Welcome to Litsy!

Funny, poetic, and geographic: completely enjoyable in every way. I didn‘t come remotely close to #24b4Monday, but we‘re halfway through our month with my 95-year-old father-in-law here, and that‘s a journey in and of itself. I highly recommend Walking Home, and tomorrow is a new day with new challenges!

Still working on Walking, but I‘m about halfway through; it‘s a wonderful book, and FUNNY. Two of my book weaknesses are books about walking and books set in bookstores.

And I‘m in for #24b4Monday! We‘ll see how far I get this time. Once I‘m done with Walking I‘ll start on one of my chunksters for the #bigbooksummerchallenge.

@Andrew65 @SumisBooks @jb72

Reading outside on the deck with Sir Murray, the Old English. The oaks finally leafed out last week. Getting lush and green in southern Michigan.

My #NutsInMay recap: not great, (two books), but I had fun. I love readathons. Been a bit stressful here, and I had work this week (I have my own little business composing books and journals), but Litsy is so soothing and enjoyable; it really helps. Looking forward to the next readathon! @Andrew65

Making good progress on Book No. 2 for my #NutsinMay readathon. Even better: really good read!

@Andrew65

#TakeTheLongWayHome #AnglophileApril
I've not done the Pennine Way but I've walked from Oldham to Simon Armitage's hometown, Marsden. It's really nice. I wish people would stop being pricks and setting fire to Marsden Moor.
@Mdargusch @emilyhaldi @Reviewsbylola @Cinfhen

#walkonthewildside #marchintothe70s
Don‘t read a lot of NF but loved these 👍🏻 He‘s funny and open and very self-deprecating, great reads. Also fascinating facts along the way to go with the countryside.

#BloweNorthernWinde #WinterWonderland
Greetings from Oldham, where we have more than our share of northern wind. This was taken in Delph, while walking to Marsden, home of Simon Armitage. @TrishB @Cinfhen

Didn't get any reading done yesterday. Walked to Marsden to gloat about Lancashire's win in the cricket and watch sheep stop traffic. That's Yorkshire for you.

#getback #heyjune
Armitage wants to get back to old style story and poetry telling for your supper 😁
And then wants to get back home!

#HigherGround #GetMovin @eanderson @Cinfhen

I saved Walking Home, in which Armitage walks the Pennine Way backwards, to read whilst I was on holiday in the Peak District. Armitage takes on the trail, getting by on the kindness of strangers and donations received for a poetry reading at each stop. His prose is humorous but gently so; he is self-deprecating about his abilities both as a performer and a walker and comes across as likeable and easy going but never frivolous. A v enjoyable read.

#busyearning #aprella
Simon Armitage walked the Pennine Way as a ‘modern troubadour‘, starting without a penny in his pocket, stopping to give poetry readings in village halls, churches, pubs and living rooms.

#Journey #JubilantJuly
Still recovering from my far shorter hike on the Stoodley Pike bit of the Pennine way on Saturday.
@RealLifeReading

#homebythesea #rockinmay
@Cinfhen
Plenty of lovely homes by the sea in here! Simon Armitage's walking books are like a poetic Bill Bryson 😀

Finally finished this audiobook tonight. Don't have an MP3 player in the car, so I use my phone with the volume turned up. Simon Armitage is a poet, and this book was about his walking journey along the Pennine Way in the UK. He walked and gave poetry readings each night of the trip. While I thought it was good, I think I would have enjoyed it more if I were better acquainted with the area. The reader was excellent, though.