Welcome to Litsy!

Does anyone else stay in bed to read on a Sunday morning?

I'm enjoying a caramel latte and starting my next assigned book. This one was on my TBR so I'm excited. 🤓

This week's required reading for class 🤓

This started slow, but I was certainly hooked by the end. All the ways structural racism affected the characters was fascinating, and I was never sure how everything was going to play out, even with the podcast interludes. Deserves the hype! #yalit #yahorror

This is a modern “retelling” of ‘Carrie‘, in which the catalyst is rooted in racism. I wish there was a bit more of a departure because this does follow ‘Carrie‘ almost beat for beat with one minor twist.

I was really liking you Liz Lighty, I really was. 🤣

My husband says we need dinner, but do we really? I mean how can I go make dinner being this close to finishing?

Trying to keep up with #weeklyforecast posts this year to hopefully keep me on track with my reading goals. We‘ll see how that goes. 🤓

It‘s 10 am and the hubby‘s not up, which means quiet time to start my first book of the year. An #auldlangspine pick from @mrsmarch that was also on my 2021 list from @MallenNC . Here we go!🎢

A very good retelling of Carrie, with racism as it‘s main focus. I did enjoy the book and it‘s exploration of entrenched, institutionalised racism.
What I didn‘t enjoy, again, from a US author was the use of the word spazz and spazzed. It‘s especially disappointing in a book that is about discrimination.
It‘s discriminating and derogatory to disabled people. I know I‘ve said it before, but I will carry on saying I guess.

Author: Leah Johnson
Published: June 2, 2020
Genre: Young Adult
Awards: Stonewall Book Award
Liz Lighty has always believed she's too black, too poor, too awkward to shine in her small, rich, prom-obsessed midwestern town. But it's okay — Liz has a plan that will get her out of Campbell, Indiana, forever: attend the uber-elite Pennington College, play in their world-famous orchestra, and become a doctor.