Welcome to Litsy!

I‘m in a short story mood right now, so I decided to make an all short story (or novel in stories) #bookspin list for August. Once again, I‘m not doing bingo, but I‘d like to try to read at least 5 of these. Some of these titles are quite a mouthful!! 😂😂

That calla lilies didn‘t disappoint this year!! (And this is after my mom‘s bestie took more than a dozen.)

I‘m skipping bingo in June because it‘s going to be a crazy month (and I want to mood read as much as possible 😂), but I can‘t miss regular #bookspin!

Excited to try one of my @AardvarkBookClub picks and a backlist title of an author I‘m interested in! #bookspin #doublespin

Well, I woke up sick this morning. I hope it‘s just a cold. Trying to start a new book, but my eyes are struggling. Please no Covid!! (I am vaxxed and boosted.) But here‘s my #bookspin #bookspinbingo list. 🤧😷

Very excited for my first #Bookspin #BookspinBingo of 2023! This list is heavily influenced by challenges and other fun stuff: #toblonglist #tob shortlist (5-10), #ALSpine (16-17), #roll100 (1), #botm (12-13) #aardvark (14-15), #ReadingTheAmericas2023 (14, 18), and #authoramonth (2) as well as some gifts (5, 18-20).

Happy New Year y‘all!! 🎉🥳🎉🥳

These are two books that weren‘t on my immediate read/super excited list for #bookspin titles, but they both fulfill reading goals, so I guess that‘s good.

Young Mungo = #toblonglist
Woman = #ReadingTheAmericas2023 for a very obvious country 🤣

Here‘s my final #bookspin #BookspinBingo list of the year! Five from the #toblonglist plus a few for #ReadingTheAmericas2023 and a few short story collections just because I‘m in the mood. Can‘t wait to see what comes up Friday!

Thanks for continuing this fun challenge into 2023, Sarah! I appreciate the work you do. 💜

Also this harness and the matching leash are Molly‘s Christmas presents. She‘s such a girly girl! 🎄💕

My #NonfictionNovember #Bookspin selections 😊

@TheAromaofBooks

My #bookspin is this month‘s #aardvark choice, and my #doublespin is my choice for #AuthorAMonth, which I‘ve already started. Yay!!

Now that BOTM and Aardvark are out, here‘s my #Bookspin #BookspinBingo list for November!

Eight books start with “The”? Put them together! Still waiting on a large Book Outlet order to arrive, but I‘ve gone ahead and added a few to the list. Plus, I‘ve got my first Aardvark book on there. 👍🏻

Excited for October! 🎃 #bookspin #BookspinBingo

Well I have time this morning to look at these picks but not enough to make my board! 👎🏻

Anyway, excited for how it turned out! I‘ve been putting Mercury off for August because I was intimidated by its (admittedly not super long) length, but I love Marra. Kleeman is another story…I HATED her book before this one, however the blurb on this sounded very different, so I took a risk at Book Outlet. 😬😬

It‘s #BookspinBingo with kittens! Now that all my bookmail has arrived, I feel pretty confident with this list.

My dad spotted these kittens chilling on our ramp a couple of weeks ago. We have a neighbor who will fix feral cats and adopt out the kittens when ready, so we get a fair number of dumps. ☹️ This was the first we saw of these adorable babies, though! 😻

Well, I‘m more excited for these #bookspin #doublespin picks than my root canal this afternoon! Lol.

#3 is putting a few books I‘d like to reread into Spin the Wheel and seeing where it lands. I thought that would be a fun way to cut through my indecisiveness.

An Ocean of Minutes is a random find at my local used bookstore. I like that it has a blurb from Omar El-Akkad, so I‘m looking forward to it. 👍🏻👍🏻

Molly was being trained to hunt before I got her, and she still likes to to track squirrels. This one was totally oblivious chowing on mushroom. 😵‍💫🍄🐿 lol

#BOTM finally dropped, and I got 5-7. Excited for the Slaughter and Marra plus I‘m trying to read more gothic fiction (7).

8 & 9 are gifted copies from @VikingBooks and 19 & 20 are the final books for this year‘s #CampLitsy. 🏕 Should be a good month! #BookspinBingo #Bookspin

#bookspin #bookspinbingo July

Looking forward to another great month!

Also this 💯 works for peaceful photo. I was so glad to find it on Google. Birds + water = calm for me. #ThoughtfulThursday

Well, well what an auspicious drawing! There are five books I had committed to read this month, and these are two of them! (Both are this month‘s #LPMBC choices.)

Fantastic #bookspin and #doublespin for me! I hope everyone else is as lucky.

I told y‘all, these calla lilies grow like weeds in our yard, and they‘re so gorgeous! June is such a great month for gardens.

I finished my list now that I know #botm was a big skipola for me. #bookspin #BookspinBingo

Things I‘m looking forward to in June: seeing David Sedaris with my dad, rereading 6 & 12 for #CampLitsy 🏕, and my Mona Lisa lilies blooming!

I was vaguely hoping my #bookspin or #doublespin would force me to read a mount TBR book I put on, but I am reasonably happy that they are two books I definitely planned to read.

I‘m going to try to follow the NYRB discussion on Basic Black with Pearls, but tbh, I‘m afraid I‘m not smart enough to hang. 🫣 The Novak is my #LPMBC #GroupC choice, so it‘s definitely happening too.

I tinkered with it until yesterday, but I feel good about it now. #Bookspin #BookspinBingo

I had to do a Kentucky Derby background for May! 🐎 (No, I‘ve never been. Waaayyyy out of my price range. Even the infield, which used to be a cheap thing for locals, is too expensive now.)

I can‘t believe I got four bingos! This is the most print books I‘ve read in a month since I started reading mainly audiobooks. Very excited! Plus the board looks pretty. 🤩🤩 #BookspinBingo

I‘m off on a first visit to an indie in Indiana for #IndependentBookstoreDay. Looking to add another book or two to next month‘s list! 😀📚

Last weekend for this great Easter background, so I thought I‘d share my progress. One bingo and close to two more! This is a really favorable board for how I usually read, so I‘m hoping for a few bingos. I‘m currently working on Percival Everett and my Group C #LPMBC round. 👍🏻🐣✝️ #BookspinBingo

Happy Easter to those who celebrate!

New season, new board! Second month in a row that BOTM has claimed the center square. Interesting how those four free spaces fell as well. I guess I better get reading! #BookspinBingo

Dr;tl 😉

I thought this would be the month that nothing changed, but apparently not. I‘m first at the library for The Candy House and Sea of Tranquility, so I can‘t justify buying them (yet), so they have been removed and other print books subbed in.

Cheers other spinners! 🥂 #bookspin #BookspinBingo

Lots of repeats this month, but I want to keep my reading more loosey goosey this year with fewer set books. I‘m excited to see what comes up on Wednesday! #bookspin

Bit of a hasty #Bookspin #Doublespin list. Not sure how difficult the month will be so I‘m skipping bingo, but you can keep me on the tag list, Sarah. Thanks!

Last minute jostling, of course! #Bookspin

I hope you‘re having fun with your sister @TheAromaofBooks 🎉💜

I am a bit overbooked for reading in January, so I doubled my chances for specific books for #NewYearWhoDis, #ReadingAfrica2022, #FoodAndLit, #Booked2022, and #AuthorAMonth. I haven‘t even looked at #pop22. 😬

I have a busy month ahead, so I‘m just going to do #bookspin and #doublespin in January, but you can tag me in both. Thanks, Sarah!!

I‘m not doing bingo this month, so I‘m just committing to the two. One a gift from @BarbaraBB 🥰 and the other a current #BookToScreen adaptation. Looks good!! #bookspin #doublespin

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is TEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is FOURTEEN!! I have thoroughly enjoyed looking at everyone's lists & am really looking forward to seeing your reviews!

My next post will be the #BookSpinBingo card!!!

Just a few quick housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you would take a moment to read!! I know I'm rambly so sorry!! ⬇

Here is my #bookspin #BookspinBingo list! Very few physical books, as I haven‘t finished one since I got Molly almost a week ago. 🤞🏻 September goes better in that regard.

Thanks for continuing with this fun challenge @TheAromaofBooks !! 🤩