Welcome to Litsy!

“…his only two books, Moby Dick and Lonesome Dove, a duo I‘ve taken to calling Lonesome Dick.”

⬆️ had me cracking up! But also sad… I‘ve never read Lonesome Dove, but can you imagine only having 2 books and one of them is Moby Dick? That‘s a tragedy.

I enjoyed this, but was expecting it to be a bit more of a thriller. It‘s a great story though, I‘d read more by this author.

A quick and beautiful read ... despite the crazy mushroom eco-cult. My big quibble is how unfinished it felt.

This was dreadful. I thought it was going to be about a cult. Turns out it was preachy environmental blahs blah blah the entire book. The main character doesn't shave her underarms and gets upset over killing a spider. Just really not for me lol. No plot. So boring. If I didnt listen on audio and speed it up 3x I would have DNFd it.

Now accepting votes for my #MakeMeReadIt list for August! Which book should I read first? Pick one & only one. Choose wisely (for my sake 😉):

*The Virgin Suicides
*Oryx & Crake
*Jane Eyre
*My Brilliant Friend
*Marrow Island
*Interview with the Vampire
*The Secret Garden
*Lamb: The Gospel According to Biff
*A Tree Grows in Brooklyn
*The Bell Jar
*Northanger Abbey
*Akata Witch
*Fates & Furies
*In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad # 1)
*Geek Love

I don't know what it is, but I'm just struggling to get into this one right now • I'm putting this title back into my book jar for now and will hopefully give it another go at some point!

The calm before the storm • sneaking in a few pages before my insanely crazy afternoon at work •

Happy Tuesday morning everyone! Nothing better than a book and hot chocolate to start your day! And don't skimp on the mini marshmallows either 😉

YOU GUYS!!! I can't believe I caught this right at 10,000! • Although I have been watching my phone most of the morning hoping to lol • thank you to all my fellow Littens who helped make this happen, definitely makes for a happy Monday morning!!

This pertains to far more than a simple walk through the woods....

This momma is running purely on diet Dr Pepper and sugar today • little dude decided that 3:40 was the ideal time to start our day 😩 and on a Monday 😑

Up next. I haven't heard too much about this one...any of my fellow Littens read this one? Thoughts?

June book haul 🤗🤗🤗http://www.bornandreadinchicago.com/2017/06/june-book-haul.html

This book has just sucked me in. The writing is beautiful. I love the PNW, and her descriptions of the landscape have me missing it a lot this morning. Of course, the creepy colony aspect, the ecological issues and environmental questions raised, the sexy forest ranger and some murderous plot are keeping me pretty glued to this one, too! Accompanied by rain and jasmine green tea.

A moody and atmospheric environmental novel that captivated me from the beginning. Gorgeous prose, a touch of mystery, but really a book about a woman coming to terms with her past, reconnecting to the land and to herself.

After reading the first few pages of several books, this was the one I didn't want to put down. #currentread #hammockreads

Sooooo good. I can't wait to read whatever she writes next.

I think I'll be switching between audio and print on this one. #currentlyreading

I'll start off saying that the writing was beautiful. The descriptions of the nature around the Pacific Northwest was amazing. But the story was weird, I didn't fully understand many of the characters motivation behind what they did...and the ending, what?!?

I thought I was going to love this. The writing was really gorgeous, but ultimately it felt uneven. I had a hard time getting into it and I kept feeling like I had missed something. Maybe I read it too fast -- it's a slow burn and I didn't give myself a lot of time to absorb its subtleties.

It's always nice to follow up average writing with something a little more lyrical. This is gorgeous. This is for my Tournament of Books Long List square for #plannergirlbookbingo2017 #PGBB2017 #ToBLonglist

It was about 1/3 of the way in before I was drawn into the story, but I still liked this one.

#bookandfavesnack #readjanuary
I'm a chocolate fiend. Hershey's miniatures are the best. Also, is anyone else drinking coffee at 8pm, because I certainly am 😋

Here is my list for the #ERmadlib challenge!

First read of 2017. Happy New Year everyone 🎉

Enjoying some sunshine on a beautiful afternoon with some of my favorite things. #currentread #books #chocolate #coffee #snoopyandwoodstock

Lucie left the Northwest islands after her father died in a refinery explosion from an earthquake. She returns to find Marrow Island, once uninhabitable, is home to a farming colony & visits to find closure & visit her former best friend who lives there. Lucie's visit becomes creepy when she discovers it's more like a cult & her neighbor goes missing. She tries to uncover how they all live there without becoming sick after the eco-disaster. 👇🏼

Migraine cure. Giant double shot over ice + good book + heated blanket. 💆🏻🤕😌

#booksnbucks

PREACH IT, SISTER. 🔥⚡️🔥⚡️🔥⚡️🔥

Today has been a dumpster fire. Getting some self care in tonight with some reading and stitching. This X-Files sampler is starting to come together! Bees update: I'm still stitching them. 😭🐝🐝🐝🐝

I'm switching back and forth between Marrow Island and my audiobook of American Heiress right now. I'm digging them both! 🎧

#audiostitching #booksncrafts

Pulled this one off my TBR pile.

#seasonsreadings2016 #setonanisland

@RealLifeReading

Spent some time tonight relaxing with my book, some tea, and this giant-ass donut. I'd had a bad day so @becausetrains made at stop at Sugar Shack to get this ridiculous thing for me. 😂 Yes it really is that big. 🙈

Trying to finish Marrow Island before the month is out! It's good so far.

Book & snuggles to round out Friday night. 💓 We live life on the edge over here. 😂

JKLOLS the only edge I live on is the edge of my seat when this book heats up!! 🔥

#thebookishferrets

Eating chili and reading Marrow Island tonight, which is perfect for a cold late-fall night. Creepy book, hot soup. 🍜🍴

#LitsyCooks

The writing was stellar in places, but not a lot happened until the last third of the book. The MC was annoying to me, just doing things to make more trouble for herself. I also often felt like the author's choices of when to give details and when not to give them was backwards. There were long descriptions of scenes that didn't seem to add to the story and then there were a lot of plot points that seemed to be left very vague.

#bookandcoffee break. Some days require a large cup of coffee in a fancy cup - today is one of those days. I'm having a little trouble getting into this one, but I saw good reviews so I'll persevere.

#bookandbrew I don't usually drink beer (unless it's with Indian food), so I'll be doing wine with my book today. A nice relaxing lunch on the water will hopefully help my mood, even if it is too grey and rainy to sit on the patio. #photoadaynov16.

Alexis Smith is a PNW native and set her book in a dystopian future after The Big One devastates the landscape. The bad choices her characters make, she says, shows you who they really are. This one's definitely on my TBR. #wordstockpdx

It is 1993 and Lucie and her parents live on Orwell island, her father works on the neighboring Marrow Island at an oil refinery. An earthquake hits and destroys the refinery, and Lucie's father is presumed dead along with many others, the island declared environmentally uninhabitable.

1953, Lucie hears from her childhood friend Katie, who is living with a group on Marrow Island claiming they've made the island a safe place to live.

#TBR 😱📚

So it turns out I'm not allowed to bring my entire TBR stack on vacation with me 😩😩This is what I've managed to narrow it down to, plus serial reader and Hag Seed on my phone. #bookwormproblems #ineedchoices #darnyou50lblimit

I read Glaciers in August, and luckily enough this one arrived at the library not too much later! Love her writing so much! This is so beautiful; even though the story is so uncertain and chilling, it's also comforting in a way. Kind of makes me want to move to a cabin in the woods .... without the wildfires and earthquakes I guess.

I matched my book today. Thanks for the lovely read, @wrenbeth !

I'm just going to the library to return. I'm just going to the library to return. I'm just going - never mind

What a story. Creative, unusual,and beautifully written. As a PNW native, her attention to the settings details (from the storied SanJuan Islands, to the majestic Cascade mountains and her forests, & my beloved rolling hills of the Palouse) was fantastic. Additionally, I haven't thought of the sisters of the Holy Names for years (& owe them gratitude for the excellent education they provided me).

Road trip book,heading off across the state for some college football. My husband will tease me because I'll read until right before the kickoff. Sounds perfect to me, a book and my beloved Cougs playing on a sunny day😎

Take two, this time I'm not sick while trying to read.

"This was my last glimpse of Marrow Island before the boat pulled away: brown and green uniforms clustered on the beach, tramping up the hill to the chapel and through the trees to the cottages of Marrow Colony." #firstlines #pnw

eager to read this, as I've heard it would appeal to fans of STATION ELEVEN.

A modern-day gothic tale, with a huge ecological backdrop. The imagery of the island is just astounding. The story is slow paced, taking it‘s time to explore the pain & love. What happens almost seems natural, leaving a dread and eerie sensation that this could happen to anyone.
My only complaint is the execution of Lucie‘s time on the island and the aftermath. The flashback technique did not do it justice.
Brilliant novel, overall!