Welcome to Litsy!

“Oh, I meant to tell you. You need a mantra to help you. You can borrow mine, if you want: ‘Whatever happens, love that.‘”

“You need to forget what society has told you about life and expectations, and don‘t let anybody make you pretend. You are enough, just the way you are—do you hear me? You have many gifts. Many, many gifts.”

Magical story of imperfect souls willing to do better and intertwine their lives with others. Good story for anytime of the year.

Day 14 #MayCharacters
Prompt: Mellow

Blix is the most free-spirited easygoing old lady, going with the flow and living her best life.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This is one of my “instant favorites“, I fell in love with this book the moment I began reading it. It's a beautiful tale of self-love, of finding yourself, of living your life to the fullest, exactly the way YOU want to live your life.
#selflove #matchmakingforbeginners #maddiedawson #favoritebooks #2021books #rereads

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Loved this book. A light easy read. You see themes of complicated family dynamics, self exploration and well timed humor cloaked by the genre of romance. This is a cozy one day read.

I cannot even begin to describe how much I loved this novel, Blix is everything, I want to be as alive as her ever damn day of my life. This book was literally life changing for me https://heartandsoulbooks.blogspot.com/2020/06/whatever-happens-love-that.html?m...

I couldn‘t put this down. You will fall in love with Blix! You will cheer Marnie on her adventure. @FeatherV you will like this one.

When your favorite character dies, the whole reason you fell in love with the book....and you‘re not even halfway through it. 😢

This was a solid grid of reading with 8/9 ranking from a solid B at 4* to a solid A at 4.75 star. I chose the tagged because it provide me my new life motto.

5* = Loved It, want non-reader IRL friends to read. I do/will own a physical copy. A+
4*= Liked it a lot, would love to discuss. Solid B
3*=Meh, no need to discuss. Average C
2*=Nope D
1*=DNF F

This book is adorable. You know from the get-go the sadness serves to make the goodness sweeter. Why do we know this, you ask? Because a lively, magical octogenarian tells us so. ...I‘ve even updated by long held motto to a new one: Whatever happens, love that.

It‘s also my May #Bookspin

Looking forward to a quiet weekend of read this quirky, sweet book. Life has been so difficult lately and I hav been quiet on Litsy recently, but I am still here and following along with everyone and reading.

I went into this one expecting another basic rom com (nothing against those- I love them. 😊). But this was more than that- there were surprises that I didn‘t see coming and a few places that left me teary. I am sleepy today because I stayed up too late last night to finish it!

This is my review for a book I borrowed from Amazon Prime called #matchmakingforbeginners. I finished listening to this book last night after watching the #worldseries Game 2. The Houston Astros lost against the Washington Nationals last night and I was so sad about it but this book made me feel better. The #worldseries is not over yet. I‘m going to be on the edge of my seat watching the games on tv to see who wins but I‘m rooting for the Astros.

#7days7covers#covercrush Day 5💞

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I‘d never heard of this book or this author, yet, I so enjoyed this read! Magical realism, but in a way that felt so natural. Some great storylines about self discovery, wholeness and brokenness, and friends who become family. I‘m going to look for more by this author!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is a very longwinded, slightly depressing romance. Magic, matchmaking, and relationship snafus galore.

This was a fun rom-com with magic and spells and matchmaking. Marnie sets out to help others and ends up learning some things about herself along the way.

Loved this book and its characters. Highly recommend.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

A fun, light read about someone trying to find their place. #romantsy #kindleunlimited #audiobook #augustreads

3rd day in a row of 2 miles in the morning. #audiobook #bfc

Another 2 miles done this morning. Had to take a picture of this view. ❤️ I‘m really enjoying this book also. It‘s not what I thought it would be but its got me hooked. #bfc #audiobook #onmywalk

Two miles done this morning while listening to the tagged book. 💪🏼 #audiobook #bfc

Super cute summer read! I really liked this one - the quirky characters and New York setting.

Super cute summer read! I really liked this one - the quirky characters and New York setting.

“A delightful, light-as-air romance that successfully straddles the line between sweet and smart without ever being silly…The novel is simply captivating from beginning to end.” —Associated Press

I guess this just wasn‘t the story I was expecting, so I was disappointed.

Book 4 of #24b4Monday finished. (#25inFive, too.)
Current time: 12h4m

Next up: Superman: Dawnbreaker #PopJarGame

” it's in the broken places where the light gets in” ❤️

I‘ve been waiting all winter to read on the bench. #spring #outdoorreading

1. Tagged
2. The Science of Happiness
3. Morning
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

1. See above
2. Family matters
3. Yes
4. Yes, on my honeymoon
5. 🍀@lydsters
#hellothursday @wanderinglynn

Sweet romance. I listened and enjoyed the audiobook version. #MountTBR

This book had a great start to it, quirky and charming with realistic characters. It lost some of its charm as the book went on and jumped to wrap up storylines while skimping on the details. 5/?

This book is sitting on my kindle... just waiting for me to read it. ❤️

#playingcupid #literarylove

Thank you for the #kindlitsy gift, @CBee ! From one Sesame Street fan to another! #lifelongreaders

#LitsyWalkers @kaye

Errands, appointments, complaints. Some walking happened. Managed to take a picture of my shoes.

Bad day, today. I'm much too tired.

“Maybe this is how the whole system works. You put the wish out there, and then it takes the entire universe operating on your behalf to get it to come true.”

But instead, she comes over and takes my damp hands in her cool, bony ones, and says, dryly, her eyes shining with trouble and mischief: “I‘m not here to make you feel worse, but I just want to tell you that I hope we don‘t have to kill him #today. But if we do, we do. I want you to know I‘m up for it. You girls with me?” #QuotsyJan19

I'm halfway through this and am really enjoying it. It's the large print edition because that's what my library had and it is also easier on my eyes.

Sweet, thoughtful, charming contemporary romance. This was a great light read as my first *complete* book of 2019.⠀
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#bookstagram #booknerd #bookworm #bibliophile #bookaddict #booklove #booklover #Booknerd #reader #reading #readingisfun #instabook #instabooks #igbooks #igreads #booksofinstagram #goodreads #bookstagrammer #bookish #bookreview #allthebooks #romance #maddiedawson #matchmakingforbeginners

My January tbr. I started two of them already, so I'm hopeful to read them all this month.

#newbeginnings #anewchapter
@vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I ended up much more in love with these flawed characters because of their flaws and while not everyone overcomes them, which is true in life, I loved them anyway and can't wait to read another book from Dawson in the future. 4 ⭐

I think I made it a whole week and a half without having any library books in my house. That doesn't sound like very much time, but I work at the library so I'm always seeing books I want to read.

The good thing about a full day back in the office after working from home for two months is that the library is right here. I got some Xmas books and i want to just go home and curl up with them! So I started this one while hiding out in the cold car before I go back in to work, and I‘m loving it so far.

With this title, I was expecting a light, fluffy book that didn‘t need thinking. Nope. Heavy stuff, right here. Makes you reflect on how you‘re living life.

Oh, how I adored this book! A journey to self discovery with a cast of quirky, lovable, flawed characters. Such a sweet story that had me shedding a few tears. This book is going to be one of my favorites this year. ❤️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

A little confession: I ❤️ words & some words are favorites. This is one of those words. I use it often & I hardly ever see it when reading. When I do see it, I feel like the book & the author are somehow connected to me - like we are meant to be together. Fitting for this particular book. I know that there are other Littens here who will get this, who will understand. For when I say things like this to my friends & family, they think I‘m nuts. 😉

Busy day today with a marching band festival for my high schooler, but I wish I could spend all day like this. At least I got to start the day this way. 📚#sundaymorning #sundayfunday #booksandcoffee #booksandbeans