Welcome to Litsy!

New episode just dropped! We begin with Eugene Vodolazkin's novel, “Laurus,“ a book that we both liked and disliked for similar reasons. However, the novel did bring up many interesting topics to discuss and think about. Finally, we're back to nominating books for the August book club. Enjoy!

https://open.spotify.com/episode/5RybRBW8eMxwXcagvczgNO

What do you do when you have so many great nominations? You can't just pick one, so pick a few. And that is what we did listener, we know we have a mountain of books we're reading but what's better than adding more great selections?! Hopefully, you will join us in reading some if not all the books we've added to the TBR.

https://anchor.fm/peter-murphy8

#sunshinewellness

Stop 5 on today‘s home-library tour!

Do you own or have you read any of these books?!
(The dark one is “Hell Divers II”.)

#MrBooksBooks

That issue does not disquiet them... for they are creating for eternity.

Does that mean our people have a short memory?

One might say that. It is just that memory should not be too long. That, you know, is not for the best. After all, some things should be forgotten.

Think I‘m going to have to bail on this one. I‘d give a content warning but don‘t want to give stuff away. Let‘s just say things got very squicky and miserable and it‘s ground down my will to read.

Finished You Don‘t Know Me on the exercise bike (I am such a hero!) so laying back and starting Laurus in the sunshine :) #amreading

Haven‘t read this yet but I think the cover is beautiful . This picture doesn‘t quite do it justice. #coverlove #ReadingResolutions

This month‘s picks, fresh from the book store! #amreading #bookbloggers #newbooks

Finished after 1 1/2 months. Was expecting it to be historical fiction,not literary fiction set in the past. Still enjoyed it. I think the translator and author did a great job convening the themes of the books #russia #intranslation #healing

I thought this passage in Laurus was beautiful. #russian #translation #communication

Yikes.... that math.... I am super happy I live in a world where Science exists and is applied to everything. #theydidthemath #shoddyreasoning #russia #translation

For medicine March. I started Laurus back in January as a work read. Been looking forward for the bottom two for a few years now. #medicinemarch #ilikebigbooks#andicannotlie #nonfiction #clasdic

Still hard to believe that once upon a time science was not used. Wear lapis to avoid mjrderers because Lapis has not been seen on a murderer? That's nuts! Super glad to live in an era with medicine based in science. #russian #international #translation #"medicine"

#RiotGrams Day 3 of the February photo thing.
Not sure if hyphenated words are cheating the whole one word title thing. Have celebrated Laurus elsewhere, and most of these I've still yet to read.
Honestly, I've hit a bit of a wall with my reading this year (my recent purchase of #Overwatch isn't helping), and I'm not sure how to fix that. Maybe I'll shoot to finish a book this weekend, at least so I stay on track with my 2017 goal.

Decided to combine Day 3 of #riotgrams #onewordtitle and #17booklove #redbooks.

I'm on a Russian roll this year. Last year I was in Sweden quite a bit. This is also the 3rd book I've read that has been translated (that I know of). #russia #medieval #translation #"doctor"

I love Barnes and noble gift cards. The burning page is 3rd in the invisible library series. Laurus is a Russian translation.

🎄🎄🎄 books books books! I have a weakness for gorgeous covers and don't my friends know it. For your consideration, a Russian historical fiction in translation, and a Woolf bio. And a coffee.

An extraordinary book. Unique and relentlessly challenging while also softening the sharp edges of anguish and tragedy with a certain medieval whimsy.

Some of my #onewordtitles , there are so many of them! The tagged book Laurus was a good read but a little disappointing. I just noticed Beowulf peeping through the back, another one world title that wanted to join in. #photoadaynov16 @RealLifeReading

Turns out a book about a healer/mystic/holy fool in 15th- century Russia that also contemplates the nature of time is not an easy or quick read. That said, I enjoyed it. In part because it immersed me in a world and way of thinking so distant from my own. This is not for everyone but I would recommend it to people who like tackling novels that do something unfamiliar.

All the essentials with pumpkin. #catsoflitsy #wineandbooks #messywriting

Some colorcoded books to brighten up your Monday. I love doing this with my books it is so satisfing. I felt a bit sad about Laurus, the tagged book, the blurb seemed great and it started of great but then it got slow and I felt myself skimming most of it. I loved all of the other books. Seems like red is good color for books. ❤

Bookshop 'Dominicanen' in Maastricht (The Netherlands) The fairest bookshop in the world according to the Guardian. And it truely was stunning! Bought Laurus by Eugene Vodolazkin here as a literary souvenir. What is your favorite bookshop?

#bookshop #dominicanen #church

Not quite a meal but a relaxing lunch time beverage #readandeat #septphotochallenge #somethingforsept

I've decided to balance my English reading with some Russian books and I have heard great things about this book both from Russians and people who read it in its translated version. I'm excited 😊not sure I can keep the creepy staring cover on my nightstand though 😱

I loved this story of a man in 15th century Russia who knew all the powers of every herb, yet he could not save his lover, dying in child birth, or his own soul long after she was gone.

#medievalshelf

Starting this book tonight for my Historical Fiction Book Club. Can't wait to read it since I loved 'The Name of the Rose', so if it's anything like that, it will be a great read 🤗📖 #amreading

I apparently missed #internationalcatday yesterday?? Well, I'll post anyway. This is Valeria, our super nervous cat who only likes people who lie down, either outside or after 8 pm inside. As for this book, which I read earlier this summer - a big meh. A good idea poorly executed.

This one falls into the "it's not you, it's me" basket-it just didn't work for me, but might be well loved by others. If a story about a religious man in Middle Ages Russia grappling physically and philosophically with his faith sounds like your thing, pick this one up. Otherwise skip it or be prepared to remind yourself-as I often had to-that there's something to learn from most experiences.

"...any meeting is surely more than just parting. There is emptiness before meeting someone, just nothing, but there is no longer emptiness after parting."

A mediocre book with too many annoying aspects.

I'm 60% into this book and liking it less and less 😕