This was really thought-provoking. I didn‘t love the tone in the introduction or first chapter - too self-help-y - but I kept reading and I‘m very, very glad I did. And now I will go to bed feeling very pleased with myself that I was able to return it EARLY. 🥳

I guess they needed 16 pages for all those repetitions of “loyal”!

This looks good! 🎉

Hmm, due in 7 days... not sure I can finish it considering all the other things I need to get done but wish me luck! 😬

Whaaa? There‘s a book out by Ali Wong??? I NEED the audio right now! YES, I‘M YELLING! 🤯😬😂

If anyone on here has read this, let me know. I‘m curious to see what these are like but don‘t have a lot of reading time these days 😢🤞🏽

Still working through this one. Enjoying it but I keep getting interrupted!

Whoa, Ocean Vuong won a MacArthur “genius” grant! 🥳🥳🥳 https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/sep/25/625000-genius-grants-go-to-ocean-v...

1. The tagged book and 5 others I‘ve started and not managed to finish yet. I blame work stress 😖 2. Pumpkin! 3. “His experiences with Damkroger, Crabbe, and Hughes had shaken his confidence, and as he‘d gotten on the Matsonian, Sakamoto imagined that a trip with so many haoles would be bleak and humiliating and that he would continually be aware of his role as a second-class citizen with a first-class ticket.” #weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Where I live this is throughly normal but I just need to whine a little. If you (like me) think in Fahrenheit then 45 is 113. 🥵 Now I know how baked potatoes feel.

This one is also a recommendation from BookRiot‘s TBR service and I‘ll definitely try to get a copy and try it out. 🥳🥳🥳

🥳🥳🥳 My new recommendations are ready! The tagged book is one of them. It‘s translated sci-fi and sounds great!

🤔 Didn‘t know there was this Kindle edition. Very handy since I want to revisit some of this book and don‘t have a paper copy. I remember loving it when I first read it.

All of @JonathanDunne ‘s Kindle books are free today! Just downloaded this one 🥳

This looks very good. If anyone knows of a good non-fiction book on her life, I‘d love to know about it.

Just splurged on this and can‘t wait to start it ... about 15 years after it was recommended to me 😂.

Hmm, I finished this but just barely. I usually don‘t finish books when I dislike them this much but I wanted to give Elison a fair shake. This was an extremely uninteresting and unmoving end to the trilogy. Don‘t want to spoil it but the characters are wooden and there is a love triangle that is simply boring. This read like a developmental draft, not a finished product. Still I would read more from Elison since the first two books 👇🏽

Haven‘t slept much and this might be a bit too much for my last functioning brain cell. It‘s beautiful but I think I need to come back to it later 😢. Darn.

I loved, loved, loved the first two books so I really hope this is as good as the others! 🤞🏽

Finally got a copy of this one... hope it lives up to the hype 🤞🏽

Just started this and so far it‘s good. I wish the author had a slightly more parsimonious editor but overall it‘s an enjoyable read. Thanks @DebinHawaii for the recommendation!

Mostly this was a pick for me but I always find collections to be a mixed bag. I also am not a big crime fiction reader so others may have more discerning tastes.

As if my TBR needed to be longer... 🙄

Too much detail and I‘m not interested enough, so oh well... This would work for someone else I‘m sure.

This is a little more hardcore than I expected. The introduction was more focused on the conlang community history than I expected and since I know nothing about any of this, it was pretty slow going. Hmm.

I don‘t know if I‘m up for fairy tale retellings usually, but I enjoyed this one. The ending got a bit maudlin in my opinion, but overall this was engrossing. Looking forward to reading her second one.

This #littlefreelibrary was a Girl Scout project apparently. We didn‘t take any home but hope others do.

Love this place 💕💕💕

Only about 50 pages in but so far this is stunning. I hope it continues to live up to the hype 🤞🏽

Not strictly a book but in case anyone else is interested, Duolingo now has Arabic. And it‘s free!

Coming in January 2020! Looking forward to it. #Laos #SouthernFrance #Spain

This was a very detailed look at Elizabeth Holmes‘s wild foray into health care and investor fraud. It reminded me of Going Clear, another book I didn‘t know I needed to read until I started it and couldn‘t put it down. Highly recommended. I might need to watch the documentary that‘s out on it and I‘m not usually a documentary fan. If you‘re curious, pick it up.

“...anyone not prepared to show complete devotion and unmitigated loyalty to the company should “get the f- out”” 😱🤯

💕💕💕💕 I loved this so much. Didn‘t realize there would be so many f-bombs - and had to pause it around some sensitive little ears - but otherwise I really, really enjoyed it. Especially the audio. If you like the show, then you should read or listen to this. 💕💕💕💕

This list of things their clinical lab scientist did wrong is just mind-blowing. Contaminating things, running tests he wasn‘t trained to do, not following manufacturer‘s instructions... holy crap! I wouldn‘t want someone to do my laundry this way, let alone handle blood.

Well, everyone, is this good or bad? I‘m not in the book selling business but I‘m very interested to see where this goes. https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.theguardian.com/books/2019/jun/07/waterstones-o...

This book = 🤯 but I really like this description: “The way Sunny dressed was also meant to telegraph influence, though not necessarily taste. He wore white designer shirts with puffy sleeves, acid-washed jeans, and blue Gucci loafers.” Um, what?

Thanks, @HappyLitsyversary ! 🥳 I was just randomly pressuring - err I mean encouraging - a couple of people I met today to check it out. They probably thought I was nuts, but it‘s cool. I enjoy being on here 😁

Started this today and - no surprise - I‘m really enjoying it. Just what I need right now and I am really glad to have it on audio 😁.

I‘m a little late in my time zone, but if you‘re celebrating, Eid Mubarak. 🥳

Hmm... thinking of starting this series. Anyone else read the series and have strong feelings either way?

Don‘t want to spoil the story of how she got started with food for anyone else since I was delighted to read about it here. I will put a tiny picture in case you want to look away 😂 So far, this is interesting. Haven‘t watched her show but I might need to after this.

🥳 My friend @GlobalBlondie just joined Litsy! Please make her feel welcome! @LitsyWelcomeWagon @MrBook @RaimeyGallant @DebinHawaii @Tamra and really just anyone else who wants to join in 😂

Thanks @Gillyreads for the tip about the commemorative stamps! Now I have more authors besides Mem Fox and Shaun Tan to add to my TBR. If anyone else wants to read about the 2019 children‘s book authors in the Australian legends awards, this is short: https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.heraldsun.com.au/news/childrens-book-authors-to...

Is this a beloved children‘s book in Australia? Because the illustrations and story are really lovely so I‘m wondering if this is like Where the Wild Things Are (or something else you find nostalgic) for Americans. Just curious and since I don‘t know a lot of people who have lived in Australia, please feel free to add your opinion if you have one!

This was a pick for me. This may be for you too if you don‘t expect it to be what it is clearly not. This is not Nickel and Dimed or Evicted. This is not a meditation on how race or class intersects with poverty. This is one woman‘s memoir about being a single mom without anyone else to rely on. And for that, I found it moving.

Thanks for posting this @thegirlwiththelibrarybag since I would have never seen it otherwise. I‘m surprised I‘ve actually read 10 of these. Most I‘ve never heard of so I guess I could always add those to my ever-expanding TBR. 🤷🏻‍♀️ The tagged book is one I LOVED SO MUCH and can‘t get anyone else I know to read including my own family 😆 https://www.listchallenges.com/pulitzer-prize-novels/list/3

Really, really want to finish... but I‘m too tired! 😴😴😴

Only a chapter in and I already want to punch a couple of people 😡

I don‘t know what to say about this except I finally finished it and it is even more heart wrenching than you‘d expect. I am thankful that Macy wrote this but also incredibly saddened that she had to.