Welcome to Litsy!

An AirBnB with a yard and a screened in porch makes me acutely aware of how much we need an upgrade from condo living. (Don‘t mistake the pup‘s longing look for a lack of over an hour of playtime in the yard already this morning... time for a coffee break and a good book.)

"Mam. I heard it again from another room, as I always did when the adults were careful not to mention her name around me, as if it was both a sacred thing and cause for punishment, and I ran toward it." #TheDragonsTheGiantTheWomen #WayetuMoore #FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl

Really interesting storytelling and I liked how patient the author was in telling her story. It takes a gifted write to both speak of tragedy and beauty of a country and family that endured such trauma. Set in Liberia and the US, it‘s a good book for those looking for an immigrant‘s survival- physical and mental.

What an emotional read. I feel like it took me a lot longer to get through this because it was so so heavy. Really powerful.

Yesterday‘s #libraryhaul 📚📖

I‘m a little hungover today and I don‘t know if I‘ll be able to focus enough to follow her writing style, but I‘m going to try!

Book 97 Written more like fiction, The Dragons, the Giant, the Women is a memoir about a young girl fleeing her Liberian home with her father and two little sisters. Wayetu Moore, a talented writer, elucidates her struggle to live with her trauma and to grow up where being a black female is such a foreign experience. While the author's use of metaphor was powerful, it was confusing at times. I found it inconsistently engaging. 3.5 stars

5🌟In The Dragons, The Giant, The Women Moore chronicles her families journey through escaping the Liberian Cival War to creating a life in America. Of being a Black immigrant in America and how as an adult the aftermath of her harrowing childhood still lingers.This memoir is so rich, deep and moving. I absolutely loved it and look forward to rereading it! Moore is a talented writer. Her prose are stirring and beautiful. #bookreview