And just like that, he‘s here, and our world will never be the same. Welcome to the world little man. 🤍

When you‘re still in a reading slump four months later, but decide you want to read a little non-fiction, you pull anything off your shelf that looks remotely interesting and read bits of each of them until something catches your interest.

On a more personal note, I‘m officially done work now until October 2025! 😅 Three weeks until the little one is due, so I‘m just trying to keep busy while trying to rest and relax. ❤️

I currently have SIX audiobooks on the go because I can‘t seem to stick to anything. 😅

Tbh, I‘ve mostly been binging The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills, and snuggling the fur babies while I take it easy. Puddles is still obsessed with my bump, and I love it. Anyways, all is well! Less than two months to go! 🥰

Hey! Just checking in to let everyone know all is well! Just haven‘t been doing any reading at all - my minimal brain power and energy has been put towards nesting and getting ready for baby Benjamin.💙

Time is such a crazy thing. I‘ve been pregnant for three seasons, but yet it feels like no time at all, and also not soon enough until we meet him.😊

I‘ve been working on building up his little library, with my favourite book being Pig the Pug.🐶

Hey #TeamEvergreen! One last post before the clock strikes midnight, and our event comes to a close tomorrow. ❤️

Don‘t forget to tag me in your final TOTAL points by January 5th! I wish you all a safe and happy new years! It‘s been a pleasure hosting this event again, though I personally hit the worst slump ever these past two weeks. 🤣😬

Keeping the #readinggoals for 2024 super simple. 💙

#bulletjournal #bujo #2024goals 🐶

Current #BookSpinBingo has me left with ZERO bingos, so I‘ve gotta get cracking on this one! 🫣😅

Yay! It‘s been a slow few weeks for me reading wise (but not reality tv wise😅), but I‘ve finally cleared this months #ISpyBingo board! Woohoo!

#TeamEvergreen #WinterGames

Hey #TeamEvergreen! Here‘s some end of year questions, worth some bonus points!

#TeamEvergreen 🌲 @TEArificbooks @Larkken @LizPixie @Jadams1776 @vonnie862 @PathfinderNicole @skygoddess1 @AsYouWish 🎄

Merry Christmas #TeamEvergreen!

Here is the final weekly game for this years annual #WinterGames! Keep in mind that last weeks “Spell as many words as you can” game will be extended to the end of the event as well, so you have more time to work on those lists of words!

I‘m wishing you a very merry Christmas, and the happiest of new years! Stay safe and healthy during this crazy season! ❤️

Hey #TeamEvergreen!

Sorry I haven‘t been too active on here this past week. I hit an end of the year slump, and haven‘t been reading much at all. We did watch this movie the other night, only to find out that Puddles is terrified of the grinch.🤣 He‘s never even acknowledged the TV before, let alone barked at or ran away from it!

#wintergames

Not sure why all the non-Christmas books I‘ve “suggested” or had on hold for MONTHS are coming in this month, but none of my Christmas suggestions are coming in. Come on #CloudLibrary, don‘t you know it‘s the #WinterGames?! 🤣

I loved the first Carls book, so I can‘t wait to dig into this one! Thennnnnn hopefully I‘ll pop back over to my Christmas TBR. #TeamEvergreen

Each year the phrases get longer and longer 😂

We‘re back with another fan favourite this week! Spell as many words as you can using the teal letters in the phrase above. Each word will get you 10 points!

Good luck #TeamEvergreen! 🎄

December has flown by so far, but I started off strong with 36,115 points for #TeamEvergreen. Thank you #WGWordSearch! 😜

Pictured are some of the books that have stuck with me so far! ❤️

Here‘s my breakdown ☺️
15 holiday movies
4 holiday tv shows
17 holiday audiobooks
80 children‘s holiday books
1 TBR audiobook
5 holiday comics
8 TBR comics

Going to save those sweet sweet bingo points for the end of the #WinterGames 😊

Of course I stopped tracking my points after the fourth day, so now I‘m listening to the DWKT podcast while I get my calculations together! #teamevergreen

Here‘s everything I watched during the first 17 days of #WinterGames! So many Hallmark movies, that will be bringing me ALL the bingo points! 😅😂

#teamevergreen! 🎄

Hey #TeamEvergreen!

Just a reminder that the first #WinterGames point check in is tomorrow. Please calculate all of your points, leading up to end of date today, December 17th, and comment them down below, or tag me in a separate post by end of day on the 18th!

Let‘s do this team! 😊🎄

My #wintergames TBR progress so far! We‘ve had some wins and some fails, but so far it‘s been a great month! Just getting started on the tagged book. ❤️

#teamevergreen

We‘ve got an oldie but a fan favourite coming back to us this week! #WGGUESSTHEBOOK! Please let me know if you have any questions! ❤️❤️❤️

#TeamEvergreen 🌲 @TEArificbooks @Larkken @LizPixie @Jadams1776 @vonnie862 @PathfinderNicole @skygoddess1 @AsYouWish 🎄

Hey #TeamEvergreen!

Oscar Meyer is here to remind you that today is the last day to gain points for the weekly unlimited points game! No stress if you don‘t want to play it, but thought I‘d let you know that the new game will be starting tomorrow.☺️

Hope everyone is having a blast so far, and making a dent in their TBR! I for one, have been watching tons of Hallmark Christmas movies! 😊🎄

Watched a few more Hallmark movies last night, thanks to YouTube. One however had a holiday title, but ended up being this summery movie, The Love Gala. Was half way through before I noticed the lack of all things Christmas. 😂🫣 #TeamEvergreen

Watched a few more Christmas Holiday movies, and visited Vanderwees, a local garden store that decorated like crazy for Christmas, and sells the more insane ornaments. They must have 100-150 differently decorated trees, all stunning! The only photo I snapped was this bee ornament for my girlfriend who loves bees. ❤️ #TeamEvergreen

Haven‘t had much time to watch holiday movies and shows so far this month, but I plan on cracking down on it this coming week! 😜

Here is what I‘ve managed to watch so far! Even though it‘s only four things, I‘ve been doing some damage on those movie bingo boards! 😍🎄

#wintergames #teamevergreen

I‘ve been feeling extra exhausted these past few days, so I‘ve been taking it easy and doing more research on children‘s holiday books. Gotta get that wish list ready for when Benjamin‘s here! ❤️ Over the past two days, I‘ve finished about 45 books, which will bring in a ton of points between #WGwordsearch #photochallenges. My favourite is tagged!

#TeamEvergreen

Started the tagged audiobook while switching out Puddles Halloween toys to Christmas toys. He‘s one happy (and spoiled) pug! ❤️ #TeamEvergreen #winterGames

Puddles has been obsessed with my belly since 6weeks pregnant, and he‘s not showing signs of stopping any time soon. He just melts my heart. ❤️ Off to get some puglove before I nap, and then plan to spend a few hours reading this evening for #WinterGames

My day 2&3 reads for the #WinterGames. 🎄Now that I have a couple days off I hope I‘m able to put away some time to earn more points for #TeamEvergreen! 🎄🎄🎄

Here are my #December1 #WinterGame stats for #TeamEvergreen! 🎄

4* A Murder Yule Regret
3* The Ghost of Christmas to Come
3* Home for Christmas
2.5* Starry Night

I haven‘t figured out all my points yet, but I read for a total of 8 hours!

Kind of hard to see, but just a reminder that GoogleBooks makes it really easy to go back and double check your #WGWordSearch points. You search a book, and then type each word into the “search in this book” bar. It will show you how many times that word was said.

Not every book is available to preview, but I‘ve had a lot of luck with previous years. Kindle Unlimited is another way to search too! #WinterGamesTips

Here are my #CastTheDie picks for December and #WinterGames! I went with some #Everand Christmas audiobooks that have been on my radar. ☺️

Hey #TeamEvergreen! We‘ve got our first weekly game! 10pts per word, unlimited answers available! Good luck!💚🌲

🌲 @TEArificbooks @Larkken @LizPixie @Jadams1776 @vonnie862 @PathfinderNicole @skygoddess1 @AsYouWish 🎄

Starting off the #WinterGames with one of our team buddy reads. I‘m a half hour in, and so far so good! #TeamEvergreen 🎄

Hey #TeamEvergreen!

#WinterGames starts in less than 12hours, so I wanted to share another fun way to gain some extra points! If one ornament checks off multiple prompts, give it 10 pts per prompt! ❤️

I‘ve been anxiously awaiting the halfway mark before I shared the good news with my Litsy Family. I‘m so excited to announce that we‘re expecting our first child, a boy, in April 2024. ❤️ I am beyond thrilled, but also exhausted, so don‘t be surprised if I‘m not posting as much as usual. 😅

Those of you who know me, and all my planning ways, will not be surprised to hear I‘ve already started collecting books for little Benjamin‘s library. ❤️

Just realized I almost forgot to post my #CastTheDie picks! I decided to go with some holiday audiobooks from Scribd/Everand. 😊

What a perfect way to start off the #WinterGames! I work all four days, but since I‘m on night shift I have high hopes for this one! I‘m going to go for 20 hours, and hopefully finish at least one of #TeamEvergreens #teamreads. ❤️🎄 LETS DO THIS! ⭐️

#20in4

@Roary47 Here are your #snowedin picks for December! Three I read and adored, and two I‘ve been meaning to pick up, so I‘m excited to see your thoughts! 🎉🥶

We‘ve got some minor changes for the 2024 #ISpyBingo challenge. Mainly, all boards are available now, leaving you plenty of time for planning!

If you have any suggestions for more mini boards, let us know. We‘ll be adding more as inspiration sparks!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/194F-B5hCHpDSBfHiO5KnbYxoQmXgKJl-

If anyone is looking for some inspiration for their #WinterGames or #DecemberTBR, I found this post on Instagram that has tons of cute looking books!

https://www.instagram.com/p/CzcuKayrvJF/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==

Hey everyone! We‘re happy to announce we have some changes for next years #BacklistReadathon challenge ☺️ Take your time to see what option works best for you, and be sure to tag us in your 2024 planning!

Hey #TeamEvergreens! Trying not to bombard you too much with all the event posters for WG that we have going on in December 😅 But I just wanted to let you know there are some photo challenges available in the GDoc folder! (Some from Litsy, some from Insta).

Following the same rules as all other photo challenges , 10pts per photo, bonus 5pts if it‘s bookish, which all of these should be! An extra 15pts if you read a book that fills a prompt.🎄

Hey #TeamEvergreen! If you‘re getting a little overwhelmed by all the bingo cards, or wondering how you‘ll keep track of them all… I‘m printing off a bunch of these blank cards,& filling them out for each bingo I plan to participate in. I find it easier than keeping all the photos on my phone,& I‘m not using as much ink compared to printing out all the coloured ones. Then I can colour them in as I go!

Just wanted to share my tip!

I will admit to having written my #WinterGames TBR & #BookSpinBingo list two months ago! 🤣 I pretty much wrote down every Christmas audiobook that I already have on my phone, since I‘m really trying to downsize the books I have on my phone before purchasing more. Sadly, this isn‘t even all of them.🫣

Most anticipated: A Murder Yule Regret - simply because there‘s a pug on the cover!

#TeamEvergreen

Hey #TeamEvergreen! If you‘re looking for an easy way to gain some points, here is the early bird checklist! They must be completed by December 1st to qualify. 🎄🌲

🌲 @TEArificbooks @Larkken @LizPixie @Jadams1776 @vonnie862 @PathfinderNicole @skygoddess1 🎄

Hey #TeamEvergreen!🎄

Here is the point breakdown for this years #WinterGames! More posts to come over the next few days, but in the meantime feel free to check out the Google folder filled with all sorts of goodies!

https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1-26swMkbuvxBAsd05ihAyiDGiCho997L

Welcome to #TeamEvergreen!🌲

I‘m looking forward to being your team captain this holiday season. There will be more posts rolling out in the coming weeks, so don‘t fret about points & events quite yet! ☺️

For now, take a peak at the team movie and team read options! One is a romance, and one is a cozy mystery. As always, the 1st team read you finish will be worth 50pts, the 2nd worth the same as any other holiday read. Can‘t wait to get started!

Here are some wintery books for those of you who don‘t plan on adding Christmas books to your #WinterGames TBR! ❤️

https://www.goodreads.com/blog/show/2645-48-cold-weather-novels-for-thrills-and-...

Just seen this now, but I‘m joining in! I‘ll got with the same goal of 35 hours! #35by35

Woohoo! All the December reading events and challenges are coming in, and I am extremely excited!

I‘ve always been a fan of this type of challenge, since I‘m terrible at having to choose from all the books on my phone! Sign ups for #SnowedIn open til November 24th! Can‘t wait to see what my matcher picks for me!💙

A special thanks to @PuddleJumper for finding yet another way to spread some holiday cheer!🤶🏻

https://forms.gle/MJ2gNXxCKwhxxsQ9A

Well my #spookyghostclub, the points have all been tallied, and it‘s turns out we totally SMASHED IT! Congratulations to everyone! Points aside, it was an honour to be your team captain.🖤 You we‘re such a fun team, and I had a blast following along in your October journeys. I hope you‘ll all consider signing up for the #WinterGames, if you haven‘t already! ☺️