Welcome to Litsy!

I did it! While there were chapters that I did not understand the significance of, I overall liked this novel. I know, unpopular opinion! Dostoevsky examines good versus evil, religious ideology, love and hate, and family. There are the struggles to conform to a given mindset, to break away from familial ideals, to resist temptation. Dostoevsky longwindedly dissects religion - what is belief, what does it mean to follow the church, and, through ⬇️

Celebrating International Women‘s Day by playing catch up on this month‘s #SundayBuddyRead .

There‘s a lot of info, but Lessing has a way of presenting the story as if the reader is there. I won‘t have section 2 complete by Sunday‘s discussion, but at least I‘m making progress!

Xander is my reading buddy tonight. #Xander #CatsOfLitsy

For tonight‘s #hyggehour , I lit a Yankee Candle (current scent - Candy Apple, and I began with a 5 minute body scan through the Calm app, then nestled under my weighted blanket to read Argylle. Definitely not what I expected so far - though I had some suspicions on that, given reviews I‘ve read. Xander joined me, and my other cats are nearby. #Xander #CatsOfLitsy

This was a fun romance with layers of humor & danger, not to mention some heavy topics. I liked Cohen‘s weaving of Austen novels into the story. There were times Vicky drove me a little crazy, but given the situation she faced from her family - having to #BiteTheBullet and marry - I‘ll give her a little leeway. Very charming. Thanks for hosting, @StayCurious ! #PemberLittens #JaneAdjacent

#Zeke #Xander #SebastianKitty #CatsOfLitsy

My January #BookSpinBingo board - no bingos, but the best I‘ve ever done with completing squares!

I also have my February board ready to go, though thanks to a photobomb by Xander, you cannot tell…

He‘s now sitting on the bingo boards, so it is what it is…

#Xander #CatsOfLitsy

I was not sure what to think of this at first - the writing style, the construct of the narrative is very different than other mysteries. And yet, as the pieces came together, I was hooked. It‘s a really interesting puzzle that Thomas writes in homage of Sherlock Holmes. It also sets up the series. I‘m looking forward to reading more! #PemberLittens #JaneAdjacent

#SebastianKitty #Xander #CatsOfLitsy

Ready to dive into my copy of this month‘s #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade book!

#Xander and #SebastianKitty are ready as well…they‘re just resting their eyes. #CatsOfLitsy

#Xander and I finished up this book in the Abandoned Pennsylvania series tonight. Covering abandoned sites in the eastern part of the state, I was impressed with the breadth of info presented, as well as a bit more detailed location info for each site (as opposed to others in the series that tried to mask the locations). Informative and interesting! #CatsOfLitsy

Jessica Fletcher is asked to go to Northern Ireland to deliver family heirlooms to her neighbor‘s family. Of course, when Jessica appears anywhere, murder happens. I greatly enjoyed the descriptions of the landscape in this addition to the series. The mystery was good - I suspected the killer towards the end of the book. Great distraction reading; #Zeke and #Xander agree! #CatsOfLitsy

Admittedly, this took me several chapters to follow the writing style - I‘m way better at 18th & 19th century classics, not early 20th century! But, once I did, I found this an intriguing study on the class system in Edwardian England. Many of the characters are horrid, & I was not really a fan of Lucy, though she received the brunt of all of the clashes. I‘m glad I read this! #PemberLittens #HashtagBrigade

Thanks for hosting, @BarkingMadRead !