Welcome to Litsy!

A fascinating read about the lives of Polly Nichols, Annie Chapman, Elizabeth Stride, Catherine Eddowes and Mary Jane Kelly. History has remembered these women only by their deaths, Rubenhold focuses on their lives and the lives of the poor in Victorian England. Highly recommended reading! I was struck by how little, unfortunately, society's attitudes towards the poor and towards female victims have changed.

A fascinating, beautiful, heartfelt tale that asks you to think about family, love, identity, self, lies, and truth. Thank you to @TheBookHippie and @Cinfhen for the #YearofReadingLitsy recommendation!

#Booked2020 Parent/Child Memoir
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

#ReadwithMrBook Librarian Recommendation @MrBook

Up next for #YearofReadingLitsy - this one recommended by @TheBookHippie and @Cinfhen so you know it's going to be good!

Here's my #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin picks for March. I hope these badass women can lift me out of my current book bailing funk!

And as a bonus, The Alice Network also counts towards my #YearofReadingLitsy project, as it was a gift from the lovely @Sills 😁🎉

One of the few books that I actually completed without bailing in February! Marianne and Connell captured and broke my heart so many times throughout this short novel about love, friendship, trauma, communication, acceptance, and understanding.

Thanks to @Kalalalatja and @readordierachel for the #YearofReadingLitsy recommendation!

Next up! Continuing my #YearofReadingLitsy project, and reading a new to me author. The fact that both @Kalalalatja and @readordierachel booth recommended this one as one of their best of 2019 gives me high hopes!

#JanuaryWrapUp
8 complete
6 fiction/2 NF
#Booked2020 Winter complete!
#ReadwithMrBook One word title: Internment/Moxie
#YearofReadingLitsy: On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous/Moxie

2 in progress: 1 fiction/1 NF
Half of a Yellow Sun, Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
First we Make the Beast Beautiful, Sarah Wilson

Looking forward to another great reading month!

This was just what I needed! A fun, quick read about a young girl finding her voice and girls coming together to support and encourage each other, all inspired by the 90s Riotgrrrrls.

#YearofReadingLitsy - thank you to @monalyisha for this gem!
#ReadwithMrBook - one word title @MrBook

Sometimes it feels good to read a book that strips you raw, emotionally speaking. This is one of those books. The story, the characters, and the language are so emotionally wrought that it is both difficult and beautiful to read. I look forward to seeking out Vuong's poetry.

#Booked2020 Millennial Author
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

#YearofReadingLitsy - @Cinfhen's pick for best fiction read of 2019

After the emotional rawness of On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous, I needed something fun and uplifting. So I'm starting on this one for my #YearofReadingLitsy. This was a gift from the one and only @monalyisha (and her Moxie) and I'm excited for some fierce riotgrrrl reading!

Bonus: it's also a #OneWordTitle for #ReadwithMrBook @MrBook