Welcome to Litsy!

Cute collection of short stories set during the first period of quarantine, featuring young adults struggling with isolation and still finding ways to connect with others and maybe find love. These were so hopeful, it made me smile. And the diversity of the authors and characters was refreshing.
Thanks for another great #AuldLangSpine pick Sarah ☺️ @shortsarahrose
#Booked2023 about a pandemic @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @alisiakae @monalyisha

A selection of cute, fluffy YA romance stories set during the first spring and summer of quarantine. Characters act responsibly (masking, social distancing). Romance is pretty PG-rated, so good if you like romance to be more cute than steamy. A good palette cleanser.

“I think I might have discovered another circle of Hell: Quarantining with your horrible, messy, way-too-loud, way-too-obnoxious roommate, who thinks the middle of the night is the perfect time to blast a Spotify playlist.”
- From the story “Stuck with Her” by Rachel Lippincott

#FirstLineFridays
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“‘Where‘s the beeswax?‘ I holler louder.
‘Top cabinet!‘
‘Thanks!‘
I‘ve got something wonderful to make.”

“Flipping through the tattered pages, I saw dozens of underlined sentences and notes scribbled in the margins. It looked just like my favorite books. Well loved and thoroughly beat to hell.”
- From “Love, Delivered” by Erin A. Craig

Finally getting my reading mojo back after being in a slump (school, work, travel, chronic illness, surgery - it‘s been a busy few months! 😅)

#doublespin october @TheAromaofBooks
Not my favorite, some of the stories had to much teen angst in them for me but for some it would be perfect.

• tagged!
• Hungry Hearts and Finding Woods
• definitely both!

#sundayfunday @ozma.of.oz

This is a book that never would have happened without Covid. I know, who wants to reminded of the epidemic when most of us read to escape? Pandemic aside, quarantine is excellent fodder for meet cutes and long distance pining. This is 9 short stories with a YA slant, written by different authors. It‘s a great way to sample an author‘s writing. While each story had the same theme, each author had their own approach to making quarantine their own.

Courtesy of Net Galley, here‘s my next read!