Birthdaze apoppin‘ out all over in October! If you would like to be feted by the birthday fairies and other Littens on your birthday, just drop an email to: Litsybirthdays@gmail.com ... don‘t forget to include your birthdate (month, day) and your handle!!

#BirthdayLove

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Just wanted to wish happy birthday to @squirrelbrain ... I saw this and couldn‘t help but think of you. I hope you have a perfect day for your birthday, Helen—you deserve it! You‘re a great pal. And don‘t forget to mind the (squirrel) distancing!!
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1. I did not—what is a corn moon, exactly? 🌽 🌝
2. “Oh it‘s a long long while
From May to December
But the days grow short
When you reach September...” I love Willie Nelson‘s voice 🎶
3. Snow Falling on Cedars, and yes, I am enjoying it 📖

#ThoughtfulThursday
Thanks for the tag, @Klou ... I think I‘m too late to tag anyone else...it is Friday after all....♥️♥️♥️

1. I have! And darn it all, I‘ve been trying to remember the name of that book for years! It was in the mid-80s, and a friend left it at my house. It was so good, I bought it after she retrieved it. After moving several times, I have lost it; however, I remember the book very well, but not the title...so ridiculous!

2. The best habit is reading out of my usual comfort genres. I‘ve enjoyed so many different books.

#Two4Tuesday

Thanks, @Klou ♥️

Caveat: I have to do this on my cell phone, because we are without internet after Hurricane Laura came through. I cannot upload a photo of the book, and I cannot see very well using my phone, so this will be short. As in introvert myself, I really couldn‘t relate to the mission of the author. I had read the book “Quiet,” by Susan Cain, and loved it. This is not that book. Jessica Pan‘s goal ⬇️

#ReadWithMrBook #ToHavePplLeaveYouAlone #August

Just a reminder that September is just around the corner, and we have lots of Litsy Birthdays to celebrate. If you would like to be celebrated by the birthday fairies on your special day, simply drop an email with your Litsy handle + birth date (month, day) to: LitsyBirthdays@gmail.com. You may make this request only on your own behalf.

#BirthdayLove

#WondrousWednesday

1. “Snow Falling on Cedars” - I‘ve never read this book, even tho I‘ve long heard good things about. I‘m just about to change that... 📖
2. In my sunroom, on my daybed, with my [pesky, but don‘t tell him] cat. 😼
3. “What a Wonderful World,” as sung by Louis Armstrong [and others], but only in the most ironic way, alas, for it‘s really not my usual sense of things. 🤣

Such a beautiful post, Sherri—who can resist this one? ♥️

#Booked2020 #Summer #ArmchairTravel

I‘ve been a fan of Bourdain‘s since “Kitchen Confidential.” Of course, he is most definitely a figure whom one loves or hates. I think at the end he had mostly come about enough to get rid of some of his earlier, snarkier, and just downright mean behavior. I don‘t know. I only know that I loved him and was truly heartbroken when he died. Perhaps it has more to do with the manner of his death.... Anyway, none ⬇️

#ReadWithMrBook #NarratedByAnimal

What a lovely book (that I didn‘t even know existed!) about a Spaniel named Flush, and the trials and tribulations of his life spent with, first, Elizabeth Barrett [Browning], and then with both she and her husband, Robert Browning. I found myself sympathizing rather too much with Flush‘s (sometimes) sadness, so evocative is the writing of Woolf. When Flush is taken from his country life with Miss Mitford and ⬇️

#Booked2020 #Summer #RedWhiteOrBlueLettersOnCover

I‘ve been reading the Brock & Kolla mysteries since the first one (1994), and I‘ve waited a long time for this one. It was worth it! In this, Barry Maitland‘s 13th featuring Kathy Kolla & David Brock, Brock has retired while Kolla is now a DCI. A series of murders are committed in Hampstead Heath, and the initial suspect is rather a shock, as he‘s an elderly publisher running a distinguished, ⬇️

We‘re getting closer and closer to celebrating the love for our bibliophilic Littens who were born in August...oh, it‘s gonna be a great month!!
If you‘d like for the birthday fairies to acknowledge your birthday, please drop us an email at: Litsybirthdays@gmail.com with your Litsy handle + your birthday (month, day). You can only make this request for yourself.
#BirthdayLove
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#QuotsyJuly20

Day 1 - #Halfway

#ReadWithMrBook #June #ByAboutWDisability

Naomi Blake had a best friend, Helen Jones, who went missing when they were schoolgirls. As an adult, Blake was a member of the Ingham Division police until she was in an accident which resulted in her losing her sight. Now, sidelined from a job she loves, a discovery is made when a man dies, leaving behind his confession to murdering Jones. The police are keeping the dead man‘s identity from the ⬇️

*Me, too!

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Day 28 - #Cabin

**The quote is NOT from the tagged book. ♥️

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Day 27 - #Sunglasses

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Day 26 - #Beauty

July is almost here, and the birthday fairies will be spreading the #birthdaylove for all of our lovely Littens born in July! Woo hoo!
If you, too, would like to be feted by the birthday fairies when your birthday rolls around, please send an email to: litsybirthdays@gmail.com and include your birthday (month, day) along with your Litsy handle. You may only make this request on your own behalf. ♥️🧚🏽‍♂️🎂🧚🏿‍♀️📚🧚🏽🥳

The end of the month is nigh, which means Littens born in July are about to receive lots of attention and love, plus lovely cake, books, and sparkles (all virtual—🎂, 📚, + ✨—just FYI) from us birthday fairies!

If I‘ve peaked your interest, perhaps you, too, would like loads of #birthdaylove on your birthday. If so, drop us a line with your birthday (month, year) & your Litsy handle to: litsybirthdays@gmail.com (only on behalf of yourself, mind).

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Day 25 - #Popsicle

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Day 24 - #Camping

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Day 23 - #Mud

Yay! #Booked2020 #Spring is officially put to bed!
1. Makes you LOL
2. Memoir about a Parent and child
3. Tartan Noir
4. Book about Genocide
5. Pan Asian Author
6. Animal on Cover

Great prompts, as usual, and I thoroughly enjoyed reading these, so thank you #Booked2020 folks!! 👩🏻‍🎓🐱♥️

#Booked2020 #Spring #MemoirAboutAParentAndChild

I think I‘ll be in the minority on this one, but I could only give it a so-so rating because I felt there were huge portions of the book that seemed to drag. Faludi receives an email from her father, who lives in Budapest (and with whom she‘s had little communication for 25 years) informing her of his sex-change operation that took place in Thailand. Steven, now Stefánie, invites Susan to visit, ⬇️

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Day 22 - #Forest

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Day 21 - #Optimism

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Day 20 - #Refuge

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Day 19 - #Martini

#wondrouswednesday

1. Water 💦
2. Claire DeWitt & the City of the Dead by Sara Gran 📚
3. Mourning the Little Dead by Jane A. Adams 📖

*I‘m so late, I won‘t tag anyone now. I‘m so sorry...I save these things and put them aside for later, then I forget: utterly terrible behavior!

Thanks for the tag, @Klou ♥️

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Day 18 - #Picnic

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Day 17 - #Garbage

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Day 16 - #Fresh

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Day 15 - #Nature

(a teensy bit late, I know!)

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Day 14 - #Bath

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Day 13 - #Throw

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Day 12 - #Loving

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Day 11 - #Pride

#WondrousWednesday (I think?)

1. William Joyce, but not from my childhood. He‘s a contemporary children‘s book writer & illustrator. 😊
2. Not so great...I keep getting distracted, and I can‘t focus. Hmmm, I wonder why... 🤔
3. I bought 3 yesterday: The Last Trial/Scott Turow; Murder on the Second Tee/Ian Simpson; Mourning the Little Dead/Jane A. Adams

I think too late to tag anyone, sorry. Thanks for tagging me, @EadieB ♥️

1. The books that had me truly laughing out loud were all of the “Spellman” series by Lisa Lutz, beginning with “The Spellman Files.” So funny! 😂
2. The last book that made me cry was probably “Did You Ever Have a Family,” by Bill Clegg. 😭

Thanks to @Klou and @MoonWitch94 for tagging me. I‘m sorry I‘m late, but if you haven‘t been tagged, would you like to give it a go @robinb ? ♥️
#Two4Tuesday

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Day 10 - #Pen

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Day 9 - #Call

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Day 8 - #Best

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Day 7 - #Warrior

#Booked2020 #Spring #AnimalOnCover

I‘m going to give this book a solid 4 stars (out of 5). It‘s good—it‘s well written with a good plot and fairly deeply drawn characters. However, I‘ve read similar books, e.g., “The Secret History,” “If We Were Villains,” “Black Chalk,” “Special Topics in Calamity Physics,” to name a few. This book falls somewhere in the middle of the scale of those I catalogued, and if you know these books, you know exactly ⬇️

#BookBrag

1. A set of Dickens‘ works in 6 volumes from 1875 📚
2. The Promised Land by Barry Maitland (Brock & Kolla series)
3. I have several books written by a former boyfriend, but the only novel he wrote is the most valuable to me, as he died recently. Est value? Priceless, I‘d say ♥️
4. There‘s so many, but to name one: The Mysterious Flame of Queen Loana by Umberto Eco (perhaps it‘s more interesting than pretty? 🤷🏽‍♀️)

@squirrelbrain 👋

#QuotsyJun20

Day 6 - #Gardening

1. I love seeing so many young people gathering in peaceful protest against racism. It gives me such hope for tomorrow‘s leaders. ♥️
2. “The greatest glory in living lies not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall.” - Nelson Mandela
3. It‘s difficult, but I suppose I allow myself to cry with no apologies, regardless of how loud or how long.
4. French fried + salad, to be eaten together

I think I‘m too late to tag anyone? Sorry!

#QuotsyJun20

Day 5 - #Roll

#LockdownLowdown

1. Shreveport, Louisiana USA
2. “In the Garden of Beasts,” by Erik Larson (but it‘s hard to choose only one—they‘re all so different!)
3. I don‘t think I have a favorite novel length...if it‘s good, I‘ll read it regardless of how long it is, and if it‘s short, but still good, well, now you‘ve really got something, because short + good = extremely hard to do.

Where in the world are you, @batsy & @sudi ... You‘re tagged!!

#SummerVibes

1. “The Guest List” by Lucy Foley 📖💚
2. Stay inside in the air conditioning—It‘s too hot to move down here in the summer, unless you‘re in the pool (2nd favorite) 🏊‍♀️🧡
3. The season 3 finale of “Killing Eve” 📺💚

How about you, @EadieB ? And you @amber_ldsmom ? You guys want to give it a go? Oh, and thanks for the tag, @Klou ! ♥️

#QuotsyJun20

Day 4 - #Snuggle

*Quote from another book of the author‘s, titled “Being Bold,” which is not listed in Litsy‘s databank.