Welcome to Litsy!

There were a few amusing parts, I thought, including Herra calling the local crematorium to make an appointment for her own cremation! Initially I found her current day situation more interesting, but as things progressed during the war, I liked those parts better. She wasn‘t a very likable woman, though that wasn‘t necessarily the case when she was younger. Although she also wasn‘t treated very well by her three sons nor their wives.

@michellelav my daughter hooked me up with a 📖 bookstore online (sale) what to read next. So pumped about the new discovery

Herra might be my spirit animal. Thanks for the rec, Jenny! @ReadingEnvy

#booksintranslation #dogsoflitsy

I made it through 13% of this before deciding to bail. And I rarely bail. The story has the potential to be funny and interesting, but it‘s lost in translation.
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This is the last of my library holds..need more holds to come in!

I read a third of this and learned a lot about Iceland. I also learned that a crappy translation is, well, a crappy translation. Some of the clunkiest prose this side of an undergraduate essay.

My librarian timidly and eagerly handed this book to me and told me she thought I would like it. I sure did. An elderly woman living in a garage as she nears death, wreaking havoc with folks through her computer, tells the story of her life in Iceland when the Germans invaded her country. Humor and tragedy mix and mingle throughout the story.

This breaks my heart.

As I have done through much of my life, I‘ve let my instincts determine what books to read. Apparently the cruelty of war and World War II in particular is what I‘m supposed to be reading about, as I‘ve read 4 books in close succession on this theme. I‘ll be glad when this phase is over and I can move on to something more pleasant.

Gosh. Sounds familiar.

I‘m officially throwing in the towel. I kept hoping I‘d catch a spark, a need to continue reading. But, I did not. Herra is a horrible character, and while that should not be a deterrent (sometimes it‘s intriguing to see why someone is the way he/she is that way), I found I had no compulsion to find out more about her.

This is award winning, so many people thought it was great. Alas, it‘s just not for me.

Book club meets next week. Couldn't resist grabbing these from the library to bring for consideration. See any you would pick?

This was actually a bit disappointing for me. This book had a fantastic opening line, and the protagonist was feisty and funny. The narrative of Iceland during WWII is a story I hadn't read before, so I was very interested in reading it. But the story, for me, never quite lived up to it's great beginning. #readharderchallenge

Look at this beautiful #BookMail !! 😍 My goodness I‘m so excited for these I might actually read them sooner than later!

Time to dive into this!

I didn‘t love this book, but I also didn‘t want to put it down. I like the writing, and the perspective is certainly creative. I laughed, I came close to crying, I was uncomfortable - I really had strong reactions to a lot of parts of this book. I‘m not sure why I didn‘t love it, but... I didn‘t, and I was ready to be done.

Taking a break from The Boys in the Boat to start this one. It‘s due to the library very soon!

when the library does not have a digital copy... LOL

This came in for me at the library today. Sounds so intriguing...can‘t wait to read it!

Translated from the Icelandic, this novel looks back at a woman's life. She came of age in Iceland during World War II so I learned a lot about that, but I also loved Herra in the present day. She is bedridden and dying of emphysema but spends her time encouraging her nurse to have more sex, hacking her daughter-in-law's email, and flirting with strangers on the internet. More here https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2247425744

Woohoo my campus has delayed start tomorrow so my current plans are to stay up later than I would have.