Welcome to Litsy!

Oh, how delightful! A surprise in the mail! I‘ve been wanting to read more of this author after our #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub read of ‘The English Air‘ last year.
Who is the mystery sender? 🥰😃

Life and a slump made May a lighter reading month for me. I enjoyed the The Island of Missing Trees and Spring Magic was an absolute delight and helped me wade through May. Have you read any of these? 📚🤓🤩 What helps you get through reading slumps?

Seaside holiday in Scotland. What could be better? Thank you, @LeahBergen for the recommendation! Bonus: it was my #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

🦋 I love the warmer weather and longer days! (but suffer itchy eyes from the tree pollen)
🦋 I like thrillers and mysteries in fall, wintry books in winter and summery books in summer. Spring is for everything else!
#ThoughtfulThursday
Share your spring thought, Littens!

“Catherine often wondered whether anthropologists became so absorbed in studying the ways of strange societies that they forgot what was the usual thing in their own (p. 21)”

Who knew the lives of anthropologists could be so interesting? Catherine is a marvelous outside observer to group as she is tossed by one for a younger student. The British wit, stoicism, and wry observations are perfection.

#currentlyreading #pym #anglophile #booklover

#currentlyreading My #Anglophile self has had this one on my To-Read list for awhile. Excited to finally get started! A Novel about the life and loves of Winston Churchill‘s scandalous American mother.

It‘s June so that it means it‘s time for a wedding . . . and a mystery (of course). Have you ever seen roses this color? I hadn‘t. So unusual!
🔎 🥂 🔎💍 🔎
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#anglophile #cozymystery #crime fiction

☕️📚Lamenting my overzealous goal setting in my 2019 Reading Challenge... am a wee bit behind but there‘s still time. (Right?)

@elkeo_TheBookDragon I‘m hooked! I might even finish today. You weren‘t kidding about the first chapters bringing you into the story.

#currentlyreading #DEStevenson #ReadingGoals

This month I‘ll be reading the last title for the #destevensonreadalong, ‘Mrs Tim Carries On‘. But, I fell behind with the April title, and just finished, ‘Spring Magic‘. Even though this wouldn‘t make my top favorites list, I still loved this whimsical and delightful read. I found the title of the book, perfectly captures the spirit of the story, and this book ended up being the perfect read for the end of an enchanting spring this year.

It‘s a date night this Friday evening! Mr. S and I usually go out, but tonight I wanted to stay in & cook one of his favorites: homemade beef and ricotta meatballs, in tomato and basil sauce with warm flatbread. I‘ve been listening to an audiobook, whilst cooking, enjoying the last of the sunlight before it dipped below the horizon. The food‘s hot, so we‘ll eat, and then cuddle up on the couch, and watch a movie, his pick this time around. 🎥🍿