Welcome to Litsy!

Since I only read about 8-10 books per month and half of those are library books (free spaces) many titles get pushed to the next month. So many books, so little time! #MountTBR

#OffMyShelf “Award Winning”
#ChunksterChallenge2025
#AllergictoChunksters

Longlisted for the 2020 International Booker, it also won two German awards per the back flap.

It took me two months to read this 1275 page monster. It‘s a multigenerational saga about a Georgian family from 1900 to 2007. Very melodramatic - I didn‘t particularly like it but appreciated the mental workout of reading in German. I read it w/ a friend & complained to her. 😂

#dish #dynamicds @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

“Sometimes, all it takes is a leap of faith to find the magic that's been missing from our lives.”

#CoverStories #Lake

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Such an enjoyable listen.

#CoverStories

The #Stairs book that introduced me to Stacey Lee & her wonderful YA historical fiction.
(Thanks #SundayBuddyRead !)

I loved this author‘s take on vampires in The Lesser Dead and this novel is also pretty dang great. It takes place in 1935 when Frankie Nichols, a war veteran, moves to a backwater Georgia town with his soon-to-be-wife Dora. He has inherited property and plans to write his family‘s history. He doesn‘t realize just how dark that history is. Creepy, beautifully written and solidifies Buehlman‘s spot on my auto buy list.

Finishing his account of his childhood in Plains on the day of his funeral, it is clear that Carter had an unique understanding of work, race, land and humility that impacted his values. We lost a great one.

“Rule number one: Always stick around for one more drink. That's when things happen. That's when you find out everything you want to know.”