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#litsycrafters #craftersoflitsy

So my plan had been that my library book would take me nicely to October, then I'd dive into whatever was called for #castthedie and #bookspin... Then I bailed on my library book. Started the tagged and then saw that #castthedie rolls were out, and it was called! How fortuitous. After that I'll move on to the others, plus whatever is called for #bookspin since I decided just to expand the same list.

My #castthedie list 😀
I'm somewhat cheating and have two lucky picks (1 and 7) because my list is a mix of print and ebook so I picked one of each. If the lucky pick is called, I'll choose whichever one balances the formats better... Basically I'm just hoping I don't get all print or all ebook called 😅 but really I'm hoping to read both asap so it hardly matters. -end incoherent rambling-

Second half of my #bookhaul! Can't wait to dive into these! (Except actually I can cause the book I'm reading now is really good -- nice problems to have 🙂)

I went to a big used book sale today, first one since before the pandemic... So of course I was not feeling disciplined at all! Very excited about my haul, this is only half of it 🥳

I'm so excited for this #bookhaul! (Not least because between sales, points, and gift cards, it only cost me about 5$ wheeee!)

I already read the gardening book but wanted my own copy for reference. Very much looking forward to others when I can get to them.

You know when you read a book at just the right time and it just hits all the right spots and it's just the perfect read for you? And you can't really articulate why beyond omg I love it it's sooo good 😍 ? And you definitely can't write an objective review?
Yeah, that. This book. Loved it. It's been a while since I've had this particular bit of reading magic, and that makes it even better too.

I do love a how many have you read type list! Even if, as many have pointed out already, this one is very skewed. And of course heaven forbid we get genre cooties on our Serious Best Books list (except Jemisin cause she's exceptional but don't worry Cloud Atlas can't possibly be genre [except it totally is] cause David Mitchell is a Serious Literary Author don't you know - but definitely no romance or fantasy or YA or *gasp* all three!)

Omg I did it, I finished a physical book! First one this year, though I've still been reading lots of ebooks and audiobooks.

I savoured this one and enjoyed being back with LeGuin's intelligent, wonderful writing so much. This was good for my brain.

Spoiled myself with a #bookhaul yesterday. I'm so excited for the Martha Wells! I have to double check but I'm pretty sure they're the only ones of her backlist I didn't have yet. Plus how pleasing that my haul colour coordinates. Gus approves #catsoflitsy

What do these two books have in common?

My almost 2 year old really thinks these characters want high fives ?

(I especially love it cause she pronounces it "high flive" right now)

May #BookSpin! Once again I used my Libby wishlist filtered to available now.

The Nine Fold Heaven is already a bail, I bounced off the first person narration instantly. (lovely cover though) It's off the list!

A Ballet of Lepers is highly anticipated for me so 🤞I love it.

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks!

#bookreport and #weeklyforecast can both be summed up with: more Nebula reading!

I finished the novelettes and one novella, Mammoth at the Gates, and I'm about 40% into both another novella and one of the novels. This week I want to finish the novellas and the novel I've started, and at least start another, ideally finish it too. But we'll see.

It's here! I'm loving my new kobo! (elipsa 2e) My other one was old enough that this has a much better screen and lighting. Being able to adjust the temperature of the light is so cool.
I haven't tested out all the features yet, but so far it's great. The stylus works fine with my left-handedness, except for highlighting (it only seems to work left to right, and I highlight right to left) which isn't a big deal as I rarely highlight things anyway.

#bookreport A good week! Finished The Phoenix Crown on audio, which I quite enjoyed. Finished The Mimicking of Known Successes a few hours before the Nebula finalists were announced, handy as it's on the list!
So now I'm in Nebula reading mode for the next few weeks. So far I've finished the short stories and 2 novelettes. #weeklyforecast hope to finish the novelettes (4 left) and ideally the novellas (3 left) but we'll see.

Whomp whomp. This is how my kobo has looked since Thursday. It is not, in fact, connected or charging, as you might be able to tell by, y'know, the lack of plug... Right when I downloaded a bunch of new things cause the Nebula finalists were announced, too. On the bright side, a shiny new toy (kobo elipsa 2e) is on its way to me and I'm excited to test it out!

#bookreport
Aside from The Good Soldier, which I'm just glad I'm done, I had a fab reading week! Loved Jeeves on audio; Wild Seed was excellent; and Fault Lines was exactly the book I was in the mood for, and excellent. Loved it.
As for current reads, so far both are good, if not *quite* living up to the (very high) expectations I had.

#weeklyforecast I'll finish those two and then Nebula nominations should be announced this week!

#bookreport
Loved Sabriel on audio. Tim Curry narrating!

#weeklyforecast
The Good Soldier is on #serialreader so I know I'll finish it (can't say I'm enjoying, but yay for another #1001books down)
I'm loving Fault Lines so far, so I'm sure I'll finish it, then probably go back to Wild Seed, which I'm also enjoying
For audio, I'll finish Jeeves and start The Phoenix Crown - highly anticipated so 🤞 it lives up to my hopes

Yay #BookSpin day! I went with my Libby wishlist filtered to available now, and got The Inimitable Jeeves and Fault Lines. Great timing for the audiobook cause I just finished my previous one yesterday. And I was really looking forward to Fault Lines. I'm already 25% and 10% into them respectively since taking the screenshot this morning, and really enjoying both!

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks 🙂

Two weeks of #bookreport but not much to show. I'm making steady progress on audio, but reading with my eyes has been slow going. That's ok.

My #weeklyforecast is more just a bunch of possibilities. Who knows what I'll actually get to.

Impulse buy ("for my kid") at the butterfly conservatory gift shop this weekend. ?

Me to my husband on the way home: I was such a sucker for books like this as a kid! ...Er, and obviously still am, since I bought this like two seconds after I saw it...

#bookhaul #raisingreaders

#bookreport another scattered week. On audio I finished Treasure Island (#1001books enjoyed more than I expected) and started Ace (enjoying as expected!)
But for ebooks... I finished a #roll100, read a bit more of my #BookSpin, started a new #1001books, and then my hold on the tagged came in so I started that.

For #weeklyforecast who knows... I have my next audio lined up, that's all.

A delayed #bookreport #weeklyforecast

Felt a bit scattered last week, one short finish and hopping between several on the go. We'll see how this week goes, but I definitely want to finish Treasure Island on audio because my hold for Ace came in and I'm really looking forward to that one.

Yay #BookSpin day!

I went with 1-20 of my #roll100 list again, and got a sampler that I've had for 10ish years (kinda hoping it's a quick bail) and the next Kopp book.

Doing good so far, I read both January #BookSpin picks and one #roll100. And I've already read one Feb #roll100 woohoo

@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

Apologies for the terrible lighting...

#bookreport a good week, not what I forecast though! I finished Girl Waits with Gun, and started back on Wharton when my hold on A Power Unbound came through, like 8 weeks earlier than expected. So of course, I dropped everything for that--really enjoyed that trilogy.

#weeklyforecast back to Wharton, and maybe a #BookSpin or #roll100 pick

#bookreport A good week, finished 4! Picked Girl Waits with Gun back up as I'm trying to work through the way too many books I have hibernating. And started My Man Jeeves on audio which is a bit disappointing so far, two of the stories at least were also in Carry On Jeeves.

#weeklyforecast finish Jeeves and continue with Wharton's Old New York, hopefully finish both the 60s and 70s. I doubt I'll finish Girl but you never know.

I'm going to give the #bookreport / #weeklyforecast thing another whirl, see how long I can keep it up.

Finished Persephone in Bloom and loved it! Had a blast spotting all the myth references. I'm currently reading and loving A Restless Truth and Carry On, Jeeves and should finish both soon. Next ebook will be a sci-fi novella, An Unnatural Life. Next audio... Not sure!

Soooo how is my plan of reading only owned books in January going? Well my first book was A Marvellous Light which I loved so much I immediately put book 2 on hold, not expecting it to come in for a while. But it did, and of course I'm going to start it next... Let's go with *mostly* only owned books in January 🙃

I'm all set for another round of #BookSpin and #roll100! My #roll100 list is my entire ebook tbr (sitting at slightly over 100 now) and for Jan my #BookSpin list is just 1-20 of my #roll100. Other months I will probably do my Libby wishlist filtered to "available now" for #BookSpin but in January I'm going to try reading only owned books. Tagged book is up first* for #roll100! I've been looking forward to it for ages!

Happy new year!!

I'm coming out of the reading slump I've been in since September and I'm excited for my reading plans in 2024. But a quick 2023 wrap-up first: I did pretty good on #BookSpin, only missing 4. #roll100 on the other hand, I only read 3 all year... Oh well! Looking forward to both challenges this year

@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

Much belated #whartonbuddyread post...

I feel like this one landed oddly for me. I think I'd have preferred it either pared right back to a short story, or else fleshed out and all the themes and threads elaborated into a novel. But still an interesting read.

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Silver in the Wood by Emily Tesh

2. I've wanted to read it for ages! Didn't get to it right away and then it got buried in my ebook tbr... Finally noticed it again and read it in a day, loved it.

Still working my way through my July #doublespin (tagged, enjoying it when I pick it up but not always feeling a push to) but excited for August picks!

I'm still going with my Libby wishlist for my #BookSpin list, when the numbers are called I filter to available now and count down. So fun to see what comes up.

Thanks for hosting @TheAromaofBooks!

So I finished the tagged short story collection a few days ago (July #BookSpin!) and really enjoyed it, best ss collection I've read in a while. Literary but genre-blurring. But I guess I *really* liked it cause last night I dreamt I found a Kim Fu book that I hadn't read yet and was so happy. Haha thanks, subconscious. Now I have her only backlist that I haven't read on my Libby wishlist.

(fledgling robin in our backyard pic just cause)

I spoiled myself so thoroughly today 😊 #bookhaul

And I absolutely couldn't walk away without that mug 😂😂 even though I have way too many mugs already (or not enough cupboards?)

I'm a bit late but thanks for the tag @Andrea4! #wondrouswednesday @Eggs

It'd be a used bookstore, heavy on the scifi and fantasy, as many shelves crammed in as possible. Background music sure, coffee or food... Maybe not. But maybe sell some crochet items or cards. Might have to have a bookstore cat or dog too. As for a name... Names are hard, I have no idea!

Last year I did terribly with #BookSpin picks and pretty good with #roll100 and this year so far seems to be the opposite 🤷‍♀️

@TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper

Sorry I've been so absent here! This year is flying by. Here's a picture of my days right now... My 9 month old is very much in the phase where every stack must be unstacked and every container dumped. And she's pulling up, so the bottom 2 bookshelves don't stand a chance 😂 #raisingreaders

#roll100 2022 wrap up! I read at least one pick 10 months, and all picks 5 months. I'm calling that pretty good!
My 2023 list is still my ebook tbr, but thanks mostly to #roll100 it now only goes to 92! And of course one of Jan's numbers was higher... So I decided 92-100 are freebies (unless/until I acquire more books) and I can fill it with any ebook tbr read. First up for this year, some sci-fi. Looking forward to it!

Thanks @PuddleJumper! 😁

Filtering my Libby wishlist to "available now" and counting to the #BookSpin numbers gave me LeGuin non-fiction and a new to me author I've been wanting to read. Very excited for both!

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks!

I haven't read my #BookSpin picks in months... My bookspin list was print tbrs that I wanted to get to, but I'm reading hardly any print these days, ebooks and audio are easier right now. So for Dec I'm switching it up. My Libby wishlist is equally out of control, so when the numbers are called I'll filter it to "available now" and then just count down the list to whatever is called.

Thanks @TheAromaofBooks!

And with that I'm done #fourfoursin22! Thanks for a fun challenge @Lauredhel!

Another challenge catch up post. I finished this back in the summer, as my daughter is now 5 months... Time's going fast! Also why I haven't been as active on here. Anyway I recommend this as a pregnancy reference book.

#fourfoursin22 incubator @Lauredhel

Challenge catch up post. Read this a while ago for #fourfoursin22 aromatic, cause of the title. Turns out the title didn't have much to do with the story but I enjoyed this romance anyway! Especially the Ontario setting, always fun to read a story set places you know.

@Lauredhel

Oct #roll100 picks! All the Birds in the Sky and Gardens of the Moon - that's 6 and 71 for me... I do have a book for 100, but I messed up and put the 2nd in a series, when I haven't read the first. Plus it's a Brandon Sanderson and the odds of me reading 2 Sanderson books even by the end of the year are not high 😅
So I'll focus on the other 2 picks, and if I have time catch up Too Like the Lightning and Unspoken Name from previous months

#fourfoursin22 circumference (the cover art) @Lauredhel

I do enjoy a good gothic creepy house with secrets book. I'm also late to Schwab's work, this is my first book of hers. Won't be the last!

#fourfoursin22 embroidery (the title) @Lauredhel

I enjoyed this! It's been a while since I've read alternate history, so that was fun. A different portrayal of Marie Antoinette than I've encountered before (not just cause of the magic). If you like magic with your historical fiction, I recommend this.

#fourfoursin22 volunteering (one of the main characters volunteers at a charity shop) @Lauredhel

The Flatshare is still my favourite of O'Leary's books, but this was good. I'm always interested to see what O'Leary writes next. I think I was just in the mood for more of a romcom right now, which isn't the book's fault at all.

#fourfoursin22 automotive (despite the title, the majority of the book takes place on a road trip) @Lauredhel

Very much enjoyed this enemies to lovers, forced proximity romance.

I'm a terrible #whartonbuddyread participant, as I didn't have time for the discussion last weekend and now I've ignored the schedule and finished it. Really enjoyed this one!

Also, fairly sure whoever did the cover for this ebook edition didn't read the book... Who are those girls supposed to be? Presumably one is Undine, but the other?