#xmastreecontest Entry #:🎄🎄🎄

11 points

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

#FestivePhotoChallenge Day 7: Santa Hat

My Santa hat tree topper! 🎅🎄🎁

11 points

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

Heads up, fellow Littens! This user posted this comment (bottom half of picture) on one of my photos. I've only ever gotten creepy/spammy comments like this on Instagram. Very surprised to see it happening on @Litsy I've blocked him, but just wanted others to know.

That's a wrap for Week 1 of #WinterGames2021 🎄

I watched several more Christmas movies, read 5 more children's Christmas books this morning, & tallied my points early so I can give my brain a rest from keeping track of hours & searching for words while reading 😂

After adding everything up, my weekly point total for #TeamGameSleighers is: 13,628 🥳

#AVeryMerryReadathon #Adventathon #WinterCosy #WrapItUpReadathon #WGWordSearch
@StayCurious

#FestivePhotoChallenge Day 5: By Candlelight 🕯

Which doesn't make for great lighting, but here you go 😂

16 points

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

#xmastreecontest Entry 2 🎄

I might just have to leave this tree up all year 🥰

#WinterGames2022 #TeamGameSleighers

So fun to get to know everyone this week! 😊

1. @BayouGirl85 @kimmypete1

2. @Hansarjohnson

3. @kimmypete1 @Laughterhp

4. All Littens!

5. @ChasingOm @TheSpineView

6. I don't, either! @Pigpen_Reads @rjsthumbelina

7. @StayCurious @Bookworm54

8. @peanutnine @Crazeedi

9. @PuddleJumper @Hansarjohnson

10. Again, all Littens 🥰

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

#FestivePhotoChallenge Day 4: Book & Chill

That is exactly my plan today with the tagged book (or any other book that appeals to my mood reader self 😂)

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

The Christmas Pig has got to be one of the most charming, heart-warming Christmas books that I've ever read. Highly recommend (along with all these children's Christmas reads!)

251 points (I have a lot of #WGWordSearch points, too, but I'm waiting to share my total until the first week of Winter Games is done!)

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers
@StayCurious

In case anyone is looking for good books to read for the #WGWordSearch for Winter Games, the tagged book is an absolute gold mine for the word, "Christmas" ???

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

#FestivePhotoChallenge Day 3: Silver Bells

Well, I don't have any silver bells, so I decided to color one from my Christmas stained glass coloring book 😊

16 points

#TeamGameSleighers #WinterGames2021 #holidaycraft
@StayCurious

#FestivePhotoChallenge Day 2: Red and White

We have so many snowglobes in our house, and my mom, @curiouserandcurioser , reminded me of this one when I told her what the prompt was for today!

Does anyone else collect snowglobes? 😊

11 points

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers
@StayCurious

Hot cocoa (made from scratch) is pretty much a staple at this time of year, so what better choice for my first #festive recipe 🎄🍫

21 points

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers

My holiday reads so far for #WinterGames2021 and #TeamGame Sleighers 📚🎄 Is anyone else reading children's books for Winter Games? Just me? 😂

226 points for these reads

Plus 50 points for our team read (tagged). I'll probably be in the minority, but I just didn't enjoy it. It's not my genre!

@StayCurious

#FestivePhotoChallenge Day 1: Red and Green

What better excuse to share our Santa tree?! 😊🎄🎅

Also, my first entry for the #xmastreecontest

21 pts

#WinterGames2021 #TeamGameSleighers
@StayCurious

My first cheesy Christmas movie has been watched and I've started my first Christmas craft! 🎄❤ Now, back to holiday reading!

5 pts (plus what I haven't added up yet for reading/readathons 😅)

#TeamGameSleighers #WinterGames

These are the four #readathons I'm participating in for #WinterGames 🎄📚🎄 I'm so excited to start all my holiday reads! Thank you to everyone hosting these events ❤ #TeamGameSleighers

#wintercosy #wrapitupreadathon #adventathon #averymerryreadathon

📚 Bilbo Baggins! We'd cook and enjoy all the yummy food from his many pantries 😂

📚 Hmm.. try something new that you've always wanted to, but have put off. I did that with watercolor painting and drawing, and it helped me so much!

📚 Hard to choose a favorite... I think I'd have to go with Inkheart by Cornelia Funke!

#sundayfunday
@ozma.of.oz

Feeling a bit under the weather today, but it's nothing that some hot cocoa and a few good books can't fix 📚🍫

Accurate 😅📚🍕

What a fun December readathon! My goal is just to make it through as many of my holiday reads for #WinterGames as I can! 🎄

Thank you for hosting, @TheSpineView
#AVeryMerryReadathon
#TeamGameSleighers

This is the strangest, most pun-filled book I've ever read 😂 Happy Thanksgiving to everyone who's celebrating today!

I've made a very ambitious TBR for #WinterGames this year! I know the titles are hard to make out, but I didn't want to try to stack 72 books 😂 (a bunch of those are children's books) 🎄 #TeamGameSleighers @StayCurious

I've also made my #bookspin list and will be doing #bookspinbingo also, @TheAromaofBooks

One of my reading goals is to finish a few of the books that I started this year, but never finished. First up on the list is North and South! 📚

My mom, @curiouserandcurioser , is hosting the #LitsyCrafters group with @Catsandbooks 🎨🪡🧵

Check out their posts for more details and let them know if you'd like to join in the crafting shenanigans! I can't wait!! 😊

I saw this on FB and had to share it here! What a wonderful birthday idea for book lovers like us 😊📚💙

In this week's grad school adventures, I get to watch all the adaptations of The Hobbit! 🧙‍♂️🐉

I actually won a Goodreads giveaway! What?! 😂🥳

I've signed up for #WinterGames2021 and it promises to be full of all sorts of festive fun! 🎄❄☃️ You can sign up here:

@Clwojick
@StayCurious

Has anyone else read this series? I only have two books left, and I really love them! One reviewer described it as "Jane Eyre meets Lemony Snicket," which I thought was actually really fitting ?

Taking a break from school reading to revisit this classic 💜

GIVEAWAY!

I've partnered with CelebrateLit to do an amazing giveaway where you can win a spectacular prize of over 50 books or a $500 Amazon gift card to buy books you love to build up that TBR pile!

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My handbound, illustrated book, Chip and the Book of Rose Leaves, is included in the giveaway!

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Be sure to enter Celebrate Lit's Bring on the Fall Multi-Author Giveaway going on now through October 16 (Link in bio!)

I feel personally attacked by this line 😂😂

October is National Book Month! 🍂📚

Here's a sneak peek at what's to come for 21:25 Books:

🍂 Tomorrow, a special post for anyone who has felt heavy with discouragement lately

📚 My review for Letters from the Dragon's Son by Tammy Lash (it's so good!)

🍂 TWO giveaways! I'm so excited to announce them!

📚 Plans for 21:25 Books' brand-new website! If you'd like to be part of the process, I'd love that!

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@TheAromaofBooks Thank you so very much for sending me this book! The last few weeks have been so awful, and this was the perfect bright spot in the midst of it all 💜💜 I'm so grateful and can't wait to read it! #litsylove

Earth Quaking is a stunning exploration of that struggle we all face between doubt and faith. Kindle, Tad, Ella, and Andrew are four of the most real, endearing, and well-written characters you‘ll find between the covers of a book.

Read more about the wonder of Anelthalien on the blog (link in bio)

My first illustration for Signum University is officially available, and seeing something that I drew available in a store is just about the coolest/weirdest thing ever 😂

My next grad school read! I had never heard of this one before, so I'm really excited to dive in 😊 This was a hard one to find online; thankfully, someone was selling a copy on Amazon!

I'm really enjoying the letters so far, even though they've been short. I think they offer an interesting look into his everyday life, and I'm excited to get to know Tolkien better in that way!

#FellowshipofTolkien

I got to write a blog post for my graduate school, Signum University!! 😊😊 Here's the link if you'd like to check it out! 🏰⚔🐉

https://signumuniversity.org/news/are-you-ready-for-an-adventure/

It's probably wrong to find this funny 😅😅 Poor Faramir.

#FellowshipofTolkien

It's been a lovely morning full of all things Tolkien (and, of course, coffee). I'm so excited to be reading Tolkien's letters with the #FellowshipofTolkien group!

We're reading one letter a day and would love for you to join us! You can find the schedule on @JazzFeathers page 💜

My first class officially starts today, and it still doesn't feel real that I get to read books like this for grad school. My nerdy heart is happy 🐉⚔🏰

Week one reading! Let the grad school adventures begin ⚔🐉

Through the Looking Glass is one of my first reading assignments for grad school, so in prep, I'm reading the first Alice adventure (but I think I'll have tea first 😉🫖)

It was a lovely birthday! 😊 Some fun gifts from Storiarts, some good reads, a new leather journal, and a ring inspired by Jeremiah 29:11 to help me remember that God's plans are perfect even when they're different from mine ❤

Most importantly, time with my family and lots of love from the Litsy family! Thank you, everyone, for helping make today wonderful!

@curiouserandcurioser Thanks for making today perfect! I love you 🥰

Thank you so much for the lovely birthday cards and booksmarks!!! It means a lot that you took the time to send them ❤❤ I'll write back soon!

@DinoMom @Lovesbooks87 @Allylu

How does a story grow? 🌱

At the end of the day, I‘m not the one creating these stories. God is the Author. He knows every word of these tales, and He‘s given me the privilege of being the first reader...

Read more on the blog (link in bio)

Is there anything more fun than bringing bookish illustrations to life with a few trusty colored pencils (and the always reliable Gelly Roll Pen)?

I don't think so 😉

Do you have a favorite illustration from Chip and the Book of Rose Leaves?

And, more importantly, have you busted out the colored pencils yet?!

Please share your coloring creations! I'd love to see them!

1. Inkheart by Cornelia Funke

2. The Search for WondLa by Tony DiTerlizzi!

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView