Welcome to Litsy!

We're slowly getting there! (three other cases have to be organized before the dream case)

This book is truly empowering and had a lot of stuff I needed to here right now. Highly recommend for anyone who has or is going through a rough time. 🌼

#TuesdayTidbits
1. The Kitchen House
2. What Is Not Yours Is Not Yours- maybe not a one, but not a favorite
3. The Lucky Life
4. @emilychristine
Thanks for the tag @Gissy !!

Thank you @JenlovesJT47 for tag me. I'm bad answering these questions but I will try☺️1. I think I haven't give yet 5⭐️to any of the books I had read since I'm in Litsy. I could say near to 5⭐️ is Monster Calls and Dark Matter. 2. Hanged Man 3. A difficult question since it will be related with fears faced in my mini triathlon: Monsters within (meaning fears that can paralyzed) or Faces (a game of words face meaning fears/challenges)🤷🏻‍♀️@tpixie

It completely slipped my mind to do this today, so since it is so late, we will do #TuesdayTidbits on Wednesday! 😅(Apologies!)

1. Look At You Now by Liz Pryor. 💚
2. Beyond the Sling by Mayim Bialik. 🤢😤😡
3. The Invisible Woman. 😒🙄😌
4. @cobwebmoth @TK421 @TricksyTails @Gissy @MiyakoBunny @GarthRanzz @mabell @vkois88 @mklong @sweetpealsd @Bookishgal71 @Avanders @JenP @Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck @Betty @Kaye & anyone else who wants to join!

For my first #freakyfriday read, I chose this memoir, which tells the story of a girl who got pregnant at 17 in 1979 and was forced by her parents to go to a home for unwed mothers and give her baby up for adoption. They made up an elaborate lie to tell her family and friends, and she lived with this secret until her mother passed away in 2011. I must say, reading the first chapter I wasn't sure I was going to like this, but then it really 🔽TBC

Here are my picks for #freakyfriday ! Really looking forward to these. 🤗

Liz Pryor writes an emotional memoir detailing her time in a home for unwed mothers in an engaging and masterful way. I had to keep reminding myself her experiences really happened and the characters were real. Someone described it as "pregnant is the new black" which totally describes the band of misfits forced to live together and await their fate like "orange is the new black" for pregnant teenagers.

"Too bad you have to grow up and find out that all the greatest things you learn as a kid aren't really true. #truth #whydidntanyonewarnme?

Interesting true story about how teenage pregnancy was 'handled' in the 1970s.

Wow, can Liz Pryor write a memoir! This was a fantastic but devastating glimpse into the time she spent in a home for troubled pregnant teenagers in 1979. The way she went back and forth between her time in the home and her childhood memories was done very well. Her parents were vividly rendered and I loved them both despite their obvious faults.

This is the result of asking your parents why they make you follow stupid rules. 😂 Hilarious and absolutely true!

Reading this for book club even though I'm tempted to check Facebook first. Books make me smarter. Facebook does not. Decision made!

Loved this on audio. Digesting past experiences, especially one as momentous as this, well, good for her for writing this. Certainly helped me consider some of my own not-yet-examined memories. I work in reproductive health, some of her experiences at the "facility" made me cringe.

Wow! Time's and attitudes have changed concerning teenage pregnancies and adoption. Or at least I hope so. It was very interesting reading about Liz's experience back in 1979. I wanted to smack both of her parents. All the other pregnant teens in the facility were great and I wish we could have updates on all these f them.

#libraryloot I'm here in Cherokee Village, Arkansas helping my mom who broke her hip two months ago. She's 89. Today was her first time back in her tiny library in Hardy. Unfortunately she forgot her glasses so she couldn't browse but I found her a cute title "The Chocolate Bunny Bruhaha". I'm starting with the one on the top of my stack, "Look at You Now". Hope you're all having a lovely Saturday!

Exciting news! New book out by my husband's cousin's cousin. Confusing I know but I'm still excited to read it!