Welcome to Litsy!

It‘s the middle of May so I better post my tbr! Definitely won‘t finish this month but a girl can dream.

🌻 tagged - started last month, intentionally going slow
🐴 The Boy, The Mole, The Fox, and The Horse - just for fun
🪷 finish Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
📕 The Library Book
and
⭐️ Where the Forest Meets the Stars - for the Monthly Key Word Challenge
🚗 Billy Summers for the #LosersClub group read with @BarkingMadRead

#tbr #maytbr

Just finished this #naturalitsy buddy read from April- and I loved it. It was a slow savor through the months. I appreciated the authors battle with depression and the way nature could alleviate the symptoms. I also see nature as healing, although some days are a physical struggle- and was reminded that sometimes it takes work and effort and will be hard initially but in the end will pay off with wonder and perhaps serenity. #litsolace

It‘s our #hyggehourreadathon day🌷I‘m hoping to spend some time with Spring cleaning and some Spring planting. (Saoirse is sitting on me at the moment though so i will be delayed getting outside. ) Then resting with a book and tea to end/begin the week. can‘t wait to see all your posts 💛💛💛💛

I‘m still slowly but surely reading this #naturalitsy selection- it feels like being a walker in a marathon tbh but i wanted to share the beautiful bookmark sent to me from @mabell . it suits the book well and i love it so much!

I MAY have overcommitted myself to group reads this month, so this is more likely an April/May tbr, but a girl can dream.

🔎 The Colorado Kid - an IG group read
🔍 Later - #LosersClub group read
🪺 tagged - #NaturaLitsy group read
🇲🇽 I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter - book club
💜 Erotic Stories for Punjabi Widows
&
⭐️ Where the Forest Meets the Stars - #keywordreadingchallenge
👻 finish If It Bleeds for #LosersClub

#tbr #apriltbr

#ReadAway2024 #MarvelousMarch #readathon

Finished today for #Naturalitsy #LitSolace #SpringEquinox I‘ve been listening to it in my car mostly as I run errands & It‘s a pleasant listen (narrated by the author) & free on Audible but now, I might want a print copy as I feel I may have missed out on the illustrations. As someone who battles depression, I can relate to the author & how the beauty of nature can improve mood & mental outlook. Lovely.💚

#LitSolace

It's our favourite day of the week. What are you planning on reading or doing for our #Hyggehour readathon tonight?
I will be driving home after taking care of my aunt for the weekend. I will be listening to our #buddyread (tagged). It's really helping to calm me at a distressing time x

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Finished this one on the way home from work. I got this one on Audible/free and I enjoyed it. The Author narrates it (I love it when they do that), and it felt so “real“ and so “brave“ for her to discuss her struggles with Mental Health and how nature helped her through these depressive episodes.

I plan on re-reading when I purchase the physical copy.

#NaturalLitsy #LitSolace
#BuddyReads
@AllDeBooks
@TheBookHippie
@ChrissyReadIt

Initially intended as an #AudioCommute book for work, but now I feel like I need a physical copy. The book's descriptions of nature are so soothing and inspiring that they make me want to go for a nature walk.

#NaturalLitsy #LitSolace
#BuddyReads
@AllDeBooks
@TheBookHippie
@Chrissyreadit

My copy came today,I think I‘m going to read it month by month. I just finished “March” I honestly had no idea what this book was about other than nature keeping us sane. I did not realize how absolutely true that is in regards to the author. I know for me 10 years ago my dad died,I entered perimenopause, my mom‘s full diagnosis revealed itself (Lewy Body Dementia) , she passed away, then a pandemic hit. I need to force myself to go outside.

My hardcover copy arrived 💜🪻📔

#litsolace #naturalitsy #springequinox #hygge

WAAAAAY too early to talk about spring here, we really don‘t have much of one- mid April to mid June typically. Nothing yet for spring sightings. Although we aren't buried in snow like usual. I don't usually plant til after May 15. We have snow through April in "normal" years. I do long to garden. It‘s so short that everything is “green" here. Still in the 20sF here at night 40s F in daytime. Which is a heatwave for March! The cards are my spring.

This book is so pretty! I‘m excited to read it over the next few weeks. #litsolace #springequinox #naturalitsy

Happy #litsolace #springequinox edition! How is everyone? #springisintheair
I‘m hoping to get some yard clean up done if weather allows, and Read- I am taking 3 days off for a #staycation of rest and rejuvenation.

#Naturalitsy #LitSolace #SpringEquinox

I don't know about you guys, but I am so happy to see some signs of Spring springing. The daffodils are budding, the apple blosson is finished, the birds are singing their little hearts out. 🎵

What signs have you spotted? We hope you've been well and are ready to celebrate a new season with us.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

#LitSolace
Hi all, I'm checking in to see how you've been since our #Midwintersolace event ended. Are you ready for a mini Spring event? More hygge based fun to celebrate the return of Spring.
Please let @AllDebooks know if you wish to be added/ removed from the taglist. All are welcome to join us.

Repost for @AllDebooks

#LitSolace #buddyreads

I've selected two books for our relaxing Spring #buddyread The wild remedy and Spring - An anthology. All are welcome to participate.

Although the Spring Equinox event will be 15th-24th March, the buddy reads will be extended until the end of April.

Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

#litsolace #naturalitsy

The selected two books for our relaxing Spring #buddyread The wild remedy and Spring - An anthology. All are welcome to participate.

Although the Spring Equinox event will be 15th-24th March, the buddy reads will be extended until the end of April.

Please let @AllDebooks know if you wish to be added/ removed from the taglist.

#LitSolace #buddyreads

I've selected two books for our relaxing Spring #buddyread The wild remedy and Spring - An anthology. All are welcome to participate.

Although the Spring Equinox event will be 15th-24th March, the buddy reads will be extended until the end of April.

Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Friday night was my birthday.My husband & I went to a local French bistro for an early diner of roasted beets with honey nut squash,candied walnuts&pomegranate;Bourguignon beef stew,(me);chicken Coq Au Vin d‘Alsace(hubby).Cake was at home with my son.You can see a lovely,snow covered bush to the right in the window next to me.#naturalitsy
I read some of the month of January in the tagged book when I got home.

Thank you so much for the birthday gifts and cards! @TheBookHippie I am already reading January‘s chapter. I love how the book goes through the natural world, month by month.The illustrations are gorgeous!Not pictured is a box of fuzzy cozy socks because they are in the laundry right now.Thanks so much Christine for your generosity.The cards brightened my day- thank ypu for remembering me @Lovesbooks87 @Kappadeemom @readwithcori @Sleepswithbooks

I have officially found one of my favorite reads of 2024! The writing is beautiful, the illustrations are gorgeous and the message of the book will ease your soul. 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Finally finished this book tonight. It‘s been a long read for a short book. It‘s wonderful to read how therapeutic nature can be but how medicine can also help when needed. I really enjoyed Emma‘s recollection of the year in her small woods and the uk at large as well.

After an awfully hot unseasonable day I‘m enjoying to cool breeze while watching my son play soccer and trying to finish this book….which I am sure is close to overdue at the library

When you‘re at soccer, it‘s freezing and you‘re still getting over what ever you have been sick with, and your FIL brings you this! HUGE oat milk coffee

Currently sitting in my recliner in the sun trying to get back into reading this book. The last week I have not been able to sit up let alone look at a screen or read. I had something down right nasty, not covid, not flu, but nasty. Finally on the better end of whatever it is. Hoping my brain can unscramble a bit today to focus.

I‘m still reading “A River Enchanted” but need to wait for it to come back from the library as it was over due.

In the mean time I‘m diving into this!

This book is so gorgeous and moving that I really want a hard copy of it 😍

This is a really lovely book and I can't recommend it highly enough. Emma Mitchell writes honestly and vividly about how debilitating her depression is, and her description of nature and wildlife and how healing it can be is beautiful. The drawings and photos are absolutely gorgeous.

This is just gorgeous.

Enjoying Emma Mitchell's beautiful description of the healing power of birdsong and gorgeous drawings in the hospital garden while two nearby pigeons go at it like the clappers. Nature is healing.

Taking a break from Ulysses (there's no way I'm gonna finish it, and the other books I've still not read on Penguin's 20 books to read before you turn 40, in the next month), been looking forward to this.