Welcome to Litsy!

It‘s no secret that I fear #BIGbooks but I was willing to put aside my #PageCountPhobia and tackle this beast - SO GLAD! From the first line until the final page I was swept up in this multigenerational tale of love, faith, family, secrets, science, religion, chance and destiny. Outstanding storytelling and incredible amount of detail and vivid imagery. My love affair with India continues. Definitely a favorite read of 2023♥️🙌🏻

It‘s going to be a great summer- here is my #14books14weeks2023 stack! These are all books from my own shelves that I was so excited by when I first bought and I don‘t want them to hang around and for that excitement to wear off. My summer of reading will probably start with Lessons in Chemistry but I need to finish the tag booked first. I‘m excited to spend another day in Verghese‘s world but sad it‘s going to be the last day.

I‘m already predicting that CoV will be my book of 2023. It‘s gonna take quite a book to beat it in my mind.

This doesn‘t suck! #vacation

A sprawling multigenerational novel that begins with Big Ammachi and ends three-quarters of a century later with her grandchild. Open it, read the sobering first sentence (“She is twelve years old, and she will be married in the morning”) and just fall into the pages. Verghese is a master of storytelling.

With a hardcover page count of 724, this checks off the Chunkster Mini category for #chunksterchallenge2023

Yay!!!! My copy FINALLY arrived! I don‘t think I‘ll be able to resist it‘s pull @Cuilin

Great Author !

This is my idea of heaven…..a beautiful morning with the birds singing and me and a book soooo good. I‘m 300 pages in (almost halfway and I already give it 5 stars!). Happy Sunday Littens! I haven‘t cut the hangers off my plants yet but I will after I finish this book! 🤪

While it has been over a decade since Verghese‘s last novel, his mastery of the written world has not lost any of its power and impact. This novel completely consumed me, and I felt I could see every scene in great detail due to Verghese‘s remarkable storytelling ability, from the teakwood in the house, the amazing scenery of Parambil, to the rains of the monsoon. The interweaving of the various stories of the family members was flawless!

Until now, the measure of years at Parambil has been Easter and Christmas, births and deaths, floods and drought. But 1933 is the year of Moby-Dick. Halfway through the book, Big Ammachi wants Philipose to ask Koshy Saar if this Moby-Dick isn‘t all made up. “It‘s entertaining. But isn‘t it one big lie? Ask him.”
Koshy Saar‘s response is indignant. “It‘s fiction! Fiction is the great lie that tells the truth about how the world lives!”

She is twelve years old, and she will be married in the morning.
#Firstlinefridays

The last 3 days I was in Bath, Maine looking at the ocean, seals, birds, cute puppies and bookstores. I went into Sherman‘s Bookstore, a wonderful store that I thought was an independent bookstore in Falmouth. Looking at the map though it seems Sherman‘s have a number of stores in Maine. Check them out if you‘re traveling through the area. Of course I had to buy the most expensive hardcover they had because you can‘t leave empty handed.

Loved this new one from Abraham Verghese! Maybe even more than Cutting for Stone! A multigenerational saga of a family in India. I loved both the family and the side characters. It was well-worth it to spend awhile in their corner of the world. Highly recommend!

#chunkstermini
#chunksterchallenge2023
@amiable

Never have I ever been the first to borrow a particular book from my local library!

“She is twelve years old, and she will be married in the morning.”

#FirstLineFridays

I‘ve too many reading plans to add this in right now. I‘m planning a buddy read after CampLitsy23 for all who want to join in for the eagerly awaited novel by the author of Cutting for Stone. Tagging some , all are welcome. Say September 1st?

@Cinfhen @AmyG @Sapphire @Deblovestoread @Bookwormjillk @squirrelbrain @dabbe @batsy @IndoorDame @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @Eggs @Cathythoughts @LeeRHarry @Mitch @AllDebooks @jenniferw88

Question for all who are interested in this buddy read. So the much anticipated new novel from Abraham Verghese is due out May 2/3 do we read before CampLitsy23 starts or after? Tagging those who said they were interested but open to all.

A beautiful family saga starting with a young girl married off to a widower with a strange affliction to water in a remote part of Kerala, India. This book covers almost 80 years following the family through happiness and sadness, love and loss, death and birth. Yes, the book is very long but honestly I would have read another 700 pages to stay with this family!
#NetGalley #GroveAtlantic #thecovenantofwater

I was excited to learn today Abraham Verghese‘s new novel is finally being released in May. His last novel, “Cutting for Stone,” was a favorite of mine. Now, after 14 years, his next is almost here.