Welcome to Litsy!

An incredibly interesting read, based on true events though with fictional characters, and one that truly felt like someone telling their story. Reading it very much felt true in that way where maybe these exact people weren‘t real but everything that happened to them almost certainly happened to someone. I highly recommend it, though if you‘re prone to tears I recommend keeping tissue nearby.

The best historical fiction books are the ones that teach you about a seemingly forgotten time in our history. Between 1854 and 1929, these Orphan Trains transported more than 200,000 orphaned, abandoned, and homeless children – many of them first-generation Irish Catholic immigrants – from the coastal cities of the eastern United States to the Midwest for “adoption” (often, in fact, indentured servitude).

August is here! Fall is in sight! 🎉🎉The kids are back in school, which means more reading time for this mom. 😉I‘m keeping my kindle pick from last month since I never got around to it. My TBR spinner chose Orphan Train and the Morganville Vampires series (rereads). And of course, the whimsical reads bookclub choice OJAD.

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii
1. Successful sourdough class and loaf with my youngest daughter and my friend, feeding my starter daily with a new loaf in the works today!
2. My first #litsylove mail ❤️
3. After work party fun, really enjoying my DOC family in the home stretch
4. Laughing til I cried
5. Eldest daughter‘s successful oral surgery today🎉

Thank you the tag @Kshakal

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii Thanks for the tag @Kshakal

I‘m a day late but have so much to be thankful for, so much joy with a week bookended with Mother‘s Day and my birthday. Best week!

#Train 🚂 #StorySettings 🐝🌷🎣🏕️🌳

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

Looks to be another gem from my TBR shelf

1. I am grateful for a gratitude practice to remind me what I have in my life when I‘m dragging.
2. Friendships - at a point in my life where I appreciate girlfriends and connecting.
3. A kind life partner, my husband has been my rock through life, loss and continuing sandwich generation challenges. 😊
@Eggs #wondrouswednesday

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2023

This novel is a heart-ache. Follows the story of two women from abandonment to adoption, and how they deal with everything in between. A deeply moving depiction of human mind when love and acceptance is so hard to come by. 5/5.