Welcome to Litsy!

Letting my #LMPBC #GroupC team know that I‘m running behind in my reading! I‘m sorry but end of year school stuff, being the only Covid free caretaker for my family, and family events to help plan kept me busy through the end of May and the beginning of June. I‘m not quite finished with Miéville‘s collection and just received Novak‘s. I‘ll finish Miéville this week and mail it asap. I‘m very sorry for the delay!

While some of these stories were quite clever, most were just okay. I‘m not sure our senses of humor are very compatible. However this has been on my TBR for years, so I was glad to get to it with my #LPMBC #GroupC. 👍🏻

I‘ll get this to you shortly @Readergrrl Last book!

This is our peony that doesn‘t have support, but it‘s still a beautiful color. (It next to our driveway, and I ruined the metal a couple of years ago. Whoops! 😂) @Cinfhen

Another light pick for me. Naturally, not all of these stories worked for me and some were more memorable than others, but several were clever and funny and I enjoyed the time I spent reading them.

@Megabooks I mailed this yesterday. It should get to you by Tuesday. 😊👍🏽

#lmpbc #GroupC #catsoflitsy #Ember

Time to start the next book for #lmpbc #GroupC. 😄📖

I love BJ Novak as an actor and I know he is also a gifted writer.

These stories are smart, witty and clever.

The problem is I don't care for short stories in general and this collection did nothing to change my mind. I just wanted to get through as fast as I could.

Enjoyable book of short stories. The humor was definitely right up my alley. My favorite was probably Closure but I also really liked Julie and the Warlord.

#20in4 - I went right to bed so I‘m late posting this but I ended up at 19 hrs which is more than I thought I would get to.

Today‘s read to kick start February and try to get in the last 8 hours (ish) that I need for #20in4

I‘ll be done with work in a little bit then I have to sleep. But I‘m going to try to wake up in time to power read. I‘m determined 💪🏼

#ManicMonday #LetterN @JoScho

Favorites starting with N:

- Book: The Neverending Story by Michael Ende

- Author: B. J. Novak (yep, the guy who played Ryan on The Office wrote the tagged book, a truly excellent short story collection)

- Movie: The NeverEnding Story

- Band: New Order

- Song: Number City by Coheed & Cambria

My favorite stories were The Rematch, Missed Connection, The Man Who Invented the Calendar, Kellogs, and my favorite favorite favorite was Monster: The Roller Coaster.

Lot and lots (and lots) of short stories. Some were great (No Goes to Heaven to See Dan Fogelberg), some were really good (The Something by John Grisham) and some were not my cup of tea (The Comedy Central Roast of Nelson Mandela). But they were short so it wasn‘t long until another good one came along.

Book 45/100

#stillnitcraftingmuch #gamingandbooks

I've had this on my TBR for ages, but was never really all that interested in reading it (I'm not a short story fan). I finally read it out of desperation (empty Overdrive pipeline), and I'm glad I did. Some of the stories were pretty funny. Others not so much. But, I'm glad to get out of my comfort zone occasionally.

Stack 12/12 for the #BlindDateWithABook Display @BookBabe and I are working on. 😁

Have you read any of these?!

#LitsyLovesLibraries #MrBooksDisplays

This is slightly more than a "so-so", but not quite a pick. I wanted to like this more than I did. Sarcastic, sardonic humor is funny in small doses. This was just too much of the same kind of thing for me. I did find myself chuckling but it was very hit or miss.

I really enjoyed the majority of this book. There were some rambly stories that felt unpolished or not quite finished but they were worth it for the real gems in here like The Something by John Grisham, The Rematch Between The Tortoise and The Hare, and Wikipedia Brown. Some short, others longer; irreverent and witty humor throughout. Reminiscent of The Office's writing, this dry take into today's social network world was delightful.

I love The Office and am so excited for a lighter listen after my last audiobook pulled my heart out!

These short stories are clever and had me laughing aloud. I typically don‘t go for short stories, but these were refreshingly different. The book is definitely YA, not for young teens & has a preponderance of f-bombs. I‘m glad I‘m reading it before my 15-year-old daughter; but maybe tempting her with a funny book with mature-ish content will get her to actually READ. #YAWednesday

😂😂😂

Bwahahaha! The Something, by John Grisham! 😂😂😂

Covered in doggos, attempting to read. Not entirely sure why I need a pibble on my lap.
#dogsoflitsy

From the acknowledgements. Busted.

Well that came out of left field. I picked this up expecting competent stories but this might actually be one of my favorite reads of the year so far.

I am bowled over by how good this collection is! I'm already over half through when the plan was to read a couple stories then start book 4 of a series I've been on.

Starting this collection for #letterN of #LitsyAtoZ . A few in, I'm really enjoying it so far.

So excited to start this one today!

#tbr #newbook #Novak #onemorething #currentread #stories #aprilreads

1. The Sookie Stackhouse series
2. Lord of the Rings
3. I usually shelve it, but I'll pass on a book if someone asks
4. Sadly, no
#weekendchat @CSeydel

I think I enjoyed like three of the stories in this book 😕 #80in18

In relation to my answers to the Reading Habits Tag, here‘s me at a milktea shop last week. 😂 I CAN read everywhere but I PREFER to read at home bec i make weird/awkward faces when i‘m lost in thought! 😂
Stolen 📸 by my sister. Grr! 😠🤣

Im at this part in this collection of stories and i feel personally attackedt! 😂😂😂

Before i discovered highlighting in Kindle, i just try to commit beautiful quotes to memory (or if i have something to write on conveniently nearby, i jot it down). I also abhor highlighting on fiction books! I didn‘t want them to feel like boring school textbooks!

But look where we are now! 😂

Current read. A gift from @knownasmary ! ❤️
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My reading resolutions include switching up genres and alternating bet local & foreign authors. This was an awesome book to start with it after i gobbled up 4 local stories. 😂 #amreading

3.5/5

I really enjoyed this as an audiobook, especially because I love “The Office”. Some stories were definitely funnier than others, but overall made my commute to work much more pleasant.

Met up with a friend from all the way back bec she ordered our book. She came with these in hand and I almost screamed bec I‘ve been eyeing One More Thing a few years ago, then forgot about it, and now she gave it to me!!! ❤️❤️❤️ #friendships #thebest

My new audio book. Novak is such a good narrator--and I love the guest voices! I hate it when men try to voice women and women men, it ruins the whole thing for me. This is so much better!! #audiobook

I loved hearing the cast of The Office reading the stories in this audiobook. The first story about the tortoise and the hare was my absolute favourite ❤️

💗❤️💗 I'm not going to lie, this is being stacked simply because the author is Ryan the temp, from The Office. And I loooovvve The Office. 💗❤️💗

#LibraryWishlist #NeverEndingTBR

Have any of my fellow Littens read this book? Would you recommend? Please let me know. ☺️

RIOTGRAMS DAY 3: Three Word Titles

Another book I‘ve had forever and still haven‘t gotten to! I think this was a thrift shop find awhile back. After recently rewatching The Office with my bf, I‘d really like to catch up on this one by BJ Novak (AKA Ryan the Temp). #riotgrams #day3 #tbr

Finally have this up next for an #audioread. I love The Office. Ryan Howard was a dick (to quote Ben Stovington from Felicity), but I'm fascinated by the relationship between Novak & Mindy Kaling.

Some pretty funny stories - I enjoyed the guest narrators.

Next up on #labsoundtrack. Way better!

I really liked this collection of short stories - especially on audio. I laughed out loud at a few - Wikipedia Brown especially. #awesomeaudio

I'm about to start this audiobook. Woot woot! I love B.J. Novak!

A collection of black & white (& grey!) books. 🎹⚽️🎬📓

#blackandwhitecovers #maybookflowers

Today I told my coworker that I would stop by B&N and pick up her hold while I was out and this happened. It was buy 2 get 1 free so I really had no choice. #allthebooks

#aQuoteaDay

Food for thought.

A great distraction. Listen to the audiobook if possible... it's a The Office mini reunion.

I think I know this movie 😜

I concur!