Litsy

JessieKB

Untitled | Untitled

Happy mail!!!!🧡🎃🖤#allhallowsread @julieclair Thank you!!!!#daymade

julieclair Yay! So glad it arrived safe and sound. I hope you love it! 🎃👻🎃🧡 6mo

14 likes1 comment

AllDebooks

All My Wild Mothers: A Memoir of Motherhood, Loss and an Apothecary Garden | Victoria Bennett

How exciting when the author of your book follows you and shares your post in their stories!!!
#daymade #newfriend

Cinfhen Nice!! 8mo

IndoorDame Super exciting!!!!! 8mo

CSeydel Wow! 8mo

25 likes3 comments

AllDebooks

Pride and Prejudice | Jane Austen

I have a baby #pemberlitten 😍 Introduced my youngest daughter, now 15 to Joe Wright's film. She completely rooted for Darcy from the get go. Got to the end scene & her words were 'yes lad, get a ring on it!!!' 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

#daymade #soproud #teenspeak

LeahBergen Atta girl! 😆 1y

Ruthiella 😂😂😂 1y

batsy Love it 😂 1y

Meshell1313 🙌 1y

41 likes4 comments

AllDebooks

The Almanac: a Seasonal Guide To 2023 | Lia Leendertz

Here's what I've been thinking about reading plans for next year 🤔 What would we like to do as a group?
I've thought of a nature writing challenge, broken down into seasons with 4 prompts for each season. These books can be fiction, non-fiction, poetry. Your choice to fit the prompt.
We can just continue with the bi-monthly buddy reads.
OR, if you're really keen we can do both.
Let me know your thoughts please by picking choice 1, 2 or 3.

AllDebooks @wordslinger42 @Mitch @MelisK @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @rockpools @Chrissyreadit @ravenlee @Blackink_WhitePaper @BookwormAHN @Deblovestoread @MilesnMelodies @Graywacke @Dilara @jenniferw88 @ErinSueMreads @Chelsea.Poole @Ann_Reads @TheBookHippie @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @jlhammar @LeeRHarry @Soubhiville

2y

TheBookHippie 3 2y

MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm 3! ❤️ 2y

See All 32 Comments

wanderinglynn Ooh, I‘d like to join for 2023! I don‘t know how I‘ve missed this. My vote would be 2 (I‘m awful at buddy reads) 2y

Deblovestoread 3 2y

jenniferw88 Changed my mind 🤣 2! 2y

Chrissyreadit I will work with whatever I can - love this! 2y

jlhammar I'd vote to keep the bi-monthly group read as we're doing currently with the Simard book, but adding in a seasonal reading challenge does sound kind of fun. So I guess I'd go with 1 or 3. I'm really good with whatever. 2y

Graywacke 1 (works well for me. But I‘m flexible. 🙂) 2y

AllDebooks Don't forget a good choice of book can fit several categories and it's not cheating 😅 so don't feel overwhelmed. 2y

AllDebooks 3 2y

AnnR I'm not really sure. I'd probably do the bimonthly buddy read or the seasonal challenge, but not both. I do really like the flexibility of the challenge, being able to pick the books to fit the prompts. Maybe I'm leaning toward option 2 then. (edited) 2y

AllDebooks @wanderinglynn it's relatively new group. We started our 1st readalong on Monday. Let me know if you want adding to the Nov/Dec readalong. Thanks for joining us 2y

BookwormAHN 3 😺 2y

AllDebooks @Ann_Reads I know what you mean. You can always drop in and out of buddy reads. I purposefully left the prompts at a small number. My FB nature group has 45 prompts, even I'm struggling to fill them before the end of year!!! 2y

AnnR @AllDebooks Thanks. 🙂 That's probably what I'd do depending on the book chosen, as I'm really enjoying our current buddy read. Would the buddy read book also be allowed for the challenge, if it fit one of the prompts?
Wishing you good luck finishing the remainder of your FB challenge. I could not finish 45 prompts. Wow! That's a lot of reading for one year. 👏 2y

AllDebooks @Ann_Reads Absolutely they'll count. I was thinking of adding a prompt of your own choice, for each quarter. So that might help to shoehorn one in 😅 2y

Chelsea.Poole I‘m good with anything..I‘ll join in as I am able. I am enjoying the pace of the current buddy read…spreading it out over two months suits me! 2y

Blackink_WhitePaper I am currently enjoying my buddy read. But it depends on the choices of book. 2 sounds good too. In that way we get to know many books. So I am going with option 3 😛😊 2y

AllDebooks You guys 😍 I'm sitting here nibbling my nails with imposter syndrome, thinking no-one is gonna be interested. 🤯😅 Thank you so much #daymade 😊 2y

ravenlee I‘m going with 3 - with the understanding that we all drop in and out as scheduled and interest allow. 2y

Soubhiville I‘d be happy to join both as time allows. 😊 2y

AllDebooks @ravenlee my goal is to make it all as informal and flexible as possible. No commitments required. We all have busy lives to manage. Hopefully this will be a fun place to relax among like-minded people. X 2y

Riveted_Reader_Melissa I like all of thee above!! 2y

rockpools Always find a reading challenge hard to resist! I enjoy buddy reads - reading something I might not have considered, with the group. But I‘m really not great at scheduled reading, so probably wouldn‘t join in each month. 2 or 3 would be great for me. 2y

LeeRHarry Option 3 sounds good to me 😊 2y

wordslinger42 I think both could be fun! I'll have to see how much I can join in. Work has become crazy 😆 2y

AllDebooks Thank you all for wonderful comments. I'll wait a few more days for @Mitch @MelisK @MilesnMelodies @Dilara and @ErinSueMreads to have a say if they wish. I'll post an update later next week 😊 2y

Erinsuereads I like option 1 2y

AllDebooks @ErinSueMreads thank you, noted 2y

Mitch I‘m happy for 3! But I might dip in and out of the seasons - summer is never a great reading time for me! 2y

AllDebooks @Mitch Great, thanks for voting 😊 2y

31 likes1 stack add32 comments

TheAromaofBooks

Start Spinning | Maggie Casey

Good morning, everyone! The moment you have all been waiting for!! Our official #BookSpin number is NINETEEN!! Our official #DoubleSpin number is THREE!! 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!!!

My tagging/tracking system has changed this year, so if you didn't get tagged PLEASE let me know so I can add you to the ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) (semi) permanent tag list!! (I will post a final comment when I finish posting tags.)

Below are a few housekeeping items that I would really appreciate if you took a few moments to read. As always, my new masterpost about both #BookSpin & #BookSpinBingo can be found on my blog - https://thearomaofbooks.wordpress.com/bookspin-bookspinbingo-litsy-challenge - & this link is always available in my profile as well.

⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks 1. Remember, this is a no-pressure challenge!! You can read one or both of these books. You can bail on them. You can bail on the whole challenge and try again next month. Whatever works!! This is supposed to be fun not stressful!! ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks 2. I do have a giveaway at the end of the year. Every BookSpin or DoubleSpin book completed counts as an entry!! In the past, I have tracked these myself, but for 2022 YOU are in charge of tracking your own entries!! To help with this process, I have created a Google Form that can be found here - https://forms.gle/X57ePKzuHpsqLjE5A - You can use this Form two different ways: You can update it throughout the year OR you can wait and fill in ⬇ 2y

See All 63 Comments

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) all the information at the end of the year. If you want to be entered in the giveaway you MUST use this form. However, if you do NOT want to be entered in the giveaway but still want to use the form for organizational purposes, I have set it up so that the personal info/address blank is OPTIONAL - so you can use the form without submitting your name/address. If you do not care about the giveaway you do NOT have to use this form at all ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) There is more information about how the form works when you click on the link and go to the form because I LOVE overexplaining things!!! You are also ALWAYS welcome to ask me questions!!

4. Even though I don't HAVE to see your reviews I love reading them!! So please feel free to tag me in any and all BookSpin reivews!!

5. For the giveaway, DNFs do count!! The goal for #BookSpin is to get a book off your TBR, so if you decide not to ⬇
2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) finish it, it's still off the TBR and still counts as a completion in my book!!

6. If you do not finish your #BookSpin/#DoubleSpin book this month it is STILL ELIGIBLE for a giveaway entry as long as you complete it sometime in 2022!! There is space in the form for you both to put down what book you are SUPPOSED to read & then to check off which books you DID read! ⬇
2y

TheAromaofBooks 7. Everyone is welcome to join this challenge!! If you wanted tagged & I missed you, it was completely inadvertent!! Please just let me know that you want to be added to the tag list. You can also let me know if you want to be removed - no hard feelings!! Feel free to jump in & out of this challenge as needed. Also, obviously, getting tagged doesn't mean you HAVE to actually participate!!

⬇
2y

TheAromaofBooks 8 & final (FINALLY) - While I don't have time to reply to all of the comments to this post, I do read every one and love seeing which books got picked for you!! I do respond to any direct questions or confusion, so please feel free to ask away if something doesn't make sense or you need some clarifications. Thank you all so much for your enthusiasm, and happy reading!!! 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Mollyanna @TheLudicReader @kellyann28 @rsteve388 @rabbitprincess @Elizabeth2 @Addison_Reads @Traci1 @bookandbedandtea @MatchlessMarie @MrsReads1 @Smarkies @vlwelser @Lovesbooks87 @TheKidUpstairs @candc320 @Bookwormjillk @bthegood @Allylu @JenReadsAlot @Suet624 2y

TheAromaofBooks @megnews @BarkingMadRun @Kangaj1 @katiekat311 @MittenGirlPeach @BookNAround @AmyG
@IndoorDame @Gissy @Chili @tdrosebud @Kristelh @wideeyedreader @Laughterhp @Chelsea.Poole @erinreads @Lizpixie @IamIamIam @OriginalCyn620 @La_Cori @Bookgoil @Cinfhen @Jari-Chan
2y

TheAromaofBooks @galueth28 @Chrissyreadit @Lollymya @vonnie862 @Nessavamusic @Librarybelle @bekakins @HufflepuffGirl90 @RaeLovesToRead @FantasyChick @UnidragonFrag @Nelnjali @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Charityann @Bookworm54 @LibrarianRyan @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick @kwmg40 @Daisey @JackOBotts @claudiuo @MehoLovesReading @sprainedbrain @wordslinger42 @staci.reads @DrexEdit @Johanna414 @SusanLee @llwheeler @Pigpen_reads @AUDIOBOOKINGWITHLEAH @rmaclean4 2y

TheAromaofBooks @peanutnine @MallenNC @Megabooks @5280reader @AFrostCauseReads @JamieArc @AmyK1 @HeyT
@Skygoddess1 @CoverToCoverGirl @Coffeymuse @ImperfectCJ @Lcsmcat @Nutmegnc @Hestapleton @sebrittainclark @MeganAnn @CaitZ @BookwormAHN @Kdgordon88 @AnneCecilie

2y

TheAromaofBooks @LiteraryinLawrence @BeckyWithTheGoodBooks @ferskner @Read4life @ravenlee @Roary47 @michellelav @Annie1215 @Littlewolf1 @Prairiegirl_reading @Allydanielle88 @Jess861 @hissingpotatoes
@DivineDiana @Scochrane26 @Simona @BarbaraBB @nitalibrarian @dainarmb @MaleficentBookDragon
2y

TheAromaofBooks @RainyDayReading @rockpools @Caterina @aperfectmjk @melissajayne @TheEllieMo @PuddleJumper @mrp27 @candority @ncsufoxes @eeclayton @NikkiM5 @dgingo @keys_on_fire @Bookzombie @marleed @BooksNBowls @tokorowilliamwallace @Jadams1776 @PandaPanda @Julsmarshall 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Hooked_on_books @Sresendez12 @Bklover @j9brown @Crazeedi @Grrlbrarian @Catsandbooks @CarolynM @nocto @BarbaraJean @BookDadGirlDad @LeafingThroughLife @Zoes_Human @SpookyMazeOfBooks @Butterfinger @behudd @Riveted_Reader_Melissa @Soubhiville @wanderinglynn 2y

TheAromaofBooks @thegreensofa @Clare-Dragonfly @maich @cwarnier @Singout @LeslieO @guinsgirlreads @Tera66
@JoeMo @ozma.of.oz @Eggs @Amandajoy @jessjess @Zuhkeeyah @Sargar114 @CloakNQuill @robinb @magyklyXdelish @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Mskt6891 @BkClubCare @Lesanne @Lauram @Kenziejo
2y

TheAromaofBooks @TiminCalifornia @mrsmarch @FelinesAndFelonies @KatieB @jb72 @Clwojick @LeticiaToraci @thebluestocking @triplem80 @I.beStef @Larkken @TheDaysGoBy @LitTraveler @DieAReader
@CoffeeNBooks @Ash.on.the.line @britt_reads @sarahbellum @corireadslife @backlistreader
2y

claudiuo Thank you so much! Just what I was thinking about!
[Edit] Earlier when I posted I was just happy that we have the numbers, this is really the highlight of each month's beginning for me. Now that I actually had a chance to look at the books behind these numbers... Wow! Both are books I started way back and read on and off, only a couple chapters left in each. Oh, the serendipity! The Beekeeper's Apprentice and The Stone Sky! (edited) 2y

TheAromaofBooks @sweetkokoro @swynn @EadieB @Monica5 @BayouGirl85 @mjdowens @Susanita @marmie7 @EH2018 @faelinwolf @Argon @Bookishlie @shanaqui @UwannaPublishme @Leftcoastzen @AsYouWish @Leanne.clark @Kaylamburson @DogMomIrene @Bits @BekahPat @VeganCleopatra 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Yuki_Onna @crazyspine @Sarahreadstoomuch @bibliobard @EliNeedsMoreShelves @jmtrivera @BookishGirl06 @ChasingOm @Kelly326 @LaraReads @merelybookish @cewilf @4thhouseontheleft @GinaKButler @GirlNamedJesse @bkwrm7 @Caryl @coffees @tineke @Weisubei 2y

TheAromaofBooks @Blackink_WhitePaper @kimmypete1 @ChaoticMissAdventures @AshleyHoss820 @mollyrotondo @Enchanted_Bibliophile @Chelsey_5 @CSeydel @fredthemoose @rham @julieclair @TheBookAddict @CBee @Bookjunkie57 @Ciara_Rosey @Liz_M @myellenbee @AmandaBlaze @sherrisilvera @meglynn86 2y

Librarybelle Yay! I have Death in Bloom and Magick & Mayhem! 2y

TheAromaofBooks @laurelchandler @Read-y_Picker @kimberlone @AllDebooks @paperwitchs @hes7

That is the entire tag list!! If you haven't been tagged and wish to be (or have been tagged and want to not be haha) please just let me know!! 2y

mollyrotondo Yayyy! Thank you! Mine are Black Chalk and Our Darkest Night! 2y

Liz_M Yes!!!!! 2y

mrsmarch I sat down to have a muffin and coffee before starting the morning and saw I was tagged by you in a post and literally exclaimed, “Oooo!” Thank you for brightening my day! 2y

sprainedbrain I actually sort of love that my BookSpin and doublespin are both books I probably would have otherwise sacrificed if I had to cut some. I will read them for sure now! 2y

jimfields3 Will you please tag me going forward? I‘m committed to participating. 😇 2y

TheAromaofBooks @mrsmarch - ❤❤❤ 2y

Clare-Dragonfly Yay!!!! Mine are the next Sandman book and the next Caitlin Doughty!

From Here to Eternity

bookandbedandtea Yay! 2y

TheAromaofBooks @jimfields3 - Absolutely!!! I added you to the list!! 2y

rockpools If I didn‘t know better, I‘d think you‘d done that deliberately! For my bookspin, I‘ll be reading something that I‘m not sure is my thing: I‘ll be finishing The Books of Jacob. It‘s a HUGE chunkster, so all of my free spaces will probably be filled by this one as well! My doublespin will be the 3rd book from the left on the International Booker Prize longlist when it‘s published next week. 2y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick One Summer in Santorini that's been on my Kindle since July 2020 and Split-Second Courage, by a local author who my niece helps with social media & video editing. 2y

Kangaj1 The Adventures of a Girl Called Bicycle and The Survivors! 2y

AllDebooks Yes 🙌 I've got a Margaret Atwood (Hagseed) #daymade 2y

IamIamIam Whoo hoo! I've got The Last Four Days of Paddy Buckley (BS) and Pygmy by Palahniuk (DS). 😁 2y

Sargar114 I‘m so excited because I finally have an overlap with a buddy read! My Bookspin is Our Violent Ends (buddy read, yay) and my doublespin is The Vanishing Half 2y

staci.reads BS is tagged and DS is The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks. Excited for these!

Fight Night

Suet624 Yippee! I get to read Sinead O‘Connors‘s new book.

Rememberings

MeganAnn I guess I‘m reading middle grade books this month as both my bookspin and doublespin ended up being the two spots I wrote down for MG choices! 😆 What are the odds?! 2y

CaitZ Mine are Murder in an Irish Village and Nefertiti 2y

marleed I prioritize but BS and DS every month with a typical goal to read all 20 books on my list. I include some new library holds hoping they‘ll drop while allowing my eyes to wonder from my own damn shelves. This is the first time both BS and DS are new and unowned books! BS - The Club. DS - One Night on the Island 2y

CSeydel Thank you thank you! My bookspin is Ten Women by Marcela Serrano, and DS is Between Shades of Grey by Ruth Sepetys. Can‘t wait! 2y

robinb Yay!! I've got Skyhunter and Sworn to Silence! Thanks Sarah! 2y

Deblovestoread BookSpin is Murder on St Mark‘s Place and DoubleSpin is

Luck of the Titanic

Lcsmcat I got

Secrets of a Fire King

vlwelser My bookspin is a rando Netgalley backlog. And my doublespin is this which overlaps with #authoramonth

The Island of Sea Women: A Novel

BarbaraJean Woohoo!! My #BookSpin (tagged) is from my physical TBR and is on my list for #MiddleGradeMarchThroughTime, and my #DoubleSpin (The Crossover by Kwame Alexander) is from my #NewYearWhoDis list. 😊

One More River

BarbaraJean @MeganAnn I love that both yours ended up being middle grade books… it is Middle Grade March, after all! 2y

Clwojick Woohoo! 2y

BookmarkTavern Yay! 2y

Bookzombie My BS is Bridge to Terabithia and my DS is Bellweather Rhapsody. 🙂 2y

AshleyHoss820 Nice!! My BookSpin is a GoodReads TBR and my Double BookSpin is a 1,001 book (A-H)! When I make my choices I‘ll make a post! 😊 I‘m still plugging away on February‘s Double BookSpin. 2y

Singout Thank you! Mine is Wife of the Gods, a Ghanaian book I can use for both #ReadingAfrica2022 and #Booked2022 religion. 2y

BeckyWithTheGoodBooks My BS is Verity by Colleen Hoover and my DS is Daisy Jones & the Six by TJR. 2y

coffees I got lucky again 😂 a graphic novel and manga of my choice 😎 2y

i.besteph Hi! Can you please tag me too in the bookspin posts? Thanks 2y

TheAromaofBooks @i.besteph - Sorry about that!!! I updated your username by taking out the extra dot, but somehow didn't change the stef to steph!!! I think it should be fixed now!! 2y

i.besteph @TheAromaofBooks oh hahaha thanks for that! Sorry for the inconvenience 😅 2y

TheAromaofBooks @i.besteph - No worries, you totally told me your username changed, I just didn't read it right 😂 We're on the right course now!! 2y

i.besteph @TheAromaofBooks awesome! Tysm 🥰♥️ 2y

138 likes63 comments

erinreads

A Ladder to the Sky | John Boyne

I see you, John Boyne! #daymade

JessNevertheless Omg love the quote 😂😂 6y

Reviewsbylola 😍😍😍 #starstruck 6y

83 likes2 comments

Patrella

Dumplin' | Julie Murphy

So, my bestie @bookdrunkard78 won a contest from #juliemurphy. OMG, you guys! OMG! I can't even! You don't understand! Authors are my rock stars! She signed them to Patrella! I'm on cloud nine! #authorsaremyrockstars #daymade #amazed

13 likes

TheWordJar

The Secret Garden | Frances Hodgson Burnett, Jan Fields

“I have to see Colin Firth in another movie adaptation of a book I love? Oh no, please, anything but that!” she says, not meaning a word of it. #daymade (Thanks to @bookriot for the update!)

48 likes