Welcome to Litsy!

So many great books this year, but The Incandescent was my favorite.

#bookbracket2025 @cseydel

She may not be fancy but she‘s still here! Apparently the govt shutdown madness kept me from reading in Oct. Starter Villain (which I clearly can‘t spell 😂) won a hard fought and close battle. I would say that, Variations, and Neverland Wars were my faves. 3 romance, 1 cozy, 3 SFF, 2 graphic novels, 3 Vatican fiction, 1 non fic.

#bookbracket2025 #readingbracket2025 @CSeydel

#Readingbracket2025 #BookBracket2025 @Cseydel
Can't just pick one book! Here are my reviews for these! #January2025
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578206614
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7404860879
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578782099
https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/7578201795

Well I called it! My favorite book of 2025 is officially The Isle in the Silver Sea, with Cinder House as a strong second place contender. #BookBracket2025 @CSeydel

I've been absent from Litsy because I broke my foot at the beginning of December and had a lot of pain and brain fog for the first couple weeks. I actually finished the bracket image less the Catherine Lim (which I read in the ER....) because there was no contest once I'd read After Hours. Thanks for the #BookBracket2025 @Catsandbooks this was fun!

I enjoyed doing both of these brackets from @Catsandbooks and @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm - at first it seemed like they'd give me different results but then Everett swept the last half of the year 😂 #bestbooks2025 #bookbracket2025
So here are some #mylitsyawards winners for a little variety! Great idea and thanks for the templates, @CSeydel

There are QUITE a few dirty books in this bracket!!! I even had to switch two books around (wild card vs Feb) just so that I could give all of the books a proper chance. This book was dirty (sooo dirty) but also really philosophical, so it appealed on so many levels. (I hope we get a book for the youngest Bell brother, too… just saying.)
#SierraSimone #Sinner #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket #fiction @CSeydel

I haven‘t been able to shut up about the brilliant scholarship of this book since I read it.
#WendyLower #TheRavine #ReadingBracket #BookBracket2025 #BookBracket #nonfiction @CSeydel

Though I loved The Wanderer, More Weight edged it out as my favorite read from October to December. The Hike then surpassed More Weight to advance—only to be defeated in the final matchup of the year by Slewfoot. A thoroughly deserving winner, Slewfoot earns my Book of the Year for 2025. 😊 #readingbracket #bookbracket #readingbracket2025 #bookbracket2025 #bookoftheyear #bookoftheyear2025

My favorite December read is the tagged. Through one wolf‘s epic journey, Walker traces terrain, history, looming threats, and other animals, recounting the wolf‘s final months while probing the species‘ fight for survival. The Wanderer blends natural history with the complex human relationship—Indigenous peoples, settlers, scientists, and politicians—with this predator. #bookbracket #readingbracket #bookbracket2025 #readingbracket2025