Welcome to Litsy!

Is it too late to change my challenge for year?
Or maybe I just need to be clearer about the previous years‘ challenges that I am applying to this year:
1:1 :: fiction: nonfiction
2:1 :: owned : library
Emphasis on books purchased 2+ years ago
Only purchase nonfiction and rare fiction books

Wow. This book was challenging at points, but I am so glad I stuck with it!

Stop 9 on today‘s home-library tour!

Do you own or have you read any of these books?!

(Current tune on the player is “I Feel Good,” by James Brown .😎🎼)

#MrBooksBooks

3/10 I really tried to get into this book, only made it about a third of the way through. Nothing really caught or held my attention I'm sad to say. One of very few books I've ever been bored enough that I have no interest in reading any more, much less trying to finish it

Not my speed, but well written. Put in line with Goldfinch a book you just have to finish, can't say you like, but will remember.

It‘s the weekend of our library‘s annual book sale! Tonight was the pre-sale for the volunteers. I looked forward to the event every year! Best $30 I‘ve spent in a long time #bookhaul

I haven't bought any books in a while, and when both kids asked to go to B&N (two different trips) I couldn't resist. A Doubter's Almanac and The Yellow Birds were on the sale rack. The Essex Serpent has been on my tbr for awhile. The Passenger is a total #blameitonlitsy and the two Laini Taylor books are because I'm loving Strange The Dreamer so much. Plus my son already has the third book and it looks lonely on his shelf.

#fallintobooks #day3

Only one line of #cursive in this title, but I felt it worth posting all the same. I really forgot how good this cover art was.

Another gorgeous day, another gorgeous book. I'm doing what he's doing.

This was my #bookhaul from my visit to the bookstore the one night after #BEA17 concluded for the day. I always wait for the Reacher novels to come out in this paperback format (a year-long wait 😩). What do you think of my haul? 😁

An impressive book about big ideas, both mathematical and philosophical. The protagonist struggles to harness his genius and alienates his family and friends but is still sympathetic despite his myriad flaws. I think the math parts would still be engaging even for those normally allergic to it - the book is about familial relationships, not theorems and proofs. Maybe a bit longer than necessary, but I never felt that the narrative dragged.

Just snagged 5 eBooks from Amazon 3.99 or less. Three Dark Crowns I already had and just started. Going to give Mischling another try.

http://momath.org/home/volumes

Although I don't live in New York, I will be reading along with the Museum of Mathematics' new Book Club this year. The first two books were in my TBR anyway, and the rest of the list looks good too!

#TBRtemptation post! I want this one just for its cover 😊! A book about a family of geniuses in the latter-half of the 20th Century? Yes, please 😊! Dealing with the movements of the times? Yes, please 😊! Lauded by Book Riot? Yes, please 😊! #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

I'm glad everyone is posting their GoodReads stats. My husband says I read "all the time". Now I can show him that it's not so much.

There's math in my book. Somebody send help!

For all you Tournament of Books fans out there who haven't been paying attention, the time has come to nominate your favorite 2016 novel for long list consideration! #TOB2017
http://www.themorningnews.org/p/tournament-of-books-tell-us-your-favorite-2016-n...

#photoadaynov16 Have to give a shoutout to this one for #dysfunctionalfamilies. It was my first ever Litsy post and one of the best books I've read this year. The family is so messed up but their love for each other is abundantly apparent, complicated and real. Highly recommend. @RealLifeReading

Her pupils are gyroscopically inert!
Bourbon is his gasoline!

Truly a love story for the ages.

#badsexaward #gyroscopicallyinertismynewsafeword #andret #andret #icantevenwithandret

I think this works for today's #photoadaynov16 challenge 😂 @reallifereading

#booktober My #FirstEverLitsyPost five months ago. Thanks @BestOfFates for liking and @BooksForEmpathy for stacking. The past five months with Litsy have been fantastic and it just keeps getting better! I don't think I've had this much fun with books and bookish folks. 💋📚💋📚💋📚💋📚 @RealLifeReading

Here are a few books I would have loved to see on the National Book Award longlist. Any that you were hoping would make the list?

Wow. Don't be scared off by the mathematics that provide the setting and structure for this one - there's so much to think about here. Beautiful, moving and exceedingly elegant.

#biblioweekend

Wow. Don't be scared off by the mathematics that provide the setting and structure for this one - there's so much to think about here. Beautiful, moving and exceedingly elegant.

Wow. Don't be scared off by the mathematics that provide the setting and structure for this one - there's so much more to think about here. Beautiful, moving and exceedingly elegant.

Wow. Don't be scared off by the mathematics that provide the setting and the structure - there's just so much more to think about here. Beautiful, moving, and very elegant.

Using #biblioweekend to finish what's shaping up to be a great read.

#Recommendsday: This remains one of my favorites of 2016. It's an epic, agonizing family saga centered around the father, a math genius consumed by the self-doubt that plagues him his entire life. He's a huge asshole, honestly, but in the second half of the book, we see him through the eyes of his son, and that gives him (and the novel) such depth and complexity. I savored every last sentence by the end of it and still think about it often.

Always a delight to read new Ethan Canin. Lifelong love.

"An infant, in his first sleepiness must let go of the world; a man must learn to die. What comes between are grains of sand. Ambition. Loss. Envy. Desire. Hatred. Love. Tenderness. Joy. Shame. Loneliness. Ecstasy. Ache. Surrender. Live long enough and you will solve them all."

Re-reading last few pages of this prior to book club discussion —soooo good, which is I'm pretty sure what Zeus is trying to tell me with his insanely loud purring.

A mathematical family saga. I picked this one up because I read an interview with the writer and enjoyed all his answers. That was a good strategy, it turns out.

Nope, never gonna finish.

Powell's Indiespensible subscription edition. Almost finished...

That moment when you've raced to the end of a great book and you suddenly realize it's over and you feel like you just lost your best friend. Like if you know what I mean.

What a big, deep, dark drink of a novel...like Milo's woods, full of adventure and revelation. Ostensibly the story of a mathematician but about so much more: perception, creativity, genius, doubt and the quest for understanding beautiful woven around indelible characters and an engrossing story.

I am about two thirds of the way through this book and I'm really struggling to finish it.

So very beautifully written.

"...nobody ever chooses the right thing. I mean, exactly the right thing. (...) you can only choose what you choose. After that, it's up to you to make it right."

Just finished part one during my lunchtime read with Abby the Badass Tabby. So far, so good.

Characters so alive, you feel like you know them personally. This truly epic family saga explores the nature of genius, ambition, truth, doubt, failure, addiction, meaning, and love. One of my favorites of the year so far - haunting and unforgettable. I think about it often.

Nature never broke its own laws. Every piece of code encyclopedized within an atom of creation. And all of it merely waiting.

I liked this book so much that I immediately put holds on all of Ethan Canin's other books at the library. Yes, it is about a mathematician, but this book is so beautifully written that I dare you not to love it.

100 pages in and very intriguing so far. Never thought I'd find so much creativity in the world of math.

Hoping to finish this awesome book today! 📚❤️

Weekend reading