Welcome to Litsy!

A title that captures the last six months of my life would be Things Fall Apart. Watching my mother‘s rapid decline from Alzheimer‘s ending with her death Thursday has been agonizing, and trying to support my dad through it is equally so. Next week I will find out whether I will have a job next year or not (I‘m a school librarian in Texas, where the governor is holding our school funding hostage for his voucher program) so there‘s that . . . 😫

This is a sweeping historical romance with all the sights and sounds of an exotic India and it appears to be a treasured favourite of many readers. Honestly I found it dragged terribly and was very dated, to the point where I became impatient with it. 🕌

1. I haven‘t really cried over a book in years—this was one I cried over in my teens. These days I feel moved, and the book stays with me, but I don‘t cry. Maybe I‘m dead inside! 🤷‍♀️😂
2. Favorite genre is classic lit. I love the timelessness of the stories, and the exquisite writing that is to be found in these books that have remained at the forefront of literature for decades, even centuries.
3. Impossible to choose!! 😱
#WondrousWednesday

#bookmail courtesy of eBay! I lost my chunky paperback and found this 2 volume set with the dust jackets. Now I don‘t have to strain my eyes with tiny print.

1. We used to always go apple 🍎 picking with the extended family.
2 I read The Far Pavillions in my very early 20s and it made a huge impact on me, both good and bad. I still reread it on a regular basis
3. GoodReads and my planner.
@eggs
#wondrouswednesday
Tag a friend or just play along!

I think the tagged book is the first book I read that had anything to do with India. I loved these books. I have read many books by Indian authors and have many more on my TBR. I have tried a little Indian food and would love to try more. Suggestions?

Happy Independence Day, India!

#7Days7Books Day 6

We present here 7 books that will remain in our minds, because they touched us so much, changed us.
I read this book as a teenager and was enthralled. Never before or since have I been so completely swept up in a battle scene (they‘re not my thing). When I finished the last page, I felt like I was emerging from a trance, so completely had I been submerged in the world of the characters.

Care to join in, @Melancholy2243 ?

VOLUME 2! So pumped...it‘s like Christmas up in here🎄

I LOVE THIS BOOK SO FAR!!!!!!!! And the fact I have volume II by my side and ready to go. Not to mention my precious book mark made by my little guy💗

This book moved me to tears. There‘s an epic battle scene, and I was so enthralled with it that the losses tore my heart out. Highly recommended!!
#auginbooks18
#bookthatmadeyoucry

1. Ash or Anjuli from The Far Pavilions, which was the first truly epic book I ever read. Now I want to reread or possibly listen to this one again!
2. Worst. Memory. Ever. But “you can‘t handle the truth” comes to mind. (From Jack Nicholson‘s epic speech from A Few Good Men)
3. My littlest granddaughter
4. I‘m so late ... so I don‘t know ... maybe YOU!!

#TuesdayTidbits @JenlovesJT47

The very best kind of found bookmark.

Peppercorn is joining me in my book nook. Last post for a while I promise but she was just too cute! 🖤🐱 #littenkitten #adopt #amerciancurl #catsoflitsy

This is my book nook and my book nook is were I shall stay. ☺️💚 #cozy #booknook

I have absolutely had it with this week. Chelsea has been sick, the smoke in my city is terrible and affecting my health, and our house that we rent is probably going to be put on the market. I've had it. 😴🍰

Just sitting at work day dreaming about my current read. (My partner tells me it's weird to day dream about a book, but I can't be the only bookworm that does this, can I?) 🤔💭

After that weird ballet book, I'm happy to settle back into my British Raj era India novel. It's like coming home to a cast of characters I know and love. 💜☺️👳🏾

Super excited for some quality book/alone time. Hopefully I can make some real progress on this #chunkster. Great story, and I love the time period but it's just dragging on so dang long. 😅

Late post, but here was my #litsylunch today! 🥘 #lunch #desk #work #soup #historicalfiction

I finally have a bedside lamp again! I love to read in bed but we had to move my bedside table to put in a tiny a/c unit, so my lamp has been out of reach for too long. Today I re-found this old Walmart lamp and realized I could rig it to work! I'm so happy! #bookishproblems 😳💡

Morning litsy. My fiancé is out of the house today so I have my fave techno podcast blasting and am settling in with my #chunkster ??

I'm loving this portrait of mid 17th century India. Populated by scheming palace women, Rajahs, English Sahib-log and a community of palace serving people, this novel is leaping off the page for me. It's slow going because I rarely have more than three minutes to run together, but my new bookmark got here today and I couldn't wait to show it off! 🐳

I'm hoping this is a hit! I've been having some severe book ADD.

It took me a week to read this 😥
But you know what? I liked it!

For the past 5 years, I've chosen a chunky, door stopper to read during the summer. I have been trying to decide what to read this summer and finally settled on this one, my chunkiest endeavor ever (1,191 pgs)! This copy was published my birth year (1984) and has such high ratings so I'm going to go for it! #SummerReading #20booksofsummer #CurrentlyReading #dogsoflitsy #dottie

Three women authors (#WWW) who influenced my reading life. If it weren't for The Far Pavilions, I wouldn't love giant epic books so much. If it weren't for The Vampire Chronicles, I'd never read so much horror and fantasy. If it weren't for Kinsey Milhone and the Alphabet Series, I would never have switched from romance to thrillers and mysteries. Love these authors and genres! #womenwriters #litfluence #strongwomen #wonderwomenwednesday

#setinasia #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge I read this 30-something years ago in high school and I still remember how much I enjoyed it. But that's about all I remember. It is a massive tome which keeps me from rereading it. I'm a far slower reader now than I was then so I'd probably have to invest a year to get through it. 🙁

Another great read from my teenage years. Not a young adult novel. I've always just devoured books.