Welcome to Litsy!

I‘ve been listening to nonfiction, historical, cozy mysteries, a thriller, and quite a bit of fantasy lately. I didn‘t realize how much I had been missing character-based literary fiction until I felt myself sink into Lily King‘s prose. I loved this quiet, tender novel about an emotionally shuttered teacher and her complicated relationship with a text she taught every year: Tess of the D‘Ubervilles. #Audiobook narrated by Christina Moore.

To live even a day on this earth required courage. All these things they read in school—The Odyssey, Beowulf, Huckleberry Finn—all about courage, but the teacher never said, ‘You may not have to kill a Cyclops or a dragon, but you will need just as much courage to get through each day.‘

So close to finishing all grades! So ready to start Christmas break and read for fun! #teachersoflitsy