Welcome to Litsy!

Tom Hanks is a wonderful narrator for this story the writing is just so good yet a little long in this one.The story follows Danny and Maeve and their childhood home The Dutch House with a mother who disappeared and a emotionally distant father,his new wife and children,and later Danny‘s wife and children this novel looks at two siblings who find home with each other
#Readaway2024 book 15

Absolutely love this book. Such a lovely read about the relationship between siblings. I loved the story.

#JanuaryStats #LovePrevails @Eggs

January was a great reading month, largely due to the fantastic reading list from @sprainedbrain

A few of my favorite reads from 2020

The Loneliness of the Long-Distance Cartoonist - Adrian Tomine
wow, no thank you - Samantha Irby
The City We Became - N.K. Jemisin
The Hidden Girl and Other Stories - Ken Liu
This is How You Lose the Time War - Amal El-Motar
Children of Time - Adrian Tchaikovsky
The Dutch House - Ann Patchett
The Grammarians - Cathleen Schine
The Lager Queen of Minnesota - J. Ryan Stradal

I kept seeing this suggested and finally borrowed it. It did not disappoint. Stayed up incredibly late reading it, so don‘t start if you are busy the following day. Enjoy!

#Bookreport Miss Marley was a great prequel to A Christmas Carol. The Dutch House on audio gets all the stars and is on my #Bestof2020 book list. I hated for it to end and need to read more Ann Patchett. I‘ve only read The Magician‘s Assistant. I‘ve given myself permission to not finish #LitsyAtoZ by reading Virgil. It‘s feeling like homework more than anything else.

Today's book haul! My local library had a super underwhelming sale today (thanks, Covid), but I still found these gems. I had Artemis and Commonwealth before we moved and I was happy to add them back to the collection. 💕📚

Oh, finally got this on my library app 😍😍🤩🤩

Adore her books, this is a pleasure to read.
I've chosen it for a book club too. ☺☺☺

I went book shopping yesterday! I bought The People in the Trees new, but the other five are from the thrift store. I was so surprised to see The Guest List there because it came out this month. I‘ve already read it and didn‘t love it, but I know others who will.

I buy 99% of my books secondhand and was excited to be back in the store. Unfortunately, my experience was dampened by all the people disregarding the simple safety measures...

This is so far my favorite book. I enjoyed everything about this book. The cover is fab. The actual house sounds amazing, would love to see it in real! #bookcover

Loved this. Read on audio - a real copy of this might need to make it's way into my bookshelves sometime.

I loved spending time with Danny and Maeve. Beautiful writing.

Just finished this lovely book. A glimpse into a family, exploring the ties that bind us and the way loss can impact people in different ways. Incredibly well written, and wraps you up in the lives of the characters. A good book.

Tough story, but compellingly written. Speaks to the importance of home and how hard that loss can be....

Beautiful cover and beautiful book. Loved the relationship over the years between Danny and Maeve. Seems brother/sister relationships like this are rarely explored so deeply. Totally engrossed in their lives and imagining the Dutch House, their father, and delving into each characters motivations. A good read that helped me escape my corona anxiety. #covercrush #booked2020

I loved this book! I adore the cover and, for me, it‘s one of those where you *should* judge a book by its cover - the writing is just as beautiful.

I‘m using this for #bookclubworthy for #booked2020 as I have so many questions I‘d like to discuss with an IRL book club, but I‘m not in one! 🤣 (A couple posted below so no spoilers here...)

Really fun read. I love that the book was centered on the house and the characters revolves around it

I haven‘t been able to stop tearing up since I finished this. It‘s not a page-turner in the traditional sense, but it‘s such a pure distillation of love and loyalty and family that I couldn‘t put it down.

I'm a little biased. Ever since Bel Canto I've been in love with Patchett's writing.

Boy I've read some great stuff in 2020 already. This is a masterpiece. The characters come alive, balanced with enough plot to keep things moving. Just the way patchett unfolds info about the story in the first chapter is wonderful. I haven't read everything by her but I've read a lot and this hands down is my favorite.