Litsy

Can we make it all the way through the alphabet? I know we can!

I will start us off with:

Advent

#xmaschacha #wintergames2024 #wintergames #abcgame #alphabetgame

TheSpineView Blitzen 6d

Jadams89 Comet 6d

AsYouWish Dasher 6d

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OriginalCyn620 Elf 6d

Jadams89 Frost 6d

AsYouWish Garland 6d

lil1inblue @AsYouWish Holly 6d

BarkingMadRead Icicles 6d

AsYouWish Jingle bells 6d

OriginalCyn620 Kris Kringle 6d

AsYouWish Lights 6d

Deblovestoread Mistletoe 6d

ShananigansReads Noel (edited) 6d

PuddleJumper Opekanec 6d

Bookworm54 Present 6d

PuddleJumper Quilt 6d

AsYouWish Reindeer 6d

PuddleJumper Snap-dragon game 6d

AsYouWish Tinsel 5d

PuddleJumper U Pan de Natale 5d

dabbe Vixen 5d

dabbe Wassail 5d

dabbe Xmas 5d

dabbe Yule 5d

dabbe Zeal

Back to A, folks! 🤩 5d

PuddleJumper Almonds 5d

Deblovestoread Bows 5d

Bookworm54 Carollers 5d

Deblovestoread Dasher 5d

AsYouWish Enchanting 5d

PuddleJumper Figgy pudding 5d

AsYouWish Gingerbread 5d

PuddleJumper Harmony 5d

Deblovestoread Icing 4d

AsYouWish Joy 4d

PuddleJumper Kris Kringle 3d

AsYouWish Luminaries 3d

PuddleJumper Mincepies 3d

AsYouWish Nativity 3d

PuddleJumper O Come, All Ye Faithful 3d

AsYouWish Prancer 3d

PuddleJumper Quilted 3d

AsYouWish Rudolph 3d

PuddleJumper Snowflakes 3d

AsYouWish Twinkle lights 3d

PuddleJumper Unwind 3d

AsYouWish Village 3d

PuddleJumper Winter 3d

AsYouWish Xenium 2d

PuddleJumper Yearend 2d

AsYouWish Zest 2d

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LitsyEvents

Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen

#bookedintime December activity hosted by @cuilin
original post:
https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2804104

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Cuilin

Europe Between the Wars | Martin Kitchen

#BookedInTime

Those who do not learn from history, are bound to repeat it!!

Thanks to @PathfinderNicole and @majkia among others for suggestion.

Cuilin @dabbe @desha @rachel52 @rubyslippersreads @chaoticmissadventures @barkingmadread
@megnews @sblbooks
@thebookgeekfrau @bookwormjillk @spellboundReader @deblovestoread @jenniferw88 1mo

Cuilin @mollyanna @jess861 @kspenmoll @ncsufoxes @Bluebird @julieclair @majkia @karisimo
@tdrosebud @rwmg @pathfindernicole @debinhawaii @alldebooks @covertocover
@itchyfeetreader @thegreensofa @ann_reads @rookpools @lizpixie @amiable @Desha @Sapphire @deblovestoread @bookwormjillk @Mitch @SamAnne @alldebooks @lil1inblue @litsyEvents 1mo

AllDebooks Oooh, this is going to be a good one 😊 1mo

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Mollyanna This is a great one! I have Shrines of Gaiety currently checked out from the library, so that will probably be my choice. 1mo

majkia I've got Bright Young Dead by Jessica Fellowes I'll try to get to. 1mo

Amiable And unfortunately too often those of us who do know history still have to repeat it because of the uneducated. 😖 1mo

dabbe Got the column created and the books listed above are on it! 🤩 1mo

Cuilin @AllDebooks agreed 👍 1mo

Cuilin @Mollyanna fabulous 👍 1mo

Cuilin @majkia fabulous 👍 1mo

Cuilin @Amiable yes 😔 1mo

Cuilin @dabbe thanks Denise. 🙏 1mo

sblbooks My current read will work for this time frame.

Bermondsey Bookshop

1mo

julieclair Great theme! So many choices. I have updated the StoryGraph challenge, for those who are using it: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/f6f6ac21-909a-4d7e-9e1c-2084aab... 1mo

rwmg I have been reading Frances Brody's Kate Shackleton series set in 1920s Yorkshire, so I may read the next one:

A Snapshot of Murder: The tenth Kate Shackleton Murder Mystery

1mo

Cuilin @julieclair thanks I‘ve updated mine. 1mo

Cuilin @sblbooks sounds like a fabulous cozy read. 1mo

Cuilin @rwmg I love the sound of the series. 1mo

julieclair @rwmg Oh, I love the Kate Shackleton books, but haven‘t read any for awhile. Thanks for reminding me about them! 1mo

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kspenmoll

After The Scream: The Late Paintings of Edvard Munch | Elizabeth Prelinger, Edvard Munch, High Museum of Art

Pastel on canvas,from exhibit at the MOMA(2013)My son & his elementary school cases manager used to squeeze their cheeks & open their mouths wide in imitation of this painting. So we picked up the behavior at home & ran with it. 😂
#WickedWhispers #day18 #Scream

https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/1305

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

BarbaraBB 😱😱😱 2mo

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BarbaraJean

Tale of Two Families | Dodie Smith

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This was fascinating and frustrating. I closed the cover and thought how much the book reminded me of themes in I Capture the Castle. Which, well—of course. It was also written by Dodie Smith. But I Capture the Castle is a beloved favorite for me, so why did I resonate with its themes and find similar themes absolutely frustrating when played out in the characters of Families? ⤵️

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) This is an ensemble cast, with 6-8 core characters & alternating POVs, rather than the endearing single first-person narrator in Castle. And the characters in Families are a mix of young, middle-aged, and old. The theme of not knowing what you want can be compelling in a young character such as Cassandra—not so much in characters in their 40s and up. Ultimately, I loved the setting, but just didn‘t like the characters.⤵️ (edited) 3mo

BarbaraJean (Cont‘d) It was interesting, it was well-done, but in the end, frustrating and unsatisfying. This was my 1970 pick for #192025 @Librarybelle 3mo

Tamra I think I Capture the Castle is so beloved it‘s going to be really tough to compete with. I‘ve read some others by Dodie and felt the same. (edited) 3mo

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willaful I love several of her other books and was so excited when I moved away for college and found this in the library! (Back before she was digitized and reprinted.) And it was so disappointing! I've never bothered to reread it. 3mo

Librarybelle Great choice! 3mo

BarbaraJean @Tamra Oh, definitely! And I don't think I went into it thinking it would compete, but it was fascinating at the end to see so many parallels in themes between the stories, and have SUCH different reactions to each book. @willaful I didn't dislike it--it was super interesting to read--but it's definitely never going to be a favorite like I Capture the Castle! 3mo

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