Welcome to Litsy!

Happy "Gotcha" Day to these reading buddies who joined our family on January 6, 2021. They are adorable agents of chaos who have never once tried to subvert the democratic process through violence (although they once stole a chicken breast off the stove, and Camille's body language suggests she's nurturing a grievance about what she perceives as the surveillance state (me taking pictures of her when I should be petting her)).

I haven‘t been able to shut up about the brilliant scholarship of this book since I read it.
#WendyLower #TheRavine #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket #nonfiction @CSeydel

#12Booksof2025

This was a very difficult but important read. It‘s a non-fiction account of a variety of events in Ukraine and Russia dating back to the 1920s. The author was an Italian artist who lived and traveled around the area in the early 2000s. Really powerful (and terribly heartbreaking) stories with strong art work. The brutality of events, assassinations of journalists, communities starving to death and the violence are openly laid out for us to read 💔

Forgive my disgusting laptop screen (it needs to be cleaned). Trying to finish up book riot 2025 challenge led me to this book which is pretty powerful and probably shouldn‘t be read on a device but rather in print.

I read this for #authoramonth and still think about it. Fascinating story in the capable hands of Kate Quinn. My favorite read in April. #12booksof2025

I‘m really struggling with this one and it is 100% me and not the book. I read The Ravine first, and I am still caught up on the BEAUTIFUL work of scholarship that is, that this just isn‘t hitting for me. To be honest, he‘s doing really intriguing and unique scholarship as well, but the scholarship is not his point (and I‘m really wishing it was). His scholarship literally couldn‘t be done today, so my desire for more info is that much stronger.

A fairly thorough account of the events leading up to, around, and after of the Chernobyl nuclear disaster. I think it would be easier to follow if reading a physical copy just because there are so many people involved and it was difficult to follow each thread because so much happened. ⬇️

Uplifting Christmas tale about the vast generosity of humanity and… No, just kidding. The Soviet Politburo sounds like MAGA. Loyalty is rewarded, knowledge is silenced and ignored. Lies spread en masse, and bullying to ensure the compliance of the people. Inevitably, all is lost. The future of all authoritarianism.

I guess I didn‘t expect this to be a memoir. Still intriguing and helping to block out all of the bleeding football.
#FatherPatrickDesbois #TheHolocaustOfBullets #audiobook