Litsy

Check out my interview with Peni Jo Renner on “Musings of an Author”

https://authorpenijorenner.wordpress.com/2025/04/23/meet-author-kay-sparling/

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Mission Thaw

Mission Thaw | Kay Sparling

Come check out my latest interview with Lisa Haselton!

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BarbaraBB

Small Rain: A Novel | Garth Greenwell

#WeeklyFavorites

I really really liked Small Rain!

Read4life

Read4life Fantastic!! 💙📚💙 3d

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kspenmoll

Plath: Poems | Sylvia Plath

#AprilPoetryChallenge #day26 #tulip

wanderinglynn

TheBookHippie lol we picked the same one! I love this poem. 3d

kspenmoll @TheBookHippie As the saying goes: Like minds!❤️ 3d

wanderinglynn Love! 🌷 3d

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vivastory

Bad Dirt: Wyoming Stories 2 | Annie Proulx

I currently have a few books going, which is very strange considering years ago I used to be a book monogamist.It seems that the past few years I've occasionally had to reset my current reads, hibernating all but one or two. The problem I have lately is my job. I strongly believe in the importance of it & advocate for it, but at the end of the day I don't have the energy to continue making headway in the Lethem chunkster of a (cont)

vivastory novel I started over the weekend when I was well-rested and had the whole day in front of me. It seems that due to work expectations, I'm finding myself more & more building my tbr around what I need to do. I'm not reading anything I have no interest in, but I've noticed that my reading habits have shifted significantly the past few years. I'm curious if anyone else is experiencing this? I tagged the Proulx, bc short form work has been (CONT) (edited) 4d

vivastory a lifesaver in terms of keeping my reading life alive: poetry, essays, manga and short stories have all been a significant part of my reading life the past few years. There were many days/weeks when I was too tired to sink into a Rushdie, Wharton, Baldwin novel but I could certainly read a bizarre volume of PTSD Radio/Blood on the Tracksor get an adrenaline shot of a Bradbury/Matheson story (edited) 4d

monalyisha I used to be a one book at a time reader, too, but my habits have definitely changed! Right now I'm reading 4 (usually, it's more like 3): 1 novel (print), 1 book of poems (print), 1 that's apparently classified as self-help/philosophy (print), & 1 fantasy novel (audiobook). Commuting was the game-changer for me. Once I started listening to audiobooks regularly, the floodgates opened. I still won't read two printed novels at once. 4d

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monalyisha I've also been gravitating towards nonfic this year -- way more than I normally do. I'm not sure if that has to do with my attention span or something else. It's been an overwhelming year thus far. 4d

shortsarahrose I definitely have multiple books going and/or hibernated at a time. Some of it is that I sometimes read slowly but I get a lot of books from the library, so I don‘t finish them before they‘re due. So I return them and will later check them out again and cycle through several at a time this way. 4d

shortsarahrose Also, I used to read a lot more nonfiction (especially 2016-22), but after taking a class on YA literature for my Masters in library science and then having a chronic illness flare up, I‘ve read more fiction, especially fantasy. 4d

Reggie I‘m the opposite. I used to have a book stashed everywhere and juggled 3-5 at a time and now I refuse to read more than one at a time. And for the past year there I times I get home from work and sit in the car for like 15 minutes to decompress. It‘s crazy. I don‘t want to move for a while. 2d

Branwen My reading habits have definitely changed over the years too! I used to set up a lot of reading lists and challenges, but now I'm solely a mood reader! 6h

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ManyWordsLater

A Country Doctor | Sarah Orne Jewett

No computer. No internet. Guess I‘ll just have to read.

BookmarkTavern What a lovely spot! 5d

willaful You poor dear. 5d

Bette Happened here too…my husband and I just sort of smiled and picked up our books.📚 4d

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ju.ca.no

This Sweet Sickness. Patricia Highsmith | Patricia Highsmith

Long trainrides scream for new books ☺️ this is my first time reading Highsmith, I hope I will enjoy it☺️

Susanita I love long train rides. 7d

AlaMich There have been some very good movies made from her books as well. 6d

ju.ca.no @Susanita they are great for reading 🥰 6d

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ju.ca.no @AlaMich oh good to know, will need to check them out! Any you‘d recommend in particular? 6d

AlaMich @ju.ca.no Some of them are very old, from the 50s or so, but good, like Strangers on a Train by the director Alfred Hitchcock. If Netflix is available for you, they made a series called Ripley a few years ago. 6d

ju.ca.no @AlaMich oh thanks, I will Check 🥰 4d

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DebinHawaii

The Great Gatsby | F. Scott Fitzgerald

Thanks @TheSpineView for the #Two4Tuesday tag!🤗

1️⃣ Yes, I always carry some hidden cash “just in case” & small bills for tips & places like the library book store that only take cash.

2️⃣ Having just reread TGG last month, it‘s definitely a book where every character is affected by money. Old or new 💵shapes their love lives & relationships, social standing & overall perception of happiness.💰

Want to play along? Consider yourself tagged!🤗

TheSpineView Thanks for playing. There still are a few places were ypu have to have cash 1w

DebinHawaii @TheSpineView Absolutely! There‘s several mom & pop restaurants I go to that either only take cash or offer discounts for cash purchases too. Plus I keep some stashed at my house in case of storms/longer-term power outages, etc. 1w

dabbe #greatminds! 💙💚💙 1w

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