I like the idea of race being assigned. So many of use are many things mixed together, myself included. And what im perceived as usually has very little relation to how I define myself. But it‘s a system that empowers other people to categorize you and impose a value based on that categorization.

This book... barely into it and I‘m marking quote after quote.

A nice palate cleanser after such a heavy nonfiction book. Using my cat as a prop, lol. #catsoflitsy #StacyCatIsBestCat

Meticulously researched and wonderfully written, this book reads more like the most nail-biting of whodunnits than what I think of when I think “history book.”

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Full-length review on my Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lorettalucia/

May her memory be a blessing.

#bookhaul #newin from Northshire Books!

Just starting this for book club in a couple weeks! #CatsofLitsy #StacyCatIsBestCat

Finally finished. I try to read all the “controversial” books, so my reading (ARC I got ages ago) is not an endorsement. I can‘t speak to the racial and cultural insensitivities but even as a read it was just “meh”. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

Magnificently and meticulously plotted, this novel examines human goodness and faith through a truly wonderful cast of characters. A great book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ / 5

Definitely a page-turner, although I appear to be more invested than the cat. #catsoflitsy

Wading into this controversy with an ARC I‘ve had for over a year.

The best way to read. #catsoflitsy

Not for everyone. However, it was for me.

It may also be for you if you‘ve ever:
• Hated another woman for anti-feminist bullshit
• Had to school a tourist on the correct way to ride a subway escalator
• Been told to be grateful for a dead-end job that doesn‘t pay a living wage
• Been depressed by life under late-stage Capitalism
• Thought that something you buy will finally fix you
• Been someone‘s “at least I‘m not as bad as them” friend

This book is so darkly humorous and deals with depression so well.

This one had a bit of a slow start, as it took over 100 pages for the central relationship to really get going. But oh, the ending was wonderful, and the oral history format let a lot of humor and heartbreak shine through. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ #catsoflitsy #StacyCatIsBestCat

Okay. The character development really wasn‘t there. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

Yuuuuuuup

Started! 50 pages in. It‘s just okay so far but I‘m gonna finish it anyway since my book club picked it for this month.

Solid storytelling and definitely a page-turner. Not a Remarkable book, but a good read. 3.5 stars.

I‘m feeling this a lot today. Oof.

My reading kick is thankfully extending past my vacation.

Driving reading.

And now onto this one, which im also devouring. Halfway through! Tons of reading getting done in this tiny cabin.

This is by far Jennifer Weiner‘s best book, a somewhat melancholy tale of two sisters trying their hardest to break free of the constraints placed on them by their sex, by their religion, by their time and by living in a patriarchal society. I grew to love both sisters, wanting to hug them at one moment and shake them at the next. And the ending—which highlights how far women have come and how far we still have to go—was absolutely lovely.

Catching up on reviews...

There‘s just something about Sally Rooney‘s writing, a tension to the prose that brings such immediacy to the words. I found myself feeling ill and anxious at various points, as twisted inside as if these moments were happening to me and not to the protagonist.

I will say that this had a bit of a slower start than Normal People, so her writing isn‘t quite as sharp yet. Still a wonderful read.

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Started this one last night, now over halfway through.

Hiding from the world in the wilds of Maine. Barely any reception here too, so gloriously able to disconnect.

A wonderful puzzle of a book that teases you with tantalizing hints of what is to come while still surprising at every corner. This was a brilliant end to this series, becoming so much more than “just another YA” novel, at least in part because the adult characters and moral quandaries eventually become more more interesting, and much more central to the story, than the original two. Just a great read.

Incredible. How do you begin to feel like a whole person when someone has forced you to see yourself and the world around you through his eyes? How do you make your own story when someone has made himself your whole story?

I finally saw one of these just barely on time!

1) Hammock that we set up in our yard!
2) Passionfruit sorbet as dessert after dinner
3) Definitely My Dark Vanessa
4) Four! Three cats and a dog

Necessary reading implements. #catsoflitsy

Oof. Being a girl / woman in a nutshell.

This book is hard. Wonderful, harrowing. But I keep coming to points like this and having to set it aside for a few moments.

This book is truly excellent and engaging so far. I know it was viewed as “controversial” upon release a couple months ago, and I read articles about it at the time. But so far it seems to be a brilliantly nuanced survivor‘s tale.

Before the rain started. I guess a bit of #Paradise for #BoundTogetherJune

Evening relaxation. That‘s a lavender gin and tonic.

About time I started being more active here again. I‘ll try to take part in this!

Hi, just completely demolish my faith in humanity why don‘t you? I need more time to chew on this but 5 stars.

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Speaking very strongly to the nostalgic in me.

Burning the midnight oil, trying to get through this for Zoom Book Club on Thursday.