Welcome to Litsy!

Loaned to me by a Kansas friend who has a love of Prairie Writers. I'll be seeing her later this autumn. Want to be able to return and discuss.

While the writing is a bit stilted at times, maybe because it's translated from Norwegian, it has some beautiful descriptions of the prairie. Also it's a much more realistic view of harsh realities of life in the Dakota territories. 🫖📖🤓

#two4tuesday @TheSpineView

1. I really disliked The Poisonwood Bible. I‘d probably rewrite it about midpoint on. Since I can‘t do that, I avoid all her books. Most recently, I was disappointed in The Sworn Virgin. I‘d try to save it with a better ending if I could.

2. A year ago I answered a similar question with the tagged book, and it remains the same darned one. I recall slamming that sucker down. It still outrages me how it ended. Aargh!

Two #Bookyouhavereread and one to be reread. #Gratefulreads

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620
@nataliepatalie

1. Giants in the Earth tagged.
2. Church, bbq with family
3. I'm allergic to eggs.
4. Hilda Matilda, my grandmother's name 😊😆
5. Will do ❤
@nataliepatalie

#Friyayintro @howjessreads

#friyayintro @howjessreads

1. Read my review 2 years ago & I said I wanted to throw this thing out the window. And while cleaning up books this weekend I related the same story to the kids. Damn, those Norwegians write mood books
2. Mostly pack leftovers from the night before
3. One of my expertises in law is cybersecurity. Embarrassing, when my phone went kaput because it had been hacked. Fine work counselor
4. Cinnamon or vanilla
5. Blue Sky🎸

#setnearwhereyoulive #riotgrams

I actually chose books from where I was born because I love northern Minnesota and there are already sooo many books set in the Californian Bay Area where I currently live.

I don't usually get to the point where I want to throw a book across the room anymore. If I'm not feeling a book and it seems like I've given it a fair chance, I just bail on it. However, there were a few books I had to read for literature classes that I wanted to chuck. The first one that popped into my mind is Giants in the Earth. All I can say without spoiling anything is that I completely blame the ending for this. 😆#photoadaynov16

A book about Norwegians 🇳🇴🇳🇴🇳🇴 settling the vast open prairies of early America. This is a much darker version of the same subject as the Little House books. I didn't care for it, it had little action, but I found myself reading it compulsively until the end, at which point I wanted to throw the whole book out the window. This is a classic in Norway where I am led to understand many books are gloomy. #translatedbooks #somethingforsept