Long time no Litsy. Couldn't get it down to a top 5.

Already onto my second Moriarty 🙈 This one was a great, light read with a high concept premise that delivers. 39 year old woman falls off spin bike and wakes up thinking she's 29, happily married, and pregnant when the reality is she's separated from her husband and a mother of 3. The journey with Alice as she slowly begins to remember how her life took her where it did was a funny, emotional, and engaging one.

So very, very behind on Litsy posts! I've heard a lot of good things about Tana French and this first book in her Dublin Murder Squad series did not disappoint as a police procedural/mystery read. Really great lead characters and I enjoyed the idiosyncrasies of Irish speech. Probably about 100 pages longer than necessary but overall I definitely enjoyed it.

My first foray into Liane Moriarty and I loved it. Despite its size, this one absolutely zipped by and it was one of those books where I was picking it up in any little bit of down time to squeeze in a few more pages. I always enjoy a narrative that bounces between characters and the characters here did not disappoint. It managed to be light and witty in some parts while also dealing seriously with some heavy subjects.

These essays + this coffee crisp doughnut = one solid Saturday morning.

Fun and engaging historical fiction with a fabulous spunky heroine. The writing style was unique and reminded me of the sharp back and forth dialogue in 1940's screwball comedies. Pitch perfect.

McEwan's second short story collection, all on a common theme (one guess). Intentionally dark and disturbing but also feel dated. Experimental but with no payoff. I ❤️ McEwan as a rule but these were b.a.d. 👎🏻👎🏻

I went back and forth between pick/so-so, but here we are. I initially found all the characters pretty much insufferable but they grew on me along with the story. A light, summery, of-the-moment read ☀️

That quintessential summer reading: poolside. 😎☀️🏊🏻📖🙌🏻

The 2 Emmas of summer. Ready to dive in to these new reads 😎

I enjoyed this one. I've heard that the series gets better (already picked up the next 2 at a used book fair) but that it's best to read them in order. Mystery just so-so but the collection of characters is already great. Plus, as a Canadian I'm a sucker for all the little Canadiana references!

I was swept away by this surreal and unique story involving opera, a hostage situation, and love across linguistic and cultural lines. However, I wish the epilogue didn't exist.

This made for a great vacation read and was easy to pick up and put down in between plane/train/down time. I was quickly caught up in the characters and the dynamics between them. A great family drama with believably flawed individuals and sharp writing.

Halfway through what's been an amazing trip to France. Hit up the famous Shakespeare and Company on our last afternoon in Paris (post Cafe au lait along the Seine)! 🙌🏻☕️📚

"This presumption of knowledge about a part of us that is surely unknown to others?" ??

Staying on the Can-Lit train with this one. Should be a quick read to fit in before I leave next week for France! Loved "Clara Callan" and had the opportunity to meet Richard B. Wright at a reading a few years ago.

Loved this story collection! Usually gripped a couple of pages into each story. Munroe does fabulous things with time shifts and retrospective narration.

🍩☕️📖 I recently heard one of Munro's stories read Lauren Groff on an old episode of the New Yorker Fiction Podcast and it confirmed my next read. Also, doughnuts 👌🏻

Finished this one in the bath last night. McCarthy's prose style was initially off-putting but after I slipped into the groove of it I found it really suited the narrative. This was an unsurprisingly grim read but I found the clash between the hero's ideals and harsh reality he encounters engaging.

New read ??? -- I haven't read much Cormac McCarthy. Only "The Road". So I'm interested to see how I find this first book of his Border Trilogy and whether I'll want to seek out the others.

-- Just everything. Moving, uncomfortable, tender, cutting. This one read so quickly but the characters have all stuck around with me.

"They lay there for a few seconds, in the dark, in the future...listening to the fabulous clockwork of their hearts and lungs, and loving each other"

Used book fair finds 🙌🏻📚

5th (‼️) Sarah Waters' novel for me! Has a lot of consistent elements with her other books (well-researched historical fiction, LGBTQ themes, strong characters, and some twists) reading while battling a head cold 🤒 and really enjoying it so far.