LitsyReadingRetreat

Great Friendships: That Changed the World | Rodney Castleden

I couldn‘t make it to this year #litsyreadingretreat - but I was touched to get this postcard from those that did make it. You‘re legends. Thank you ♥️

Oryx, scripturient, jenniferw88, julesG, Leniverse, squirrelbrain

scripturient You were sorely missed!! ❤️ 3y

Mitch @scripturient Thank you - wish I could have been there x (edited) 3y

squirrelbrain We missed you Mitch! 😘 3y

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scripturient @Mitch Fingers crossed for next time! 3y

Mitch @scripturient 🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼🤞🏼 3y

Mitch @squirrelbrain Hope you had fun ( and kept warm!) ! 3y

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Soubhiville

The Red Lotus | Chris Bohjalian

I‘m starting my #24B4Monday from my couch in Texas instead of on a train from London to Wales for the #LitsyReadingRetreat. 😢

It‘s ok though. Tea and Blueberries for breakfast, a walk when the sun comes up, a Zoom meetup with retreaters this afternoon, and a G hangout bookclub meeting tonight. It‘s going to be a nice day.

Andrew65, jb72, BeansPage

samantharoberts Love that cover! 😍 5y

Meaw_catlady I‘m so sorry about your trip! I have faith that it will happen at a later date! Sending you hugs and love ! And hope that book is great! 💕💕 5y

Andrew65 This all sucks. I was due on a two week holiday in a week. Enjoy the Readathon instead. 😊👍 5y

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Soubhiville

Creatures | Crissy Van Meter

#weeklyforecast @Cinfhen

I‘m hoping to settle back into calmer reading this week. I‘m done working for at least the next two weeks, as my boss suggested I go ahead and take the vacation time I was supposed to be in UK for #LitsyReadingRetreat.

Current reads are bookclub, leant to me by @Eyelit , and audio gift from @Hooked_on_books .

No plan at all for what‘s up next, but I‘ll probably try to keep it light. 🤷

Hooked_on_books Your critters will be thrilled to have you home so much! 5y

Cinfhen So disappointing about #LitsyReadingRetreat 😢 5y

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Soubhiville

The Black Prism | Brent Weeks

#bookreport @Cinfhen
I finished three books I‘d had in progress early this week, got in another audiobook and novella, and started a new audio chunkster, fantasy/scifi, and research for my upcoming trip. 😊 overall a great week!

AmyG I love when I finish the books I‘d started....a bunch at once. Makes me feel like I truly accomplished something. Great week. 5y

Soubhiville @AmyG me too! For a while this month I felt like I was never going to finish anything, so it was nice to get three done in a couple of days. 😊 5y

Cinfhen Great week!!! When‘s the trip??? I was just in London :) I can give you some awesome eateries 5y

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Soubhiville @Cinfhen I‘m going to the #LitsyReadingRetreat the last weekend in March, then spending 5 days in London with @Mitch. 😊 I‘m so excited! I‘d love to hear your favorite experiences! 5y

Cinfhen OMG!!! That‘s SO MUCH FUN!!!!! I‘m sure @Mitch knows the BEST places! But just in case the V&A Museum had some amazing exhibits, Farm Girl Cafe in Notting Hill was DELICIOUS and SOOOOO charming and we had a lovely, luxurious high tea at The Beaumont 💕💕💕Of course there‘s a zillion awesome book stores and the theatre. Soooooo excited for you 5y

LazyOwl Ooh, I been wanting to Read Gideon the Ninth, keeping looking for it in my local bookstore, am thinking about getting them to order it in for me. 5y

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Soubhiville

Night Vision: Magical Photographs of Life After Dark | National Geographic

I was able to make a quick trip today to Book People and got a little haul. I‘m still using my holiday gift card. 😊📚. The bottom two are very slightly damaged, and so were 1/2 off. The top two are what I went in looking for.

@Mitch I‘m finally making time to buckle down and find the things I really want to see on my extra days there 🤣. I‘m about to fill this travel guide with page tags!

Mitch Yes!!! Page tag it all! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Hooked_on_books I‘m so excited for you! What a cool trip. When are you headed over? 5y

Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books I leave March 25th. The weekend will be the #LitsyReadingRetreat in Wales, then 4 or 5 days in London 😊. I‘m still undecided about a day trip to Stonehenge. 5y

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Hooked_on_books Sounds amazing. I really liked Stonehenge. I‘m not a religious person, but it felt like a special place to me. But I‘ve heard other folks saying to skip it, so I don‘t know which way you‘ll fall. There‘s so much to do in London (the Tower is really interesting and there‘s lots of famous literary folks buried at Westminster). Plus the British Museum is incredible. It‘s been years since I was there. 5y

Soubhiville @Hooked_on_books I‘m glad to hear what you liked 😊. I think I‘d love Stonehenge, but Maelstrom would like to see it too so I may wait for a trip we can both make there. 5y

JeffyRoo If you can, stop off in Avebury on your way back from Wales. The stones there are much more accessible and the circle much larger. 5y

Mdargusch I‘ll be interested to see where you go while in London! I am heading there April 12th with @Reviewsbylola @emilyhaldi and @Meredith3 to visit @Annied We always make a trip to Persephone Books! 5y

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Emilymdxn

The Fitness Challenge: Reshaping Our Future | Rick C. Mason

#goteam ! Back from Spain, walked a lot, finished my first audio. Proud of all my guys on Team Go Team (best name ever). I relaxed one of my goals today and took an escalator, 3 flights of steps on no sleep just wasn‘t my vibe today.

It‘s all good, individual days don‘t matter it‘s all about slow change and working slowly. We‘re in this together.

@wanderinglynn @TheEllieMo @Megabooks @RachelO @KathyWheeler @Trashcanman @cewilf @cobwebmoth

Emilymdxn My answers: (1) Hike a small mountain/big hill on a multi day walking holiday with my boyfriend or friends, (2) anything by Naomi Klein probably This Changes Everything, (3) my dream reading spot would probably be the clean minimalist attic room of an old stone house full of natural light with heavy rain outside 🥰🥰🥰 (edited) 5y

wanderinglynn Great questions! 5y

Emilymdxn Oh and anyone interested can answer not just my team! Wanna hear from anyone! I‘m curious lol 5y

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Megabooks 1. Walk without major pain in my feet, if I‘m being real. My feet hurt constantly. 2. I‘m going to post a collage of my recent and historical favorite NF audiobooks and tag you! 3. I want a whole library room with bookshelves on the walls and a nice recliner in the middle. A couple of south-facing windows wouldn‘t hurt either! Also, I want to meet Rainbow Rowell, Roxane Gay, and Lindy West. 😊🥰 5y

KathyWheeler 1/ I want to be strong. I have a decent amount of endurance, but when I was younger I used to be really strong. I recognize that I won‘t ever be that way again but I‘d like to be closer to it. 2/The Beauty Myth, Backlash, Devil in the White City, and Team of Rivals. 3/ I‘d like to visit The Strand, City Lights, and Shakespeare & Co. 5y

cewilf 1) I want to skate my program without being completely breathless and weak by the end! It‘s 3min40seconds, with 7 jumps, 3 spins, and plenty of connecting steps 😂 I have my work cut out for me. 2) I don‘t really read nonfiction, but I loved Anthony Kiedis‘s autobiography. 3) I want to visit Bath, and Jane Austen‘s home in Chawton 🤗 5y

cobwebmoth 1. I want to be able to do a pull-up. I have to build some core strength first, though. 2. The Art of Asking, Hunger, Volcano Weather, The Shakespeare Book of Lists. 3. I would love to visit the Bodleian libraries. 5y

Trashcanman I'm waiting for the sun to shine 5y

TheEllieMo 1. I want a BMI under 25. 2) being a bit of an #AvGeek, I really enjoyed the Quick and The Dead, by Bill Waterton, about his time as Chief Test Pilot at the Gloster Aircraft Company in the 40s and 50s 3) in winter, I want a big wing-back chair next to an open fire, with a glass of whisky on a table next to me; in summer, a secluded spot by a river. 5y

Emilymdxn @Trashcanman good luck! It‘ll come ☀️☀️☀️☀️☀️ and we‘ll wait with you 5y

Emilymdxn @TheEllieMo I could definitely go for a quiet spot by a river, good choices and good luck 5y

Emilymdxn @cobwebmoth amazing! I definitely couldn‘t do a pull-up for sure. The bodleian is brilliant I hope you get there! 5y

rockpools You‘re so right - it‘s not about individual days! Here are mine.?1. I‘m actually with @TheEllieMo in this one - been working towards a lower BMI for a year now and according to my scales I‘m pretty much there. According to my GP‘s scales, I‘m so NOT! Keeping on... 2. Loved this recently 👇. And I‘m guessing you‘ve read Becoming? 3. Looking forward to #litsyreadingretreat next year - library, books, chill-out-ness 💖

Harry's Last Stand: How the world my generation built is falling down, and what we can do to save it

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rockpools

Strange Weather in Tokyo | Hiromi Kawakami

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A young woman (of almost 40) finds herself drinking with her high-school Japanese teacher. And so begins... something. A friendship? A relationship? More?

It‘s all the little details -railway teapots, changing lightbulbs, cherry blossom and mushrooms, plus the conversations and non-conversations, that make this such a charming book. Loved it!

This was my #blinddate book from this year‘s #litsyreadingretreat - thanks @jhod !

jhod Hurrah! 6y

Reggie This is my favorite book I‘ve read this year!!! 6y

rockpools @Reggie It is lovely! I‘ve just posted my favourite of the year so far 😊 6y

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MrBook

The Book of Questions: Business, Politics and Ethics | Gregory Stock

Time for the bookish discussion question of the day 😁! Here it is:

Have you ever attended a meet-up of Littens?

If you haven‘t and would want to, where would you be willing to travel?

(Maybe we should have a hashtag for this 🤔? ... #LitsyLetsMeetUp )

I‘m willing to go in a circle that stretches as far as central PA, Albany, Connecticut, and Wilmington, DE.

#BookTalk

Crazeedi I've not done this yet!
6y

Mommamanzi Noooo. Let‘s do it ORLANDO! 6y

TrishB I‘ve attended one in London, UK. I would try most U.K. places 👍🏻 6y

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LibrarianRyan 😁I at least once a year attend a meet up in St. Louis. It's 1.5 hours away for me, but I like going to STL so it's a treat. Sometimes I host, sometimes others host. I have also done at meet up at Book Expo in New York, which was all @MrBook 's fault. 😁

I want to try and plan at Central Illinois meet up this summer, and I am always game if the Chi Town people want to host. I'll take the train (Though I admit, I hate Chicago). 6y

LibrarianRyan I would meet almost anywhere if I had the time and money. Longer distances need more planning but if you are a few hours by car or train I am in! 6y

mabell I‘ve done STL a couple of times. I hope we can meet up again soon @LibrarianRyan ! 6y

TK421 We've been to 3 Ohio meet ups now. 6y

LibrarianRyan @mabell Yes! I agree. 6y

Josiedlove No more then two hour drive... I live in the south Jersey area... 6y

BookwormAHN I'm planning on going to the one in June that @Slajaunie is planning in Louisiana 😸 6y

ravenlee Haven‘t yet. I can‘t do the Louisiana meetups because I‘m in the wrong part of the state, but I could do Dallas area or Little Rock. 6y

Kaila-ann I would love to meet other book people but I don‘t see a lot of book clubs around here 🤷🏻‍♀️ in South Carolina. (edited) 6y

Slajaunie Well if you are up for the drive, you are welcome here in Louisiana! @Kaila-ann 6y

Kaila-ann Given enough notice I might be tempted lol. I‘ve never been to Louisiana 🤔 @Slajaunie 6y

tournevis I met up with @Susanita a couple week ago! (hi! 👋👋👋) 6y

TheSpineView No but would love to. I am hoping there will be one at BookExpo. 6y

jb72 No I‘ve never been to one. There aren‘t many peeps in eastern KY that I know of. 6y

PatriciaU I‘m down for PA, Albany & CT. I‘ve been talking to @booksteasandbookishthings about a Litsy meetup in Nashville next year during the Public Libraries Association conference. Let‘s get all #LitsyPublicLibrarians together! 6y

BooksTeasAndBookishThings @PatriciaU I am so hoping this happens! I would come see you if you do not stay with us 🙌😘❤️ and the other Nashville Littens agreed to have the meetup earlier than usual for that quarter so we can time it for then! 6y

phatsallylee I went to the #phillymeetup last year. Most of PA, NJ or Delaware would be cool 6y

Lisaw13 Would love one in the Tampa Bay Area 🤗 6y

pdever @mabell and @LibrarianRyan ... STL, here. I guess maybe I haven't been on this site long enough to notice an STL meet up, but I think it would be fun. 6y

Amiable Yes! Just attended my first one this weekend—the #ctlitsymeetup organized by @CareBear ! 6y

SilversReviews I had the pleasure of meeting @MrBook @Reecaspieces and @irre last year at the Book Expo. We had fun. I just got an e-mail that said Litsy is now online. 😊 Whoo Hoo!! Thanks, Litsy. (edited) 6y

Sharpeipup No, I haven‘t but it‘s a goal this year. I‘d drive up a few hours round trip but that keeps me in Florida still. 6y

Rachel_nyc I‘m pretty new to Litsy so I haven‘t had the opportunity yet. I‘m not sure if I‘d travel but would definitely be open to a meet-up in NYC. 6y

LibrarianRyan @pdever we will add you to the list. Last one was last summer at a tea shop. 6y

mabell @pdever Yep, it‘s been awhile! 6y

emilyesears I‘m in the Dallas area so I would love to have a meet up in the DFW area! 6y

Susanita @tournevis I had a great time! @MrBook I think there‘s a little overlap with our circles. Mine is roughly Tidewater VA to central NJ. 6y

Rachel.Rencher No, but I also don't think there are any littens in my area. 😭 I'm in Boise, but if it's for like a book expo type thing I'd travel to Vegas, Portland & SLC 6y

julesG Two meet-ups here in Germany plus a Litsy breakfast, and most recently the #LitsyReadingRetreat at Gladstone's Library. 6y

LauraJ Despite the fact that I live in a huge city, there aren‘t that many Littens in Los Angeles. 6y

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julesG

The Elegance of the Hedgehog | Muriel Barbery

Thank you, Helen! @squirrelbrain

It's arrived safely. I'm thinking about making it my reading material for when I'm on my "hedgehog mat" (acupuncture mat).

#LitsyReadingRetreat still busting my TBR ?

squirrelbrain Yay! Glad it arrived. I shall think of you, elegantly arranged on your hedgehog mat...! 6y

julesG @squirrelbrain 😂😂😂 I'll reserve a few choice words for when I lie down. Just for you. 😁😉 6y

julesG @squirrelbrain Enjoy your camping trip and soak up some sun. 6y

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squirrelbrain I‘m sure they‘ll be very special words @julesG 🤣🤣 6y

LeslieO That's a way better cover than the edition I have. 6y

Cathythoughts Beautiful book ! The Hedgehog Mat..... love it, 👍🏻✨ 6y

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