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Amiable Happy Litsyversary! 2y

Enchanted_Bibliophile Happy Litsyversary 🎉🥳🎈📚 2y

Cinfhen Happy Litsyversary! So glad you found your people 🥳🥳🥳 and happy 7 years to you @LeahBergen 2y

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jlhammar Happy Litsyversary! 2y

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TheBookHippie Yay!!!! ♥️♥️♥️ 2y

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JessClark78 Happy Litsyversary! 🎊📚🎉 2y

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Ruthiella Happy Litsyversary! 🥳🥳🥳 2y

julesG Happy Litsyversary! 2y

bthegood Happy Litsyversary - so glad you are here 🙂 2y

fredamans Happy Litsyversary! 2y

LeahBergen @Cinfhen Thank you! We‘re oldies here. 😆 2y

LeahBergen @dabbe Happy “same Litsyversary day” to you! 2y

Cinfhen That we are @LeahBergen #OGsOfLitsy xx 2y

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dabbe @bthegood You, too! 🩵🤍🩵 2y

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dabbe @LeahBergen Same to you! 🩵🤣🤍 2y

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Cinfhen

Bingoed: An Essie Cobb Senior Sleuth Mystery | Patricia Rockwell

It‘s a wrap @TheAromaofBooks
So MANY AWESOME books this month!!!
Favorites were Fresh Water for Flowers, Empire of Pain, Wham!, Empire Falls, Breezy Street, Third Pole, When Women & the Lakshmi.
I think I‘m taking a little Litsy break for a few days...feeling like I need to unplug and disconnect, plus thanks to @Kimberlone I discovered The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel and now I have 3 seasons to binge watch 😄

squirrelbrain Have a relaxing break - you certainly deserve it! 😘 4y

Megabooks Sending hugs!! 🤗😘 it‘ll be weird without you! 4y

TrishB Take care ❤️ 4y

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Librariana Cindy, you did a fantastic job on this month's BookSpin Bingo! Good for you! 👏🥳🎉 Enjoy a very well-earned break and enjoy the Marvelous Mrs. Maisel 😊 You'll be missed, of course. 4y

CoffeeAndABook Sounds like a plan 👍🏼 I absolutely adore Midge & Susie 💞 have a good unplugged couple of days 😘 4y

rockpools Wow! Have a good few days 🌺🌷🌸 4y

TheAromaofBooks YAY!!! Fabulous month!!!! 4y

Suet624 Have a lovely break. 4y

Suet624 Fresh Water for Flowers ❤️❤️❤️ 4y

LeahBergen Enjoy your unplugged time! It‘s good to do that every once in a while. 😘😘 4y

KarenUK Enjoy 💕💕💕 4y

BarbaraBB Cindy, I hope you are doing well. Take care 🤍 (edited) 4y

Cinfhen Hi @BarbaraBB the last few days have been great/ sometimes we need quiet and less distractions but I missed my Litsy friends @KarenUK @LeahBergen @Suet624 @rockpools @CoffeeAndABook @Librariana @TrishB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain Hope you‘ve all had a lovely week so far!! What you been up to???? 4y

BarbaraBB You are so right about the quiet. I hope you enjoyed and had a good time after the insane weeks before. 4y

Cinfhen Thanks, I just needed to clear my head for a bit....it was definitely helpful @BarbaraBB xx thanks for thinking of me 4y

TrishB We missed you ♥️ 4y

LeahBergen I always miss you when I don‘t see you on here. 😘😘 4y

Cinfhen Thanks, friend xxxx @LeahBergen we #OGsOfLitsy need to stick together 😘😘 4y

Librariana It has been a pretty lovely week, Cindy😊 Hubby and I did quite a bit of gardening this past weekend in preparing for an upcoming visit from my in-laws (haven't seen them since 2018 or so!) and today I get to leave work a little earlier to have lunch with him ☺🥰 Hope your week has turned out to be a great one! 4y

Cinfhen I‘d love to see a photo of your garden, Ana 😍Enjoy your lunch date @Librariana and so nice to have family visiting 💚 ( even if it‘s the in-laws😉) 4y

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HappyLitsyversary

Happy Litsyversary! | Special Events

Congratulations, it‘s your Litsyversary!

1-Year Litsyversary: @shanaymayer, @tutiko, @Book-Raptor, @Robii
2-Year Litsyversary: @Yoricke_SouthAfrica, @sarahljensen, @Kelly326
3-Year Litsyversary: @laurenlovesliterature, @Vertabrain, @peta86
4-Year Litsyversary: @GerardtheBookworm, @GabrielleDubois
5-Year Litsyversary: @Cinfhen, @Linsy, @Mtroiano, @peaknit, @Hazel0303, @Augustdana, @Brinx

(April 25, 2021) #Litsyversary

AmyG Congrats @Cinfhen 🙌🏻 4y

Cinfhen Thanks @AmyG xx i thought the anniversary was on the 13th but Litsy knows best 😂 4y

peaKnit @Cinfhen it‘s our anniversary! Congrats!! 4y

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Cinfhen I was happy to see your name @peaknit 👯‍♀️Happy Litsyversary 🥂5 wonderful years 💕 4y

Megabooks Happy litsyversary dear friend! @Cinfhen 4y

Lizpixie @Cinfhen Happy Anniversary my #sistafromanothermista! How did I miss this?? Mine should be coming up this month too🙌woop woop #OGsOfLitsy👵🏻 4y

Cinfhen Thank you my favorite #GreenEyedPixie xxx @Lizpixie 💚💚💚 4y

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Lizpixie

The Last Resort | Susi Holliday

Starting Bk6 of March & Bk2 of the #MarvellousMarch #readathon Its a rainy Sunday here in Sydney & the hubby is away till tomorrow night so I‘m sprawled out in bed with my books, tea & chocolate, revelling in the quiet. He‘s not loud but he has a knack for appearing & wanting to talk just when the book gets interesting! And gets huffy if I say “hang on a minute”. Anyone else have a partner like that?

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Lizpixie Oh, this is a thriller about a group of people offered a trip to a luxe island resort who find they‘re trapped with their deepest darkest secret known to everyone else. Sounds a bit like a modern version of Dame Agatha‘s

And Then There Were None

Cinfhen Is today your birthday, Liz??? I know it‘s March!!! 4y

Lizpixie @Cinfhen hey lovely🙋🏻‍♀️ My birthday is next Sunday, the 21st. My big 50th! I‘ll be posting a giveaway tonight, going to #payitforward👍 4y

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Cinfhen Whoa!!! The BIG 50! You‘re still a baby chick 🐤 That‘s lovely to #PayItForward but I‘m not surprised....you‘re such a generous soul 😘😘 #MySistaFromAnotherMista 👯‍♀️ 4y

Lizpixie @Cinfhen aww, thank you sweetie!😘 though I‘m not sure about the baby chick, I feel like I‘m 80👵🏻 #oncean80sgirlalwaysan80sgirl 4y

Cinfhen Hehehehe #OGsOfLitsy xx 4y

Andrew65 Looks good, enjoy the sun 😊 Amazing how people interrupt at key points in books. 4y

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Clwojick

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#KeepLitsyActive

1. The recommendations for books I would never have read before joining Litsy, the community of amazing people, and the wide variety of events.
2. There‘s nothing that comes across my feed that bothers me.
3. I like the idea of having an Owned TBR list, and a Do Not Have TBR list
4. It varies, but normally multiple times throughout the day.
5. I‘ve taken part of and enjoyed them all.

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Clwojick @ljuliel 5y

Clwojick 6. I feel like one of the major things that is lacking in Litsy that was a major thing a few years ago is genuine conversation. Maybe people are more shy now, I‘m not sure... but there seems to be less back and forth conversation then before. Yes a comment here and there, but not as much back and forth. Does that make sense? 5y

Clwojick 6. Continued... I am a fan of the addition to “hide” a hashtag. I‘ve never needed to do so, but I like that the option is out there for others. I realize that not everyone wants to be apart of all events, so it‘s great to have the opening to “opt out” of having to view related posts. 5y

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ljuliel Thanks for responding. Yes it‘d be a great help to know which books people already own on their tbr. It‘s a bit hard to know that with the current setup. You just have one long list of books in that area. 5y

Clwojick @ljuliel 😅 Especially after forging the lists with my Goodreads list. I gave up trying to keep it up to date after that. 5y

ljuliel I agree about the conversations. A lot of that is lacking now. That‘s sort of the reason I put these questions up. To get people talking a bit amongst ourselves. Things have changed in here , but maybe we can turn it around somehow. I always think there are lots of lurkers that have yet to post. I‘d like to get them more involved too. It‘s really not scary to post. Most everyone in here is nice. I‘m probably the crabbiest one, but I can be nice🤨 5y

ljuliel Yea, I just saw that feature on the web page where you can add your Goodreads books. That‘d definitely make it more confusing ! 5y

Alora Love the idea of an owned and non owned tbr! 5y

Bookish.SAM @Clwojick whoa... I didn‘t know you could hide a hashtag ?!? On that note... I sort of wish there was a way to follow hashtags @ljuliel ... or is there and I just don‘t know about it either? 5y

ljuliel @Bookish.SAM I‘m not a very good one to ask about the hashtag follows and unfollows . I can‘t get mine to work from online, so it apparently doesn‘t work for everyone. Hopefully someone will look into this. 5y

Crazeedi I didnt know you could hide a hashtag either. So much I dont know even after 3 years. I'm going to answer this after I've considered the questions a bit. I love Litsy 5y

Clwojick @Bookish.SAM if you go onto the Litsy website, not the app, and go to your profile settings and scroll down, there‘s a “Mute Hashtags” option. There‘s no option to follow a hashtag yet though. I agree that would be nice 5y

Clwojick @Crazeedi the option to mute hashtags was just added back in May, I believe. 5y

effani I'm new here, but I've been surprised at how little conversation there is in comments. It seems like the culture is to hit the “like“ button and move on, even if the poster asked a question. It's interesting to hear that hasn't always been the case. 5y

Clwojick @effani it definitely wasn‘t! I‘m not sure what exactly has changed about it. I know we all have our antisocial days, and we don‘t want to communicate too much, but I try to make a point of going back the next day and comments or reposting etc. @MrBook made a good point about just taking 15 minutes a day to actually reach out to one another and get give our fellow Littens the love they deserve. 🥰 5y

AnneCecilie I love your answer to no. 3. That would be great 5y

Lizpixie Yes, about conversation! It‘s disheartening to write a post with a question in it, even one as simple as Should I Read Book A or B? and not get any response. We used to talk a lot more when I first joined over 3yrs ago #OGsOfLitsy 5y

Clwojick @Lizpixie exactly! There used to be more free flowing communication. We would get tabs on each other, and wish each other well on big days, check up on each other if we haven‘t posted in a few days, ask how someone‘s sick cat is doing, or ask how the first few days at their new job is. I RARELY see that anymore. And I don‘t know if it‘s cause people stapling sharing those moments in their life‘s, or if others stopped caring enough to check in. 5y

gradcat @Bookish.SAM If you know what you‘re looking for, you could always find your favorite hashtags in the search feature under tags...that way, you can get right to them. It will help even if you only remember the first word. ♥️ 5y

RainyDayReading I agree with #6. I joined Litsy in 2017 and was seeing all these conversations in the comments between people like they had been friends for years! I was really hopeful that I would be able to forge friendships like that here but it never happened. I'm not sure what changed or when it changed but it did. I thought for a while that maybe it was because I don't read the same things as everyone else but I don't know. 5y

Clwojick @RainyDayReading I don‘t think it‘s has anything to do with what you read, I think it‘s just the way that Litsy has evolved 5y

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Lynnsoprano

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I‘m behind, but I love this one. Haven‘t been on Litsy much the last couple weeks, as we were away, and I‘ve been crazy busy since we‘re home.
📚 I joined in July 2016
📚@alisnazzy my daughter encouraged me to join.
📚Definitely more
📚 historical fiction
📚 @KarenUK @MrBook @Lizpixie
#wondrousWednesday

Eggs

Eggs Thanks for joining in 💕📚🤗 5y

Lizpixie Us #OGsOfLitsy are awesome! 😘❤️❤️❤️ 5y

Lynnsoprano @Lizpixie Yes, we are 😄😘 5y

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LauraBeth I hope that @Alisnazzy is doing well! ❤️ 5y

Lynnsoprano @LauraBeth She‘s doing okay, thanks. She‘s still recovering from her dental surgery, and her new job is keeping her busy, but she loves it. Still reading every spare moment she has 😄 I‘m trying to talk her into hosting another #LitsyPartyofOne. 5y

LauraBeth Oh we would all love it if she hosts another one!!!! 5y

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Cinfhen

Wednesday's Child | Amanda Hewett

Thanks for the tag @Eggs
🍁I joined Litsy April 2016
🍂Read about Litsy on BookRiot via @Liberty 🙌🏻 👑
🍁WAYYYYYYY MORE
🍂Love contemporary fiction, NF, Memoir
🍁 @WanderingBookaneer @MicheleinPhilly @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Lizpixie @LauraBeth @LeahBergen

LeahBergen We ARE the oldies here, aren‘t we? 😆😆 5y

Sace @LeahBergen no no no..... Pioneers. The tagged Littens are some of the first people I recall interacting with (I'm March of 2017) and I am so grateful to all of you for your welcoming spirit. 5y

Cinfhen Awwwww, that‘s so sweet @Sace 😘😘 5y

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Cinfhen We are definitely the #OGsOfLitsy @LeahBergen with the rest of our motley crew 😂🤣🤪 5y

Eggs Thanks for joining in @Cinfhen 📚👏🏻🥰 5y

LeahBergen @Sace Aww! 😘😘 And I like that... “pioneers”. 😆 5y

LauraBeth The oldies! 😹 I can‘t begin to say how much I‘ve enjoyed talking books, family and pets with y‘all over the years! 😘@Cinfhen @leahbergen, @sace, @eggs, @MicheleinPhilly 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Yeah, man, this is a lovely list to be part of. 😘😘 @LeahBergen @LauraBeth @MicheleinPhilly @Lizpixie @WanderingBookaneer Thanks @cinfhen ♥️ 5y

LeahBergen @LauraBeth @BarbaraTheBibliophage It‘s been wonderful!! 😘😘 5y

Reviewsbylola You were def one of the first people I “met” on Litsy. I think I joined in June of that year! 5y

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Cinfhen

Giveaway | Carolyn Finlay

ALERT 🚨 still time left to enter....In appreciation for all my new followers, I‘m hosting a #giveaway just for you❣️❣️❣️If you started following me in 2019 then your eligible to participate in the #OldMeetsNewGiveaway 🎉🥳📚Just repost above image, tag me, and answer the 4 questions so I can get to know you a bit better. Random winner will be drawn June 1. Winner will receive a book from their current TBR and a book I think you might like.

Megabooks Very nice of you, as always, friend! 😘😘 6y

CoffeeAndABook That‘s a brilliant idea 🙌🏻 Love it!!! Good luck 🍀 to everyone ☀️🌸 6y

Cinfhen Thanks so much @Megabooks I‘ve had over 1100 new followers since January and 5 have entered the giveaway 😂😂😂🙄🤷🏼‍♀️ 6y

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Cinfhen See above comment @CoffeeAndABook 👆🏽😂😂❤️ 6y

CoffeeAndABook Wow really!!! 😂 I‘d say those five have *great*odds of winning that giveaway 🤪 I still think it‘s a fab idea!!! 6y

TrishB That‘s a bit sad isn‘t it- 5. I‘ve had a lot of new followers but not much interaction. It‘s hard because you want to welcome people but then they don‘t post or join in 🤷‍♀️ 6y

Cinfhen I tried but it‘s pretty telling sign... I‘m so happy I joined early and got to really bond with my #OGsOfLitsy @TrishB @CoffeeAndABook ♥️ 6y

TrishB Me too ❤️ it‘s so worth the effort though. 6y

CoffeeAndABook Yes to the #OGsOfLitsy !! 💞💞💞😘 6y

Megabooks @Cinfhen Yes, I was a suggested user up until a few months ago. (That‘s why I have 18k followers.) It‘s kind of frustrating because you get a lot of new followers, but a lot of them never post. It‘s hard to separate the posters/interested new users from the casual account makers. Glad to be an #OGofLitsy! Joined 3 years and 3 months ago! Love Litsy/Littens!!! 📚💜💙💜💙💜📚 👇🏻 6y

Megabooks Out of Print asked me if I wanted to be a suggested user in the summer of 2016, and I thought, “Great, I‘ll get to meet a lot more people.” But after awhile, it was really wearing on me, especially when I was depressed. I wish I had grown my new followers more organically. #FoodforThought 6y

Cinfhen 18k is ridiculous @Megabooks That‘s wayyyyy too many to weed through even if only a quarter post!!!!! 6y

Freespirit I started following you last year (2018 when I joined) but want to thank you for your kindness and generosity. That's what makes Litsy so special @Cinfhen 😊 6y

ShyBookOwl 5? Hmm. Well, I haven't entered giveaways because I don't read many physical books. With my chronic pain issue, I can only manage a physical book of about 250 pages. But it's nice to see them pop up 😊 6y

BarbaraBB It is really saddening that only five people or maybe a bit more saw your post (they would have entered otherwise, obviously). I have stopped looking who my new followers are, I wait for interaction. Most of them just signed up and never post. 6y

Cinfhen Awwwwww, thanks so much @Freespirit @ShyBookOwl I appreciate the sweet hello!!! If you want to enter feel free... I can always send books to your kindle @ShyBookOwl ( assuming you‘re in the US) for some reason my Amazon US account can‘t ship or gift books to other countries 🤷‍♀️ 6y

Cinfhen I stopped following back new followers unless we have some interaction @BarbaraBB and part of me is VERY tempted to cull my follower list to only people that I really interact with... this way I can actually see what my friends are reading and posting. Otherwise I miss seeing posts Im interested in. 6y

ShyBookOwl @Cinfhen that's so nice of you to offer, but I am in Canada 6y

Cinfhen Darn. That‘s too bad @ShyBookOwl ☹️ 6y

BarbaraBB I always do that, keeping my following list small (relatively) because I really want to read about books/genres I am interested in and posts from people I like / am interested in! (edited) 6y

DebinHawaii Such a nice idea for a giveaway @Cinfhen 🤗I share the pain of too many followers. I was made a suggested user back in the day & felt obligated to follow everyone because the SU list had so few current people on it. When I had my health scare I got behind & then went to only following those who posted & I still have 14K+ followers although I follow about 1/2 that number due to the low posting rate. It does make it an effort to see friend's posts😟 6y

Megabooks @Cinfhen yes, it made Litsy a little less fun. ☹️ I was ready not to be one when library thing removed me. 6y

TrishB I only follow back now when people have posted or interacted with me. I still have too many just no time to think about culling really. I tend to look individually at friends every couple of days if I think I‘ve missed their posts. 6y

Cinfhen Happy you found me @DebinHawaii with our time difference I often miss your posts!! And I miss seeing you and Max 💜 6y

GypsyKat Such a sweet idea! 💖 6y

Centique @TrishB I do the same thing Trish. And my time difference is such that I need to go look up friends each time I‘m on here and see what I‘ve missed - which is why I all of a sudden turn up and like eight posts at once! 😂 6y

Centique Just out of interest - even before Library Thing - when I first started on here I went searching for people to follow, looking up different names and consistently found about two thirds of each search return were blank accounts. It seemed bizarre that it was such a massive percentage - they should clean some out I reckon. 6y

TrishB @Centique agreed! I know I end up liking things 2 days after they‘re posted! But that‘s fine too 😁 6y

Cinfhen Thanks @GypsyKat 💋💋 6y

Cinfhen It is odd @Centique !!!!!! 👇🏼 (edited) 6y

Cinfhen Not that u comment 3 days later but that new followers don‘t seem to be active at all 6y

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Cinfhen

Giveaway | Carolyn Finlay

In appreciation for all my new followers, I‘m hosting a #giveaway just for you❣️❣️❣️If you started following me in 2019 then your eligible to participate in the #OldMeetsNewGiveaway 🎉🥳📚Just repost above image, tag me, and answer the 4 questions so I can get to know you a bit better. Random winner will be drawn June 1,2019. Winner will receive a book from their current TBR and a book I think you might like.

LitsyHappenings

LeahBergen You‘re a gem. 😘😘 6y

KarenUK What a lovely idea x 6y

KarenUK Ps. Email me your address, I have this one ready to mail 😊

Tel Aviv by Neni. Food. People. Stories.

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Lizpixie What a lovely idea from a lovely lady!😘♥️♥️♥️♥️ 6y

Cinfhen Awwwww, thank you my lovely #OGsofLitsy 😘😘😘 @KarenUK @Lizpixie @LeahBergen 6y

Cinfhen I totally forgot @KarenUK on it now!!!! THANK YOU 🥰 6y

Cathythoughts How kind 👍🏻♥️♥️♥️ 6y

squirrelbrain What a lovely idea! ❤️😁❤️😁 6y

TrishB Lovely 💕 6y

Cinfhen Thanks my lovelies ☺️ @TrishB @squirrelbrain @Cathythoughts 6y

JennyM Lovely idea, Cindy. You have a heart of gold 😘♥️ 6y

BarbaraBB What a great idea Cindy! You‘re the best 💕 6y

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