Welcome to Litsy!

Consider time-travel. Do you view it as dangerous to the future and fear changing history, and possibly even your future? Perhaps you think about it more frivolously and want to experience a large event. Do you wish you could go back and take a different life path? Regardless of what you imagine, are you imagining the possibility of that trip being physically dangerous and life-threatening? Likely not, but that's what Butler has done here, ⬇️

I‘ve seen all the hype here on Litsy, and for me, the book lived up to it! Such a great story and characters. Schwab is a great writer. This is only the second book of hers that I‘ve read but it won‘t be my last!

#bookspinbingo
#pop21 #genrehybrid

I had been optimistic about this scifi, which is not my genre, because it was heavy on the history. But world building plus no quotation marks meant that I never really felt engaged in the story, just struggled to figure out what was going on. Not for me.

@TheAromaofBooks this is my #doublespin pick! (Does it still count of I didn't finish my #bookspin?)

(Gratuitous picture of Fern #hamsteroflitsy)

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My #bookspin & #doublespin picks.....
A Netgalley #ARC and my #genrehybrid pick for #pop21 .....
Thanks so much @TheAromaofBooks
I‘m excited! 💕📚

#Pop21 is off to a good start 🧡
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Read 3 #AdvancedPrompts

Saadawi has written a powerful novel on the trauma and grief that engulfed Iraq, esp Baghdad, following the 2003 American invasion. This is a witty and satirical tale, using the gothic horror Frankenstein as inspiration.

Amid the unending car bombs, al-Qaeda, sectarian violence, and US actions, we see how daily trauma impacts the lives of everyday citizens. The inclusion of astrologers, djinn etc gave it a magical realism feel.

Highly recommend!

Sometimes a book lands in your lap and you didn‘t even know you were looking for it. This is a #genreHybrid part memoir, part cookbook, part self-help. Beth Ricanati, shares the beauty of Judaism, its traditions & beliefs and how the art of preparing & baking challah ( traditional Friday night Sabbath bread) is good for your mental & physical health. I‘m looking forward to actually trying her recipe/method for making challah. 👇🏼

Bk3 of #JumpStart2021 #GenreBusting #Pop21 #GenreHybrid #NerdReading2021 #ARetelling #PickYourPoisonChallenge #BorrowedFromTheLibrary #52BooksChallenge #SetInAMediterraneanCountry #2021ReadingChallenge #FromTheLibrary #BacklistReaderChallenge #Pageathon #TMarc21 #Titan #MountTBRChallenge #MtKilimanjaro #PrettyMessReading #GenreYouDontNormallyRead #BFC21 #PennyPerPage #258cents #LitsyAtoZ2021 #LetterI #ReadingEurope2021 #Turkey A GN version of👇👇

Well that was probably the quickest #NonBuddyRead I ever participated in😉I think my expectations were overly inflated for this slim book. While it does pack a solid punch and makes lots of really compelling and infuriating observations about modern Korea, it wasn‘t the read I was anticipating. Interesting blend of facts ( told in footnotes) and fiction. Parts of this book reads like a memoir, so I‘m using this for #PoP21 #GenreHybrid 👇🏼

I could have known I am not the audience for this book. I never read seasonal and it‘s for a reason. I am not cozy and not religious and I don‘t believe in Santa.
I did like a few of the stories though, my favorite being The Mistletoe Bride (the one without the happy ending 😉).

However, by finishing this book I am able to tick off the first prompts for 2021s reading challenges!

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