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inkilea

The Drift | C. J. Tudor

Started this one a few days ago and liking it so far. Getting a few pages in while I wait for Diablo 4 to update 😂

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BethM

Stick Man | Julia Donaldson

@Chrissyreadit I can‘t give you an audio rec bc we are on team Tonies for our busy brained 4yo. Each one of these characters has stories on it and that‘s how he falls asleep every night. Some are “jazzy” like Spidey so he has to skip the songs and only listen to the story if he picks one of those for bed.

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Suet624

The Little Snowgirl: An Old Russian Tale | Carolyn Croll

Not sure why I feel compelled to follow up on my last post about shoveling with this information, but please humor me. 🥴🤪. A big old 12-18” of snow and high winds for two days.

Butterfinger It was a good thing you cleared off your roofs. Stay safe and warm. 6d

Suet624 @Butterfinger thanks! As long as the wind doesn‘t knock out our electricity it should be a lovely few days. 6d

AmyG Wow! We are getting snow, too. Just got pulled out of a snow bank. Stay home. Stay safe. 6d

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Suet624 @AmyG yikes! I hate getting stuck. YOU stay home and stay safe 😊 6d

Luke-XVX Someone‘s gonna have arms as big as Arnie…. 6d

Suet624 @Luke-XVX hahaha. 6d

ChaoticMissAdventures I live in a town where snow in the forecast shuts everything down, I can't imagine this 😂. We had 2 days of snow this week and I haven't left my house. You snow people are a different breed! Hope you stay warm and snug. 6d

Leftcoastzen Yikes ! 6d

Suet624 @ChaoticMissAdventures I remember when I lived in Tennessee and once there was a thin layer of ice on the roads that stopped everyone for several days. So I get it. I pay extra for studded tires now and shovel throughout a snowstorm so I don't have to get stuck with shoveling all 12 inches in one go. :). Where do you live? 6d

ChaoticMissAdventures @Suet624 I live in Portland Oregon, and we get snow every year usually once and no one is prepared! I have lived in snowier places but people here are super dangerous driving, there was a 100 cat pile up on Thursday, so I just don't leave the house (super lucky I can work from home) Ice is the real danger! 6d

Suet624 @ChaoticMissAdventures that‘s wild. I thought Portland got a good amount of snow. And a 100 car pileup? That‘s nuts! 6d

AkashaVampie U and me don't live too too car from each other. I'm in Plattsburgh, NY 6d

AkashaVampie I meant far... not car 6d

Jeg Wow wow. 6d

kspenmoll Sue, thinking of you- hope hope you din‘t lose power. 💕 6d

sarahbarnes Wow. Hope you‘re staying safe. 5d

Suet624 @AkashaVampie You're right! We could practically wave to each other.. :)
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Suet624 @Jeg In some ways it's nice - it's so old school Vermont to have snow up past your head. 5d

Suet624 @kspenmoll Thanks Katherine. So far so good. The high winds haven't started yet but we are overwhelmed by the snow right now. 5d

Suet624 @sarahbarnes Besides snow shoveling, all is good. Definitely not driving . 5d

marleed Stay warm and safe. We are due to get significant snow this Tuesday and Wednesday. I‘m hoping I get a chance to shovel in doses but unlikely as I watch my 2-yo grandson on weekdays. But I‘m hopeful this will be our last hurrah for significant snow this season 🤞 5d

AkashaVampie @Suet624 my hubby works over in VT. So he probably drives by u all the time. He works for Performance Food Group as an overnight truck driver. He is working today in all the shit. 5d

Jeg Sue I have some vague memories of high snow when we lived in North Swanzey near Keene NH. Not being able to go to school. We caught a bus which took us to a new school Mt Caesar . 5d

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Suet624

The Little Snowgirl: An Old Russian Tale | Carolyn Croll

Over 5,000 lbs. of snow had to be pulled off the upper roof to the porch roof and then 3 of us shoveled the porch roof to the ground. That pile on the ground is up to my nose. And a nor‘easter will start tomorrow. I feel like I‘ve been shoveling for weeks. This weekend it will be just me, the books and watching the snow fall.

Aims42 🤯🤯🤯🤯 omg! You must have arms of steel by now!! 1w

Suet624 @Aims42 I‘m pooped. 1w

Aims42 @Suet624 You‘ve earned a restful night!! 1w

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Suet624 I just noticed those top three windows have all different shades. I never noticed that before! 1w

TiredLibrarian @Suet624 It's about the same in my neck of the woods in upstate NY. It just won't give us a break! 1w

Suet624 @TiredLibrarian oh, yes, I imagine we have the exact same weather. 1w

TheBookHippie Looks like home ❄️ 1w

AmyG Holy Cow! 1w

Jas16 Living somewhere it never it snows, I cannot even fathom this. I often wish it would snow in San Francisco but none of us could handle it. 1w

LeahBergen Yikes! It‘s snowing here today in my part of Canada but nothing like that! 1w

Suet624 @Jas16 It‘s so beautiful when it comes down but as it adds up, I can be super heavy to shovel. This year was the first year we‘ve had to rake the upper roof. Usually it just slides right off and I just shoveled the flat roof. I kept being afraid that the roof would collapse on me. 1w

Suet624 @LeahBergen Tomorrow is when our big storm starts, so I wanted to be sure to get that snow off the roof. Another 10 inches wasn‘t going to be a good thing. 😳 1w

tpixie @Suet624 I‘ve never thought about having to shovel the snow off the roof!!! Amazing job! I bet you are exhausted 🥱 Glad you are safe. 🩵 ⛄️ 🩵 1w

Suet624 @tpixie thank you! I‘ve noticed that on our town‘s forum lots of people are asking for help raking their roofs. Something about the weather this winter has made the snow stick to metal roofs, which is really uncommon. I‘ve been here 11 years and I have never had to do it before. (edited) 1w

dabbe Wowza! Glad you are safe, you powerful woman, you! ❣️💪🏻❣️ 7d

tpixie @Suet624 very interesting good luck with the next batch of snow! 7d

kspenmoll Here I was worried all January about no snow! We have some, but nothing in comparison- only 6 is expected tomorrow but also lots of ice/sleet which makes for power outages & falling tree limbs. Snow up to your nose!!!!! Glad your roof is safe & you are bundled up.💕💕💕 7d

Hooked_on_books WOW! 🤯 7d

BarbaraBB That must have been quite the job 😳 but it‘s probably a relief you did it. You deserve a book filled weekend and hopefully some raise in temperatures afterwards! 💕 7d

Deblovestoread The weight of snow is no joke. Shoveling or caving in a roof. You deserve a peaceful restful weekend! 7d

squirrelbrain Glad you‘re OK + good luck with the next storm. 7d

Cathythoughts Enjoy your book weekend 🤍 7d

Jeg Shovelling all that snow you will be very fit! 6d

DogMomIrene @Suet624 Interesting about snow sticking to the metal roof. I haven‘t heard this one before, but my research into steel roofs isn‘t super deep. We‘re years away from converting🤞🏼 Hope you‘re well rested now! 6d

Suet624 @BarbaraBB More snow, so more shoveling this weekend, but it's gorgeous. 5d

Suet624 @Deblovestoread You're right about the weight. The snow on the roof wasn't fluffy - it was solid and heavy. And no joke. 5d

Suet624 @squirrelbrain @cathythoughts Thanks to you both. 5d

Suet624 @DogMomIrene Generally speaking, the metal roof has been fine. Someone on our local forum said he'd had a metal roof for 43 years and his was completely covered too. It was the first time he had experienced it in all that time. 5d

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Bookwormjillk

Stopping by woods on a snowy evening | Robert Frost, Susan Jeffers

My daughter claimed not to know Robert Frost* so I took tonight‘s walk as an opportunity to introduce her.

*It‘s also possible she was trying to shut me down so I didn‘t embarrass her by reciting Robert Frost on our walk.

KAO Perfect! 1w

AnnCrystal 😍❄️💝. 1w

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful ❄️ 1w

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TheBookHippie 🙃 1w

marleed I love this! 1w

BooksandCoffee4Me The first poet I ever really read and took to heart. 1w

ImperfectCJ I sang an art song of this poem several years ago, and ever since, I can't read it/recite it without singing it. Which my teen says doesn't decrease the embarrassment factor. 1w

Sparklemn Lovely neighborhood 1w

Cathythoughts Beautiful picture 🤍 1w

LiseWorks 🤣 1w

kspenmoll Love this! 😉💕 1w

Read4life Beautiful!!! 💙❄️💙 1w

dabbe 🤩😂🤩 1w

MemoirsForMe Love this photo! ❄️ 1w

MemoirsForMe @ImperfectCJ 😁😁😁 1w

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CatLass007

Whiteout | Dhonielle Clayton, Nicola Yoon, Tiffany D Jackson, Angie Thomas, Nic Stone, Ashley Woodfolk

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#Read2025 #SeriesLove2025 This anthology is only sort of the second book in a series. Blackout takes place in New York City during a blackout. I lived in New York long enough to know how scary that could possibly be even though I never actually experienced one. Whiteout is written by the same six authors and takes place during a blizzard in Atlanta. As a native West Virginian, I always find reactions of Southerners to a few snowflakes to (cont)⬇️

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CatLass007 be pretty hilarious. To someone from West Virginia, 6 inches of snow is not really very much. In Atlanta, the city shuts down. Actually, where I live in East Tennessee pretty much shuts down also. It‘s interesting to see how certain people react in a crisis in both anthologies. And of course, all of these are love stories. 1w

RamsFan1963 @Catlass I grew up in the rural part of Virginia, near the border with Tennessee, and I remember big snows, closing school for weeks at a time, which always sucked because it ate up your summer vacation to make up the days. I live in WV now, and it's currently snowing. I once lived in Virginia Beach, VA and I laughed at how hysterical people got over 2 or 3 inches of snow lol. Like it was a Snowmageddon or something. 🤣🤣🤣 1w

CatLass007 @RamsFan1963 I believe we discussed our travels in the Appalachian region before. I know in my hometown of Beckley, WV we rarely had snow days growing up. It‘s my understanding that they‘re now a lot more cautious about sending kids to school when there is heavy snow. When I was a student at Clemson, I don‘t think there was an inch of snow on the ground, but they closed down the University and the town. The further north a city is (cont)⬇️ (edited) 1w

CatLass007 located, the more prepared for snow storms its government will be. 1w

DieAReader 🎉🎉 1w

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Kshakal

Snowy Day | Ezra Jack Keats

Indeed it is and indeed they are! 🤓🤓🤓

Scochrane26 It‘s raining a lot where I am but also a good day to read 2w

Bookwormjillk Yes! Going to get groceries and then it‘s reading time! 2w

kspenmoll Snow predicted by 7:00 pm here in CT. 2w

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Sleepswithbooks

Hush Up & Hibernate | Sandra Markle

AmyG Yep. Hope you are well. 😘 2w

dabbe 🩶🩷🩶 2w

Sleepswithbooks Yes @AmyG !!! Hibernating tomorrow all day!!! You? 2w

AmyG I have pneumonia…I have been hibernating all week. 2w

Sleepswithbooks Oh no!!!! I read that cookies 🍪 🍪help cure pneumonia! 2w

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monalyisha

Moominland Midwinter | Tove Jansson

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❄️ Welcome to my new obsession. ❄️

First, some backstory. Depending on how long we‘ve been Litsy friends, you may or may not know that I had a little house rabbit for 12 years. Her name was Moxie. A common nickname for her was “Moomin.” Understandably then, I‘ve been meaning to read a Moomin book for a long time! 👇🏻

monalyisha 1/5: As it turns out, Moxie was more a combination of Moomintroll and Little My — sweet, curious, *definitely* up to something, irritable (somehow in a cute way), and small. As for Little My? She never feels sorry. Instead, she‘s “always either glad or angry.” And “she always had the gift of having fun on her own.” That was Moxie (also called “Little Moo”) — to a “T.” (edited) 2w

monalyisha 2/5: In fact, I think I might be more Moomintroll than Moxie ever was — with all my lamenting of winter; my sun worship; my not wanting to upset anyone; my begrudging admiration of softly fallen snowflakes; and the round, smooth pebbles in the pockets of my bathing robe all year long. 2w

monalyisha 3/5: Character assessment aside, Moominland Midwinter was my first foray into Moominvalley. I‘m smitten. Immediately charmed. It‘s adorable and introspective; sad and lonely; curious and playful; hopeful, gentle, and sharp. (edited) 2w

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monalyisha 4/5: It doesn‘t shy away from topics like death (of a squirrel, complete with a little squirrel funeral) but the author provides a footnote with guidance about what a reader should do if they find the content too sad. In short, Jansson‘s world is comprised of everything I love about Children‘s Literature — with fantastic illustrations to boot. 2w

monalyisha 5/5: I‘ll leave you with Too-ticky‘s winter bonfire song:

“Here come the dumb,
The lonely and the rum,
The wild and the quiet,
Thud goes the drum.”

Thud, thud, thud goes my Moomin-lovin‘ heart. 2w

willaful This was my first Moomin book too. Seems to be a good place to start! 2w

Suet624 Oh, this post was so revealing and so lovely. 💕💕 7d

Kerrbearlib I love Moomin! 4d

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