Welcome to Litsy!

“Now are the woods all black, but still the sky is blue. May you always see a blue sky overhead, my young friend.”

#MotherandChild

#CharacterCharm

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

did i vibe with that.. or did it vibe with me?
symbolism & #animism are doing heavy lifting here & if you hate metaphors, this desert will probably bury you.
🏜️ = existential isolation
🌵= wounded life but still alive
🫀= vulnerability, pain made visible
& a lot more! talking rocks, a bird & a wagon.
#magicrealism #surrealism #darkhumor #fiction
#weird #feverdream

currently listening to christmas eve love story and i‘m so close to getting a #bookspinbingo bingo 🙌🏻

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Now this is the kind of email I enjoy opening!!

this is reading like a fictional #memoir but with the personal depth of someone‘s Tumblr page
a bit of #darkhumor & existential dread 🙃

#magicrealism #literaryfiction
#grief #reflective #contemporary

i‘m having a good time w/ this, but the “grown up” conversations between the adults are childish.
the way serious literary themes are handled might not resonate with the intended adult audience.
I don‘t know how to feel yet 🤷
#softpick #hopeful #fiction #adventure #magicrealism #romance

love a whimsy childlike book but in my opinion it should be labeled YA literary fiction

I can see WHY people liked this…I just was not one of them. I‘m too literal of a person to really get into a book with a bear/man as a character, 😆 BUT, it did make me miss the mountains! (27)
Star: 3/5

feels like this was designed to be an easy read & emotionally soothing, but it lingers on the idea of suicide & regret without fully honoring the complexity of depression.
at times, it felt more dismissive than healing.
though the writing stays calm & hopeful, it could be a tough read if you‘re emotionally vulnerable.
Nonetheless, I love self-help fiction with a bit of magic realism #magicrealism #hopeful #audiobooks #bibliophile #librarybooks

this is my July #LineUp
grateful for my small town library 🫶
#librarybooks #bookspin #monthlyforecast
#uncommon #bibliophile #magicrealism #bookstack

I listened to this book on flights to and from Alaska, and it was the perfect complement to my trip.

📷: Mountain view as we flew out of Anchorage.

#audiobook #Alaska