Welcome to Litsy!

I think everyone has heard of this FABULOUS read.

I read it with a different cover.

What about you - have you read it, and did yours have a different cover?

Beautiful and engaging British family saga. I adored the main protagonist, Penelope, and her thoughtful takes on family, self, motherhood, and love. I will definitely be reading more of Pilcher!

So so wonderful!!!

I went for a browse around the Goodwill Bookstore today and came across the hardcover for The Shell Seekers. My Kobo ebook does not have these lovely printed chapters or chapter headings! I couldn't walk away from that now could I? And at $3.95 a book I also grabbed her Winter Solstice and a brand new Bryce Courtenay, Annie Proulx and a Margaret Drabble. 💖

I need this to be a 5-star experience!! Need it. A friend recently read and gave it 5-stars so 🤞 I can't imagine a better book to enjoy out here on the patio (as soon as the neighbours Quit It with the leaf blowers and hedge trimmers!!!)

#manicmonday @JoScho

📘 Tagged
📽 Ghost in the Shell
🎶 Daybreak Over the Ocean

Book: The Shell Seekers by Rosamunde Pilcher - never read it, but picked it up as part of a $2 bag of books from the used bookstore in college
Movie: The Little Mermaid
Song: Kokomo
#manicmonday
@JoScho

i put this book in my cart back in February when i heard of Rosanunde Pilcher‘s passing. i was in my teens then it first came out, but remembered my mom reading it. i started it a few weeks ago as my annual throwback read and left it at the Cape. we were finally reunited this week and it felt so good. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #books #bookstagram #read #reading #amreading #throwback

I don‘t know if anyone posted this yet today, but all these Pilcher books are in the Daily Deals today. I read them all many years ago. If you like the Binchy Books, you‘d like these too. My favorite was Coming Home. Second was Shell Seekers. 8 books, 3 bucks each.

The Shell Seekers is currently available for 99p (today only) on Amazon.co.uk. Can‘t recommend this book highly enough. Get it while you can.

I just learned that one of my favorite authors passed away last week at the age of 94. Although she had been retired as an author since 2000, Ms. Pilcher leaves behind some much-loved historical fiction and family sagas that linger long after they‘ve been read. If you‘ve never read her but would like to, these four are a good place to start.

R.I.P. Rosamunde Pilcher, and thank you for many hours of reading pleasure. ♥️♥️♥️

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NO. #authorexistencefailure

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/07/obituaries/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-sh...

You will never be forgotten...

RIP Rosamunde Pilcher. https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/07/rosamunde-pilcher-author-of-the-sh...

“Post a book you love each day for 7 days, without review or comment, using the hashtag #7favesin7days in your post so we can keep it going.”

Thanks so much for the tag @Jas16 ! Even though I‘m knee-deep in graduation chaos I‘m going to try and do this...sounds fun! 😊

Want to join @eanderson , @ScientistSam , @Bourriquet76 ?

#7favesin7days

"As it is, she never stops. Cooks and gardens and entertains and reads everything she can lay her hands on, and listens to music, and rings people up and has long, satisfying conversations. Sometimes she takes herself off abroad to stay with old friends."

#lifegoals

"For that reason only, I should like to be a young man again. To be able to watch it all happening."

Oh, how I like opening up an old favorite and finding that the edition happens to be an anniversary reissue with a lovely, loving introduction.

Thanks for the giveaway offer @DGRachel and congratulations!

I always recommend ANY books by the author Rosamunde Pilcher. I first read her (and this particular book) years ago as a teenager/young adult. Her books are wonderfully descriptive (usually family) sagas that always left me feeling good, pondering and wanting more. I devoured her entire booklist and missed her when she retired. Highly recommend her stuff. ❤️

#ShareTheLitsyLove

Such an engaging read! Loved how it was plotted and ended in a full circle

Was pleasantly surprised today to discover that one of my favorite authors is still alive and well and will be celebrating her 93rd birthday on Friday (right along with me...not my 93rd however). How cool is that?! 😍 Happy early Birthday Rosamunde Pilcher, and thank you for sharing your wonderful words with us! 🎉🎉🎈🎈🎈

I'm fully recharged after a delightful weekend. An outdoor picnic, a wander through the woods and yesterday a stop for a Sunday afternoon respite. We merrily munched away on scones and croissants and sipped on frothy lattes. After jotting down a few memories from the weekend, we idly people watched, then propped our feet up on the chair rails and tucked into our respective novels.

#amreading #currentlyreading #booksy #books #booksandcoffee

I'm having a difficult getting into this book. I can't connect with the characters, and the fact that it is 600+ pages isn't helping. Hoping to get to the halfway point today. That might be enough of a push to get it done.

Heading to Carova, NC for the weekend. Yes, I'm leaving one beach to go to another. 😂 While the husband drives, my traveling companion sits in my lap. This was a birthday present from my best friend. It is one of her favorite books which makes it a perfect gift for me!!! #beachread

When Sadie saw the tagged title, naturally she thought it referred to tortoiseshell. 😸 #publishedinthe1980s #junebookbugs #catsoflitsy #tortitude

This is a heartfelt emotional book,this is the first adult book i read when i was 13 which made me sad happy and cry.

I don't really feel all that guilty about my love of "aga sagas," but I do tend to pop them like candies when I need comfort or distraction. #marchintoreading #guiltypleasures

For #recommendsday! One of my favorite beach reads of all time. This is one I re-read from time to time. (But always by the ocean).

'Happiness is making the most of what you have, and riches is making the most of what you've got'.

I read this first as a teenager and then decided to revisit it this week when I was in the need of something familiar. Love a family epic.

The kind of woman I hope I grow to be.