Welcome to Litsy!

A fantastic choice for my January #AuthorAMonth selection hosted by @Soubhiville

1st book completed for #20in4 @Andrew65

A great pick for #NaturaLitsyBingo2023 due to the extraordinary nature writing, detailing the Chippewa tribe lifestyle in 1953.

I will be seeking out more of Erdrich's books. I'm also intrigued to learn about the events depicted in this book.

I liked Nor: I could relate to her and I loved how she wanted to protect her sister. I think the sisterhood was the thing I loved most in this book. I also was afraid of the villain in this story.

I loved worldbuilding and how surroundings were vividly described.

I wasn't bored with this book: pacing was fast and something happened almost all the time. Overall plot was quite simple but interesting and this was extremely easy to read.

#NaturaLitsy

The voting form is open for our Sky-themed Feb/March read. I will close voting at 8pm (GMT) on the 27th of January. All are welcome to join us. Please do let me know if you wish to be added or removed from the tag list.

https://forms.gle/UwkZbPYrZG6tVKds6

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Here's my thoughts on our February/March read. Please do let me know yours.

A - I did say I would read our January runner-up (tagged) as a short #buddyread
As Rachel Carson struck a chord with so many of us in our current read, I suggest a biography.

B - For those not interested in A, I suggest we have a vote for Sky themed books. I'm using the #NaturaLitsyBingo2023 board for theme inspiration.

All welcome to join us.

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Characters were a bit flat, but I still found my favorite of them: Astrid and it was a shame how she wasn't the main character.

Atmosphere weren't the most likable but it was really well created. I hated materialism but at the same time it was intriguing to read about - guilty pleasure, maybe?
I also liked this as a romance: this wasn't at all too sugary and had several characters to read about. This was really entertaining and fun book to read.

#Naturalitsy

I'm really enjoying revisiting this amazing book, the last in Macfarlane's trilogy on landscape.

A free choice for #NaturaLitsyBingo2023
One of a non-fiction trilogy for #Serieslove2023 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

https://www.themarginalian.org/2023/01/19/robert-macfarlane-paths/

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Week 3 - discussion thread for chapters 11 - 14. What stood out for you this week?

I have to say Rachel Carson is one of my heroes, so I loved this segment.

Please do let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the tag list.

I will be posting re Feb/March reads tomorrow 😊

This book was fascinating. It was mix of memoir and biology lesson on eels. Eels are really interesting creatures but I think Svensson's father may have been the real star, especially with his way of finding worms 🪱
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Highly recommend. Tough stuff, but such an important and urgent message. She has many positive and thoughtful plans for a peaceful transition into mass climate migration. I only wish I believed that things could work out that way. See comments for a link to a short NPR interview with the author.

#NaturaLitsyBingo2023 #ClimateChange

I didn't love characters, and I missed the characters of the previous book. It was sometimes a bit hard to understand their motives.

The thing I love in these books is this ugly and dangerous fairy world. And again you saw how things are going to end ugly and you couldn't do anything.

The weakness of this book was plot: Things went forward and toward the next installment but as an individual book not so much happened.