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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day12

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:

🎄What is your favorite memoir?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

RaeLovesToRead Probably Arrangements in Blue by Amy Key 🩵 1d

BookishMarginalia

Autobiography of a Face

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H is for Hawk

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TheBookHippie Favorite?!?! 🤪 I read many excellent ones this year but the memoir that sticks with me is

Patriot

willaful

Being Seen: One Deafblind Woman's Fight to End Ableism

xicanti I think Elton John‘s autobiography is my favourite, which I didn‘t expect AT ALL when I borrowed it. 1d

TheBookgeekFrau Tough to pick just one 🤔 But one that I still think about a lot is

Fist Stick Knife Gun: A Personal History of Violence

BethM I don‘t read a bunch, maybe a handful over the last 10 years. The ones that have stuck with me details wise were Spare and My Time to Stand 22h

Jdav9613 Definitely the Matthew Perry book!! I was listening to him, and couldn‘t stop. It was gut wrenching. I bought it the week he died. It is so compelling. 10h

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I was very happy to receive this in the mail. I was a bit bummed out to not find a page-a-day bibliophile calendar for last year & Workman publishing has produced several great such calendars in the past. I noticed that they also produced wall calendars, if that's more your speed.

tpixie Nice! 😊 thanks for sharing 2d

AnnCrystal 🆒🤩👍🏼💫. 2d

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day11

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:

🎄What was the last book you read set in a country other than where you live?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

BookishMarginalia UK 🇬🇧

The Killing Stones: Detective Jimmy Perez is Back in a New Gripping Mystery from the Sunday Times Bestseller

Karisa I read this gorgeous book set in Cyprus and the UK recently

Island of Missing Trees

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AnnCrystal 🥳👌🏼📚💚🤍❤️ The Lost Dreamer by Lizz Huerta was a historical fantasy set in Mesoamerica 📚💝.

The Lost Dreamer

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Amiable Just finished this one set in Sweden

The Colony

RaeLovesToRead I live in the UK, but currently I am also in Argentina, Vermont, and a fictional city called Caten! 3d

jenniferw88 Sri Lanka

The Seven Moons of Maali Almeida

julesG Easy answer 99% of the books I'm reading are set anywhere but Germany. Last read was set in the USA 😁

Love Me Stalk Me: A Novel

dabbe 19th century Paris with

Les Miserables (Illustrated)

ChasingOm Japan for

We'll Prescribe You a Cat: The feel good Japanese bestselling book

TheBookgeekFrau Berlin, Germany WWII

The Forger: An Extraordinary Story of Survival in Wartime Berlin

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day10

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:

🎄What‘s your favorite retelling of a classic myth?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

TheBookgeekFrau Wait. Wasn't this yesterday's question? 3d

BookishMarginalia @TheBookgeekFrau Good catch! The photo issue made me frazzled! Fixing now! 3d

BookishMarginalia Mine is probably Atwood‘s Penelopiad. I also love graphic novel adaptations. 3d

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willaful I really loved Rosamund Hodge's dark romantic retellings, especially Crimson Bound. I'm bummed she doesn't seem to be writing anymore.

And John Wiswell's Wearing The Lion is such a great twist for Hercules, bringing some peace to a very tragic story.
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TheBookHippie Top ten read for me this year!

Hekate

TheBookgeekFrau 😊 .... I haven't read one, at least to my knowledge. For all I know, one of Christopher Moore's books could apply 🤷🏻‍♀️ 3d

kspenmoll Loved

Circe

do-re-mi I remember reading and liking Circe but I don't recall the story very well. 3d

AmyG I loved Circe. 3d

ravenlee I love Natalie Haynes‘ nonfiction myths, and I need to try her fiction (I have most of it, just haven‘t committed yet), and this short story by Madeline Miller was surprisingly powerful.

Galatea: Short story

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dabbe @AmyG I'm with you! 💚💙♥️ 3d

LiteraryChanteuse Some of my favourites to add to the discussion are Ariadne by Jennifer Saint, The Song of Achilles by Madeline Miler and Helen‘s Daughter by Laura Gill. 8h

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day9

RaeLovesToRead NIGHTEYES AND THE FOOL 🥰🥰🥰🐺 4d

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🤩📚💝. 3d

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day9

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:

🎄Who‘s your favorite main character?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

BookishMarginalia My all time fave is Anne of Green Gables 😍 4d

do-re-mi Sarah Wheaton from the Sarah, Plain and Tall series. 4d

TheBookgeekFrau "Gin" Kelly from the wicked redhead series by Beatriz Williams 4d

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TheBookHippie Jane of Jane Eyre tied with Èponine of LesMis- yes I know she‘s not main character- I just think she should be and have her own book ???. 4d

Hooked_on_books Ramona Quimby forever! 4d

Bookwomble Too many, really, but I'll go with Frodo Baggins 🙋🏻 4d

TrishB Paige Mahoney (Bone Season) and Roland Deschain (Dark Tower). 4d

dabbe @TheBookHippie You should write one! ♥️💙💚 4d

dabbe My all-time favorites go to Sherlock Holmes (duh) and Scarlett O'Hara. 4d

lil1inblue Pippi Longstocking! 😍 4d

AnnCrystal Bruce Wayne/Batman 💝🦇💝. 3d

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day8

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day8

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is actually an activity: cook your favorite recipe.

So, my question is:
🎄What‘s your favorite cookbook? What makes it special?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

BookishMarginalia Right now:

Padma's All American: Tales, Travels, and Recipes from Taste the Nation and Beyond: A Cookbook

TheBookgeekFrau lol - I did this activity yesterday when I made Beef Stew from my Betty Crocker cookbook. My mother got this cookbook for her bridal shower, and I stole it from her when I got married 5d

BookishMarginalia @TheBookgeekFrau That counts in my book! 5d

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TheBookgeekFrau @BookishMarginalia Oh good! 😁 5d

lil1inblue My current favorite isn't in the database: It's called Four Seasons of Cabin Cooking. My husband and I love to experiment with campfire cooking, and this is perfect for that. 😍 https://www.finnishdesignshop.com/en-us/product/four-seasons-of-cabin-cooking?sr... 5d

willaful I literally just put one of my favorite recipes in the oven - Butterscotch Brownies from How to Cook Everything. Simply everyone loves them and they're so easy -- it's enormous bang for the buck.

Another favorite is Eggs in a Nest - pouched eggs on vegetables over rice -- from Animal, Vegetable, Miracle.

How to Cook Everything: 2,000 Simple Recipes for Great Food

julesG Whoop!!! Did exactly that for dinner. Made a quinoa-veggie-chicken-one-pot dish with almonds and dried apricots from a tiny cookbook. 5d

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day7 #PictureBook

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day7

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What‘s your favorite picture book?
Maybe one you read as a kid, or one you read to your child, or one you read recently. (Yes, there are illustrated books for grown-ups!)

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

merelybookish My favourite picture book growing up and one I read to my kids and still think it stands up is

Alexander and the Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Day (Turtleback School & Library)

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage My favorite as a kid.

The Yukadoos

PathfinderNicole Not one I read as a kid but one I read to my own that we all just absolutely loved

Don't Let the Pigeon Drive the Bus!

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dabbe Mine was and still is the tagged one. 💜💜💜

Harold and the Purple Crayon

TheBookgeekFrau Hands down

The Monster at the End of this Book

LeafingThroughLife I‘ve got a real soft spot lately for

Nobody Hugs a Cactus

kspenmoll Anything Margaret Wise Brown wrote & Mike Mulligans & His Steam Shovel (edited) 5d

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day6

@WanderingBookaneer brought me this lovely little doll! 😍😍😍

TheBookHippie It‘s so cute. 1w

monalyisha Oh, I love it! 😍 1w

Dilara How adorable! 7d

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day6

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:

🎄What‘s your current favorite bookstore? Why do you love it?

Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

BookishMarginalia Two faves near my home in #Florida: #TomboloBooks in #StPete and #BookstoreOneSarasota in #Sarasota 1w

TheBookHippie Our local shop Bluestocking Bookshop. In Chicago Myopic. Both used bookstores. 1w

TheBookgeekFrau I have two favorites in Colorado Springs: Basecamp Books & Adventure and Road Runner Books, a traveling bookshop in a trailer. 1w

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xicanti I got to visit McNally Robinson just yesterday, and it was wonderful. I also always enjoy Munro‘s Books in Victoria. 1w

dabbe My favorite Indie bookstore in Phoenix is Changing Hands Bookstore. The first one started in Tempe back in 1974. They now have another store in Phoenix and a First Draft Book Bar where you can sit and drink wine and other delights. The bookstores I want most to visit are Powells and The Strand. #someday ♥️💙💚 7d

kspenmoll Indie bookstore I patron River Bend Bookstore 5d

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day5

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day5

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What was the most moving book you read this year? Either sad or happy tears count!

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @jeg @dabbe @gissy

Ruthiella Hands down

Woodworking

willaful For sad, One Day I'll Grow Up and Be a Beautiful Woman. For happy, Tom Lake. 1w

xicanti Definitely

The Second Chance Book Club: The new warm, feel-good novel of life, love and friendship from the author of FOUND IN A BOOKSHOP

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Bookwormjillk I can‘t decide- either We Dream of Space or Beautyland 1w

RaeLovesToRead Lonely castle in the mirror 😭😭😭😭 AMAZING book 1w

LeafingThroughLife Not me putting all these books on my wishlist because I love when a book gives me a good emotional wrecking. 🤣 For me, it‘s a tie between Saving Francesca and City of Tranquil Light. 1w

TheBookgeekFrau Happy and sad tears from

Same Kind of Different As Me: A Modern-Day Slave, an International Art Dealer, and the Unlikely Woman Who Bound Them Together

dabbe For both sad and happy tears, this one ... the only book I gave 5 stars to this year, and it's a comic book. #gofigure

Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story

Karisa The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and his Mother)‘s ending made me cry in the best way. So stinking good and did not see it coming at all! Also cried when Francoise‘s grandmother died in My Life with Picasso… I‘m an easy crier! 😅

The True True Story of Raja the Gullible (and His Mother)

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day4 #BannedBooks

https://pen.org/book-bans/pen-america-index-of-school-book-bans-2024-2025/

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @jeg

Erinreadsthebooks 😍 1w

dabbe 🎯♥️🎯 1w

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day4

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What was the last frequently banned book you read? #bannedbooks

Most frequently banned books: https://pen.org/book-bans/pen-america-index-of-school-book-bans-2024-2025/

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @jeg

TheBookHippie I read the tagged book with group of teachers for the 20th? time. It‘s banned everywhere here

Sold

Karisa 1984 I reread it a couple of months ago. It has been haunting me every time I listen to the news! Creepy 👁️

1984

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TheBookHippie @Karisa if it helps I read it in 1984 😳🫣 1w

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TheBookgeekFrau Trivia: Toni Morrison 1w

TheBookgeekFrau The Absolutely True Diary of a Part Time Indian. Read it October and LOVED it! 1w

Erinreadsthebooks @TheBookgeekFrau Years ago, that was a book my old school taught in 11th grade English. It was a win all around. The students loved it. The teachers who taught it loved it. I highly doubt they‘re still teaching it with the current crazy state of book banning. 😕 1w

Erinreadsthebooks Currently reading 1984, which is making me think that 2026 should be the year of reading Classics and Modern Classics that have been challenged and banned. 1w

LeafingThroughLife Gotta be

The Pact: A Love Story

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day3

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @jeg

MemoirsForMe So cool! 😍 1w

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day2

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What romantic story have you read recently?

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @Jeg

BookishMarginalia Well… I‘m going to say the In Death series — who doesn‘t love Eve and Roarke, Leonardo and Mavis, Peabody and McNabb…. 1w

TheBookHippie Ummmmmm 😅🫣🤷🏻‍♀️ not my genre. 1w

TheBookgeekFrau Not really a romance, but a damn good love story

Twice: A Novel

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Karisa Life with Picasso was written by his longtime lover, Francoise Gilot who was 40 years his junior and suffered his abuse. Also read the Epstein survivor‘s book and 1984… Maybe the opposite of romantic has been my reading theme this year 😂 1w

xicanti I just finished a book where the prince of Christmas and the prince of St Patrick‘s Day fell in love, and it was mostly a little tediously silly but then it got pretty good near the end. Enough so I‘ll probably read the next in the series, where I assume the princess of Easter falls in love with someone. 🤷‍♀️ 1w

Cupcake12 In November I read ‘All wrapped up‘ by Heidi Swan. It was based around a pumpkin festival so a perfect theme for the time of year. I loved the two main characters and would love it to be made into a movie. 1w

julesG @RaeLovesToRead shared the advent calendar prompt on WhatsApp last night. You should team up. 😉 Last finished romance was Christmas Fling. My current fantasy ARC has a romance subplot

Apparently, Sir Cameron Needs to Die

RaeLovesToRead I'm currently reading Get a Life, Chloe Brown, so probably that! Not really my genre though 😅 1w

PurpleyPumpkin I‘m not a huge romance fan, but I‘ve actually read a couple on this bookshelf! 1w

Deblovestoread I‘m currently listening to this one. Not my usual genre but funny and spicy.

The Nightmare Before Kissmas

LeafingThroughLife I‘m not a huge romance reader, but this year I loved the romance in

Thank You for Listening

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👆 has seriously been the energy of my books lately. My current read *might* be a bit over a 4 star, otherwise, the last 4 have been 5 stars:
*Robert Harris: Munich
*Nat Cassidy: When the Wolf Comes Home
*Lucy Rose: Lamb
“Samantha Downing: Too Old for This
I honestly don't recall the last time I had a streak of 5 star reads. Feel truly blessed 💙📚💙📚

Ruthiella That‘s awesome! Long may it last! 2w

vivastory @Ruthiella Thanks, friend! But it seems like a fluke 😭😭 Although I do have the next discworld book ready and it's one I've been very excited for -Mort💀 2w

Hooked_on_books I love it when that happens! 2w

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AnneCecilie I find that good books usually comes after each other. You start with one and then the next few is also amazing. I don‘t really know why that happens 2w

AmyG Awesome! Usually happens to me at the end of the year. May it only continue! 2w

Reggie Enjoy it man. I love when I‘m on a streak. 1w

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day2

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What excellent book club book did you read this year?
🎄Do you follow a celebrity one?

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @Jeg

BookishMarginalia I used to read the #OprahBookClub picks once upon a time. Now I dabble in different picks as the mood strikes. My fave book club read this year is from my Monday book club:

Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being

RaeLovesToRead I've only just heard about the Audacious book club and now I am excited! 🥰 2w

lil1inblue @RaeLovesToRead Tell me more.... 🤓 2w

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RaeLovesToRead @lil1inblue It's Roxane Gay's book club! 2w

lil1inblue I read so many good books this year; it's hard to pick. But this is one that I wish I had read with a group, because it was soooo good:

Now in November

AmyG No clue what book that is. I used to read Oprah‘s, too. Now I find that I am wnjoying some of Jenna Bush‘s books. 2w

lil1inblue @RaeLovesToRead OMG, now I'm excited, too! *runs to google* 2w

dabbe What a fun game! I enjoyed finishing the #noplacelikeholmes buddy read where we read the whole canon. I also enjoyed finished the #shardlakebr where we read all the Matthew Shardlake books by C.J. Sansom. And I loved all the books we read this year with the #hashtagbrigade, led by the invincible @BarkingMadRead. 🩵☃️🩶 2w

TheBookHippie @RaeLovesToRead oh I‘m so in for this. 2w

TheBookHippie I have tried IRL Bookclub 😵‍💫🫣 they don‘t read the book and get together to bash their partners and I want no part of that. 😵‍💫😵‍💫😵‍💫 back in the day I would check out Oprah but it‘s been a long long long time. My favourite “bookclub” is my #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD and I think our November book was my favorite

Life with Picasso

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TheBookgeekFrau I read Flowers for Algernon for an IRL bookclub. Haven't followed a celebrity book club since the OG Oprah one. I have to say I kind of resent those book club seals on book covers; they interfere with the esthetic 😤 As for the trivia question yeah, no clue 😂 2w

Karisa @TheBookHippie That was my experience too! So awkward showing up as the only one that wanted to talk about the book. 🤓😂🤣 2w

Karisa I‘ve read so many great ones this year with Litsy people! Life with Picasso, 1984, Fearless, Woodworking, Wild Dark Shore, and The Death of the Author are some that first come to mind. Always a great discussion with the book groups on Litsy! 🥰💗🥰💗 2w

TheBookHippie @Karisa SOLIDARITY. 2w

lil1inblue @karisa @TheBookHippie I'm glad I'm not alone in my IRL book club experience. ? Not only do they not read or discuss the book, but it always ends up being a book I'm meh about reading. I much prefer litsy "clubs". ? 2w

TheBookHippie @lil1inblue THAT TOO!! 2w

Karisa @lil1inblue 🎯 🥰 2w

WanderingBookaneer @TheBookHippie and @Karisa : I run a book club, Books on Tap, that meets at a local brewery. We don‘t have assigned books. People just share what they read during the past month. Some of us bring books to hand out after we‘ve read them. 2w

TheBookHippie @WanderingBookaneer I want to join. ♥️ 2w

Karisa @WanderingBookaneer That‘s the way to do it! 😊🥰 2w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick The tagged is probably the best of book club fiction that I read this year. I don't really follow many of the celebrity ones. If I happen to choose one they've selected, great, but I tend to like things a little weird and they're usually very standard books.

Migrations: A Novel

Cupcake12 I loved reading this book club read. I don‘t normally like historical reads but this captured my heart from the start. I dolly the Happy Place Book club by Fearne Cotton - a tv presenter, podcaster in the UK.

The Air Raid Book Club: A Novel

tpixie @WanderingBookaneer that‘s a cool 😎 sounding Bookclub!! 2w

tpixie I generally don‘t read celebrity book club books although I did just love Sarah Jessica Parker‘s imprint book I Am You that a few of my recent post about. My in real life Bookclub also doesn‘t stand focus or go as in depth because I would like to go with a Bookclub, but I‘ve continued because it‘s the only social thing I do each month. I get much more out of my #LitsyBuddyReads and @litsybookclub books. 2w

LeafingThroughLife I used to follow Oprah‘s Book Club pretty closely, but lately I think I, probably unwittingly, am following Reese‘s Book Club with more success. This year, I loved

The Phoenix Pencil Company: A Novel

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day2

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie @purpleypumpkin @thebookgeekfrau @xicanti @Jeg

Cupcake12 These are just so cute x 2w

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I treated myself to this bookish Advent Calendar this year. The first 2 days have been interesting, more of a reflective look at the books I‘ve read this year than I was expecting. Fun so far! I think my TBR might expand quite a lot by Christmas. 🙃
(December 2, 2025)

BookishMarginalia Yey! Me too! #BibliophileAdventCalendar 2w

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2w

PurpleyPumpkin @BookishMarginalia @TheBookHippie 🙌🏽💜🎄📚 2w

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MemoirsForMe What fun! 😍🙌🏻 2w

PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe 💯🥰🎄 2w

MemoirsForMe @PurpleyPumpkin Hope you had a great Thanksgiving holiday! Are you still loving retired life and catching up on all that reading?! 🎉🙌🏻 2w

PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe November was a bit of a crazy month for me tbh. 😵‍💫 Not sure how I would have managed everything if I was still working!!! Looking forward to less busyness in December but with the holidays fast approaching, I‘m not sure that‘s possible. 😅 Hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving weekend too! 1w

MemoirsForMe Sorry to hear you had a hectic month. I find myself busier than ever since I retired and I‘m not sure why. 🤷🏻‍♀️Wishing you a wonderful and stress-free December! My plan is to go with the flow, read more and take more naps. 😁 1w

PurpleyPumpkin @MemoirsForMe Sounds like an excellent plan! I‘ll try to adopt some of your ideas. 😁 I owe you an email… hope to send tomorrow and I‘ll share the details!😅 1w

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day1

The #AdventPromptoftheDay is:
🎄What was the best book you read this year?
🎄Why did you enjoy it so much?

Join the fun! Answer in the comments ⬇️ or post and tag 💜

@WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie

TheBookHippie Honestly I don‘t pick a top read 🫣🤣 that being said having the daily read of this tagged book has been a balm and I have loved every minute

A Tree a Day: 365 of the World�s Most Majestic Trees

BookishMarginalia Let me start: I have no idea what my favorite book is! #Truth! Usually it's the latest one? I guess if I had to pick I would pick one that has stayed with me because of book club:

Flourishing Kin: Indigenous Wisdom for Collective Well-Being

BookishMarginalia @TheBookHippie Kindred spirits! 2w

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TheBookHippie @BookishMarginalia ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2w

TheBookgeekFrau The Sun Down Motel by Simone St. James. Everything about the story was just so unexpected and made for thrilling ride. 2w

xicanti THE SECOND CHANCE BOOK CLUB by Stephanie Butland. There was no distance between me and any of the characters. I lived their emotions right alongside them. (edited) 2w

Karisa Death of the Author by Nnedi Okorafor was so innovative and compelling a read. It has staying power. I keep recommending it! 2w

Karisa @BookishMarginalia 😊 I‘m often the same way! So many good books out there and I fall in love with many 2w

tpixie 2025 favorites are The Correspondent- I listened to the audio and the narrators were great and I just think the story was wonderful. My Friends- Bachman writes just the right mix of tragedy and humor and the human experience.

The Correspondent: A Novel

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AmyG My favorite was Wild Dark Shore - Charlotte McConaghy. Many damaged characters and joy/sadness. My kind of book. (edited) 2w

tpixie @AmyG My sister told me to read this. It‘s high on my TBR! (edited) 2w

Cupcake12 Mine would have to be the first book in this series. Prior to that I didn‘t really read romantasy but now I‘m hooked!

Twin Crowns

Jeg Always home, Always Homesick by Hannah Kent would be the stand out for me this year. 2w

dabbe I won't know until I complete my reading brackets at the end of December, but if I had to pick until now ... I'd say the tagged one was the only one that got 5 ⭐️'s from me this year.

Breaking the Chain: The Guard Dog Story

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#BibliophileAdventCalendar #Day1 So it begins! @WanderingBookaneer @Cupcake12 @Karisa @AmyG @TheBookHippie @Erinreadsthebooks @Bookperson96 @tpixie

TheBookHippie ♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️♥️ 2w

Karisa 💗

Death of the Author: A Novel

tpixie @Karisa great to hear! That‘s our @litsybookclub book for December! 2w

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AmyG I answered this in the other post! @tpixie I second the choice…wonderful book with lots to discuss. 2w

tpixie @AmyG more great news! 🗞️ 2w

CSeydel So good to see you back on Litsy! Where did you get this advent calendar? It‘s so cool! 2w

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BookishMarginalia

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A surprise gift from @WanderingBookaneer — looking forward to reading a tiny little book from December 1-24 #adventcalendar #ChronicleBooks #notthetaggedbook

Cupcake12 This looks fab! 2w

Karisa 😍 2w

BookishMarginalia @Cupcake12 @karisa It‘s so pretty! 2w

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AmyG Oooo how lovely! Please show us what you get. 2w

BookishMarginalia @AmyG Definitely! 2w

TheBookHippie Ooo it‘s pretty!!! 2w

Erinreadsthebooks Can we please live vicariously through and see what you get each day? 2w

BookishMarginalia @TheBookHippie Yes! 2w

BookishMarginalia @Erinreadsthebooks Will do! 2w

Bookperson96 Have my eyes set on this advent calendar too for quite a while. 👀🥰 For the days leading up to christmas there is not enough time to purchase anymore but as a christmas present… 💭🤔 We‘ll see… Have a marvelous time with this! 🙂👍🏻 Have to agree with the other Littens. Would be cool to see what each day holds! Even though I am not sure if I wanna know (yet). 😜 2w

BookishMarginalia @Bookperson96 🫶🏼 2w

tpixie @BookishMarginalia this is heaven for #Littens !!! 🎄🎄🎄 2w

Bookperson96 That might be true! @tpixie 👀 2w

tpixie @Bookperson96 🩷🩷🩷 2w

PurpleyPumpkin I treated myself to this advent calendar this year! Looking forward to sharing the daily bookish joy with you. ☺️ 2w

BookishMarginalia @PurpleyPumpkin 💜💜💜 2w

Caryl I was just gifted this beautiful advent calendar, too! Perfect for bibliophiles!📚😍💖 1w

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vivastory

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100% agree with this Lit HUb article:
https://lithub.com/the-dentist-should-let-you-read-instead-of-watch-tv/

Scochrane26 My dentist allows earbuds, so I can listen to an audiobook. 3w

marleed Right! I mean because would if those characters got up and walked right out of the story had you gone for the full 8 hours🤣 3w

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I was off from work all of last week & was able to read A LOT. Out of the 13 books finished during my PTO, these are my favorites (in no order):
*A. Cessre- Influencer
*J. Ketchum - Offspring
*R. Brautigan - In Watermelon Sugar
*W. Mosley - Long Fall

Ruthiella 13 books in one week ! 🤯 😂👏👏👏 3w

LeahBergen Nice!! 👍 3w

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳👍🏼📚💫. 3w

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AmyG Wow! What a great week off. 3w

BarbaraBB Fab week! And beautiful illustration 3w

Liz_M IWS is such a weird, delightful read. 3w

sarahbarnes Lovely! I don‘t know any of these - off the read their summaries! 3w

KT1432 Doing a bunch of reading on PTO sounds like a dream!! Oh, and I have you to thank for In Watermelon Sugar lol. I listened to it on a road trip this weekend and it‘s my kind of carrying on. 🤣 Surreal and really strange but I loved it! Such a short book and somehow got me so invested lol. 3w

vivastory @KT1432 I'm glad you liked it! Perfect narrator for the wackiness of the story 3w

merelybookish Sounds lovely!! 3w

Larkken I'm impressed. My 43 days of enforced Pto was nowhere near that productive 😅 3w

Reggie The first day back suckkkkkkks! Glad you got to read a lot! 3w

vivastory @Reggie I spent the first half of my day back sifting through emails lol. I was like, “I'm going to need a vacation from my vacation“ 3w

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Apparently I have no sense of time, because I just googled how many days are left in the year & 😭 ☠️🤯
My question, just out of curiosity, is are there any specific books that you definitely want to finish before the end of the year...or is it just mood reading? I had a couple big doorstoppers planned for 2025, but I'm going to have to choose one of them as I'm such a mood reader.

Megabooks I planned to do a longer book or two but have barely managed to finish any over 500 pages. Idk what the holiday months have in store for me, but hopefully a lot of reading time!! 3w

AmyG Mood reading for me. I have a feeling I‘ll be busy…so hoping to get in a few more. 3w

lil1inblue There's a history chunkster that I've spent most of the year reading (with a few breaks) that I really don't want to carry into 2026. It's doable if I stop going down the rabbit holes it inspires. Other than that, December is going to be a palette cleanser month because October and November reading got heavy. 🫠 3w

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Chrissyreadit I have been obsessively reading books that let me escape from the world. 3w

vivastory @Megabooks I hope you get some extra reading time in & it's great to hear from you 📚📚 3w

vivastory @AmyG Hopefully you can find some reading time 📚📚 I feel like the post Halloween holidays are my version of groundhog's day: already? Again? Lolol I've only read 1 from my 10 before the end list & I'm going to count it a complete success if I read two more from that list before the end of the year 3w

vivastory @lil1inblue I completely understand about the chunkster... one of my favorites of the year is going to be a book that I dipped into throughout the year and just finished I think in September. I do prefer a bit of a low key ending to the year: love the mystery holiday events lol 3w

vivastory @Chrissyreadit I have read very little NF the past couple of years because of what a disaster things are right now.... people who dismiss readers who escape into novels don't realize how restorative & reenergizing they can be 3w

TheBookHippie December is total mood fluff read. I‘ve read 90 percent NF this year as opposed to 70/80 NF - and I need the break. I don‘t actually read much fluff so this means art, food, travel, design and maybe a holiday book. 🙃 Having a hard time comprehending next week is Thanksgiving. 3w

vivastory @TheBookHippie I know 😭😭 I'm off this week and the end of the month is my busiest time at work...so, I predict 3 very stressful days next week (again, groundhog's day syndrome is kicking in....How is a week of from tomorrow thanksgiving 🦃😭☠️) 3w

AnnCrystal Hoping to at least finish my two current reads: the sixth book in the Old Kingdom series and the third book in the Riley Thorn mysteries 🤞🏼☺️🤞🏼📚💫. 3w

KT1432 I wanted to finally read The Radium Girls via audio. The original audiobook sounds like an AI robot despite being recorded before AI became a thing lol. I recently saw a new narrator and thought “omg, they re-recorded it!” Downloaded the Libby copy and was pleasantly surprised it was only 7 hours. Well it turns out it‘s the young reader‘s version and the original is 16 hours. I‘ll have to read a physical copy but I doubt it will be this year. 3w

Chelsea.Poole I‘m with you..the year is quickly slipping away. I have been listening to the Book Riot podcast lately and they‘ve been discussing this very thing. I think I‘m going to attempt to cram in a few more 2025 releases that have made “best of” lists. And the ultimate goal is to finish the two I‘ve dipped in and out of all year: Priestdaddy and Olive Kitteridge. They‘re backlist so I keep prioritizing new titles. Oh and graphic novels for sure! 3w

Megabooks @vivastory thanks! I had an anaphylactic reaction earlier this month and was hospitalized for a bit, so it‘s been a rough month. 3w

TimEW Interest and mood for me. The only time line I‘m on is maybe another 20 years (unless I lose all my faculties before then). I have hundreds of books on my “to read” list, and for some reason the list keeps growing. 🙃🙏 3w

TimEW @TheBookHippie 👍Most of my reading is also NF. I do slid in a few fictional books during the year. 3w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick In a perfect world, I'll read a book a day! In actuality, if I can finish 10-12 of those I need to finish the #192025 challenge, I'll be happy. I'm hoping vacation days & holiday time off gives me reading time & not headaches. 3w

Reggie I have Joe Hill‘s doorstopper from the library and the rest is mood. 3w

merelybookish I have a Flavia De Luce mystery lined up for December and plan to tackle a few from the TOB longlist. 3w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I would love a book a day too. I was so “eloquent” (I always say about it) when I was able to read at least two books per week. 2w

DrSabrinaMoldenReads @TimEW I hope I have time to read all the books I want to read too 2w

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @DrSabrinaMoldenReads Even during Covid, I topped out at 137 for the year. I got spoiled. I'm back to 4 to 6 per month, and that's even pushing it this year. My work situation is changing and I'll be working from home in the new year. I don't know if that means my tally will soar or tank. 2w

Branwen I'm hoping to finish the Dungeon Crawler Carl series by the end of the month! 🥰 1w

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What am I #grateful for? Every year at Thanksgiving we take turns saying one thing we are thankful for & for many years now my answer has been: books. It is of course, the characters, entertainment & wisdom that they have provided. Friends, really 💙 Also, all the wonderful connections I have made in the nearly decade (!!) I have been on Litsy, the best social media site for talking about books.
@alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs

Eggs Pretty image👏🏻 1mo

Texreader Amen!! 1mo

AnnCrystal 💙📚💙. 1mo

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Karisa 🥰💗👏👏👏 1mo

Ruthiella 📚❤️📚❤️📚 1mo

sarahbarnes 💕💕💕 1mo

AmyG I don‘t know what I would do without books and music. 1mo

LeahBergen 👏👏👏 1mo

Bookzombie 💗 1mo

Suet624 Where would I be without Litsy and books? 1mo

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vivastory

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Library therapy wins over retail therapy imo (gentler on the wallet). Swallows is the new one by Kirino, author of Out

Ruthiella For sure. Plus, circulation for the library helps it justify its existence. Win-Win-Win! 👏👏👏 1mo

vivastory @Ruthiella I'm definitely doing my part for library circulation 📚📚📚📚 1mo

Reggie I‘ve only read one by Matt Serafini but I love his writing. Hope it‘s good. 1mo

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vivastory @Reggie Was it

Rites of Extinction

1mo

Reggie Yes!!!! Love that book. 1mo

vivastory @Reggie it's been on my Kindle ever since shades of orange praised it 1mo

vivastory @Reggie I think you will like Lamb .. seems like it's one of the best current examples of female rage/cannibalism. Also: do you have movies lined up for tomorrow? If so, share! 1mo

Reggie @vivastory I‘m behind on this year‘s movies. I‘m dressing up, going out to eat with a friend, and then going to karaoke. What are you gonna watch? 1mo

vivastory @Reggie The original Halloween, followed by Trick 'R Treat 1mo

LeahBergen Nice!! 1mo

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Denise!!!! This book is gorgeous!!! thank you so much for thinking of me on my birthday! I LOVE the book and the hourglass!!! You rock!!!!

dabbe

AnnCrystal 👏🏼🥳 Happy Birthday 🎂🍰💝. 4mo

AmyG That is just the lovliest book. Happy Birthday…tomorrow!!!! 4mo

SconsinBookyBadger Cheers to your birthday! Hope you get to celebrate with your new book! 🥳 4mo

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mabell I hope you have a lovely birthday, friend!! 🎂🎉🎈📚 4mo

Chrissyreadit Thank you!!! @AmyG @SconsinBookyBadger @mabell 😘😘😘 4mo

dabbe YAY! One more book you'll have to find room for on your gloriously reorganized shelves! HB, m'dear! I'm so happy to have gotten to know you even better these past few months! 💛💜🧡 4mo

Chrissyreadit @dabbe 😘😘😘 How are you feeling?????? 4mo

dabbe @Chrissyreadit I've been better, thanks for asking! Usually the first day is the hardest one, so I know things will get easier day by day. 💛💜🧡 4mo

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Getting back into my #audiocrochet habit lately. I've missed combining two of my favourite things, reading and crocheting 📚 🧺 ❤️

KadaGul Work has been hectic lately, and balancing work and life feels like a distant dream. 5mo

ShyBookOwl @KadaGul I'm sorry. It is very hard to balance responsibilities and fun/hobbies. Hang in there! 5mo

Sace I‘ve been trying to do the same. Even if it‘s just a short chapter a day. By the time it cools off here my socks (knit) and cardigan (crochet) will be done. 5mo

ShyBookOwl @Sace That's perfect timing! 5mo

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CSeydel

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

What are your favorite genres?
- Fiction: Literary, speculative, mystery
- Nonfiction: history & science

What are a few of your desert island reads?
- Robinson Crusoe maybe? a guide to edible plants?

What‘s your go-to reading snack?
- cheese, crackers & apple slices; or chocolates

Weirdest or most interesting place you‘ve read a book?
- halftime at NWSL championships
[cont‘d 👇]

#bibliologistbio @monalyisha

CSeydel What do you do when you‘re not reading?
- I write for science magazines 8mo

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*Favorite Genres: Horror, lit fic, fantasy, non-fiction, mystery
*Desert Island Reads: Poe's Collected Tales & Poems, LOA Shirley Jackson collection, Complete Shakespeare Plays, LOA Le Guin Hainish Novels & Stories, Complete Poems of Emily Dickinson, Baldwin's collected essays
*Go-to Reading Snack: Iced coffee
*Weirdest/most interesting place I've read a book: I often bring a book with me when I go to a concert to kill time between acts: (CONT)

vivastory due to my job I have read at nearly every ER waiting room in the KC area.
*What do you when you're not reading? Wish I was reading.
#Bibliologistbio 8mo

monalyisha Smart choices for your desert island reads; quantity and quality. 😉 And I don‘t actually know what your job is! 8mo

monalyisha Perfect answer to the last question, too, by the way! 8mo

vivastory @monalyisha Thank you! I'm the lead health coordinator for a non-profit that provides IDD services for adults. I help supervise & coordinate routine medical care, but also assist with urgent situations. Love my job. 8mo

monalyisha @vivastory Thanks for explaining! 💓 8mo

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#flatlayfriday

Another shameless attempt to import this Instagram trend to Litsy 🤣🤣

I just love making aesthetically pleasing pictures with my books!

These are all books about books 😊😇

Ruthiella Nothing wrong with doubling up your Litsy and Instagram pics! That‘s efficient. 👍 1y

RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella Once I've got it all lined up I might as well post it everywhere haha 😁😇 1y

rachaich That's so pretty:) 1y

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Clare-Dragonfly I enjoy seeing yours! Way too much effort for me to bother with though 😂 1y

RaeLovesToRead @rachaich Thank you!! 😊💕 1y

RaeLovesToRead @Clare-Dragonfly Lining these bad boys up is more effort than it looks, haha!!! 😅 1y

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vivastory

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I love this idea. My 5 are somewhat obvious ones, but I can't help it. I love them. Make your list & share!
*“It was a queer, sultry summer, the summer they elected the Rosenbergs, and I didn't know what I was doing in New York.“
*“All this happened, more or less.“
*“It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.”
*“The sky above the port was the color of television, tuned to a dead channel.“
*(#5 in the comments)

vivastory “The terror, which would not end for another twenty-eight years-if it ever did end-began, so far as I know or can tell, with a boat made from a sheet of newspaper floating down a gutter swollen with rain.“
#firstlines @monalyisha
(Titles under spoilers below) 1y

vivastory Bell Jar 1y

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vivastory 1984 1y

vivastory Neuromancer 1y

vivastory IT 1y

monalyisha Such classics! ✨ 1y

BarbaraBB Great choices and a great idea by @monalyisha ! I‘ll share mine tomorrow when I am home again 1y

vivastory @BarbaraBB Looking forward to yr selections! 1y

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CSeydel

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Adding my #LastTenBooks to the discussion. I couldn‘t finish King Lear when we read it in my college Shakespeare class, so I watched the movie adaptation over Christmas break 😬
I don‘t know that I‘ve ever lost or couldn‘t find a book that I own? My house is … small.

Thanks for posting! Fun.

vivastory

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I found the following circulating on a few book blogs & thought it would be fun to post here. #LastTenBooks I'd love to see your answers, too!
1)Last Book I Gave Up On:
Michael Wilson's “Girl In The Video.“ This is what I wrote in my reading journal: Just couldn't care anymore. Even if I had only 10 more pages. I could have lied & said that I finished it. This was lurking in the kindle graveyard & as King said, “sometimes dead is better.“
2 (CON)

vivastory 2)Last Book I Re-Reread:
Gaiman's Fragile Things (A favorite this year that I had originally read Oct. 2018)
3)Last Book I Bought:
Richard Swan's “The Justice Of Kings.“ (Bk 1 of a fantasy trilogy that I have heard high praises from booktubers that I trust)
4)Last Book I Said I Read But I Didn't:
I don't believe in guilty pleasures, so this one doesn't really apply
5)Last Book I Wrote In The Margins Of:
James Baldwin's “Price Of The Ticket“

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vivastory 6)Last Book I Had Signed:
I just received an order from B&N for Johnson's “Let's Go Play At The Adams“ signed by Grady Hendrix w/ a note “Enjoy the trauma“ Lol
7)Last Book I Lost
I have been in a mood for thrillers this week & while looking I could not find Raybourn's “Killers Of A Certain Age“
8) Last Book I Had To Replace
A few months ago I checked out a graphic novel that for the life of me I could not find when it was due, so I replaced it (edited) 1y

vivastory 9) Last Book I Argued Over:
I don't really argue over books. I see that different books serve various purposes for different readers at stages in their lives.
10)Last Book I Couldn't Find:
Y'all, I have been meaning to get a better organizational method in my library for awhile now but it will be a project that would make Marie Kondo cry. I think the last book I couldn't find was “Killers Of A Certain Age“ bc I'm not giving it up for lost lol (edited) 1y

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LeahBergen I love what Hendrix signed! 😆 1y

vivastory @LeahBergen It was a nice surprise. I had no idea that it would be signed. 1y

RaeLovesToRead Awesome! I am 100% answering these questions!!! 1y

sarahbarnes Sometimes dead is better 😁 1y

Branwen This is fantastic! I'm definitely going to do this too! Thanks for posting! 💜 Also I snorted at the fact that your reorganization project will bring Marie Kondo to tears! 😂 1y

vivastory @Branwen Looking forward to yr answers! 1y

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

*I def have a list of authors I would like to try: Robert R. McCammon, Michael McDowell, George Eliot, Stendhal, Jennifer Egan, Zora Neale Hurston, Barbara Pym, Peter Straub.
*Bird Box (although I do want to say I LOVE Malerman's other books), The Silent Patient
*The Basketball Diaries by Jim Carroll had a massive impact on me. It was my gateway to exploring poetry.
#wondrouswednesday @eggs

Eggs Thanks for playing! I had read House at the Bottom of a Lake (meh) so I read Bird Box but was disappointed; I didn‘t watch the film. Did you? 2y

vivastory @Eggs Yeah, it was not memorable at all. Last month I listened to the following & loved it (if you want to give him another chance it is pretty short)

It Waits in the Woods

Eggs @vivastory Thanks for the rec 🤗 2y

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Since the beginning of the year I have seen several videos from content creators speaking about how they want to read fewer books this year, Perhaps they feel they are Bibliobibuli. “The sort of people who read too much,“ created in 1957 by H. L. Mencken. To this I say hogwash. Or, if you prefer, codswallop. “language, behavior, or ideas that are absurd and contrary to good sense“ (Merriam Webster)
@cbee
(CONT)

vivastory *sidenote (obviously if these creators wish to read less, then that is certainly their choice. It becomes a bit annoying when they start making sweeping generalizations on how reading habits can affect other readers)
#weirdwords (edited) 2y

CSeydel That‘s so interesting. I can understand wanting to read fewer books if you want to dig into longer books, or slower reads that take time to digest. I myself don‘t like the competitive aspect of reading a certain number of books per month, because I get too focused on hitting my target book count and I don‘t really absorb what I read. (edited) 2y

BarbaraBB Great illustration 2y

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LeahBergen The only time I‘ve thought about actually reading fewer books is when I was previously caught up in my Goodreads count. Not any more! I‘m getting back to my love of big, honking, immersive novels and just allowing myself to READ. 2y

Cathythoughts Lovely picture ♥️ 2y

Cathythoughts @LeahBergen That‘s inspiring talk Leah 😘 2y

batsy That is mind-blowing to me; I've never thought of reading fewer books 🤯 I'm on board with your response 📚📚📚 2y

quietlycuriouskate I refuse to approach my reading as if it were a feckin' diet! 2y

Tamra My reading plans are always quite achievable; read what I like, when I like. 😁 2y

AmyG Ha! Who wants to read LESS? 😳 2y

CBee @LeahBergen I actually just decreased my GR goal for this exact reason. I was too caught up in that “goal” and it was derailing me from really immersing myself. Which is the point of reading! ♥️ 2y

MaureenMc @LeahBergen @CBee Yes, wholeheartedly agree! 2y

LeahBergen @Cathythoughts @CBee @MaureenMc 👏👏👏 2y

Megabooks Thanks for sharing, Scott! I am reading less this year but it‘s a function of writing more. But I‘d never presume to tell anyone else how much or what to read. However, their pronouncements probably boost their engagement. 🙄 2y

Hooked_on_books How bizarre that someone would want to read less? I have a feeling I read far more books than these people and I certainly don‘t want to read less. 2y

Aimeesue I confess that I want to read fewer BAD books, but that‘s as far as I‘ll go with that. But I suppose it depends on why someone‘s been keeping count. I can see how it could become a performative thing that doesn‘t really bring the bookjoy, particularly among content creators. 2y

vivastory @BarbaraBB @cathythoughts Here is a link to more Rick Beerhorst paintings, if interested:
https://lithub.com/im-obsessed-with-rick-beerhorsts-surrealist-odes-to-reading/ 2y

vivastory @CSeydel I can see that. I don't aim for a certain number per month, but if I'm reading a lot & enjoying it then I'm going to keep reading 2y

vivastory @LeahBergen There's nothing quite like getting lost in a 500 page novel 2y

vivastory @batsy 🙌 🤘 2y

vivastory @quietlycuriouskate Lol, right?! There's already enough rules we have to follow in the world. Our reading lives should be the one place for freedom 2y

vivastory @Tamra That's my motto & it has yet to fail me 🙂 2y

vivastory @AmyG Right?! 2y

vivastory @Megabooks I suspect you're right re: engagement I hope your writing is going well! 2y

vivastory @Hooked_on_books I def think you read more than a lot of the big content creators. It just seems like a weird thing to put out into the book community lol Like if you were involved in the movie community would you release a video to tell people to not watch as many movies? It's just strange to me 2y

vivastory @Aimeesue There are some content creators that I genuinely enjoy but there are some that you can tell where it is a performative thing for them. 2y

CSeydel @CBee @LeahBergen Yes, exactly! 2y

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1) Tie between Shirley Jackson's We Have Always Lived In the Castle & Edna O'Brien's Country Girls
2) Berserk vol. 2
3) Kuang's Yellowface/Tremblay Beast You Are
4) Holly by King
5) Andersen's Cryptid Club
6) Blood on the Tracks
7) Doris Lessing
8) Cait & Baba from O'Brien's trilogy
9) Teared up at parts of Orphan Master
10) Vacationland
11) Since I received my NYRB order today I'll say Stamaty's Macdoodle St
12) Whatever I want lol

Ruthiella I like your attitude toward the TBR pile! 😆 2y

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

1) The ONLY challenge I have at the moment is my GR reading challenge. I am currently on track to meeting it,
2) I would like to get caught up with the big horror releases of the past couple of years by the end of the year, but I am going to continue to mostly follow my mood. Life is stressful enough that if I force myself to read something that I am not in the mood for at the moment, it'll put me in a slump & I don't need the added stress.

vivastory #two4tuesday @thespineview
I know this tag is a few days old, but I just saw it & as I finished posting my best of the yr so far list earlier, it seemed like a fun tag to do. (edited) 2y

TheSpineView I am with on the mood reading! Thanks for playing! 2y

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

I'm posting my bibliophile highlight of the week as a separate post & several days early because there's no way that it will be topped. A few days ago I had the extremely good fortune to spend a delightful evening with my fellow horror fanatic @reggie There was book shopping, dinner & lots & lots of great conversation. It was a fantastic evening!
#weeklyreport

TrishB Oh that‘s so cool 😁 although where‘s the real pics ❤️ 2y

Megabooks That is awesome!! 2y

youneverarrived Ah amazing!! 😁 2y

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vivastory @TrishB No pics, just hanging out. A true Gen X experience lol. In all seriousness I'm on computers/phone all day for work and I didn't even look at my phone once while we hung out except to look up the name of a movie. It was nice ignoring my phone for the evening 2y

vivastory @Megabooks @youneverarrived It was pretty spectacular 🙂 2y

TrishB Understand totally! They are the really good nights. 2y

Jas16 That is awesome. I am very jealous! 2y

Addison_Reads Love this! 2y

Centique This is the BEST update 🙌 Two Litsy legends in the same place at the same time! I‘m surprised lightning didn‘t strike as planets realigned or Stephen King turn up to make it a perfect trio. 😜 2y

vivastory @Jas16 He is as awesome as you would imagine 🤘 2y

vivastory @Addison_Reads 💙 2y

vivastory @Centique Legend? You're too kind, Paula! Reggie was one of the very first people I ever met on here so it was great meeting in person. I have seen King in person but he wasn't there that night lol 2y

batsy How fantastic! I agree with @Centique two Litsy legends meeting is a major event 😁❤️ 2y

sarahbarnes That is so cool! Two of my fave Litsy folks meeting up! 😃 2y

vivastory @batsy @sarahbarnes Thanks, friends! It felt like the meme “Introverted but willing to discuss books“ come to life lol 2y

Branwen Awww how wonderful! 🥰 Sounds like such a great night! 💕📚💕 2y

vivastory @Branwen It was fantastic 🙂 2y

Reggie 🖤🖤🖤 2y

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

Pictured are my #favoritebookishpodcast There's almost always one that fits my mood, increases my TBR & in the case of Mallory & Brea provides a chuckle with the slide whistle. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

Hooked_on_books One of my favorites was For Real, exclusively about nonfiction reads. But it ended at the end of last year! 😫 I‘m still very sad that it‘s over and haven‘t found a replacement. 3y

Mitch @Hooked_on_books me too! It came as a bit of a shock ! 3y

Eggs Well done 👍🏼 Like your choices! 3y

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vivastory @Hooked_on_books @mitch I have noticed several defunct podcasts on BR over the past few years 3y

Suet624 Awww, this makes me think of Jenny of Reading Envy. I miss her. 3y

Aimeesue Backlisted is my absolute favorite ❤️ 3y

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vivastory

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

No. The spoilers would kill me.
#sundayfunday
@ozma.of.oz

RedCurly Never! 3y

Steampunknoire1930 I do it to see how many pages there are for me to read. 3y

vivastory @Steampunknoire1930 I do check that, but I try to avoid looking at any of the text. 3y

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BookmarkTavern I‘ve never particularly cared about spoilers, but I totally get its different for other people! Thanks for posting! 3y

merelybookish I often read the last page to relieve anxiety. 🙈 3y

batsy I did it quite a bit when I was younger, mainly for the same reason as @merelybookish said, but also at times because it felt like I was breaking a sacred rule 😆 interestingly my self-spoiler habits didn't ruin any of the books for me back then! 3y

merelybookish @batsy It's amazing how little the last page reveals. 3y

KittenColossus After a couple chapters or so, (however long it takes me to get invested in the characters) I read the last line of the book. Really amps me up for some reason. 3y

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Johanna414

Bibliophile: Diverse Spines | Jane Mount, Jamise Harper

I work with some of the best people! Came in feeling grumpy this morning and found this on my desk, from one of the English teachers i work with ❤

CoverToCoverGirl How lovely! 🙂 3y

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rmaclean4

Bibliophile: An Illustrated Miscellany | Jane Mount

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This book was a comfort and a joy. I picked it up at the library, came home and read it cover to cover. If you ever need to forget the world and destress, may I suggest this book. A book for book lovers. #52bookclub23 #booksoncover @jlhammar @batsy @Deblovestoread @ravenlee @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain @Bluebird @Read4life @AshleyHoss820 @triplem80 @Librarybelle @Jennifer8 @BookBelle84 @Clwojick @LeeRHarry @Smarkies @CarolynM @britt_brooke @KarenUK

rmaclean4 @LauraReads 3y

KarenUK Loved this one too 💕 3y

Librarybelle I have to check this out! 3y

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squirrelbrain I‘ve nearly bought this a few times, but didn‘t. It looks amazing! (edited) 3y

britt_brooke I need to finally pick this one up - thanks for the rec! 3y

triplem80 I bought this one and the Diverse Covers one last year (even though I never buy books!), but haven't read either yet. Glad you enjoyed it! 3y

jlhammar I also got this one from my library a while back. Really enjoyed it. Wouldn‘t mind having my own copy someday. Love the artwork. 3y

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