Welcome to Litsy!

#BookMail to start my afternoon. I finally received my #owlcrate today, I've been eyeing this book but had a suspicion it was this months book, glad I held off buying it! Love the Lord of the Rings pin, especially because my son bought me the boxset for Xmas, & I got Hedwig in the mystery mini funko! The Game of Thrones coasters will be useful as well & the Narnia card is very cute. Very happy with my owlcrate this month.👍🏼🦉📦 #SmileItsBookmas

My last #bookhaul of the year I think (though there's still four days left!) A few non-fiction ones in this, I e been watching The Crown on Netflix & am a bit obsessed with the backstory of the Queen,and I've just bought the George Lucas biography so the Carrie Fisher one seemed appropriate.I've been eyeing that Atlas Obscura for awhile now. The hubby asked for a list of books I want so he can get it right, I gave him four pages!🤣#SmileItsBookmas

Today's #BookMail will probably be the last of this year, there's only two books outstanding on my orders and I don't think they'll get here before January. All up this month, I've brought 36 new books into my library😲I think next month I need to tone it down a bit, or one day I'll be found cold & stiff under a mountain of TBR! I'm too scared to count how many I have in my rainbow shelves. Think I need to start reading faster.🤓#SmileItsBookmas

Today's #BookMail is three of the books I ordered from dymocks.com.au after my spectacular argument with the hubster on Saturday. The email said 7th January, instead I've gotten them in 3 business days! Oh AusPost, how you amuse me with your charming vagaries & inability to keep a schedule! At least this time, it worked in my favour. I'm keeping my #secretsantagoespostal present till nighttime so I can open it under Xmas lights! #SmileItsBookmas🎄

And guess what else showed up today. All in separate parcels. I think the hubby is getting suspicious of how much exactly I'm spending on books. Whoops.🤣He really has no cause to complain when this year alone he's brought home two dirt bikes, a buggy & a quad bike.🏍Plus a bloody caravan! And I didn't say one word, so I get to buy books without any complaints, thank you very much. #SmileItsBookmas #guiltfreebookbuying

My #bookhaul from this morning at Dymocks. The Fantastic Beasts book is for the daughter-in-law, Injustice is for the daughters boyfriend, the leather bound Battles of Tolkien & An Atlas of Tolkien are for the son, a mad Tolkien fan, & The Lies of Locke Lamora, The Wise Mans Fear & Prince Of Thorns are for moi! And the letter E & key are a leather string bookmark for myself too. My Xmas present to myself! #SmileItsBookmas

I swear bookdepository.com is trying to annoy my hubby deliberately. When your order comes one book at a time, it makes it look like a much bigger spend than it really is.🤦🏼‍♀️Today's #bookmail is another Dame Agatha & an Australian author, set in post war Sydney, a #blameitonlitsy purchase. Plus a beautiful bookmark. I'm really loving this set. #SmileItsBookmas🎄#christiescrimeclub

Had an argument with the hubby, not something we do often but when we do it's always spectacular, so I went and comfort shopped at dymocks.com.au Won't get them till next year, but I feel a little bit better, so I'm happy. The fact he's buggered off out of the house could have something to do with it too.🤔#SmileItsBookmas

Today's #BookMail is two #blameitonlitsy purchases. All the Rage is about a girl who's raped by the sherrifs son. No one wants to believe her until another girl goes missing. Before The Feast is about the evening before the feast in Furstenfelde, a mix of myth & mischief.I tried to get a hardback copy, that cover is gorgeous, but they only had the paperback. Also there's the new bookdepository.com bookmarks, designed by customers.#SmileItsBookmas

Today's #BookMail is this fascinating nonfiction book about the year between August1969 & August1970 when America was on the verge of revolution. The country was full of protests, anger at the Vietnam war, the My Lai massacre, and the death of students at the hands of the National Guard. It was also the year of Woodstock, of the Black Panthers & bombings across the country. Cannot wait to dive into this. #SmileItsBookmas🎄