Welcome to Litsy!

1️⃣ Stephen King, Robert McCammon & Clive Barker.
2️⃣ Katniss. 🥰
3️⃣ Tagged.

Thanks for the tag @DarkMina and sorry for taking so long, I've not been on.

Don't know who played along but if you want to play along, I tag you! 👉

@Eggs #wondrouswednesday

My November #bookspin was 300 pages of Lonesome Dove. I love this book so much...I‘m in the home-stretch!
#chunksterchallenge2021 #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks @Amiable

Finished this #ChunksterChallenge2021 read. It‘s a pick with reservations. Needs editing, IMO. It took nearly 450 pages before I was fully invested. That‘s way too much time. I get that McMurtry was aiming for a sweeping epic, but the scope was too wide for him to properly wrap his arms around because some of the storylines petered out or felt unnecessary to the whole. Favorite characters: Gus and Clara.
Glad to have finally read this, though!

I finally made it to Part III (page 619 in my copy). Where‘re y‘all at now, @GinaKButler @Kelly326 @CoverToCoverGirl ?

#chunksterchallenge2021

I just finished listening to an episode on the @Therewillbebooks podcast about one of my favorite books ever. It was great hearing them love on it as much as I did.

#89
This was a delight to listen to. I got so attached to the characters, that when they died I cried.
Traveling with them across the country, you have great vision as to what or where they were.
I have to highly recommend this book ❤❤❤

My November #bookspin and #doublespin

I‘m trying to finish out my challenges, so I added “300 pages” of Lonesome Dove, my Q4 #chunksterchallenge2021 , to my list and it was picked!

Looking forward to a great month. As always, thank you for hosting, @TheAromaofBooks 😘

A long, 15-hour day of volunteering at the polls for the municipal election in my town just begs for a chunkster on hand. Good thing I‘m already in the middle of one. 😀

This is what love looks like: My husband, reading the chapter in “Lonesome Dove” that details an apparently graphic snake-related scene in order to summarize it for me so I don‘t have to read it myself and trigger my reptile phobia. ❤️❤️❤️
(Thanks again for the advance warning, @Graywacke ! 🙂)

Hanging out with my best friend. We visited a used book store . I got 14 books for under $60. Lonesome Dove is for my mom for Christmas. Memoirs is a better edition than my mass market paperback copy. The Winter People is autographed.
#bookhaul

Got up early this morning so I could net an hour of reading time in honor of @TheAromaofBooks before logging onto work. Happy birthday, Sarah! I‘m working a full day today too so my contributions toward your #BirthdayBash will be sporadic throughout the day.

Chunkster check in: I‘m plugging along—made it to page 210 (chpt. 23 in my edition). I‘m still not in love with it, but I‘m invested enough that I‘ll keep the momentum going (slowly). How are you doing, @GinaKButler @Kelly326 @CoverToCoverGirl ?

Just released our Lonesome Dove episode! We review the classic Pulitzer winner and discuss the old west, time travel scenarios, and dish on our favorite (and not so favorite) characters. I love Gus and Clara and hated July Johnson. Tune in to hear more of our thoughts and if you've read the book (or seen the series) let me know your thoughts/favorite characters.

https://anchor.fm/peter-murphy8/episodes/Episode-70-Lonesome-Dove-e18rkaa

#chunksterchallenge2021 check-in: so, technically, today is day 8 of reading. I‘m through Chapter 10 and have read 50% more than I intended this week because I LOVE THIS BOOK! The characters are fantastic and I‘ve laughed out loud several times. Who knew I‘d enjoy a western so much?

I hope you‘re loving it, too, @Kelly326 @Amiable and @CoverToCoverGirl 🤠 📚 🐴

It is already 4th quarter of 2021 and time for my final chunkster of the #chunksterchallenge2021. Looking forward to reading this one with @GinaKButler . Love getting to cross some of these chunky classics off of my list!

Grant ✔️
Roots✔️
The Count of Monte Cristo✔️

Here we go! I‘m reading Lonesome Dove as my Quarter 4 #chunksterchallenge2021 pick with @Kelly326 @Amiable and @CoverToCoverGirl

This one has been on my TBR for ages and I‘m excited to dive in!

It‘s time to dive into this chunkster with fellow #chunksterchallenge2021 fans @GinaKButler and @CoverToCoverGirl ! I‘ve never read it, and have been looking forward to it. Although the mention of a rattlesnake in the very first sentence is making me cringe (person with a major snake phobia over here 👋🏼). 😖😬

My new #tenatatime #tbr A mix of old and new on this one. This is round 39.

1. I haven't finished a book in a long, long, long time lol.
2. The Shadow of the Wind
3. Just waking up
@eggs #wondrouswednesday

🌿yes but not often sometimes for bookclub. I have read Lonesone Dove, A Gentleman in Moscow, The Mrs. Pollifax series, Giants in the Earth twice. Actually some of the Nrs. Pollifax I have read 3x. I plan to reread the Harry Potter series someday.
🌿no
🌿anything by Gary Paulsen or William Kent Krueger.

@NataliePatalie
#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

1. I think maybe 500 pages or more is a chunkster.
2. Lately more and more I listen to them on audiobook. It's a nice way to read them, but I also like to read and listen at the same time.
@TheSpineView #two4tuesday

@EadieB thanks for the tag!

New books! Well, Lonesome Dove is new to me. Who is ready for Friday? July has not felt like summer this year, so much rain.

1. Today I'm grateful for my life, family and friends.
2. I won't forget brunch on Sunday, I had a great day with a friend.
3. I went to the Western Slope last month and it was a wonderful trip.
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday

#curiouscovers #blueandyellow an all time favorite!

Larry McMurtry‘s bookstore has been on my bucket list forever. So we drove literally all day to get to Archer City and arrived 30 minutes before it closed. Ok everyone, unless you want a lot of valuable westerns or books signed by McMurtry, just take it off your bucket list. The “valuable” books are kept in a small room with AC. All others in an annex without AC and in no order. It was almost 90F inside. And far fewer books than I expected. ⬇️

Lonesome Dove is one of my fave books ever so I‘ve been looking for the other books in the trilogy. When I saw this matching set I couldn‘t help myself.

Just released a new episode. We pick a new seasonal read from amongst the books pictured, and we talk Cathedrals, s'mores, and great lost works. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/4XI2oMWAHEvhQiR7rPhMih?si=72M1bRJeR_u038qPExygo...

Here are some books with #yellow covers that I assembled for a previous photo challenge. At least two of these are no longer in my possession! Likewise the bookcase. #curiouscovers

I always end up falling behind on photo challenges, especially in the summer if I am enjoying the outdoors. Left work early on Friday to be in the sun and then totally forgot to post for #CuriousCovers until today. Here is Day 4: #Horse.

One of my favorite pop culture podcasts did a deep dive on Lonesome Dove during the pandemic, so I bought this with the intention of reading along. Still haven‘t read it but when I do I‘ll circle back to listen.

I‘m giving this a pick but I didn‘t love it. It is problematic AF but it also has great character development and strong sense of place. And then it‘s insanely long which it didn‘t need to be IMO. I laughed in a lot of places but I hated the ending!!! However I‘m sure it will be one of those books I‘ll remember for a long time. Struggling to put a star rating on this one.

1. I‘m going to have to say Dumbledore. I really thought she was going to bring him like a Phoenix from the ashes, oh well. 😢
2. I have a bad habit of not remembering the endings of books or movies. 🤦🏻‍♀️
3. I am surprised how much I am enjoying Lonesome Dove! I always put off the chunksters but this was my choice for this year.
Thanks again for the tag @mandarchy

https://apple.news/An-NbbsxxQZi713sMIkkHrg

I still haven‘t read Lonesome Dove 😢. Maybe this is the year.

Rip. 😢

RIP, Larry McMurtry.

The only author who has his own nook in our house.

RIP Larry McMurtry! 😪

And the hits just keep on coming. 😢

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/26/books/larry-mcmurtry-dead.html?action=click&m...

1. Hubby likes to tease me about it, but he mostly supports my reading habit.
2. My sister is also a big reader. She‘s largely responsible for my love of mysteries.
3. I started the tagged book during a Litsy read along but didn‘t get very far. My copy still has the post-it tabs I made for each week‘s reading section! Some day...
#wondrouswednesday

@DarkMina Thanks for sharing this!

thanks for the tag @EadieB @TheSpineView
I'm a day late!
1. Primrose Everdeen - younger siblings never get enough credit!
2. Books I don't like are usually due to the whole book, not just the ending .
I love, one of my favorite books, Lonesome Dove - but I always hope for a different ending - won't say what specifically so as not to spoil anything

I know it's late but any takers? @Tattooedteacher @CaffeineAndCandy @MySharonaK

I‘m going to say it‘s a pick, but be warned: This book is long. The audiobook was nearly 37 hours long.
I‘ve only read a couple of westerns, and I‘ve heard that this is a very good one, so I thought I‘d see what I thought. I‘m honestly not sure, but I got into a rhythm with the book, and thought that McMurtry did a good job of describing thoughts and emotions. It was defs a long, long journey, though. Almost as long as it is from Texas to Montana.

Here is my review for this book

... #Ihaventreadbutshould

I have fond memories of watching the miniseries as a kid w/my mom (mostly for Ricky Schroeder). I caught a glimpse of it in TV a year or 2 ago, and it kept niggling my brain. So I finally read it and it. Is. Amazing. I felt like I was riding along with the boys, headed to Montana from Texas, just as the west was being settled. It captured the feeling, the setting, the everything. Did I like the treatment of women? Of native people? No. ⬇️

I‘ve made it to Day 20 of #20Series20Days and have decided to ride off into the sunset with these favourites. 🏇🏼

Thanks to @Andrew65 for this fun challenge!

#Top20Series

#thankfulthursday

Thanks for the tag @Eggs 😘

Both my parents read this one. My dad especially loved westerns.

1. Not sure I had just one fave. Music was a huge part of my childhood. My mom has a photo of me around age 4, holding a play guitar and singing Lucille (Kenny Rogers). I also learned to roll my Rs by listening to Happy Talk from South Pacific a million times.
2. Understanding managers

I'll work on a pretty collage later. It's a miracle I put all of this together at the last minute! Here's to my first month of #bookspin ! @TheAromaofBooks