withthebanned2025

Here we go…

🌱 Parable of the Sower - #WithTheBanned2025
❤️ Heart-Shaped Box - buddy read on Instagram
🍎 Winter and Ravish - fairy tale challenge on Instagram, and Winter is also for #SeriesLove2025
⭐️ Where the Forest Meets the Stars - my sister just read this and loved it and it‘s been on my shelf for a couple years now

BooksandCoffee4Me I‘ll look forward to hearing your thought on Parable of the Sower. I enjoyed Kindred by Octavia Butler. 3w

PaperbackPirate I‘ve been meaning to read Kindred forever @BooksandCoffee4Me ! Good to know you liked it! 2w

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TheDaysGoBy

The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison

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Finished this up tonight for the January buddy read of #withthebanned2025

A soft pick for me. The afterword explained the author‘s choice in the way she structured the story which made total sense. I just like books that are a bit more linear. I‘ll never understand why books get banned - always great to expose yourself to different lives/experiences that your own and open yourself up to conversation

@Jadams89

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ferskner

The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 2mo

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 2mo

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 2mo

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 2mo

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 2mo

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 2mo

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 2mo

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 2mo

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 2mo

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 2mo

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 2mo

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 2mo

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 2mo

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 2mo

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 2mo

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 2mo

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 2mo

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 2mo

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 2mo

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 2mo

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 2mo

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 2mo

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 2mo

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 2mo

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 2mo

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 2mo

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 2mo

ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 1mo

Texreader So great to have you back!! 1mo

britt_brooke Joseph! 1mo

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Jadams89

The Outsider | Stephen King

January is shaping up to be an interesting month of reading. New challenges, new (to me) authors, and a chance to knock several books off my TBR. Let‘s go!

#WithTheBanned2025 #RiseUpReads #Roll100 #Bookspin #DoubleSpin

Catsandbooks, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper

Catsandbooks ❤️✊🏼🔥 2mo

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Enjoy!! 2mo

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LitsyEvents

The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison

Repost for @jadams89

Hey all! I hope you‘re ready to dig into some banned books! I‘ve created a book club on Fable if you‘d like to join there. #withthebanned2025

See original post at https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2822354

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Jadams89

The Bluest Eye | Toni Morrison