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Viji

Viji

Joined April 2016

Avid reader, coffee-drinker, cat-lover, ICU nurse
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I can‘t be the only person who has ever looked at my own Instagram to see if I am happy.

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Big Swiss: A Novel | Jen Beagin
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She‘d been a listener all her life and tended to surround herself with people in love with their own voices.

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Trespasses | Louise Kennedy
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I was very much drawn in to the world of 1975 Ireland. Cushla is an elementary school teacher who lives with her alcoholic mother and helps out in her family‘s pub at night. The story was tragic and at times sweet as she tries to help the family of one of her students and becomes involved in an affair with a married man.

jlhammar Great review! Just finished this yesterday. It‘s a good one! 12mo
RebelReader Just started this one and so far it‘s very good! 12mo
CatMS This has been on my TBR since it was published so I chose it for our April bookclub pick, will start it today. 12mo
Viji @CatMS there‘s a lot to discuss. Great book club pick! (edited) 12mo
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Stella Maris | Cormac McCarthy
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I like the philosophical parts but the math talk is too much for a non-mathematician.

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Stella Maris | Cormac McCarthy
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Satan is only interested in your soul. He doesn‘t give a shit about your welfare otherwise.

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Will definitely be on my favorites of 2022 list. Speculative fiction that brought tears throughout but an ultimately hopeful ending.

jlhammar One of my favorites this year too! So moving. 1y
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I reminded myself that life was not a trade agreement, a calculated give-and-take, and not every affection needed to be returned in kind…

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Sea of Tranquility: A Novel | Emily St. John Mandel
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Won‘t most of us die in fairly unclimactic ways, our passing unremarked by almost everyone, our deaths becoming plot points in the narratives of the people around us?

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A boy abandoned by his parents ends up in foster care and goes on to become a murderer. The story goes back and forth in time and through the voices of Ansel, his mother, his wife‘s sister and a homicide detective, and we see how one person‘s life can affect so many others.

Megabooks Great review! 2y
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Sentence | Louise Erdrich
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I have a dinosaur heart, cold, massive, indestructible, a thick meaty red. And I have a glass heart, tiny and pink, that can be shattered.

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Sentence | Louise Erdrich
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Ok, late to the party. I‘ve never read any of Erdrich‘s books but I couldn‘t resist ghost haunting a bookstore!

Linsy It is a great premise! Excited to hear what you think! 2y
Tamra Hope you love it! 2y
Magslhalliday I really enjoyed this one! 2y
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Started this a couple of days ago. Cleo and Frank meet as they‘re leaving a New Year‘s Eve party in New York City and are immediately drawn to each other. Their story and the stories of their friends and families unfold. Not much plot but loads of character.

Megabooks I‘m interested in this one. 2y
Viji @Megabooks , a lot of talk about drug and alcohol abuse but I‘m still finding the characters very engaging. 2y
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Fiona and Jane | Jean Chen Ho
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This novel of interconnected stories focuses on two women who struggle with the same things we all struggle with: friends, family, sexuality, careers. Very relatable.

ErikasMindfulShelf Loved it 2y
Megabooks Agree! 2y
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To Paradise | Hanya Yanagihara
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I‘ve been waiting for this book for so long, I hope I haven‘t over-hyped it in my mind. I‘m pretty sure I‘m the first person to read this copy from my library!

Reggie Think of it not as overhyped but as something to have an opinion on because all of us have had different thoughts on it. Lol it‘s very a bookclub book. You‘ll enjoy it. Have fun! 2y
Viji @reggie, I‘m often very surprised at how readers have such wildly varying views on the same book! That‘s one of the things I love about Litsy ☺️ 2y
CatMS Not sure I will read this as I am still reeling from how often and hard the author hit us over the head with a circus strongman mallet in " A Little Life" which I loved and hated. However I did love her book "The People In The Trees" 12mo
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We live and we are loved and we are gone.

Viji Oh boy, here we go 😞 2y
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I don‘t pick up books of short stories very often but I liked Writers and Lovers so decided to give this one a whirl! The characters were very human, with qualities we can all recognize in ourselves.

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King of Infinite Space | Lyndsay Faye
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Not sure what I‘m reading but I love Lyndsay Faye‘s writing 😁#lyndsayfaye

Tera66 I really liked this one.❤ 2y
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The Paper Palace: A Novel | Miranda Cowley Heller
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Liked this book very much! The setting of Cape Cod summers over many years is described so beautifully. The MC is in love with two men and you see how those relationships evolve over her life. Recommend!

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Really enjoyed this novel set in Vietnam with alternating POV, imperfect characters, hints of mysticism. Oh, and snakes 😩

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How sadness and shame are more than feelings; they‘re an illness, a terrible cancer that spins through the world taking lives in a hidden cyclical way that might never end.

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Alternating heavy with beach read 😎

Viji Loved it 😍 3y
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Bewilderness | Karen Tucker
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We‘d just hit the sweet spot too: perched at the top of the arc, between all the crap you go through as a rising amateur player and the inevitable plunge that follows once you hit pro levels.

Texreader Does it tell you which sport? 3y
Viji It‘s about opioid addiction. 3y
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Hot Stew | Fiona Mozley
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So far this seems full of quirky characters and may be just what I need right now 🤪

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You understand that if you must learn to love a man, he is probably not the man you should be loving.

Erinreadsthebooks I love this book! 3y
Viji I‘m enjoying it too! Probably finishing tomorrow. 3y
LitStephanie What a great quote! 3y
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Shuggie Bain | Douglas Stuart
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I‘m about 100 pages in and so far it should be called “Agnes Bain”. Well-written but not what I was expecting.

Cathythoughts I loved this one ❤️💔 3y
CarolynM It was different from my expectations too, but I thought it was very good. 3y
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Run | Ann Patchett

This business of coming back to take your little part in the play you would never again be the star of was simply more than anyone should have to bear.

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Run | Ann Patchett
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Nobody knew if he was looking to see if there wasn‘t somebody else coming to take him away or if he was trying to find the person who‘d left him behind.

CarolynM Loved this - my favourite read last year. Hope you enjoy it too🙂 3y
Viji @carolynm, some writers can write about any characters and any subject and make it fascinating. For me, Ann Patchett is one of those writers 💕 3y
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...what was a sibling but a person you stayed tied to whether or not you liked them.

dariazeoli Oh, that quote. Oof, but also, yes. 3y
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Like my mother, I had a locked box where I kept all my tears.

Viji She casually lays down these sentences and they punch you in the gut. 3y
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Homegoing was one of my favorite books of 2017 and so far Gyasi‘s second novel feels just as heart wrenching.

KathyWheeler I found this second one to be even better. 3y
KarinWestbrook Just started reading it, and am enjoying it. I was not a fan of Homegoing, in fact I didn‘t finish reading it. 3y
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The Mercies | Kiran Millwood Hargrave
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First book of 2021!

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Spinning Silver | Naomi Novik
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A perfect fairy tale for this cold December day!

monalyisha Lovely! 3y
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Writers & Lovers | Lily King
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Have never read King‘s books but I‘m enjoying this one. Main character is trying to write a book, living in someone‘s potting shed and riding her bike to work as a waitress. I‘ve heard it has a happy ending so things do get better!

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Homeland Elegies | Ayad Akhtar
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Didn‘t know “the Donald” is a character!

LatrelWhite Wow I need that! ☺️ I have the library book copy that I just can‘t seem to get to it. I‘ve checked it out 3 times. Thankful there are no holds!🤣 3y
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I‘m enjoying this so far! Even if you‘re not into sci-fi, the cast of characters is very engaging. Just the distraction I need right now!

readordierachel I loved this one. And the others in this series. 3y
Ruthiella @readordierachel I second Rachel. Such a great, character driven series. 😀 3y
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StaceyKondla Love this book! 💚 3y
Viji @readordierachel Can‘t wait to read the others! 3y
BekaReid Becky Chambers' characters and relationships are amazing! 3y
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The Black Cat | Horrified Press
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She looks like Toothless the dragon! #nationalcatday#catsoflitsy#Little

BennettBookworm SHE DOES!! 😍😍😍 3y
Scochrane26 😍😍 3y
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Rodham | Curtis Sittenfeld
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I am really enjoying this alternate history of Hillary Rodham Clinton‘s life and career. Can‘t wait to see how it turns out!

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Long Bright River | Liz Moore
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Can my melancholy soul take this book? We‘re about to find out.

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Wolf Hall | Hilary Mantel
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I‘m not a big history buff but Mantel‘s writing style is very engaging. Enjoying early fall weather after we had snow last week 😣

BookwormM I am 40% into this one and yes the writing is very engaging 4y
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I turned out to be stronger than I thought, but that‘s never a thing you want to have to test.

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I‘ve been on the waitlist at the library forever! Very mixed reviews on Litsy. Let‘s go!

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A Memory Called Empire | Arkady Martine
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In some respects this is similar to The Expanse, which is very much focused on the characters. So far this seems equally about the characters and the world building, which is extensive. Ambassador Mahit, the MC, is a snarky young woman and who doesn‘t love that? 😁

DuckOfDoom I need to start this books. It's been lying on my shelf for ages😣 4y
Viji @DuckOfDoom , if you read it, let me know what you think! 4y
QuintusMarcus Loved this book - I thought it was fantastic, really different. 4y
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The Snow Collectors | Tina May Hall
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Here in the Colorado mountains we are far from true spring weather. And social distancing somehow fits the mood of this book as well. Gothic, atmospheric, eerie. Loving it!

charl08 Happy litsyversary! 4y
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Barkskins: A Novel | Annie Proulx
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Threat of deadly virus will not stop the library book sale 😷

marleed Oh our was Thurs-Sat. I went Thurs morning (5 books for me!). By Thursday evening physical library services were shut down immediately and until further notice. There are covid-19 cases with positive tests in my county and neighboring counties. 4y
Viji There was a death from corona virus at the hospital I work at. 4y
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I keep finding myself drawn to books that are a product of these troubled times. Really gripping so far!

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Lost Children Archive | Valeria Luiselli
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Perhaps it‘s just that we sense an absence of future, because the present has become too overwhelming, so the future has become unimaginable.

kspenmoll That quote! ❤️☹️ 4y
merelybookish There are so many poignant passages in this book! 4y
Viji It‘s definitely worth savoring. 4y
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Men Without Women | Haruki Murakami
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Have never read his books so thought I‘d start with stories.

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Bluebird, Bluebird | Attica Locke
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A different kind of cop story. And with a writing style smooth as butter, I will definitely be reading Locke‘s other books.

Scochrane26 This is the book for my book club this month, so I‘ll be reading it soon. 4y
Liatrek I‘ve read all Attica Lockes books and they are great! 4y
susurran Loved this book! 3y
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I like the idea of a story about post-apocalyptic days where people come together and build a new world. (Instead of all trying to kill each other 😧)

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Starting today. Seems like a very original concept for a courtroom drama.

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