Welcome to Litsy!

My second Anne Tyler this month. I seem to be in the mood for well-written observations on normal life. Micah is a quiet, well-mannered IT expert/apartment block caretaker who maintains routines in his everyday life almost to the point of obsession, until events throw the routines off track. It‘s a gentle, character-driven short novel and I adored it.

Book 52/60, page 17,255 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#LetterR #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

"When you are your own best friend, you don‘t endlessly seek out relationships, friendships, and validation from the wrong sources because you realize that the only approval and validation you need is your own."

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

1. Miracle League
2. Talking about books with friends
3. Book club
4. Winnie
5. Pumpkin

@JenReadsAlot @BethM @peaKnit

I think my textbook is trying to tell me something… #politicalscience #oxfordhandbookofpoliticalscience #homework#robertgoodin #overviewofpublicpolicy #thepublicanditspolicies #publicpolicy #policy #relationships #politics

Feet blistered walking
on eggshells, heart bruised by words
spoken without thought. 🥚

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

1. Brunch
2. Bookstores
3. Musical theater
4. Iced coffee
5. Kitty snuggles

@BethM @JenReadsAlot @peaKnit

You‘re nothing but an
emotional vampire,
bleeding me bone dry. 🩸

#haikuhive #haikuaday #poetry

#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii

1. A new job opportunity
2. Lazy summer days
3. Relaxation time
4. Pumpkin
5. Winnifred

@peaKnit @BethM @JenReadsAlot @Eggs @TheSpineView

Super interesting to read about a break-up from the male perspective of a woman writer. To be in a similar stage of life I appreciated the honesty.

I was extremely disappointed in this book - I learned more on the topic from the author‘s interviews than I did reading. I appreciate that the author wanted to work through her trauma but I didn‘t want to read the trauma dump and not understand the WHY of this timely and impotent topic.
0/5 listen to the interviews about this book and you‘ll learn more about the rising danger of the manosphere and the deadly consequences of misogyny