Welcome to Litsy!

This is an excellent novel. This cover is atrocious (and I could not resist buying it.)

https://youtu.be/muA0hpZg7-k

#Victober



Intro

Mystery guest

Weekly highlights

Dominion by Addie E. Citchens

Mr. Wrong by Elizabeth Jane Howard

Emma by Jane Austen

Cool Water by Dianne Warren

Clarissa, or, the History of a Young Lady by Samuel Richardson

Blurred Faces by Allan Radcliffe

Gaza Weddings by Ibrahim Nasrallah

Mary Barton by Elizabeth Gaskell

Above Us the Sea by Ania Card

Full House by M.J. Farrell

#FridayHappyReadingHour Enjoying my fave Chardonnay (please ignore the hard water spots on my glass, I didn‘t have the energy to wipe it with a paper towel before pouring 😂🤷🏼‍♀️) along with my favorite Goldfish flavor: pizza!! I‘m going to start my new book, I‘m so excited! The review from @Soubhiville sold me

Cheers to these buds, but tag yourself if you want to share!
@kspenmoll
@tamara
@mcctrish
@thebookhippie
@BarbaraBB
@Cathythoughts

Finally, a witchy book I would recommend! (I‘ve read several over the last few years that really didn‘t work for me.)

VenCo is a Maiden, Mother, Crone company tasked with overseeing the gathering of a North American Coven, the first here in a very long time. Once they are assembled, the fall of the patriarchy can begin.

I loved the diversity, the found family feel, and elder care aspect.

With my Halloween girl, Mirabel.

Pastoral (Quincunx Cycle 1), by André Alexis (2014 ??)
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Premise: A priest arrives in his first parish in a small Ontario town and is immediately put to the test by its residents and his own doubts.

Review: This is an old-fashioned kind of story, but effectively so. I was charmed by the townspeople and appreciated the light, yet serious, touch with which the more spiritual themes were handled.⬇️

My #FallingForFallSwap package is finally on its way east!! And I received my package several days ago and just have never gotten around to posting about it, so I apologize!!

Thank you so much for hosting @Avanders @Chrissyreadit !!!

This is my second Lane Winslow mystery and I am delighting in this series. I do so enjoy a period mystery but where the women get to be strong, capable, independent characters. The incorporation of WW2 and post-WW2 geopolitics raises the bar on these mysteries. Good fun, and love the interior BC setting

I really enjoyed this. At first it seemed like the story of a young girl growing up on a ranch, with an almost idyllic life, but the detail about Ernestine‘s future revealed that the story was going to get darker. This is my first Ethel Wilson, but won‘t be my last.

Does anyone else think that Hetty would be able to get herself out of trouble in Austria, no matter how ominous the last lines? 😏

#PersephoneClub

#PersephoneClub
I have a lot of thoughts about this one. Firstly, the ostracism. No one quite seemed to know exactly why, but Hetty was a “menace” & to be shunned. I wonder how often this happened (& still happens) to someone innocent? Then the “femme fatale”. Of course it‘s the woman‘s fault, no man can resist a beautiful woman who appears available & interested🤬 I was kind of disappointed that it turned out Hetty conformed to the stereotype.