Welcome to Litsy!

I listened to this one on audiobook (which was fantastic) for my library book club. It is lovely. A true testament to the power of books and the communities that libraries provide.

Several characters in this needed redemption, and some really just needed to forgive others. This was such a good book. Thanks for the tag @dabbe
#ThemedThursday
Make a great day everyone 😊

Another book club read. Sadly I didn‘t love it. There are some lovely moments and characters but it was just a bit too slow going for me

Loved this book - sweet, sad, hopeful.
The power of books (and the neighborhood library) to help people connect , push past loneliness, find strength to help themselves and others. Aliesha, a librarian with a stressful home life, finds the reading list and shares it with Mukesh, a recent widower. There are other minor characters who have found a similar list. It is the story of the how the list effects them.
Make a great day everyone -📚

#ThinkPositiveBePositive
Thanks for the tag @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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I loved this book. I listened to it and while I don‘t like books with more than one narrator the three people doing this one was amazing.

#MarvellousMarch goals:
Finish tagged book, and Crooked Kingdom and Joyland -

Thanks for hosting @Andrew65 🌞

Make a great day everyone 🙂

Audio crochet time!

I am calling it for Feb. #2023ReadingBracket @chasjjlee

I just got home from a short trip with my oldest daughter. I am tired. But when I got home look what was waiting for me! I‘ve given up trying to explain Litsy to anyone. They can‘t possibly understand how much I love you all. Thank you so much for this wonderful surprise from my TBR. You are wonderfully thoughtful and generous people Amy, Misty, and Renee! ❤️❤️❤️
Btw that‘s Jack giving himself a bath #catsoflitsy

Now that the weather is getting nicer in the midwest - starting my walking book club - we read the book, then walk and talk about it - tagged book is first one up.

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A lovely novel for book lovers. The various characters connect through their local library in beautiful and unexpected ways. Reminds you of the transformative power of reading and sharing books with others.

Getting drawn into this lovely book. About the healing power of books, and their ability to connect people. I think I‘m going to like it a lot.

A lovely story about how reading books teach you, comfort you, lead you to friendships and to family.

#Doublespin @TheAromaofBooks
#Pantone2023 @Clwojick Pink Cosmos

You were right about this one

For #bookspinbingo this February I‘m doing something different: only reading books from my own shelves! I‘m calling it #LoveYourshelf. 😋 I‘m super excited about this awesome list of my own books I‘ve been meaning to read, including some I just borrowed from my dad that are now in my possession. Most are new to me but all the Agathas are rereads (as I‘m planning my Poirot/Marple tattoo). I‘ll see you in March, library!

#Pantone2023 #springcrocus @Clwojick

I have actually been reading this book for awhile and finally finished it today. Up until the last third of the book, I would‘ve said that this book was perfectly fine but nothing more than that. When something devastating happens, however, the book comes to life and the characters become people I care about.

My heart is SO full right now ♥️♥️♥️ Amanda, this
book is beautiful and I cried happy and sad tears at the end. I‘m SO glad it was on your list and so thankful. Not sure if you can spot the wad of tissues at bottom of the pic 😂🥲😭 #auldlangspine @Sapphire @monalyisha

Meh. This was good but it didn't exactly spark my joy. It was a struggle to convince myself to read it, actually. Lonely young woman and lonely old man become less lonely as they read a handful of books. That's my hot take on it.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Joining in #bookspin this year to try and get my kindle unread books down...! Thanks @TheAromaofBooks !

1. The Change
2. I'm sorry you feel that way
3. Shrines of gaiety
4. Wrong place wrong time
5. Trespasses
6. Memphis
7. Insomnia
8. Yinka, where is your husband?
9. Fight Night
10. Notes on an execution
11. Elizabeth finch
12. Free love
13. Dog rose dirt
14. The matrix
15. An island
16. The sweetness of water
17 Should we stay or should we go

Starting a new book from my library pile 📚 while April snuggles on my lap. Happy #Jolabokaflod!

#catsoflitsy

Reading on the train from Stirling to Edinburgh. My favorite part of the kindle experience is being able to throw it in my purse. 🏰☕

Book 154 The Reading List is exactly the book you'd expect. Mukesh, a nonreader who's lonely since his wife's death, embarks on a journey through literature after finding a list of books titled "In Case You Need It". It starts out slow and is gimmicky, a book for book lovers, but the characters become dynamic and so lovable. It's really beautiful and sweet! I recommend it and will watch for more by the author. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

The last day for #foodandlit #India. Sharing some interesting breakfast from south India. 1. Masal Dosa: I m from a small coastal town of Karnataka state where they first tried this type of dosa ( using rice & lentil batter potato curry) The detailed recipe is mentioned in the tagged book. 2. Paddu: using the same dosa batter in a different type of pan. It is loaded with veggies, not spicy & kids fav. 3. Poori & alu gobi. 4.Idli, sambar & chutney.

How funny! My grandmother used to tell me I should always carry a book in case I got stuck in an elevator. Apparently this was a more common scenario than I ever imagined! 😄 Gosh, I haven‘t thought about this in many years. What an unexpected and nostalgic memory of my Nana, who passed away 20 years ago. ❤️

I enjoyed this book a great deal more than I expected. I had decided it wasn‘t for me, but it was everywhere and on every list. I gave in for audio. I loved it. Highly recommend. It‘s better than most books about books out right now. It‘s really about the people. As all good books are.

I couldn‘t be more bored in this slog of a book. That is all.

"Please try to remember that books aren't always an escape; sometimes books teach us things. They show us the world; they don't hide it." ?

"Now it was just him, and there was no space at all. Every corner was full to the brim with memories." ?

An official title! 😄

This book was so much more than I expected. Recommend.

Very much into this 'multi-colour covers for books about bookstores and books' aesthetic. 📚

Book came highly recommended so I saved it to read on vacation. I had trouble getting into it, but probably because I was distracted by the stunning views of Alaska.

#bookspinbingo

Mukesh and Aleisha are an unlikely pair of friends, but they become so due to a list of books left behind in the library. I so enjoy reading books about books, and this one showed the importance of reading and books to our lives and learning in such a lovely way. I‘ve only read one of the books in the list, so I need to make this a goal for 2023!!

Great book!

I got one BINGO and was so close to a second! Was halfway through the tagged book (which was square 5) when the month ended.

Super fun theme this month! #bookspinbingo
@TheAromaofBooks

“He would do the good deed and return it to the shelves.” No! Please do not reshelve random books! That really is the job of library staff. People do this trying to be helpful, but it‘s so easy to incorrectly shelve a book, and then it might as well be lost. Put it on a “to be shelved” shelf, sure, but don‘t reshelve it. Leave that for library staff.

I started this one for book club but I just couldn‘t finish it! It plodded along, and although it had clearly come from the kernel of a great idea it wasn‘t executed well at all. Although there was nothing terrible about it I just found it so boring I kept falling asleep! Most of the bookclub agreed that it wasn‘t great but there were a couple who loved it- it was a very marmite book!

A story of of the human condition that inadvertently spark unlikely friendships & heal family relationships. Reading is primarily a solo act that can be deemed selfish “me time,” this novel shows how stories and books change us and open us up to a better understanding of ourselves and others. The characters and quandaries from beloved books are woven together with those in the new story show us how they heal and create incredible connection.

At 1st I didn't like this book. But I gave it a chance & it turned out to be a beautiful story about books, & reading them, that bring ppl together and even help ppl grow, learn, heal & escape. I loved watching the characters grow, especially after reading each book that was on the list.

I would fire the main character, Aleisha, if she worked for me in a library! Trying to ignore an old man who is having trouble getting into the library, ignoring him when he asks for help finding something to read, and vaguely waving to an area and saying, “Novels are over there.” What kind of librarian leaves an untrained, teenage, summer worker alone in charge of the library like that? No one I know. I‘m having issues with this book.

I know too many Librarians to not take exception to this book. No Library is going to put a teenage summer worker with no training, and who is rude to everyone on the desk.

Of The Reading List all the books get their moments of why they are a great read. Pride & Prejudice is just referred to as a Guilty Pleasure Read. Characters act like it shouldn't even be on The Reading List.
#Pemberlittens

⭐️⭐️⭐️ I‘m usually hit-or-miss with books about books, but this falls right in the middle. Some aspiring readers randomly come across a reading list full of well-known titles, and decide, what the hell, let‘s try reading these. 🚨Minor spoilers for the books discussed, but not really enough to deter. Overall, the story is a bit cheesy, but it works. Of the POV, Mukesh was my favorite. He‘s just adorable in his the newfound love. #bookclub

4 🌟 It's hard for a book lover not to fall under this book's charms... It's a cute story, brushing nonetheless on very hard topics (mental health, suicide, etc.), about the power of books. Quick read, well-written, this friendship story will make you want to read more, and why not spread a list of books...

This was a sweet bookish novel… at times sadder than I expected, but still such a huggable story. I‘m kind of a sucker for books focused on libraries, or books about books… or books about how unlikely friendships and personal growth can spring from shared reading… and this was all of the above. Some of the minor plot lines could have been developed a little further, but still—a fun debut novel and a great #BookSpin pick for May!

This book made me ugly cry happy tears in public. I will always love it for that.

🤷🏻‍♀️🤷🏻‍♀️eh it‘s ok so far. Once again I‘m reading half a book in two days. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️