Here‘s my October #BookSpin #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks

A day late and I‘m behind on all reviews…thinking of you all and missing my Litsy time - hope to play catch-up by the end of the week🫶🏼

Almost forgot- Here‘s my October #BookSpin #DoubleSpin @TheAromaofBooks It‘s a #LooseyGoosey list but right now my life is a bit that way😉

#NotBookRelated - Just wanted to share that I‘m currently on my way to the US. Unfortunately my FIL passed away on Sunday before the Jewish New Year and the funeral will be tomorrow morning. I‘m not sure how much Litsying I‘ll be doing for the next week. 😢

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It‘s a crap shoot - too much going on right now. #SomeTimesLifeGetsComplicated For those celebrating the Jewish New Year - Shana Tova - wishing you a year full of health, happiness, peace, joy and an abundance of good books❣️❣️❣️and the same wish for those who are just enjoying a Sunday xxx

I wanted to LOVE this book but it was way too long and overly written. There were too many subplots that drew me away from the heart of the story and ultimately added no value. While I was happy to reunite with many characters from the first two books & pleased to have further closure, I‘m still not sure this book was necessary. An ok read but not quite the book I was anticipating. #MoreMehThanYeah #AvailableTuesday #ARC #NetGalley

I had a rather good reading week - finished 3 ARCs & 2 #BannedBooks and I enjoyed almost everything I read. Surprisingly, the only “disappointment” was the #ARC I was most excited for - The Winners by Fredrik Backman ( still need to write my review). In the middle of my IRL bookclub pick - Warmth of Other Suns, which is thus far excellent 🙌🏻I might start something lighter today too but haven‘t decided yet.

Getting a jump start on my #IRL #BookClub October read - So far it‘s fantastic and the audio narration is outstanding 🙌🏻🎧

#KeepingItReal
I want to LOVE this book but….it‘s been such a drag. Every time I set it down, I have zero interest in picking it back up. Beartown as a standalone would have been enough - in my opinion that book was PERFECTION. This final installment is 688 pages - so far 388 pages too long!!! UGH!! Im at 62% 😩 hoping to finish before it publishes this Tuesday September 27. It‘s also my #BookSpin for September @TheAromaofBooks

I guess the third time really is the charm - After two unsuccessful attempts to connect with this book, I found my groove on the third and final try. And I‘m glad for it. I ended up really enjoying The Frederick Sisters Are Living the Dream by debut author Jeannie Zusy.This is an honest, realistic look at family obligations, expectations, frustrations, grievances and ultimately love. A twee bit too long - #NowAvailable #ARC

#NetGalley #ARC #NowAvailable I started and stopped this book twice. Hoping the third time is the charm 😉

This book was brave, honest, poignant, funny, sad and triumphant! Despite a rough and unconventional childhood, neglectful parents & an abusive step-father Tobias (Jack) Wolff proves that even those whose lives are difficult can overcome and achieve. Excellent writing, skilled storytelling. Another book I had on my TBR for far too long. Glad I finally picked this up, thanks to #BannedBooksWeek #Hoopla
Honestly, did not see anything offensive.

#ARC #NetGalley At the 50% mark - I thought I‘d be completely absorbed but it‘s not quite living up to my expectations- so far it‘s good but not outstanding. Definitely truer to Beartown than Us Against You and I‘m happy about that😁 Hoping the second half rocks🙏🏼

Hi friends! I‘m hoping to start posting my reviews on Instagram as well as Litsy - I‘d love if you‘d start following me…and I‘ll happily follow you back 🤩Thanks so much, Cindy xx

Woohoo!!! Another pre-order I completely forgot about 🤷🏼‍♀️😉😂
Sooooo excited to start this one, but probably next week 😁

#NewReleaseTuesday
What a delightful book! Told in dual timelines meet Sara & Abby; grandmother & granddaughter. Sara has #TheMatchmakersGift the ability to recognize people‘s soulmate. And Abby, scarred from her parent‘s divorce doesn‘t believe in true love, in fact she‘s a divorce lawyer. But when Sara gifts Abby her beloved notebooks will Abby realize there might be something to #TheMatchmakersGift ?!!! Absolutely LOVED this one #AudioARC

#NewReleaseTuesday #NetGalley #AvailableTomorrow 🎉So far this is DELIGHTFUL #JewishLit #NYC #HappyEverAfter 🥂💓

#ManicMonday
📕Guncle
✍🏻 Malcom Gladwell
📺 Golden Girls
🎤 Genesis
🎵 Gold to Glass https://youtu.be/SCecPSVr-XE

@CBee @Allylu

My son was actually assigned this book in tenth grade, which turned him unto the joy of memoirs!! Thanks, Ms. Anderson🙌🏻
I always promised him I‘d read This Boy‘s Life one day. And so, the day has come 10 years later😜 #BannedBooksWeek

I‘m so grateful to those deplorable folks who tried to get this book banned from the school system! Due to their nonsense I finally picked up this hilarious and heartwarming coming of age story. Mike Munoz is just trying to figure things out but life keeps throwing obstacles his way. This is a story of acceptance, finding love and learning to follow your heart. And certainly that type of message belongs in the classroom?!!! #BannedBooksWeek

🔔Friendly Reminder 🥳It‘s almost time for our next #Booked2022 prize drawing🥰 while we LOVE to see your posts on Litsy we only count those who submit the Google doc 🤓 How can we be approaching the final quarter???

You have until Midnight October 3 to submit all books read between July 1-September 30, 2022 🧭 to enter the #ThirdQuarterDrawing:

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Absolutely delightful! This was charming, sweet, funny, observant and a tad sad. I loved it! Thanks for gifting this one to me @Centique

#BannedBookWeek
I‘m 99.99% sure I stacked this book years ago based on a #RecFromReggie @Reggie 🥰🙌🏻
Excited to FINALLY get around to it
#Hoopla

I‘m ready to check in!! This book was the PERFECT cure for my current #BookHangover - returning to Nantucket & the world of Elin Hilderbrand is the equivalent of taking a girls trip with your besties!! Can‘t wait for her next book😁

This is a combination of ambitious and disillusionment 😉
I probably won‘t finish any of these forecasted books because I‘m in a weird reading mood 🤷🏼‍♀️
I‘d like to start the two #ARCs and hopefully finish one of my potential #BannedBooks
Plus I‘m in the middle of two other books - one on my kindle, the other in print
Happy Fall reading, Ya‘ll 😘

I completed 3 audiobooks this week - LOVED the O‘Farrell and the Hilderbrand ( such different books)
The Donoghue was ok
Started the other two, enjoying both 🥰

I was feeling unsettled on a current audiobook until I started this one - EXACTLY what I was looking for!! I‘m LOVING this post summer listen 🎧❣️Elin Hilderbrand is the ultimate cure for a #bookhangover

Three monks set out on a canoe in search of an uncharted island where they can seek refuge from the sinful world and build a haven for those who wish to serve God and God alone. But what they pledge to create and uphold will prove more difficult than any would imagine. While the writing was evocative, this story was bleak and monotonous. This isn‘t a book I‘d easily recommend.

Maggie O‘Farrell masterfully reimagines the life of Lucrezia de' Medici, Duchess of Ferrara. From the opening sentence until the final credits were read, O‘Farrell had me spellbound in this tale of greed, ambition, power and prestige. The lush prose and vivid descriptions were richly written and detailed creating a stunning slow simmering story. The action moves slowly but the lovely narration had me riveted.

OMG!!! Sweet P❣️❣️❣️❣️❣️I‘m in LOVE with EVERYTHING in this package❤️I can‘t believe all the goodies you sent me🥰I‘m speechless- SO GRATEFUL for our Litsy friendship and of course your ENORMOUS heart ♥️ You‘re amazing- Thanks so much @Centique it was BEYOND generous xxxx I swear, you choose everything I would have chosen for myself- down to the yummy chocolate and gummies!!!!

My first full day back home and I was craving my beloved toast salad… it‘s scrumptious 😋 still making my way through this audiobook- having just finished the Maggie O‘ Farrell ( review coming) and absolutely LOVING it, I‘m finding it harder to engage with this historical fiction by Emma Donoghue. Both books are richly atmospheric and heavily descriptive but the O‘Farrell was simply stunning.

#BookMail Checked my mailbox and found two lovely pieces of mail…..a sweet card from the wonderful @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Love hearing from you, Misty 💞💋😘and a book I have no memory of ordering 🤷🏼‍♀️

Apparently I preordered this audio!! Perfect for today‘s LONG international flight ✈️

#ManicMonday @CBee
📕 Tagged above 👆🏽
✍🏻 Claire Fuller
🍿Fast Times at Ridgemont High
🎤 Frank Ocean
🎵 Fly Away https://youtu.be/cJMeTmdfNWk

What you got @Allylu @KarenUK @Megabooks

Flying back tomorrow and it‘s a daytime flight so maybe I‘ll get some reading done….
Not sure I‘ll stick with this forecast 🤷🏼‍♀️
Anyone else feeling unsettled with their current books #WeeklyForecast ??!!!?

Not much reading this week - Finished two books and still listening to Haven on audio. It‘s SLOOOOWWWWWW but I‘m curious to see where it‘s heading. My NF One Hundred Saturdays was excellent - as a Jewish history buff it really held my attention!! Swimmers was #MoreMehThanYeah - I started Most Likely Club but it‘s not really grabbing me 🤷🏼‍♀️

#BOTM I like how my books compliment each other 😍

#DoubleSpin This is more of a novella than a book and the collective we worked well for the first 30 pages but once it split into Alice‘s story I found the format less successful. I almost wished more of the book was about the “swimmers” and less about Alice and her decline into dementia. A creative way to tell an otherwise less than original story.

“Beginning in the fall of 1938, I experienced a change I wouldn‘t come to understand until decades later. I lost the right to be human.”
Wow, is my heart breaking 💔This book is incredible and the illustrations are gorgeous.

#LittensWantToKnow
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I stopped and started a few books this week, couldn‘t stick with one and now I‘m #CurrentlyReading three books
A NF in print
A current fiction in Ebook
An HF in audio

What about you @Allylu @Megabooks

#ALC #NetGalley #AvailableToday
While I was not familiar with Betty Gilpin the actress, I found Betty Gilpin the essayist very relatable. She eloquently and hysterically shares her worries, neurosies and insights on depression, anxiety and daily observations. This collection was incredibly thoughtful and articulate with the perfect balance of urgency and frivolity.

This definitely had me turning the pages but in the end I found the story a bit predictable and unoriginal. Still a pick but I‘d say #BorrowNotBuy

I DEVOURED this book - even when I wasn‘t listening I was either thinking about it or telling others about it. Much more than just Donor 150‘s story. Chrystal‘s mom was such a dynamic personality- I was enthralled by her. Debra, yearned to have a child, but as a single gay woman in 1980s California, she had few options & still Debra always found a way to get what she wanted. Crazzzzy story - fantastic narration- loved it!!!

#ManicMonday @Allylu @CBee
I almost forgot what day it is😂
📕 East of Eden
✍🏻 Louise Erdrich
🍿Elf
🎤 Elton John
🎵 Electric Avenue ~ https://youtu.be/vtPk5IUbdH0

The bottom row is my personal favorites from the books I‘ve read -
I still have Glory, Seven Moons & Case Study to read, which I think all three might have a good chance to make the #BookerShortlist22 based on the buzz I‘m hearing/ seeing

I also think Maps & Nightcrawling might be there but I couldn‘t finish Maps.
In all honesty I don‘t think Oh William or Booth will make the list.

Excited to see the judges picks😍

Feeling hopeful 🙏🏻but….not expecting too much 😉

A day late ⏰ #BookReport
I enjoyed all of these, but my fav was Birds of California an off the radar #AudibleDeal

While my hubby stopped into Hockey Giant ( don‘t ask) I ran into Barnes & Noble / found these two on the half off table!!! Both were #CoverCrush #ImpulseBuys

I think this might be my favorite memoir of the year / you know me so well @Megabooks 💕🙌🏻🎧I‘m HOOKED @Chelsea.Poole #OBSESSED