#NaturaLitsy
I'm deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Jane Goodall. She was a beacon of light in our dark world. Through her Roots and Shoots charity, she has passed that light onto so many others.
Rest in peace, dear lady. X
Roots & Shoots | Join the Conservation Movement https://share.google/tHoCZRNHM7DJvmgfH
This is a reminder that this month's #NetGalleyGroup #Readathon is running from the 17th to 20th October.
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
This is so pretty. Book browsing is my favourite pastime after reading. Whether it be in shops, libraries or friends bookshelves. I can't walk past a bookshelf without a head tilt and sneaky peek.
All my latest book buys and library loans are tagged in the comments.
Hail #SpookySeason 🖤🎃🖤
Illustration by @nicolasaqo 🍂🧡
I picked this up from the library on Saturday, intending to read it in October. I've done nothing but read it since. I can not put it down. It's even better than Fingersmith. There, I said it.
#turnthepage #HyggeHour
@Bookwormjillk @TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
#VirginiaBloomsberries
How exciting! Three newly discovered short stories by VW are to be published in October.
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/27/a-cottage-of-ones-own-newly-uneart...
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
Hi, 👋
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. 🌞
I've just posted a little update on #TheLittensSociety
All are welcome to join us. More information is available on the original post - https://litsy.com/p/STZpajJXR2NM
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#NaturaLitsy
It's that time of year to start thinking about 2026 #buddyreads 🤯 I know, I know, I'm thinking of 🎅 lists. 😏
Please post your recommendations to the themes in the comments below. It's easier for me if you clarify which theme your recommendation is for.
All are welcome to join our nature group. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
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@LitsyEvents
#NaturaLitsy #SpookySpots bingo board.
I made a fun little board for #HauntedShelf 🖤
I took my inspiration from nature and used environments as the prompts. Have fun collecting them through your October reads. 🍂
@PuddleJumper @CSeydel @BookwormAHN @ImperfectCJ @LitsyEvents
Team #GrimReaders
I'm looking forward to a relaxing #HyggeHourReadathon tonight. I will be snuggling up to finish Katabasis.
What will you be reading?
All are welcome to join us.
@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit
I caught this comment on Threads. TRUMPELTHINSKIN!!!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I love learning a new word of the day. 🍊
#Daymade
I have 3 fiction and 3 non-fiction recommendations for #HauntedShelf 🧙♀️
Royal Witches is my favourite history book on witches, by far.
Last Days creeped me out for weeks.
Team #GrimReaders
@PuddleJumper @CSeydel
My #HauntedShelf bookshelf is all set up ready to go. 🖤👻🎃👻🖤
Team #GrimReaders
@PuddleJumper @CSeydel
October is creeping up on us. Does a #happydance 🖤🎃👻🖤
It's not too late to sign-up for #HauntedShelf hosted by @Puddlejumper
Link in comments.
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. 🌞
The whole world is a terrifying place with the rise of authoritarianism and fascism. The UK has turned into a sea of flag-shagging ignorance and dangerously misdirected hate and anger. I feel very afraid of where we are headed. Over the summer, a huge number of roundabouts and crossings have been defaced to depict St George's flag. It's funny that people fighting back have re-imagined these by changing them. One was turned into the 🇩🇰 flag, ⬇️
Truth bomb from Noam
The sign-up form for #TheLittensSociety is all ready to be completed.
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSe6-KyYynn5hrCXcaO6uPZWMA-RKk-R42QwgcXG...
Original post - https://litsy.com/p/QkpIRlRDOWdD
The #VirginiaBloomsberries October #buddyread is Jane Dunn's 1990 biography of VW and her sister Vanessa Bell. She explores the complex relationship between the sisters and the effect this had on their creative lives and the Bloomsbury Group.
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
The #NaturaLitsy October #buddyread is Zoë Schlanger's 2024 book The Light Eaters. This is an examination of plant intelligence and sentience.
Make sure you have your copy ready.
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
I've set up a new social club page called @TheLittensSociety
Please come over and check it out.
Litsy is such a lovely community of people. I wanted to support and encourage the Litsy camaraderie. I hope you can join me.
Original post - https://litsy.com/p/T1NXVmRCdE1y
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
#NetGalleyGroup #NGGReadathon
⭐️ Share your recommendations of past or current titles?
⭐️ Do you have a favourite genre?
⭐️ Do you prefer established authors or look for new authors?
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Hi, 👋
My apologies for my absence over the last few weeks. How are you all?
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 Friday! Are you ready to start our monthly #NetGalleyGroup readathon?
Share your goals for the weekend.
Connect with other #ARC readers.
Do you have an end of year goal?
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
A quick reminder of September's #NetGalleyGroup monthly readathon, starting this Friday. I will check in on Friday as to your goals for the weekend.
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
All set for #hashtagbrigade September buddyread.
If You Read One Novel This Year, Make It “Brideshead Revisited” - Word on Fire https://share.google/M8EGBda8YFTSs32CF
@BarkingMadRead
Hi 👋
The last few months have been a real struggle for all of us. I've had a bit of a rest off the socials, and I'm coming back with a plan.
I take great comfort from connecting with and helping others. I'm thinking of starting a new page called #TheLittensSocietyClub as a means to do just that.
Postage has become too expensive, and I miss all the camaraderie of the card swaps. Ideas include an email check-in, ⬇️
🎨 @toyoufromsteph
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
Trying to relax after an awful week. So much so, this is the first book I've picked up in 4 days! Unheard of.
@Crinoline_Laphroaig #Emma #Pemberlittens
I managed to tick 10 books off of my tbr pile during #14booksin14weeks 📚
My favourite reads were North Woods, James, An American Marriage, and A Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.
@Liz_M
#VirginiaBloomsberries
Our September read is a 1921 short story, A Haunted House. This was published as a collection by Leonard Woolf in 1944 after Virginia's death. It's up to you if you want to read the whole collection or just The Haunted House.
Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
Next up for #NaturaLitsy is Jonathan Drori's 2018 travel guide around the world using trees as a base point. He uses history and science alongside quirky and curious arboreal tales.
Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
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. 🌞
Here we go. Day 1 of Gina Luker's #75soft framework.
I've had a calm morning. I've set my intentions (sounds less stressful than goals, right?).
I really have been 'panic reading' over the last six months. I am tearing through book after book for a distraction. It's not helping. So, I'm going to slow my pace, choose books carefully around mood or curiosity, & read mindfully.
🤞 that works, cos my mind is frazzled rn.
@rockpools @TheBookHippie
pick#NetGalleyGroup #NGGreadathon #ARC
Dr Meenal Viz writes compassionately about the failure of the government to provide adequate PPE resources during the Covid19 pandemic. Her frustration at the unnecessary risks her colleagues, her husband, and her 6 month pregnant self were forced to take to give patients the care they needed is palpable throughout the book.
⬇️Cont.⬇️
#NetgalleyGroup
What #ARCs have you read recently that you would recommend? 'Cos our tbr pile always has room for more. 😅📚📚📚📚
Do you need a relaxing reset before a new week starts?
Join us for an hour's communal read between 8-9pm (your time) for #HyggeHour #Readathon
Get cosy and relax. 😌
@Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie
Grab a ☕️ and join in the #Chatterday chitchat.
All are welcome to join in. 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. 🌞
Tagging a few from my post earlier this week about coping. Please feel free to check in.
@Librarybelle @dabbe @TheBookDream @lil1inblue @willaful @Eggbeater @JenniferEgnor @AnnCrystal
pickThis is a tough but noteworthy read examining the impact on contemporary society and culture has had on men. It has taken me 3 months to finish this, as the subject matter of the manosphere, misogeny, racism, and loneliness was a lot to bear. However, that does not detract from the importance of Copland's work. If anything, it enhances the crucial juncture we are at in our societal values and how we engage with each other. This is a must-read.
Welcome to our 2nd #NetGalleyGroup mid-month #readathon 😀
📚 How are you?
📚 What are your #NGG goals for the next 4 days?
📚 What are you reading?
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
Have a great weekend. 🌞
The wonderful Gina at The Shabby Creek Cottage is doing her #75soft framework again. I'm going to do this and thought I would share it after yesterday's post about everything being too much atm. It starts on Monday and runs until Halloween. 🎃
I'm trying to sneak a little #hyggehour every day if you would like to join me.
Reclaiming Your Magic: Why We Need #75Soft Right Now - The Shabby Creek Cottage https://share.google/qlpLdboKsl3Ywc5TP
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pickThis was such a blistering debut. I can't wait to see more from McKenna.
The characters are well formed, likeable and relatable. The group of friends are close-knit, this made me very nostalgic for my own misspent youth in London in the 90s. Although it's character driven rather than plot driven, so much is shown of these people. McKenna reminds me very much of Virginia Woolf in the way he encapsulates the minutiae of daily life.
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Are you ready for another #Netgalley mid-month #readathon starting Fri 15th until Monday 18th August. 📚
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
@LitsyEvents
I spotted this on Goodreads socials today. I'm struggling so much with the weight of the world atm. It's too much. Too much sadness and sorrow, too much fear and terror, too much hate and intolerance, not to mention government approved genocide.
I'm trying to avoid social media, engage in books, & gardening. I can't meet up with people as most people I know have opposing views that I do not have the strength to deal with atm.
How are you coping?
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