Welcome to Litsy!

First weekend off in a LONG time, so first #bookreport also in a long time!

It looks like I‘ve read loads, but a lot of them are really short.

Sigh, Gone is one of my faves of the year so far, and I was surprised to enjoy Babel.

The bottom 3 are ongoing; will probably finish Elena today. One True Loves is on audio for #aam, and just started Really Good, Actually, which seems sharply funny so far.

Thanks to @KarenUK for putting this on my #readersradar last night. (And for the #pop23 prompt! 😁) Set in the 1970s, a doctor‘s wife discovers her husband‘s affair and starts writing to the other woman‘s husband, and we also see letters between the doctor and his paramour.

It‘s only a short story / novella but still packs a punch and there‘s room for a bit of a twist too.

#aam #authoramonth

#pop23 #setinthedecadeyouwereborn

Contemporary romance is definitely not my genre, but I enjoyed this #LoveTriangle #AuthorAMonth. Why I do challenges!

Emma married her high school sweetheart Jesse. Together they traveled the world, but when Jesse takes a solo helicopter trip, he is lost at sea. Emma heads back home deep in grief. After a time, she reconnects with Sam and takes over her parents‘ bookstore. Miraculously Jesse survived at sea. Can one woman have two true loves?

An epistolary novella, set in the seventies….. A wife of a doctor discovers the evidence of the title. As she connects with the wronged husband on the other end of the affair, a friendship forms. Told through letters between both couples, it‘s a fairly straightforward story, but the ending has a satisfying conclusion.
#Authoramonth #AAM @Soubhiville

#Bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

I finally got a full board. 😊 This has been an incredible month, I've read some great books and whittled through the tbr. All the fab challenges helped #als #aam #buddyreads #serieslove2023 #Booked2023 #Roll100 and my own #NaturaLitsy group
Many thanks for hosting @monalyisha @Soubhiville @Cinfhen @alisiakae @BarbaraTheBibliophage @PuddleJumper @Librarybelle

I @Soubhiville forgot to post my #AuthorAMonth read for January. I finished it last week. And I really liked it. I think I might have to add more Louise Erdrich to my TBR. I like finding new to me authors. Thanks @Soubhiville
#AAM

#20in4

Goals accomplished ✔️
Peach Blossom Spring - still processing this amazing novel for #literarycrew #buddyread 😍 @Librarybelle
The Night Watchman- finished my choice for #AAM hosted by @Soubhiville
Catching up with the #Pemberlittens on the tagged

Great conclusion to the months reads @Andrew65

Mostly library holds, #tobshortlist2023 #AAM, book group picks and a few I didn‘t get read in December and January.
Thanks Sarah for continuing to run this challenge!
#bookspin

#BookReport #WeeklyForecast

All finished books were picks. I bailed on Future Home, but I will finish The Birchbark House for #aam in January.
Instead of starting something new, I‘m going to return to Swan Song as I have been neglecting it since December. Totally not the books fault as I was loving it. Not sure what audio I will start next.

I‘ve been seeing this one get such amazing reviews and my hold of it finally came in so I thought I‘d try to sneak 1 more in for #AAM, but the first 100 pages aren‘t holding my interest so I‘m bailing for now, maybe I‘ll try again sometime when I‘m in a different frame of mind. @Soubhiville