Welcome to Litsy!

Yeah, I couldn't push myself through it. Picked up the book with a heavy feeling, noted the feeling, acted on the feeling: Bailed 🪂
This is no reflection on the book, per se; I'm a mood reader and this isn't my present mood. Onwards! 👣👣📚

"That was the summer a sperm whale drifted sick into the bay, washed up dead at Mount Martha, and there were many terrible jokes about fertility."

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

I think too much thought went into making this an impactful first line, and the next 14 pages feel somewhat the same. I'm not sure I'm on the same wavelength as this author, but I'll read on a bit further and see if I get in tune.

A dark view of this family's history and a little light at the end for a new generation. Not my favourite read of late, but very well written and an important one to remind us about the horrible effects of war, especially when it is soldiers fighting against children, women and desperate men.

#ReadingOnRoam

"Something's coming. Les can smell it like weather. Can just about hear it, like a sound pitched so low only the blood can recognize."

#TBRtemptation post 4! #BEA17 edition! Slated for a September release. This thinner novel is the anticipated debut from one of Australia's young writers. New Year's Eve 1990, Ru's erratic PTSD father, Jack, has disappeared after a savage incident. Her sister, Lani, wants out of small-town life. Her mother, Evelyn, takes refuge in the past. This is the portrait of one family looking for redemption. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

This caught my eye. Set in Australia with a focus on PTSD, a Vietnam War veteran, and a father and daughter. We rarely see novels about that war from a non-USA perspective

A darkly gorgeous portrait of a family falling to pieces. Rowe is a brilliant writer on a sentence level, but here she's added a smart structure, nuanced, damaged characters and real heart. So good.