Welcome to Litsy!

We do not care that we are a day late for #wdncw because sometimes it happens that way.

We did not care that it took the entire trip around the lake to hear one story, because the tangents were delightful.

We especially enjoyed watching a squirrel run up a tree, taking stops for selfies and checking the birdsong app, and finding a giraffe teething ring hanging from a branch.

I‘ve wanted to read another book by Kirshenbaum since loving Rabbits for Food. This one was lovely in a meandering, melancholy way, true to the title. Reflections on life‘s choices, through stories Sylvia tells Henry on their roadtrip, which is itself a story that you know from the start won‘t have a happy ending. Definitely my kind of book.

#10BeforeTheEnd

I wish more had happened in this book. The characters were interesting, but the story just kind of wandered. Low pick.

#OffMyShelf “orange cover”
#37by37 Readathon

A classic in trans literature and I love the non-ending - it felt honest. Maria is having a quarter-life crisis and manages to lose her job, girlfriend and apartment all in 24 hours. What trans wisdom could she possibly impart to maybe trans maybe not trans pothead JamesH in podunk Nevada? Raw, funny, provocative, and insightful. No one has all the answers.

I loved this. It was not what I expected, but that may be a good thing. Billy was my favorite, of course, but all the characters had their moments. And the prose was memorable. (Map in the background does not include the Lincoln Highway, but it‘s what I had in the house. 🤷🏻‍♀️) #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks

#FridayHappyReadingHour

I‘ve had a kind of unproductive work day. Lots of noodling but few results. So I gave up on it and am calling it - the weekend starts now! 😊

I've wanted to read this book ever since it was mentioned in another book. I'm glad I finally did, because I'm deeply impressed that Highsmith wrote a w/w love story in the 50ties!

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Loved hearing Wilson speak, then meeting him afterward, recently in Nashville! He‘s so funny, quirky, and sweet. This was not my fave of his, but still enjoyable.

Started my #bookspin this morning. Only one chapter in, but I‘m hooked.

I hadn't read Wilson before and this was quieter than I was expecting. Quietly amusing, quietly revealing, quietly affecting. Perhaps a bit thinner than it could be, but I quietly enjoyed it.

#HauntedShelf #ScreamTeam

#Chocolatiers #OneSnackToRuleThemAll @Bookwormjillk

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