Welcome to Litsy!

My dad gave this to me for my birthday 😊

It took a few chapters for me to get into this true story, but it really is inspiring.

An older woman with failing health and a failing farm in Maine decides to get on her horse and ride across the country to California.

Her faithful dog accompanies her as they set out on the adventure of a lifetime.

#PoetryMatters Day 16: #Truth - by a Poetry Friday friend. 💕

Harold Fry is a pensioner just stagnating in life, till one day he receives a letter from a long-ago friend telling him she is dying. Harold is roused into action and a desire for her to live, and so he starts walking from Cornwall to Berwick-Upon-Tweed in the belief that if he keeps walking she will keep on living. This was a really beautiful story and very well written. (Cont. in comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)

#FOODANDLIT NEW ZEALAND BOOKS

A sweet heartbreaking book about a boy who confronts living with / dying of cancer. I teared up in places. Did not expect to like it so much so this was a pleasant surprise.
#roll100
#52bookclub24 #agrievingcharacter

I'm really torn between a pick and so-so. I think I went into it with very high expectations to love it, and I just ... didn't. After a while the reading became a slog like Harold's walk.

This is the second Joyce book I've read and the second time I came away feeling like there's just a little something missing that's making it difficult for me to connect with the characters.

9/62

Just me, a cup of tea, and my book
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I loved returning to these characters. Peter is broken from the heartbreak of the last book and Pax has established his own family. Seeing how those two can help each other with healing and growth was beautiful.

“Memories were so treacherous. Always lurking under the surface, ready to bushwhack you with a blade to the heat when you weren‘t careful.”

Both these lovely novels involve #Journey, both geographical and emotional.

#NewYearNewBooks

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

@TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

🚗 Yes, I've always used a manual transmission (I drove an automatic once, it was a friend's car, and it was chaotic!!!)
🚙 Tagged, the protagonist makes a road trip across England; if you liked Harold Fry, this is a good sequel..

If you want to play, consider yourself tagged! 🚘