Welcome to Litsy!

Found a good reading spot in our vacation rental. 😁

1. I started the tagged book a few years ago. The audio version is a bit long. Maybe I‘ll finish it this year!
2. I‘ve only been to #Wisconsin as a babe in arms, so I‘m going off of pictures and TV coverage. The lakeside areas look very pretty, especially Erin Hills where the US Open was held several years ago.
#RoadTripUSA2022
#TravelTuesday

1. The tagged book was a favorite, Bear Town also was so good!
2. I enjoy watching Cubs baseball, and this year has been rough. Also college playoff basketball and football, the Packers.

@TheSpineView #two4tuesday
Tagging @JenReadsAlot @Kshakal

Happy Tuesday everyone! Here are the #Two4Tuesday questions for today. A huge thanks to everyone who played last week! Enjoy!

My answers:
⚾️ Tagged book is a fictional story about several characters whose lives are intertwined and is about love, hope, family and friendship. All of this is centered around baseball.
⚾️ Not much of a TV watcher but I do enjoy watching horse racing on occasion.

Want to play? @eggs @wanderinglynn @EadieB

Trying to get back into reading #1001Books, and maybe shouldn‘t have tried with a book over 500 pages long 😂. So I‘m calling this a bail...for now (but not marked as such). Will try again another time. All the nods to Melville and Moby Dick are clever, though.

Instead, reading something more fast paced — “Recursion” by Blake Crouch.

#7books7days

Day 3: I was given this as a gift when my youngest was a few weeks old. It was the first book to hold my attention during the sleep deprived sludge, and I‘ll always associate it with newborn snuggles. It‘s also a bloody good book!

7 books that left a deep impression on me.

What‘s more #AmericanPie than baseball??? I absolutely loved this coming of age novel, set in academia and yes, involving baseball ( to some degree). It was a home-run read for me ♥️
#SeptemberSins @jenniferw88

Up next. ⚾️ 🎧

I didn‘t enjoy this book as much as I expected. It‘s incredibly pretentious and overwritten, easily 150-200 pages too long. Some of the characters are interesting but others are underdeveloped, especially the only female character of the story. The author tries very hard to write a profound and great American novel, but fails because he‘s trying so damn hard. I hated one part of the ending quite a lot. At least the kitty is cute! #catsoflitsy

“What other sport not only kept a stat as cruel as the error but posted it on the scoreboard for everyone to see?” ⚾️

This book was so good. Even if you're not a baseball fan, I think this story about college age kids (and a college president) might still appeal to you. I can see why it was so lauded when it came out, and I can't believe it took me so long to get to it. As it's been on my shelf for at least 5 years, this definitely counts towards my #MountTBR2019 challenge (15/36 for Mt Vancouver)!

1. When you‘re retired everyday is Saturday!
2. Still the Beatles. Currently I am listening to a lot of indie rock and have no idea who they are! Ah....memory is something to cherish. 3. Taking my daughter to meet with her disability counselor. Then pool. 4. The Art of Fielding. 5⭐️. #preMondayVibes

The Art of Fielding for fiction. For nonfiction, Missoula. Although I‘ve read some great books this years. ( also some really stinky ones!)
#bestbooksofar2019

What a wonderful story! I am truly surprised how much I loved it. 5🌟. #mountTBR

Next up. I‘ve had this in my TBR pile for years. #mounttbr.
#baseballseason

Decided to finally give into my cold and am spending the day on the couch.

I suspect this is a rather good book but I am clearly hung over from Black Leopard Red Wolf. Why? Because while I enjoyed much about this book—baseball, quirky cast of characters, drama—it isn‘t leaving much of an impression. It probably deserves a reread... So, as it stands a good but not great read &, dear reader, let this be a warning: love it or hate it, it will be hard to find something to read after Black Leopard Red Wolf. Really hard.

Need to go with something completely different—going to be hard to get Black Leopard Red Wolf out of my head thereby leaving fantasy unreadable for a while—so baseball it is! Picked this up on the recommendation of a friend and was then assured by others that it is a good read.

Thank you so much @TheLibrarian ! This arrived yesterday! 😊 #giveaway

1. In the middle of reorganizing. Also packing for a road trip this weekend.
2. Columbia Concert Band
3. Playing spider solitaire when I should be doing other things.
4. Jeopardy! Love the beard BTW.
5. I‘m halfway through this chunkster on audio and plan to listen more while on the road.
#humpdaypost

25 | #ABBAInAugust

Henry is a college baseball star who is a destined for #TheWinnerTakesItAll big time. But a bad throw changes everything for him and 4 others.

An exceptional read that I think needs more #litsylove

It‘s a wrap! The first quarter of #Booked2018! Love this challenge! My choices were:

🔸Olympic Sport: The Art of Fielding
🔸Body Positive: Hunger
🔸Unconventional Romance: Commonwealth
🔸Cozy Mystery: The Nine Tailors
🔸POC: So Much Blue
🔸Feminism: I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

So now I can start planning the next six books. Love it 💜

Jesse: “I read a lot of non-fiction. It‘s hard to find fiction that keeps my interest. This story is about a college baseball star‘s life. There are a lot of twists and turns that intertwine people and events. My boyfriend and I traded book suggestions. He gave me this book and the Count of Monte Cristo. I gave him The Book Thief and Dracula by Bram Stoker. Our rule was to give each other an all-time favorite and the last great book we read.“

#januarywrapup Not a bad month, with no duds/ bails so all good! Absolutely loved An Untamed State and The Art of Fielding.... and enjoyed everything I read...
#januarystats - 9 books total
5 by women
2 audio
2 non fic
2 middle grade ( by coincidence- both were told in words and pics over two time periods)
1 reread for bookclub

Loved this heartwarming coming-of-age story of love, friendship, ambition and failure. I know nothing about baseball but adored it just the same. Can‘t believe this book has been on my shelf for so long!
This is the joy of reading challenges. I finally picked this up because it fit a category for 4/5 of the challenges I‘m attempting! And I couldn‘t be happier to have discovered this gem!
#LitsyAtoZ
#pop18
#Litsyreadingchallenge2018
#Booked2018

OMG am I loving this book so far! I can‘t believe I‘ve left it so long on my TBR shelf....
Enjoying a unusually cool FL morning on the patio, with this gem of a warm-hearted book 💕📚
#booked2018 and also #pop2018 !

I don‘t know much about baseball but I liked this book a lot. There‘s so much more to it. It‘s about friendship and failing, about fear of one‘s future and willpower.
Highly recommended!

This one I started last year but finished yesterday. That means it can count as a ‘book involving sport‘ for #PopSugar2018, as well as #LRC and #Booked2018 (#BookFeaturingAnOlympicSport)

(Pic: The chalet in France where we were skiing)

#currentlylistening #currentlyreading

I can‘t help but compare this to The Throwback Special even though all they share is a sporting event and a more complex look at men‘s psyches. I do enjoy reading about men‘s inner thoughts. Overall I think TTS does a better job of displaying the complexity but TAoF is a more enjoyable read so far. Thoughts??

I am planning to read these books for the January-March section of #Booked2018.

With these choices I try to multitask and combine them with #popsugar2018, #1001books and the #ToB2018.

Also I want to have a look at #readharder2018 and the #litsyreadingchallenge2018 when they are published so maybe all will change again!

#DecDays This is an exquisite novel of a #smalltownboy who only knows one thing...baseball ⚾️When the college scouts start showing up offering & promising riches and opportunities that Henry could never dream possible his life changes instantly. It‘s a story of friendship, athletics, greed and happiness. Would work for many prompts for #Booked2018 😉Highly recommended

Husband is heading on an extended work trip and asked for book recommendations. Ask and you shall receive.

I chose this book to help me complete the year's Book Riot Read Harder Challenge. I knew little about the book before I chose it + didn't realise it had been a must read when first published. To a be truthful, I struggled a lot with this book. It felt like a chore getting through its 82 chapters, one I begged to be over on several occasions. It's not that it was a bad book, just an unnecessarily long one considering how little depth it had.

Getting to the pointy end. It's felt like it's taken such a long time to get through this book but I will probably miss the characters once I'm done

#RedWhiteBlue #NeverForget #AwesomeAutumnBooks #FallIntoBooks I've only read 1 of these books so far. The other 2 are on my shelves TBR. 🇺🇸

It's time to pick my new #tenatatime #tbr. I hope I picked a good batch! This has been a great way to make a dent in our overflowing TBR shelves!

I didn't have a #bestofjuly. 🙁#jubilantjuly Here's the link to my July Wrap Up.

This is kind of a welcome-back for me. I've been away for a while, but no better way to get back into it than to post about this incredible book only seven hours after I was standing on top of a mountain in Arizona. Anyway, Harbach's book is such a compelling read. I find I can't put it down even when I'm dog tired. #DogsofLitsy #baseball #travel

I'm not this far into the book yet. I found this quote for a meme I do over on my blog on Fridays. I just love this description of the professor. It solidifies my long held belief that feather boas should be worn everyday. 😀
#lifegoals #ReadMyOwnDamnBooks #BookRiotReadHarder2017
Here is a link to my blog and today's Firday 56, if you're interested. https://coffeeandcatsblog.wordpress.com/2017/07/07/friday-56-37/
#shamlessselfpromotion

I just thought this book was average. Perhaps it suffered from very high expectations because it came so recommended from so many people. I liked it fine, but definitely didn't love it.

This book knocked me on my ass and I don't know if I'll ever recover. One of the best I've read in a long time. The characters and Wentish itself have lodged themselves so deeply in my brain it is difficult at times to remind myself I didn't go there, don't know them.

Last minute shopping yesterday for my summer santa package resulted in a book for me plus a library trip. I have bought The Art of Fielding previously and gave it away as a very appreciated gift. Need to read that one soon!

#bookhaul #libraryhaul

I should have read this instead of listening to it. I didn't remember who David was by the end because it took so long to finish.

Having fun with Liberty's giveaways today! (Fingers crossed 🤞🏽) Here's my pick for favorite book featuring a sport ⚾️ #GIVEAWAYSPORTS

My favorite book about sports. A baseball book for baseball season. Thank Liberty!#giveawaysports

Still traveling a ton for work (& have just finished an insanely busy month without Litsy), but decided to take some time out to enjoy a night at the ballpark (not my preferred ballpark, but, really, traveling beggars can't be choosers). #baseball

And if you haven't read Chad Harbach's book, put it on your summer reading list!

One of my all time favorite baseball book reads. It had a little bit of everything with a sports theme to it #baseball

One of my all time favorite novels, this book is one that should be read slowly and enjoyed. It centers around the story of a rising baseball player at a small college in Michigan as he begins to discover the world outside of his rural upbringing. Almost everything about this book is perfect.