Welcome to Litsy!

Fantasy is one of my least favorite genres. This book felt like fantasy mixed with feminism and a sprinkle of historical fiction for good measure. I had a hard time following the specialized terms, and it made the book feel like a slow read. Plus, Robert and his roommate Freddie were some of the only likable characters in the book. The women were written to sound petty and insufferable. 🌟🌟.

Saw this when shelving today - was very tempted to borrow it but will resist (for now)

#FestiveFilms @Klou
Day 10: Harry Potter

Yes, those dastardly city women preying on the delicate male flowers of the American youth... 🙄

I think this has to be one of my more productive reading months for the entire year. In large part it was due to me reading more lighter fare like, romance and middle grade, but even without those I read a bunch more than I usually have.
7 eBook
11 Physical
I've now accrued 10,780 points in my #BuriedAliveChallenge with an average of 105 points per qualifying book.
#OctoberWrapUp

I really enjoyed this book about a scientific magic system. The gender dynamic twist intrigued me and I found Robert‘s story endearing. All in all I can‘t wait to start the next one. #CatsOfLitsy
#BuriedAliveChallenge

I‘m enjoying the tagged very much so far. Interesting gender dynamics in relation to the magic system. I also love that Simon decided to keep me company while the girls are hanging out in other areas.
#CatsOfLitsy

I started The Carpetmakers but it was a little too Debbie Downer to read all in one sitting so I decided to mix it up with the tagged as a counterpoint. Storygraph keeps telling me to read this so I figured why not.

Book #7 - It took me a while to read this one. The reverse sexism felt a little odd to read. I didn‘t like that aspect of the book much.

Monday Monday, diving into my #botm backlog. Other Half is in bed again, having a bad pain day; I have nothing to do except take the trash to the curb and nobody to answer to except for myself. Not that I don‘t read every day, but there‘s something about a day with no expectations, you know?

This was an ARC I had for over a year finally finishing it. It was okay glad I read it. 6/30 #BFC #bookfitnesschallenge #bfcr3 @wanderinglynn @julesG @LibrarianJen @Moony @CocoReads @britt_brooke @Reecaspieces @jb72 @Eeyore031370 @CaroPi

July Wrap Up!
This has been a month of visiting dear old friends and making new friends! Old releases and new releases! I would recommend all 4 of these reads!

In chronological order of date finished!

Lord of the Rings The Return of the King (final book) by J.R.R. Tolkien

The Farm by Joanne Ramos 🤰🏽💰🤱🏽

The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
🎪✨🖤🎩

The Philosopher‘s War by Tom Miller
(Released in July 2019) (a sequel)
🧚🏼‍♀️🌀💣✈️

Handsdown the most unique (and magical) perspective of World War 1 I‘ve ever read. Heart racing, heartbreaking, and humorous! Dozens of lovable characters that I quickly became attached to. I absolutely love this series and I‘m so grateful that this sequel was everything I had hoped for. I‘ve never read anything like it! Tom Miller truly has an outstanding imagination with a strong ability to make fantasy feel like fact!

Look who showed up on its release date.. THE PHILOSOPHER‘S WAR!! I‘ve been waiting for an entire year! Thank you Tom Miller for keeping your release dates close. I don‘t know if I could take a longer wait! 😍❤️🧚🏼‍♀️💣

Loved this as much as Philosopher‘s Flight. Such an interesting new concept of magic and military history.

The Philosopher‘s Flight by Tom Miller is truly an adventure of it‘s own. As soon as I turned the final page I had to jump on the internet and make sure there will be a sequel. Thankfully all is well in the world and there is an additional book coming in 2019. It‘s a historical fantasy with a big dose of romance. Do yourself a favor, and read this book. 🌪🧚🏼‍♀️✨

So much fun this book! Really enjoyed the perspective of a man trying to get by in a woman‘s world! I liked the technical ways of using essentially magic, in everyday work and living. Incorporating historical perspective and historical happenings as if this magic existed back to the 1700‘s was great.

This was a fascinating read with a wonderful inversion. In this alternate world, magic exists but is largely the domain of women with a few men with some talent for it. Weekes is trying to go to school to practice this form of science and eventually go into the military for it as well. Seeing a man deal with the microaggressions and hardships that women still have to deal with in male dominated fields, was fascinating.

This was an interesting alt-history debut novel that I ended up liking after quite a slow start. While some of the characters felt underdeveloped even by the end, the plot and worldbuilding pulled me in enough that I‘ll definitely check out the sequel.

I‘m loving the accidental color coordination of my two newest library holds! 💙💛 Sometimes it‘s really the little things that brighten up a long Tuesday 😊

Just starting this book after finishing Ruby by Cynthia Bond. Ruby was achingly beautiful but soooooo dark! Here's to hoping Philosopher's Flight will be a bit more playful 😁

Got this month's #lmpbc yesterday. Hoping that I will be able to get it started this weekend.
@Schlinkles @bookandcat

What a fantastic #lmpbc pick @bookandcat
I feel less behind since I finished this on the day I received the next one in the mail. This was a fun alternative history, I requested an ARC of the next one in the series from my Simon & Schuster rep since I enjoyed this so much. Headed your way @TsundokuAleax

Revisiting this on #audiobook to prepare for the sequel coming out in 2019.

It was a disappointing year as far as the number of books read (worst year since I started keeping track 10 years ago ☹️), but I did read some really great ones. So it was quality versus quantity. Hopefully next year I get both.

Set in a WWI-era America in an alternate world where magic is a branch of science called empirical philosophy or sigilry, & it is a field almost entirely dominated by women. 18yo Robert Weekes is a talented (“for a male”) practitioner with ambitions of serving in the US Sigilry Corps Evac & Rescue Service. But first he‘ll attend all-female Radcliffe as one of a few male students.

[I‘m glad this one survived my #readersblock!!]

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ • #botm

“Gd put big sisters on Earth to keep little brothers out of trouble,” she said. “But sometimes when you‘re trying to be good, trouble finds you anyway. So, use this when it does. And then go save lives instead of taking them.”

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[I‘m a big sister to two younger brothers and this is incredibly #relatable...though I‘ve never advised my brothers with regards to managing casualties.]
#currentlyreading #botm

A fantastic WWI era alternate history in which women are powerful "philosophers" (users of a scientific school of sigilry which allows them to do things like fly and more). Men are considered to be poor at these things, especially flying, but the main character is determined to break glass ceilings and join the Sigilry Corps. I loved seeing the gender microaggressions flipped. I'll be sending it along for #LMPBC, @TsundokuAleax @Schlinkles #botm

1. Hard to tell but the blanket is blue and one of the critters on the other blanket is light blue.
2. 6?
3. Milk
4. Every 3 ish months. Maybe. It‘s been a while.
5. Yes I would recommend.
@MinDea #humpdaypost

Back to my #botm catch up.

Haven‘t had much time to read this week with Rosh Hashanah (L‘shanah tovah to my Jewish Littens! 🍏🍯💗) on top of Little Dude‘s first playgroup AND first music class.... After a visit with my new nephew & a two mile #audiowalk, the last stop of today‘s #mommysdayoff is lunch with a book. Hoping to make some headway in this #BOTM before I go pick up my buddy from grandma!! 🤞🏻🤞🏻

I picked this one. 📖🍵 #morningread #BOTM

One of these is my next read. 📚 #BOTM

What‘s better than coming home at the end of a long day? Coming home to bookmail! While I was expecting the “Read Like a Girl” @BookBeau which I‘m in love with, Iwas surprised by The Philosopher‘s Flight which I won during @24in48 and the 20th Anniversary Ravenclaw edition of Harry Potter and the Philosopher‘s Stone which was technically a gift since I used a WalMart gift card. This definitely made my day!

A new kind of magic in an alt-history story? Yes please! This was a really fun read and I look forward to more of this world.

I started this book a couple of days ago and I‘m really enjoying it. I find the premise intriguing. Philosophy is a woman dominated field and everyone knows that men do not have the aptitude for it. Robert is one of the few men who practice it and he wants to be the first man to join the US Sigilry Corps Rescue and Evacuation Department.
❤️🤓📚

What a fun fantasy read about a world of alchemy, sigils, and prejudice. See my review at https://youtu.be/10R3mFGks2E
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#literarylife #bookwormreading #bookreview #booklover #bookishmoments #thephilosophersflight #tommiller #fiction #fantasy #books #books #booknerd #bookishweekend #bookfun #bookworm

Entertaining enough to read the second one when it comes out. (Interesting author photo, by the way.)

Just got our brand new library card!

A fun twist on historical fiction! I found it somewhat slow and difficult to connect with one moment, then quite exciting the next. The unique and detailed magic system kept me going. #bookreview #netgalley

I‘m conflicted. There are parts of this book where the writing is great, there are parts where the story line is clever and creative. But there were also parts of this book that felt rushed, like I was reading the outline. Also, the story has some nastiness to it that I thought was out of place. Villains that were mean without cause or purpose. All told, I don‘t really recommend this book, and I don‘t know why. 3/5

I was hooked by the end of page two. It is a wonderful coming of age story. Imaginative and beautifully told. Loved the character of Robert. I was able to relate to him and felt at times as if I was standing beside him in the thick of things.

My #freebies from #botm and #pagehabit 😻#riotgrams June 13, Freebie

I love doing a #rainbowbookstack 🌈🌈

#riotgrams @bookriot

This is apparently some sort of alternate history with magic and science and WWI... can‘t wait to read.