Welcome to Litsy!

I found many of my favorite authors in this book (Alice Hoffman, Anne Lamott, Elizabeth Berg, Kate Atkinson, Sark) and loved reading their personal stories about the books that impacted them most. (I also added quite a few of their picks to my TBR. 😉📚) This an older book published in 2007, but I still wish it included less politicians and more diverse authors.

This is a book that gives the message: You are at home here among your people. Some of the essays were mediocre and/or some authors were unknown to me but, overall, it was a reader‘s delight. The people in this book speak our language and validate for us, serious book lovers and readers, that we are not alone. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“You could read the same text repeatedly over time, and that something fresh and new would declare itself with each reading - was a revelation to me.”

Reading is to live more lives, to experience more worlds, to meet people we care about and want to know more about, to understand others and develop a compassion for what they confront and endure-Roxanne Coady

This book is an absolute gem that has me captivated.

#TBRtemptation post 3! A book about life-changing books by people who have written books, lol. Compiled by a bookseller & an editor, you'll learn about the reasons these books clicked for some very influential writers of varying backgrounds--Nobel Prize-winners, actors, monks, chefs, politicians, etc.--whether for techniques or childhood memories. Berg, Bloom, Diamant, Lamb, Scottoline, Fairstein, are some contributors. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

I love this book. It is really interesting to see what books have influenced some great writers.