Welcome to Litsy!

In a nutshell, a novel about a novel about an English village that upsets the apple cart. The story is like Miss Buncle‘s book - deceptively simple. Compulsively readable, yet quiet. At the same time, I was frequently anxious about the situations and outcomes!
Unusual for me, I had a very hard time picturing Miss Buncle. I couldn‘t quite place her!

Thank you for sending it to me @Gissy !

#1934 for #192025

One of my #GuiltyPleasures is watching Miranda Mills's 'cosy' reading vlogs. (If you know you know. If you don't, be glad. ?)
So for this month's #TitleandTunes, I'll be reading one of Miranda's recommended cosy reads.
As for a song, no guilt at all. I just straight up love TikTok by Ke$ha "cuz the party don't start till I walk in." ?
@cinfhen @BarbaraBB

A cozy sort of day rereading a favorite. It holds up!

Utterly delightful, heartwarming fun. How has this not been made into a movie?

What a charming book! This complete #blameitonLitsy read finds Miss Buncle writing a “fictional” book that just happens to show everyone in her town how they really are. Not everyone is pleased, of course, and several of the townsfolk set out to unveil the author. I was completely delighted!

Sunday nights in November just seem to say Persephone to me.

A book about a woman who wrote a book about a woman writing a book. This was just so clever and unexpected. I really enjoyed it.

Delightful, hilarious, charming, and meta. 😊 Loved this one!
A pic of our cozy cat for this cozy read. 😸

#12BooksOf2021

I am sharing my almost-favorites of the year. The ones who didn‘t make my #Top21Of21 but are favorites nevertheless. One for each month.

Persephone books are always good and often outstanding. In #June I read and loved this one.

@BarbaraBB Thank you so so much for this lovely gift. My first Persephone! And so beautifully wrapped I almost didn‘t want to open it! So thoughtful, so kind…. I just love it. Thank you dear friend…. 🥰😘

This is the delightful read about Miss Buncle who writes about the people in the English village she lives in. When the book is published most recognize themselves and are not amused to say the least. Miss Buncle may not look very sharp, her pen is.
Comfort reading at its best! #persephone

#WeeklyForecast 18/21

I couldn‘t resist starting We Begin at the End immediately after receiving it as a giveaway by @TheLudicReader 🤷🏻‍♀️. Reviews are so tempting!
Lot I want to read because I loved Memorial and am eager to see how Washington‘s short stories are! According to @Reviewsbylola they are just as good. And I hope to start the tagged one because I fancy a good old #Persephone and this one has been praised all over Litsy.

Sometimes you have to order your own Christmas present on someone else‘s card! 😏🎄

Parents gave me their number to order these for Christmas because, in general, we are hopeless at finding gifts for each other!

The Blank Wall is totally you, Barbara. 👍🏻

Book #2 in this series cannot come in at my library fast enough 😫 I have to keep reading!! This was a delight
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟/5 easy, no hesitation 👏🏻

Fall decorations are up and I‘m snuggling up on the sofa with a new read ☺️ I‘m only 60ish pages in and I‘ve already requested 4 other books from the author on my library‘s app 😆

There are some weeks when the right bk comes around at the right time. All I needed this wk was a gentle English comedy of manners + this was perfect. Barbara buncle lives in silverstream, a village with remarkable characters who she writes abt in a novel that is a bestseller + outrages the community. A lovely bk that left me smiling as I put it down and im still
Smiling as I think abt it, and of course the beautiful persephone edition.

Day 3 of #20Series20Days and my pick is the Miss Buncle series. Try the first if you are in the need of something light, comic, and feel-good. 😊

#Top20Series
#PersephoneBooks

Well that was fun!

Really sweet and funny novel about small town manners. Loved all the different characters living in Miss Buncle‘s town and unwillingly in the pages of her book.

Today i went to oxfam at lunchtime to browse and saw 2 persephones with bookmarks at £1.49 each. Last time that happened i didn't get them and next day when i went back they'd gone. I checked GR first and @LeahBergen and @Moray_Reads had both give 4* to the title book so here they are plus 2 others and managed to sneak them in the house and reassure wife that the pile of books in the corner is not getting bigger its an optical illusion.

We‘re snowed in today, so I‘m sneaking in a few chapters in between work emails and watching an episode or two of Miss Marple. I‘m not very far along in, ‘Miss Buncle‘s Book‘, but I absolutely love it so far. After reading ‘Mrs Tim of the Regiment‘ last month for a buddy read, I‘ve been on a D. E. Stevenson kick. She‘s such a light hearted and brilliant writer and the perfect read for a snow day.

I adore this charming novel about a woman who writes a book about her neighbors under a pseudonym and it becomes a runaway bestseller. And it's on sale. #dealalert

For fans of: The Blue Castle, Major Pettigrew's Last Stand, and I Capture the Castle

The ebook is on sale in the US Kindle store today. A lovely, light, very funny book. One of my favorites.

Such a fun read! Shy and quiet Miss Buncle writes a book about the people in her village as they are truly seen and causes quite a scandal. It's a clever, funny and enjoyable read. 😁

#LitsyAtoZ

Utterly charming. I loved the tongue-in-cheek self-awareness that Stevenson shows of her own genre. A perfect light read

I've finally made some progress with BK but my brain is fried so it's time for something lighter!

Here is Number 86 on my #MountTBRchallenge. This is the link to my full review: https://quirkyreader.livejournal.com/50199.html

#persephone #persephonebooks

Ahhhhhh😱😳 🤯 my current situation!!! My #Libby library book holds all checked out at once!!! I‘ve got a lot going on this week & obviously a lot to read too!!!

#LateNightThoughts #SassyBookworm 😏 #ConfessionsOfABookworm #bookhaul #TBR #LifeOfABookworm 🤷🏼‍♀️ #BookLife #LibraryBooks

I would never have guessed this was first published in 1936. This charming story is perfect for a cozy weekend!

This is the coziest of cozy reads. A lady writes a book all about her neighbors in her small English village, they recognize themselves in her bestseller, and hilarity ensues. A light, fun read with memorable characters and witty prose, in which the author lovingly pokes fun at her characters.

@rubyslippersreads here you get a pic of the other gorgeous cover. 😙

I am trying very hard not to get more books. But we all know how that resolve works. I was out and about and spent Six American dollars or books.

Stop 1. The library in Mason, Michigan library store. I found some major scores there. It was mostly women writers except for the Stoker. The one in the upper right corner is "Lolly Willowes" by Sylvia Townsend Warner.

Set in a 1930s English village, this book is about what happens when a budding author uses her own thinly-veiled town and neighbors as inspiration for her debut novel - and the novel becomes a smash hit!
This was a wonderful recommendation by Arpita @Bagfullofbooks

Beautiful day to read on the deck. I'm loving this little charmer. #summerreading

Set in a 1930s English #smalltown, this fun little novel is about what happens when a housewife and budding author uses her own VERY thinly-veiled town and neighbours as inspiration for a bad novel - and that novel suddenly becomes a smash hit.
#RockinMay
#PersephoneBooks

#ReadJanuary Day 11 - #DNF

A woman causes an uproar in her small, English village when she writes a novel, where the characters are very-thinly-veiled versions of the villagers - warts and all. This sounds like a fantastic premise for a story, and it is, but I found the writing style too clichéed and simplistic for my taste.

Love this delightful book #setinasmalltown in England. Comedy, intrigue, romance... this book has a bit of everything. 😄 #photoadaynov16

I've read Miss Buncle's Book and the rest of the pile is my TBR Tuesday pic. I LOVE Persephone books.

I really enjoyed this quiet but soothing book all about the troubles a roman a clef brings to a small English village and its inhabitants.

Loving the characters in this clever book!