Welcome to Litsy!

I love it when restaurants use books in their decor.

This somehow got really confusing about 3/4 of the way in; there are some melodramatic intricacies that seemed to come out of nowhere. But I read ahead in Serial Reader to finish this and found the rest of it a digestible read, so a Pick it is.

Happy Birthday to Charles Dickens 🧁🎂🎁🎈🎉🪅
#HappyBirthday #CharlesDickens #OliverTwist #AChristmasCarol #ATaleOfTwoCities #book #books #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign #bookcoverdesigner #bookclub #bookclubs #bookvibe #bookvibes #bookvsfilm #bookvsmovie #bookbag #bookbags #bookbinding #bookbeau #bookblog #bookblogger #bookbackpack #bookbackpacks #booknerd #booknerds #booknerdsunite 💘

Dialogue I was not expecting to see in this novel: “Think it‘s the same boy, Stupid-head?” 😂😂😂😂

I believe it none the less because that nooks is in a Church, and she was weak and erring.
#OliverTwist #CharlesDickens #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdeal #bookdealer #bookdeals #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #geeks #Classics #Fiction #HistoricalFiction #Literature 💞

Source: Reader‘s Digest, June 2021

I found this set of books, some the works , some Christmas stories.. either way there are 11 books here- not in the greatest condition but I found them 2 weeks ago and walked away because of their condition and regretted it since and finally we t back today and the lady still had them so I purchased them .. all 11 for $20 . Published in 1865 some of them- even if they don‘t appreciate I still have my antique books 😍

https://apple.news/AcwTyy2PmQFm9hguU-jQIiw

What does one do on a shitty day? Go buy books! 📚

After one hell of a day, I stopped by the used bookstore near Maya‘s school and found a few classics I‘ve been meaning to add to my collection, before heading to school pick up!

Am reading this now. Poor Oliver!

No guesses here. It‘s a pick! Great story wonderfully told. Most people know the story so I‘ll say as Dickens‘s second novel, his style is clearly evident, satire, humour, exaggeration, and of course caricature.
#whattheDickens

Away they run, pell-mell, helter-skelter, slap-dash,… rousing up the dogs… Away they fly, splashing through the mud,… up go the windows, out run the people, onward bear the mob,… There is a passion for hunting something deeply implanted in the human breast.

And that is how you write a chase scene!
#whattheDickens

I‘m enjoying this reading, but Charles was this absolutely necessary? One must remember how much of the world despised the Irish at one time and make sure as a people we must always stand on the side of the oppressed. 🇮🇪 #shouldertoshoulder

Young Oliver Twist is lost but then #found a couple of times in Dickens‘ classic novel.

#FallFinds

Treats of the place where Oliver Twist was born, and of the circumstances attending his birth
#OliverTwist #CharlesDickens #firstline #openingline #book #books #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdeal #bookdealer #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #geeks #geeky #Classics #Fiction #HistoricalFiction #Literature 💞

#OliverTwist #CharlesDickens #bookjunkie #bookjunkies #bookjunky #bookjacket #bookjackets #bookjacketdesign #bookjacketdesigner #bookkeeper #bookkeeperlife #bookkeeping #bookloot #booklist #booklust #booklove #booklover #bookloversunit #bookz #bookzesty #bookzilla #bookzine #bookzone #bookxcess #bookcollection #bookcollector #bookcase #bookcases #bookcover #bookcovers #bookcoverdesign #bookcoverdesigner #Classics #Fiction #HistoricalFiction 💕💕💕

📕Oliver Twist
✒️Michael Ondaatje
🎬 One False Move
🎬 One Flew Over the Cuckoo‘s Nest
📺 The Odd Couple
🎤 The Old 97s
🎼 Our House - CSNY

#ManicMonday #LetterO

#Two4Tuesday

1. Oliver Twist (Mr. Bumble!)
2. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn (Johnny Nolan has my heart forever 💗)

I like Charles Dickens' writing style and storytelling, but I think I prefer to listen to his books rather than read them. This is the second Dickens book I've listened to this month.
#ReadingClassicsIn2020

I'm going to give this prompt a little spin and only choose books and book series that I read as a child or early teen. All of these books will have impacted me in one way or another.

#7Days7Books Day 5

Seven books that left a deep impression on me and/or changed me.

Mission Dickens underway! I finished OT early this morning. It‘s probably my least favorite novel by Dickens, but it‘s Dickens so it‘s still better than everything else. This was his first novel after The Pickwick Papers, and it shows. The characters are even more like caricatures than those in Nicholas Nickleby and The Old Curiosity Shop. The graphic depictions of poverty and violence make this a must-read. On to Martin Chuzzlewit next!

Just a reminder that Dickens is always relevant! What makes humans special is how we care for each other 💗

I‘ve not felt well the past few days and the extreme aching started this morning. It‘s still near impossible to get tested in Indiana even for healthcare workers. While I‘m self-quarantined I‘ve resumed reading some Dickens novels that I‘ve started over the years. Most recently I left off reading Oliver Twist. Hopefully, I‘ll survive to finish Martin Chuzzlewit and Little Dorrit.

Watch the old musical, I forget the year for it. Its excellent!

Happy Birthday to Charles Dickens 📚🎂🎉🎊🎈
#HaopyBirthday #CharlesDickens #AChristmasCarol #OliverTwist #GreatExpectations #DavidCopperfield #HardTimes #BleakHouse #ThePickwickPapers #book #books #bookgeek #bookgeeks #bookgeeky #bookgang #bookgasm #geek #geeks #geeky #boolhoarder #bookhoarders #bookhaul #bookhauler #bookholic #bookholics #bookheaven #bookjunkie #bookjunkies #bookjunky #bookjacket #Classics #Fiction #HistoricalFiction 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

This book was disappointing. I‘ve loved just about every other Dickens novel I‘ve read but not this one. I didn‘t like any of the characters. It was one depressing scene or depraved character after the next. Even the ‘good‘ characters were sickly sweet. Numerous passages that seemed unnecessary. Would have stopped after page 250 but decided to power through it just to know how it all turned out.

#FestivePhotoChallenge Shop till you drop!

I bought collection of classics fairytales for my little girl. Hope she'll love them as much as I do.
Tales inside the book are Treasure Island, The Wizard of Oz, The Wind in the Willows, Heidi, The Secret Garden, Oliver Twist, Alice in the Wonderland, and Black Beauty.

#cristmasspirit #christmasiscoming #mostbeautifultimeoftheyear #WinterGames #SlayBells
@Clwojick @StayCurious @MidnightBookGirl

#wintergames #teamelectricsex #holidaylaughs

@StayCurious @Clwojick

@Trashcanman this one is for you.

I believe it none the less because that nook is in a Church, and she was weak and erring.
#OliverTwist #CharlesDickens #funko #funkopop #popvinyl #FreddyFunko #EvilQueen #SnowWhite #Witch #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookdetail #bookdesign #bookdesigner #bookdragon #bookdragons #bookdeal #bookdealer #bookfeature #bookfeatures #bookfair #bookfan #bookfandom #bookfever #bookfanatic #bookfrenzy #Classics #Fiction #HistoricalFiction ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

It was very slow to get into. Pretty disappointed with this classic

Please sir, can I have some more?

Week 1
Gratitude - 7x week 🤩
Meditation - 3x week (not fully engaged but working on it)
Stationary Bike - 0x week 😑
Books read - 4 books 📚
No soda
Working on chapter 3 of Oliver Twist
#bfc #teamletsdothis #bookfitnesschallenge

#BFC #bookfitnesschallenge #round3
Day One And Goal Setting
* Read 12 books
* Practice Gratitude every day
* Meditation 3 times a week
* Ride stationary bike 3 times a week
* No soda
* Start a reading journal
* Make progress on Oliver Twist
* Make progress on Dr. Seuss challenge

#BFC #bookfitnesschallenge #newgoals #round3
Head on over to @wanderinglynn page and sign up for round 3. I signed up as I am hoping to keep going and get more focused. Even though I‘ve had several bumps in the road, the encouragement here is wonderful!
New goals for round 3:
Read 6 books 📖
Exercise 4x wk
Gratitude/Meditate 7x wk
No soda (I recently found out I have diabetes 😒)
Start a reading journal 📓

Oliver & Company #OliverAndCompany #1988 #OliverTwist #CharlesDickens #book #books #bookquote #bookquotes #bookqueen #bookquirk #quotes #quote #bookworm #bookworms #bookwormlife #bookwormproblem #bookwormproblems #bookwarm #bookwarmth #bookwhore #bookword #bookworld #epicreads @EpicReads #bookend #bookends #bookending #bookendings #bookedit #bookeditor #bookediting #read #bookrecommendation #bookreport #Animation #Adventure #Comedy #Family 💙💙💙

#smalltownboy #wanderingjune @Cinfhen @BarbaraBB

The #soclose I know is this duet between Jodie Prenger & John Barrowman. John was a judge on this show in order to find a Nancy!

https://youtu.be/6qga4SJ-3MQ

#maymoviemagic @Cinfhen @rohit-sawant

Oliver Twist by: Charles Dickens #OliverTwist #CharlesDickens #funko #funkopop #popvinyl #book #books #bookish #bookishfeature #bookishfeatures #bookillustration #booksoflitsy #bookobsessed #bookobsession #bookoholic #bookoholics #prisma #bookperson #bookpeople #bookpassion #bookpicture #bookpictures #bookphoto #bookphotos #bookphotograph #bookphotographer #bookphotography #bookart #bookartist #bookaholic #Classics #Fiction #Literature 💟💟💟💟💟

Romanticized but charming- a classic

1. Oliver Twist
2. Valley of the Dolls
3. Goodreads
4. Veggie burgers with guava bbq sauce and pineapple.
5. 👋 @Rhelia @Melissa_J @marleed

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

My fur-babies keeping me company while reeding this book from my #TBRShelve...and I am actually enjoying it, far more than I thought I would!🐶🐱🕶

Just finished MAN VAN CIRÉNE
Started on Oliver Twist
And then onwards to THE HAND THAT DROVE THE NAILS and then SUPERMAN: DAWNBREAKER!
#ReadingCheckIn

I don't know why I am doing this to myself, but it has been on the #TBRshelve for ages (and when I say ages, I mean years!!!!) so better get it over and done with.
I liked a Christmas Carol and Great Expectations, so maybe this will not be so bad! #Hopeful

Not my favorite Dickens‘ book, but still enjoyable:)

Please, sir, i want some more.

I‘ve never really liked reading ‘the classics‘. Every time I‘ve tried I ended up disappointed, or even bored. But, I keep trying, cause…well, there must be a reason they are considered classics, right? Reading Oliver Twist has not helped me to find that reason…
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼