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The Little Paris Bookshop: A Novel

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

Today's #BringYourOwnBook #BYOB challenge. Find a word or line in the book you are currently reading that fits the prompt. Share it in the comments and tag the book. Enjoy! 😁

tournevis "Shared bunk" 7y

Liatrek Apothecary

Louise "Taxonomists of trash!"

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Louise "Solvitur ambulando!"

Gods of Howl Mountain: A Novel

Louise @tournevis @Liatrek 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y

EricaReads “Junicorn!”

Strange Weather

Louise @EricaReads Brilliant! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y

jenpro “Ornias”

Louise @jenpro Good one! 👍 7y

revenge4porgy Open Sesame 7y

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To Die but Once: A Maisie Dobbs Novel

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

It's high time for another round of #BringYourOwnBook #BYOB! Open the book you are currently reading and find a line that fits the prompt. Share it in the comments and tag the book! Enjoy! 🎉📚

Suzze There were two guards on duty at the decoy airfield. They checked her identity card, and informed her that they had been briefed regarding her inquiry....

Louise I guess there's some shit going down in Tokyo. . .

Louise @Suzze 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y

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Louise Somebody, I can't remember who, called them soulless and inhospitable to human use. . .

Xenocide: Volume Three of the Ender Quintet

Eggs "I never knew how perfectly happy we were until I learned that we could not stay together "

Louise @Eggs There are a number of ways to interpret that one! 😆😂👍 7y

MissAimz_55 I'm losing weight because I joined a gym

Attachments: A Novel

Louise @MissAimz_55 That would indeed be a surprise! 😂 7y

tournevis This game is so cool! I kickstarted it and have the original brown version. I am so happy I'm not the only one who knows this game! 7y

Louise @tournevis Wow! You're an ol' pro! It's such fun! 7y

Eggs What a fun game😆 7y

tournevis @Louise I was so gappy Gamewright picked it up! More players! 7y

revenge4porgy What‘s this? Is it still going on? 7y

revenge4porgy What the Administration spends the taxpayers money on, or how they start Wars 7y

Louise @revenge4porgy Hi! This is a game that some of us have, and now and then I post a challenge on Litsy for people to answer with a line from whatever they happen to be reading at the time. It's good for some bookish laughs! 😁 7y

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Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

Today's #BringYourOwnBook #BYOB challenge. Flip through whatever you are currently reading and find a line that fits the prompt. Share in the comments and tag the book. Have fun!

julesG Bad boys – ... – did not hold leadership jobs at Fortune 500 companies. (The Corner Office by Katerina Baker, ARC not in database) 7y

Louise @julesG Haha! Brilliant! 😂😂😂 7y

Louise Our guns overflowed with the smell of liquor.

The Miracle at Speedy Motors

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jenniferw88 All women knew that traditional build was something that could happen to anyone, and would not abuse another for it.

Louise @jenniferw88 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 7y

SomedayAlmost Omens change. Signs shift.

Claire DeWitt and the City of the Dead

Louise @SomedayAlmost Interesting choice! Rather contemplative. ☺️ 7y

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Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

It's time for another round of the #BringYourOwnBook #BYOB challenge! Flip through whatever you're reading and find a line that fits the prompt. Share in comments and tag the book title. Have fun!

Louise "Who says I don't love you? But you know no man can pit his heart against the sea."

United Tastes of Texas: Authentic Recipes from All Corners of the Lone Star State

Beckys_Books "Get out of here, right now"

Die Trying

Louise @Beckys_Books That'll work! 😂 7y

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drokka 'She thrust up her chest and produced a delicate cough'. (edited) 7y

LauraBrook "What are you doing?" "Cleaning my guns and researching vasectomies." 7y

lynneamch "Here we have our own room. . . Why would we give that up to sleep apart? Among dozens of strangers?"

Exit West: A Novel

carrceli @LauraBrook what book 7y

LauraBrook @carrceli Page 106

Wicked Sexy Liar

Louise Clever answers! Always good for a laugh! @Beckys_Books @drokka @LauraBrook @lynneamch 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻 7y

Louise @drokka Which book? 7y

drokka The book is

Arrowood

(edited) 7y

drokka @LauraBrook 🤣🤣 7y

monkeygirlsmama "I heard you, [Miranda]. Lord in Heaven, I think my dear dead mama heard you." ?

Two Nights

Louise @monkeygirlsmama LOL 😂😂😂👍 7y

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OrangeMooseReads

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

I know a few other Littens do this as well. In case you haven't seen this before here is how it works: grab a book flip through and find a line that you feel fits the prompt above, and then post it in the comments.

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My_novel_obsession

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

Ok all - one more for Saturday night reading - from what you are reading now find "a sentence in a fortune cookie" and go....

Alphajoker "If you burn it the first time, don't worry. You can always try it again" (sorry, currently reading "United Tastes of Texas" recipe book :)

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My_novel_obsession Here's mine - "Doughnuts. Baked goods will set you free."

The Garden of Small Beginnings

stargazerblue49 "Love is worth everything. Everything"

Everything, Everything

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OrangeMooseReads "'Put a brick on your head. I can't see past you.'" -

A Hog Slaughtering Woman

LiteraryinPA "It's weird to scratch someone else's nose."-

I'll Give You the Sun

BarbaraJean "Little countries get eaten up by larger ones. It is the nature of the world."

Thick as Thieves

My_novel_obsession @stargazerblue49 👏👏great one! 8y

My_novel_obsession @OrangeMooseReads 😂😂😂 8y

My_novel_obsession @LiteraryinLititz - very profound 😂👍 8y

My_novel_obsession @BarbaraJean - Perfect! 👏👏 8y

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My_novel_obsession

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

Saturday morning diversion...in the current book you are reading find - "the name of a popular new indie band"!

OrangeMooseReads "Giant killer birds" - Paper Girls Vol 1 8y

Tamra "Leaving Yugiri" - Garden of Evening Mists 8y

Cinfhen PERV - Marlena 8y

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Soubhiville "Perhaps Courting"

Uprooted

Soubhiville Ps I love this game! 8y

saresmoore "Hungarian Diplomats"

The Historian

My_novel_obsession @OrangeMooseReads @Tamra @Cinfhen @Soubhiville 👏👏👏all awesome! 😂. I'm going with Psychoactive Substances Authority

Narconomics: How To Run a Drug Cartel

My_novel_obsession @saresmoore 👍 8y

MamaGina Several of the chapter names of my current read would make good indie band names including "Clarence and the Wydvilles," "Queen's Blood" and "Rebellion."

The Princes in the Tower

(edited) 8y

Hooked_on_books This is such a fun game! I love seeing everyone's responses. Mine is "See Jack Crawling"

The Snow Child

My_novel_obsession @MamaGina @Hooked_on_books - Good ones!! 👏👏👏 8y

BarbaraJean I'm calling my indie band "Exchanging Ambassadors" and think they could open for the Hungarian Diplomats from @saresmoore !

Thick as Thieves

saresmoore @BarbaraJean YES! Haha! I love it! 8y

My_novel_obsession @BarbaraJean Awesome! 😂 8y

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Little_Reader

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

We stopped pretending we're a "silent" book club. Love this game!

Kshakal, BookyMcBookface, kuchikopi, Jane226, maddieursitz, Nenny

RadicalReader @Little_Reader what is the name of this game? What do you do on it? 8y

Little_Reader @RadicalReader It's called Bring Your Own Book. Kinda like Apples to Apples but you find the responses in a book. 8y

RadicalReader @Little_Reader that seems like a fantastic game sounds absolutely wonderful definitely a game for book lovers 8y

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Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays, and Poems

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

Here's a whimsical yet challenging #BringYourOwnBook #BYOB prompt! Flip through your current read and find the most Dr. Suess-like lines! Oh, the places you'll go! 😂💕

Louise "Your people are singing, your people are dancing, Wo Wo, Wo Wo, Dance kapah dance out of that ancient dream, Wei-ha-hai. Is this a dream? Ha-hai. Is this a dream? Ha-hai."

LeahBergen "... more and more military as rigor mortis set in, with his bare feet looking like purple loaves of bread, from the lividity..."

Infinite Jest

Louise Brilliant, @LeahBergen! I can just see the illustrations! "Feet like purple loaves of bread..." hahaha! ? 8y

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Indigenous Writers of Taiwan: An Anthology of Stories, Essays, and Poems

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

#BringYourOwnBook #BYOB Challenge! Flip through the book you are currently reading and find a line that best suits the prompt. Share your find in the comments. Sense of humor a plus! 😆😂

Louise "I heard that Kacaw asked you to cure his wawa," said the pastor, handing her a betel nut.

kgriffith "Should we have a lesson this morning?"

Mermaids Singing

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ephemeralwaltz "But Mrs. Sen did not know how to drive."

Interpreter of Maladies

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julesG "'It is a monstrosity,' he breathed."

Perilous Undertaking

Louise @GlitterFemme @ephemeralwaltz @julesG Very clever choices! 🤓😆😂👌👏🏼🙌🏻🌟 8y

Amandajoy "Your lack of surprise," I tell D'Arnoq, "suggests this isn't a chance encounter."

Bone Clocks

(edited) 8y

Louise @Amandajoy 😂😂😂👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼 8y

MamaGina "A murmur spread through the room ..."

The Ice Princess: A Novel

Louise Good one, @MamaGina! 😂🙌🏻🌟 8y

MaleficentBookDragon "A wild animal is not a pet."

City of the Lost

Louise @MaleficentTheBookDragon 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻😂😂😂 8y

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Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

#BringYourOwnBook #BYOB Challenge! Flip through whatever you are currently reading and share the word or phrase that best suits the prompt. Have fun! 🤓😆😂

Louise "Oh my child, people can't grow scales. . . ."

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets

DGRachel "We should continue with the mission"

Annihilation

MatildaBaggins "WATCH OUT FOR THAT TREE!"

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mom2bugnbee @MatildaBaggins 😂😂😂 8y

MamaGina "I don't know how you can live here. This place gives me the creeps"

The Crossing Places: Dr Ruth Galloway Mysteries 1

Amandajoy @MatildaBaggins I almost choked on my lunch reading that! 😂 8y

tysephine "I got my hatchet. Who wants to help me cut some green wood?"

diovival "They can run me out or in. To hell with it."

Blue Highways: A Journey Into America

Lmstraubie "Whose hair are you ripping out?"

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Book 2)

emtobiasz "What if we made a vegetarian Thanksgiving dinner and cooked the entire thing out of Dumpsters?"

Tender at the Bone: Growing Up at the Table

Louise @DGRachel @MatildaBaggins @mom2bugnbee @MamaGina @Amandajoy @tysephine @diovival @Lmstraubie @emtobiasz You have all proven once again that Littens are the most witty and erudite people in social media! 🤓😆😂👏🏼🙌🏻👑🎩👌🌟💕❤ 8y

revenge4porgy It was the best of times, it was the worst of times. It was the age of wisdom. It was the age of foolishness. 7y

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Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

Back by popular demand 😆! #BringYourOwnBook #BYOB challenge. Flip through the book you are currently reading and find a line or word that fits the prompt. Share your brilliant discovery in the comments. 🤓

Louise "That strange black-and-white creature is called a 'cat'. . . ."

Letters to a Young Muslim

night_shift "Several new ideas detonated inside me as I watched a marsh hawk dive into the reeds and come up with a rabbit struggling in its talons."

Annihilation

Hooked_on_books "You and your friends engage in this type of activity all the time."

Dragon "examining the surroundings and noticing the presence of half a dozen cats and a couple of cockatoos ( of a violent color and encyclopedic size) "

The Shadow of the Wind

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Louise @UnidragonFrag @Hooked_on_books @Dragon This was a difficult prompt, and you rose to the challenge brilliantly! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 8y

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Donna_sBookMinute

Bring Out Your Own Book: Low Cost Self Publishing | Marilyn Gayle Hoff, Barbara McFadyen

"He looked me over scowling. “How am I to trust a woman capable of doing such a business?” “Women are capable of many things, Brigadier. You just haven‘t noticed it until now.” I gave a quick smile. “I will need the first half of the money, in cash, two weeks from today.”

A good start, don'tcha think? He's buying "insurance" that his wife gives birth to a boy -- in order to keep an inheritance.
#BringYourOwnBook Challenge. #BYOB

Louise Haha! A brilliant start! And you even made a collage! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟👌👌👌 8y

diovival How have I never heard of this game before?! I must have it. 8y

Donna_sBookMinute @Louise -- LOL!! @diovival -- IKR? I've seen the posts about it but wasn't playing it right. Seems like a lot of fun. 8y

Louise @diovival It's a fun game and not very expensive. I got mine on Amazon. There are various ways to play it in a group. I like to post the prompts to Litsy because Littens come up with such brilliant and funny responses! 😆😂🤓 8y

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