It‘s pouring out so I‘m listening to the rain and having a comics/graphic novel night 🌧

My one pick for #TBRDeckofCards this month.

For anyone following along with the official list, this is up next for #ReadSpooky2022

And since I‘ve finally got my StoryGraph account organized, I‘ve made a challenge there for this: https://app.thestorygraph.com/reading_challenges/5fc84614-830d-4ae9-b41e-629547e...

A kind of haunted house story with a twist. Good enough that I kept reading it because I wanted to know what happens, and I would recommend it to anyone who loves a haunted house story but it‘s by no means a masterpiece. You never quite forget that you‘re reading a YA novel. #ReadSpooky2022

January TBR ❄️ Not seen here is Pinocchio for #ChildrensClassicRead2022 and omnibus 2 of Harrow Country.

Used my Tim Burton deck to pull my first two picks for #TBRDeckofCards 👻

7♣️ is the tagged book

J♦️ is the prompt Music, for which I chose The Chimes (tagged below) since it‘s one of the books on my Unfinished List.

As mentioned, I‘m setting a casual horror challenge for myself but I figured if anyone wanted to join yet another challenge for 2022:

Have a spooky year by reading at least one horror book per month. Follow the provided list or make your own! Nothing is mandatory, participate whenever and however you‘d like. If you want to read more per month or only join for one month, go for it. #ReadSpooky2022

My books for #Roll100 this month. I only signed up for 1 number but I may try to do both anyway.

While I was finishing my list for #Roll100, I also decided I‘m going to do #TBRDeckofCards, and probably set my own horror challenge for myself.

In doing these, I discovered I have enough TBR books to cover all three challenges and a separate TBR without cross listing anything 😅

Lol it‘s 11pm and NOW I‘m working on items for the new year. I don‘t usually do life resolutions but I do have reading goals:

⭐️ Instead of aiming for a set # of books, I just want to read more. Even if it‘s just a chapter a day.
⭐️ Finish most of the 27+ books on my “unfinished” list.
⭐️ Read from my TBR list, focusing on books I own.
⭐️ This is more an unofficial goal but I want to finish reading all of Ania Ahlborn‘s books.

Thank you @DinoMom for the wonderful gifts, I adore them all. I‘m losing it a little at the Christmas Dino, I love him. Those wax seal stickers are really cool, and that bookmark! 💚 and it was a genius idea to put it all in a cushion cover! #StockingSwap #PoutinePenPals

Merry Christmas to everyone from Gambit and I! 🎄 I hope you‘re all having an enjoyable holiday with time to relax!

Gambit wanted to be included while I was taking photos with my mom and sister, so I managed to get my annual Christmas photo with him 😆 It was slow but busy day for us so we‘re just now winding down in preparation for our big meal tomorrow.

#Gambit #DogsofLitsy

A quick reminder that today is opening day for #CreepyChristmas! 💀 I‘m seeing the tags from those who have already opened and I can‘t wait to look through them more tonight. I love seeing the creepy and fun things you all gift.

I‘ve been in contact with anyone who has delayed packages so everyone should be up to date. If there‘s any updates that have been missed or any issues, please let me know!

Mailed the #PoutinePenPals #StockingSwap earlier today! I was told it‘d be there by the 20th at the latest. 🎁🎄

It‘s heeere! 🎄it‘s under the mini tree in my office for safekeeping. #PoutinePenPals #StockingSwap @DinoMom

@StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego I‘m sending mine off today.

Posting this because I know many Littens are from the US:

This weekend, one of my cousins was abducted by her mother, from a parking lot outside Montreal. Her mother is from New Mexico and drove up to Canada to take her. They had been found at the Border at Highgate Springs (VT) and the Amber Alert was cancelled. Except the Border Patrol allowed her to cross into Vermont and now no one knows where they are.

Details from the Amber Alert ⤵️

I love a spooky story so this was by far my favourite question from last year‘s #CreepyChristmas so I‘m bringing it back! Whether you‘re in the swap or not, feel free to share a story.

All matches have been sent! 📧 #CreepyChristmas

Today is the last day to sign up for #CreepyChristmas!! 💀

https://forms.gle/pWF5QPaijjVTwUhw8

#litsyswaps

Holy moly, where has the time gone?! There‘s only one week left to sign up for #CreepyChristmas !

Please share and/or tag anyone who would be interested.

https://forms.gle/pWF5QPaijjVTwUhw8

Please share/tag anyone you think will be interested! Every year I get messages that someone found out about it too late 🖤

#CreepyChristmas is a book swap for anyone who wants to celebrate all things spooky beyond October 31. Inspired by stories like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Krampus, and Black Christmas that blend the dark and scary with the delight of Christmas.

https://forms.gle/7m2G9u1k8BQbXJJe7

Happy spooky season! I‘m jazzed about everything eerie right now so I decided to launch this early 💀

#CreepyChristmas is a book swap for anyone who wants to celebrate all things spooky beyond October 31. It‘s inspired by stories like The Nightmare Before Christmas, Krampus, and Black Christmas that blend the dark and scary with the delight of Christmas. All participants send and receive horror-themed books and goodies. Open internationally.

Now that I‘m back I can finally show these off!! I may have screamed at bit at the Oxford commas one. I think I‘ll put that at my work desk… I‘m all about coffee and Oxford commas at work 😂 Thank you @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego you always choose the best bookmarks. #SummerBookmarkSwap

Good morning, Litsy! I‘ve been MIA from social media for the past month because of family emergencies (everything‘s ok now!) and I also haven‘t read anything because of that. So instead, here is a gratuitous dog photo 😉😁 #Gambit #DogsofLitsy

Didn‘t have time to post here before I left for vacation last week but I did mail out bookmarks to @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego and @ShelleyBooksie before I left. They should be there soon! 🤞🏼📬 #summerbookmarkswap

Just signed up for the #SummerBookMarkSwap!💫

367 schools and they‘re not even sure that‘s a full list. If they were to search for bodies at each school, and find a modest estimate of 80 bodies per school, that‘s 29, 360 dead children.

The list of schools by state: https://bit.ly/3ArXNUm

A reading list (includes the tagged book): https://bit.ly/36cCRmt

Instead of #FourthofJuly #USIndependence : https://bit.ly/3Aq0cip

I have never celebrated #CanadaDay (or the #FourthofJuly) and I don‘t know any Indigenous person who has. It has always been a day of mourning for us.

There are tons of resource lists being shared now more than ever. Search them out. I will add that it‘s not enough to just read Indigenous authors. #DecolonizeYourShelves but also decolonize the way you read, analyze and review books. Racism is still a huge problem within bookish communities.

Holy 5 years, Batman! 🎉✌🏼

Birthday gift from my mom was an e-reader 👌🏼 I finally decided on a Kobo Libra H20 since it‘s a) not Amazon and b) loads library books!

Ah, yes, take genocide and make it ✨fun✨ AND make a profit off it.

I‘ve been seeing this book everywhere and hearing good things so I was thinking about buying the e-book and then I happened to learn about this... literally about five minutes ago.

https://whatever.scalzi.com/2020/03/17/the-big-idea-tj-klune/

Which one do you like better? After the pain of moving way too many boxes of books I‘m seriously considering getting an e-reader. I like the idea of a non-Amazon option but it seems like Amazon has better options and e-book sales??

I‘m finally looking into options for new bookcases. Anyone have experience with these ones from IKEA?How are they?

Hello from the other side of the move! 👋🏼 I‘m still not completely settled yet. My new office/studio/library is my basement so I‘m working on fixing some things up. This corner is basically all of my books, they will live here until I replace my bookshelves.

The state of my library currently. I trashed two shelves, sold one, gave two to family and am keeping the small one. The books are all the ones I‘m donating... 68 in total.

EDIT: 69. Not including the books I‘ve given away to family... and I still have so.many.books.😅

There‘s so much I could say about this but it all sums up to: 🙄

Thank you @AmyG ! Sorry it took me so long to open but it made for a wonderful January pick-me-up!

And of course the #PoutinePenPals cards were fun. The dinosaur and pug ones were 👌🏼😂

I think I‘m finally almost caught up with my letters. I‘m sending out more this week and then probably pausing for a few weeks while I move and get settled.

I finally dealt with the pile of mail but it still took another week to post 🤦🏻‍♀️😅 Thanks to all the #CardSwap littens! I still received cards this week, so if this isn‘t everything I‘m sure it will be here soon!

@Lollymya The city/surrounding area I live in has indeed been in Hallmark movies. I WISH it were as cozy and pretty as they make it look lol

@Texreader 50 degrees sounds amazing right now. In spring, that‘s shorts weather 😆

1. In books, pretty much anything ghostly or demonic. In movies, I still think Freddy Krueger was a terrifying premise even though the movies no longer scare me.

2. Probably The Exorcist, at a ridiculously young age. If not A Nightmare on Elm Street. Hard to tell, I‘ve been watching them almost all my life.

3. I think this one has been on it the longest.

#spookysaturday

I literally have a stack of mail on my bookcase 🤦🏻‍♀️ Between Christmas, work, and packing, I just haven‘t had time to go through it. I think at least half of it is Litsy-related. So if you‘ve sent me something— sorry! 😅 I probably got it but haven‘t posted it yet. My goal is to go through it before Monday!

I don‘t think I ever posted the finished home library after moving last year. Here it is with a cameo by Gambit. Alas, I now have to take it all down as I‘m moving again 🤦🏻‍♀️

This is one wall of my guest bedroom. I also have a small bookcase for oversized books to the left, small paperbacks in a built-in shelf on the opposite wall, and a TBR cart upstairs.

#Gambit #petsoflitsy #dogsoflitsy #shelfie

Just a quick reminder for anyone who hasn‘t yet opened: today is the day! I‘ve been looking through all the posts so far - everything looks amazing!

Checked my notes and am tagging anyone I THINK hasn‘t received a package yet. If you haven‘t, please let me know! #CreepyChristmas

Thanks @Tianarose ! I‘ve been wanting to read the manga adaptation for awhile, and I 💙 the bookmark! #CanuckChristmasSwap #PoutinePenPals

Received some #PoutinePenPals mail from @Tianarose 🎉🎄 Is this for #CanuckChristmasSwap?

Last weekend I sent about 1/3 of the cards for #PoutinePenPals and a batch for #CardSwap.

Yesterday I sent the #CanuckChristmasSwap package. It should be there by the 17th. And I sent another batch for the holiday card swap.

Today I‘ve mailed the remaining cards for the card swap and I‘m sending more for Poutine Pen Pals this weekend.

Something fun for the #CreepyChristmas group or anyone else who wants to share. It doesn‘t need to be holiday-themed!

Ghost stories are one of my favourite traditions, and one of the major influences of my love for horror (besides watching scary movies way too young). It also spurred my interests in non-fiction books and history. Do you have a favourite “true” scary story?

For anyone participating in multiple swaps, @Chrissyreadit made a helpful little image 🎄❄️

#CreepyChristmas friends, keep in mind the delays due to the pandemic and usual holiday madness when shipping 🖤

#CreepyChristmas pals, here‘s a little questionnaire to let your Secret Santa get to know you 💀🎄

Also, anyone can participate even if they aren‘t in the swap!🖤 For fun, my answers are ⬇️

Another great swap! I just signed up. If you‘re interested, check out @LibrarianRyan ‘s profile for the sign up details. #CardSwap