Welcome to Litsy!

“ A number of these were stalking the grounds of Cassowary House, eating cut-up bananas and gobbling up any pies unwisely left on windowsills to cool.”
#PieinLit #ILovePie #CaresPieShow

I could quote something on every page. This book is my jam! Let me set the connection, the coinky-dink: I‘ve just started A View of the Harbour by Elizabeth Taylor and a character is 20 yo, right after WWII, sitting in an upstairs room looking out the window at the town streets and then this book has this quote:
“Young Christine… Climbs up to the attic room where she has done so much reading and looks out the window.”

“People‘s lives… We‘re dull, simple, amazing and unfathomable — deep caves paved with kitchen linoleum.“ The keyword here is unfathomable.

The above is from her essay on Alice Munro.

Munro is one of the authors on my “must-get-to” list. Who is on yours?

An old proverb from India says, “ Forests 🌳 precede civilization; deserts 🏜 follow.”

(I‘m thinking it‘s a wonderful idea to capture all proverbs I encounter in my readings…)

and now, let‘s all go hug a tree.

#CaresPieShow #RhubarbLemonPie #BirthdayPie #PieinLit #LitPie

“She later said that she had to leave the kitchen when I was making my first pie crust, the sight was so painful to her.“

I have burning questions! Like, why is Esther tasting my book? 🤨

Esther assisting. #DogsofLitsy #whpg #GriffDog #nonfiction

I enjoy Atwood‘s fiction. She‘s always thought-provoking, wryly funny, and often brilliant. I just didn‘t LOVE this collection of speeches and essays on various topics. I think by structuring it chronologically and not thematically, it felt too random? And whilst I loved some essays, the collection as a whole felt too long and the content got repetitive. With so much in one collection, individual pieces lost their power in a sea of great writing.

If you are an Atwood admirer, like myself, this is definitely worth a read. Over 60 essays/pieces full of wit and wisdom. I especially enjoyed her essay on Anne of Green Gables.

#Netgalley#ARC#BurningQuestions
This is Atwood so I was always going to love it, this is also short pieces & non-fiction so I wasn‘t going to love it that much, 3 stars balances this.

What is great about this book it feels like a conversation with an old friend, you may not always agree but the conversation is interesting and does provide a new insight.

Full review here https://thereadersroom.org/2022/03/12/burning-questions-by-margaret-atwood/

Seems like a good day to start this one. Happy IWD

On my way to Waterstones. Contemplating the new Margaret Atwood... any other books I should keep my eyes peeled for while I'm there??

Book mail! Looking forward to this one.

This JUST ARRIVED on my doorstep; gift from a friend.

It‘s a good day! I got it through my local indie Changing Hands . Looks like many indies & Libraries participating. Some will mail book to you. https://www.eventbrite.com/e/virtual-margaret-atwood-burning-questions-essays-an...

Always a cause for celebration when a new Atwood is being published!