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Another winner recommended by @Cinfhen for #NYWD. I had seen this book around bookstagram but hadn‘t read it because I thought it would either be too sad or too sentimental. I ended up really loving it. Patrick is such a great character and I loved his niece and nephew. It ends well but I‘d still love to spend more time with these characters.

Thanks for tagging me @OriginalCyn620

I‘m reading The Guncle and Broken (by Jenny Lawson) and I‘m hoping to start The Storyteller by Dave Grohl. All if these are #NYWD books picked by @Cinfhen

I was busy today but hope to focus more on #WeekendReading the rest of the weekend.

Fun romp that wasn‘t too serious but at the same time tackled serious things.

#ThoughtfulThursday @MoonWitch94

1. I‘m doing the PopSugar Challenge and want to keep up with my buddy reads/book club picks. I also have a goal to read my local newspaper every day.

2. Hopeful (fingers crossed for a better year)

The tagged book is one of several I have going! I‘m enjoying it already.

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

I received a gift card to the local bookstore for Christmas and these were my picks! Can‘t wait to dive into this pile!

My favorite book from #August. Mostly light and easy, but it does touch on heavier topics, mainly grief and loss. A well-done book and a great read!

#12Booksof2021

My July pick for #12Booksof2021 @Andrew65

@Crazeedi @Lizpixie

I had to read it, after reading glowing reviews by @Cinfhen and @KarenUK. The audiobook was 👩🏻‍🍳 😙

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After reading @KarenUK ‘s review I immediately went to Libby and lucky me started reading the ebook ASAP. ( all other books tossed aside ) This has so much heart. Patrick‘s been chillaxing in Palm Springs since his hit sit com went off the air. But a family tragedy finds him the unexpected guardian to his niece and nephew. I cried and laughed. A great escape from winters cold ( it‘s set in California) It reminded me of my own wonderful Guncle 💚

#12BooksOf2021
Here‘s my favorite read from June @Andrew65
While this book was set around the death of a young mother it ended up being a book about GREAT LOVE.
It‘s like a BIG WARM COZY HUG 🥰
Go audio!

Ever read a book else everyone loves & you vow to never read the author again but another comes out & it has such a charming premise that you can't not pick it up so you figure if you hate it you can write the author off forever but then it‘s a little sweet & a little melancholy & a little uplifting & a little funny and combines into a heartwarming read so now you have to go back & read the book that came out after the one you hated? Yup, me too.

#12booksof2021 #6thbookof2021 #june
This was one of my most fun reading experiences all year. GUP, Gay Uncle Patrick, is a hilariously bitchy, playful, reclusive prima-donna actor who by a tragic circumstance, has a summer of taking care of his little niece and nephew. It‘s funny and heartwarming and heartbreakingly sad at times, as Patrick and his charges, navigate their new world, and the awful losses they have endured. A perfect summer read.

Sweet and sad and hilarious. Loved it!

I'm back to Litsy, y'all. Life has started to settle down a bit, and I'm hoping to get back to reading more.
My friend gave Guncle to me saying, " I couldn't get past the title-" not the best vote of confidence. However, I really enjoyed this. It managed to be really light even though a central premise of the novel is grief and how it brings the main characters together.

My library hold finally came in for this and I‘m loving it. Read by the author

3 of the books on my #NYWD2022 are nominees for awards on GoodReads this year….and they kind of fit together pretty well. Looking forward to tackling at least one of these in January and the others as 2022 goes on.

This book was fantastic. I loved the uncle children relationship. When the children mother passes away and dad is sent away for pill addiction. Guncle is put in charge of his niece and nephew. He never realized how much he needed them as much as they needed him. This book was so funny I loved the way he talked to them but I also loved the Guncle Rules! I am glad I finally read a great book for I was getting into a ready slump. A+

Audiobook pick:
Great novel!! I may have to purchase a physical copy. Much deeper than the cover suggests. I pretty much pictured Daniel Levy as the main character, it's hard not to... This is one I would love a sequel to follow up on what happens next for him. 🌴

💕 Perfection 💕

After a family tragedy Greg O‘Hara, asks his brother, Patrick, to be his children‘s primary guardian for three months. Maisie and Grant know little about their uncle who they affectionately call GUP (Gay Uncle Pat). Patrick is a semi-retired actor who lives a reclusive lifestyle in Palm Springs. Patrick, with his unusual wit and wisdom, helps the children work through the healing process and their understanding of what family really means.

All 3 finished books were good solid reads. And I think my 3 current books will be the same. I am behind on Hood Feminism #SheSaid but will try to be caught up this week. I have a busy work week ahead and next weekend my dad is visiting and we are going to the symphony. Our first indoor event. So glad they are requiring proof of vaccine, etc.

Absolutely delightful! Charming, sweet and sour, and hilariously funny. I laughed out loud (snort laughs!) so many times. I listened on #audio while walking the neighborhood and I must have looked quite silly, laughing along to myself. I‘m so happy to have read this book, it made me really happy. Highly recommend! #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

I‘m loving this #audiobook ! The story, the banter-it sparkles like a great comedy. I would love to see this as a movie or limited series!

"I need you to remember something. We‘ll call it Guncle Rule sweet sixteen: I want you to really live. To live is the rarest of things. Most people merely exist"

My October #BookspinBingo ! Excited for some great books ahead. @TheAromaofBooks

So much fun!!

Steven Rowley with Anne Bogel.

I read 70 Books this Summer! Hard to decide a definitive Top List but these were my favorites. But No 1 Summer Read was The Guncle. I literally told everyone I knew and some random strangers about it. Talked about it all Summer long.

And that's a wrap‼
#summerreading2021

“Books should be an experience, he thought, not a trophy for having read them.”
-quotes

I found this to be sweet, funny, heartwarming and sometimes heartbreaking. I loved the kids. I highly recommend the audiobook version which is narrated by the author.

This is a pick,but it took me to the end as a collective story to say that, the main character Patrick the “guncle” is somewhat off putting in trying to navigate his niece and nephew,but during the coarse of the story Patrick finds himself examining his life on this journey to help the children and ultimately also helps himself. I finished this yesterday so didn‘t make #superseptember readathon

Lovely! Funny and sad at the same time.

Has some pacing problems — but so does the experience of moving through grief, which is, in large part, what this book is all about. It‘s slow. And not much happens. But then it turns out that the “not much” is crucial.

That being said, I sometimes put it down for too long & felt little compulsion to pick it back up again. But whenever I did, I was utterly charmed. The characters are delightful & the whole story is suffused with humor & warmth.

Bitter sweet and sad, contemporary and restrospective, but I didn't like it as much as I was hoping to. Maybe just the wrong time for this book..

This story is totally adorable so far and now I want a GUP (gay uncle Patrick).

#currentlyreading

This book was so amazing 😭 Gay Uncle Patrick is tasked with looking after his niece and nephew for the summer after their mother passes and their father goes to rehab. He tries to help them with their grief while he learns how to work through his own. While filled with sad, tender moments, it's also full of hilarious antics and quirky characters. Such a lovely, hopeful book ❤️

Inspired by my absolute, tell everyone I know, #1 Favorite Read of the Summer. The Guncle by has me wearing Kaftans and drinking martinis. 🍸 #summerreading2021

NO WORDS for how amazing this book is!! But I‘ll try:
🍹Heartfelt, moving, sincere, gets you right in the gut
🍹Patrick felt so real, like we were already friends
🍹Such relatable relationships
🍹Hilarity at every turn and then startling catharsis
🍹Never wanted it to end
Steven Rowley is such a genius writer and I hope you read this book and love it and tell all your friends!

This book is sad & sweet. I‘m only a third of the way into it. I hope it holds up because I am thoroughly enjoying it!

1. A title might catch my attention, and influence my decision to pick it up and check it out.
2. Loved the tagged book.

#Two4Tuesday
Thanks for the tag @DarkMina
Play along, Littens!

This girl gets me today. I needed some cuddle time 🥰
#oakleythecat #catsoflitsy

I‘ve been in a reading slump since April….haven‘t been able to finish anything that I start. Hopefully this can break the funk!

I hope I‘m wrong…but this *could* be my last beach trip of the Summer. 😭

August reading recap: This month, 12 of 22 books read rated high enough for the reading recap. https://debbybrauer.org/#august-2021-recap

Also, I need your help! [See comments.]

#two4tuesday

1. Tagged book. It was delightful! 😊
2. Not doing any swaps, but I am doing #bookspinbingo and BFC21! 📚

If you want to play, consider yourself tagged! 🤗

Loved it! This one totally lived up to the hype!

#bookspinbingo Glad this winner was my #doublespin for this month!

I‘m loving this so much. I don‘t want to turn it off to work.

I can see why this book is enjoyable. GUP is fun and is learning a lot while taking care of the kids, but it is a little bit slow moving for me and it turned into a bail. I just don‘t care about the celebrity or ex-celebrity life and Palm Springs and that dragged down the speed of the book for me. I can see where the idea is fun and why people like it. Maybe this will be a “listen to” instead of “read it” book.

This was a really fun book that had more depth to it than I had expected. On the surface, it was about an uncle and his new-found responsibilities to his niece and nephew when he's needed the most. On a deeper level, it was about navigating through grief, and the importance of friends and family.

And what's not to love about a book that weaves Oscar Wilde quotes throughout the story?! 💙