Welcome to Litsy!

Mini book haul from a trip to Circle City Books in Pittsboro.

#BookReport The jumping time line made History of Loneliness hard to follow but I‘ll be thinking about it for awhile. 4 🌟 Loved being back in Bardugo‘s Grishaverse 4🌟 TJAS was a good read, too 4🌟

A Land More Kind Than Home. Too many snakes, plus snakes and religion. No can do. The was my #Bookspin.

#WeeklyForecast. Keep up with buddy reads and finish my 3 in progress and then who knows.

August TBR is set with #BookspinBingo board and 5 free spaces for the inevitable impulse reads.

#forevernovember @originalcyn620 @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Day 2!

I read this book several years ago and remember enjoying it.

Fabulous audiobook!!!

A friend recommended this to me for my #NorthCarolina read. This is beautifully written. I‘ve heard some complain it‘s too wordy but I think the author writes to illustrate the story. I could visualize so much. This is definitely tragic with a host of unsavory characters but still a great read. I‘ll be looking out for ore books by Wiley Cash.

Some “Home” titles #Homesick #AMonthofSongs

My first Wiley Cash. I‘m a sucker for snake-handling Pentecostal villains, what can I say.

Didn't really care too much for this book. Felt like I was reading this just to finish it. The only good thing I can probably take from this book is the writing. I'll have to wait and see if Cash's other book, The Last Ballad, lives up to my expectations.

Nothing better than starting a new book with some ice cream.

#BookAndIceCream

A selection of books set in the Appalachian #Mountains

#AugustIsATrip @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Sometimes long on detail, but overall a satisfying southern gothic tale to listen to. Definitely includes some creep factor relating to fanatical religion. The narrator‘s voice for the sheriff character is a perfect fit.

So loving this southern gothic thriller and first read of 2018!

Great night at #greensborobound event with #wileycash and #bryantsimon

Cruelty and innocence are often found together; in this novel it happens in a small North Carolina town.

PSA: Wiley Cash's debut is on sale for $1.99 on e-book! I loved this Southern Gothic 🙌🏽 #ebookdeals

A couple of weeks ago I told you to grab up Cash's This Dark Road To Mercy when it was on sale. Now his debut is in sale and people, it will break your heart!

I'm using the #backyard prompt to share some of the great authors who live in my state of North Carolina. It's good to have so many talented writers here in my own backyard. I've seen all four of the authors pictured, (clockwise) Wiley Cash, Jill McCorkle, Clyde Edgerton, and Lee Smith, speak here in town. #sizzlinsummerbooks @Tiffy_Reads

#TBRtemptation post 5! A debut thriller about 2 brothers and the evil they face in a small western North Carolina town. Jess is enormously protective of his older mute brother, Chris. Chris snoops and sees something he shouldn't have & their world irrevocably changes. Told from three characters' perspectives: Jess; the town midwife & moral conscience, Adelaide; and, Sheriff Clem, who has a painful past. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎

Great book! I'm by no means religious but this story centered around small town religious fanaticism and a heartbreaking crime really pulled me in. It's not really a whodunnit, but everything unfolds brilliantly with the use of alternating POVs (including a young boy who doesn't always understand what he's seeing). Also, Cash really nails the Southern atmosphere, I'm from NC and the accents and culture leap off the page 👌🏽

I'm about halfway through this Southern Gothic and it's breaking my heart but I can't put it down!

Shoutout to @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled who put this in my book exchange box 🙌🏽

Woohoo, thank you SO much for the thoughtful box, @ErickaS_Flyleafunfurled !! I love everything, and can't wait to dive into the Voodoo chips while enjoying these books! And those Outlander bookmarks 😱 AND the Strand gift card?! 😱😱 Yay!

This was so much fun! Thanks again @BookishMarginalia ♥️

#summersantagoespostal

I loved everything about this book, and I might've cried for a tiny moment. (Am I getting weaker as I age?!) The characters were true to small town NC, and Chambliss was a perfect representation of an overzealous leader who preys on people who follow blindly. This was my first Wiley Cash, and I developed quite the author crush. 💞📚 #givemeallthecashbooks

If books had besties... #snakehandling #bffs

Ballpark reading

This happened this morning... 😬 For the health of my #TBR piles I should probably avoid the thrift store on my Saturday errand runs, but it is right by the grocery store & I like to look for inexpensive food photo props for blogging. Their book section is normally pretty small but today was a good day & I ended up with these six books for $8.50. Pretty much a steal-especially for the newer hardbacks in great condition. 👍📚 #thriftstorefinds

Ok, I loved this book.

I'm pretty sure this is my only #signed book.

#readjanuary

Finished this audiobook today. All 3 narrators were great, but I really loved Lorna Raver & Mark Bramhall. I thought this was a really good story!

Read way back in the beginning of 2016, this is the first book that came to mind when I thought of a small town. I had even mentioned how it had taken place and centralized around a small town in the south. Excellent read, if not heartbreaking.
#smalltown #photoadaynov16

Four moon pies. This was a read for book club and I need to process my thoughts. A quick read that I wish was a longer book. I think this is a book I wish had MORE. It would have been fine to dig just a little deeper into each of the characters. The kid was great and it is his part that especially breaks the heart. 🏀💔⛈🚔☎️

Holy Moon Pies, Wiley! You put "pie" into the very first sentence of your book! Did you have any idea how hard I would fall in love on page 1?! Yowza. You've earned a special spot of distinction.

A book suggested by a dear friend, it was my first book in 2016 and no regrets. A powerful story of a small town, a young boy and his brother, and the secrets no one wants to talk about.

How do you solve a crime when no one is even willing to admit that it happened?

The best book I read this year. I can't believe I left this on my TBR for so long! #fav

Southern tragedy at its finest! Follow along with Jess Hall, a young boy growing up in rural North Carolina. One day he and his brother decide to snoop in on a local church gathering. What happens next sends the story into a spiraling dark thriller.