Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile

Welcome to Litsy!

Litsy is a place to share and discover your favorite books with your favorite people.

Litsy is available on the web, for iOS and Android.

It’s fun.  It’s simple.  It’s all about the book. Sign up and get a little Litsy.

To respect member's privacy and keep things awesome, most of Litsy is hidden from Google. We let humans see and share pages, but not machines. Find out more.
This page is: Hidden

Trending Hashtags

See More
#SpringSkies
25 users recently
#bookspin
61 users recently
#BookSpinBingo
38 users recently
#AwesomeApril
37 users recently
#Pemberlittens
16 users recently
#LitsyLove
25 users recently

Trending Books

See More
Untitled
Untitled
Untitled
52 users recently
Zorrie
Zorrie
Laird Hunt
13 users recently
Rebecca
Rebecca
Daphne Dame Du Maurier
12 users recently
Let's Go Camping!
Let's Go Camping!
Jan Mader
16 users recently
Rebecca
Rebecca
Daphne D Maurier
5 users recently
About | Help / FAQs | Privacy | Terms | Press | Resources
I Cheerfully Refuse
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
7 posts | 5 read | 7 to read
A career defining tour-de-force from New York Times bestselling, award-winning and "formidably gifted" (Chicago Tribune) novelist Leif Enger. A story-teller "of great humanity and huge heart" (Minneapolis Star Tribune), Leif Enger debuted in the literary world with Peace Like a River which sold over a million copies and captured readers' hearts around the globe. Now comes a new milestone in this boldly imaginative author's accomplished, resonant body of work. Set in a not-too-distant America, I Cheerfully Refuse is the tale of a bereaved and pursued musician embarking under sail on a sentient Lake Superior in search of his departed, deeply beloved, bookselling wife. Rainy, an endearing bear of an Orphean narrator, seeks refuge in the harbors, fogs and remote islands of the inland sea. Encountering lunatic storms and rising corpses from the warming depths, Rainy finds on land an increasingly desperate and illiterate people, a malignant billionaire ruling class, crumbled infrastructure and a lawless society. Amidst the Gulliver-like challenges of life at sea and no safe landings, Rainy is lifted by physical beauty, surprising humor, generous strangers, and an unexpected companion in a young girl who comes aboard. And as his innate guileless nature begins to make an inadvertent rebel of him, Rainy's private quest for the love of his life grows into something wider and wilder, sweeping up friends and foes alike in his strengthening wake. I Cheerfully Refuse epitomizes the "musical, sometimes magical and deeply satisfying kind of storytelling" (Los Angeles Times) for which Leif Enger is cherished. A rollicking narrative in the most evocative of settings, this latest novel is a symphony against despair and a rallying cry for the future.
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
blurb
BarbaraJean
BarbaraJean
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
post image

Here are my nominations for #CampLitsy24! All from authors I‘ve read & loved. I‘ve tagged my top pick on this post & the others in the comments.

📚I Cheerfully Refuse by Leif Enger—I 💜 everything I‘ve read by Enger!
📚The God of the Woods by Liz Moore—this is either a perfect or a terrible book for me to pick: a girl named Barbara goes missing from summer camp 😬
📚The Warm Hands of Ghosts by Katherine Arden
📚 Beautyland by Marie-Helene Bertino

tagged users iconMegabooks, squirrelbrain, BarbaraBB
Ruthiella I considered nominating Beautyland. It sounds interesting. 2w
BarbaraJean
[tagged book]The God of the Woods
2w
BarbaraJean
[tagged book]The Warm Hands of Ghosts: A Novel
2w
See All 16 Comments
BarbaraJean
[tagged book]Beautyland: A Novel
2w
squirrelbrain I love the cover on the Enger - thanks for nominating! 2w
Caroline2 Yes! the Warm Hands of ghosts! I forgot about that one. Great selection. 👍 2w
BarbaraBB Oh no, not a Barbara missing from camp 😃 2w
AmyG Oh boy! A new Liz Moore. 2w
BarbaraJean @Ruthiella It really does! I was surprised it's by the same author as 2 A.M. at the Cat's Pajamas--it sounds so different. @Caroline2 I keep seeing it pop up on other Camp Litsy nomination lists as well! Katherine Arden is so good. 2w
BarbaraJean @AmyG I know, right?! The Unseen World was so good, she's been on my radar ever since. Although I have now run into a dilemma with this one: the publication date I saw on Goodreads said June 4, but after further investigation I'm seeing a July 2 pub date on other editions. Now I'm not sure if this one actually qualifies for Camp Litsy. 🙁 @squirrelbrain @BarbaraBB @Megabooks
[tagged book]The God of the Woods
2w
squirrelbrain Hi Barbara - we go through all of the nominees‘ pub dates for various countries to ensure that as many Littens as possible can join in. There are always a few that fall by the wayside as a result. 😞 2w
monalyisha Ha! Definitely laughing about that synopsis for you. 😅 2w
AmyG Have you read Long Bright River? Also wonderufl. (edited) 2w
Megabooks I loved Beautyland! It would be so good for discussion! I didn't know Liz Moore had a new one either. 2w
BarbaraJean @monalyisha I know, right?! Maybe it‘s for the best that the publication date turned out to be too late—wouldn‘t want any Barbaras to go missing from Camp Litsy! 2w
BarbaraJean @AmyG I haven‘t yet! It‘s on my list, but you know how that goes…😂 2w
47 likes16 comments
review
TorieStorieS
TorieStorieS
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
post image
Mehso-so

I‘ve read all of Enger‘s earlier books— and this is the first one I listened to on audio. The performance is great… but I just didn‘t love this one the way I did his debut novel, PEACE LIKE A RIVER. Maybe I am just kind of over dystopian fiction? Rainy‘s love for his wife, Lark, propels this book forward for the most part. I loved her passion for books, and Sol was definitely a scene stealing character, but I had a hard time connecting with Rainy,

39 likes
review
Tamra
Tamra
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
post image
Mehso-so

Speculative meanderings with the MC - not really in my wheelhouse.

This wasn‘t the reading experience of Peace Like A River, but to be fair I read it decades ago and no doubt my preferences have changed.

45 likes
blurb
nitalibrarian
nitalibrarian
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
post image

I had a Dr appt in the "big city" this afternoon, so I stopped at Barnes and Noble on the way home. I wanted the new Leif Enger book. Also found a Persuasion I don't have yet and some pretty metal butterfly bookmarks.

25 likes1 stack add
review
KristiAhlers
KristiAhlers
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
post image
Mehso-so

Honestly I'm not a huge fan of dystopia type novels...which this is...but at the same time Lark and Rainy were two characters that drew me in...until they didn't. There is a lot of moving parts and honestly whilst wasn't something I would've picked up on my own (I run a book club) I don't totally dislike the book. Left me feeling meh. 3 🌟

jdiehr His book Peace Like a River is one of my all-time favorites 4w
KristiAhlers @jdiehr I loved that one too! 4w
42 likes1 stack add2 comments
review
JoyBlue
JoyBlue
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
post image
Pickpick

This hot-off-the-presses dystopian novel packs a huge punch. I‘m glad I didn‘t shy away from reading it. Read my full review here: https://debbybrauer.org/#i-cheerfully-refuse

Publication day: April 2.

#NetGalley #RBMedia #ICheerfullyRefuse

31 likes1 stack add
blurb
nitalibrarian
nitalibrarian
I Cheerfully Refuse | Leif Enger
post image

I work tomorrow and one of my tasks will be to get Tuesday's releases in the catalog.

26 likes1 stack add