Hey @Avanders ! This #SummerSantaGoesPostal box is on the way to you! Be on the lookout.

#SummerSolsticeBookExchange

This book is tough to read; about a life of the deepest poverty. It‘s bleak, but a worthwhile read.

#LitsyAtoZ LetterI for author

Another book that‘s been in my kindle for ages! I‘m reading it finally for #LittenLoveBingo #LLB19 : From @BookishMarginalia ‘s TBR stack 😊

Also for #LitsyAtoZ, #LetterN for author.

#queerbooks #diversebooks

So happy to be home in Austin with my favorite girl! It‘s already hot outside but the wind is nice. 2.13 miles this morning. #LitsyWalkers

Dog lovers out there, have you read Gobi yet? It‘s really well written and the little dog is precious! And extremely determined. The audiobook is good too.

#dogsoflitsy #petsoflitsy #sietje

Bookmail! My latest ARC from #LibraryThingEarlyReviewers. It sounds like some excellent #dystopia. I‘ll definitely be reading it in the next couple weeks. Release date is in Sept 2019. This is a #debut too 😊

Thank you @LibraryThing and @WilliamMorrowBooks for the free review copy!

Oh, exciting piece of mail in my mailbox today! I love this Fest! It‘s not til October though.

Airport reading. It was a wonderful trip, but I‘m looking forward to getting home.

This was fun! I like kid adventures with an 80‘s setting. The time travel could have been offsetting, but it worked for me here. I liked the characters. A fun, quick read.

One thing traveling is great for is getting me to read things that have been languishing in my kindle forever! I‘m headed home tomorrow, but starting this tonight.

A little reading and tea before cooking and decorating for the second grad party in two days. Full disclosure- I‘ve never watched Dr Who, this is my nephew‘s mug.

I‘m enjoying this kindle first book! It was blurbed as Stranger Things meets Ready Player One... it hasn‘t been that exciting yet, but I am enjoying it. The kids in it are great!

I started this a couple days ago and I‘m loving it on audio! I listened to part of it on the plane here yesterday.

I‘m in Colorado visiting my family for a week. This is my sister‘s monster Frog. 💖🐶

Just in case someone‘s been waiting for me to post this: #summersantagoespostal @nelehelen
1- fruit, nuts, dark chocolate
2- bookmarks
3- GoT, Black Mirror
4- The Goonies!, Almost Famous, Labyrinth
5- purple
6- tea, hot or iced
7- waterfall swims with friends
8- @Hooked_on_books @Mitch @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Hi ladies! 👋

The next #LitsyATXReadersSociety meeting is in a week and a half! Have you started your book for this month‘s theme yet? Feminism/ Women‘s History. I‘m reading mine now!

Please let me know if you‘re going to make it! I think I only have RSVPs for Lesley, Jamie, and Alyson so far. (Is Tani coming Alyson?)

See your email Or Slack please.

Anyone is welcome! Just let me know if you‘re interested.

I finished this sweet #kidlit book this morning. Igor supervised. I liked Ivan‘s artistic nature, and his little friend Bob, the tiny dog who was determined not to be domesticated. 🦍🐕🐘
#CatsOfLitsy #WithAnimals

I can‘t remember who posted the #AllTheBooks Banana Pants T-shirt , but I got my tank! I love it! From Tee Fury I believe, and they‘ve got it in lots of t and tank styles and colors. Yay #BananaPants 🍌👖!

(Pretty sure this was created by the All The Books podcast folks)

Here‘s my #LittenLoveBingo choice for “inspired by #PetsOfLitsy”. It‘s also a #BlameItOnLitsy purchase, since I‘ve seen so many posts with people loving it here! I picked it up at a library booksale sometime last year. Sietje supports reading about animals 🐕🦍🐘
#LLB19

It‘s a quiet Sunday morning, and Froedrick is overseeing my reading.

This letter to a daughter is about how difficult it is to discuss racism and sexism and the scary things happening because of those fears in America and even Canada.

I don‘t have kids, but I find it hard to discuss these things and put the awful feelings into words with other adults. I‘m not sure how parents manage.

#PetsOfLitsy #YayLibraryBooks!

This is my favorite nonfiction I‘ve read in a while! I picked it up at a library sale because the cover and title called to me, but I wasn‘t sure I‘d enjoy it. Of course it‘s about the Arawana, the beautiful and sought after fish for aquarium enthusiasts worldwide. But there is also a ton of info about wildlife and environmental conservation, as well as the political challenges of traveling to Indonesian and Asian countries.

No #LitsyWalkers ⬇️

It‘s an unseasonably cool day here in Austin- it was only 55 this morning as we had our walk! Sietje is checking out all the smells as I enjoy being comfy in a sweatshirt and watching the purple martins catch bugs. #LitsyWalkers

I had to renew my library card today, so of course I checked out some books while I was there! #LibraryHaul

I also went to my mailbox for the first time in almost a week and found some #LitsyLove from @Rissreads and @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 💕 Thank you ladies!

Then I did some shopping for my #SummerSolsticeBookExchange! I love shopping for swaps!!!

Kate is a veterinarian in an animal shelter, her son Jasper is an eleven year old with Cystic Fibrosis. Jasper falls hard for an old beat up stray dog with a mysterious past, and Kate has to decide whether their family can handle the addition of a dog with the turmoil of being a single parent with a very sickly child.
This was a quick, enjoyable if somewhat predictable read. I received a copy from the publisher through LibraryThing‘s ERP.

I listened to this audio as a #BlameLitsy choice. Honestly I felt it was over hyped. It was ok, but not great for me.

I would do a lot for my family, but draw the line at cleaning up murder victims. No thanks.

I‘ve got tons of cards to catch up on now that the cold I‘ve been fighting is finally receding. Thanks for the greetings!

This was my third day sick with a cold, and my coworkers decided to take on extra themselves so I could stay home and rest. I spent the time I was awake finishing this book.

I love Fredrik Backman. His characters feel like my neighbors and friends. I adore Elsa, Wolfheart, and The Wurse.

This was exactly the kind of book I needed right now.
(And I think I‘m starting to feel better 🙂🤒)

Thank you Amy for your card and this book! What a nice surprise! I added it to my TBR after a recommendation from a B&N employee at the Lisa See bookclub meeting. 😊. It sounds like a fun read to me, I‘m looking forward to it!

My April favorites were The Island of Sea Women and The Republic if Thieves. Dopesick was also excellent.

My #bookhaul from #ATXBookstoreCrawl! 6 stores, 7 books. ❤️📚

My most fun selfie from the ATX Bookstore Crawl today! I hit 6 stores to get scavenger hunt selfies for 2 entries into the prize pool. Fingers crossed! This was at Austin Books and Comics. What a fun day! I may post more photos later.
#ATXBookstoreCrawl #checkoutthoseabs

I found this at the library shelved in the wrong place, and immediately fell in love with the illustrations. They‘re so beautiful!
Orpheus is a terribly sad story of love lost, a true Greek tragedy.
I‘m hoping this author and illustrator have more treasures out there!

#LitsyWalkers.
I spotted this little guy peeking out of his house on my walk today. Isn‘t he cool? I‘m not sure why he‘s awake, maybe Sietje and I were being too noisy 😁🦉.

My first impression of this book was that the four main characters, prostitutes in Antwerp, moved there from Nigeria, had all chosen that life of their own free will. Reading deeper into each woman‘s story, it became clear that was not the case for most of them.

Obviously sad, and full of triggers, I still enjoyed getting to know these four ladies.

Chosen for #LetterU #LitsyAtoZ

Who wants a deal on a YA Queer Pirate Romance? My good friend‘s book is on sale today across ebook platforms! Go get it!

#LitsyWalkers
We just had a short walk this afternoon, around the block. I love that this yard is all flowers instead of grass. The entire yard is full of these beauties! Sietje‘s smiling for the treat in my hand 😊🐶🚶🏼‍♀️

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @TheBookHippie
Is this what you intended these postcards for? Because this is pretty perfect! I might do this periodically 😊. #LitsyLove

I just love coming across interesting new-to-Me words while I‘m reading. This is a good one!

I wasn‘t sure how this book would be, I chose it entirely because I needed a #LetterU for #LitsyAtoZ authors. I‘m really enjoying it!

It‘s the story of 4 African women who move to Europe to try to improve the financial standing for themselves and in some cases for their families.

At #LitsyATXReadersSociety‘s first meeting, we all brought some books to trade! Here‘s what was up for grabs! Can everyone tag the book(s) they took in the comments? We had a pretty wide selection!

For the first meeting of #LitsyATXReadersSociety, we all brought a book we love to talk about. Here are our recommendations! I‘ll tag them all in the comments.

I introduce to you, Litsy ATX Reader‘s Society! Today was our first meeting, and we had so much fun!!! It was great to meet those I hadn‘t met before, and so wonderful to be in a room with others with the same book passion as I have! Thanks everyone for coming! I can‘t wait to see what everyone chooses for the May topic: Feminism/ Women‘s History/ Women‘s Issues.

You guys, I‘ve just started this on audio, and 15 minutes in its already heartbreaking. This is mind blowing. I really hate that corporate pharmaceutical companies and our government let us get here.

Here‘s some sweet #LitsyLove 💌. Thanks ladies! I especially love the squirrel card @Jee_HookedOnBookz !
Happy Saturday everyone 😊📚

This series is phenomenal! Why did I wait so long to read book 3? I guess maybe because I knew the next book wasn‘t released yet...

The craftiness and cunning of these characters floors me every time! The political intrigue is genius! Plus the stories are really fun, and I love that the Gentlemen Bastards have their own unnamed god of thieves.

I loved seeing Sabetha and Locke‘s backstory. So good! Such tension!

@Mitch have you read these?

I‘m so excited to hang out and talk books with you all tomorrow! Looks like there will be 11 of us for our first meeting 😊📚❤️. See you there!

This is a quick read made up of vignettes of breakups. It‘s entertaining, I like the author‘s style of mixing Spanish and English. The characters are mostly immigrants or from immigrant families from the Dominican Republic.

Even though it‘s quick, it‘s not a fun or happy book. Here‘s a huge piece of advice to all the characters: if you cheat, it will probably end your relationship. I‘m not sure how these guys kept being surprised by that...

My boys Froedrick And Igor with my evening read. This is a really fast read, and the mixed in Spanish is fun, even though I don‘t speak it, I‘m finding meanings pretty easy to guess.

I have mixed feelings about this one.
Three sisters and their mother and father live in an old secluded hotel, seemingly hiding from a dystopian world. But women sometimes arrive, looking for therapy to recover from the wrongs done to them by men.

I think the writing style kept me distant from the characters.

The kitten pictured has moved in under my porch. I‘m trying to find her owners before I try to find her a new home. She‘s sweet.

Just in case you haven‘t read this- you can get the first in MY FAVORITE SERIES for just $1.99 today- Ms Carey says it‘s available across all ebook platforms, not just Kindle.

I got your package today @Mitch ! Thank you for the bookmarks and pin, and the chocolate bunny! I feel like it‘s been years since I‘ve had a chocolate bunny, and it‘s silly how excited I am about it 🤣🐰.

I‘m glad you‘re retreat was restful and I‘m sure it was so much fun too! Happy Easter to you as well!
(Also, the title of this book makes me want to read it. Let‘s see if Austin Library has a copy!)

I don‘t want to say too much, since this book is traveling to several more Littens before making its way back to @LibrarianRyan . I did enjoy the book enough to call it a pick, but it was close. I thought the second half was much stronger than the first.

As you can see Ryan, your book was the perfect test for my book hugger, and Froedrick And I both strongly approve! I like the soft feeling of it as I‘m holding the book.

#travelingbook

My mailbox has been full of happy this week 😁💌

@nelehelen I love your wedding photo! You‘re a beautiful couple!
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @TheBookHippie I love the bookmark 💕

#jb #LitsyLove

It was a beautiful morning for a walk. Mid 60‘s and sunny ❤️. Sietje actually posed in the posies! I have no idea what these little wildflowers are. We had a decent amount of rain last weekend and now they‘re everywhere. @Eggs do you know?
#LitsyWalkers