Welcome to Litsy!

I started the year off with this stunning little classic 🤍🤍🤍 #150-250pages #maymontage @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I‘m glad this ended up being the first book I finished during the new year. The characters weren‘t particularly lovable, but that didn‘t put me off. The descriptions of place were so incredible that I had a much more vivid mental picture of this than I sometimes do when reading. And I kept being viscerally transported back to my own youth as I read. The transporting reading experience made this feel very special.

When I first started this I assumed it would be a quick read at only 150 pages, and wondered why it was referred to as a novel and not a novella. But it was a slow thoughtful read that took me almost a week and had so much in it to consider that I‘m definitely thinking about it like a novel now that I‘m done. #lastfirst @BookNAround

It arrived! @peanutnine @Catsandbooks

“She had always thought of love as something confused and #furtive, and he made it as bright and open as the summer air.”

#fallfinds

1. Basically any Edith Wharton 2. Ulysses 3. The Nickel Boys

A young orphaned woman, who was raised by relatives suffers because of pride and small town societal mores. Standard Wharton themes, but an enjoyable read.
#AuthorAMonth

#Furtive #QuotsyJan20 @TK-421

1. Summer by Edith Wharton
2. Swimming While Breathing - invisible gills maybe? I'd also need boosted immunity. If I were Aquawoman I could hang out with you-know-who. 😋
3. Cancer - no wonder I want swimming powers.
4. Work at the library
5. #friyayintro actually by now it's #saturyay is that a thing?
@howjessreads