Welcome to Litsy!

A historical coming-of-age story featuring a young girl, Willa, and her step-brother. Just meh...

I read this between Sept 6 & 7. I rated it 3.5 ⭐️. Have you ever read a book that leaves you wanting more but also leaves you asking yourself “Did I like this?” That is what happened with this book and me. Robertson‘s writing is compelling. I didn‘t want to put this book down. But it was more of an atmospheric read than a book heavy in plot.

Sucked me right in. The prose is simultaneously gorgeous and overwrought but managed to hit a sweet spot. Made up of recollections centering around the MC's strange sexually charged relationship with her stepbrother. Their interactions are uncomfortable and often perverse, permeated with dread.The culmination of all that tension was unexpected in a rather unsatisfying way, & the ending felt too abrupt. Would've liked more resolution. #netgalley

This was quite an interesting story not what I was expecting. Willa seems an interesting character and the relationship with Patrick is very strange! #books #bookcovers #lovetoread #bookcrazy #bookmad #booknerd

I find the presence of books to be both soothing and stimulating. I don‘t organize my books by any genre or author name. It is more of a "does it fit here?" conundrum for me. Though I do try to keep books by the same author in one place as you can see with Murakami. I do have some gems in my collection that I keep meaning to share but end up not finding time or the energy to.

#bookcase #bookcollection #bookshelves

These are some of my ARCs for the fall, August, September, and October. And they all have two-word titles.
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#anditsaugust (Two Word Titles)
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#bookstagram #bookstagrammer #bookblog #bookblogger #bibliophile #books #newrelease #arcs #advancedreadingcopies #autumm #fall

#Bookmail and another Goodreads win (I've had some really good luck over there lately).

This one's blurbs are comparing it to The Virgin Suicides ... and that's good enough to pique my interest.

Thanks to @PenguinRandomCa @penguinrandomhouse

I like the sound of this new novel coming out of British Columbia, Canada in September! A new writer I'm quite excited about, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan, is plugging it quite passionately on Twitter, which is how I found out about it.