Thank you all so much for your kind thoughts! And happy stay in bed with books and a heating pad day! 😅

I had a truly awful day at work. It‘s the beginning of the peak season for the post office, all the equipment was breaking, and on top of all that, I had an ovarian cyst rupture while I was at work.

To come home to this on my porch, I burst into tears. What an incredibly thoughtful package @Bookzombie ! I did not have this book, and I am so excited to read it! I hope things are going well for you, and that you have a wonderful holiday season. 💖

#WeeklyForecast

I so excited to start my first #Roll100 of December this week!

#BookReport

I need to add more Mary Oliver to my TBR! ❤️

It‘s the weekend after Thanksgiving! Time for putting up the Christmas tree! 💛

I really love how Novik describes winter and the cold in this book! It‘s so visceral, I found myself shivering while reading it!

#SundayFunday Happy December everyone and don‘t forget to tag me!

Mary Oliver interweaves her love of nature with her love of people.

Such a sweet and hopeful little collection. And such unapologetic joy. Oliver is always a delight to read. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Welcome! Whether you have arrived in Oz by Tornado, Rainbow, Magic Carpet, or the Nome King‘s tunnels, I am so excited to spend the next year exploring the marvelous land of Oz with you all.

We‘ve got a year before Wicked: Part Two comes out, so I‘ve doubled up June & July for the books.

I look forward to seeing all of your thoughts! 💚

#BeyondTheYellowBrickRoad

Happy first day of the #20in4 readathon by @Andrew65 !

My goals are very easy this time around, I just want to finish two of my current reads!

This is the book I‘m most excited to get to in December! It‘s an arc that will be published the first week of January!

I‘m trying to be patient and finish at least two of my December arcs first, but we‘ll see how long that lasts. 😅

#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks

December #BookSpinBingo is here! And it‘s goin go to be my #WinterGames2024 TBR. I am so excited to get to a lot of these books!

#HolidayBookDragons

It‘s that time of year again!

I love this time. The snow, the family time, the decorations, the lights, the music. It‘s all just so lovey, and I can‘t wait to start #Adventathon for #WinterGames2024 ! ❄️📚❄️

An in depth examination of what shame is and how it is weaponized, especially against women.

This was a powerful read. I don‘t think I‘ve ever really come to terms with the things I feel shame about, the things I don‘t actually have my control over. All of the stories shared show that none of us alone, that there is community to find & create to support each other. & I always love a book that gives me more books to read.

Okay, okay. I really loved seeing Wicked: Part One last night, and I woke up with an idea.

Would anyone be interested in a #BuddyRead of the original 14 Oz novels starting in December and going through until Wicked: Part Two comes out next year?

The books are all in the public domain, so should be available on Project Gutenberg, Amazon has an omnibus Kindle edition for $1.49, and ThriftBooks has many inexpensive editions available.

This totally blew me away! 🌪

#GirlsNightOut #BookAdaptations (ish)

This community brings me so much joy. I am so grateful for all of you here! 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday @CBee #WeirdWords

Went to visit the new location of the Barnes and Noble, and it‘s where the old Borders used to be! 🤣🤣🤣

In his efforts to get 3 godly recommendation letters for his New Rome application, Percy is enlisted to pet & house sit for Hecate, goddess of magic & crossroads. It goes about as well as you‘d expect.

I love Percy‘s voice so much. His humor & his empathy are so wonderful. The friendship between Percy, Annabeth, & Grover is delightful. & the resolution was satisfying! & we got backstories for minor characters! I can‘t wait for book 3.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

It‘s time to break out the Christmas mugs, because screw it. We‘re choosing what brings us joy right now.

My last #Roll100 books of the year! All of these books have been on my physical TBR for years, but I‘m thrilled to push them all to the front of the line!

#WinterGames2024 #HolidayBookDragons

Getting my #WinterGames2024 TBR started means first picking my #SeasonalCozies read! I‘ve enjoyed what I‘ve read in this series so far, so I‘m excited to give this Christmas one a try.

#HolidayBookDragons

Virginia Woolf & her sister Vanessa Bell find themselves involved w/ danger, when a charming archaeologist is found murdered. W/ a mysterious fiancée, a jealous friend, & an ambitious coworker, the number of suspects just keeps rising.

A fun start to a new series! Excellent historic setting, unique voices for all the POVs, & a twisty mystery that kept me guessing to the end. I would have liked this better if the MCs weren‘t real people.?????

One of my absolute favorite events here on Litsy! I am completely stoked to sign up for my third year!

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#AuldLangSpine2025 @monalyisha

I read this to my nibling months ago, and we both loved it!

#MiddleGradeMonday @Karisimo

#WeeklyForecast

I hope to be able to sneak in one more book for #NetGalleyNovember before the end!

#BookReport

Every year, some of my favorite reads of the year always end up in the last few weeks! ❤️

When a priest comes preaching the fear of God to Vasya‘s people, their beliefs in the old gods start to fade. & the Great Bear that has been kept locked away begins to break his bonds.

God this was good. Slow & atmospheric, perfect for a snowy day. Based on Russian folktales, w/ a story of fear & mob mentality, & the girl brave enough to fight for her community. A satisfying resolution, but also interested me enough to want book 2.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

This is the book that taught me what science fiction could do. I‘ve been obsessed with the genre, and specifically Le Guin ever since. I didn‘t read any sci fi for years after a bad experience in middle school, so I am so thankful I found this book. 💖

#SundayFunday Have a wonderful week, and happy Thanksgiving if you celebrate! And don‘t forget to tag me!

John Perry joins the army when he turns 75. His desire to move on from the memories of his wife result in him joining the long, bloody fight to expand & protect humanity‘s place in space.

I can see why people like this. John is fun, the humor is on point, & the world building is amazing. But 300 pages of stop/go action, w/ everything going down in the last 50 pages + a last minute romance makes this more of a miss for me.🌕🌕🌗🌑🌑

This was such a fun one! Thanks @dabbe for the tag! Although it did make me super hungry!

My favorites are mashed potatoes, spinach artichoke dip (I add fresh dill and garlic to mine!), and ham!

#TLT #ThreeListThursday

The constantly changing tapestry of human knowledge is one of the coolest things about us as a species.

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

YAAAAAAYYY!

#BookAnnouncement

It‘s Christmastime! Molly is excited to spend it w/ her mother & her aunt in their historic bookshop. The holidays become much more dire when someone attempts to murder her friend.

The relationships in these stories continue to be my favorite thing! Seeing these women supporting each other, inter generational friendships is lovely. The pacing was a little off, but the mystery kept me guessing, & I loved the subplot of the treasure hunt.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

This was a charming little fantasy I read a couple months ago!

@Karisimo #MiddleGradeMonday

#WeeklyForecast

I am so excited to start the new Percy Jackson book!

#BookReport

I‘m only a couple hours into The Bear and the Nightingale and already I can tell this is a perfect read for the season. 💙

Freya, born with the blood of a protection goddess in her veins, is pulled into a fight for a kingship beyond her understanding. & her only ally is her new husband‘s very attractive & charming son.

This had a lot I liked. Fantastic scene setting, absolutely fascinating magic systems & interpretation of children of gods. However, I could not care less about this romance, which made everything else w/ these characters feel flat. So, YMMV.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

I don‘t really have a preference, it kind of depends on my mood.

But what I don‘t want is a book series where the books end in the middle of the story as a “cliffhanger”. There‘s a difference between a teasing cliffhanger for another story and ending with the book‘s main conflict unresolved.

#SundayFunday Have a marvelous day, and don‘t forget to tag me in your posts!

Almost as long as there has been a Batman and a Robin, there has been a Batgirl.

I haven't been into comics since my college years, but I remember loving Batgirl & her various stories. This in depth look at all the iterations of such a powerful icon makes me want to return to the comics I loved. Yes, there were some bad runs. There were writers & artists who only saw her as a prop to Batman and Robin's stories, but she perseveres. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Did some retail therapy the day after the election. 😅 #BookHaul

It‘s time for one of my absolute favorite swaps of this season! #JolabokaflodSwap is here!

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Thanks @MaleficentBookDragon for hosting again this year!

First snow of the season! And I‘m so glad today is the start of my weekend so I can stay inside, make chocolate chip cookies, and read my books. 💖

#WeirdWordWednesday #WeirdWords @CBee

Thanks for the tag @Ddzmini !

1. Probably stripes.
2. A Fate Inked in Blood! I‘m listening to it on Libby.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Oh! 🥰 I so rarely get Tor books on NetGalley. It feels so comforting to get the next Wayward Children book. #NetGalley #ARC

#WeeklyForecast

I am so excited to get to The Bear and the Nightingale! I‘ve had it on my TBR for years! 😅

#BookReport

So many great books this week!

A new kid in town means a new mystery for the Bob Whites! In addition to figuring out an ice carnival to raise donations, Trixie needs to find out just what is going on with tough city boy Dan.

A lower stakes mystery for the kids, but just as much heart. Love how the kids all take on an activist role for their friends, & seeing most of them jump to conclusions about Dan, then apologize when they‘re wrong is heartening.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Midwife Jean helps her neighbor‘s new wife deliver a child, only to learn that all may not be well in the house. There are too many secrets, & Jean only wants to help. But she may end up losing more than her heart.

This was absolutely gorgeous! The scene setting was lush, the reimagining of the selkie myth was heartbreaking, all the characters were so interesting, the queer love was so lovely. In my top 5 reads of the year, no question.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌗

Dr. Martin Luther King Jr said “The arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends towards justice."

& it is books like the tagged one that remind me that when it does bend towards justice, it bends because WE move it. Every activist, every protest, pushes that arc along.

It may look flat sometimes, it may look like it‘s curved back, but it is still moving forward.

#SundayFunday I hope you all are having the day you need, & remember to tag me.

Orpheus created the machines his best friend used to take over the world. When that gets him exiled, & he sees the damage he‘s wrought, he chooses to do what he can to repair the world.

This was a fascinating mix of post apocalyptic, science fiction, & fantasy! There‘s some really great world building & some interesting characters, but everything ended up feeling rushed, especially the romance, & the ending was too abrupt.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑