Litsy

Hit 10,000 today!!

I know this is low compared to some of you (looking at you @DebinHawaii 😂) but I‘m happy to be a part of this community!

Here‘s to 10,000 more!

BookmarkTavern Congrats! 🎉🎉🎉 3w

IuliaC To many more thousands! 🎉 3w

DebinHawaii Hah! 😆 10,000 is huge! 🎉🎉📚📚📚🎉🎉 Congratulations & here‘s to many more! 3w

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lil1inblue Congrats! 💫 🎉 💫 3w

Ruthiella Congratulations! 🥳🥳🥳 3w

dabbe #yahooyou! 🥳🎉🥳 3w

Librarybelle Congratulations! 3w

BarbaraBB Congratulations! I am happy to have met you here 🤍 3w

Kitta @BookmarkTavern @IuliaC @DebinHawaii @lil1inblue @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB thank you all!! 3w

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Fortifiedbybooks

The First Pillar (Everville, #1) | Roy Huff

bailed

#HailTheBail I'm starting to think that all the free ebooks I've collected over the years and finally getting around to reading are duds. This was my #DoubleSpin for March and with it goes the 2nd and 3rd books of the Everville series that were also on my TBR.

dabbe #yahooyou! #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

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sebrittainclark

Paladin's Faith | T. Kingfisher

I had a great reading month in February and managed to get 4 bingos!

#bookspin #doublebookspin #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

Blackink_WhitePaper What a fabulous book journal !!! great way to keep track of your reads. well done 👏 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Yay!! Fantastic month!! 2mo

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Read4life

Fates and Furies: A Novel | Lauren Groff

Another good month for my challenges and buddy reads. I didn‘t finish two of my rolled #Roll100 books but The Goldfinch is one of my March #ReadOrDonate books. At 800+ pages I‘ve started it now.
#AuthorAMonth #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #TBRtarot #Roll100 #ReadOrDonate #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #LittensLoveRomance #LitsyLoveReads #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #NancyDrewBR #childrensclassicread2024

Soubhiville, Cuilin, TheBookHippie, Librarybelle, StayCurious, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, CBee, dabbe, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, julieclair

Librarybelle A great month indeed! Congratulations! 2mo

Cuilin What a fabulous month!!! 🎉 2mo

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩🤩🤩 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Fantastic progress!! 2mo

julieclair Great month! 👍 2mo

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TheSpineView

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I'm so excited! I blacked out January's #BookSpin bingo board! This has only happened one other time. Wahoo!!! 🥳🥳🥳

@TheAromaofBooks

dabbe #yahooyou! 🤩 3mo

TheSpineView @dabbe Thanks! 3mo

Read4life Fantastic 💙💙 3mo

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Monica5 Wow😮😮 3mo

TheAromaofBooks YAY!!! Amazing way to kick off the year!!! 3mo

rabbitprincess Nice!! 3mo

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Cuilin

Homebody: A Guide to Creating Spaces You Never Want to Leave | Joanna Gaines

I did a thing. I ventured out this weekend to see my daughter in Providence. We went to the Athenæum and then to Aleppo Sweets for some Arabic coffee with cardamom and of course some baklava. The Athenæum had a sale so I got 6 books for less than $10!!! No anxiety. It was lovely.

batsy That sounds lovely. Baklava + books 👌🏾 3mo

Bookwomble Sounds so relaxing and nurturing 💖 3mo

IndoorDame Oooh, Ive always wanted to go and just never gotten around to it even though I live right near there! 3mo

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Bklover What a wonderful day! 3mo

Cuilin @batsy perfect combo! 🩷 3mo

Cuilin @Bookwomble it really was. 🩷 3mo

Cuilin @IndoorDame I recommend. It‘s a beautiful space. Have you been to the library on Nantucket? It reminded me of that. (edited) 3mo

Cuilin @Bklover delightful 🩷 3mo

IndoorDame @Cuilin no. I actually haven‘t been out to Nantucket at all since I was a girl, before I lived in the area. I used to go as a tourist to visit family friends. 3mo

dabbe #yahooyou! Looks like a lovely trip. 🖤🩶🖤 3mo

mom2bugnbee Providence, RI? If so, my daughter goes to college 30 mins away & we will need to visit next time I'm visiting her! 3mo

Cuilin @dabbe 🩷 3mo

Cuilin @mom2bugnbee yes, it‘s lovely. 3mo

Tamra Wow, that sounds awesome! 3mo

kspenmoll I am so happy for you! Little steps. 3mo

Cuilin @Tamra it was 🩷 3mo

Cuilin @kspenmoll thank you 🫶 3mo

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dabbe

A Study in Scarlet | Arthur Conan Doyle

#NoPlaceLikeHolmes
#SherlockianDiscussion
QUESTION #1

Hello, Sherlockians~
Time for a little discussion about A STUDY IN SCARLET. I‘m not hiding the questions, so if you don‘t want to see them yet, don‘t look! 😃 There are 6 questions; respond whenever you wish! 🤩

erzascarletbookgasm, Cuilin, CogsOfEncouragement, AnneCecilie, Aimeesue, Librarybelle, mom2bugnbee, Read4life, StayCurious, CatLass007, Mollyanna, eeclayton, dabbe, IndoorDame, kelli7990, TheAromaofBooks, 5feet.of.fury, Tineke, Pageturner1, PageShifter, AllDebooks, AnnR, kimrenee, aroyse

Librarybelle I really liked the setup of the first part. It was good to hear the back story of how Watson met Holmes. The second half was a struggle - by the end, I understood why we had to know the beginning part of part two, but it took me awhile to get to that point. 3mo

Aimeesue The meeting was neat; it‘s been so long since I‘ve read this one, I‘d forgotten how they got together. I‘d also forgotten he worked in a chem lab, experimenting all over the place. 3mo

5feet.of.fury @Librarybelle same. 3mo

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Read4life It was great going back to the beginning. 3mo

IndoorDame I loved that this opened with Watson‘s whole backstory before we even meet Sherlock. And I enjoyed the first glimpses into Sherlock‘s persona and his relationship with Watson starting to build. 3mo

CatLass007 This is the first Holmes I‘ve ever read and I don‘t know why it took me so long to get here. I begin to understand why Holmes and Watson are so beloved to readers. 3mo

aroyse It‘s been years since I‘ve read a Holmes! I love that Watson isn‘t sure at first what to make of Holmes and even thinks he‘s a little full of himself. And Holmes‘ army of street boys - love them!! They are the eyes and ears of the streets. 3mo

kelli7990 I tried reading Sherlock Holmes a long time ago as an ebook and I didn‘t like it that way so I decided to listen to it on audio instead. I wasn‘t sure if I was going to like it at first but I decided to keep going with the story and I liked it. 3mo

TheAromaofBooks I've never read any of the Holmes stories before, so I wasn't sure what to expect. I ended up enjoying it (with some reservations). It was a fun, engaging read. Ironically, it was the mystery that I found to be a little lacking haha 3mo

AnneCecilie This was the first Sherlock I ever read, but I have had intentions to ever since I bought The Complete Sherlock Holmes back in 2017. I loved reading about how they met, it reminded me very much of the BBC production. I felt completely lost during the first half of the second part, even if it did make sense in the end. 3mo

erzascarletbookgasm I liked the beginning..introduction of Dr Watson, and how he got to meet Holmes. 3mo

Pageturner1 i liked this. enjoyed learning about the friendship. 3mo

eeclayton For me this was a re-read. I enjoyed the first part more than the second, but the switch wasn't as jarring as the first time around. @TheAromaofBooks I too felt that the character studies were way more entertaining than the mystery! 3mo

CogsOfEncouragement I read this nine years ago, I've seen the Sherlock episode, and I listened to the audiobook for this reread. I really enjoyed it. Part two seems to come out of nowhere, but I appreciate the unique way Doyle had the mystery unfold. 3mo

dabbe @Librarybelle Yeah, the 2nd part could probably have read as its own novel. Even the writing style and narrator were quite different and took some getting used to. 🤗 3mo

dabbe @Aimeesue Or that he'd hit corpses to see how the blood congealed. 😳 3mo

dabbe @5feet.of.fury 🤗 3mo

dabbe @Read4life 🤗 3mo

dabbe @IndoorDame I loved how they instantly shared their bad traits and seemed to have instant karma. 🤗 3mo

dabbe @CatLass007 Oh how they will grow on you the more we read! 🤗 3mo

dabbe @aroyse I love the list he makes of Holmes re: his good and bad traits. I also forgot that Holmes knows NOTHING about literature but EVERYTHING about sensational literature! 🤗 3mo

dabbe @kelli7990 #yahooyou! IMHO this is not the best of the stories/novels. So, hang in there because some really good ones are coming up! 🤗 3mo

dabbe @TheAromaofBooks It was pretty much a straight revenge story and arguably not his best. Greater stories are coming! 🤗 3mo

dabbe @AnneCecilie The 2nd part was such a turn from the 1st. It almost read like a history book, didn't it? 🤗 3mo

dabbe @erzascarletbookgasm 🤗 3mo

dabbe @Pageturner1 🤗 3mo

dabbe @eeclayton Agreed. That's what makes these characters so beloved; we will really get to know them as the canon unfolds. 🤗 3mo

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement It's almost like each part were completely separate rivers that come together in the ocean at the end. 🤗 3mo

CatLass007 @dabbe Rivers coming to the ocean. I like that. It‘s very poetic. 3mo

CrystalE02 I loved the book!!! I felt like the first part was interesting and a great read, I did struggle with second part. I did enjoy the book and the characters. I enjoyed reading Sherlock's interaction with the cases and the other characters. 3mo

AllDebooks It's the first time I've read this one. I absolutely loved it, especially the second half. 3mo

dabbe @CatLass007 🤩🤗😍 3mo

dabbe @CrystalE02 It only gets better from here! 🤩 3mo

dabbe @AllDebooks That's great to hear! Do you enjoy historical fiction--because that's how the 2nd part unfolded for me. 🤗 3mo

mom2bugnbee I've read them before, but it's been some time, and since then I've become a HUGE fan of the Cumberbatch/Freeman BBC series. I loved comparing the two! 3mo

dabbe @mom2bugnbee I adore that series! So creative and, well, there's Benedict! 🤩 3mo

Mollyanna I am way behind on our readings and just finished this book a week or so ago. I really enjoyed it and loved seeing how Dr. Watson and Holmes originally connected. 2mo

dabbe @Mollyanna Absolutely no worries! Read when you can! It is fun to see how they originally met and basically sized each other up to see if they were fit to be roommates. The best roommate pairing in literature (IMHO). 🤩 2mo

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Read4life

The Rescuers | Margery Sharp

A much better reading week for me last week. Several books I just loved!
#WeeklyUpdate
#NancyDrewBR #AuldLangSpine #ALSpine #BookSpin #childrensclassicread2024 #NaturaLitsy #NoPlaceLikeHolmes #SeriesLove2024 #LitsyLoveReads #DoubleSpin #ReadAway2024 #Roll100

Cuilin, TheBookHippie, DieAReader, Librarybelle, monalyisha, Andrew65, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, TheSpineView, dabbe, TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper, AllDebooks, KadaGul

TheBookHippie 💙 3mo

Cuilin Great week 🎉 3mo

TheSpineView Great job! 3mo

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Librarybelle Great reading week! 3mo

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 3mo

dabbe #yahooyou! 💜🤍💜 3mo

DieAReader 🥳Brilliant! 3mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 3mo

KadaGul @Read4life Did you finish Bromance Book Club? What did you think 🤔? 3mo

Read4life @KadaGul I loved it! I‘m definitely reading book 2! 3mo

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CindyMyLifeIsLit

Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

My total #WinterGames points for the month are 12,955! This has been a lot of fun, and I thank @dabbe for being an amazing, super-organized team leader! Also thanks to @Clwojick and @StayCurious for organizing this huge event. Yay #UglySweaterSquad for being the best team! Happy New Year, Littens!

dabbe #yahooyou! So glad to have you be a part of #USS! 🖤💙🖤 4mo

AnnR 🥳👏📚👍 4mo

Clwojick Great job! Thank you for participating! It's been a blast! 4mo

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BittersweetBooks

Demon Copperhead: A Novel | Barbara Kingsolver

My favorite 2023 reads! 📚

I read a total of 30 books this year. This is the fifth year in a row that I haven‘t met my reading goal, but that‘s okay. I still enjoy reading, which is the most important thing, and it‘s my favorite past time. My almost 2-year-old seems to enjoy books and reading just as much as me, which makes my heart so happy ❤️

But I have feeling 2024 is my year, and I might just meet my goal again!

ChaoticMissAdventures I always like to say it isn't the number but the quality. As long as you are picking up books you love to read you are winning! And 30 is so much more than most people. That is over 2 a month! Some people don't read 2 a year 4mo

dabbe #ditto what @ChaoticMissAdventures said. You came, you saw, you read! #yahooyou! 🖤💙🖤 4mo

BittersweetBooks @ChaoticMissAdventures @dabbe thank you both for the reminder!! 😊 4mo

dabbe @BittersweetBooks 🤩😍🤗 4mo

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