pickThis was such a delightful collection of short stories. I feel like poets often have such rich, tight purpose and this book certainly supports that theory. Centering the experiences of Laotian people in Canada, Thammavongsa writes a series of complex and endearing characters. Very enjoyable.
pickThis was such an excellent book. It's gritty. It paints an unflinching portrait of trauma and addiction and poverty in Scotland under Thatcher. It is so well written it makes you feel so strongly for the characters and their struggles. Glad to have started the year with such a great read. #queerbooks
I'm revisiting this gem with my nieces in our book club (online now, due to covid)
My current read aloud book with my partner 🐍
pickI had been nervous to read this book because of the subject matter (a Mennonite community where women and children are being drugged and raped at night) but I'm glad I finally took the plunge. The book is about the women deciding what to do in light of what has happened. It's about justice and collective decision making and faith and autonomy and love. It's powerful and funny and sweet at times, heart-breaking at others.
Just got this from the library. I found the last couple books in this series a bit too predictable and repetitive - hope this one surprises me a bit!
pickThis was such a well written tale of the Spanish Flu in Dublin told through the eyes of a midwife named Julia. She toils for three days in a small fever maternity ward in the book and we learn so much about loss, deprivation, resilience and love. Very intense to read during the current pandemic but that also made it extra poignant. I thoroughly enjoyed it and am sad to be done it. #queerbooks
Someone just sent me this which feels so appropriate as Toronto (where I live) heads into another lockdown tomorrow.
Just starting this book by one of my favourite authors. I attended a zoom launch for this book where she spoke about the wild coincidence of her writing a book about a pandemic in Ireland during the war right before an actual pandemic. The publisher actually pushed the publication date ahead a year because it was so timely. #queerbooks
pickThis was such a pleasure to read. Madeline Miller is so skillful at breathing life and vitality into mythology. Even though I knew so many of the stories she told through Circe's eyes I was riveted with her telling of them. So enjoyable.
I decided it was time to revisit this beloved audiobook. So gritty and heartwarming and real. Also, my psychotherapist self likes to imagine being so directive and bossy and definitive with my clients even though I never would be like that.
I'm really enjoying this book! It's helping get me.out of my reading slump. It's well written and takes me far away from current reality (most welcome)!
A little reading before work. I'm switching between audiobook and physical book for this one. #therapistbooks
I'm learning a new trauma processing technique! #therapistbooks
Hi Litsy Pals. I've been gone for many months (7 !?). I had a lot going on and was not managing to prioritize my reading life. I'm eager to reconnect with my love of reading and bookish folks. Are people still using this app?
pickIt was so lovely to read a bit more about Olive Kitteridge. Elizabeth Strout weaves together such interesting little character sketches. This was such a great escape read!
pickThis book was the perfect whimsical escape from the pandemic dystopian reality we are living in. At a book launch for it I heard the author describe the concept for it as if someone didn't go through the door to Narnia as a child and then had a second chance when they were older. A mystical library, stories within stories, and an impossible seeming quest (or two). A great read!
This book is so lovely under the dust jacket! Really relishing this whimsical tale.
I'm alternating between reading and listening to the audiobook of this book as I recover. It's really striking the right chords with a mystical library and a great deal of whimsy! 🐝🗝️🗡️
Starting this book with my nieces over FaceTime! I miss in-person book with them! #transbooks
Starting this exciting book as a pandemic read-aloud with my partner!
After being the sickest I've ever been in my life I am starting to recover at last! I haven't been able to read almost at all but I'm looking forward to getting back to books and Litsy and life!
Thanks so much for all your care and support about my presumptive Covid19! It means so much! I'm feeling really rough today, was at the hospital briefly, but am at home again resting. Hope to feel well enough for some light uplifting reading soon. Any suggestions?
Hi folks. So I'm sick, my doctor has reported me to public health with presumptive COVID19. I can't get tested because I don't work in a public setting so I'm in isolation at home with instructions to go to the hospital if I worsen. I haven't been able to concentrate on reading but books and book people are so comforting to me so thanks for being here, Litsy pals. 💕 (I also find pictures of jellyfish comforting)
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Morning solitude. I can't believe I have to leave this place tomorrow to go back to social distancing in the city (and work)!
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I'm at my parent's cottage practicing some social distancing with my partner and my nieces. We are all enjoying this latest Lumberjanes novel.
I love this billboard in Toronto! My nervous system needs a little pandemic soothing - practicing social distancing and curling up with a bunch of books. I was supposed to fly to Cuba today for March break but had to cancel due to COVID19.
How is everyone's pandemic anxiety?
pickAbsolutely delightful! I have been reading this so slowly because I didn't want it to end but my nervous system needed some soothing so I finished it today. A lovely collection of different bits of Mary Oliver loveliness! 😍📚 #queerbooks
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