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#WDNCW that I bought 4 books last week while on vacation & came home to 2 more that I had ordered before we left. The TBR pile grows bigger. Trying to focus more on reading & learning rather than being on social media & watching the sh!t show.

They really twisted my arm yesterday. It‘s a dirty job but somebody‘s gotta do it! 😉🤓😎

1 book, 2 books, 3
books, 4 — 5 books, 6 books, I‘ve
gotta have some more!

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry #bookstore #booklove #bibliophile

Checked out a new local indie bookstore today!

Book stack of books I‘ve purchased over the last month. I didn‘t realize I bought that many books lately. Too many books to I want to read/prioritize. Bought my daughter some Judy Blume books because I loved them when I was little & read #bannedbooks

Got to check out a new local pop-up book boutique today…. Super cute stuff, totally had to have some self-control!

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Indeed!! 🤓🤓🤓

At my favorite bookstore!!

An appropriate meme to go with @TheSpineView ‘s #Two4Tuesday questions. I needed a smile and it always delivers. ❤️📚❤️

My book haul from the day!

We completed the western Wisconsin bookstore crawl to celebrate indie bookstore day…. Fingers crossed I will the grand prize!

One of the best days of the year… happy indie bookstore day!!

Happy World Book Day!!!🤓🤓🤓

#sundayfunday @BookmarkTavern

There are so many that I love but I think my favorite is Tropes and Trifles… a romance bookstore in Minneapolis, Mn

After I got my first cartilage piercings. I stopped at Moe‘s.

Totally me!!

One of my bookish goals this year was to go through my books and eliminate those books I didn‘t care for or those that I am never going to read… this bag is the first of that endeavor!

#top24of24

Here are my favourites of this year - probably quite similar to a lot of other Littens‘ lists! 🤪 There‘s a fair few from prize lists and, of course, many recommended (or even gifted) by Litsy friends.

I think the top 17/18 were easy but there were a few vying for those last few spots. Those that just missed out included Lula Dean, The Wedding People, Wolf at the Table, The Collected Regrets of Clover and Notes on an Execution.

This is my #top24of24! I was a bit stingier with the 5⭐️ this year, and only 8 received that (upper left quadrant plus Dead Bastards and Cue the Sun in bottom right). The rest are 4.75⭐️ and 4.5⭐️. Nine of these are nonfiction, which is about normal and pretty close to my reading NF/F split. Can‘t wait to see even more of these as the year winds up! 👏🏻📚

Just two weeks until the end of the year, it‘s time for our tradition to share our #Top24of24.

This is mine so far. And yes, if you look good it are actually 25 books 😉.

I‘ll tag a few people to get things started, please share your favorites and tag a few more 💝

100%!!!

Today is my birthday (61st it's hard to believe), so of course I had to go buy some books for my ever growing, slightly groaning TBR shelves. I liked Blake Crouch's Upgrade, and I already have Dark Matter, Stardust is the only book by Neil Gaiman that I haven't read (I tried watching the movie and stopped 30 minutes into it), and Dreadful just sounded like a fun book.
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

Despite what my girlfriend would say, going to the used bookstore and only purchasing 4 books shows an enormous amount of restraint on my part. I could have easily walked out with a dozen, but I have to wait until I purchase a new bookcase because I've about reached the limit with my current set up.
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

@Eggs thanks for the tag💕 #WondrousWednesday
I organize by genre/subject(nonfiction and fiction blended together), by author within genre, in the order I read them or in series order; unless I have to stack them because of shelf size due to following the ceiling (which is a giant pain-the-ass for me). In that case, I find size order more appealing. My husband (the shelf builder) loves the mix of stacked & vertical books; I've made peace with it🤣

After MUCH trial and error, I‘m finally happy with my book storage arrangement. Once I stopped trying to keep read favorites separate from TBR, it became easier to let each shelf be its own little collection. These two are in the middle of a tall bookcase and are probably the most “camera ready” of the set.
#wondrouswednesday

You know how you plan to buy one book and come out with many? I only wanted Titan's Day, then I saw the Palahniuk book and it sounded interesting, then the book by Jeff Vandermeer (who I've never read but wanted to try), then the new fantasy series by Van Loan sounded very intriguing, so I left with 5 instead of 1. But for only $6.69!! Who can blame me?!
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

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I forgot to post my #bookhaul from Friday's visit to the used book store. Good picks for under 20 bucks.
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

So excited to support a brand new indie bookseller at their first pop-up shop today!

Got two books that were on my wishlist, two I didn't know I needed, and the cutest bookmark weeeee! 💞

And here are the keepers from the boxes in my previous post 📚😁

There are similar sized stacks of books that I already own, so lots of sharing for the Little Free Libraries around town!!!

Literally… I even had a book with me at my dad‘s funeral!

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#secrets #springskies @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Happy Independent Bookstore Day!!!

And two bookish t-shirts!!

My haul from the day!!

A bonus stop… subtext books!

A cute children‘s bookshop was next up!

I was most excited to go to this one… a brand new, romance only bookstore!!

Next up was a favorite from this summer… once upon a crime… a mystery only bookstore!

First stop was big hill books… so cute and they had 2 shop cats!!

Friday was turning out to be a crappy day, but when I got home I had #bookmail, and that made everything alright (at least until tomorrow).
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

1. I don‘t withdraw, however I do take a break for a week or two.
2. Scott Reintgen
3. L.M. Montgomery

Thanks, @Eggs for always doing fun Wednesday Qs. #wondrouswednesday

The first book haul of 2024. I was especially happy to find Fuzzy Nation, the only book by Scalzi I haven't read, and Robots Versus Slime Monsters, a short story collection by A. Lee Martinez, another favorite author.
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

Christmas book haul. This is in addition to having my NYRB book club membership renewed. I think everyone has finally given up on trying to find creative gifts to give me and just defaults to books or coffee (which is fine by me 😁).

Hit the Friends of the Library Fall sale

The shorter stack is for me; the rest are for my #LFL which is on schedule for a November 1 launch 😁

I got a good #bookhaul from the used bookstore. I've been wanting to try the Thursday Next series, so I was thrilled to see they had The Eyre Affair (and the rest if I want to continue the series). I remember Urshurak from when I was like 15, but it looked too much like a LOTR ripoff so I skipped it. I'll read anything by John Scalzi & Mike Resnick.
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

After a quick trip to the used book store to drop off a load of books, I decided to treat myself. I was already getting the Star Wars book, but I'm excited to read the book about 80s action stars. The author wrote a very good book, Wild & Crazy Guys, about 80s comedy stars.
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

What's the best way to deal with Litsy's current condition? Buy more books of course!! For those who can't see, I got The Cradle of Ice by James Rollins and Into The Light by David Weber & Chris Kennedy. The Rollins' book just came out earlier this year and I already found a copy in the bargain section of BAM! Score!!
#nevertoomanybooks #neverenoughshelves

Yes!!!