Welcome to Litsy!

@AmyG the Calendar you gave me often makes me smile but today i laughed…. thank you my friend!
also my most chaotic bookshelf…..

I never read this book as a child, but I wish I had! It‘s lovely and cozy! The Melandy children are just the sort of adventurous and self-sufficient people that young readers would find interesting, and there is plenty for the adult reader to enjoy too. I also loved the urban setting.

#Truth #Saturdays #Booklover

One of my favorite books from childhood-though I read a paperback with a 1970s cover update instead of this cool original edition. 😀 It follows each of the Melendey children as they spend a special afternoon in NYC.

#LitsySpringBreak. New York City

This is the book that made me want to live in a city. Also I remembered the acronym ISAAC forever. The Independent Saturday Afternoon Adventure Club.
#childhoodmemories is my #decembermonthlymotif
#childhoodfavorite
#childhoodread

Library #bookhaul and Frankie! Happy Saturday #caturday all!

An account of the Saturday adventures of the Melendy children. Purely entertaining.🚎

During these crazy times I really do need a good book and a cup of tea. Well maybe several cups. #quaranread #quarentine #coronavirus

According to Yahoo weather, we‘re having two Saturdays this weekend. I‘m ok with this.

1. High School by T. & S. Quin
2. Does Netflix count as a hobby?! I‘d love to dive into puzzling!!!
3. Just picked up Know My Name from the library today, so that‘s getting bumped.
#WeekendReads

Going to attempt to get what I have planned to read from these books today #saturday

We didn't listen to the tagged book at the beach, but we listened on the way to and from. The way Enright tells the story of the storeroom is pretty intense...intense enough to hold the interest of my increasingly jaded teen and tween.

1. I prefer silence. If the house is noisy I may listen to rain sounds with my headphones.
2. I have a cat, Hilly. She is very much a lap kitty BUT...she has discovered this one, long heating vent and now spends alot of her time sitting on it.
3. I love eating chocolate when reading but try not to do too much of that. I always have my water bottle with me.

I tag anyone who would like to post their answers!

#selfcareaaturday @Bianca

#selfcaresaturday @Bianca

-I prefer quiet but it is impossible. I constantly listening to my little 15months old girl or our dog. If they both sleep then are noises from our neighbour. It is fun and I'm used to this.
-We have a dog called Mufi🐶 and 3 cats called Mina, Mici and Negro.
-☕☕☕🍵🍫🍫🍫🍩🥐
- @Simona @julesG @MoonWitch94

#litsyfun #weekendvibes

#selfcaresaturday
1. I like to listen to music sometimes or have complete silence
2. Nope
3. La croux, tea, or coffee. If I snack then it‘s usually something that won‘t make a mess such as skittles or a similar candy.
I tag @Enchanted_Bibliophile , @Linsy and whoever else reading this if you want to 💗

Happy Saturday! I thought I would share some questions to learn more about y‘all. I hope you can practice some self care today.

-Sometimes I listen to music without lyrics—classical, jazz, or instrumental. Sometimes I just need a continuous background noise.
-I have a Lab rescue who loves to be wherever I am, and my housemate‘s friendly cats sometimes keep me company.
-Chocolate, fruit. Tea or water.
#selfcaresaturday

📙 Dine with Me by Leyla Raine
📘 Smoke Gets In Your Eyes by Caitlin Doughty
🎧 Frost Burned by Patricia Briggs

📗 Well Met by Jen DeLuca

📚 I decided to actually use Goodreads this year, and set a goal for 200 books. I'm also doing several reading challenges.

#WeekendReads
@rachelsbrittain

1. Boat trip with colleagues 🛳
2. Sunset 🌇I think it's more romantic! 💕
3. There is no beach nearby 😢
4. Brown 👩
5. Howdy to everybody!!!
#Friyayintro
@jesshowbooks

Sunday vibes. 📚🥗

I have never forgotten that I first read about “petites fours” in this book when Miranda (Randy) has tea with Mrs. Oliphant.

🍰 “Francois arranged the feast before them. Petites fours turned out to be the most wonderful little cakes in frilled paper collars: pink, and pale yellow, and chocolate, with silver peppermint buttons on top.”

Fairly sure this is why I majored in French! 🇫🇷 #riotreads #icecreamsweettreats

A beautiful Saturday morning coloring on the porch with my girl and listening to jack Johnson. Perfection. Happy Saturday littens!! Hoping to read during nap time.

1. I just finished The Hundred Summers by Beatriz Williams. I‘ll go with that hurricane. 🤪2. I‘ll read any non-fiction book about travel anywhere. Currently “ reading” one on London, bc I really want to go soon. 3. Spring salads. 4. I read several great books but the best was The Hate u Give.

Thanks for the tag @BiblioLitten #SatChats

1. Bloom County
2. All The Money in the World
3. Laura Hillenbrand (she wrote Unbroken despite her serious chronic illness)
4. I haven‘t had a long commute in 15+ years, so 🤷🏼‍♀️ I dunno ...
5. These are the kinds of covers that I love!

Tagging my pals @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

1. Hmmm...haven‘t had either in a while...puffy.
2. A Gentleman in Moscow...currently reading & first of the year.
3. Relaxing with the family...erranding (that‘s a word, right?! 😉).
4. Speak every language
5. Psych minor, cultural anthropology major

#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

The library bookmobile was parked in the grocery store parking lot, which totally made her day. “Mom, could you get a cart so I can read while you shop?” Um, yes!! #raisingreaders

Enjoyed very much my revisiting of the Melendys. In this one, the first of the series, they are living in NYC in the 1940s. As I recall it, later books have them living in the country. I plan on getting the rest of the books very soon 😊!

#TBT ! How many of you read the Melendy Family as a kid? I did, over and over! But it was a omnibus copy from the library and currently that edition is selling for upwards of $250 😱. I was pleased to find the first installment (above) on book outlet for just $1.99. Hate the new cover versions but at least the original illustrations are still there. I remember crushing on Rush Melendy 😊.

Glad I'm not the only one that feels this way on Saturdays. Kinda outta context given that it's actually Monday but still applies.

This book, and the 3 books that follow it, are my favorite books from childhood. I've lost count of how many times I've read them. When people ask me what I want to be when I grow up, I tell them, "A modern day Elizabeth Enright."