Welcome to Litsy!

It‘s never enough, is it? Time. We always think we have so much of it, but when it really counts, we don‘t have enough at all.”

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Tux, get the tissues!

#Adayinthelifeoftux

#Two4Tuesday

Can‘t wait for the Josie Silver!! 💙🤍💙

#tea 🫖 🍵
#HumbleHarvest

Wow! This is a beautiful emotional book about death and grief. Not as fun and light hearted as The House in the Cerulean Sea, but amazing cozy thought take on mortality and the after.

Go Chiefs!! 🏈🙌🏻

What are you reading tonight? 📚

Here‘s to everyone having a great Monday!! 🍷 🍾

Loving this book! 💙✨🌟

“We don‘t always see what‘s right in front of us, much less appreciate it. It‘s not until we look back that we find what we should have known all along.”

Loving this one 💫

#LitsyLoveReads

My best reading buddy!! Apparently I read several chapters in this one that I don‘t remember reading so back to chapter 4! I think I was reading and took my sleep medicine 🤪

Does this ever happen to anyone else?!?!

#Adayinthelifeoftux
#Catsoflitsy

I cried so hard my dog (dog! like Apollo! insert crying face emoji!) came to check on me.

3 out of 5

It's perhaps odd that I love TJ Klune's cosy fantasies so much. Generally, I steer away from the whimsical and the saccharine. Under the Whispering Door has that otherworldly, fairytale feel that I don't always connect with.

But who am I kidding? This was thoroughly charming. It brought a smile to my face and a tear to my eye. Charon's crossing felt like home, and the story tugged on my heartstrings in all the right ways.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Time for the #midyearfreakoutbooktag - condensed version. Picked out 9 books that I loved/stayed with me the most, that I read in the past 6 months. Top three make the all time favourite list. Safe to say this is the year of T J Klune and I cannot WAIT to get my hands on In The Lives of Puppets.

Book #36
3/5
It really bothers me when the synopsis on the back of the book is misleading. This one led me to believe that it's about a dead man trying to decide how to spend his last week on earth before crossing over. In reality, it's more than halfway through the book when he is given that time line. There are good parts, but overall I found the story underwhelming.

Questo libro è fantastico e ti fa riflettere su argomenti importanti e proprio per questo lo consiglio dai 14 anni in sù. È triste ma la ironia dei personaggi sdrammatizza tutto.

Beautiful

Finally got around to reading this one prompted by my #AuldLangSpine list from @Laughterhp & while The House in the Cerulean Sea edges out as my favorite, this is a close second. I love the ability Klune has to make me both laugh & cry to & grow & redeem his characters. I have been staying away from “sad books” for a while now as it doesn‘t help my depression, but the sad moments of grief & loneliness are served with a big side of humor & hope.💙

This was good and had me laughing out loud more than once. I liked it for the most part, except for the ending. Still like House in the Cerulean Sea better.

Heart achingly beautiful. I think this might be my favourite book, ever.
Laughing and crying simultaneously doesn't happen to me often reading books, but it's a manifestation of the book itself, there's sadness, even spookiness, but also joy, strength and so much love, empathy and forgiveness, redemption. 1/3

👋🏻Jazz hands👋🏻😂

This is my March #doublespin #bookspin book. And once again this author took me on an emotional Rollercoaster of laughing and crying. I love the idea of a better life after death with total acceptance. Too bad we don't have that here. Truly a fun and touching read. @TheAromaofBooks

This was not as good as The House in the Cerulean Sea. It was slow to start and I didn‘t really care for the ending. I did enjoy the middle section and I love Klune‘s writing.

MY HEART. 🥺🥹 Damn, TJ Klune, I‘m sitting at my desk at work crying my face off. What a beautiful book. #underthewhisperingdoor #tjklune #grief #love #family #friendship #foundfamilies #death #theafterlife

I‘m gonna‘ be really sad when we take down the Christmas decorations; they make for such festive backgrounds. 😭 But I‘m so excited to start this - I loved “Cerulean Sea” SO MUCH and can‘t wait to see what else Klune has in store! #underthewhisperingdoor #tjklune #fantasy #nowreading

I‘m 25% into this audiobook. Does it get better? This is my first book by this author, and I know he‘s received a lot of love for some of his other works. It‘s not bad, just kind of boring. 🤷‍♀️

September #bookspin complete! 4.5 ⭐️

I enjoyed this tale, though feel like Wallace‘s transformation was a very quick one. But I loved the entire crew: Hugo, Mei, Nelson…and even Wallace. 💜

This begins when Wallace dies—ghosts in October, yay! The hill he has to climb, development-wise, is a tad steep, but that‘s the only real complaint I have. It‘s wholesome, cute, and full of vivid characters. It made me both laugh and cry, sometimes simultaneously, which in my book is endorsement enough. If you liked The House in the Cerulean Sea, chances are you‘ll like this, too. The main theme there was acceptance—here, it‘s grief.

4.5/5

Ok Littens. I need some help!

I keep hearing about these books but I haven't tried one yet. Never thought about it.

Today, our library announced that TJ Klune is coming to our tiny town for a reading/signing next week and since we never have ANYONE come here....I have to go! 🤣

Which one do I buy?

#ReaderProblems

Without giving too much away, this book touches on important topics that are rarely discussed like grief, suicide, loss, and death/ dying. This book allows the characters to touch on the various layers and complexities of death. This book asks “what will we do with the time we have left?“ and “what if after we die we start to live?“

Love this author. This one was fun, too—kind of fantasy but mostly a story about living your best life and finding love.

Library Sale success! All this for $20! #bookhaul

A beautiful read examining grief, love, death, and moving forward all in Klune's usual humorous style. I enjoyed all of the character growth throughout, and liked seeing so many versions of moving forward. Unfortunately, I never quite bought into Wallace as a cruel, horrid character despite the first few chapters because he doesn't seem to stick to that identity for long, which made it hard to buy into his character overall. #LGBTQ #Ghost

Not as good as Cerulean but still really really good. I was reading this and watching The Good Place at the same time (not on purpose) and it really got me thinking about what this all means. I didn't like the ending. But the characters were all so charming, I can look past it.
I'm curious what tea Hugo would make me. Hopefully chai 🤞

8.13.22

I really liked this alternative (possible?) look at what happens to a person after death. This author really knows how to tell a multi-faceted story. So far I've really enjoyed everything I've read by him. The House in the Cerulean Sea is still my favorite though.

I‘ll be in Steamboat Springs for a bike marathon when the #JubilantJuly #Readathon starts, so I‘ll keep my goals straightforward:
🟩 5 chapters in the tagged book
🟩 Finish 1 graphic novel
🟩 Finish 1 audiobook

Thanks @Andrew65 !

Boy Howdy ⚖️

I like the premise of this novel, and I like Wallace's development, but overall I found the portrayal of the afterlife cliched and the book as a whole overly sentimental. My family loved The House in the Cerulean Sea and we read it together twice, but they got bored with this one, and I ended up finishing it on my own.

I absolutely loved this! This is the second book I‘ve read by TJ Klune, and it was great!

I read about 20% and decided to pull the plug - I spent a lot of time reading to get to that point - clear sign that I was not invested/interested - I liked the premise (what happens when you die and a man getting a second chance at life)- it moved too slow for me - I was ready for the characters to move on before the author was 😅

#BookSpinBingo - moving on to another book 🙂

This book (much like Cerulean Sea) was like wrapping yourself up in a soft blanket in front of a fire in a cozy cabin. Are all his books this good? Any other other TJ Klune reccomendations?

congratulations @Hazel2019 and thank you for hosting the #Hazel201925K giveaway -

I'm struggling to get through the tagged book - the story started well, but now it seems stuck - I hope it starts moving again soon (or maybe its me?) 🙂

Make a great day everyone -

Holiday read. Booker approves. #catsoflitsy

June #bookspinbingo board, 4 books read for the month of June. Not too bad considering we were in the process of prepping for our move & then driving cross country (basically displaced for almost 2 weeks). No bingos but I also had to repack what books I originally wanted to bring (2 bags full of books was not feasible when there were other necessities that needed to fit in the minivan).

#20in4 @Andrew65

I will read 20 hours, really want to get a #BookSpinBingo this month 👍

Make a great day everyone😊

This is super funny so far. The audio was the way to go.

Road trip listening. Getting mixed reviews from my family. I think not all of them are on board with the slow burn.

#ThinkPositiveBePositive
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

The cover artists knew what they were doing with the Harry Potter books - my grandson is drawn to them at age 2!

Not everyone can make a great day or get past the worries in their lives or their part of the world - so for today - make a great day for someone else -

Update:
#BFC2022 @wanderinglynn
#JoysofJune @Andrew65
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

I have all the books in motion to complete 2 bingos this month - omg!! My goals for the month are on target (workouts and reading) so I'm feeling pretty good about that (helps to set realistic goals for myself and find books I really enjoy 😉)

Make a great day everyone -

Listening to the audiobook on Libby- it‘s starting out rather sad. Not sure about this one. I really liked The House in the Cerulean Sea so I‘ll give it a chance. I‘m on a Staycation so I was very happy to see some sunshine ☀️ yesterday. 💚🐉

This was even better the second tIme through. I almost forgot how horrible Wallace was at the beginning. I really enjoyed the little hints at Cerulean. Even known how it all turned out, I still got teary at the end. Such a wonderful book. This was just the first reread of many.
#TJKlune #UnderTheWhisperingDoor #PrideMonth #LGBTQ