Welcome to Litsy!

#12booksofchristmas @Andrew65 I knew I would love this May choice and it had been sat on my shelf for a while until a booked2022 prompt made me pick it up and what a joy. This maritime adventure is set in the height of the Irish potato famine. A well told multi character story which had me turning the page and absorbing every word.

#booked2022 #anauticalnovel @BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft
What a brilliantly told story of the experience of people escaping the potato famine to the promised land. Told by a reporter present on the ship this is a finely woven mystery that tells of a murder, the killer, and conditions in Ireland at the time. The interconnected lives add to the tension + it is dickensian in telling esp with hid cameo. A joy to read .

Absolutely a pick, set on a coffin ship outta Ireland.. cool cast of characters, well paced.. historical illustrations and quotes interspersed. This is a ripper 🙂

Pius Mulvey was mindful of the terrible task he had to perform the whole journey.

#MayCharacters #17 #mindful
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

This is my all time favorite book. It is breathtakingly good. It has been made into a wonderful stage play by a theater group in Galway but has not got the #movieortvshow treatment as far as I know. #bibliomaynia I have three copies in my house in case I convince someone to read it. Yep, that good!

An engrossing read, encompassing everything about human relationships. Pius Mulvey - what a character. So many metaphors between the ship and Ireland at the time.

#humannature #movember
Quote from book I‘m just finishing!

Thankyou @Balibee146 for the tag 👍🏻♥️ #FriYaYintro
1. Tagged book ... page turner that got me back into reading. Also Faceless Killers by Henning Mankell... got me back into reading another time
2. I do ! If I‘m last one out of it ( which isn‘t very often ... but I go back & make it anyway 🙄
3. Hot is definitely better .... but I can do cold in a push
4. Size 6 in my country 🇮🇪
5. I tag all who havnt played yet & will comment 👍🏻👍🏻

Should‘ve been everything I love but I had to force my way through it

This was excellent! It is captivating and has surprising twists and turns. Both poignant and at the same time a nail biter.

#MarchIntoThe70s #ImmigrantSong first book that comes to mind is this one by Joseph O‘Conner .... set in 1847 The Star of the Sea is a famine ship heading from Ireland to New York ... brilliant characters & great murder story too ... I found it unputdownable 👍🏻💚

Just started this. I am 50 pages in and loving it.

#QuotsyJan18 #Macabre @TK-421 I read this book back when I wasn‘t really reading. Went into Waterstones & asked for a book that would be a page turner. Well, it really was just that. Pius Mulvey is sometimes a macabre character- I don‘t have the book to quote - but he came to mind for this prompt. Loved this book. But it took another few years before I became a constant reader again. Litsy is making sure I will continue to be one 🙏🙏🙏

Amongst those so poor that they deserve no shame, shame lasts longer than life. Humiliation their only inheritance, and denial the coinage in which it is paid.