This was really good! I like when YA books feel real, and this one did. I am not sure I loved the novel in verse format (some of the verses seemed not that poetic.. just telling a story) but it made for a quick read. My only other complaint is that the resolution felt unnaturally rushed. The major conflict happened only about 40 (short) pages from the end of the book and then everything just got tied up nicely.

Huh. I had heard such good things about Barbara Kingsolver but this story did nothing for me. I felt it was over written and preachy.. The premise was interesting, I loved the idea of connection to your house‘s history.. and the story started out interesting but then went nowhere.

Been reading this series with my daughter this past year. This one was a bit of a slog to get through. Mostly focused on the family of the town minister and not much on Anne‘s own family.. and I have a feeling they will not vanish never to be heard from again. Part were cute, but I don‘t think it adds much to the series.

Lightning quick, fast paced adventure read. Not the type of book I usually read, but I really enjoyed it. Read it in a few hours. Glad I picked it up.

This had potential to be such a nice story.. if the author had just focused on the grief and healing and relationships.. but there was sooo much writing about writing and writers and i got pretty bored of it.

So I‘m on chapter 11 of this book... WHY are there so many characters?! I have no idea who is married to who and who has what kids.. Also.. goodreads says this book is 304 pages but it seems much longer based on my estimated reading time on my kindle.. I‘m taking a break from this for now..

Thank you Littens, for your kind words last night. I think the interview went okay, but It‘s sounding like I might not know the results for awhile. Another part of my reading slump is feeling overwhelmed by this #netgalley queue that I‘m trying read down. I‘ve started a couple but couldn‘t get into them. Any that I should read Right this minute? Or should I find something lovely from my bookshelf instead?

This book was not what I was expecting at all. Once I realized the premise, I basically just skimmed through it til the end to see what happens (which is nothing surprising). Not for me!!

1. I think A Nearly Normal Family
2. No.. I just don‘t have the time at the moment
3. I don‘t.. if I do I usually just walk.
4. This is my Brodie. I have two other kitties too
I am so glad #humpdaypost is back!!
@DebbieGrillo @MinDea

Oh my. This was excellent but absolutely heartbreaking. The college I work for selected this as the first year common read this year, and while it is very good, and very important.. it is HEAVY. My heart hurts..

Littens, I have another interview tomorrow.. if I got this job it would be amazing, but my hopes are not high.. I really need to find something full time soon though. So send good thoughts. My free time has mostly been consumed with interview prep/stress.. so I haven‘t been able to focus on reading. I am just really feeling crappy about everything.

For a 20 hour long audiobook about a scientifically complex topic, this was really fascinating. There was a lot of different areas covered, and I can‘t say I fully understood all of it, but basically we don‘t know what we think we know about Genetics, ancestry, and heredity.

This started out good but it lost my interest pretty quickly. And then the ending just got weird!

While Joe Biden‘s personal story is compelling, his political life has been nothing but boring. This book actually made me like him less, especially in light of the recent news of him flip flopping on the Hyde amendment. This may be my last #readthecandidates book. (This was #13) I am hoping the ones I haven‘t gotten to drop out soon. 🤣

Right on the edge of pick and so so.. the characters were Well developed and interesting.. but there just wasn‘t a whole lot happening in the way of plot. Things happen.. but it didn‘t seem that the events built upon one another. I just felt like something was missing. Most of the meat of the story didn‘t happen until the last 1/4 of the book leaving the earlier parts to feel insignificant.

It‘s cool Brodie, I didn‘t want to use that kindle #catsoflitsy.

It‘s pool season and finally a gorgeous day. I‘m in a bit of a reading slump but trying to get some in today.

#thursdaysurvey
1)A Place for Us, with Ask Again, Yes a close second
2)The 100 year old man who climbed out the window and disappeared.
3)I‘ve got quite a list of new releases I‘m excited about.. City of Girls, Giver of Stars..
4) 200 books is my goal but I‘m on pace for around 250
5) all the friends!! @laurenslibrary

Interview tomorrow morning for a full time position.. Cross all your fingers and toes for me, littens!!

Just a meh kind of book. I didn‘t find it particularly gripping. I will say that I thought it was building toward a big annoying twist.. which didn‘t happen.. which I think is a good thing because it would have been a big 🙄🙄🙄, but it was just kind of boring instead.

My mom and I went to Tarrytown/sleepy hollow this weekend and listened to this story on the way home. I actually really enjoyed it. The story was creepy, but also funny at parts. It was fun to see the headless horseman bridge and the graveyard.

Soooo.. I requested this and got approved from #netgalley... but it‘s just the first chapter?! I‘ve never had that happen from netgalley before. Is this a thing? How am I supposed to review it based on one chapter?

May wrap up. 21 books total. 9 Audio, 12 print/kindle. I actually had 6 five star books this month! Also my first one star book of the year. Overall a great reading month though.

I went into this book not knowing a thing about the author or her company. For #readharder2019 #businessbook. I actually liked it more than I expected. I don‘t think any of her advice is life changing, nor do I agree with all of it but she does have an interesting and unique story. I liked that she featured other #girlboss women as well

Just not sure about this one. I get the point of it, but I didn‘t really connect with it. Mostly the m/c reminded me of a cross between the kid from perks of being a wallflower and catcher in the rye (I know.. that‘s weird.) I liked the ending enough, but was hoping for more.

1. My parents had a German Shepard when I was born. Named Fritz. After that they got me a dog named Mandy.
2. Yes. 3 cats. Ella, Brodie, and Banky.
3. I really only like Cats!
4. They‘re all weirdos. Brodie gets his tongue stuck out a lot or when he tastes/smells something bad sits there with his mouth hanging open.
5. 😺😸😸
@laurenslibrary #thursdaysurvey

My library stack was starting to look under control.. so I‘m bringing home these goodies from work.

This was fantastic for a YA book. I didn‘t want to put it down. Emoni is such a great character, not self-centered and angsty like some other YA protagonists. And although the plot was a bit predictable, it wasn‘t all tied up in a perfect bow either.

Didn‘t really do anything for me. This was a short book I used to fill in time til my next hold comes in. Was neither really bad nor good.. it just was.. I do love Dion Graham‘s voice though. 😍

Is it just me or are the people in this particular challenge group a little... uhhh.. intense? I was reading through some of the threads trying to fill in my last few prompts.. (only 7 left!) and goodness gracious people are nasty to one another! That‘s why I love Litsy! Everyone here is so helpful and friendly!

Ooh! I am having a great reading week! Three 5-star books in a row. This book came out today and I think it‘s going to be HUGELY popular. A family drama that spans two generations. Fully formed and flawed characters. Fantastic.

Wow!! I think this is my favorite book of the year so far. Just gorgeous and heart wrenching. I don‘t even have the words to describe it. #readingwomenchallenge #readingwomenshortlist

So I‘m really liking this book.. but the year they were in would have been 1990.. and they were discussing the 1988 election? 😕.

It‘s gorgeous outside but I have sooo much housework and laundry to get done.. so hopefully this audiobook will help me power through some of it.

This was just a lovely book. It gave me all the feels.. almost like a grown up (and quite a big darker) version of Eleanor and Park. The middle dragged just a tiny bit but overall I loved it.

Kind of a “meh” #bookhaul from the library discard sale. Excited to own Fangirl..Haven‘t read the rest but have been wanting to.

I have a smart but scattered kiddo. This book is about 10 years old, so I‘ve read/heard lots of this before, but it definitely has some good suggestions that I would like to put into action (note photocopied and highlighted pages). I also have a few notebook pages worth of notes from it.

Guys.. I was so all in on this book in the first section... then the second section I was getting a little confused with the timelines, but it was still holding my interest.. and then I got to the third section and omg.. it was all going to get tied together and make sense.... but then.. it DIDN‘T. I have no idea what the point of this book was and I am so mad about it!

I just didn‘t love this. It took me forever to get into at all, and then I feel like the story just veered and waned all over the place with no really pacing. It definitely grew on me a little toward the end, but it wasn‘t great. I am counting it for #readharder #ownvoicessetinmexico because parts of the book do happen in Mexico.

I really liked this. The main characters were so well written. And the way it was told, a multi generational story via one narrator, (although sometimes 2?) was so unique. I got a little confused with some of the older generations without knowing a lot of the places and history.. maybe would have done better with print than with audio.. but I felt like I might have missed something there. ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️

I am really struggling to like this book and I have heard so many good things about it. The M/C and her mother are both just really annoying to me. I also don't love that I feel like i have to look up words on google translate every 5 minutses (But oddly, I'm listening to Oscar Wao on audio and that has even more spanish perhaps, but maybe because its audio, I don't feel the need to know exactly what they're saying).

Should I stick with this one?

1. Furiously Happy is hilarious.
2. I got an offer for an in person interview for a full time job.
3. Tacos, lol.
4. I think 15. It‘s a lot..
5. Love to! Best part of the Litsy week! @howjessreads #friyayintro

Finally got my hands on this book. It is so cute!! Definitely recommend. It‘s a picture book, but a long one, so it could work for both early readers and middle grade. Bringing it home for my kiddos to read before I return it.

Didn‘t like this nearly as much as the first book. Still cute but It didn‘t feel realistic to me. I think that if Rosie knew Don as well as she did, she would have realized all of his good intentions and not gotten so upset with him. Also, while the comedy of errors is part of the charm of these books, this seemed a bit much.. and this audio narrator‘s “American” accent was... 😬.

I don‘t know why this made me laugh so hard. #librariansoflitsy

Happy Mother‘s Day. Here are my two little‘s and I.

A friend of mine highly recommended this, calling it things like life changing. maybe I‘m just not in the mental space to accept it right now, but it‘s not something I am ready to try. I see the basis behind it and can accept that, but I have not always been overweight, so it‘s hard for me to buy into the idea that my body just naturally wants to weigh 70lbs more than it did 10 years ago. I also think her “research” is highly cherry picked.

I‘m so glad that I finally listened to this book! My mom raved about it to me years ago (so I‘m using as #mmdchallenge #recommendedbysomeonewithgreattaste) but I never got around to picking it up. What a charming story with the most lovely characters. It made my heart feel happy.

1. 💗🤣😭
2. Not this month I don‘t think but my oldest is moving up from elementary to middle next month.
3. I don‘t really have any! Gotta get some Mother‘s Day gifts.
4. I‘m the youngest. I have a half sister 13 years older.
5. Okay!! #friyayintro @howjessreads