Here are my 6 nominations for #camplitsy24 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain

First, they saw a lobster pushing Mesolithic worked-stone tools out of its burrow - 'the first known Mesolithic archaeological excavation carried out by a member of the lobster community', as the Isle of Wight's county archaeologist David Tomalin put it wryly in the report he wrote up later.

😂😂😂

Here are my 4 nominations for #camplitsy24 @Megabooks @BarbaraBB @squirrelbrain

(The Last Boat Home is really local to me, so I may be slightly biased in nominating this one!)

#52bookclub24 #titlebeginswithk @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess @Kristel @slategreyskies

It's probably going to be a bit dry for most of you!

#wpfornonfictionshortlist #pop24 #52bookclub24 #aty24 #publishedin2024

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess @Kristel @slategreyskies

Congratulations, @DebinHawaii, on reaching 500K!

My 5 things:
1. JAFFA!
2. Coffee & chocolate
3. Books and Litsy
4. My parents
5. Knowing that I'm going to Gladstone's Library in 6 months' time!

#500kgiveaway

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

Paperback
Both
Historical
Both
Coffee
Both
Print

Tagging anyone who wants to play!

For those of us who are doing the mini challenges, here are my ideas for April!

#52bookclub24 @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess @Kristel @slategreyskies

Best book for March!

Uh oh... I just discovered a new series!

#52bookclub24 #hybridgenre #aty24 #relatedtothephraseitsrainingcatsanddogs

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess

#roll100 pick for April. @PuddleJumper

#aty24 #relatedtotravel @BarbaraBB

#authoramonth @Soubhiville
#Australia #readingoceania2024 @Librarybelle
#authorfromaustralianewzealandorcanada #aty24 @BarbaraBB

Some entries are better than others.

#wpfnonficlonglist @rockpools @CGalinor3 @TrishB @julesG @Leniverse @scripturient @Susanita @jhod @squirrelbrain @MicheleinPhilly @RaeLovesToRead @Oryx @BarbaraBB

"In eighteenth-century North America, Benjamin Franklin - who owned a firm that printed money for the colonies - hit on the idea of misspelling Pennsylvania on official currency on the grounds that forgers would spell it correctly and the notes could easily be spotted as counterfeit, but that only went so far."

That's all the #naturalitsycardswapspring written! @AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

Spring-y enough?!

Do you think this is spring-y enough?! 🤣🤣🤣 #naturalitsyspringeequinox @TheBookHippie @AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit

Spending the day writing #naturalitsyspringequinox cards. Already had to rewrite one as I forgot to enclose the poem 🤦🏻‍♀️

@TheBookHippie @AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit

The best book for February is Some People Need Killing by Patricia Evangelista, but Matrix is using a bonus space, as it was very close between them.

#readingbracket2024

#roll100 @PuddleJumper

Decided to just post the book I hope to get to this month.

Contents page!

It's not the tagged book, but it's edited by the same author.

#aty24 #bookthatisntanovel

#52bookclub24 #relatedtothewordwild @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi

#bookreport Started and finished the top 3.

#weeklyforecast Finish Storm Front, Continue Restoration Britain, Start The Dictionary People, and maybe How to Say Babylon.

#aty24 #fitssuggestionthatdidntmakefinallist
#52bookclub24 #apostropheintitle #februaryminichallenge #authorborninleapyear

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi

#wpfnonficlonglist @rockpools @CGalinor3 @TrishB @julesG @Leniverse @scripturient @Susanita @jhod @squirrelbrain @MicheleinPhilly @RaeLovesToRead @Oryx @BarbaraBB

#firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

#52bookclub24 #grievingcharacter #februaryminichallenge #blackauthorfavegenre #aty24 #relatedtosomethingireadlastyear (How the Word is Passed).

Low pick.

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40

#bookreport #weeklyforecast

Finished Matrix
Continued The Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain
Started tagged.

Apart from continuing tagged, I don't know what else.

#threelistthursday several days late @dabbe

1. Grease
2. We Will Rock You
3. The Greatest Showman

Disney version (they're a bit like a musical!):
1. Pocahontas
2. The Little Mermaid
3. The Aristocats

#aty24 #historyorhistoricalfiction #52bookclub24 #yellowspine

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess @Kristel @slategreyskies

#motivationalmonday @Cupcake12

1. I walked into Broadstone yesterday to return some clothes and to look in the charity shops, and have a hair appt later this week.

2. Nope.

3. In no particular order: Wizard Detective, Prioress, Tourist.

#bookreport
Started & finished Damaged Goods
Hibernated Notes on an Execution
Started Matrix, Storm Front & Time Traveller's Guide to Restoration Britain

#weeklyforecast
Finish Matrix & possibly Storm Front
Continue Time Traveller.

Several trigger warnings, so read the Content page before heading in.

#52bookclub24 #neurodivergentauthor #februaryminichallenge #beminevalentine

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi

#bookreport #weeklyforecast

Finished What Writers Read & A Taste for Poison.

Start Notes on an Execution

@BarbaraBB , you're probably not that interested, but here are the prompts I've completed for #aty24 so far! I've tagged the book you can't see the title of.

#aty24 #numberintitle @BarbaraBB (as you're the only Litten I know who does this challenge 😆😜)

#52bookclub24 #aboutfindingidentity - several diverse backgrounds in this book!

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess @Kristel @slategreyskies

It's easily my favourite book of the month! #readingbracket2024

#bookreport and #weeklyforecast

Finished:
John Aubrey, My Own Life

Started and finished:
The Body on the Doorstep
Lapidarium

Started:
What Writers Read

Continue:
What Writers Read

Start:
???

Audiobook narrated by Nina Wadia. She's better at narrating fiction books!

This would probably have rated higher for me if I'd read it in print.

#52bookclub24 #hasthewordsecretinthetitle @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes

@PuddleJumper ##roll100 for February

I'm aiming to get to the tagged, but January didn't really happen, so who knows? 😂

#naturalitsy #midwintersolace @AllDebooks @Chrissyreadit @TheBookHippie

I'm not sure, but this is either the first book that got me into this area or one of the first. It's a fascinating look at the octopus, and Peter quickly became an auto-buy author for me.

I really got a sense of place and time in this book, but it was only when I read the author's note at the end that I realised some of the characters were based on real people!

Tagging @RaeLovesToRead for #pop24 #abookwheresomeonediesinthefirstchapter !

I tried to do a #bookerdozen @vivastory , but out of the ones I've read (18 + 2 bails), these 3 are the only ones that stood out. There's plenty more of them on the list that I want to read eventually, though 😂😂😂!

Apart from a couple of historical inaccuracies (which you'd probably only spot if you know the period as well as I do), this has helped me clarify some ideas for my writing project.

#52bookclub24 #hasastickeronthecover - removed, actually.

@BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads

#bookreport #weeklyforecast

Finished:
The Wager
You Have Arrived At Your Destination
The Book of Cold Cases

Continued:
John Aubrey, My Own Life

Hibernated:
The Memoirs of Cleopatra

I should have liked this more, as it's set in my favourite time period, but I'm not getting the hype around this book?! I did it on audio, too!

#52bookclub24 #featurestheocean @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookListener @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95

#52bookclub24 #hasfuturistictechnology @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookGirl @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess @Kristel

#tbrtarot #January @CBee

First 5 🌟 read of the year!

#52bookclub24 #morethan40chapters @BarbaraBB @Kristy_K @LaraReads @KarenUK @Hooked_on_books @BarkingMadRead @brittanyreads @Magpiegem @BookBelle84 @Larkken @julesG @Deblovestoread @MidnightBookGirl @Librarybelle @triplem80 @Tove_Reads @Read4life @Bluebird @eeclayton @hissingpotatoes @Book_Lover95 @TheAromaofBooks @kwmg40 @Crazeedi @Graciouswarriorprincess @Kristel

Would also work for #similarplot - The 13th Tale ⬇️