Welcome to Litsy!

I needed something “fluffy” after a “ruff” day at work. (I think that‘s the end of my terrible puns.) I‘ve only read the first few pages while enjoying a glass of rosé and some calamari by myself at a local favorite restaurant, which probably also contributed, but I started to feel better. ❤️

“I understood & recalled the sweet, contemplative melancholy I felt on trips I took alone. Loneliness scared me at first, but the loneliness didn‘t last. I found myself wider awake, seeing & smelling & hearing in a heightened way. For a change, I could pay attention to words & thoughts, worries & dreams, as they came & went in my head. Time felt like poetry. I could eavesdrop. I could pretend. I could forget. I could remember.”

What‘s happier than book mail on a lazy Wednesday! 🤗 Thank you Cindy for sending this my way... even if I‘m not sure how excited I should be to read it 😆

I feel bad saying this but... I HATED this book! The STORY itself is beautiful and so sad but the need to write and sell the story felt self indulgent and totally like a money grab. Yes, Martha Teichner did a very noble thing, taking in a dying woman‘s dog (who was old & not well) but why write a book about it. This was a lovely human interest piece that was covered on a segment of CBS Morning News ( self promotion #32) and that‘s where👇🏽

I put down the Prophets (wasn‘t feeling it) and started this one. I‘m only on page 40 and I‘m already peeved that Martha Teichner has now mentioned that she‘s a corespondent on CBS Sunday Morning news 19 times!!! Yes, I started counting. WHO CARES?!? Ugh 🙄

This was a TOTAL #CoverCrush purchase

While this book is sad, as to be expected if you read the description, I really enjoyed it. It‘s about the important place pets have in our lives, the investment we make in keeping them happy, the ways that fate brings people (and dogs) together, found family, end of life, and more. Like Martha Teichner wishes her friendship with Carol Fertig had been longer lasting, I wanted to spend more time in their story.

This is my #BookSpin for March

This is my #BookSpin pick for March and I‘m so excited to read it. I watched a segment about these dogs on CBS Sunday Morning. The author is a correspondent on the show. I know it is going to be sad in that way dog books are but I think it‘s in a good way.