#5JoysFriday

1 - 3 Swaps! The books, the gifts, the candy. So much gratitude for the lovely Littens that sent such wonderful boxes. @Gissy @Chrissyreadit @Avanders and those that organize these fun events that bring all the joy. @wanderinglynn @BookwormAHN @MaleficentBookDragon

4 - Sunday matinee at Oregon Symphony with my daughter.

5 - Finally picked up a pen and sent some replies. 📬 #LitsyLove

Tag your it Littens!

@DebinHawaii

Looking forward to the tagged book about the daughter of Cleopatra and Marc Antony. The first in a trilogy.

#BookedinTime @Cuilin @dabbe

#ReadYourKindle

I enjoyed the tagged book quite a bit. Myrtle is smart and spunky. Not sure if I‘ll ever try the P&P retell again. It didn‘t grab my attention but it could have been my mood rather than the book 🤷🏻‍♀️ And I‘m still enjoying Gates series.

@CBee

#ReadYourKindle Looking forward to seeing what the spinner thinks I should read, which may or may not be what I actually read 😁

@CBee

#BookspinBingo #November

Not sure how it‘s November first already but here‘s my list. I‘ve not been good at staying on task lately so who knows what I‘ll actually read this month. 🤷🏻‍♀️😂

@TheAromaofBooks

#ThreeListThursday #TLT

Three favorites shown. Three favorite authors are S A Cosby, Louise Penny and Michael Connelly although their books on the list are not my favorites of their work.

If you want to play find @dabbe original post for the survey link.

Thanks for the tag @dabbe 🧡🖤🧡

#WondrousWednesday

🎃 Both
🎃 Neither but wear a Halloween Disney Spirit Jersey
🎃 Ghost
🎃 Owls
🎃 Mummy
🎃 Lite scary movie marathon
🎃 Hocus Pocus
🎃 Spell
🎃 Drink Witches Brew
🎃 Paint
🎃 No thank you

If you haven‘t played consider yourself tagged. Thanks for the tag @Eggs

#HHS #HauntedHollowSwap

@Gissy You are so thoughtful. I love everything so much. I am so excited for the books and all the candy. You know how much I love Disney so the socks are perfect. I love that I have a mug to use for the whole fall season. Thank you for putting a little Puerto Rico in my box. The bookmark is so beautiful. Thank you! 🧡🖤🧡

Thanks for hosting @wanderinglynn You organize an awesome swap! 🧡🖤🧡

#AHRS #AllHallowsReadSwap

@Chrissyreadit I am so excited for these books and the candy! Love the coffins and flowers and vase to add to my Halloween decor. Thank you so much!

Thanks for hosting @MaleficentBookDragon . Love this swap!

#NunLit #TBRTarot #192025

A short mystery published in 1977. While some of it felt dated and I didn‘t particularly love the MC it was an engaging mystery.

@jlhammar @CBee @Librarybelle

#WeeklyFavorites

The last three weeks have been easy reads. Seems to be what I‘m in the mood for. Sorry goals 🤣

@Read4life

Aletheia! What a fun box to open. I squealed unwrapping each gift. The books are perfect. The grimoire is unbelievably cool. Love love love the salt and pepper shakers although I don‘t want to muck them up for their intended purpose. The mug, the socks, stickers and candy make it all a box of yummy goodness! Thank you so much! 🧡🖤🧡

@Avanders #mws #modernwitchswap

Thanks for hosting this fun swap, Ashley! @BookwormAHN

#5JoysFriday
Pictured:
1) my seasonal/holiday wall shelves.
2) my morning coffee view in Wenatchee in central Washington.
3) came home to a descaled keurig by a thoughtful hubby

Not pictured:
4) Had to change insurances and am saving ~$400 every 6 months…more books in my future
5) And the most important is the time I had with my dad. I‘m grateful everyday for how we‘ve grown in our relationship

Tagging one and all!

@DebinHawaii

Received this swap box from @Gissy today. I think it‘s my #HHS24 #HauntedHallowSwap24 box? So excited to see what‘s inside next week. Thank you, Gisela!

@wanderinglynn

38/100

Favorites of the bunch:

Double Indemnity
The Wizard of Oz
Raiders of the Lost Ark

Worst: The Omen

Want to play? @Meshell1313 @TieDyeDude @Ddzmini

@dabbe

#WondrousWednesday

1) My Grandma and my aunt (my dad‘s mom and sister)

2) My family and friends

Want to play @Gissy @PageShifter @cinda.marie

@Eggs

1) Ranier cherries ... so hard to choose just one but their season is so short it feels like a real treat.

2) Loved the book and the show

Want to play @Gissy @PageShifter @Bookpearl

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

#5JoysFriday

No pictures today but I am visiting family in central Washington. There‘s joy in being with family I only see once a year. The lovely drive up Blewett Pass with the leaves changing color. A drive yesterday up to Lake Chelan that brought back fond childhood memories. Biscuits and gravy at Blueberry Hill Farm. And bits of time to read a few pages in between all the visits.

@DebinHawaii

#WondrousWednesday

🌾 Hayride
🍁 Walk
🔥 Bonfire
📚 Book
🍏 Caramel
🫘🥔 both
🍎 Apple cinnamon

@Eggs

#Two4Tuesday

🎃 So far, no. We don‘t get trick or treaters 😔 but I usually get some just in case and then eat it myself.

🎃🎃 Cute, witchy, fun

Want to play @bthegood @TheBookHippie @jdiehr

@TheSpineView

#TenBeforetheEnd

I‘ve not done well this year with challenges or buddy reads. My main goal is to complete #52Books24 which 7 of these will help with. This is totally doable if I don‘t get too distracted with other books.

@ChaoticMissAdventures

Read this in a combo of print and audio. I liked but didn‘t love this story of when robots take over the world. However, I now want a roomba named Rambo.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @LiteraryinPA @PageShifter

#TrappedinaSpookyHouse

One down four to go.

Light pick for this murder mystery.

@Read4life @PuddleJumper

#WeeklyFavorites

@Read4life

#WondrousWednesday #ThisorThat

🍁Coffee AM/Cocoa PM
🍁🍁 Green
🍁🍁🍁 Spooky lite
🍁🍁🍁🍁 Both
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Thanksgiving
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Gloves
🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁🍁 Low key small group

@Eggs

#Two4Tuesday

1) Soup, stew, chili…I love it all.

2) The tagged book is the first is a cute fall trilogy. The third was released today, The Wedding Witch.

Tagging everyone 🧡🖤🧡

@TheSpineView

A lovely surprise in today‘s mail. Thank you @Chrissyreadit Love it all and can‘t wait to use the simmering pot sachet.

@TheBookHippie

Swaps are on their way! #AllHallowsRead #AHRS #HauntedHollowSwap #HHS #ModernWitchSwap #MWS

The top box is going via media mail due to arrive on the 15th and the other two the 10th.

@MaleficentBookDragon @wanderinglynn @BookwormAHN

@TheBookHippie I was fortunate to get you in 2 of these swaps. The media mail box are all the books and the other all the goodies. Everything is wrapped and tagged for each swap.

🖤🍁🖤

I loved this book. Four siblings grow apart in adulthood after relying on each other due to mostly absent parents. This dysfunctional family tale is told with a light hand through each sibling‘s eyes and memories. My only quibble is I don‘t think the author stuck the landing with the last chapter, or it just didn‘t work for me 🤷🏻‍♀️ 4 🌟

Pub date is 4/15/25

#NetGalley #RandomHouse #Ballantine

This book gave me another piece of WWII history. It also asks the question is one life better saved over another life?

I also learned it is harder to stay on schedule for #SundayBuddyRead sections when I choose audio over print.

@TheBookHippie

#WickedWhispers #Bats

Although I‘m afraid of bats this was one of our favorite books when my daughter was a little. I know it will be a popular choice for this prompt.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ReadYourKindle

September was not great except for the decision to DNF Creation Lake. I got to 15% and couldn‘t convince myself to pick it back up.

I think the universe really wants me to read Death by Beach Read and Prince of Time but I want to read Lydia Bennet, Witch and Premeditated Myrtle 🤷🏻‍♀️

@CBee

#WickedWhispers

I‘m too big of a wimp to read anything gruesome and a word search brought up these lyrics from Hayley Mills and the original Parent Trap.

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#WonderousWednesday

1) crisp mornings and warm days, soup and fresh bread, cozy blankets and candlelight.

2) Hocus Pocus, Halloweentown

3) Apple Crisp, hot tea,

@Eggs

#WeeklyFavorites

September was full of some pretty great reads.

@Read4life

#SeptemberStats

I LOVE The Storygraph and all the stats and charts. A pretty good month with 16 books read.

2 #NetGalley
2 Booker Shortlist
6 #SeriesLove24
1 #AuldLangSpine
3 #BookspinBingos

Finally got my #ReadYourKindle list together.

@CBee

#WickedWhispers #Pumpkin

A book on my October #ReadYourKindle list.

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Made it to the post office today. A lovely #LitSolaceFallSwap note from @JessieKB Thank you! And a box from @Avanders that I think is my #ModernWitchSwap. It is tucked away so I won‘t be tempted to peek. Thank you and enjoy your trip!

@BookwormAHN

#FallingForFallSwap

What a lovely box of goodies. I am so excited about the maple Lindor truffles! The books are fantastic! The candle smells glorious, the tea towels are darling and I am working on a small cross stitch that can go into the cute pumpkin frame. Thank you so much @Meshell1313 Everything is perfect!

Thank you @Avanders and @Chrissyreadit for hosting the premiere fall swap! 🍁🧡🍁

The tagged 2024 Women‘s Prize winner is still my favorite of the year.

Enjoy your book shopping!

@BookmarkTavern

#HauntedShelf #HexesandCrows and anyone else who wants to play along

1) Tagged and The Spell Shop
2) Apple Crisp
3) Bring out all my Disney Halloween decorations and since it‘s soup season I‘m on the lookout for a new one to add to my rotation.
4) Apple Cider

@Catsandbooks

#LiteraryCrew

This was good on audio. Sad story but good read. 3.5 🌟 I look forward to the discussion.

@Librarybelle

#weekendreads

Hope to finish The Flight Portfolio this weekend after falling behind. #SundayBuddyRead

Hope to finish Stone Yard before the 1st and will start the Klune tonight.

What are you reading?

@rachelsbrittain

#ClassicLSFBC

The SciFi book groups had fallen off my radar these last few months but @Bookwomble ‘s spoof review brought the tagged book to my attention. I really enjoyed this compact novel of a disaster on the moon. Great read.

#HauntedShelf and #BookspinBingo TBR for October.

@Catsandbooks @PuddleJumper @TheAromaofBooks

#5JoysFriday

1) Finished my October cross stitch that I started last year. Will frame it this week.
2) Took the NYT game personality quiz and the description is totally me
3) Joined the Y and started swimming. Water is my happy place.
4) Green Day Wednesday night to wrap up a summer of concerts. American Idiot is still one of my all time faves.
5) #LitSolace fall card swap. So much joy!

Share your joys!

@DebinHawaii

A few more #LitSolaceFallSwap arrivals and a sweet birthday card. Thanks all for the stickers, bookmarks, poems, messages etc. @kspenmoll @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie

Denise, your envelope looks like it went through some things on its way here but arrived intact. Love the little book.

Christine, love the looks of the #SundayBuddyRead 2025 line up.

Appreciate you all so much! 🧡🖤🧡

Not sure who started this but here‘s mine. There are blank ones floating around if you want to play along.

Happy Spooky Season!

🧡🖤🧡

Didn‘t recognize a bunch of these especially the ones for younger readers. Some I still need to get to.

A few favorites:

The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian
The Diary of a Young Girl
A Child Called It
Flowers for Algernon
The Handmaid‘s Tale

@dabbe