Welcome to Litsy!

This was on a list of books that feel like a hug and it really is the loveliest story of friendship and found families and finding joy in all your moments. All the stars ⭐️

Friday night and I‘m enjoying my favourite reading spot one last time. Tomorrow we get the tree 🌲 and it sits right here until Epiphany. So for now, I‘m just chilling in my favourite indoor reading spot ( besides my bed) with my favourite cocktail ( French blonde ) and the sweetest book that I know will break my heart

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This is admittedly the kind of story I can tend to avoid if left to my own devices…. But I‘m glad it was a pick for my work book club. It is, of course, emotional and moving, but also full of love, light, and life. Besides Lenni‘s friendship with Margot, I adored her relationship with Father Arthur. May our loved ones‘ stories live on.🎧

Fourth in my #24in2024, and for my irl book club, which I had to miss for a work trip. It‘s a tear-jerker and I usually don‘t like having my emotions manipulated. But the stories were so engaging and I was rooting for them both to make it to their 100th, so I didn‘t feel manipulated. I‘m just sorry I missed out on the discussion.

Ok, this book took me a while to get into, it was a slow burn. But once I got about halfway through it, I couldn‘t put it down. I SOBBED. Honestly I could have done without Lenni‘s story (sorry!) but it was so good, if you can power through the first half!
⭐️: 4/5

Next up.... Looks like this one might be bittersweet.

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join in if you want!

#ABookADay2023

I absolutely loved this story, and can‘t recommend it enough. It made me laugh and it made me very. I loved the characters, especially Margot. It‘s a story of love and acceptance. It‘s also a story about differences, and how the characters overcome them. This book has so many stories within stories! This was one of those books that I just didn‘t want to end. It would make a great movie!! My advice to you is… “read it”!!

I love this book so much. 😭🥹 I don‘t even have more words than that. #theonehundredyearsoflenniandmargot #mariannecronin #grief #hospitals #foundfamily #friendship

A beautifully written book.

Oh, this was very well written. Particularly the ending.
Full of humour and love, with a dose of reality and fear.
Thoroughly all over good!

This was my Christmas lucky dip from one of my book clubs and I was thrilled as it'd been recommended some time ago.
I feel it's a good time to start it, so did so this morning:)

Lovely

Finished my last book of '22, and it was a bit of a gut-puncher. Lenni, age 17, is a patient in the Terminal Ward of a Glasgow hospital, and Margot, a fellow patient, knows most of her years are behind her. Together the two have lived a sum total of 100 years, and as they meet and become unlikely friends, we get both of their stories, including the many heartbreaks, both earthshaking and banal, of one life lived long and the other cut too short.

Do you ever get a reading hangover? Or seriously depressed after you've finished an amazing book? That's exactly how I felt after finishing this one. I loved everything about this book! The characters were amazing, the story was beautiful, the relationships they built were inspiring, and it touched on themes like the purpose of life, what we do with the time we have left, and every life is beautiful no matter how long they have been alive.

Rainy afternoons call for a book! #catsoflitsy

Another book club choice and a very enjoyable, heartfelt read from a debut author

🌟 🌟An unpopular opinion here. This one has many 5 star ratings and is pretty beloved by many, however, not me. It doesn‘t deserve a 1 star rating, I finished it because I did want to know how it ended, but in a day or two I‘m pretty sure I‘ll completely forget about this story.

Disconnected characters, flat, emotionless and yet it read like a Hallmark movie. This just missed all the marks for me. But that‘s just me.

I loved The Appeal for being a book I could not put down. But ultimately it was The Night Circus that took me away to a different world and let me in to a new genre I didn‘t realise I enjoyed.

19/22 As my bookclub read this month this book had the privilege of being the only book I actually finished. It definitely isn‘t the sort of book I would pick up by choice anymore as I try to protect my fragile heart from breaking! I‘m not someone who loves as book to make me cry and this one definitely did. But I enjoyed it despite it crushing me and it gave lots to chew over in our book club discussion. So I recommend (with tissues) 3.75⭐️

I can‘t remember who put the tagged book on my #ReaderRadar but I was super excited when I spotted it in my parents LFL 😍There were a BUNCH of treasures but due to luggage weight restriction I only took two… I left 5 🥰 I‘ve been meaning to read the Shavit for ages!!! So two wins!!!

This was my favorite book from February. I normally don‘t like sentimental stories, but this one was great. I liked all the characters and I enjoy stories that unfold gradually like this one does, with the good and the sad moments of their lives. The audiobook was especially good.

I still need to review all my February books, but here‘s my #BookSpinBingo card for the month. I got a bingo, finished my BookSpin, and read 10 books. The tagged was my favorite of the month.

This is a novel about an extraordinary friendship between two women. When they meet in a hospital art class, Lenni is 17 and Margot is 83. Together they have lived 100 years, and the book unfolds as they tell each other their stories. I just fell in love with them both. The audiobook is marvelous, with two perfectly cast narrators. So good!

I love this book. It‘s one of those books you bring out when you‘re sad. It‘s comfortable. It‘s heartbreaking. It‘s so much.

A really lovely story with all the feels

“When people say terminal, I think of the airport”
“83 + 17, we‘re 100”
A story of the lives and friendship between a terminally sick 17 year old and a terminally sick 83 year old that requires all the tissues. I‘ll love Lenni forever.

This was a great book to finish 2021. The story of a 17 year old and 83 year old who are both dying. Together they intertwine the story of their lives - 100 years.

Book 149

I listened to The One Hundred Years of Lenni and Margot. Two women, a teen and an 80- year-old, with "life-limiting" illnesses meet in the hospital near the end of their lives and undertake a joint art project. It's a familiar story that takes a while to become engaging. It's emotional but doesn't live up to its hype. 3.5⭐s

It‘s sad, but in a good way, with some friendships and love along the way.

#readingretreat
This afternoon‘s cosy spot.

How are we feelin this one? #TimeForFeels #RagingSaturdayNight #NaptimeForNewt #CatsofLitsy

Lenni and Margot meet at the hospital, they are both terminal illness patients, one is 17 and the other 83.

This is all I knew about this book before starting to read it and I was convinced I would love it. Such a beautiful story, but beware, it will drown you in a river of tears...

Life limiting, I‘ve never thought about death in those terms. I love the world through Lenni‘s eyes and I could feel myself standing next to her as she traveled through Margot‘s stories. Have your tissues ready, you‘ll need them in the end. Book #61 of 2021

A beautiful, moving story about friendship and love. It is an amazingly light and amusing book whilst telling a deep and moving story.

It's almost a tradition to have something sweet during our #buddyread , so I decided to make some rice pudding with speculaas flavor just in time for Part Two. 😁

All set up in my new reading/painting spot to start #buddyread The One Hundred Years Of Lenni and Margot!! ☀️🫖🖌📖

"We have practiced for death every night. Lying down in the dark and slipping into that place of nothingness between rest and dreams where we have no consciousness, no self, and anything could befall our vulnerable bodies. We have died each night. Or at least, we have laid down to die, and let go of everything in this world, hoping for dreams and morning."

I was very excited to read this book after having heard about it in a Harper “Library Lovefest” webinar. However, I could not, despite several tries, get through the first few chapters. Not a fan. Someone change my mind!

Good book! About life and love and death..one of those that makes you laugh and cry. It was a sweet book. Lenni is a 17 yr old girl and Margot is an 83 yr old woman. Together, their lives span 100 years and they have a goal of creating 100 paintings of their different life experiences. I love their friendship. Heartwarming, though it did make me tear up..it left me with an appreciation of what being human and what living life truly is about.❤

Up next...this month‘s book club pick.
#bookspinbingo

Amazing!!!

Another beautiful day at the park! And even though it's a holiday weekend, it isn't crowded at all! 📚💕🌾

Happy September! 💕📚🌾

It finally FINALLY cooled down a little bit here today, which made my walk at the park a delight! Anyone else read this book? I'm about halfway done and completely in love! 😍 Such a sweet story!

Btw, does anyone know what this flower is? Is it goldenrod?! It's my favorite seasonal flower at the park - smells simply amazing! - but I don't know what it is! 😁

A lovely and wonderful debut novel. I listened to the audio version, which enhanced the experience with the Scottish, British, and Swedish accents. Two women, one only 17 and the other 83 meet in hospital, and bond over stories and art. It‘s truly a book about creating family relationships in people one meets at critical points in one‘s life. Have a box of tissues in hand, as there are several scenes I had tears pouring down my face. 💗💜