panI downloaded this book for free from Amazon for International Book Day because the setting of the Cuban revolution interested me. I‘m not sure if it is the original writing or the translation, but the writing felt really flat to me. It also irritated me greatly that the narration switched from first person Carmela to first person Ignacio to third person. It was confusing and didn‘t add anything to the story.
pickDouglass tries everything he can think of to save his ailing marriage. When his wife tells him she‘s thinking of leaving him, he decides they should go through with the Grand Tour of Europe they had planned with their 17 year old son. Many memorable moments ensue, some funny and some bittersweet. I enjoyed this book, and I think anyone in a long term relationship could find a lot to relate to.
pickAs a nurse, I had to suspend some of my disbelief regarding how these characters behaved in the hospital.I can tell you now, there‘s no way you can just run around and visit the NICU.Aside from that, I found the story quite touching. Compared to “The Fault in Our Stars,” which has some similarities, I felt like these teens were much more realistic in the way they talked and the decisions they made.The ending even made me tear up a little.
pickIt was supposed to be the war to end all wars, but unfortunately that was not the case.It felt very fitting to finish this book on Memorial Day weekend.This book drew me in with a very creative setup by having a WW1 historical romance delivered by Greek gods.I also appreciated the author‘s notes at the end detailing her research. Although the main characters were fictional, she uses actual people from the time as some of the supporting characters.
Billy Brennan is carrying the physical weight of 400 lbs and the emotional weight of his son‘s suicide #carrythatweight #beatlemaynia
pickI recognized Treavor Noah as the host of The Daily Show, but I didn‘t know anything else about him when I picked up this book. It was really illuminating for me to hear about his childhood growing up during apartheid in South Africa. At times, his story made me laugh out loud. In the end though, it was his amazing story of his relationship with his mother that made me love this book. I‘d recommend this book to anyone.
⭐️ Eating whatever I want 🍕🍦
⭐️ Paying bills 💰
⭐️ Summers off from school spending time with my grandparents
⭐️ Certified nursing assistant in a nursing home
⭐️ Everything in moderation. My grandma said this all the time and she‘s 91 years old, so it‘s worked for her
#HelloThursday
This is so powerful and so true
This book seems like a very fitting choice for today. May we all celebrate our moms who taught us how to think and question the world around us. #happymothersday
bailedMaybe I‘m sensitive today, but I just can‘t do this anymore. After the gratuitous violence turned into killing animals, I‘ve had enough. I wanted to try something outside of my normal comfort zone, but this is not it.
pickThis story is so crazy, it reads like fiction. It blew my mind how one by all accounts incredibly charismatic young woman was able to pull off a scam of this magnitude. What a fascinating story.
This looks like an interesting book. @Mowen036 is having a giveaway, so check out her post to find out how you can win a copy #whisperifyoucan And hi George!
I knew it was going to be a good day when I woke up to a notification that my library hold for this finally came through. I‘ve been waiting since March 4th!
pick“It was a bright, cold day in April and the clocks were striking thirteen.” Somehow I made it my whole life to this point without having read this book. I had no idea what I was missing! Eerily relevant to today‘s world, if anyone has not yet read this classic, you should!
1. Walk the dogs, then grocery shopping 🛒
2. No, but I want to
3. Purple
4. Scotland 🏴
5. I decided to defrost my mini fridge and my sister‘s copy of Harry Potter & the Prisoner of Azkaban was next to it. When the ice from the freezer melted, there was a flood and the book got soaked 😢 Sorry @lizziellamacorn I still feel bad about that one
#PreMondayVibes
I was so excited to find this magical Kindle cover on Etsy. #FriyayIntro
🎵 In Da Club by 50 Cent, Bring Me To Life by Evenescence, Miss Independent by Kelly Clarkson
🎵Aquarius
🎵Laura Ingalls Wilder. The Little House books are the first series I remember falling in love with
🎵Tagging my newest follower @pjhari Welcome to Litsy 👋🏻
#WonderousWednesday
🔵 The 1960s was a fascinating time. And I‘d want to go see The Beatles play live
🔵 Any, I‘m not picky
🔵 2 years younger
🔵 Nope, I‘m about 1200 miles away from where I was born
🔵 Will do!
#FriyayIntro
📍I started taking piano lessons 7 months ago. I also knit, but I tend to do that more in winter
📍I‘d like to try making my own natural soaps and body products
📍I have some bookmarks I‘ve held on to since I was a kid
📍I‘ve just always wanted to learn how to play piano since I was little
📍 Great idea 💡
#HelloThursday
pickI had to put aside my work and finish this today. I was not really prepared to start crying at my desk,but it was so sad! I got lucky and never happened to have seen the movie version, so nothing was spoiled for me. I‘m definitely interested in seeing the movie now though. This was an absolutely beautiful story, probably my favorite Stephen King novel I‘ve read so far.
#90sSpringFling #90sPlaylist I was such a massive fan of Hootie & the Blowfish. Lucky for me, 90s nostalgia is all the rage right now and they have decided to do a reunion tour! I‘ll be seeing them when they come to Denver in July💞
so-soThis chunkster of a cookbook is great for someone who is looking for evidence based recipes. Ever wondered if you should salt your steaks before grilling? J. Kenji Lopez-Alt has tried 5 different ways of doing it and provides graphs to show you the results. Oddly enough, he also writes like he thinks he should be some sort of stand-up comedian, taking cracks at his wife and mother in a strangely off-putting way. Skip the text if you can.
This may be my favorite book of all of 2019. I actually miss reading it every night now that I‘ve finished. #BesstBooksofAR2019
pickI usually read before I go to bed at night. While I was reading this book, it felt like I was having a chat at the end of the day with a friend. There is a genuineness that shines from the pages of this book. “You matter” is a message that I don‘t think we can hear enough times. I‘m going to share this book with my mom and sister. Because they matter, and they need to hear it again too.
❤️ I‘ve been doing acupuncture sessions and I find it really relaxing
❤️ Physically, my eyes. Personally, I think I‘m a really hard worker
❤️ I started taking piano lessons at age 33. I can actually play songs now and I really enjoy it
❤️ @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego @Skeebies05 Hi Litsy penpals! 👋🏻
#HelloThursday
Hey bookish friends, I won! I‘m really excited to pick this one up
1. It does have “Green” in the title!
2. I‘m going to my in-laws house to eat corned beef and cabbage. It‘s not my favorite dish but it‘s a tradition.
3. Not that I can remember
4. Yes, I was there in 2007 after I graduated college. It is a gorgeous place and everyone we met was so friendly. My favorite thing was walking through Killarney National Park, which is beautiful.
5. Good luck @Lydsters
#HelloThursday
I know that subscription services are all the rage lately. There are a few on this list that I hadn‘t heard of before that sound promising:
https://www.reviewgeek.com/13795/the-best-subscription-boxes-for-avid-readers/
So appropriate that @readinginthedark was my first commenter on my first post on Litsy because it looks like that‘s exactly what I was doing when I took this picture. I fell in love with this app and community of readers right away, and it‘s been fun looking back at where I started. #LitsyMemories #LitsyFirst #FirstPost
pickIf you‘re a fan of Lin-Manuel Miranda on Twitter, then you‘ll enjoy seeing all of his upbeat messages in one place. Add in the adorable illustrations done by Jonny Sun, and you‘ll have the perfect pick-me-up for a day where you need encouragement. This book helped get me through some rough days, so I definitely recommend.
1. This is Roxborough State Park, which is about a mile from my house (photo is from Colorado Parks & Wildlife)
2. How can you not like living in such a beautiful place?
3. It‘s just fun and uplifting with really cute illustrations
4. I read almost every night before bed
5. Homemade pork fried rice using up the leftover pork loin from last night‘s dinner
#FriyayIntro
1.Yes, 2 retired racing greyhounds, Evee and Snoopy
2. Usual boring things like cleaning the house
3. I started taking piano lessons about 6 months ago, and I really enjoy playing
4. New York City, Los Angeles, CA and Hawai‘i
5. What is your favorite TV show or movie adaptation from a book?
#FritayIntro
Oh my gosh @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego ! Look at this massive spread she sent me for my birthday! Thank you! Litsy penpals are the best!
so-soThis book had a ton of 5 star reviews on Goodreads, but all of the descriptions as to what the book was about were really vague. Having just finished the book, I now understand the struggle. In one sentence, this book is about finding love in all of its many forms. Definitely have to warn you though this is not a romance novel in any traditional sense of the word, there is a lot of sex in this book. A LOT of sex. (Photo from Google)
Clearly they have adjusted to retired life. #dogsoflitsy #loveyourpetday
🌸 I enjoy both my local library and at times my local independent book store #TatteredCover
🌸 I had an acupuncture session yesterday that was totally amazing
🌸The tagged book. If you haven‘t read it yet, you should
🌸I wasn‘t a fan of Before We Were Yours, especially the modern day romance part of the novel. But it seems to be quite popular.
🌸 @BooksandStitches Hello!
#WonderousWednesday
❤️Jaime and Claire are #RomanceGoals
❤️ Stargazer lilies
❤️Chocolate, bonus points if it includes coconut
Thanks for the tag @StillLookingForCarmenSanDiego
Passing the love to my other pen pal @Skeebies05
#HelloThursday
My favorite teacher would have to be Mr. Baudhuin, who was my freshman world history teacher. He was so creative in his lessons, and I remember so many of them. The most profound was probably The Silent Lesson, where he taught us about the Holocaust. No one spoke for the entire hour, and each student had a picture under our chair that we had to walk up and place on an overhead projector. He really made an impact on me. #PalindromeGiveaway
Congratulations on your milestone 🍾🎉! This is a photo I found online of the main branch of the Denver Public Library. This photo doesn‘t do it justice, it‘s really a cool building. My office where I am right now is about 4 blocks away. #10KGiveaway
❤️ Both the book and the movie are super romantic
❤️ 2/14
❤️Scott, my husband
❤️ A little bit of sadness that leads to happiness in the end
❤️James Malcolm McDonald Frasier from the Outlander series
#Frideas
Bookmail! I won an ARC of this book and it arrived today. I can‘t wait to dig in! #GoodreadsGiveaways #WilliamMorrow
Congratulations on your milestone! 🎉🍾 My favorite book to recommend would have to be All The Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr. I thought the writing was exquisite and the story really drew me in. #50KBookRecGiveaway
Thank you for sending this one my way @CSeydel ! I‘ve heard such great things about it, I can‘t wait to start! #JustABookSwap
1. I generally love WW II historical fiction, but I didn‘t care for The Nightingale. Maybe Kristin Hannah just isn‘t for me.
2. Pass the chips please! 🧂
3. George & Nancy, Elton & Ruth
4. There was a Rainbow Brite movie on VHS that I rented every time we went to the video store
5. Either Paris or NYC
#FriyayIntro
so-soI was really excited by the setting, but ultimately had some issues with the writing. At times, I‘d read a sentence and have no idea what it meant. The words were beautiful, but it was just a jumble of metaphors. Also, while I was grateful for the epilogue because it tied up a lot of loose plot points, I thought it was kind of a cop out to just slap an epilogue on at the end instead of working it into the actual story
