Welcome to Litsy!

The book has 2 covers- the dust jacket has the book cover & the book itself has the cover of the book within the book!
This was one of the last books I read in 2025 for #LitsyBookclub
The book had an interesting premise.
Also: The phrase “death of the author” refers to once the author has written the book and it is out in the world, it is no longer theirs, but the readers.

Two totally different genres, but same theme:

How your community & even family can try to drag you down

“Her sudden success and growing independence had upsided the balance of the family”.

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This is a light pick for me. I enjoyed it but didn‘t love it. I appreciated the early history of how bookstores developed in the U.S. and found the stories of well-known independent bookstores interesting. However, this is an incredibly broad topic, and hearing about a few specific bookstores I know or have visited just made me want to learn of more variety for my list.

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This was a great story of friendship, love, and resistance during the WWII occupation of Jersey, one of the Channel Islands. I enjoyed the stories of this community focused around two best friends, Grace and Bea, as they work against the oppression of Nazi occupation. There were also wonderful historical notes at the end.

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I finished listening to this book this afternoon, and it has all the emotions. There‘s so much humor mixed with so much frustration, anger, and sadness for these characters. I thought Backman did an amazing job of weaving together the past and present stories.

📷: Gandalf & LaGata keeping me company in the backyard while also listening to Luthien run in the field.

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I love the idea of a weekend readathon. I hope to finish a few books and make some progress on others. I‘m close to done with Quartet and My Friends, and it‘s almost time for Westfallen to go back to the library. I haven‘t picked up A Tree a Day all month, so I want to remedy that. I‘ll probably listen to some more audio as well.

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Enjoying Sunday morning book and breakfast and then more of this book while I also meal prep breakfasts and clean up the kitchen before church.

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I enjoyed this book, but as other reviewers have said, I sometimes felt that it had too much going on. I found Covey‘s story incredibly interesting and enjoyed figuring how it all fit together. However, there were so many characters and relationships, that in the end I didn‘t need details for all of them. I think a narrower focus could have been stronger.

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At the Playground/Splash Park 💦 with my 2 oldest grandkids & starting my #LitsyBookclub book.

Enjoying the last days of summer break!

July 2025 #BookSpinBingo

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#DoubleSpin 11 - #LitsyBookClub Margo‘s Got Money Troubles

This month I had hardly any print reading time, so I only finished one ebook and am behind on readalongs. My favorite listen was Wild Dark Shore.

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