Welcome to Litsy!

I liked it but I also didn‘t like it very much. Some of it seemed so obvious, like the mc being SO unlikable at the beginning…. So that we‘d see growth and like him by the end. And there were some good nuggets to think about…. But I‘m really all over the place with it.

Just getting into this!

This book has been sitting on Mount TBR 🏔️📚🏔️ for years now, patiently awaiting its turn. I think I picked it up mostly for the cover😅

So far it‘s both sad (grief for both parents unexpectedly passing) & very funny!
Not sure if the wisdom it contains won‘t feel a bit dated - the basics of MINDFULNESS seem to have become common knowledge by now, if not common practice.

Still, I‘m curious to see where it takes me 😊

2/2 This is amazing thank you. @BookNAround
#SliceOfSummerSwap.
So great full for all you book friends ❣💌
@Catsandbooks

I was so pleasantly surprised by this book! I had low expectations and assumed I was going to be reading a syrupy “Mitch Albom-type” book. I was wrong! Funny, charming, sweet, inspiring. I was even a little emotional by the end. This book came to me at the exactly right time. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️/5

The results are in for 1Q2021. My favorite books of the year so far have all been book club choices. I‘ve been in a monthly book club with my best girlfriends for about 15 years and the picks this year have not disappointed! Yay for books! Yay for girlfriends! Yay for Zoom! But, gosh, I can‘t wait until we can see each other in-person again.

Lucy and I are spending a quiet evening in the library to kick this year to the curb. I wish us all peace, strength, health, love, wisdom, and all the books our hearts desire. Oh, and the love of a cuddly kitty.

#CatsOfLitsy
#QueenLucytheValiant

This was just the right book for me in this moment. By its nature, it encouraged me to slow down and take a breath. I appreciated the guru's question, “Why so angry?“ I enjoyed Otto and the guru's adventures in Americana, especially the Hershey's and Chicago entries.

While I didn't love this as much as some of my bookish friends, I will likely read the subsequent installments.

Catching up on reviews for this week‘s reads. Here‘s the last one!

This light and positive novel is a great summer read and another book from #MountTBR

This is a book I think can either bore you or inspire you, depending on where in your life you are at the particular moment that you read it. It's a quick read if you want to just get through it. But if you're at a place in life where you're starting to wonder if this is all there is, this won't be a quick read because it'll lead you to start asking deeper questions that might make you feel uncomfortable.

Delightful characters and storyline but it took me forever to finish. Something was lacking for me. Probably just that I‘m in the mood for something dystopian.

A road trip, but not your garden variety adventure. At times showing sweet sentiment, thought provoking, and insightful. A fun read that may take YOU on a road trip of discovery as well.

A lovely story filled with Americana and philosophy. If you like Mitch Albom‘s Five People You Meet In Heaven, you will like this novel.

This story of a road trip with a Siberian monk was classified as spiritual fiction. It was a light read. The moral of the story: at every decision point make a choice for good. 3.5/5 If you feel like taking a road trip, now might be the time to come to Vermont. This location is about 20 minutes away from me. I believe the colors are just slightly enhanced in the photo.

"Unable to have children, Milton S. Hershey and his bride started a school for orphan boys, which eventually admitted girls, and which eventually became a school for the underprivileged, abused, and abandoned. At the time of his death in 1945, the school was on the receiving end of his entire fortune. ... All the profits from those Kisses and Almond Joy bars going to pay for kids whose parents had not been able, or willing, to bring them up."

#photoadaynov16 #planestrainsandautomobiles
I absolutely loved these stories which are centered around road trips. I still need to read the last book in the trilogy, Dinner with Buddha.

This book was a bit hard for me to get into, probably because I'm a bit too similar to the protagonist for comfort. However, the author has a way of bringing you not only into the external scene, but also into the mindset of the protagonist, and I found myself having some of the same thought-changing “arguments” in my own head as he was having. I started this book out of curiosity, but now, I have added the follow ups to my TBR list.

#TBRTuesday Part 6

...And I almost forgot....the books I really need to read to stay up to date on my reading challenges for the year! 😱

#theneverendingTBRpile