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1) my faith 2) my mom is doing ok after having 2 more teeth extracted in preparation for new dentures 3) my teeth are feeling better 4) the birds outside my window 5) my mom‘s home health care worker again #5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

Happy June 1 everyone… Here‘s a quick glance of my #BookSpinBingo list for May. I read eight out of the 20 that I pre-selected, and read three others totaling 11 books for the month. I was able to read both my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for the month. I also completed one of this month‘s #Roll100 as well as one from a previous month.

My mom is looking for a new coffee ☕ maker. We've been sweeping different stores over the past few weeks...while no coffee pot has won my mom's interest...I've discovered some goodies 😂.

Including this Dracula doll from best buy. That store really has abandoned all things DVD 🥺. I don't know if your locations are the same, but a word of caution. Try to go into best buy with a buddy. Extremely lonely.

My favorite fiction of May was Clear.

May #wrapup #BookspinBingo

I‘m positive I won‘t finish anything today. I DNFed my #Bookspin and got a bingo. I started an #aam book, which is also my #Doublespin, but won‘t finish until June.

Total read: 10
Audio - 4
Novels - 4
Graphic Novels - 2
Children‘s book - 1
DNF - 1

Here is my #BookspinBingo for June. I will move the titles as needed when @TheAromaofBooks shares the numbers on June 2nd.

📸: Lake Erie beach in Monroe, Michigan.

#Bookspin #Doublespin

I‘m using a year long list like @TheAromaofBooks does. I moved two books from the backup list on the right to fill in the previous picks.

#BookspinBingo list to come.

repost for @Andrew65

Been missing in action whilst I dealt with some life stuff, but the #20in4 Readathon starts Friday. For anyone who has already entered Friday, or needs more time to organise, feel free to do the Readathon from Saturday - Tuesday.

As always very informal, all welcome, and aim to either read 20 hours, or 20 chapters over the four days, or even set your own target. I‘m hoping it helps me get back in a reading habit.

I finally finished the commission I received. #LitsyCrafters 💜🪷

Tea review- All Chai‘s Up by The Chai Box. I think I got it in a Reece Witherspoon book box. It is a strong black tea. Best served for breakfast. Kinda bitter so if you like coffee I think you will like this tea. I added lots of sugar and honey. I‘ve had better chai so not going to order a restock.

#BookMadness #MarchMadness #ReadingBracket2024 #TopRead2024

April: Passing by Nella Larsen
May: A Shadow Intelligence by Oliver Harris

But R.F. Kuang remains undefeated with A Dragon Republic — but it was VERY close.

A bit disappointed in the five books (but I have read and liked Peter Swanson) but I loved the add ons. I wanted two more add ons.

1. Helping kids gain confidence in their ability to write and communicate, introducing them to the beauty of poetry and the written word, and helping them rediscover the joy of reading.
2. I stopped believing that balance is possible. 🤷‍♀️
3. I used to love to play school, so yes!
#WondrousWednesday

1– when I worked at a children‘s shelter, one of the teens I was supervising got into the medication box before my shift started. The shifts switched, & I came on duty only to find that he‘d overdosed. I drove him to the hospital. It‘s been 25 years, & I still think about him and hope he‘s okay.

2– working from home, with the confidence & drive to support myself creatively.

3– No, but I did that career for a while & decided it wasn‘t for me.

May: #AANHPI
Asian American and Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander month

#ThinkPositiveBePositive.
#californiananncrystal
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal
#binspired

7 years! How time flies when you are turning pages!
Thank you, all, for making this a rare social space where I actually feel at ease. You're wonderful! 😊❤️

So close to 35K!

Your favorite Nerd is back 🥰 finally back after a little “life kicking my butt” hiatus. Now what have I missed? What is everyone reading? I do have some Litsy Mail I need to get out, thank you for being patient with me. now let‘s see what I have missed, besides missing all you wonderful Littens!!! Bookish post coming. #blerd

It's my Litsyversary 🎉📚🥳👍. One year!

I want to thank everyone for making this such a wonderful community. Thank you Littens.

Happy Readings!

#Litsyversaryanncrystal
#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

1. I have a white car. I‘m resigned to the fact that it‘s always dirty.
2. Not from a book, but definitely a fictional character. Mitchell from Being Human (UK version!) was a hot mess. #two4tuesday

“Books are a uniquely portable magic.“ -Stephen King

“Does the walker choose the path, or the path the walker?“ -Garth Nix

“So I'll do that, and I'll do my best and if my best isn't good enough, at least I will have done everything I could, everything that is in me.“ -Garth Nix

Found this old bag snuggled between some big books! Always loved their, “B. Inspired“

#ThinkPositiveBePositive.
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Me: I need more bookshelves
My mom: you need to get rid of some of your books
My hubby: let me move two desks and a storage cabinet and build you more billy ikea shelves on my one day off work.

He‘s a keeper. Nothing sexier than a man that enables my book buying habit and can carry 25 book of the month books at one time to help you organize the shelves.

repost for @TheSpineView

Voting is now open to pick the June selection for the #LitsySciFiBookClub #LSFBC. Voting will be open through Tuesday. I checked with my library, and three of these books are available online: All Systems Red, The Fated Sky and Goliath. The other two are not overly pricey on Amazon at 9.99 and 4.99.

#BuddyRead

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https://www.litsy.com/web/post/2737670

For those of you who were curious, here is a grid of the 16 books that I‘m part of the way through right now. 3 of them are over 1,000 pages, so there‘s no way I can bang these out in a few weeks, but maybe if I focus on them, I could get through them by the end of the year. If this was your currently reading list, how would you tackle it? Shorter ones first to get them out of the way? Which of these have you read and really loved? #MountTBR

How is it possible that the number is so high? For what it‘s worth, I‘m not actively reading all of these. It‘s just that I‘m stuck somewhere in the middle of them and am determined that they won‘t be a DNF or a bail. I mean, I was enjoying them. I just haven‘t picked them up in a while. I think I‘ll try to get that number down to 10 by the end of June. We‘ll see how that goes. #ReaderProblems #LongLiveTheTBR #TheStruggleIsReal

My clear case and my zippered Kindle bag came in the mail yesterday. This is my new set up. It makes me smile every time I look at it, and I love that the stickers are able to be repositioned. Happy weekend everyone! 📚 💕

* new pair of slippers
* having three camp fires with s‘mores
* finally finding a good chicken salad recipe that everyone loves and asked for more and no leftovers
* spring cleaned my spice drawer and restocked at my favorite spice shop small business
* the flower moon

@DebinHawaii

#ThinkPositiveBePositive.

#californiananncrystal

#litsycommunitylittenanncrystal

#ThinkPositiveBePositive.

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Happy Friday you lovely people ❤️

1. Blues Brothers concert last Friday night 🎶
2. My demigirl flag arrived & now I'm ready for pride month 🏳️‍🌈
3. This Tolkien box I found in a second hand store 📚
4. Finally made it to our local waffle house!
5. This beautiful postcard I got from an indigenous Russian person drawn by themselves 😍

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

From the U.S. Armed Forces to The American Police Force and Emergency Personnel, to all who have served and lost their lives. Always in our American hearts with endless gratefulness.

Have a Safe and Peaceful Memorial Day/Weekend everyone.

🐻🇺🇲🦅🇺🇸💝.

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Tea review - Desert Spring. This is a green tea with rooibos. Has Jasmine and other floral tones with fruity undertones. Very subtle flavors. I added a bunch of sugar to make it sweet and balance out the grassiness of the green tea. I got it as a free sample, I don‘t think I will buy it but it is nice change of pass and refreshing served as an iced tea in a hot day.

Thanks @Eggs for creating this play~tag~share card, and for the tag.

1 I don't believe a book has fallen apart on me...my mom has some very old books that fall apart just touching them. When on one of her reading binges, she will sometimes select the encyclopedias or edu books and I watch how careful she has to be with them.

2 Believe it had been around my late teens when, The Old Kingdom books came into my life. Still love Garth Nix. 👇

The sticker pack I ordered came in the mail today, so even though my clear plastic case for my Kindle hasn‘t arrived yet, I‘ve decided on the placement of the stickers once it arrives. I‘m going to just arrange them on my Kindle without sticking them in place, using the clear case on top to hold them down. That way, they‘re repositional, so I can change my mind any time. I‘m super excited! It‘s gonna make me smile every time I pick it up. 😊📚💕

It was yesterday, but I just hit 7 years on Litsy! I love this platform—it‘s so welcoming and so fun!! Here‘s to many more! 🥂🎂🎉

#ThinkPositiveBePositive.

#californiananncrystal

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#ThinkPositiveBePositive.

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#ThinkPositiveBePositive.

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Omg, everyone! THEY‘RE BACK! 🙀

http://furrowedmiddlebrow.blogspot.com/

#FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

#LitsyHumor 🤣

Book haul for the week so far. My kids said he needed a new sketch book I said that is a good reason to go to the bookstore. I needed to get the July #camplitsy selections.

repost for @jenniferw88:

Last day to sign up for #naturalitsymidsummerswap #litsolaceswap #nlms #nlmss #lss #Litsyswaps

Sing-up link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdMUmkwQe8WRes5N4We8GiK3SGvzXi2AxlAW6Jq...

repost for @AllDebooks

Hurray, it's nearly time for another #LitSolace event.
Our #MidsummerSolace event runs from the 1st - 30th June. Come and celebrate all things summer with friendly games and activities, a #buddyread and lots of lovely chitchat.

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

Hosted by @AllDebooks @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @jenniferw88

I don't like that it doesn't show the green bar :( but I've read about 55 books :) #gottacatchemall

tbh idk how this works in terms of Pokemon, I'm just adding books to the prompts on this list xD

My finds today at the library book sale.

I‘m making progress. I did decide to go back and add all the books I could from what I‘ve read in 2024 so far. I‘m a little surprised that there are so many squares where I haven‘t read any books that meet that requirement.

#BingoBoardFromHell2024

1 & 3 — My husband‘s Mother‘s Day spread and my daughter‘s gift to me!
2. My thoughtful neighbor knew I had been struggling with the loss of my mother and my job cut and brought me an incredible goodie bag.
4. Although I‘m no longer the librarian, I found out that I get to stay at my campus and was welcomed warmly to the 12th grade English team.
5. We survived the tornadic storm that hit Houston last night unscathed!
#5JoysFriday

@DebinHawaii #5JoysFriday
I'm so glad you started this tag, Deb! ☺️

1. A book recommendation with some very helpful information in it, because let‘s face it: if there‘s an herbal route I can go instead of starting on a high risk medication, I‘d much rather go herbal.

2. Putting together another batch of earrings to sell, as I‘ve sold through most of my stock.

3. Learning to read with a Kipper deck.

4. My partner sent me this photo of one of the irises in our yard.

5. My son completed his geometry class.⬇️