Litsy

Pollyanna | Eleanor H Porter

This Saturday is Pollyanna Glad Day!
Wouldn‘t it be fun to one year have a #LitsyMeetUp in Littleton, NH?!
#ChildrensClassicRead2024

https://gladdaynh.com/

TheBookHippie

rubyslippersreads I‘m glad none of my clothes came out of the missionary barrel. 🤣 6mo

TheBookHippie YAAAAAAS!!!! Oh what fun! 6mo

TheBookHippie @rubyslippersreads 🤪🫣😅 6mo

tpixie @rubyslippersreads lol yes!!! 6mo

tpixie @TheBookHippie yes! Fun!! 🤩 6mo

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OriginalCyn620

The Princess of Las Vegas | Chris Bohjalian

Last night, I had the privilege of hearing @ChrisBohjalian speak about his new book at my local #indiebookstore, Quail Ridge Books. What made it even better was having my friends and fellow Littens @MallenNC and @Graciouswarriorprincess there too!
This book sounds so good and I can‘t wait to read it!

tpixie What a great event & #LitsyMeetUp ! Even @ChrisBohjalian is a #Litten ! 🎴 👑 ♥️♦️ (edited) 8mo

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BkClubCare

Unsure: Life, Death and Everything in Between | David Kuhn

**updt: got the deets**
Have to vent but yowza!! I have a job interview on Monday and was waiting to get “more details” but . . . Crickets 🦗 🦗🦗

This is not good, right? Or do they need me to right-the-ship?! Actually, I don‘t think I would be in any role that requires “ship-righting”, but still.

Anyway 🎉 I *think* I have a job interview on Monday at 8:30 am even if I have to just show up and ask for the President 🥴🤣

Pecan pie for 🦃

jlhammar Pies look amazing! Good luck with your interview. 12mo

tpixie Those pecan pies 🥧 🥧 look delicious! Pecan pies are my favorite 🤎 I may have to drive across Kansas 🌻 to eat a slice! You will do great with your interview! I think some places just don‘t follow up with confirmations like they used to… No 12mo

Tamra Oh good grief, do those pies look ahhhhmaaazzzing?! Crossing my fingers for you & job. 🤞🏾 12mo

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Larkken 😖 that sounds frustrating! I hope it's worth the anxiety! 12mo

Ruthiella Hope it all works out! 12mo

bthegood Pies look great - go to interview and knock it out of the park! 🙂 12mo

BkClubCare @jlhammar - Thank you, thank you. I am pleased with the pie effort but yowza, takes me all day 🤣 I am taking a positive and curious attitude to the interview; hoping it is for me as much as they think I would be good at it. (Academic Advising) 12mo

BkClubCare @tpixie - If you need a recipe for a non-Karo pecan pie, search it on my blog 👀 🥧 I hope that my calling the contact at 5:15pm shows that I respect deadlines 😃 12mo

BkClubCare @Tamra - Thank you! I need to be all laissez faire about it all; if I seem needy and desperate it will fall apart. Happy 🥧 and 🦃 12mo

BkClubCare @Larkken - extremely frustrating and anxiety-producing. Not nice to put candidates in such a position (and a bad look) They finally sent an email; I can be back to excited again. 12mo

BkClubCare @Ruthiella - Thanks Ruthiella! Excited for TOB?!? 😁 12mo

BkClubCare @bthegood - OKAY! Will do. I am excited; I am so intrigued by the role and think that a University would be a cool place to be. (Yeah, I have heard the horror stories, too…) Happy Thanksgiving 12mo

tpixie @BkClubCare started reading your blog. I recently read The Killers of the Flower Moon, so the book pairing will be perfect! ( the Scorsese movie had great acting, costumes, and scenery, but was oh so slow… )

MEAN SPIRIT

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bthegood @BkClubCare I work at a University - I love it - good luck and Happy Thanksgiving - 12mo

tpixie I might need to buy ( are you there now? I‘m in Hutchinson- we really have to do a #LitsyMeetUp ( I have put it on my calendar for the spring to try to organize one) #KCLitsyMeetUpSpring2024

100 Things to Do in Wichita Before You Die

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bookaholic1 Yummy pecan pie! 12mo

Larkken @BkClubCare yay that's great! Good luck!! 12mo

BkClubCare @tpixie - I tried to order Mean Spirit from Watermarks, BUT. Was told that the publisher is considering printing more - none available at this time. We should organize a campaign! 12mo

BkClubCare @tpixie - yes! A meetup would great. 12mo

tpixie @BkClubCare I‘ll call there too! Yes! Too bad bad I don‘t have more influence on Instagram! 12mo

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RaeLovesToRead

Eight Detectives | Alex Pavesi

Blind date with a Book! 🥰🥰🥰
#gladstonerds

Finally, I shall be able to review Eight Detectives... I read it recently but didn't want to spoil the mystery!

My own Blind Date is The Night Always Comes by Willy Vlautin. Looking forward to it 😊

@Leniverse @CGainor3 @scripturient @Susanita @TrishB @rockpools @Oryx @squirrelbrain @julesG @jenniferw88

AmyG 🙌🏻❤️ 14mo

Soubhiville Looks like a fun crowd 😁📚. 14mo

Cinfhen Sooooooo fun! I really hope we can join you next year - @BarbaraBB @MicheleinPhilly 🤗🤗🤗🤗 14mo

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LeahBergen It‘s a big group this year! 👏👏👏 14mo

LeeRHarry Looks like you‘re all having a fab time …one day I may join you 🤞😊 14mo

LiteraryinPA Aww, yay! 14mo

Ruthiella Why is @Oryx holding up an invisible book? 🤔😂 14mo

CarolynM How lovely! Enjoy each other‘s company💕 14mo

Branwen 💕📚💕 14mo

jenniferw88 @Ruthiella because I'm meant to be there, but am unwell. @Oryx chose mine, which I'm sending to her when I'm better. 14mo

jenniferw88 @Ruthiella it's

The Little French Village of Book Lovers

14mo

tpixie This is such a great #LitsyMeetUp I was just thinking this morning that sometime I‘d love to go, not realizing you‘re there right now! 14mo

RaeLovesToRead @tpixie Gladstone's is one of a kind 🥰 14mo

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squirrelbrain

Man Booker Prize | Frederic P Miller, Agnes F Vandome, John McBrewster

Here‘s my own shortlist for the #bookerprize, in order of favourites.

I‘m cheating a bit by having TWO lists as, whilst these are my faves, I don‘t think they‘ll all make the list.

Bird-Hearts, In Ascension and Prophet Song should make the list. Study for Obedience will be on there because I hated it (!). And I think This Other Eden and Western Lane are more Booker-y than some of those above.

Looking forward to the *actual* list tomorrow!

Cinfhen, ClairesReads, TheKidUpstairs, charl08, BookwormM, vlwelser, JamieArc, BarbaraBB, sarahbarnes

BarbaraBB You make me curious about In Ascension! I have my copy ready! We have many shared favorites but I agree they probably won‘t all make the shortlist. I am almost sure This Other Eden and Obedience will be on it… unfortunately! 1y

JamieArc I‘ve only read 3 Longlist books, but looking forward to seeing the shortlist so I can determine what‘s next. Hoping for Little Birds and the Eng book, which doesn‘t come out in the US til mid October anyway. 1y

Cinfhen I watched a few BookTubers today and they seem to be all over the place with likes and dislikes so who knows what tomorrow will bring🤷🏼‍♀️Hopefully it‘s not a total bust 1y

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AnneCecilie I‘ve haven‘t read many from this year‘s longlist, but I will be very happy if The House of Doors make it. I bailed on This Other Eden and have hardly seen any positive reviews of Obedience so won‘t rush to read that. 1y

squirrelbrain I‘d love House of Doors to make it @JamieArc @AnneCecilie , but I‘m just not sure it‘s ‘Booker‘ enough. Ie it‘s not that weird! 🤣 1y

squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB - In Ascension seems like the right mix of slightly weird and a great storyline. (To me anyway, others have found it boring!) 1y

squirrelbrain @Cinfhen - I‘m sure it will be the exact opposite of what I think! 🤣 1y

BarbaraBB I have high hopes! 1y

Cinfhen Definitely makes for an exciting announcement!!!! 1y

TrishB I also may bring The House of Doors to Gladstone‘s 😁 1y

squirrelbrain I think you‘ll like it @TrishB 1y

sarahbarnes I‘m happy to see your shortlist! 1y

jlhammar Great to see your faves! Excited for the shortlist announcement. 1y

Cinfhen Is Gladstone‘s this weekend?? @TrishB I REALLY want to join one day- lmk your next meetup!!! 1y

squirrelbrain @Cinfhen - it‘s a week today! We‘ll probably book next years dates before we leave. It‘s likely to be a similar time next year but we‘ll let you know for sure! @TrishB 1y

Cinfhen Yay!!!! I hope it works out 🙏🏼 1y

TrishB @Cinfhen that would be cool 😁 I‘m so excited about next week! 1y

Cinfhen Maybe @BarbaraBB could join too!!! #GladstoneRetreat @TrishB 1y

TrishB @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB even better! Barbara - they fly Amsterdam to Liverpool 😁 1y

BarbaraBB @TrishB @squirrelbrain @Cinfhen That would be so fantastic! Let me know the dates and see if we can make this work 🤞🏽🤞🏽😘 and yes Trish I‘d fly to Liverpool! Love to see it! (edited) 1y

Cinfhen I‘m dying to visit Liverpool too @BarbaraBB @TrishB 1y

squirrelbrain Ooh ooh @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB - that would be so exciting! 🎉🎉🎉 1y

Cinfhen Right… it would be AWESOME @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 1y

BarbaraBB Let‘s really consider this! @Cinfhen @squirrelbrain @TrishB 1y

Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB @squirrelbrain when do you think your next meet up might be? Winter time or Spring? 1y

squirrelbrain @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB - probably the same time next year, but we‘ll let you know once we‘ve decided. 😃 1y

BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain 👍🏽 1y

Cinfhen Ok - thanks @squirrelbrain for some reason I thought you guys meet twice a year 🤪 1y

squirrelbrain Gladstone‘s is once a year @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB but of course we can do something else at a different time of year / different place if it suits you guys better. #litsymeetup in Amsterdam?! 😃 (edited) 1y

TrishB Now you‘re talking Helen 😁 @BarbaraBB @Cinfhen you‘ll probably have a whole years notice to plan! 1y

Cinfhen Hahaha @TrishB @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain - Helen…we‘ll let you and Trish discuss next week where & when our international meetup should take place! 1y

Cinfhen Also, the shortlist is AWFUL! 1y

squirrelbrain Yep, terrible! @cinfhen Although my guess at what would make the list (rather than what I liked) wasn‘t that bad! 1y

BarbaraBB @Cinfhen @Squirrel super frustrated by the shortlist. And yes Helen, you and @trishb discuss it next week. Amsterdam is fine of course, you‘re very welcome but man, I‘d love to see Liverpool 😂 1y

squirrelbrain Maybe a Northern England tour?! We could do Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds and York. @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB @TrishB 1y

BarbaraBB Is that including Gladstone? It would be great to combine it all! 1y

squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB - we could include Gladstone‘s too! 1y

quietlycuriouskate I've concluded I would much rather read the Squirrel Prize Shortlist than the Booker Prize one. 1y

ClairesReads What did you think of the Shortlist in the end? 14mo

squirrelbrain @ClairesReads - I really didn‘t like it; mainly (4) my least favourite books! What did you think? 14mo

squirrelbrain Lol @quietlycuriouskate - maybe I should launch my own annual prize! 14mo

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squirrelbrain

Oxfam Shop - Liverpool | Liverpool, Merseyside, United Kingdom (Bookstore)

On my way to Liverpool for a #bookshopcrawl with @TrishB and @Oryx (yes, because I haven‘t got enough books!)

Two Booker books for the train journey - All the Little Bird-Hearts on audio and Study for Obedience on Kindle.

#litsymeetup

LeahBergen Yay! Have a wonderful day! ❤️ 1y

charl08 Photos of the book hauls please! 1y

Hooked_on_books That sounds like fun! And, quite frankly, one can never have too many books. 😉 1y

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TrishB See you soon 😁 I have no books in mind to buy so it‘s basically a free for all! 1y

julesG Have fun! Wish I could join you. 1y

Caroline2 Oh have fun! I just order bird-hearts (I had some Waterstones vouchers that were burning a hole in my pocket 😆) so wish I could join you all today. ❤️ 1y

squirrelbrain It‘s not much more than a month to Gladstone‘s @julesG 😁 1y

squirrelbrain It‘s very good so far @Caroline2 1y

batsy Enjoy! Looking forward to the hauls 😁 1y

youneverarrived Have a lovely day 😘 1y

CarolynM Enjoy your day together 😘😘😘 1y

DivineDiana What fun! ❤️ 1y

Soubhiville Have fun! Can‘t wait to see your stacks! 1y

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LitsyEvents

Meet Up!: Better Meetings Through Nudging | Martin J. Eppler, Sebastian Kernbach

Repost for @wanderinglynn

We‘re hosting a DMV Litsy meetup! 🎉 All Littens are invited.

If you plan to attend, please let us know so we can get a reservation.

And please share & spread the word!

#litsymeetup

LitsyEvents Original post: https://litsy.com/p/cFQ0VDdxemlM 1y

wanderinglynn Thanks for sharing! 1y

CatLass007 Sounds interesting. What‘s up with the Department of Motor Vehicles? Or does your DMV mean something else? 1y

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wanderinglynn

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We‘re hosting a DMV Litsy meetup! 🎉 All Littens are invited.

If you plan to attend, please let us know so we can get a reservation.

And please share & spread the word!

#litsymeetup #litsyevents

Susanita, Chrissyreadit, LitsyEvents

Bookwormjillk Count me in please! Things happen with my kids‘ sports this time of year but right now I‘m wide open. 1y

Chrissyreadit yay!!! @Bookwormjillk 1y

Chrissyreadit @StaceGhost is this something you might be able to do? 1y

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Susanita I‘ll be there! 1y

Roary47 Awww that‘s my due date for my current bun in the oven. I‘ll try to make another one 🥰💛 1y

wanderinglynn @Bookwormjillk yay! 🎉 1y

wanderinglynn @Roary47 aw, an autumn baby! 🩷🍁 1y

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Soubhiville

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(Summer salad- watermelon, green apple, lime juice, salt, mint, and cilantro. Oh my gosh so good!)

Book adjacent but not exactly book related. #Gladstonerds, any plans for retreats or meetups next year? Planning a trip to UK with @Eyelit and we are leaning to late summer, but not committed to dates yet. We will definitely be visiting Gladstone, London, Hye on Wye, and Edinburgh, potentially other stops. But wondering if any plans are in place?

rockpools, Oryx, julesG, squirrelbrain, Mitch, RaeLovesToRead

Cinfhen That salad looks DELICIOUS 1y

vonnie862 Ooh, I'll have to steal this! 1y

squirrelbrain We are going to Gladstone‘s at the end of Sept this year, so likely to be similar next year. We can easily arrange a meet-up somewhere else though once you know when / where you‘ll be. A few of us met @Books_et_al in London last summer, we had our Little Life meet up earlier this year, and a few of us are doing Liverpool in August. If there are books and other Littens, we‘ll be there! 😁 1y

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julesG What @squirrelbrain said. 1y

AmyG Too funny. I just had watermelon with mint and it‘s wonderful. Thanks for this. 1y

Hooked_on_books You should go to Wigtown in Scotland! That trip sounds awesome. 1y

tpixie Yummy! Good luck with a #LitsyMeetUp! 1y

Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books thanks for the suggestion, it looks like a great trip addition! 1y

Soubhiville @squirrelbrain @julesG When you all meet up, have you usually filled all the rooms? What‘s the average temperature in late September? 1y

bnp Yum! Do you have a recipe? 1y

Soubhiville @bnp no recipe, just chop up in any ratio you like. 🙂. My guess is I used about 1 1/2 cups of watermelon, an entire Granny Smith, and about a teaspoon each of mint and cilantro, juice of an entire small lime, and maybe 1/4 tsp of salt? I didn‘t actually measure anything. 1y

squirrelbrain No, there will be rooms available. This year we got a special discount too, so if you can make it you should wait until after this year‘s retreat to book. Sept weather varies - it could be nice or quite autumnal. Just looked up average temps in F, and it‘s 48 to 62F. 1y

CBee @squirrelbrain oh, that temperature would be like heaven for me right now 🥵🥵 1y

Soubhiville Thanks @squirrelbrain ! We‘ll talk about it, but I suspect we may come a bit earlier. We both prefer warm weather 😁😆. But a meetup somewhere sometime is a must! 1y

squirrelbrain No guarantee of warm weather at anytime in the UK! 😬 But completely understand and we‘ll definitely do a meet up somewhere. 1y

squirrelbrain @CBee ugh, we complain about British weather but I couldn‘t live anywhere that got too hot. 1y

Oryx As @squirrelbrain says, I'm sure we could definitely do a meet up somewhere - the UK isn't so big, so we'll make something work ♥️ 1y

Gissy 🥗😋 1y

CBee @squirrelbrain I think I‘d love British weather. The weather here (Alabama) is just AWFUL. I might as well just stay in an ice bath the whole summer 😂😂 (edited) 1y

Tamra Oh that sounds like a wonderful salad and I‘m not even a huge fan of watermelon. 1y

Librariana I'm just delighted by this entire exchange 😍🥰 Mostly because I'm nosey and want to vicariously live through those of you who are traveling to the UK 🇬🇧 and meeting up and doing all the bookish things. I'm with my Litsy sis @CBee on this - hot weather is yuck! 🤪 1y

CBee @Librariana vicariously living through them over here too 😂😂 1y

bnp @Soubhiville Thanks! I'll definitely be trying this after work one night this week. 1y

Allylu @Soubhiville I just saw a TikTok salad like this only they used cucumber instead of apple - but both sound good to me and I‘m planning to do it this week, too! 1y

Soubhiville @Allylu Cucumber sounds like a great idea as well, I‘ll have to try that. 😋 1y

Soubhiville @Librariana @CBee We are in the minority with enjoying hot weather I think, though the 100+ days we had in TX last week are a bit much. This week is a bit better with low 90s, and it might sound crazy but that feels much nicer. Also, I wish you could join the trip! All Litsy folks unite! 🙂 1y

CBee @Soubhiville I get that. The 100+ days were awful last week, plus we get the humidity soup 😳🥵 1y

Librariana @Soubhiville I'm with @CBee - I totally understand the gratitude for days in the 90s when you've had to handle 100⁰+ weather! As a former Texan, I certainly remember those days, but boy, do I not miss them! I've gotten so acclimated to PNW temperatures! Anything over 80⁰ and I'm a miserable gal 🙃 1y

Librariana @Soubhiville I also so appreciate your kind sentiment and being so inclusive, wishing we could join you in the 🇬🇧, but I know/hope the day will come in the future when I can adventure over yonder 😁 1y

rockpools How exciting! Keep us posted 😊 1y

tpixie @Soubhiville looks delicious and divine 😍 14mo

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Suet624

Friendship: The joy of connection | Anthony Gunn

I‘m stealing Cuilin‘s photo from her post. We had a wonderful #litsymeetup yesterday in Woodstock, Vermont, midway between the two of us. The 5 hours blew by as we talked of Ireland, family, and books, books, books. So fun meeting you, Cuilin.

Cuilin

BarbaraBB How wonderful that you two met up!! 💛 1y

BarbaraBB Oh and I see it is your birthday! Make the most of it dear friend 🎈 1y

Cuilin I couldn‘t believe it was 5 hours! Such fun. 1y

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Suet624 @BarbaraBB @Cuilin Thanks so much - while my birthday is today my best present was being able to share the joy of books with Cuilin yesterday. And I sure do wish you and I lived close enough to visit with each other. 1y

vivastory Happy Birthday, Sue! 1y

TiredLibrarian Nice way to celebrate! Happy birthday @Suet624 🎉 1y

DivineDiana What a wonderful birthday! 🥳 1y

Tamra 😃 So envious, what a wonderful outing! 1y

Suet624 @vivastory Thanks Scott! It's been a day of nourishing rain and fun reading. And cake. :) 1y

Suet624 @TiredLibrarian Thank you so much! 1y

Suet624 @Tamra I love these rare events where I get to meet Litsy buddies. I wish we could meet more of the folks we connect with here. 1y

squirrelbrain Oh, how wonderful that you had a meet-up! 1y

batsy Happy birthday Sue! How wonderful that you had this meet up ❤️ 1y

Reggie Happy Birthday, Sue! I‘m so happy ya‘ll had a good time. 1y

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