Welcome to Litsy!

1.In a hole in the ground there lived a hobbit
2The Island of Gont, a single mountain that lifts its peak a mile above the storm-racked Northeast Sea, is a land famous for wizards.
3."I wonder when in the world you're going to do anything, Rudolf?" said my brother's wife
4.Harriet Vane sat at her writing-table and stared out into Mecklenburg Square
5.When Augustus came out on the porch the blue pigs were eating a rattlesnake - not a very big one.

#midyearfaves
#Bestof2023sofar
I picked one per genre. I will tag in the comments what are your favorite books so far this year? Tag a few friends. @megnews @BarbaraJean @TheAromaofBooks @suvata

In true procrastination form, I'm finally declaring my top 25 reads of 2020. The year wasn't good for much else, but my reading certainly didn't suffer. Most surprising was what took the top spot: this is the first time I've had a non-fiction #1 pick. Carolyn Forché's 'What You Have Heard Is True' is unlike any memoir I've ever read. It was a strong year for non-fiction reads overall, in spite of my craving for fictional escapes more than ever.

Thought I‘d also share my #20best2020! Great reading year, otherwise 2020 can kiss my grits 😂😂

This was incredibly hard, so I decided to just go with my top 3 reads so far in 2020 😉 Thanks for the tag @batsy 😘

1. The Notebook Trilogy by Agota Kristof
2. The Handmaid‘s Tale by Margaret Atwood
3. The one and only Harry Potter (started a reread during this pandemic)

#Favs

Thanks for the tag @BarbaraBB

My #favs that hold a special place in my reading heart

♥️ A Little Life
♥️ Tender is the Night
♥️ The Bell Jar

The Very Best of Charles de Lint

Binti

How Fletcher Was Hatched

Murderbot and The Dungeon Masters Guide and the list goes on and on #favs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1. Any Fantasy. Harry Potter, The Farseer Trilogy, Throne of Glass series.

2. For escapism comedies, I like to go for the ridiculous: Anchorman, 40 Year Old Virgin, Bridesmaids

3. Podcast (at the moment): Marlon and Jake Read Dead People; TV Show: Buffy the Vampire Slayer

4. Painting with my kids, cooking.

#FridayFun @wanderinglynn

@Exbrarian - what are your faves?

Day 4 - #FavoriteBook2019 #AuldLangReads

I couldn‘t just pick one so these are some of my favorites!

Pinks & purples
Don't know enough about this so n/a
Emerald
Harry Potter
Sweet Peas, Lavender
Dark chocolate
Vanilla, Mint, Orange, Cinnamon

#basicwitchswap @sprainedbrain @Meaw_catlady @TCLinrow

For the first meeting of #LitsyATXReadersSociety, we all brought a book we love to talk about. Here are our recommendations! I‘ll tag them all in the comments.

I can‘t think about this too long or I‘ll be thinking of it all day. So these are right from the heart:

Kazuo Ishiguro
John Steinbeck
Iris Murdoch
Karl Ove Knausgård
Daphne DuMaurier
John Boyne

And yes, I know they are six ??

Daphne Du Maurier
Audrey Niffenegger
Claire Fuller
Sarah Winman
Nigel Slater

That was tough! @britt_brooke

Spending some time this afternoon looking back through my reads of 2018. Here are the ones that I rated the highest in my reading journal. Looking back, I think my ratings immediately after I finished the books still apply. A good exercise for the end of the year, now on to thinking about 2019 reads! 😊

Needing some reading ideas here, please answer my survey. 😊👇👀😉👋 #favoritebook #bestread #goodbook

U was easier than I thought it would be!

📚 The Unquiet Dead
👩‍💻 John Updike
📺 Unforgotten
🍴 ??

@JoScho #ManicMonday

I can't believe it's Monday again!
📖 A Reason to Live (Matthew Iden)
👩‍💻 JK Rowling
📺 Ready Steady Cook
🍴 Rolos

#ManicMonday @JoScho

#ManicMonday @JoScho
📖 Queer City - Peter Ackroyd
👩‍💻 Matthew Quick
🎬 Quartet (2012 film)
📺 QI
🍴Quiche

📖 The Power
👩‍💻 Terry Pratchett
🎬 Pocahontas
🍴 Pasta

#ManicMonday @JoScho

📖 The Mistletoe Murder and Other Stories
👩‍💻 Mark Gatiss
🎬 ??
🍴 Milk

#ManicMonday @JoScho

Some books from my favourites shelf on Librarything. #Books #📚#ReadingResolutions

Do any of these make your favourites list?

1. Kidnapped
2. Mary Robinette Kowal
3. Ķing's Speech
4. Korma
@JoScho #manicmonday

⚀ Journey to the Centre of the Earth
⚁ P D James
⚂ Johnny English
⚃ Jelly

@JoScho #ManicMonday

🎬 “Singin‘ in the Rain”
🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿 I‘m still walking on a cloud after my trip to England in January.
📚 Memoir
🌈 Hmm, today it‘s lilac.
🎵 I‘m sure this has been asked already, but my question is, What is your favorite song?

#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

Thank you so much for for all my lovely gifts @BurghBookAddict I opened this morning after work. I haven‘t read the Picoult. The pens,🦉journal & GF popcorn tell me that you are an awesome stalker. Great Fall candle🎃! I have read Lilac Girls, but it is a good choice. 💜💜💜Adore the Jane Eyre!💜💜💜 By now you know how I feel about that one. 😍 Great Job! #mfbs #MyFavoriteBookExchange

⚀ A Game of Thrones
⚁ Elizabeth Gaskell
⚂ Great British Menu
⚃ Chocolate Ganache

@JoScho #ManicMonday

I‘m ready to seal it up and head to the PO to mail #MyFavoriteBookSwap ! This one was super fun and I had to rein myself in...I have so many “favorites”. I hope you enjoy my choices Lauren🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸#mfbs

1. So hard! I'll pick Liane Moriarty. I'll always read her latest as soon as it's out.
2. Dorothy Dunnett
3. Erik Larson
4. Laurie Halse Anderson - Prinze Honor Award
#hellothursday

Thank you @Ingerella for the tag!

Favorite:

Color: Blue
Season: Spring
Genre: Thrillers
Hobby: collecting recipes
Snack: ice cream
Drink: Cherry Pepsi
Bookish Item: bookmarks

I‘ll tag my #LMPBC girls. @mklong @JenlovesJT47 @Bookishgal71 (although she‘s traveling.)

It's @AndreaReads Litsyversary, and she's kind enough to celebrate with us by hosting a giveaway where we talk about our favorite thing about Litsy.

I can't pick! So I cheated a bit. Truth is, Litsy is my favorite thing! And that's because of all of you. And all of these things. I love the community, I love my fellow introverts, librarians, and book lovers in general.

**Finished in comments**

I couldn't choose my favourite #7booksin7days by @lauren.lerner but this one by @Cinfhen looks more achievable!

1. Orange and purple
2. Urban fantasy
3. Hedgehogs, foxes, and owls
4. Mostly books
5. Brownies
6. Nachos
7. All of the above
#myfavoritethings

1. Turquoise/teal and violet
2. Literary fiction
3. Cats and goats
4. Bookmarks, Momiji resin dolls, and gnomes
5. Anything lemon. Also all cookies.
6. Popcorn
7. I like all three but usually prefer tea. But no caffeine allowed.
#myfavoritethings

1. Sage green. 2. Historical fiction. 3. Doggos. 4. Photos of my kids and grand baby 5. CHOCOLATE!!! 6. Chips and dip. 7. COFFEE!!

This is a really nice idea from @JoScho with there being a few swaps going on!
1. Blue, pink and green.
2. Thrillers, classics, true crime. But I‘m open to most apart from sci-fi and really cheesy romance.
3. Bears! 🐻 I love dogs too! 🐶
4. Nice hardback editions of classics and bookmarks.
5. I love milk and white chocolate.
6. Crisps!
7. I‘m not hugely into hot drinks at all. I don‘t drink tea or coffee but like an occasional hot choc.

1. I don't play any games on my phone.
2. It changes a lot; right now: mystery
3. Jelly beans! Easter is the only time I eat them for some reason.
4. My daughter. She's 4 and so much cooler than me.
5. @Linsy @Sahar @DaveNeufeld @ReadingEnvy
*Just to name a few! So many amazing people and book recommendations thanks to this awesome community!

#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

1. I game everywhere but my phone
2. Sci-Fi or Black Comedy
3. Peeps that have been left out a few days... like a fine wine, they only get better with age.
4. My daughter
5. Here‘s a few that come to mind:
- @2BR02B is cooler than me
- @britt_brooke likes Vonnegut even more than I do
- @kyraleseberg has the best profile picture
- @ghosthost has a compelling air of mystery
- @bookish_wookish clearly has impeccable taste 😂

#FriYayIntro

These questions are impossible! So you're getting lists @GarthRanzz
1. Charles Dickens, Chekhov, Charlotte Brontë/Virginia Woolf (she ticks both boxes!)/Ali Smith, Mikhail Shishkin, Anthony Marra, Catherynne M. Valente
2. My friend know that being social is a great sacrifice for me
3. 19C and early-20C
4. @CSeydel, @JoScho, @TobeyTheScavengerMonk

@amabear
#booksandshelfiesM18
#LitsyChallenge

TODAY'S PROMPT: BEST BOOK EVER

I featured this book the other day, but it is making an appearance again today. :)

My all-time favorite book is: SHADOW OF THE WIND.

Second place, but still LOVED a LOT is: THE FORGOTTEN GARDEN.

1. Prefer print
2. Bed
3. Chocolate or crackers
4. No more than 2-3 books at once
5. Night. I‘ve conditioned myself to read to fall asleep
#readingfavorites @thereadingowlvina

1. Print or ebook. I can‘t concentrate on audiobooks.
2. Couch, on the left side
3. Tea, and I often read while eating my meals
4. Mostly one, but not always
5. All the time!

Just want to know my #littens friends reading favourites 😁
#readingfavourites

Last one, promise

The windows! Shelves! Trees!

Blue
Fall
Young adult/ post apocalyptic young adult
Knitting or reading 📚
Just about anything with chocolate and peanut butter
Chocolate milk
Bookmark
@GondorGirl
#gettingtoknowyou @Tiffy_Reads

#LitsyLoveList
So fun! Thanks, @hermyknee

#7GoodThings
Probably Midwinter by Fiona Melrose
Maggie O‘Farrell
Angela‘s Ashes
The Faithful and Fallen - John Gwynne
Made You Up - F. Zappa
Tin Man/ Do Not Say We Have Nothing

Copying from @Cinfhen my fav 17 of 17 (unless I read a great one in the next 4 days 😁) not in any particular order because I‘d be there forever....