Weathering | Litsy

#SundayFunday

It feels like I‘ve been trying to get people to read this slow, quiet, rural ghost story with a strong setting for aeons! It floated under the radar when it was published in 2015, which I think is a travesty. I‘ve been chasing this book‘s vibes for years.

BookmarkTavern

Itchyfeetreader This sounds like a ghost story I could enjoy 2w

monalyisha @Itchyfeetreader Yes! Perfect time for it! And also, I should probably mention, not spooky. 2w

CindyMyLifeIsLit Sounds interesting! I‘ve added it. Thanks! 2w

BookmarkTavern That sounds really interesting! Thanks for posting! 2w

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Charityann

Weathering | Lucy Wood

Having crazy flip-flopping weather here. Tonight even at 8PM it‘s like 65 degrees. No hat or coat- just a sweater. #festivephotochallenge #mistletoemaniacs #wintergames2021 @Clwojick

Blh87 We had thunderstorms…in December…in MINNESOTA. Today it was like super windy and 18 degrees. What in the world? 4y

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peaKnit

Weathering | Lucy Wood

Todays prompt is how‘s the weather, and whoa, it has been wild. Yesterday was a record breaking warm day in WI and crazy wind storms over night. It was kind of scary. #festivephotochallenge #WinterGames2021

StayCurious

vivastory The wind was so strong last night that I could smell smoke from fires over an hr away. 4y

peaKnit @vivastory wow, that is scary! 4y

Tamra It was unprecedented here in MN! We‘re supposed to be a 0% chance of tornadoes in December state. 🥺 (edited) 4y

peaKnit @Tamra Right?! Us too. That was really something. 4y

Tamra @peaknit scary! There were two confirmed here. It‘s one thing to have power outages in the summer, it‘s another in the winter.🥶 I‘m surprised actually there wasn‘t damaging hail - those were the kinds of spring storms that drop golf balls! Stay safe & warm. (edited) 4y

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Cinfhen

Weathering | Lucy Wood

Here‘s some #WeatherTermInTitle for #Booked2022 @TrishB and anyone else who‘s looking for inspiration #SharingIdeas

TrishB And this one 👍🏻 4y

HeathHof Circling the Sun is SO good! 4y

Cinfhen It‘s been on my shelf for YEARS @Mynameisacolour I‘m excited to have a “reason” to read it!! 4y

alisiakae I plan on reading

Siege and Storm

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rockpools

Weathering | Lucy Wood

This is my current bookclub read which I have absolutely no hope of finishing before Thursday. But I like what I‘ve read so far - very atmospheric, almost nostalgic for me, and a bit odd - and I love the #leaves on the cover. #gratefulharvest

Eggs, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

merelybookish This has been on my #TBR for ages! Something about the name has always intrigued me. 4y

Eggs 🌿💚🌿 4y

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful cover 🍂 4y

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rockpools

Weathering | Lucy Wood

‘Arse over elbow and a mouthful of river‘

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

TrishB Love that ♥️ 4y

rockpools @TrishB It quite sets the tone, doesn‘t it? 4y

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monalyisha

Weathering | Lucy Wood

Okay, @wanderinglynn tagged me & asked that I create a #hauntedhollowswap aesthetic. In my efforts to comply, I totally ignored the rules (🙈); I didn‘t realize I was supposed to choose 3 images until after I created the collage. So, don‘t mind me! 😅 But here‘s my best effort.

I tagged “Weathering,” which is one of my favorite ghost stories. Though honestly, it‘s not very spooky at all! Just sad, lyrical, & atmospheric. ✨👻

wanderinglynn The more the better! 🎃🖤🧡☠️ I just arbitrarily picked 3 because that‘s what worked for mine. 😉 5y

monalyisha @wanderinglynn That‘s my philosophy! What‘s this “simple elegance” & “less is more” nonsense? 😅 5y

wanderinglynn 😂 so true, especially when it comes to books. 5y

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MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm I love the skeleton wearing a bathing suit in the pool. 😂🤣😂🤣 5y

Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick I never realized until now how much I need a pool so I can have a skeleton floating in it! 🤩 5y

monalyisha @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick Right?! 😆 5y

MatchlessMarie That middle picture describes TX fall pretty good. Don‘t mind me drinking my PSL poolside 😆 5y

monalyisha @MatchlessMarie That sounds divine! Yesterday, I wore a pretty heavy red flannel with a flamingo embroidered on the pocket. I‘m ALL about seasonal confusion/juxtaposition. 😅 (edited) 5y

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monalyisha

Weathering | Lucy Wood

Just in case you aren‘t sick of my face yet, here‘s another selfie! It‘s inspired by @DaveGreen7777 & his #maskupbookstagram challenge, also shared by @PaperbackPirate 📚:

W - Weathering
E - Emerson (The Portable Viking Library)
A - Another Brooklyn
R - Rabbit Cake

A - American Gods

M - Middlesex
A - American Salvage
S - Sound of a Wild Snail Eating, The
K - Know-It-All, The

PaperbackPirate I love it!! Thank you for keeping us safe with your mask. 💙📚😷 5y

Clare-Dragonfly Brilliant! Also, that‘s such a pretty mask! 5y

monalyisha Thanks, @Clare-Dragonfly! I agree. It was a gift from my mom. 🥰 5y

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sharread 🙀Your bookshelf has glass windows 🤩😍❤👍 5y

monalyisha @sharread Yes! It‘s called a Barrister Bookcase. I scored it a couple of years ago at a big, regional shebang (the Brimfield Antique Fair). 5y

DaveGreen7777 Awww, I love this post! 🥰 And what a gorgeous mask! 🤩💐 5y

monalyisha Thanks, @DaveGreen7777! All credit to you! 💖 5y

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monalyisha

Weathering | Lucy Wood

#Top10oftheDecade
(published between 2009 - 2019)

I‘m not saying these are the most well-written books of the past decade (though some of them are), but they‘re the ones I‘ve enjoyed the most.

(I‘ve tagged the most obscure title.)

Cinfhen

Kalalalatja The Fairyland series was very close to making my list, too, but I went with this by Valente

Deathless

monalyisha Special thanks to @MeganAnn, @ladyneverwhere & @britt_brooke for recommending “Once Upon a River”, “Sing, Unburied, Sing”, & “Priestdaddy”, respectively! #freakyfriday #newyearwhodis (edited) 6y

monalyisha @Kalalalatja I weirdly didn‘t love that one. 🙈 It‘s been awhile now but I suggested my book club read it & we all felt similarly. I think it would‘ve been more enjoyable if I‘d had more of a background in Russian folklore going in. Perfect cover, though. 😉 6y

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alisiakae 2020 goal: read Jesmyn Ward! 6y

merelybookish I loved Priestdaddy. Forgot to put it on my nonfiction list. I would read anything by Lockwood! 6y

monalyisha @Redwritinghood I‘d love to see your #toptenofthedecade list for poetry! 6y

Cinfhen I almost added Sing and On Earth / it‘s too damn hard to narrow it to 10!!! Great list 🤩thanks for tagging me 6y

britt_brooke Great choices! So happy you loved Priestdaddy, too! 💚💚💚 6y

Redwritinghood @monalyisha Good question! I need to think on that. Most of the poetry I‘ve read has been in the last five years, though, so it may not really be representative of the whole decade. 6y

monalyisha @Redwritinghood That‘d be good enough for me! 😉 6y

MeganAnn Excellent choices! I‘m so glad you loved “Once Upon a River” as much as I did! That would make my top ten list as well. “A Tale for a Time Being” might be a contender for my top ten as well. ❤️ 6y

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monalyisha

Weathering | Lucy Wood

I know we all have them: that one book that you LOVED, that you wish you could read again for the first time, the one that struck all the right chords & that feels absolutely singular. You look for echoes of it in other titles, in other writers, in other plots, but it eludes you. You cannot find anything like it.

What‘s *your* #ReadAlikeThatGotAway?

Share & tag! Maybe someone will have the knowledge that you seek & suggest the perfect book!

monalyisha What‘s the one book you haven‘t been able to find a read-alike for? Mine is “Weathering.” It‘s a ghost story, with no moves made toward spookiness; it‘s just atmospheric, haunting, lingering, quiet, slow, & lyrical. It‘s more about a sense of place & the ties that bind us than it is about the supernatural — though that piece of it makes it a story that‘s even *more* up my alley. (edited) 7y

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monalyisha

Weathering | Lucy Wood

I made a collage of books that I loved but that I *never* hear anything about. I‘m calling it #unsungheroes. These little babies need some attention! 😘

If you make your own, tag me! I‘ll tag the titles I‘ve used in the comments below. And if you read ONE of the books off my list, make it “Weathering.” Such a lyrical, thoughtful ghost story. It‘s slow - but intentionally so - & quiet, & lovely.

booksbrewsandbooze How great, I‘ll check these out! 7y

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The Silence of Bonaventure Arrow: A Novel

monalyisha

The Arrivals: A Novel

monalyisha

Bloodroot

Cinfhen I like this idea 7y

monalyisha @Cinfhen Thanks! 🤗 7y

monalyisha @booksbrewsandbooze Awesome! 🙌🏻 7y

tammysue Stacking Bloodroot, I ❤️ southern stories! 7y

monalyisha @whatshesreadingnow It‘s one of those books where the (Appalachian) setting is a character unto itself! 💚 7y

tammysue @monalyisha Ooh sounds wonderful! 😃 7y

emilyhaldi Love this post! 7y

monalyisha Thanks @emilyhaldi! You should make one, too. 😉 7y

emilyhaldi I just might!! 7y

Clare-Dragonfly Ooh, fun idea! Some of these sound like I would love them. Did you use an app to put the pictures into one? 7y

monalyisha @Clare-Dragonfly Thanks! I‘d be interested to see what you‘d pick. 😊 I just used my Instagram Layout app (which is free)! 7y

Beachesnbooks Great idea! I'm going to find some 😄 7y

monalyisha @Beachesnbooks Cool! Looking forward to seeing which books are on your list! 7y

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monalyisha

Weathering | Lucy Wood

Not that I have time to add more books to my TBR, what with my book club commitments & the quickly approaching #freakyfriday event (so excited! 🙌🏻), but I need to ask now, while I‘m thinking of it: what‘s your favorite ghost story? I have a weakness for a spot of haunting (especially when it‘s a novel that doesn‘t fall into the “horror” genre & isn‘t actually scary, at all). One of my favorites is tagged. 💞👻

Billypar I read this one last fall and it fits that description perfectly: I'd definitely recommend it.

Mr. Splitfoot

monalyisha @Billypar Compared to Kelly Link? I‘m in! 🙌🏻 Thanks! 8y

Billypar That's too funny- when I read this, I didn't know who Kelly Link was, but I recently picked up Get in Trouble. I guess I'm g 8y

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Kimberlone

Rebecca

Billypar *glad she's compared to Samantha Hunt by extension! 8y

monalyisha @Billypar “Stranger Things Happen” is my favorite collection of hers (which I originally picked up because of a review that called it “an alchemical mix of Borges, Raymond Chandler and “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”). 8y

monalyisha @Billypar I think I have another book of Samantha Hunt‘s on my TBR, too! I‘m going to look for it & tag it. 😊

The Seas: A Novel

monalyisha Thanks @Kimberlone ! That one‘s on my list; I‘ll have to bump it up! 👍🏻 8y

Billypar Ooh...I like that combo- I'll have to read that one next! 8y

Kimberlone @monalyisha yes, it‘s so good! Great gothic vibes. The Hitchcock movie based on the book is also fantastic! 8y

toofondofbooks The Thirteenth Tale by Diane Setterfield, The Graveyard Book by Neil Gaiman, anything by Simone St. James, anything by John Haywood, The Little Stranger by Satan Waters, Ghost Story by Peter Straub, The Night Gardener by Jonathan Auxier, Doll Bones by Holly Black, Greenglass House by Kate Milford, Long Lankin by Lindsey Barraclough, The Mercy of Thin Air by Ronlyn Domingue 8y

toofondofbooks Sarah Waters, not Satan lol 8y

toofondofbooks Lincoln in the Bardo, The Ghost Bride by Yangtzee Choo, Liesl & Po by Lauren Oliver, Bag of Bones, It, Pet Cemetary, The Shining by Stephen King 8y

monalyisha @toofondofbooks omg I love that autocorrection! 😂 Thanks for all of the suggestions! 8y

monalyisha @toofondofbooks “Liesl & Po” is my FAVORITE Lauren Oliver book! (I wanted to name our pet rabbit “Bundle” but my husband vetoed it.) I‘ve also listened to (& was thoroughly entertained & engaged by) “Lincoln in the Bardo.” 8y

toofondofbooks Those were a big mix of suggestions, but some that I've loved. 😊 8y

MaleficentBookDragon I‘ve just started reading Darcy Coates and I like her. Spooky not gory.

Craven Manor

monalyisha Thanks for the rec @MaleficentBookDragon ! 8y

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SavidgeReads

Weathering | Lucy Wood

pick

Weathering is a beautifully written quiet, quirky magical tale of three generations of women. Two alive, one somewhere in between. Her ashes may be in the river but Pearl hasn‘t quite left it or her home & as Ada tries to put her mothers house to rights but keep her past, before the birth of her daughter Pepper, in her hometown behind her she finds that some places, people and memories haunt you and drive you back more than you could bargain for.

ReadingSusan Sold! Stacked. 8y

Anna40 Love your review! 8y

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CandycaneBelle

Weathering | Lucy Wood

so-so

I didn't relate to the characters but honestly the three generations of women had a hard time relating to each other. I thought there would be more resolution to the ghost story but neither character is bothered at all.

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CandycaneBelle

Weathering | Lucy Wood

Guys this book is weird.... I'm fairly far along and whenever somebody asks me how I like it I respond I'm not sure yet ...

ItsAngel @CandycaneBelle hmmmm interesting synopsis. Let us know your final thoughts. 8y

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CandycaneBelle

Weathering | Lucy Wood

This book has at least one unreliable narrator...could be closer to two or three...bound to happen with Ghost 👻 stories. Actually kinda reminds me of #wehavealwayslivedinthecastle #mercat

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MKane

Weathering | Lucy Wood

pick

Beautifully evocative writing, fabulous imagery. Nothing bad happens. No one is raped or murdered or abused. It was a pleasure to enjoy a book so thoroughly. Great water metaphors. Totally worth my scarce reading time.

monalyisha I loved this one, too! 💞 I thought the rules of ghostly travel were really interesting & unique. And yes: the writing! So beautiful. 8y

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