Welcome to Litsy!

I was so bummed to not finish this in time during #CampLitsy and therefore was thrilled to see it on @monalyisha‘s #AuldLangSpine list; will now have to go back and read the discussion that I missed! I found this very emotionally engaging, and the writing had me vividly picturing characters, setting, and scenes throughout. Have the film rights to this been purchased? 🤔 Would be great on screen.

Historical fiction fans will love this one.

Thanks, @ChaoticMissAdventures

“20 Day Cover Challenge - As we start a new year and think about what we want in a book.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.” 16/20.

#20covers

First book of the year for me: the 4th in the Sloan Krause nanobrewery series - Sloan is continuing with her sleuthing, learning more about her past, and moving on to the next chapter in her life, post-Mac...

OMG! I am just so frustrated with Elena and her stupidity! I would totally be Sam in this narrative and that‘s not fair. One description on the book jacket says “haunting fable” and that it is

I‘m on page 147. This can not end well

Finally my library hold came in and I can finish #camplitsy 🤣🤣🤣

#12DaysofChristmas

Read during #CampLitsy which added to the enjoyment of this book that didn‘t quite make my #Top24in24.

@Andrew65

Catch up reviews from mid year 1/5

I didn‘t know what to make of this story when I read it & I still don‘t, but I remember the places and people quite vividly and the central theme of the different ideas about staying in the place you come from or seeking something better (realistically or not) elsewhere.

Read for #CampLitsy2024

Two thoughts: 1) very realpolitik that the two main places I've lived in my life has been shaped - and thus shaped me - my the glacial cover of the last glacial maximum.
2) it's kind of mind boggling how quickly Seattle has changed. All cities are engineered - the one I grew up in was half dug out of swamp land. But in Sweden that took hundreds of years (my hometown is over 800), Seattle is around 150, with a fire resetting to it 115 years ago.