Welcome to Litsy!

This author has a fan in me for life. I LOVE the way she writes adolescence and lets the characters think appropriately for their age and feel their feelings and wrestle with love, friendship, self esteem, and race. I‘m captivated by her females leads each time in their humanity and desires and curiosities. It‘s the kind of book I hope teens do pick up to see themselves represented as they are.

A bit of #audioknitting while I start a new audiobook. Enjoying it so far!

Can we take a minute to appreciate how pretty that twisted rib is? An absolutely menace to knit but my gosh it's so worth it in the end.

(also yes we still have the Christmas table cover on. Desperately holding on to the Vibes™ 🎄🎅😂)

At first I didn't think I was going to like Quinn or Carter, but this was a charming story about standing up for yourself, facing your fears and making the effort to live life. And that sounds like it's cheesy and manipulative with Chariots of Fire music, but it's lovely. Quinn really comes into her own and my teenaged self could have used a nudge from her and this book.

I think this book went a bit overboard with the 'Lists'
Also, genuinely feel there's nothing wrong in being organised.

Also, read this a while ago. The ending wasn't the best in my opinion. 4 stars.

YA contemporary fiction. Quinn has a lot of secrets in her journal in the form of lists. When her journal goes missing she is blackmailed to begin completing items on some of her lists. Quinn will have to learn to face her fears. 4⭐️ I love YA

I really liked a lot of the conversations around race and class that were held in this novel, but I wasn't absolutely over the moon about it, and idk why just yet. Quinn was a fantastic character, tho, and I loved Livvy and Imani. #yalit

Freddy Kruger nails! 🖤

So far this book is really good. I‘m listening to a NetGalley audiobook, so the synthesized narration takes a while to get used to.

Listening to the tagged book while prepping some autumn nails. My house is already decorated for fall, so it‘s won‘t be long until my nails are fall too! Seriously obsessed with these duo chrome colours. #20in4 🖤

I didn‘t like it. 🤷🏽‍♀️

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A quick break from all the serious books I‘ve been reading lately. This one is really cute. ⭐️⭐️⭐️💫

An overly enthusiastic list maker who is blackmailed into completing a to-do list of all her worst fears. It‘s a heartfelt, tortured, contemporary YA high school romance.

So much packed into this book...cyber bullying, racism, friendship, lies, forgiveness, and so much more.

Very much enjoying this one. #currentlyreading #preview #debutnovel #junerso2021 #diversity #witty #romance #ownvoices #family #friendship #identity

When you go from nothing to read to this. Plus a number of digital manuscripts. Whew. A busy three weeks ahead. But also yay, a busy three weeks ahead! #tbrpile #junerso2021

Thank you @HarperTeenCollins for my #ARC

Definetly has Jenny Han's To All The Boys I've Loved Before vibes but has wonderful moments that really got me thinking... the more I read #ownvoices the more I appreciate the diversity I'm exposed to (I'm from a very homogeneous white community). I had never paused to consider that black people may not feel black-enough. Or be uncomfortable in their own skin. This was eye-opening and well done.