Welcome to Litsy!

I am participating in two awesome readathons to carry me into the next year:

#26for26
#Welcome2026Readathon

I‘m not going to finish “Ship of Theseus” for #OffMyShelf by tonight midnight, so it and volumes two and three of the March series will carry into 2026. Once they‘re completed, I‘ll start on my various January group reads: #NancyDrewBR #EBBR #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub and #HashtagBrigade . 🥳

June 2025 Book#2

This one is going #offmyshelf @wanderglynn It didn‘t work for me. I found it so exaggerated and even histrionic in the way situations were managed or explained. What about menstruation it was like the topic is something out of this world🙄I still don‘t know why this book was in so many awards lists. I know mine is an unpopular opinion🤷🏽‍♀️2⭐️Almost bailed it.

#OffMyShelf “retelling”

This novel is from the point of view of Lavinia, the wife of Aeneas in Virgil‘s “Aeniad”, who apparently played a very small role in that epic compared to, for example, Dido of Carthage. Le Guin‘s background and interest in archaeology is apparent in the details of this novel.

“But you can‘t have two love stories in an epic. Where would the battles fit? in any case, how could one possibly end a story with a marriage?”

#OffMyShelf “current issue”

Really interesting memoir about growing up nonbinary and asexual. I read for a variety of reasons but one is to experience what is outside of my own microcosm and this book certainly does that. I can also imagine this book being a lifeline for anyone who is questioning their own gender. It‘s so important that works like this remain accessible for everyone.

#OffMyShelf “Graphic Novel”

Actually a memoir but close enough. This three book set chronicles John Lewis‘ experiences as a Civil Rights activist in the last century. The book opens on the day of President Obama‘s inauguration in 2009 and flashes back to Lewis‘ beginnings and later trials and accomplishments as part of the movement. This format is a good way to make history come alive.

#OffMyShelf “different world”

This is the 6th in the series and the 10th I‘ve read so far. I love the Discworld.

This one focuses on Granny Weatherwax, introduced in “Equal Rites” and it‘s really about the magic of the theater and the dangerous capacity of words and rumors to sway public opinion.

There‘s a lot of playful references to (and muddling of) Shakespeare‘s plays, particularly Macbeth, and to fairy tales.

#HappyFridayReadingHour

Sitting down with a mug of toffee flavored instant coffee. It‘s not very good - more like hot chocolate than coffee- but it brings happy memories of those Suisse Mocha Coffee commercials from the‘80s which I somehow thought represented my future. The lifestyle they were selling is what I thought I wanted. 😉☕️

The books are my attempt to complete the #OffMyShelf challenge in the next five days. 🤞

My 9th #10beforetheend book & “Starts w/ your initial” for #OffMyShelf

For fans maybe of Karen Russell. This was a fantastical novel about a whaling family in the mid 19th century. Mercy goes on a quest to find her long missing father who has been at sea for almost a decade. With her is her cousin, Mordecai, who has not left his attic room perhaps ever? Weirdness and adventure ensue as Mercy learns the truth about her family and their history.

Late post 🤷🏽‍♀️
April 2025 Book #1
Book received from a subscription in 2023 😳
It didn‘t work for me, I found it boring nothing catches my attention and it is so predictable. 1.5/2⭐️
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo #7 book from subscription #ISpinBingo green cover @TheAromaOfBooks
#CoverChallenge (for February skyline) #BooksabdLala
#offmyshelf @wanderinglynn

#OffMyShelf 26 letters in title
#10beforetheend
#37by37

Peter Carey is never going to be a favorite, but I do admire him even if I don‘t love him. This started off well but became baggy in the middle. A French aristocrat travels to antebellum America to ostensibly writes treatise on American prisons but really to escape political threats. He‘s accompanied by Englishman Parrot, a nominal servant but very much his own man and with a tragic past.