cozy-mystery-want wishlist in goodreads!

👏🏽👏🏽🍁🧡♥️