How lovely! 😍 A treat for my fellow #VirginiaBloomsberries

A new story from Deborah Levy, drawing inspiration from Virginia Woolf's Mrs Dalloway.

https://observer.co.uk/culture/books/article/journey-to-the-temple-a-new-story-i...

#MidsummerSolace #FridayNightShare

Let's swap our favourite reads to relax or calm us. It's been a stressful week in world events, never mind what's going on in our own lives.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

#MidsummerSolace

This world rn is too much. Thankfully, we have Litsy to soothe our 💔 What are you doing to find solace and comfort?
Please share your tips on coping.

My tips
❤️‍🩹Don't be afraid to ask for help.
❤️‍🩹 Check news once daily. Less if it's too much.
❤️‍🩹 Look for the hope stories, the helpers, the fighters, the resisters, and the champions.
❤️‍🩹 Distract yourself with your favourite pastimes.
❤️‍🩹 Be in the company of others.

#MidsummerSolace #TimeforTea

Sunny snuggles with the ginger one while sipping herbal tea and reading the tagged.

#MidsummerSolace #TimeforTea

It's time for a weekly catch-up. I hope you are all well and have had a good 2025 so far.

🍵 How are you?
🍵 Any summer plans?
🍵 Do you have good recommendations for books/movies/tv/games/apps?

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

#MidsummerSolace

I'll post a little prompt every Monday to remind ourselves to take care of ourselves and each other.

Have a great week. 🌞

#MondayMoments

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

#HyggeHour shall be upon us soon. Enjoy your relaxing hour, whatever your plans.
I will be starting the #MidsummerSolace #buddyread The Summer Book by Tove Jansson, possibly with a G&T. 🌞🍸🌞

#MidsummerSolace

Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.

All are welcome to join in. No topics are off the table. This is a safe place to share your thoughts, feelings, plans, and experiences. Just as you would with a friend in the real world.

Wishing you all a fab weekend. 🌞

❤️ It's so lovely to see #Chatterday posts already in my feed .❤️

As I said, all are welcome @Graywacke @andrew61 @DaveGreen7777 @tiedyedude @Andrew65 @

#MidsummerSolace

#Fridaynightshare is back. Here's where we stack up the tbr pile. 📚📚📚
Let us know your favourite summer read this year. It can be fiction or non-fiction.
Comment on here or post pics with your recommendations.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Our #MidsummerSolace author, Tove Jansson, is renowned for the Moomins. Brooklyn Public Library has an exhibition to celebrate 80 years of Moomin stories.

https://news.artnet.com/art-world/the-moomins-brooklyn-library-2647363

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Check @Chrissyreadit page for her post on creating a #MidsummerSolace bucket list detailing your plans for the summer.

Original post- https://litsy.com/p/M2duakhPZzVI

@TheBookHippie

The June prompt for #BookedinTime is Australian colonies 1800s. I have chosen Kate Grenville's exploration of what it means to her to be descended from colonisers.

@Cuilin @dabbe

#MidsummerSolace

I absolutely adore this. What perfect advice on how to live a life.

Artist - Grant Snider (Thanks @Faranae 😊)

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

#MidsummerSolace #TimeforTea

It's time for a weekly catch-up. I hope you are all well and have had a good 2025 so far.

🍵 How are you?
🍵 Any summer plans?
🍵 Do you have good recommendations for books/movies/tv/games/apps?

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

#MidsummerSolace

I'll post a little prompt every Monday to remind ourselves to take care of ourselves and each other.

Have a great week. 🌞

#MondayMoments

#HyggeHour readathon started out as a weekly reset during a #MidwinterSolace event. A great idea from Chrissy that proved so popular we kept it running as a weekly event.

Will you be joining us tonight to get cosy and snuggle down with books and snacks. Post pics and tag us.

@Chrissyreadit @thebookhippie

Hello again, my #LitSolace friends. 🌞 Are you ready for our month long summer event? #MidsummerSolace
Join us for the usual round of chat, connection, mindfulness, games, and books. All are welcome. 🌞

Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

Buddy reads - tagged and/or Tove Jansson's The summer book.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @LitsyEvents

#VirginiaBloomsberries May discussion thread

🙋‍♀️ Full disclosure- I haven't finished this yet. This month has completely run away from me.

📖 Did you enjoy this essay collection?
📖 What were the main points raised by VW?
📖 Did you agree with her points?

All welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

#NaturaLitsy May read discussion thread.

🍎 Did you enjoy the multi-layered stories throughout?

🍏 Which era did you enjoy most?

🍎 Did you enjoy this reading experience following the same setting through different characters?

🍏 How did the house and its remote location affect the residents?

🍎 How does Mason bring the local flora/fauna into the novel?

🍏 Do you think the catamount has any hidden meaning?

All welcome to join in the chat.

Happy #Chatterday ☕️

Grab a coffee and drop by to catch up with each other's news and plans. Do you have any recommendations for us?

All are welcome to join in. ☕️

Play ☕️ Tag ☕️ Share

@kspenmoll @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle @dabbe @Cuilin @Susanita @Eggs @BarkingMadRead

Blimey, this debut novel is great so far. I'm obsessed with gothic tales, and this sounds amazing. It's a retelling of Carmilla, the novella that inspired Bram Stoker to write Dracula.
I can't stop reading! 🖤 🧛‍♀️🖤

I'm joining Gina Martin's book club starting on 2nd June. Are you interested in feminism, gender and masculinity? Check out her IG or Substack for more details.
#Readalong
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKOhJrvzEvM/?igsh=MWwxdjJ5dDQ4dDN5cg==

#14booksin14weeks @Liz_M

Week 1 - My 1st book choice is also #NaturaLitsy May #buddyread 📚🌞📚 I purposefully saved it for spring break week, before the discussion on Saturday. I'm so glad I did, as I'm utterly enraptured with these stories of one place across centuries.

We have 2 titles to choose from for our #MidsummerSolace #buddyread 🌞📚🌞
These are intended to be very relaxed, read at your own pace.
Poppy Okotcha's memoir of changing seasons in her garden and her relationship with nature sounds fascinating. I am aware that this title is not available in the US until the end of June. I'm happy to continue the #buddyread into July and August, if you want to join in.
⬇️ cont.

@Litsyevents

Our #VirginiaBloomsberries June #buddyread is Harriet Baker's 2024 group biography of VW, Sylvia Townsend Warner and Rosamund Lehmann, observing how their lives were changed by their move to the country.
https://mirandasnotebook.com/blog/harrietbaker

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

Our #NaturaLitsy June #buddyread is Dr Edith Widder's 2021 exploration of our deep seas and her groundbreaking research. I'm really excited for this one.

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@LitsyEvents

Join us between 8-9 pm (your time) for an hour of communal peace and quiet. Or thrash to heavy metal in fluffy socks for an hour, 🎸 whatever floats your boat and helps you relax. 😌

#HyggeHour readathon

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Happy #Chatterday ☕️

Grab a coffee and drop by to catch up with each other's news and plans. Do you have any recommendations for us?

All are welcome to join in. ☕️

Play ☕️ Tag ☕️ Share

@kspenmoll @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle @dabbe @Cuilin

Almost time for our favourite time of the week. Join us for a quiet hour to relax jn our communal #HyggeHour readathon.
All are welcome to join us.

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

#Chatterday #Happyday 🌞

Sat in the sun, in between garden chores, plotting my Hags Herbarium. 🧙‍♀️🌻🌹🌼

Good morning. 🌞 Happy #Chatterday ☕️

Grab a coffee and drop by to catch up with each other's news and plans. Do you have any recommendations for us?

All are welcome to join in. ☕️

Play ☕️ Tag ☕️ Share

@kspenmoll @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle @dabbe @Cuilin

My selection of audiobooks and ebooks to make my #14books14weeks
Are you joining in?

Here's my stack of summer reading books.📚 🌞📚
I'm participating in the summer event hosted by @Liz_M #14books14weeks 🌞 I have 9 physical books pulled from my dusty bookshelf and 5 on audio or Kindle (see next post)

If you're interested, please see her original post. https://litsy.com/p/Mktid1c0R01l

#MidsummerSolace #NaturaLitsy #SummerSolstice

@TheBookHippie has posted the signup for #SummerCardSwap 💚🌞💚

See her original post for more details. 😍📬

@Chrissyreadit

Another six months have flown by, and it will soon be time to start #MidSummerSolace 🌞 running from 1st to 30th June.

All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

Our relaxed #buddyreads are listed in the comments.

@LitsyEvents @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

Are you ready to join in our weekly #HyggeHourReadathon tonight, between 8-9pm?

Let us know your plans.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit

This was a good thriller, if predictable. The storyline is told by travelling back in time, which makes for an interesting viewpoint but is a stretch.

Happy #Chatterday

Today is mostly a rest day. 🌞📚☕️

What are your plans?

Happy #Chatterday ☕️

Grab a coffee and drop by to catch up with each other's news and plans. Do you have any recommendations for us?

All are welcome to join in. ☕️

Play ☕️ Tag ☕️ Share

@kspenmoll @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle @dabbe @Cuilin

Bookriot are starting a new series on reading and resistance. I can't wait to see their recommendations. I'm sure there will be a whole new stack to add alongside my sociopolitical reads. 📚📚📚

https://bookriot.com/introducing-reading-and-resistance-and-how-literature-has-a...

#Netgalley #NetGalleyGroup #Booktrovert

Oooh, a new consumer platform from Netgalley launches in June (UK).

https://www.thebookseller.com/news/netgalley-launches-new-consumer-marketing-pla...

I'm starting #HyggeHourReadathon early with my new book. It's time to relax. 📚☕️
Are you joining in? What are you reading?

@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

One for #Pemberlittens #Janeadjacent @Crinoline_Laphroaig and #Hashtagbrigade @BarkingMadRead 🪶

I'm so ready for tonight's #HyggeHour readathon that I'm starting early. It's so cold here that I need to snuggle under blankets with hot tea and a good book.

Now, what to read? 😊📚☕️

All are welcome to join us @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

Happy #Chatterday ☕️

Grab a coffee and drop by to catch up with each other's news and plans. Do you have any recommendations for us?

All are welcome to join in. ☕️

Play ☕️ Tag ☕️ Share

@kspenmoll @DebinHawaii @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @Librarybelle @dabbe @Cuilin @Susanita @kelli7990 @Eggs

My May #Bookspin bingo list consists of 10 #buddyreads and books from my shelf or Kindle to participate in #Shelfsweeper hosted by @Tove_Reads and @Andrew65 in memory of @eanderson

@TheAromaofBooks

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

We've had glorious weather here all week, so lots of joy
1) Blue skies and 🌞
2) Birdsong 🐦🐦‍⬛
3) Planning and working on my garden. 👩‍🌾
4) Late night fire side chats with my teens. ❤️
5) This made me guffaw, as I have this skillset. She's gonna take out Wales when that corset pings off!!

Discussion thread for April's #VirginiaBloomsberries #buddyread

💐 Did you enjoy the book?
🍾 What makes it a modernist novel?
💐 What was the connection between Clarissa and Septimus?
🍾 What was the significance of Clarissa's parties?
💐 Do you think Woolf successfully captures the minutiae of everyday life in a 24-hour period?

Next up - https://litsy.com/p/YjRwQ0hiNHBR

All are welcome to join our discussion thread for #NaturaLitsy April #buddyread 🌞

🏜 Did you enjoy the author's style?
🏜 How did she describe the relationship between humans and landscapes?
🏜 Why did she suggest the desert breeds myths and fables?
🏜 What emotional responses does the desert evoke in the author, or you as a reader?

Next up - https://litsy.com/p/ZUNqcmdaN0U5

It has taken 45 minutes to get this posted. I've been struggling with wifi signal all day. 🙄

I will post the April discussion threads for #NaturaLitsy and #VirginiaBloomsberries tomorrow. 🤞

I don't want you to think I've forgotten. X

#NaturaLitsy

I'm sat under my apple trees in the blazing sun, reading a novel about trees. I have not moved from this spot all day. 🌞