“Marvel is a division of Disney and its chairman, Isaac Perlmutter, is a longtime personal friend of Donald Trump, donated to [his] campaign and serves Trump as an “unofficial and influential advisor.” Spiegelman‘s intro made reference to this fact and tied the origin of Marvel with its thin-veiled allegories about fighting fascism to the contemporary moment, comparing Trump to...Marvel villain Red Skull and dubbing him Orange Skull.” 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼

... 🤨🙄😑

Thank you @TsundokuAleax for the great bookmarks and extra goodies! I especially love the mini-book one - so cute! #BookmarkSwap

OR~ when the “blurb” is a quote from the book that tells you absolutely nothing about the plot 😡

Bookmarks are all sent! The US-bound one went out at the start of the week and the Canadian one was sent yesterday. ETA for both is Wednesday. #BookmarkSwap @LibrarianRyan

This collection is a must-read for any creative person. “Make Good Art” has long been a favourite of mine and was actually the first thing I posted about on Litsy. “Why Our Future Depends on Libraries, Reading and Daydreaming” is also great. I have misgivings about “Credo” but I overall HIGHLY recommend this book.

Reading horror in the dark because why not? 👻 This one is creepy illustrations with 1-2 sentence stories around the idea that something is always behind you. It‘s based on thehairsonthebackofyourneck.tumblr.com - which I recommend checking out (the illustrations are animated!)

🤣😂🤣😂 #DefendTheOxfordComma

“Fiction is the lie that tells the truth. We all have an obligation to daydream. We have an obligation to imagine.”

“You‘re finding out something as you read that will be vitally important for making your way in the world. And it‘s this: the world doesn‘t have to be like this. Things can be different. Fiction builds empathy ... you, and you alone, use your imagination, create a world, and people it and look through other eyes. You‘re being someone else, and when you return to your own world, you‘re going to be slightly changed.”

Ahhh I‘m so happy I finally have this book! Thank you @PurpleyPumpkin 🤗 I‘ll be sending a reply to your card tomorrow.

#PoutinePenPals

Came home to some cards and a surprise book from Chapters! 🥰 There was no note with the book but I‘m assuming it‘s also from #PoutinePenPals?

EDIT: Found a note tucked in the center of book! Thank you @mcctrish ! This one has been on my TBR for quite some time, now I can finally read it! 💚

Thanks @KarynGood ! 😆 #PoutinePenPals are so generous.

Reading snacks. This is how you tell if someone grew up in Quebec: they think host cuttings (as in “the body of Christ”) are a tasty snack.

Holy moly, look at all this great stuff. I screamed when I saw the Luna water bottle.. and the Pennywise pillowcase 😂 This is great @Clwojick thank you! I love the book choices and I love the stuff you made. And that Picasso colouring book is amazing. #MakerSwap

Canada Post continues to impress 🙄 Last week they told me the #MakerSwap box would get there by July 4 (July 5 at the latest) and now the tracking says it won‘t get there until next Monday.

Popping out of flu-induced hibernation to tell @Clwojick I did receive the #MakerSwap package 📦💚

I got super sick while travelling for work so between that and everything, I‘ve decided I‘m hibernating at least until October. Wake me up when Trudeau is gone... but not if the Conservatives get back in.

I‘ve been on a business trip this week but I came home to a lovely birthday gift. Thanks @FantasyChick ! #PoutinePenPals

Hello.
My name is Toni.
You killed my dog
Prepare to be a little girl 👧

#hellothursday

Finally got to open the #MysteryMessageSwap box! ✨It‘s hard to tell from the photo but the tagged book is close to bursting with items. I didn‘t want to take anything out of the book so I can discover them as I read but I did see things like bookmarks, notes, stickers, magnets and a bluray (a super cool addition). Thank you @Stacypatrice ! It looks great and I‘m excited to go through it.

Catching up on some #PoutinePenPals mail.

@StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego Thank you for the birthday card and bookmarks!

Not really a birthday book haul.. a birthday pre-haul? Either way, my brother and eldest niece came through with the bookish birthday gifts.

One of my favorites of the year so far. Mandel managed to take nostalgia and encapsulate it in book form. Interesting concept, complex characters, and it‘s generally well-written. It‘s dystopian but not quite science fiction(as it‘s often billed), more literary... sci-fi lite. So I‘d recommend this for anyone who wants to ease into that genre.

Yay for #bookmail ! I received the #MysteryMessageSwap box today 👍🏼 @Stacypatrice

Ahhhh an early birthday surprise! Thank you @BookishTrish !! They put the note in the book so I was very confused for awhile about where the mystery Amazon package came from, I thought maybe I sleep-ordered a book 😂

I was completely sure I posted this (I must have dreamt it 😂) but I did ship the package for the #MysteryMessageSwap. It should be there by the 11th.

1. ⬆️
2. Uhh tough week but all the windows in my apartment were replaced/enlarged. So bright and airy now.
3. Italian. Give me all~ the pasta 🍝
4. A lot. I don‘t know the total but it‘s close to 40.
5. ♥️

#friyayintro

Wtf.

https://bit.ly/2HrzZFJ

I couldn‘t resist the purple 🤷🏻‍♀️ so here‘s a #bookhaul with a cameo by Gambit.

#Gambit #DogsofLitsy #PetsofLitsy

Hey #Ottawa area Littens 🇨🇦 The Book Gallery is closing due to a series of unfortunate circumstances. They have to get rid of almost 100,000 books by June so they‘re giving them all away. Free books AND you‘re helping someone who‘s going through a rough time.

https://www.insideottawavalley.com/news-story/9343813--i-need-help-carleton-plac...

1. I‘ll read whatever‘s given to me
2. Right now I‘d say Rilke. Maybe Deleuze or Foucault considering I had to study them. On the complete opposite end, I‘d like to talk writing style with Maggie Stiefvater.
3. No preference
4. I ❤️ a lot of things but my participation in fandom is transient: HP, Sailor Moon, horror
5. Not really
6. Both
7. I don‘t mind
8. Yes
9. Love ‘em ⤵️
10. Bookmarks, cameras & art supplies mostly

#mysterymessageswap

🤦🏻‍♀️ My mind immediately went to Zelda and I haven‘t even played that game yet.

Forgot to mention I received your letters @mcctrish and @kelseynicburke ! I just sent letters this past week, I‘ll send replies to these ASAP in case you want to reply to both my letters at once.

I‘m all signed up!! I love love love this idea: you send two books, one from a wish list and the other filled notes, photos, art, bookmarks, etc.

Go visit @TheReadingMermaid for details and links.

#MysteryMessageSwap

Today is a grey rainy day (my favourite kind) so I‘m sitting by a window with Gambit and reading 🌧 #currentlyreading

First letters for #PoutinePenPals ready and going out Monday. It gave me an excuse to finally use the wax stamp from #OwlCrate.

⚡️ Art of various sorts (relevant links in profile), cooking, puzzles, gardening. I also enjoy video games but I don‘t really have time to play them.
⚡️ I can‘t think of one I haven‘t tried but probably something more active than my current hobbies. I‘d like to try archery again.
⚡️ Cameras, bookmarks, books
⚡️ Art - I don‘t know, it‘s something I‘ve always done.

#hellothursday

Some year-end stress relief puzzling - which doesn‘t work when the brand new puzzle has a missing piece🤦🏻‍♀️

Since tomorrow is the start of a new fiscal year, I‘m hoping to have more time to read this month. I need a good adventure fantasy book right about now.

1. Complicated question. Short answer: I live in 🇨🇦, specifically Ottawa. I‘m from here/rural Quebec.

2. I can‘t see myself living anywhere else permanently.

3. All I‘ve had time to read lately is the news.. so, everywhere.

4. Uhh Timbits are considered quintessentially Canadian (Poutine is actually Quebecois and maple syrup is Indigenous). Ottawa has BeaverTails.

5. 💙💚

#frideas @SailorMoon

📖 Pride and Prejudice and Zombies
🎥 Return of the Living Dead (specifically the scene with the Half-Lady saying “I can feel myself rot”... iconic)
🎵 Dawn of the Dead by the Murderdolls

#manicmonday

Bought a sketchbook at Chapters a few weeks ago, so I finally decided to use the bookish stickers from the #Owlcrate boxes. There‘s more on the inside, I want to buy some others for the covers.

#bookhaul from shopping with the niece and nephew. I 💙 this cover. I always love it when books have hand-drawn cover art and this one is particularly good.

Wow I haven‘t posted in forever. Haven‘t read much because March is a busy month. But in other bookish news, my 10yo niece and 13yo nephew stayed with me over their March break and I took them to Chapters—I don‘t think they‘d ever been in a bookstore before because there aren‘t any where they live. My niece emphatically declared “I want to live here” and I couldn‘t have been prouder 😂

In a mood where I want to read but I don‘t know what I want to read.... despite a lengthy TBR. So I‘m baking peanut butter cookies and trying this one but so far, it‘s not interesting me.

Now that it‘s with its intended owner, I can show you all the latest bookmark I designed 🤡 I finally watched the new adaptation a few weeks ago and tbh I like it better than the original. I kind of want to do a full painting of this Pennywise. #BookishCrafts

I always feel like I have to reread the first books in a series to read any new sequels. The site is a serious timesaver 🙌🏼✨: https://www.bookseriesrecaps.com

I enjoyed this. It has some faults typical of a YA fantasy, namely that character development sometimes seems sped up in order to move the plot forward. However, the world building is nice and the start of the book is slow in order to establish character and setting. It‘s from an independent publisher so I know this isn‘t always possible but a map would have been handy. I look forward to reading the second book when it comes out.

No snow day for me but I worked from home today. There‘s now a huge snowbank blocking my driveway, at least 6ft tall, but our water is working again 👍🏼 Now to finish this book while I have some homemade New York-style pizza 😋

Hope all my fellow Ontarian littens stay safe tonight! It‘s been snowing in my area for about an hour and the roads are already terrible and we have no water. Crossing our fingers and knocking on wood that the power stays on. If it‘s a snow day tomorrow, at least I‘ll be able to read 🤷🏻‍♀️📖❄️