Thank you so so much @mabell OMG this book is too beautiful!! And I‘m SOOO eager to try all of these amazing recipes with your loving notes!! Your “hosting gift” was beyond beyond thoughtful and I‘m so grateful!! So much fun reading and baking to look forward to!! #recipeswap

@mabell Happy opening day!! #recipeswap I am so excited already for such beautiful wrapping paper!

Finished my #lmpbc book, definitely late, so I apologize for that again! This will be in the mail Monday! This book was between a pick and so-so for me. Definitely enjoyed reading it and lots to think about with these characters‘ complicated relationships. Hope you enjoy it!

Opening Day is approaching for #recipeswap! Sunday 5/15! Most of you have already posted to say you received your package OR to let your partner know when to expect the package if it will be arriving after this weekend. **If you haven‘t, now is the time!** Please save me the trouble of emailing to follow up with you after Sunday. Thanks, looking forward to it!!

Your #recipeswap package arrived today! @mabell Thank you, I‘m so excited!

@mabell great minds think alike! ☺️💌Your recipes for #recipeswap are on their way now!! And your book should be coming directly from the seller!

Friendly reminder to everyone participating in the swap to send out your book + recipes if you haven‘t already! I‘ve received lots of messages from people so I‘m really excited for opening day, fast approaching! Tagging you even if you already posted, but don‘t worry, I know you‘re on top of it! 🥰

Truly a spiritual experience reading this book. I got it from the library but will definitely be purchasing now because there were so many quotable nuggets of wisdom I want to revisit.
The world Chambers imagines for the future is one I really want to live in. Hopeful, clever, funny, cathartic, simultaneously so unique and so natural.
Highly recommend!!

For those who read it: Did you want it to be longer, or was it just the right length?

@shellleigh33 I forgot to post but my #LMPBC book is headed your way! I sent it Friday morning! Thanks for your patience and I‘m super excited to see what y‘all think of this story…

#RecipeSwap matches have been sent!!
Please check your email and confirm you received it by replying if you haven‘t done so already.
My mouth was watering just making the matches!
Super excited to see all the yummy results ❤️
Opening day is May 15!
P.S. Happy National Sourdough Day apparently!
Collage credit from the internet ;)

I LOVED this. Start to finish, didn‘t want to put it down. All the warm fuzzy feelings alongside substance and originality. Lovable and believable characters. I also think the author had such clever ways of breaking the fourth wall! It‘s something I‘ve seen other authors try but she actually succeeded 😍

Final reminder! #RecipeSwap Signups close Friday :)

This is a low cost swap - 1 book 📖 plus 1 recipe 💌

https://forms.gle/VB7sf1oPqYS124xb6

(This image is from a website called noble pig so I can‘t take credit but gosh, it makes my mouth water!)

This is the sweetest book! Teaches Marie Kondo‘s method of tidying while also tackling complex issues about friendship and how to accept help. Clearing physical space in our lives can help us make emotional space for the people we love most! 😭😍

#unpopularopinion I really was so disappointed by this.. and so surprised bc it even had an endorsement from Christina Lauren on the cover! I have read so many GREAT contemporary romances and this just didn‘t do it for me. Actively made me mad a lot of the time, in fact. I only finished it bc of a reading challenge.

#RecipeSwap

Wouldn‘t it be fun to share a favorite recipe with a Litten and receive a book with a beautiful recipe to accompany it?

This is a low cost swap - 1 book 📖 plus 1 recipe 💌

Signups still open a little longer! https://forms.gle/VB7sf1oPqYS124xb6

I‘m so excited about all the signups already ;)

I‘ve passed my third #owlsreadingchallenge subject!! These were some truly great picks.
The tagged book was less of a thrill for me than the first Finlay Donovan book, but still enjoyable.

ARITHMANCY:
🌟 Arithmancy: A book with a number on the cover - Long Way Down
🌟 Golden trio: A book in a series - Finlay Donovan Book 2
🌟 Mad Eye Moody: A book with multiple points of view - Children of Blood and Bone

This book was nothing short of genius. Told like a long form poem, the story took me on a journey that had me crying, laughing out loud, and chilled to the core. Reynolds made me feel so much in so few words. The whole concept for the book - I can‘t give too much away! - felt so unique, while also making me think of other favorite books that ask the big questions. I‘ll be thinking about this for a long time. Thanks @LiteraryinLawrence !

#RecipeSwap

Wouldn‘t it be fun to share a favorite recipe with a Litten and receive a book with a beautiful recipe to accompany it?

I don‘t know about you, but I LOVE writing and collecting recipes. Over the years I‘ve also been inspired by so many cool recipes people post on Litsy!

This is a low cost swap - 1 book plus 1 recipe 💌

Spread the word! https://forms.gle/VB7sf1oPqYS124xb6
More details in comments 👇🏻

I‘ve passed my second #owlsreadingchallenge subject!! My goal is at least 3 prompts in 10 Hogwarts subjects and I‘m finding it super fun :)

ASTRONOMY:
🌟 Astronomy: Book involving outer space - Cloud Cuckoo Land
🌟Star struck: Book about a celeb - Michelle Buteau, Survival of the Thickest
🌟 Sirius Black: A character has a celestial name - Galileo‘s Daughter

Speechless.

I just...

No, still speechless!

This book has left me reeling. Earth-shattering perfection. Please please please read it, so we can talk about it!
The way these stories are all woven together through space and time, the enduring power of the story that unites them, and the way in which Doerr makes the reader a part of the journey...it‘s absolute magic!
😭😭😭I am in awe.

Hi #lmpbc Group K! These are four books I‘ve had on my list for a while now...Would love to hear your preferences :) Can also suggest others!
@Kayla.Adriena @shellleigh33 @LiteraryinLawrence

My first #owlsreadingchallenge subject is complete!! My 2022 goal is to get a passing grade (3 books) in at least 10 Hogwarts subjects. It‘s fun to pair books with the clever prompts! See comments for the link ;)

DIVINATION:
🌟 Trelawney: Contains Prophecy - Key of Rain
🌟Unfogging the future: Mystery or thriller - Finlay Donovan bk 1
🌟 The grim: Contains a death - Under the whispering door

This series is so dear to me because one of the authors, Rabbi Mike Feuer, is a beloved teacher of mine. This is book 2 in the series (check out book 1 in the comments!) and continues the riveting story of the Age of Prophets. Mason and Feuer brilliantly bring the world of the Bible to life, making something so ancient feel so vivid and tangible. The emotions of the characters are so visceral because the writing is so strong. I had chills!

First path complete through the #promptmaze by @TheAromaofBooks !
Nonfiction >> Multiple POV >> Title Starts with a Vowel!
Such a fun idea and now I‘m excited to go back to the start and go a different route. Thank you for creating this!!

Ahhhhhh!!!! Tonight I got to see Michelle Buteau LIVE with Ilana Glazer to talk about her new book!!!!! It was everything and more. I‘m pumped to read these essays and also can‘t wait to see it turned into a tv series. So grateful to hear her in person- not only is she hilarious, she‘s such a heartfelt, motivational speaker: “Say yes to yourself!”

I rarely post about books before finishing them, but I just want to say, I have only just begun this book...and it is already one of the most exquisite things I have ever read.
He gives me chills; he makes me laugh and then burst out crying. Perfection!
**As someone who reads so little nonfiction, I‘m curious if anyone can recommend other nonfiction that reads like this delicious collection of essays!
@LiteraryinLawrence

Finished! The Libby audiobook narrator, Kate Kellgren, was so excellent, giving animated voices for the different characters. This was also my first full audiobook I think!
I‘m glad I finally read this classic. I was especially interested to learn what quotes from the movies were in Austen‘s text verbatim and what dialogue was interpreted from the book‘s descriptive parts.
@LiteraryinLawrence @SeaToSkyes #NewYearWhoDis #NYWD22 @monalyisha

Happy National Dragon Day! These are my favorite books with dragons! How about you??
And a tshirt I love just to drive home the message!
🐉🐉🐉🐉🐉
@Branwen

I‘m so glad I finally read this! And now I need to read book 2! Really intense story and vividly painted world. Interesting to find a story where magic is depicted in both a good and bad light? Obvi as a reader tho you know it‘s good and it‘s just that others fear it, which is a commentary in itself. My only thing was that the writing jumped around so much, switching narrators every few pages, IMO making it hard to focus sometimes.

I‘ve loved Pride and Prejudice my whole life thanks to @LiteraryinLawrence BUT I‘ve only seen the films. Deciphering Austen‘s language always feels hard to me, like Shakespeare tbh- beautiful but hard! So now I‘m trying audiobook thanks to the Libby app and thanks to my rowing machine and needing something to listen to while I exercise! Loving it so far ☺️ I think this is finally the year! #NewYearWhoDis #NYWD @SeaToSkyes @monalyisha

OMG OMG OMG First book of 2022 and I already know this is the book I‘ll be recommending to EVERYONE this year!!! Thank goodness the second book comes out soon!
Finlay‘s story was so sexy, suspenseful, and sublime! Loved the characters and all of the twists and turns. She felt like such a real person, balancing single motherhood and her career, just put into a very out-of-the-ordinary situation!
THANK YOU @SeaToSkyes !! #NewYearWhoDis #NYWD22

OMG @Readergrrl THANK YOU!!! Happy New Year and happy #bestof2021swap!! These books look so exciting and I absolutely love this bookmark! And sketchbooks plus beautiful markers and pens are so perfect for me because I love journaling and drawing! So grateful for your thoughtfulness. Thank you @candority for organizing and I‘m wishing everyone a year ahead full of awesome books and memories!

Liane, you‘ve done it again!!! Heart-racing. Chill-inducing. Laughing and crying and gasping. I cannot give anything away!!! 😱😱😱She has such a knack for describing people in the most human way, and for turning relatable everyday experiences and relationships into something worthy of extraordinary study. These characters were really captivating. This book is long, but every detail felt super integral!

YIPPEEEEEE! Thank you SO much @shortsarahrose for this gorgeous book!! I heard the author give a book talk a few months ago and was completely taken! Also could this cover be any more stunning?! I‘m so excited to dive in. And delicious Reese‘s to fill this #jolabokaflod package to perfection! Wishing you a wonderful holiday!! 😄❤️😄 @MaleficentBookDragon

I‘m SO glad I stuck with this because it was a really great read!
In the beginning I wasn‘t so into it- a combo of the main character really bugging me and the writing itself- but then it became an exciting story that I didn‘t want to put down. I also liked how the author talks so much about ecotourism and the wonders of the Galápagos - makes me want to go!!
This was from my very first #authenticbooks box a year ago haha took me long enough!

Thank you @shortsarahrose !! This #jolabokaflod package arrived today! Yayyy! @MaleficentBookDragon

Thank you @Readergrrl !! The #bestof2021swap arrived today! So exciteddd! @candority

Post office trip today! @Sharpeipup your #jolabokaflod and @Readergrrl your #bestof2021swap packages are on their way! Yayyy @MaleficentBookDragon @candority

#bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks Another fun month of reading in November! Didn‘t get a bingo but these were def some of my new favorite books. Looking forward to December!

This book wrecked me. What began as a fun and whimsical story - full of diverting fairy tales and nursery rhymes and reimagined history - became something FIERCE and all-consuming. Harrow has done it again! This story of three sisters and their legion of Sisters fed my soul and made me believe that anything is possible when women put their minds and hearts and powers together. AHHHH the writing was devastatingly flawless. Now I need my own copy!!

This is so exciting! Thanks @monalyisha for organizing #NewYearWhoDis #NYWD22 ! Thanks @SeaToSkyes for your awesome list! I‘m going to start with the tagged book and take it from there bc there are clearly so many gems here I‘d love to read/have been meaning to read for a while. Yay! Can‘t wait to see what you choose, too!

Not even 50 pgs in and this is already so captivating. I love this quote- it‘s getting me all fired up.

So excited about this eclectic mix in my #bookhaul from my sister‘s library! @LiteraryinLawrence

I‘m so excited for #NewYearWhoDis by @monalyisha !! What a fun idea- this will be my first year!

Wow. I just read this cover to cover and it was a beautiful whirlwind.
I heard Albom give a virtual book talk last week and it was so moving, really more like a class in religion, philosophy, and spirituality than a book talk. He is such a unique writer.
Though this story is brief, it is packed with surprises and overflowing with “food for thought.”

Thanks @candority for bringing back your amazing swap! #BestOf2021Swap is a great way to reflect on the positive things about this past year and spread that love to another Litten!

Mixed feelings. Loved the writing style and voice. Despised several key characters (as I was intended to) which made it an unpleasant reading experience for many pages. The trigger warning on page 1, while understandable, made me tense for the entire book, just waiting for the inevitable. I also felt it took too long to get to the good parts..

My apple pie, on the other hand..🙌🏻🙌🏻🙌🏻

In any case, I still want to try Boyfriend Material now.

I adored this, start to finish! Four best friends who are always there to support each other and be cheerleaders for each other, on the cusp of high school graduation, figuring themselves out. The mystery element was super fun and kept me guessing!! Thank you @LiteraryinLawrence for lending this to me!! I will definitely read more by Watson.

I have been soooo looking forward to this and YAY! Now it‘s that time again! Thank you @MaleficentBookDragon for your epic facilitation! #jolabokaflodswap
If you‘re looking for an easy, chill swap, this is the one!

#bookspinbingo was really fun this month! Didn‘t get a bingo but it definitely motivated my reading choices!

Hi @Sleepswithbooks !! Your beautiful card arrived a while ago but I wanted to tell you OMG it made my day and thank YOU!! ❤️🌻❤️🌻