Welcome to Litsy!

Could have been a four or five star read, but the second half made it so-so. There was great writing and thoughts about grieving an imperfect person, but the dark tones and unnecessary animal abuse made me sick to my stomach.

#magnificentmarch #greencover

Well, mostly green anyway! I've heard nothing my but great things about A.S. King but I've yet to read any of her titles. When I do get to her this will be the first.

This was beautiful and sad.

This is so compelling and sad

I really liked Reality Boy, so I was really excited to read this one. It was okay. It had some of the same dark tones that the author used in Reality Boy, but I found this one to be a bit repetitive and a little slow in parts. Overall, not bad - I think I was just expecting it to be like Reality Boy too much. That being said, I‘m turning in for the night 😊 #24b4monday

Book 39: Wow, just break my heart, why don‘t you?? This book deals with super heavy topics but my god, what a book this was.

And who are you calling a monstrosity? Please. You should have seen this mountain when the quarrymen finished with it in 1905. It was like a pile of shale shit. Seriously—you don‘t know the meaning of eyesore.

(Internet photo of the pagoda King is giving a voice to, Reading PA.)

It was Mandie‘s turn to host our monthly literary salon last night. (I love the way she uses her nail polish as decor.) Mandie chose the evening‘s theme: prosopopoeia, which means in the voice of abstract or inanimate objects. I chose to read some passages from the pagoda‘s point of view in the tagged novel.

Fordham is having the young adult author AS King to the campus in Manhattan on Oct 2. Join us? She's fantastic--and Mary Higgins Clark will be there! It's free but registration in my comment. I'd love to see you! NY Litsy Meet-up? @ScientistSam @Jokila @MrBook @MommaBeja #litsymeetup

Green 💚 🌳📗🐲🐢🐍🐊🍏🌵🌴🌲☘🍃🐉🎄🌿🍀💚
#coversinyrfavecolor #anditsaugust

Once again, King hits it out of the park with a story that will sadden you, anger you, make you laugh, and make you want to punch someone. Pure gold.

Thank you so much @BraveNewBooks for my awesome package! I absolutely love Nancy Drew and use to play the herinteractive computer games, but need to read more of the books📖( this will provide me that opportunity). Also thank you for finishing my Mitch Albom collection.. I now own most/if not all his books and I adore the bookish socks. Thank you @Tiffy_Reads for hosting the #beachinbookswap

Today's @24in48 #readathon bookish shirt. #24in48 #24in48readathon

Just listened to another A.S. King YA novel courtesy of my local library. ❤ 📚 #lovelibraries

4/5 ⭐️! It was a little slow getting into, and I took off a star because I found the narrator a little hard to really connect and empathize with, despite her hardships, but all in all, it was an enjoyable read that I'd recommend to anyone who likes teen contemporaries. Full review @ http://tinyurl.com/j5ljwrc

#youngadult #ya

This is such a beautiful and sad book. It deals with grief and loss is such a real way. The heartbreak and even anger of it. This book shows we can overcome our destinies and maybe people are a little more complicated than we understand. It's a book full of nuisance. It's both beautiful, powerful and frustrating. The characters are all to humanly flawed just like us. Finished it this lovely morning.

Just started this one and so far it's got my attention.

For anyone considering reading AS King or for anyone who likes oddball, magical realism tinged YA, this might be the deal for you. This is one of my top 10 favorite books published so far this century. I highly recommend it. On sale at Amazon until 11/27. Available via the link below: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B003F3PK3G?ref=pe_2267260_215580790_g_2_5d20&t...

Vera is trying to deal with her best friend Charlie's death. It's not easy. They were best friends for most of their lives. A beautifully told coming-of-age story, with lots to think about. I love A. S. King's books! In anticipation of her new release next Tuesday, I'm making this my #Recommendsday pick.

Had a 'return one, borrow two' accident at the library today 😝