Welcome to Litsy!

#PictureThis2024
Such a lovely wordless book ❤️ The end page got me emotional ❤️

A story set on a remote island with only 300 inhabitants.
https://discover.hubpages.com/literature/Stories-about-teachers

#island
#paganism
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Today I went to local Helsinki Library (Kallio branch) and I picked two picture books for the #picturethis2024 readathon.

First book “Saari“ (original Dutch name “Eisland“) is a “silent“ book, something completely new to me. It does not have a single word in it and tells the story through pictures only. I will show some illustrations tomorrow in another blurb

Like my bookmark and cocktail pick?

Paired with tonight‘s reading: Technicolor Paradise exotica album.

It‘s a steamy night in Missouri. Nine o‘clock and still almost eighty degrees. 🥵 Great night to read this book.

Thanks for hosting this #500kgiveaway @debinhawaii

From the other non-contiguous state, 5 things that bring me joy:

1. My wife @wildalaskabibliophile 👩‍❤️‍👨
2. My cat Black Jack 🐈‍⬛(honorable mention to our other pets)
3. A nice hot cup of tea ☕
4. A well-told story (book, song/concert, movie, play) 🎟️
5. Doing something that benefits others 🌈

Thanks @Eggs for the #TLT #ThreeListThursday tag! 🤗

Hard to narrow it down to 3 but:

1️⃣ The tagged book is set in Kauai & I love the combo of memoir, science/plants & history. 🌺

2️⃣ The View From the Cheap Seats-Neil Gaiman essays, many about writing & books—what‘s not to love? ✍️🖤

3️⃣ I‘ll Be Gone in the Dark: Amazing true crime (I had to read it in daylight) but the whole story around Michelle McNamara & the Golden State Killer, wow! 😱

I'm a sucker for kids' books from the 50s and 60s, but this one was a dud. I don't mind a young character being kind of not-smart/ignorant so that the reader can learn alongside of them, but the girl in this book was so stupid that I worried for her overall survival into adulthood. I think it was supposed to be funny? But it was just annoying lol

#Roll100 @PuddleJumper
#100YearsofBooks
#BookSpinBingo

Ok, this book is more intense than I expected. Couldn‘t put it down the other night and then I couldn‘t sleep because I was so keyed up. 😳

I need something frivolous after finishing Anthony Seasana So‘s Afterparties, so this is next up for me, courtesy of my library‘s discard cart.

Five upper-class corporate wives are stranded on a tropical island after a terrorist attack. They have known each other in the “slightly bitchy atmosphere of genteel suburban competition” but now are each other‘s only hope!

I was warned this book wasn‘t great but I gave it a chance anyways. I should have listened. ⭐️⭐️