Welcome to Litsy!

I loved the many types of queer representation in this #audiobook, but something about it still didn‘t 💯 click with me though. Rebecca Lowman‘s narration was 🤩

Maggie‘s mother died suddenly. They never quite got along, especially after Maggie came out. In her mom‘s will, Maggie finds letters addressed to several people. She decides to deliver them in person and finds out unexpected things about her mother‘s sex life and marriage.

This chapter broke me a bit. I‘ll post a spoiler in the comments.

I finished this last week but I still can‘t stop thinking about it. The very epitome of a marmite book. Maggie is messy and complicated but her journey to understand her mother and by extension herself, really resonated with me emotionally. Contradictions and hypocrisies abound but that is life, no? One quibble with the names: Maggie‘s GF‘s name is Lucia. Lucia was one of my grandmother‘s names but Maggie was her nickname 👇🏼

Randomly plucked from my shelf based on my #CoverCrush.

So-So

So good:
-diverse set of characters
-texting/social media/actual news events (non fictional) naturally integrated
-good eye for life and level of maturity in one‘s 20s

So bad:
-diverse set of characters felt forced, even offensive as if the author assumes readers harbor stereotypes
-the book opens with a sex scene that felt sorta like receiving an unsolicited dick pic
-parts of the book were tedious

#lgbtqbooks #queerbooks

Just got! Can‘t wait!!!

Today‘s #bookhaul (plus Hank). I think this is his “did you really just buy more books?” stare.

When Maggie's mother dies in a car accident, she leaves a pile of letters addressed to men Maggie has never heard of. She decides to deliver them in person. This is a nice structure to a sometimes flawed novel. It allows the author to tell the mother's story too, while the daughter examines her own relationships - her girlfriend, her brother, her old friends - all while she gets to know more about her mother than she ever knew while she was alive.

For me, this novel fell between a Pick and a So-So. I liked the main character, Maggie, even when she sometimes came across as dense. I wish there had been a tiny bit more of the narrative from Iris's point of view, but overall I enjoyed the novel and will seek out more by Ilana Masad! And also how beautiful is the cover?!

Today has been a really hard day for my mental health. I'm in bed early and will be getting lost in the tagged book for a while. Enjoy this picture of my bestest furry friend, Seasons. She loves you.

For those of you struggling too, hold on just a little while longer. You're valued and needed here.

😂 Definitely felt this way about Maggie the narrator in the tagged book!

Having a newborn at home has really decreased my reading time. But tonight she's sleeping tight and I'm cracking open this new book from #MoonPalace books in Minneapolis. As a bonus, I get to snuggle Riley Dog while reading (she's sad because all the neighbors are setting off fireworks ☹️)

Maggie who is in her first “this might be something” relationship with Lucia gets a call saying her mother has just died. She goes back home and while dealing with her mother‘s wishes finds letters addressed to people she‘s never heard about. She decides to hand deliver them. There was a great lesson in telling people to not save the things they need to tell their loved ones. However, halfway through I felt like I was an audience member at a 👇🏼

These are the books I will be cataloging today at work when I'm not doing curbside duties.😁📚 #librarylife

Will this be he book that inspires me to keep reading until the end? I‘ve set aside a lot recently so I‘m looking for the magic book that sucks me in and doesn‘t let me go until I turn that last page. Fingers crossed. Oh, and as a bonus, it‘s a #MayARC due out the 26th.

At it's heart, All My Mother's Lovers is about learning that the people we think we know the best can still surprise us. It's about that moment you realize that your parents exist as something other than your parent, that they have and have had a whole life that has nothing to do with being a parent. It's also about saying the important things when you have the chance and the unintended consequences of never saying those things.

1. The tagged book and Ghost Story by Jim Butcher (hoping to get through my reread of the series before the new book finally comes out this summer)
2. None at the moment, I actually need to renew my library card 😕
3. These two goofballs, Sophie and Maxwell. They make my life infinitely better, funnier, and more fur-covered.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Have a few weeks of breathing room from book club reading commitments and this is the first ARC I‘m diving into.