Welcome to Litsy!

#TGIF

Okay @howjessreads here is my #selfie I hope you feel better sweetheart. Sending you lots of love for a speedy recovery!
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1. Historical fiction/mysteries
2. Heights
3. Either a princess 👑 or a dentist 🦷
4. 70 today, 48 tomorrow. Hello, cold front!
5. Hey-o, Littens! 👋

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This #friyayintro feels extra special because after a short shift at the library today, I‘m looking at a 3 day weekend! 😎

1. Probably fantasy? Though my 2018 stats said contemporary and horror were close runners-up!
2. Worms and similar critters. Long story but it‘s a lifelong phobia. 😣
3. A librarian! ☺️ Which is why it‘s so surreal that I am a new one!
4. 55F
5. Will do! 🥰

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Last day of work before the holidays! Love this mug my coworker gave me so much...I had to share.

1️⃣ Thor, because Chris Hemsworth
2️⃣ Jill Shalvis
3️⃣ Spain or Costa Rica
4️⃣ Two and they have to be thin pillows. None of that fluffy nonsense.

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TGIF indeed.

Happy Friday #Littens
#TGIF

1. The Emperor's New Clothes
2. Monsters inc.
3. It was a little after 7pm today I think
4. Tuna and sea food of any kind.
5. @tessavi and anyone who wants to~
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🦇 The Anne Rice Vampire Chronicles
😆 Family Guy
⚾ Nope, don't really follow sports
🥩 Steak cookout with friends
🤓 My father loved to read

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1. 3rd born, second girl
2. Less LOL 😋
3. 3- 1 brother, 2 sisters
4. Peter, Susan, Edward & Lucy 😉
5. Nope haha! 😄
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It‘s 68° right now and looks at this sunshine!

For all my lovely introverted Littens. TGIF 🙌😉📚

?Horror/Fantasy
?"That which does not kill you makes you stronger." - Frederick Nietzsche
?Peter Rabbit or The Very Hungry Caterpillar
? @Lova @Hanghuhn
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1. At the moment it‘s Wood Puzzle
2. General Fiction probably, but I like travel writing and education books as well
3. Cadbury eggs no question
4. My husband of course and my kids
5. @readherwriteher
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1. Recently downloaded Dots & Co. Solitaire is my go to game (forgot about Bookworm...new phone and haven‘t downloaded it which is good because it‘s bad for my heart😂🤣😂)
2. Most days...YA but I jump around genres a bit
3. Starburst Jellybeans or bust
4. My Hubby. He‘s a hoot. @LeshaMac is highly ranked too 😉
5. You!

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1. 😴😐😏😮🙄🤫🤗💗😘☘️🎂
2. Delores Umbridge from Harry Potter and The Order Of The Phoenix (Seriously. I hated her more than Lord Voldemort ☠️)
3. Over. This should not up for debate!
4. Oh yes. I‘ve been maid/matron of honor at least three times, and a bridesmaid more times than I care to count.
5. I‘m a day late, so I won‘t tag anyone new. But thank you for the tag @That-Bookish-Hiker sorry I was so late in posting!

1-🤒😷🤒😷😴😴😡😩😒😁
2- Bella from Twilight
3-dont really care lol
4-bridesmaid once and it was for my brothers wedding.
5- @GypsyKat (not sure if you‘ve done this already)

Thanks for the tag @MaleficentBookDragon

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1. Clean and organize and exercise. And 📚.
2. 5‘9‘‘
3. Since May 2017. Moved back to Cali after 15 years.
4. Circe 📖 The Grapes of Wrath 📖 The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo 🎧
5. It‘s me 👋🏼 #friyayintro #tgif

Thanks @KVanRead for the tag!

1. Primarily print, but I listen to a couple audiobooks a month and read a few ebooks
2. Size ?
3. Jalapeño chips ?
4. Frasier ❤️
5. I‘m so late that anyone who hasn‘t done this yet and reads this should participate!

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1. Skating...maybe snowboarding. TBH I‘m not much of a Winter Olympics fan... 🤷🏻‍♀️
2. While I don‘t do it often, perhaps John Jakes & the Kent Family Chronicles.
3. August
4. Star Wars: The Last Jedi
5. I‘ll do my best! 🎂
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1- brownies, cake, cookies and basically anything that is sweet lol.
2- well I just finished binging The End of the F**cking World. It was pretty entertaining. I started to binge Love today.
3- Pretty Girls Dancing by Kylie Brant stressed me out .
4- I think a little over a year 🤷🏽‍♀️
I know it‘s not Friday yet but it feels like Friday to me since I didn‘t work.

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1. Sesame Street
2. Year of Yes by Shonda Rhimes
3. Watermelon 🍉 Coconut cake
4. The #CincinnatiMeetup on Feb 18!!
5. 🤗

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1. Puffy
2. Down Among the Sticks and Bones
3. 😴 and 📖
4. Animals! Would kill to know what my cat was meowing about.
5. Double major in Poli Sci and Religious Studies!
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1. Crunchy for sure
2. It Ends With Us by Colleen Hoover
3. To fully enjoy my 4 day weekend. Pack up Christmas! And spend time with friends.
4. Talk with animals of course.
5. No minor, no time when I was in nursing school.

1. Crunchy
2. Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo
3. Son‘s basketball 🏀 game; relative‘s bday dinner at Pappadeaux; may try to talk my mom into rolling lumpia with me
4. Every language to easily move around the world
5. International Studies

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1. Peanut butter
2. Hosting
3. 30, so far, plus several in progress
4. Home Alone
5. This year‘s Hallmark Star Trek ornament

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1. I was obsessed with the Paul Frank monkey-Julius- and one year Santa gave me a Paul Frank bag, wallet, plush pillow, and sheet set. It was the best Christmas ever 😝
2. I got my husband the Southern Reach Trilogy for Christmas 🎄
3. Younger!
4. Yes! I just temporarily moved back to my hometown.
5. 👍

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#wantittobefriday #survivingdecember

1. The Paddington Bear series by Michael Bond. ❤️
2. Santa Baby. I dislike this song so hard!
3. Not everyone gets a gift. It‘s an awful feeling when you spend time finding something nice for relatives only to be rejected. 😔
4. My only book goal for 2017 was to read more since I now have better concentration. I‘m still working on it.
5. On it! Thanks @jesshowbooks 👍 #friYAYintro

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1. Harry Potter
2. Frosty The Snowman
3. Yep
4. Met my GoodReads goal and reading my last book for #LitsyAtoZ
5. 👍🏾

1️⃣ turkey - I'm a vegetarian
2️⃣ sci-fi!! 👽
3️⃣ Instagram
4️⃣ 2 chihuahuas 🐶🐶
5️⃣ 👍🏻

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1. I actually don‘t like turkey much. I love all the sides though!
2. Mystery 🕵🏽‍♀️
3. Instagram
4. 1 human with another on the way! 👶🏽
5. Done!
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It‘s another round of #FriYaYIntro 😀
1. Green bean casserole ~ Why?!?!? 🤷🏼‍♀️🤢
2. Mystery 🕵️‍♀️
3. GoodReads
4. 👩🏻👦🏼👦🏼
5. Will do ✅

Boozy sundae and Champagne on the Chicago River in mid-October? Yes, please! Happy Friday, Litsy Friends. And happy #Readathon Eve! #deweysreadathon

Haruki Murakami, Joe Hill
My son being accepted into his first college of choice 👏🏻🙌🏻
Slasher/gore YES! Ghosts/hauntings NO 😱
Ummm shark....it would probably be quicker lol
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1. Sharon Bolton, Elly Griffiths, Tana French
2. Getting to see family in GA
3. Not really... I get nightmares! 😳 I do enjoy a good 90‘s Slasher film though! They are cheesy and awesome!
4. Shark! Hopefully it would be a quick death and my story would end up on Shark Week!
5. 78...
Happy Friday and reading, Littens! 💕🤗📚
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1. autobuy is Murakami & Gaiman & German author Dirk Bernemann
2. hmm my graduation ceremony yesterday, because everyone important came to vienna to celebrate with me 😊💚
3. scary yes - gore not so much
4. erm. If I had to decide between those two... I think a shark would kill you quicker (thinking of how my cat plays with her mouses...)
5. according to wtforecast 61 degrees (16 degrees Celsius)

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1. It‘s gotta be the only 3 series I‘m committed to...Daniel Silva, Dan Brown & Harlan Coben
2. Had lots of overseas guests & I went on a day trip to Odesa which was an amazing experience 🙌🏻
3. Sometimes....scary is ok but gore NO WAY
4. I prefer to die in my sleep, preferably at a very old age...after I‘ve whittled down my TBR 😂
5. According to #WTForecast 84 👍🏻yesterday was 92😅

1. None! I sure do gaze longingly at a lot though.
2. Having more time.
3. Nah bruh
4. Shark - if it‘s a slow burn I‘ll drown rather than suffer.
5. 73 and ☀️
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1. 🤣😍👍🏽(💩is in the top 5)
2. Sheila Williams, Sarah Addison Allen, can't think of a consistent 3rd.
3. Blink event taking place in downtown Cincinnati. Light and art activities around the city starting at dusk.
4. 🙋🏽🙎🏾‍♂️
5. 👍🏽🤣
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It's time for Friday Reads, people! The title says it all – there were some unexpectedly dramatic moments here…

https://youtu.be/chmezwjjNho

#tgifgiveaway here is my favourite reading partner and some of my favourite books this year: The Hate U Give, Warcross, Stranger in the Woods and The Brief and Wonderous Life of Oscar Wao!

Staring off the weekend with libations and eats at my favorite French bistro in Chicago's Little Italy before our daughter's dance recital. #TGIF #bookandwine #bookanddinner