Goodness gracious y'all. I've never read Sense and Sensibility before nor see the movie. And ooooo boy. Mrs. John Dashwood is THE WORST. I'm getting caught up through chapter 4 but had to quickly post this after I finished chapter 2 because I just CAN NOT.

#pemberlittens @jenniferw88

Day 4 of the #BibleBuddyRead with @BookBabe and others!! I find it interesting that God says straight away that Abram's decendants will live as slaves for 400 years. But then there will be a just reward. Something I've always found fascinating about Christianity is how closely entwined hardship is with beauty, dark with light, sad with joy. We go through a lot of hard things, but then there's a beautiful sunrise, yeah? Having experienced trauma...

Merry Christmas/Happy Holidays/You Made it Through Another Day fellow Littens!! For me, Litsy is the merriest place on these interwebs, thank you for making it so. Really so very grateful for all of you. ♡

Oh my goodness @catiewithac !!!! Thank you so much. What a wildly beautiful #jolabokaflodswap gift to unwrap. The paper crane is beautiful. Every detail lovely. And I am SO excited for your choice of book and chocolates.
We decided to start this tradition as a family. But because we have a 6 year old and a 10 month old we go to bed really early 😅 so we opened early in the day to read throughout the day. Thank you again!!
@MaleficentBookDragon

@AmyK1 It looks like your #Jolabokaflodswap is arriving today, so fast! Just a heads up so that you don't open it. :)

@MaleficentBookDragon

I couldn't find the book I wanted to send in stores here in Florida, so I used the evil Amazon. Sorry 😬 but my #jolabokaflodswap should get to my swap buddy in plenty of time. 😊 Can't wait for this night of cozy!!

@MaleficentBookDragon

Just finished this beauty for #YAbuddyread with @megnews and OMG! I looooooved it. Easily one of my favorites for 2021. I am incredibly unfamiliar with Russian Fairytales/Folklore but Arden's story drew me in and made me feel connected immediately. Can't wait for the discussion!

Can't wait to discuss this with #overbookedclub It was really good. @sblbooks

I also got the new Kindle Paperwhite!! I've never had one before, I've always had a fire but I don't like the distraction of all the other things on it. So I really love it, with nothing to compare it to. ;) I got the Paperwhite for Kids deal and it is a great deal! Definitely recommend both the book and the device! Beats using my phone app for all of my books haha.

Thank you for the tag @Crazeedi and @TheRiehlDeal :)

I don't think I've read a book with an unreliable narrator 🤔 I'll have to fix that sometime.

I have to agree with Diane. I love my Kindle!! (And I know Amazon is evil, agh! 😬)

This is my favorite cozy mystery series and what I recommend to people who want to try the genre.

Care to play @BookBosomed1 or @Jari-chan ??

#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94

At first I wasn't very interested in this book. But then she got a cottage on the river and a cat showed up and I mean 🤷🏼‍♀️🤣 it isn't my favorite ever by any stretch, but a decent beginning!! I already have the second from a Kindle deal so I'll be reading the next installment. Carrie works in a small town library where she is one of two people who can interact with a ghost. Two murders to solve, two love interests, oh my!

📖 I just started this last night and I'm only 3 chapters in, and ooo it's good y'all!!! I have the Penguin Classics edition from a small subscription box from the Tea and Ink Society. A singular woman run subscription box, it's cute and fun!
🍁My two boys, my husband, our home in beautiful Florida, Litsy, friends, all the good stuff. ♡
📚Typos 😬 I know it's a mistake but they are distracting!!

Thank you for the tag @erzascarletbookgasm ☺

1. I tend to love any bookstore but I'd definitely like to go to some in the UK whenever our family goes on our big bucket list trip there 🥰
2. I do often yes! I kind of always have a list of books in my head I want to buy that I add to continually. Plus my son is into series now so we often are looking for the next in his different series as well.

@TheSpineView

This was a slow read for me. I am passionate about healthy family culture and rootedness at home. So, I appreciated a lot of her thoughts and suggestions. However, some of her metaphors or examples of each subject were extreme, such as an abduction her friend experienced of her own children to discuss how there are so many different things vying for our kids attention. No thanks. I don't like emotional manipulation like that. But some decent info.

Thank you for the tag, @Crazeedi

🎃It was a good month. I read some good books, our family got to come home after a month away for my husband's job, and we hosted a lovely Harvest dinner with new friends!
🍁Our best friends from Oregon are coming to visit us for a week over Thanksgiving!
🍂A cozy at home week doing projects, loving checking off the to do list haha!

#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94

Another book that I had bought on a Kindle deal, well over a year ago. 😅 It was so good!! Tugged at the heart strings. I enjoyed living in their world for a bit very much. ♡

We spent yesterday cleaning and cooking and having two of my husband's coworkers/friends and their families over for a Harvest dinner. It was so much fun but a lot of work too haha. So our family of introverts are settling in for a day of cozy before trick or treating tonight!!

Looking forward to catching up in this series. I got behind with the move. Happy Halloween 🎃

I was having a hard time with my current nonfiction read so I decided to switch gears with this book that I had bought on Kindle well over a year ago and had never gotten around to reading. I stayed up late and finished it this morning; it was a wild ride. Having grown up in Idaho, I felt a sort of kinship and investment. I have many thoughts, but here are two. 1. Trauma and abuse can really seem so normal to the ones experiencing it. ⬇️

Hello!!! Since I was last on a year ago 😱 I had a baby and we moved to Florida from Georgia. I've read a ton of books (well a ton for me as a Mom of 2 haha.) I've also gotten off IG and FB because they are awful. With that...

How do you make Litsy best work for you? How do you not get overwhelmed? What do you do to have it bring you the most joy? Would love all the tips! I sure miss getting on here and interacting with you lovely Littens!

Truly loved the first in this series, Death by Dumpling. Vivien Chen did the cozy mystety genre justice. Her setting was well written, the characters enjoyable, and the mystery was multi-faceted. I am diving into the second next!!! 😊
I believe this is my 9th #CozyintheSun I will have to go back and check. Will edit if wrong.
@Librarybelle @ferskner

I think my reading rut is over!!! Or maybe it is the fact that our Air Conditioner is broken and it is too hot to do anything else. Haha! But either way, a third of the way through this and really enjoying getting lost in a book again. (:

Congratulations!!!!! @BennettBookworm You are the winner of my #SM10KGiveaway
Life was very lifey this week so I just got to picking the name, so sorry about that! Send me an email at samanthathorson at hotmail.com and we will get going with getting you your winning package!! 🥳🥳🥳

I am so thankful for Litsy and for all the Littens who make it such a special place. Thank you for your kindness and book loving ways ♡

I have had a serious reading block the last 8 or so days. 😔😫 Maybe flipping through a magazine will get me going again. 🤞🏻

About 24 more hours to enter my #SM10KGiveaway (: Repost, tag me and use the hashtag and let me know your top 3 books on your TBR that you have most been wanting to own. I will randomly select a winner and you will get at least one of the books that you choose! :)
I have so been enjoying seeing what people choose as their top 3. A lot of new to me books :)

Open to International as well! I will be choosing the winner sometime tomorrow.

My son has been on a Richard Scarry kick, ha! A Day at the Airport happens for Huckle, Sally, and Lowly because it is raining too much for them to go sailing. Rudolf Von Flugel offers to take the kids to the airport to show them how much is going on, even on a rainy day. It has some fun humor and as per normal with Richard Scarry, very detailed pictures that my son enjoys looking at and examining for the hidden treasures. Not incredible but solid!

Last night, I missed my transition to 10,000 Litfluence by 1 😭🤣 To celebrate all the Litsy fun and love over the years, I'd love to host a giveaway.
Make a post telling me your top 3 books from your TBR that you've been most wanting and I will randomly draw a winner to receive at least one of those books!!! Open to International Littens!
Tag me and use the hashtag, #SM10KGiveaway to ensure that I see your entry. I will draw the winner July 22!

Oooof. I really didn't like this Cozy. I wasn't sympathetic to the main character at all (just because someone has experienced a lot of loss-ridiculously so, does not immediately endear a reader to that character.) What I love about Cozies is the world building-feeling part of the towns and the community. Very very few people had any good qualities. Super one dimensional tropes. And I could care less about the setting and community. Painful read.

I have a chunk of Cozies on my Kindle that I have bought or downloaded the last several months, so I am going to clear some of those out. Hopefully. 🤣 Starting with this new-to-me series.

Book 7 for #CozyintheSun finished! This is the latest installment in the Book Retreat Mystery series; I am now all caught up. The choice that I didn't like in the prior book was resolved in this book so I am looking forward to seeing something new for Jane in the next book. Now I need to pick my next read!

Carrying on with #JubilantJuly as well. Book 1 of 6 finished! So 5 more to go over the 8 total days.

@Librarybelle @ferskner @Andrew65

Woohoo!! Another fun readathon to help me continue on with #CozyintheSun. Thank you @Andrew65 for hosting this excellent Readathon. I am hoping over the 8 days to read 6 more cozy mysteries. Fingers crossed!! Looking forward to reading along with everyone.

#JubilantJuly

Wow! I couldn't put this one down today. (Sorry to my husband and child, ha!) It was by far the most fast paced out of the series. I was, honestly, disappointed with a decision Jane makes near the end of the book, but I am looking forward to reading the next one to see how that choice plays out. Still such a fun and different take on Cozy Mysteries!

My sixth #CozyintheSun is now finished! :)
@Librarybelle @ferskner

YES YES YES! Such adventure. I really had a blast reading this book. I enjoy this spin on Cozy mysteries with an added touch of fantasy and adventure. It is so fun!
My fifth book done for #CozyintheSun and onto the next. :)

@Librarybelle @ferskner

My fourth cozy for #CozyintheSun and #CYOReadathon which means I accomplished my #CYOReadathon goal! Yay!
This third installment for the series by Ellery Adams sees heroine Jane hosting a wedding and a botany group at Storyton Hall. This one felt even more adventurous than the last two books as we went away from the inn for parts of the mystery fun. There was more development between Jane and an important relationship which I enjoyed as well.

Third cozy down for #CozyintheSun and #CYOReadathon. I loved the first so much I had to buy the second on Kindle. It did not disappoint, even though I guessed the baddie early on, the story and characters are all such a joy. I really like a Cozy Heroine with kids, it adds another dimension. And what I wouldn't give to be a guest at Storyton Hall. 😍
@Librarybelle @ferskner @Sace

Breakfast in bed thanks to my loving husband. 😍 A great way to start Sunday!
I love breakfast salads, he thinks they are super weird, he makes them for me anyway. 😄

35% of the way through my third #CozyintheSun. My sweet cat, Remy is keeping me company. He is the cuddliest cat I have ever had. I love it. 😻

My second #CozyintheSun and #CYOReadathon book! It was a new to me cozy series and I am HOOKED. Jane runs a fabulous book lovers retreat resort that her Aunt and Uncle own. The place is in need of some financial income so Jane comes up with an idea for a special Mayhem and Murder themed week for Mystery lovers. Books, food, delightful friends, sweet family ties, and a surprising twist. Diving into the next, now!
@Librarybelle @ferskner @sace

Finished my first #CozyintheSun read! An absolute wonderful addition to my favorite Cozy Mystery series. I enjoy that this installment references an old diary Jules' dad kept, such a fun spin on a mystery and a beautiful look into what makes Jules who she is. I admit I got teary eyed a few times, following this character for now 11 books has been an investment-a worthwhile one. Can't wait for the next installment!
@Librarybelle @ferskner

I have decided to participate in the #CYOReadathon that @Sace is doing!!
My readathon will be today, July 3rd through Monday July 6th. I want to finish as many Cozy Mysteries as I can for #CozyintheSun. I am hoping for at least 4, so one a day. I have been reading for nearly 3 hours and have less than a hundred pages left in the tagged Cozy. Love this idea! Thank you @Sace

#ThoughtfulThursday
Thank you @Butterfinger for the tag!! 😊

I prefer hamburgers 😍

My son loves fireworks just like I did when I was younger. So that is fun. But you know. I'm older now and worry about all the negative things about fireworks 🤣

I love a good all fruit popsicle. A good run through the sprinkler. And staying inside. Georgia's heat and humidity is no joke!

Thank you for the questions @MoonWitch94

Signed up for the #BBRC again. This year I am DETERMINED to finish and keep up on updating the form. We read two great books today for the A to Z picture books. My son laughed HYSTERICALLY over The Supermarket Mystery. Highly recommend. Can't wait to keep going! 😊

@LibrarianRyan and @Sarahreadstoomuch

The Starbucks line wraps all the way around the building and out to the road. But we have new library books (first time 4 year old wore his mask and he did so great! in and out in under 5 minutes too.) So we will wait and enjoy our books haha! Looking forward to starting this new cozy series for #CozyintheSun!

While my 4 year old isn't reading yet, it doesn't stop him from "reading" all day, every day. I am so glad he loves books as much as his parents. ?

I am SO excited for this new Ellie Alexander. This is book 11 in the Bakeshop Mystery books. I love them all. 😍 Glad it came earlier than we normally get our mail. Reading away the day!

I obviously haven't been on much, but I've definitely been reading!! I am enjoying almost everything I read. I am hoping to post some highlights soon.
Quarantine and self isolation has been interesting. But with my 4 year old already home with me all of the time (we homeschool), it didn't really change too much. We have spent more time reading chapter books to him and that had been a really fun shift. :)
I hope you are all well!!!

Saying goodbye to this year and hello to 2020 with this new release from Ben Guterson. I love this series so far and am eagerly anticipating this next installment. Anyone else a Winterhouse fan??

#mg #middlegrade #kidlit

Ahhh!!! Thank you @Kaylamburson ♡ That was SO incredibly thoughtful of you to gift me TWO books and THREE goodies. I love the planner stuff. Thank you SO much. That is right up my alley. And I loooove the bookmark. Truly a huge delight. I can't wait to read the tagged book and I'm so sorry about buying the other book like a dumb dumb 🤦🏼‍♀️🤣 she's my favorite cozy mystery author and I just couldn't wait. But I love the memory this made haha!

Been beyond busy. But getting a day to be cozy finally. Finished the tagged book and now onto the next!!
Missing all of you lovely Littens. I'm hoping with the upcoming holidays that I will be on more often. :)

I know I'm really behind on Litsy things. But Litsy, meet Remy. 😍🥰😍

Friday night ♡

I got talked into one of these pairs of glasses at the eye doctor from the receptionists. Which one do you think they chose for me/which one would you choose?? I'm nervous!! I hope I like it when they come in.