Welcome to Litsy!

A fun and relatable bibliomemoir. It's a personal memoir including relationships, career, and figuring out how to love your life. But it's also very readable literary criticism infused with much love and respect, particularly for Charlotte Bronte. I wanted a bit more vulnerability from her, but she actually writes at one point that that's especially difficult for her. As a fellow bookish, introverted bisexual woman, this was quite a treat to read!

My non-fiction read in February and I really enjoyed it. The author has a love for the Brontë family and in particular loves Jane Eyre. The chapters are about the books written by the sisters and also about how the books have helped the author in her own life at different times. It made me want to read Agnes Grey and The Tenants of Wildfell Hall by Anne. Still haven't read either yet but bought Wildfell Hall, so hopefully soon will get to it!

#WhereDoesTheGoodGo ? Maybe into a book...

Pennington uses the Brontes‘ works to help ground her with her personal struggles. I‘m looking forward to reading this one! #LilithJuly

I so wish I had 2.99 ☹, but it's a great deal if anyone wants it!

#kindledeals #kindledeal #ebooksale

I‘m actually decreasing my goal this year as I have other personal resolutions to uphold! Happy New Year Littens!!

I love getting this at year end🎉📚📚

This was too fun! I know everyone has used this pose but it is pretty much exactly me right now:) #bitmoji @SilversReviews

Similarly, take solace in your favorite books, music, films, and art. I chose this orange cover for Day 2 of #riotgrams - Pennington‘s memoir reminds us that finding the books we love can bring us comfort and guidance. @bookriot

1. 12-15
2. Both:)
3. Read a fun romance
4. 150 - just completed
5. Horror (I'm a wimp!)
6. Small magnetic clip
7. No idea! There are bookshelves and piles EVERYWHERE!
8. As many as will fit📚👍
9. We're getting a kitten for my daughter in two weeks and I am maybe more excited than her😺

Just happened to catch this! I ❤️Litsy!

Thanks for the tag @TheLudicReader

These are my #fivestarpredictions, all taken from the massive pile on my desk. I've seen a lot of people do this tag so I'm tagging everyone who hasn't done it yet🤷‍♀️

I enjoyed this book but expect to see love/hate reviews. It's more a memoir of the author's own life and relationships than I expected and written in an often informal style. She focuses on the impact of the Brontes' writing on her life while weaving in biographical information and literary analysis. There are plot summaries and spoilers for all of the novels. Read it if you're a Bronte fan, especially of Charlotte.

#NetGalley #nonfiction

Enjoying a rainy morning of snuggling with one of my nephew's 4-H rabbits and reading this book. It's an interesting mix of Bronte biography, the author's own life, and her thoughts on how their writing has impacted her life. It's full of spoilers for their books, to the point that I may skip the Tenant of Wildfell Hall section for now since I want to read it soon.

#NetGalley #nonfiction

Just love this picture, thought I'd share...

A lovely memoir about how one woman found solace and guidance throughout her life through a love of the Brontës and their work. Lots of life lessons, dreams, heart-break, and learning to be an adult who works through difficult situations. Pennington touches on all the books, a number of the adaptations, and even includes a shoutout to the Thursday Next series by Jasper Fforde.

The #niecesleepover has ended, I had dinner with my parents, and now I'm relaxing on the deck enjoying this beautiful 70 degree Iowa sunset with a book and a beer. #amreading A Girl Walks into a Book by Miranda K. Pennington #amdrinking Ommegang Pale Sour Ale

"But open the right book on the right day, and it‘ll strike a bell you didn‘t even know needed to be rung."

My current #NetGalley read

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#newbooks bc this week has been a week, y'all. G. Willow Wilson is coming to speak at the Iowa City Book Festival in the autumn, so I had to pick up The Butterfly Mosque, and after all my Austen reading this spring, I needed a bit of balance with a book about a Brontë book-lover.

It doesn't happen often but I'm bailing on this one. The chatty, informal writing had been annoying me since page one but there's NO WAY I can continue reading something that refers to anything written by the Brontës as a "meet-cute". Following up with the despised interrobang was just the last straw.