Welcome to Litsy!

Sometimes I read a book and immediately add it to my reread list - this was one that I read back in 2018 and have been meaning to reread ever since. I enjoyed it just as much this time around. It's a story that “should“ annoy me, but I found myself once again completely rooting for this mismatch group of kids. Vic's journey to find some semblance of peace with the death of his father could have been cheesy and eye-rolly, but instead is genuine ⬇

For Day 19 of a book from my shelves with random thoughts, we've moved past Anderson (don't worry, I have more of his books on other shelves) and to a book I just bought the other day. I read this one a few years ago and really liked it, so I have had my eye out for my own copy for a while. It's on my #BookSpinBingo list, so I am hoping it will come up for a reread in July!

I have owned this signed book for over a year & finally read it. This ya story reminded me a little of a John Green Book because there‘s a lot of creative terms used by the characters (such as the title & Super Racehorse). A teen with facial paralysis has lost his father & is grieving the changes at home. He runs out & starts spending time with a found family who have their own traumas. Enjoyed the characters, esp Coco.

A group of misfit kids function as a family and "adopt" Vic, who is dealing with the death of his father and the impending marriage of his mother. Vic and the "Kids of Appetite" run around town to fulfill Vic's dad's last wishes for the spreading of his ashes, and they end up getting involved in situation that lands them getting questioned by the police. An endearing read. I will definitely check out Arnold's other books! ⭐⭐⭐⭐/5

This was a fun book to listen to! I enjoyed the story and the setting being near where I grew up!

All 3 of these authors are local to Ky (one‘s from Cincinnati). I had met David Arnold a couple of yrs ago, but the other 2 are new to me. They had a great discussion, along with Brittany Cavallaro, & signed books. These are not their newest books, just the ones I picked. They were all interesting people, check them out!

Ollie's book haul--"Good Stuff Cheap" ?????? (The tagged book and Fellside didn't make the crop✂️)

Cute, sort of quirky, fun. But lots of good, serious stuff too. The quote will only mean something to those who have previously read this, but as a mantra, it‘s a good one.

chococcino muffin + coffee in a festive mug!

tip: quarter muffins and put them in the oven for a few minutes. The surface gets all crispy and the chocolate chips melt 😍

Just a few more books for my classroom library. C‘mon, you need fresh books! (The seven standing on the right are for me.)

Probably better read than listened to...the quirks of the characters get a little lost in narration.

Loved the story and writing style of this book. Definitely considering adding his other book, Mosquitoland, to my list!

#titlequote

What is this goober trying to tell me?! 🤣

Apparently my cat has an appetite too 🤣😝
#catsoflitsy #littenkitten #calicocat

Started this book tonight and liking it so far. We shall see what tomorrow brings :)

Listening to someone perform all 100 recitations of "I am a Super Racehorse" is by far the strangest thing I've experienced in an audio book.

#AudioCooking venison steaks for dinner. However, the descriptions of pig carcuses might have been a little untimely...

Finally, after five library books in a row, it's time for my tenth round of @Ange44 and I's #tenatatime tbr project! I admittedly went a little "easier" this time but, after this run, that's one-hundred books read from my giant stacks!

No idea how relevant these books are to the tag, but it's the best I could do! #90sinjuly #kidsinamerica

So... today is a productive day #books #photos #instagtam

'De Kids of Appetite' is een bijzonder boek van een bijzondere auteur. Een superrenpaard tussen de contemporary verhalen, vol met frakking mooie quotes.

*rises up from the dead* this is my first post in seven months and kids of appetite is my fourth book in as many days - finished mosquitoland today and had to pick this one up right after. it feels so, so indescribably good to be reading again. ♥️

Will you speak before I'm gone? Will you prove already too late?

I loved David Arnold's first book Mosquitoland ( LOVED) and this book is 'infinitous-ly' better! It is about family, biological and chosen, friendships, first love, sacrifice, trust, truth, life, heartbreak, death, choice, faith, goodness, honour, growing up, saying goodbye. Everything. In one beautiful, amazing book.
All the feels. All the stars.
It was good.

Tater tot chicken pot pie for @MrBook cuz he loves his Tots

Appropriate for Bail Day that it would happen! I don't want to discourage anyone from reading this as text because the story is cool, but the narration is horrid on the #audiobook. Both narrators can only do one voice. ☹️☹️ I will likely revisit as an ebook!

I had never heard of this condition before. One of the main characters in this book is afflicted. Really interesting to learn about something new, but it seems like it would be difficult to live with. I can't imagine not being able to blink!!

Cheez Its are my crack #FYI reading the book my son got for Christmas and planning some meals and eating my feelings #multitasking

I feel like I need one more relatively easy book before I go back to Henrietta Lacks and start Small Great Things. Counting on you to do as well as Mosquitoland, Arnold! 😉😉

Also I finally started Giant Days 1 and also picked up Lumberjanes 1 in my effort to try graphic novels/comics. In fact, I think I'll switch to that now!

Loved this quote and I really identified with numbers 1 and 2. And being conscious of the fact that I don't want Rosemary to ever think number 3.

What a beautiful story! I like how it's linear and it's not. The characters are awesome, the love is not limited to teenagers falling in love, the story will stay with you. I want to hang out with these kids. You can, if you read the book. #kidlitsy #youngadult

I would TOTALLY live in that galaxy!

When you open a book and find this in the front? You know it's going to be good. This is in the ARC, but I can't imagine it wouldn't make it in the final book. Loving it so far; 70 or so pages in.

In this touching YA novel, the bestselling author of Mosquitoland brings us another batch of unforgettable characters in a tragicomedy about first love and devastating loss. #CopperfieldsRecommends

I liked Mosquitoland, so I'm looking forward to this one!

I enjoyed this

#seasonsreadings2016 Day 1: #wanttoreadindec is this ARC and many others! I'm not a huge e-reader reader, but we are going to be on the East Coast visiting family for half of both December and January. I will need to read, but can't pack too many books! The solution? ARCs. I get a bunch from the bookstore I work at. I'll read them and then leave them in Little Free Libraries or in the airport.

When you find out that you'll unexpectedly be out of town for 2 weeks & the first thing you do is choose your books to pack......

But then miracle of miracles: Mad smiled a little.
And I died a little.
And she left.

Incredible book, couldnt put it down.

Next up! YA has been a really fun addition to my generally rather seriously literary reading life.

I couldn't sleep, so I read. This book gripped me. I loved all the characters, the family the outcast kids built. Vic needs help. His father is dead, his mother has a boyfriend, and he can't cope anymore. One night he takes his father's urn and runs for it. This begins his story- the adventure of fulfilling his father's wishes. Along the way he becomes part of a group, accepted in a way he never thought he could be. I adored this book.

“And when the kids needed someone most, someone to love and trust, they found one another, and they called themselves the Kids of Appetite, and they lived and they laughed and they saw that it was good.”

Baz shrugged. “We are all part of the same story, each of us different chapters. We may not have the power to choose setting or plot, but we can choose what kind of character we want to be.”

God. The longer I was a person, the less I wanted to be one.

“Hogwarts is definitely the shit, though,” said Mad. Coco nodded. “Oh, Hogwarts is the shit.” “With the Cornish pasties and treacle tarts and all.” “I don‘t even know what the frak a Cornish pasty is, and I still want one.”

(on why Coco doesn't go to school) "You gotta have moms and dads to sign shit. Plus, an address. What, I should write Eleventh Greenhouse on the Right, Maywood Orchard, New Milford? Might as well add Cupboard under the Stairs while I‘m at it. It‘s a public school, not Hogwarts. I‘d get laughed out of the building.”