Welcome to Litsy!

Based on a true champion racehorse, Horse delves into the story of Lexington, starting in 1850, and the modern day people uncovering his story and skeleton. Overall, I thought this was terrific and came together well, though I was a little disappointed with one plot point, which felt exploitative to me. #toblonglist

From the first sentence, we know a terrible event is approaching, then we move inexorably toward that while getting to know those involved. I feel like this is a deceptively simple book. This is my second by O‘Nan and won‘t be my last—he is beautifully able to create mood. #toblonglist

Couple Bell and Sigh move to an isolated cabin and withdraw into their own world with their two dogs. Not a lot of plot but plenty of gorgeous writing to keep you turning pages. Another #toblonglist selection that I preferred to many in the shortlist.

#unpopularopinion While this was a propulsive read and I flew through it, I found the characters to be one dimensional caricatures which really made it difficult for me to connect. #toblonglist

I‘m going to go ahead and call my #doublespin a hibernate (possibly bail). It‘s a novel in prose verse, which is something I‘m not in the mood for right now. 🤷🏻‍♀️ This is on the #toblonglist. Unsure if anyone else attempted it??

Three adult children come together with their families at Christmas after their mother dies, all with different ideas of what to do with her house. I enjoyed this exploration of family while listening to it, but I‘m honestly already starting to forget it. I do love the cover, though. Low pick for me. #toblonglist

I am quite happy with how things ended up with my #bookspin and #doublespin.

Plainsong, which I have owned since 2015 🫣, is on @Emilymdxn ‘s #ALSpine list, and I started it this morning before the draw. Only a couple of chapters in, but I‘m really enjoying it!

Seven Steeples is a bargain book find that just happened to be on the #toblonglist, so I‘m excited to read it too!

Very excited for my first #Bookspin #BookspinBingo of 2023! This list is heavily influenced by challenges and other fun stuff: #toblonglist #tob shortlist (5-10), #ALSpine (16-17), #roll100 (1), #botm (12-13) #aardvark (14-15), #ReadingTheAmericas2023 (14, 18), and #authoramonth (2) as well as some gifts (5, 18-20).

Happy New Year y‘all!! 🎉🥳🎉🥳

I put this audiobook on hold at my library when the #toblonglist came out and probably should have read the Litsy reviews first. I like the writing but nothing else came together for me- the plot, the characters. Gayl Jones is an author I have been told I must try again, and so I will, but this book did not work for me.

This book is weird AF. The second half was better than the first, but I think the larger societal points Wuehle was trying to make were obfuscated by the quirkiness.

Jessica was a childhood pageant queen, who longs to reconnect with a girl she loved. Her father is a professor of Boredom Studies and performs odd experiments on people and animals. When she flips out at college and her father disappears, she must find out the truth about her family.