Just re-installed Litsy! Much catching up to do but will start with my picks for #17booklove w/ @jess.how. (Day 1: an author I love) KA is the 8th Wonder of the World. What she dared with plot/character dvpt/chronology in Life After Life blew me away, and I haven't stopped thinking about it, or recommending it, since I read it. I also love the book pictured here and love that I have the rest of the Jackson Brodie books ahead of me still!

Just started this one at my mom's recommendation. Thorpe writes a killer first paragraph. Will keep y'all posted!

My Paperwhite made me a reader again, but I think my kids need to see me reading paper books too. They're not superior, but most devices mean my attention is spread thin, amongst a dozen potential stimuli. And my kids know that. Also, KATE ATKINSON.

First, I LOVE our library's read-down-your-fine option! Second, do any other adults out there want to live in Henry and Mudge's world?

Soooo good so far. Also kind of devastating. So eager to see where Kate Atkinson will take me. I was late getting on her train - just read Life After Life a few months ago - now I'm ready follow wherever she leads.

I think we bought this at a little roadside gift shop in Great Smoky Mountains National Park - super fun. Probably most appropriate for ages 3-5, but since it says "butt" on every page it may be perfect for your 6-year old too, and maybe his mother.

Just started this as a read-aloud with my 6-year old. No idea where we picked it up! Written in 1951 - always interesting, in ways sometimes fun and sometimes alarming, to read children's books from so long ago. This one is about (more in comments) -

Love me some plot-thickening! (I don't think this peek is a spoiler, but please let me know if you think otherwise and I'll fix it!)