Welcome to Litsy!

This is where this somewhat chatty introvert ( can you be a chatty introvert? I think So . I process my emotions & responses to the world by talking through them.
I am cozy & relaxed here. During Covid we set up this “ office” for me so I could teach privately( the room has French doors to shut off the house) & I never left! #januaryjazz #worldintrovertday

Snack time! A treat: Cheerwine!My neighbor, originally from Alabama, introduced me to this drink. #snacksandbooks #cheerwineandbooks

#lastfirst #lastfirst2023 #winterreadathon #jumpstart2023 #outwiththeold #JanuaryJazz

Finished the delightful Christmas with LM Montgomery yesterday. Starting Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death today. #TheGrantchesterMysteries

My Saturday afternoon.

My apologies, Sidney, I didn't mean to get your cover wet. (Still readable!)

Read some of these and loved the TV series

#church #savvysettings @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

When I picked this up I didn‘t realize that each chapter is a new mystery and was therefore more like a collection of short stories than a novel which threw me off a bit. This won‘t keep me from looking up the TV show however as I feel that I may actually prefer these mysteries in that format.

#7covers7days #covercrush #day4

@Ruthiella will you post a cover you love each day for 7 days with no explanations?

Eh watch the show

TBH, I liked the PBS series better than the book, but maybe I should give it another try. #shadow #readingresolutions

It‘s no secret I became obsessed with the PBS series and then decided to try out the books. So glad that this didn‘t disappoint! This book is just as delightful as the series. Can‘t wait to read the rest of them!

Another beautiful summer day!

Been wanting to read these since I‘ve been obsessed with James Norton as the lead in the TV series 😍 we shall see how I do in juggling this and the T.C. Boyle book...

I will say that while this wasn‘t great, I felt as though the author hit his stride a few stories in and I got a better feel for the character. Don‘t know whether I will continue the series. Dickens “wuvs” Sidney though, like Lugs wuvs Hamish. #anglophilesoflitsy #mystery #adaptedforTV

A 20th century #vicar solving mysteries. I read this last year and didn‘t mind it; if you‘re looking for an easy matchup with its Grantchester adaptation, you‘d be surprised. Lots of differences! #150PnPCoverParty

So, I know it‘s the end of the year & all the good little doobies are trying to squeeze in as many books as possible but... can I tell you how excited I am to finally catch up on Season 3 of Grantchester tonight?

#bigplans #idiotbox #dontbothermewhenimwatchingmyprograms

Sidney Chambers. Book or TV Sidney could get a heathen like me to attend Church.
😍😈😇
#crush #fallintobooks @RealLifeReading

This one started off slow for me, but that could be because I'd seen the show. Soon I was really enjoying it, and especially the difference in priorities and sense of justice between Sidney and the police. I found it quite interesting! Definitely will grab the next soon.

Had a lovely weekend with my cousin who gave me this book. Since it's a rainy day, I get a pass on working out to finish it, right?😁

Mommy's stack and Baby Dinosaur's stack. #WeGoTogether #JubilantJuly @RealLifeReading

I'm watching Grantchester and thinking "This show is super cute. Oh Man! There are books! Gotta read those!" So I hop on over to Overdrive to see if they're avaible and they are! So I get the first volume, and.. for some reason Kindle won't let me download it?? WELL THAS B'CUZ I ALREADY HAD IT. Yes friends, a series that I didn't even know existed before today, I apparently bought last November. Also don't mind the TV cover bc James Norton is cute

Awww ☺️.

This surprised me. It's a series of mysteries (not all murders, minimal gore), set in 1950s Cambridgeshire, which Canon Chambers solves alongside friend Inspector Keating. Along the way, he ponders life, faith, relationships, and above all "unassailable friendship". And gets a dog, to the dismay of his housekeeper.

I have a new comfort-reading series!

And yes, I may well be the only person on the planet not to have seen Grantchester.

"Can I get you a cup of tea?" It was a question, Sidney thought, which was more commonly asked of vicars than any other profession."

But really, who wouldn't want tea with such a dishy vicar? ?

Well, Canon Chambers, it's funny you should mention Roger Bannister's 4 minute mile at Iffley Road running track. I was looking at the blue plaque they put up for him there, just the other week. In fact I was staying in a B&B just opposite the track. Yes, that's right, that would've been the night before the #summersolsticebookexchange.... #weirdness #imbeingstalkedbyabook

@TrishB If Ocean Vuong turns up in the next chapter, I'm outta here!

For my next trick (or procrastination device) I'll be finding the links between all of my #summersanta books

Did you plan this @TrishB ?

Starting today's #litsypartyofone with the first of my #summersanta books and a cup of tea (not pictured!)

Finally getting to watch last night's Grantchester! I love this series. James Norton is great as a mystery solving vicar. I have one of the books but haven't read it. It's book-related TV, right?

I saw all of the so-so reviews of this on Litsy and was not sure if I would like this one. Overall, I did like it. Each chapter was its own mystery, so they acted like standalone stories. Very different from the TV show - the first story followed the show closely, but the others are so different. I would try others in this series, because they're somewhat light like a cozy mystery.

It's Caturday morning at my house! #Zeke #Vladimir #catsoflitsy

The stories were ok. Each crime was dealt with in each short story so kinda felt like I was just getting in to them and then they ended. Also having watched the tv show first I wasn't sure I liked the variations story and plot points. Nice easy reads.

Apologies for the naffness of my local high street. I'm waiting, reading before meeting friends for tea.

I know I will enjoy these books. I LOVE the PBS show. I started #bookone and for some reason didn't stick with it. My attention went elsewhere. Definitely a #OneMoreTry for me.
Does anyone else do this? Keep a book because you know you will love it but just haven't gotten around to reading it yet? 🙈If so, share those books in the comments, please!

#JuneTunz #Mystery #PBS #SidneyChambers #BookCrush #LoveTheSpines #JamesRuncie

While I'm playing catch-up, a couple of #bookmail book hauls that I don't remember ever posting. My bookshelf still hasn't been replaced so I have nearly as many books stacked around my boxes as I do in them, it feels like!

The Vicar can't stay away from murder mysteries...

Awesome news on a Monday for the U.S. viewers! 🙌🏼💕 June 18!!!! What the dickens?!!
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"We are Easter people,‘ he told the parishioners of Grantchester. ‘This is not one day out of three hundred and sixty-five, but the mainspring of our faith. We carry the Easter message each day of our lives, lives in which the pain of the Cross and the suffering of humanity are followed by the uncomprehended magnitude of the Resurrection."
#lyricalapril #takemetochurch #grantchester #bookcrush #sidneychambers #pitterpatgoesmyheart #mystery #easter

#day16 #lyricalapril #takemetochurch I read these post-war English village cosy mysteries before they became a tv show... and I certainly had not pictured quite such a sexy vicar! But I'm not complaining! 😉💕

Moving from Oxford to Cambridge for my next murder mystery. Nothing like a bit of variety in life 😅

#feistyfeb Day 11 What the dickens?! This is a bit of a cheat as I haven't actually read the books yet, but I have been watching Grantchester and pondering the life of a vicar's wife lately. 😍 This series is great and Sidney is yummy. #literarycrush

A couple of my shadows...

#shadows #feistyfeb

#RecommendsDay

This is the first book of a series of detective stories featuring an English vicar named Sidney Chambers. The stories run from the 1950s to the 1980s and feature murders, arson, faithful dogs, cricket (the sport), and jazz of dubious quality.

I enjoy these books because they treat faith as a positive aspect of life without being preachy. They're thoughtful and fun.

Who can resist a handsome vicar-sleuth who loves jazz? 🎶

Finally catching up on season 2 of Grantchester now that it's on Amazon Prime. The bromance between Sidney and Geordie totally makes this show :)

This first Grantchester book was only okay. A collection of short stories, linked chronologically, made easy reading when I was trying to fall asleep. Some were interesting and exciting - most were just sort of...there. I'll read the rest of the series at some point, but I'm in no rush. Also, it looks like these should be read in order, for the rest of you who need to read a series "properly" like me. ?

I haven't watched the show yet (am familiar with it though) but I can see why people call this a cozy mystery: the characters were wonderful (I adored their interactions), the mysteries were interesting, the setting feels brought to life here, and some themes are very much applicable to today. I highly recommend this book if you're into mysteries and stories set in 1950s England 😄📖❤️

I'm in love with a fictional character.....again. always a sucker for a British mystery, and Sidney Chambers is dreamy. Reads like Ngaio Marsh, which is a fabulous thing.

I'm reading this at a good time it seems 😄📖❤🍁️🍂 #autumn

This has been a good weekend for me for finishing books. September's B&N Readout selection was the first Sidney Chambers book... it was divided into 6 different mysteries that our hero Sidney helps solve. Cute, predictable stories. I enjoyed the daily doses, but I don't feel any desire to continue the series. 😐

Sidney is having a rough day. 😂

Canon Sidney Chambers a priest turned detective in the Grantchester in Cambridge.

The six stories in this volume range from robbery to killing to forging art work. They all take place between 1953 and 1955. The cozy mysteries are funny and witty with a cast of characters that will stick with you.

Sidney is not the ordinary priest, he is modern, young and in a way knows the mentality of his parish. He enjoys a drink and a mystery :)

B&N readout this month... I'm giving it a try.