Welcome to Litsy!

Taking a break in the shade to start this one! It really seems like I‘m going to love it! Also bird & butterfly watching as usual. I really want to catalogue all the butterflies I see in the yard this year. I know most of the birds by heart by now. This book has a wonderfully nostalgic dedication, so I‘ll go with that prompt: “To Charlie and to all of us who are still looking for our golden tickets.” #52bookclub23 #abookwithadedication

This has been on my TBR list since it was recommended to me several years ago. Glad I finally got to it! Present day America…except the Civil War never happened. It was a slow start, but picked up after about 10% and only got better and better. Severals twists and turns that kept me guessing what would happen next. Great world building by the author and excellent choice in narrator, William DeMerritt. I‘ll be thinking about this one for awhile.

First in the flower shop cozy mystery series…I ended up feeling just meh by the end of this. While the whole idea of a cozy is an amateur sleuth the meddles, Abby takes meddling to a whole new level, and her constant nosing around “in the name of justice” got a little old. There are some humorous bits in this, and I would be willing to continue the series to see how Collins develops the characters. The series is still going strong, so it has fans!

This is only my second Erdrich book and, whilst I didn‘t love it as much as the sentence, I still *really* liked it. I felt like I learned so much from what was also a fascinating story. I enjoyed all the different characters, who all brought something to the story, whether small or large.

I had no idea it was based on the author‘s family until I read the epilogue.

#aam #authoramonth
#52books #abookwithadedication

A series of interconnected short stories exploring the lives of British women of different generations, all with African heritage. I thought the first two stories, featuring a couple of strong characters and an interesting mother-daughter dynamic, were brilliant. I was disappointed to only see these characters briefly later in the book. For me, the other stories were less interesting. #AuldLangSpine