Welcome to Litsy!

I almost feel bad because this was my choice for my library‘s book club. The story was intriguing, the way it was presented. Bouncing between 3 perspectives and then two timelines was borderline too much to keep track of. Let alone the present story with Sunny and Kit‘s past story. It just fell flat for me. I did like the aspect of working at a library and being a part of that community. Did not click for me at all.

Next month our city hosts a festival called Operation Pumpkin. I'm painting some rocks to leave behind for others to find. It's a pretty big festival that draws people from all over. I'm hoping to bring some smiles to the people who stumble upon these.

#kindnessrocks #rockinghamiltonohio #operationpumpkin

Finishing up this book here on Lake St Clair. What an amazing place to read.

Must be Wednesday. 30 minutes of reading at Rotary Park before work starts.

1. Both, I‘ve played softball, basketball and volleyball. I enjoy watching hockey and gymnastics. Recently football/soccer since watching Welcome to Wrexham. 2. Carrie Soto is Back. @TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday

It‘s been a rough couple of months Littens. Both my husband and my dog have been gravely ill, requiring surgery, expensive medications and lots of TLC. And school‘s started back, so on top of my two part-time jobs, I‘m back in the classroom full-time. I‘m tired and frazzled and maybe even a tiny bit depressed, so I‘m taking some time out, while the sickies sleep, to have some coffee and read a library book about libraries.

Rating: 3/5
It took me a long time to finish this book
I can say that the book is deep and engaging at one point and a little bit boring at another. But in general it's a good one especially that it's circulate around books and libraries and bookworms and this kind of books always attracts me.
The ending was good and reasonable for me it's nice to have a happy expected ending - if we can consider it happy - and thats what made me add another star.

Dollar tree finds today.

“The girl looked like an orphan.”
#FirstLineFridays

Can‘t sleep. Reading time. 😂 At least I have someone to keep me company. #catsoflitsy #Lucygirl

I‘m loving this book. It‘s got just the right feels that I‘m needing right now. ❤️❤️

A book about three strangers who come together through the local small town library. There are some interesting less developed characters that we meet throughout the read. This was a cute, easy read that was enjoyable. Well written and the characters were interesting but nothing overly special. Lots of love life talk in the first chapter but it dies down (for the most part) for the rest of the book.

#Fiction #JustFinished

#Bookgiftedtoyou
#GratefulReads

Thank you Diane!! This is so sweet of you!! 😘
I have had so many books gifted to me and I‘m so grateful to all of you!! This is the most recent 📚🙌🏻💗❤️

Had to stop at #chapters on my way home from an appointment today. Can't say I buy books too often as I don't get much time to read but I picked up a few reads that weren't on my to read list.

#bookhaul #tbr

A great read! The cover hooked me in, but since it has a library and librarian as elements to the story, I had to read it! It is touching and gives faith to doing good for the sake of others, even if we all have secrets. I enjoyed it.

26 minutes in. Lots of sex. Can‘t listen with son on drive to and from school. Not sure I want to anyway. Where‘s the library?? Moving on.

A character driven novel in which a few oddly matched characters meet at a library. Friendships are made, secrets are shared. I found this book lovely, but understand the mixed reviews. There are so many storylines that some of them are thin; it seems like the author didn‘t want to add the extra pages or leave them out, so they stayed barely there. Some details serve no purpose, others are missing completely. Audio was good, which saved it for me!

This was not the book I was expecting it to be and what it ended up being largely didn‘t work for me. There were moments I really liked but mostly this was just meh. Disappointing because I was so excited to finally read it. #24in48

“What you need to know about him back then is that if the police put seven college students in a lineup looking for the one who played trombone in the marching band, Calvin Sweeney would be picked, ten times out of ten”. None of the dedications or epigraphs stood out to be in my #24in48 stack but I do really like this opening sentence.

Friday #bookmail. Right in time for #24in48! I ordered a signed copy of The Wicked King from Powell‘s and the other two were part of the usual buy one book for someone else, get two books for me method of shopping I seem to prefer.

Spent this afternoon absorbed in the novel.The kind of focus that has me barely aware of my surroundings,where my son‘s voice seems faint,miles away.This dying small New Hampshire town, these unique, iconic, often comic,yet familiar characters,this heart of the town library, converge to make a mostly character driven story riveting. A teenage”unschooled”Sunny, a runaway Kit, & a crashed & burnt Rusty, “Salvagers”, reclaim their unraveled lives.

#poetry #quotes
The author intersperses relevant, thought provoking verses from various poets throughout the novel. They flow into character and plot, enhancing meaning and language. What a delightful book discovery this was-another plug for local libraries.❤️📚

#libraries #books #authorsinbooks

Just loving this book of quirky lost characters. ❤️

#DayafterChristmas #booksandcoffee #breakfast
Leisurely breakfast of my husband‘s apple tart. Three books I am currently reading depending on mood. The tagged one I stumbled upon at the library. At first I wasn‘t sure about it as it is mostly (so far) character driven but what characters!

@BookBabe is so wonderful to me ☺️😍😍😍😁👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻🤗🤗🤗!!! These are the books she gave me for #Christmas this year. So excited! Yeah, I'm a nerd and read boring non-fiction. I share very little of the non-fiction I read because I figure folks will think me stuffy or boring or get the wrong impression. I read everything I can get my hands on. Maybe in 2019 I'll share with my #LitsyFamily all the books I read.

#MerryChristmas #HappyHolidays

Enjoyed this story based in a library but ultimately about redemption, second chances at full lives, and recovery from hard experiences. Not as “fluffy” as you might expect it to be, but all the better for it.

⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

Stopped by Barnes and Noble. Found some books! I had no idea there's a new Reacher. And I can't resist a book set in a library. #minihaul #bookhaul

9-29-18: 42nd finished book of 2018! 📖👍🏼#️⃣4️⃣2️⃣

9-25-18: Little Ollie and one of my ceramic book tables. 😻📚

9-25-18: #tseliot 📖

Super cute statue at a local library

My wife reads as #BonBonCat snuggles. @Figgy is on her way with two of our cats. Tomorrow we fly back home to fetch the remaining two. #CatsOfLitsy

Relaxing at the neighbors‘

What better time than now to read this? I‘m torn between so-so and pick. It was an enjoyable enough read; but not a wow. Please don‘t let my waffling dissuade you, one way or another.

My library has been featuring a lot of books about bookstores and libraries lately and I‘m in love! 😍

Day 30: Current Read—Yesterday's check on the estimated remaining wait times for my Overdrive holds: soonest, 2 weeks; longest, over 20! So, I pulled three things off my wish list to borrow (finished one last night; finished the second tonight). This morning, I got notification that one of my holds is in—yippee! I started it tonight. #RiotGrams #TheMindWantsWhatTheMindWants #CurrentRead #LastDayOfRiotgrams2018 #SeeYouNextYear

I finished a book that wasn‘t an audiobook! Yay! It was also a good one with some mysteries as well as being a story about hurt people who find each other.

You may have noticed I‘ve posted a lot about starting books but rarely have I posted anything about finishing those books. I‘m having trouble concentrating. Today, at the beginning of my vacation, I‘m home sick in bed. Maybe I‘ll be able to finish this one.

Liked Sunny, Rusty was okay, but Kit was problematic for me. Seems like more melodrama than necessary and on finding out what her husband did “but she‘s ugly” was an odd reaction. Liked the library, staff, and regular patrons. At least I had pineapple carrot cake so it wasn‘t all bad.

This is hitting the spot!

Ready to head home after a few productive days in Knoxville, TN. Finished the only book I traveled with this morning, so I picked this up at the airport shop. 🤞🏼 Knoxville is pretty beautiful, but I‘m looking forward to seeing my family! 🤗

⭐️⭐️⭐️

I liked the characters of Kit and Sunny but this book seemed to be all over the place. It was on my to read list and though I almost quit reading it several times, I can now mark this one off as completed.

#BooksAboutBooks

Although the writing is somewhat simplistic & 1 of the major reveals is a bit melodramatic, these flaws are easy to forgive thanks to the wonderful ensemble cast of quirky & loyal library patrons of this small town library who end up becoming a makeshift family for an emotionaly fragile librarian who tries to escape her mysterious past by escaping into the books that surround her. A delightful summer read for any book lover. 🤓