Welcome to Litsy!

Academics seem to delight in coming up with spiffy new names. If I ever cheat, I plan on telling my husband I was merely “sexually networking,“ the phrase researchers in Nigeria use.

Right after the House of Representatives voted to impeach Clinton, his national approval rating jumped ten points, to seventy-three percent, its highest level ever. Meanwhile, approval for the Republican party plunged twelve points, to 31 percent.

As in American slang, where we have someone “on the side,“ directional phrases are big in the rest of the world as well. Swedes and Russians both “sneak to the left,“ Israelis “eat on the side“ (I'm told this is a particularly crude way of putting it), and Japanese “go off the path.“ The Irish “play offsides,“ a sporting term, while Englishmen “play away.“ For the Dutch, cheating is a jouney in which the culprit “goes strange,“ or, more...

Clever, tech‑driven YA mystery about a video that ruins reputations—even though it may be fake. High‑school rivalry, viral gossip, and shocking twists keep this page‑turner grounded in real‑world media weirdness. Compact, relevant, and suspenseful.

This series is just everything. Sad to see it end. ❤️

This one was my least favorite of the three, but that‘s like your third favorite ice cream flavor. It‘s still really good and well-written and entertaining, but there were some real extra-dramatic things from the past brought up and one fight due to Magnolia being a complete nimwit that I didn‘t love. Other than that, this was another win for me, but I‘m really looking forward to getting back to Daisy Haites and seeing what she‘s been up to.

These UK covers might just be my favorite covers of all-time 🤩

This description of the “free-spirited hipster.” Lol, I love Magnolia! 😂🫶

This is a case of not for me. The writing is fine, and I see the appeal and why it is so popular. However, the brand name dropping and DRAMA is just not what I‘m in the mood for. I may give it a try at a different point, but for now #hailthebail.

Fun throwback c/o my parents‘ basement… #treasure looking forward to diving into others in the box. 📦