Welcome to Litsy!

Found this book in the holiday rental I‘m staying at. OMG it is amazing. Characterisation is off the charts, as is scene setting. I really feel for the main characters because of how well their back stories are laid out. Lovely piece of historical fiction set in a small French town during German Occupation in WW2. I‘ve not read Chocolat (the authors famous book) but I‘m going to seek it out now. I predict a 5 star read here.

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Both hubby and I fully appreciated this book. I chose Berry Clafoutis from the foods mentioned in the novel. #foodandlit #foodandlit2022 I admit, I wasn‘t going to but after finishing, I did order the authors family cookbook.

Really enjoying the tagged book for #foodandlit #france. It has beautiful prose and gorgeous scenery despite the depressing topics of war, poverty, and illness. But also so many food references to choose from to make. While I was considering a galette Breton or a fish stew, right now I am leaning toward Berry Clafoutis! Hope I finish in time to cook before the end of the month as I am traveling next weekend.

Mother was a force of nature, bestowing her favors as she pleased, leaving no insight as to the workings of her peculiar logic

#BigJuneReadathon #PhotoChallenge #AnyFruitInTitle
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#GratefulHarvest

Four #Orange titled books from my stacks. I have read the tagged book & the other three are in my #TBR 🍊🧡🍊

It took a while to get into it but the last third was great.

A sad read as I remember.
#CuriousCovers Day 11 #Orange
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Loved this book. #foodoncover #Magicalmaynia

Final entry for #7Days7Books #7Tage7Buecher

Joanne Harris is another of my absolute favourite authors. I love the unsettling & unexpected creepiness in her writing, as well as the joyfulness, and the appreciation of the everyday magic of food! All her books are amazing, but this one stuck in my mind for weeks after I finished reading.

I originally received this as an ARC and then my work life started to impede my ability to participate in such things in the way I once did. So I just now got to this while recovering from surgery. I‘m over half way through and enjoying it so much. It is very well written and engaging despite having a quite somber story line. Will definitely finish this before heading back to work at the end of the week.

Recovering from surgery last week and sick with bronchial ick. And possibly looking at another surgery next week. I‘m tired and wiped out. Lots of reading, Litsy, Goodreads, and YouTube going on. And holding cats. This is Miss. Pearl Girl. She has a misery too. Little bit of cold in her eye. So we convalesce together. I looked down and she was doing a big blep. #yougogirl #ugh #tootiredtoshower #ugh

This was good, but again I was too ambitious and ran out of reading time!!

Someone recommended this book to me years ago but it was never available in store when I would check! Just started it and oh my goodness it‘s beautiful, I can‘t explain it, it‘s just so beautiful, I‘m only on chapter 2, must go to work today but I wish I could just step in this book!

Here‘s my #fivestack—I wanted to do a stack of five books with “five” in the title, but I discovered that I don‘t have five of those. So I went a different direction... 😁 #readingresolutions

#readingresolutions #orange

I read Chocolat and The Girl With No Shadow years ago and I really enjoyed them. It's high time I read another Harris novel and this title is on my list.

Got this signed first edition from eBay for Qb.49!!

When it's Christmas time and you live in New York ❤️🍊#illtakesomesunshine #thebest

This book has served me well in prompts about fruit and now #Novemberbythenumbers

#Novemberbythenumbers #5

So... I've filled my shelves and now need another one. That didn't deter me from the - fill a bag for $5.99 book sale, or from buying another elephant, of course. Buying books makes me happy! 😁📚🔖🤓

Set in occupied France during the second world war, the orange is used to torment. A sad, disturbing read but war should be both.
#fruit #maybookflowers
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This one has already been used this morning but I really do not have many books with #fruit on the cover or in the title. Or at least that I could find this morning without being late to work. #maybookflowers

Wish I could remember more about this #fruit one! It's just that I read it so long ago. I remember it was okay, but evidently not very memorable.
#MayBookFlowers

Found one #fruit in the tbr pile. #maybookflowers @RealLifeReading

Orange, peach or strawberry, anyone? 🍊🍑🍓
#17rainbowbooks #orangesorotherfruit #orangeorotherfruit
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So beyond excited to start this novel! #joanneharris #secondhandbooks #fivequartersoftheorange

October 🍁🍂🍁🍂
I love Joanne Harris! This story unfolds through Framboise's memories and her mother's old journal🍊🍊🍊🍊🍊

Library day!! 😊😌🙃

Bittersweet story of a French family during the war. As always, the prose is tantalising with plenty of references to food. Perfect holiday read. 🍊🍊🍇🍇🍷🍷☕️☕️

I just got lost in this book! One of my recent faves.