pickI finished Gangster Nation last weekend. What a fun continuation of the series! I never would have guessed I would like a gangster book; I only bought the first in the series because my friend asked me to go see the author with her. Now I‘m anxiously waiting for the time to read the final installment!
Read if you like gangster stories, Jewish mc, anti-hero, snarky, dark humor, series, thrillers
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✅ #SummerEndReadathon
@TheSpineView
The month is more than halfway over so I thought I should share my tbr pile. 😁
🐕 Bitch for book club
💐 The Language of Flowers
and
Zami for the #MonthlyKeyWordgxo challenge
💙 All Boys Aren‘t Blue for #BannedBooksWeek
📚 As Good As Dead
📖 Gangster Nation - almost done, going to see Told Goldberg again Wednesday
✔️ The Warmth of Other Suns - finished and loved
Wish me luck!
The goal was 14 books from the tbr in 14 weeks, Memorial Day to Labor Day.
I read 10! I forgot to include 1 in this collage, but it‘s fitting because I forgot to put 1 in the initial stack post. 😅
Thank you for the challenge @TheHeartlandBookFairy !
1 Becoming
2 Fall Into Darkness
3 What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
4 Horse
5 Marvel‘s Voices: Pride
6 The Summer Wives
7 Wool
8 Empire of Wild
9 Death Comes for the Archbishop
10 Quicksilver
pickI finished this epic history/biography about the Great Migration, the period of time between 1910-1970 when Black people escaped the south to get away from Jim Crow laws only to be welcomed in the north & west with more racism.
I love how the author chose 3 delightful people who migrated & fully shared their stories while tying it into a broader scope of American history. I‘m grieving not being able to read about them anymore.
#SummerEndReadathon
I would love to take part in the #SummerEndReadathon with @TheSpineView !
My goals are to:
1️⃣ finish The Warmth of Other Suns
2️⃣ read 3 of these 6 books:
🔜 All Boys Aren‘t Blue by George M. Johnson
🔜 As Good As Dead by Holly Jackson
🔜 Bitch by Lucy Cooke
🔜 Gangster Nation by Tod Goldberg
🔜 The Language of Flowers by Vanessa Diffenbaugh
🔜 Zami by Audre Lorde
See one you think I should read first?
So far I‘ve read 56/120 pages toward my #20in4 Readathon goal. I need to finish by Friday for book club (271 pages to go)!
I just noticed when I posted this picture it says at the top, “…an absolute delight to read.” I must not have gotten to the delightful part yet! 😅 Though I would say it‘s definitely “profound” & “necessary.”
I‘ve also read 11 pages from Beyond the Hundredth Meridian- it‘s my “purse book” since my other book is 600 pages.
☠️ I know this wasn‘t my best book when it looks like death is coming for the archbishop and I‘m like, At last! 😅
📘 Today I got to read some more on my lunch break and there‘s only 27 pages to go. Death Comes for the Archbishop has been my purse book because my main current read is 600 pages.
📸 photo taken in Taos, New Mexico July 2023
Book 9/14 #14Books14weeks2023
Yesterday was such an exciting day! My friend of 22 years launched her first published book! When I very first met this talented lady she told me she was a writer, & that is who she is to the core. I‘ve watched her through the years grow, evolve, & never give up on her dream despite the rejection letters and obstacles life put in her way.
📕 You can buy her book of essays on grief from Barnes & Noble. I can verify it IS something she might say.
It was the other side of the world from the wide-open, quiet land of the cotton fields. Ida Mae saw things she never imagined, bridges that lifted into the air to let ships pass through, traffic lights and streetlamps…
p. 244
#WondrousWednesday
📚Happy National Book Lovers Day @Eggs !
📚 Thank you for the tag @Ann_Reads !
#NationalBookLoversDay
Currently reading this (tagged) thick one.
It‘s vg so far.
Happy National Book Lovers Day!
📸 Taken at op.cit. books on a recent trip to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
#NationalBookLoversDay
📚 July was a good month of reading for me.
🥇 Favorites:
The Summer Wives
What to the Slave is the Fourth of July?
🥈 Still Recommend:
Empire of Wild
Funeral Songs for Dying Girls
🥉 So-So:
Aunt Dimity Slays the Dragon
Quicksilver
😴 My least favorite, and #JubilantJuly Readathon goal failure to finish, Death Comes for the Archbishop 97/156 pages.
🙌 It was worth trying @Andrew65 !
#Bookly
⚾️ We went to a Diamondbacks game yesterday and got there really early so we could get a free Diamondbacks/Star Wars Haboob Globe (a snow globe for the desert). So I brought my book to read until the game started and work on my #20in4 Readathon goal.
📕 Currently on page 186/297.
🐍 And we won!
Late posting but it‘s #20in4 Readathon time!
My goal is to finish Death Comes for the Archbishop.
I‘ve read 18 pages since the Readathon started.
I have 158/297 pages to go.
I almost dnfed this book but I rarely do that so on I go. I‘ve also read My Antonia and wasn‘t a huge fan so this will probably be my last by Ms. Cather.
Thank you for helping me power through @Andrew65 !
pickI received this from the LibraryThing Early Reviewer program.
👻 This is a unique coming-of-age story about a teenage girl who lives in a graveyard with her dad who works there. A mystery, a supernatural resident, romance, and indigenous values are layered in, making this a book I would recommend to others and that I won't soon forget. Bonus points for the comedic chihuahua sidekick.
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📚 Thank you @PenguinRandomCa !
#ReadTundra
Time for my #JubilantJuly wrap up!
My goals were to:
✅ finish The Summer Wives = 122 pages
❌ read Quicksilver by Dean Koontz = 304/356 pages
❌ start Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather = 53/122 pages
🟰 479/600 pages
🦞 My favorite was The Summer Wives by far!
Thank you @Andrew65 ❗️
Day 2 #JubilantJuly Readathon update!
✔️ finished The Summer Wives = 122 pages
(it was very good)
🌵 started Quicksilver by Dean Koontz = 51 pages
🟰 173/600 pages
8/14 #14Books14weeks2023
pickI picked this up at a book sale, drawn in by the title and cover illustration, not realizing it‘s book 14 in a series of 25. I gave it a try anyway and it was able to stand alone. It‘s a cozy mystery taking place at a Renaissance Festival in England, with a bit of magical realism thrown in (Aunt Dimity is a dead friend the mc can talk to through a journal). Fun but average story.
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📷 Taken at the Arizona Renaissance Festival in April
I‘m joining the #JubilantJuly Readathon with @Andrew65 !
My goals are to:
🦞 finish The Summer Wives = 122 pages
🌵 read Quicksilver by Dean Koontz = 356 pages
🍷 start Death Comes for the Archbishop by Willa Cather = 122 pages
🟰 600 pages
I‘m trying to top my JoysOfJune number, 491 pages.
@DinoMom is doing a fun giveaway, and to enter for an opportunity you only need to fill out a short Google form linked on her post. Enter before August 1st.
#AThingADay
#HappyMail
pickYesterday I finished this for some #summerween fun. It takes the legend of the rogarou & combines it with a modern day indigenous thriller. It was a fast read, & I appreciated the clever ending.
Bombadil appreciates all stories starring scary black dogs (like him).
Read if you like criticism of overreaching Christian organizations, indigenous main characters, strong women, or married couples in love.
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7/14 #14books14weeks2023
#DogsOfLitsy
pickI read this speech on Tuesday. Small but mighty. I was going to share some quotes but really you should just read it if you haven‘t already.
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🔺 I always love the covers Mint Editions adds to classic books. 😍 ✔️ them out.
6/14 #14Books14weeks2023 (wasn‘t in my stack pic; hope you don‘t mind the audible 🤓)
I had a good reading month in June. My favorite was Wool, with Horse as a very close second.
Amazing how much reading I get done when I don‘t have to work!
#bookly
pickThis is a compilation of coming out moments in the Marvel comic world, snippets of stories featuring the lgbtq+ characters and variants, essays about the evolving lgbtq+ inclusion in Marvel comics, and also HIV and AIDS addressed in the comics and through essays from staff. While entertaining, it was also a good education on these specific topics for myself.
🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈🏳️🌈
5/14 #14Books14Weeks2023
#ReadQueerAllYear
pickI finished this book today for book club. Maybe because I rushed to finish it seemed a little hard to follow at times, but there was still a lot to enjoy. I loved the Jin characters, the strong female main character, and the gay best friend with magic map skills. It was an intense adventure with a nice moral. Very quotable.
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📷 Picture taken last week at Bryce Canyon National Park
🏳️🌈 #PrideMonth
The things I want to know are in books; my best friend is a man who‘ll git me a book I ain‘t read.
-Abe Lincoln
p. 11
Super late #JoysOfJune Readathon Wrap-Up!
My goal was to read 3 books. I finished Wool and started The Bird King. I know it still counts. 😅
Thank you for continuing to host and encourage us @Andrew65 !
It‘s me. Hi. I‘m the problem. It‘s me.
📚 Posted by feministpress on Instagram
pickI picked this book for 2 reasons:
It takes place in Utah (photo taken Monday @ Bryce Canyon National Park).
My library‘s BINGO card has a space for rereading a childhood favorite, & Christopher Pike was a big favorite.
It was fun to revisit Pike. I laughed when the characters needed help & they ran to find someone with a CB. Wow, I‘m old. As an adult I picked out some flaws, but I was entertained & nostalgic.
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4/14 #14books14weeks2023
pickI finished Wool yesterday and loved it. I wasn‘t surprised to find out it was originally released as a serial because it‘s a very fast moving story. I also wasn‘t surprised to learn that the author used to be a yacht captain as the silo society mimics the departments on a yacht. Read if you like sci fi, dystopian, or girl power.
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Reading Goals:
1/3 #JoysOfJune Readathon
3/14 #14Books14Weeks2023
🌞 Reading on the back porch 💙📘
pickThis week I read Horse. This historical fiction novel weaves important American horse racing history together with a story of devotion and love while addressing race and racism. This was my first by Brooks and I will definitely be reading more by her.
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📚 Book 2/14 for #14Books14Weeks2023
🐎 Enjoy the Belmont Stakes today if you‘re watching!
🐴 Photo taken last weekend with a bronze sculpture called War Pony by Allan Houser.
I‘m happy to join the #JoysOfJune Readathon!
My goal is to read/finish 3 books.
Finish Wool by Hugh Howey (about 450 pages to go)
The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson for book club
Tagged for #14Books14weeks2023
Thank you for keeping us challenged despite all of life‘s distractions @Andrew65 !
I‘m joining @TheHeartlandBookFairy for #14books14weeks2023.
I forgot to include the book I‘ve already read for this challenge, Becoming by Michelle Obama, in this picture. As a result there are 1 too many books here.
These are mostly books I can use for summer reading challenges, yearlong reading challenges, and BINGO games. A few are for fun or to coincide with travel.
Happy Reading this summer to everyone!
May was so busy that I never posted my tbr pile or many reviews. I did still manage to read 3 books. How, I‘ll never know, but it‘s a testament to how good all 3 of these books were!
🗝️ The Wind Through the Keyhole by Stephen King for the #MonthlyKeyWordGXO challenge
🧪 Lessons in Chemistry by #BonnieGarmus for #BookClub
📚 Becoming by Michelle Obama for #14books14weeks2023
Excellent month of reading!
I did not reach my goal of 20 chapters (I blame the naps), but I did take a big bite out of this book, so thank you @Andrew65 !
#20in4 #Readathon
Finished 5/20 chapters today for the #20in4 #Readathon. I‘m up to the proposal.
Lots of time today to read and nap!
How‘s it going for you @Andrew65 ?
Happy #20in4 #Readathon everyone!
My goal is to read 20 chapters in the next 3 days. That will take me to end of Becoming and a few chapters into my next book.
Today was my last day of school so I only got 2 pages read. Looking forward to having more time to read!
Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 !
pickLate post!
My goal was to read 220 pages for #20in4 #Readathon. I read 110.
I loved this book. It‘s my last in the Dark Tower series. I loved the story in a story in a story. I loved the fantasy, the tiger, and being back with the ka-tet.
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Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 ! I‘ll do better on the next one! 🤞
I think it will be fun to join the #20in4 #Readathon this weekend!
🤞 My goal is to read 220 pages of The Wind Through the Keyhole.
❄️ I started with 31 pages today. It‘s nice to be back with the ka-tet.
Thank you @Andrew65 !
This month I for really real want to:
🗝️ read The Wind in the Keyhole for the #MonthlyKeyWordgxo challenge
🇪🇬 finish The Mummy!
☕️ finish Friends, Lovers, and the Big Terrible Thing
📗 read my tba book club book
5 years ago today I did something really smart.
Thank you for 5 fun-filled years, fellow Littens! 😘📚💙
#Litsyversary
Well I‘m not going to make my 20 hour goal but for a happy reason: I bought a new car yesterday!
It took up a lot of my Saturday but I still read
☕️ Friends, Lovers, and The Big Terrible Thing for 1 hour
(The Mummy! Is 680 pages-too big for my purse)
🇪🇬 The Mummy! for 3 hours
🟰 4 hours in 3 days
There‘s still time tomorrow!
#20in4 #Readathon
Thanks again @Andrew65 !
I have a dairy allergy so I haven‘t had waffles in years. That is until Sunday when we were in Oregon and had breakfast at a vegetarian/vegan place! They were sooo good!
Thanks for helping me celebrate International Waffle Day @Andrew65 !
#MarchMadness #DailyChallenge
If I want to finish The Mummy! in time for book club next weekend, I need to read #20in4!
Thank you for hosting @Andrew65 !
#readathon
pickLast week I read The Hearts of Horses by Molly Gloss. It takes place in Oregon so I thought it would be the perfect choice for our trip…and it was. Very engaging horse story! Read if you like Black Beauty.
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🦑 Taken in Newport, Oregon
Catching up with @Leftcoastzen ‘s posts reminded me I never shared my haul from the VNSA book sale last month. I haven‘t been since 2019 so I made up for lost time: 28 books for $53, and all the money goes to charity!
In this stack, 2 books from authors I like, and 9 on a whim.
Good times!
Posting as I‘m getting ready to go book shopping later today. 😂😊. I haven‘t read any of them yet.
Catching up with @Leftcoastzen ‘s posts reminded me I never shared my haul from the VNSA book sale last month. I haven‘t been since 2019 so I made up for lost time: 28 books for $53, and all the money goes to charity!
In this stack, 6 books from authors I like, and 1 on a whim.
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