Welcome to Litsy!

I enjoyed this book about cranky mc Greta and her dumpster fire of a year. Grumpy ladies have feelings too. Thanks for the representation 🤣

Congratulations @rachelm on a superb novel! It was a fun read while on holiday and very well researched.

My friend sent me this pic from a bookstore today and it made my day ❤️

Madeline,
Thank you sweet much for this awesome Valentine‘s package!! I love everything 🌹📚 Can‘t wait to read the books and the cookie was delicious 😋 love the beautiful mug ☕️ thank you so very much 💗

thank you for hosting @Bookgoil and @rsteve388 🙏🏻💗

#LitsyLoveValentinesdayswap

Happy one year anniversary of the publication to the book that made me an author 🎂 I‘m eating cake today 😄

Just want to share this exciting news 😭😭😭I am so excited. This honor was chosen by librarians and booksellers across the state and means that I‘ll get to share my book across the Iowa next year. I cannot wait!

First a big thanks to author @rachelm for hosting her #MigrationTime #Giveaway 🦋I was one of 5 lucky Littens to receive a Kindle copy, I added audio narration ( which was fantastic). Greta, an etymologist, understands insects, people not so much. She prefers bugs to humans & would rather be secluded in the rainforest then sitting in a lab. When her twin falls ill, she is forced to exit her cocoon of isolation & start spreading her wings. 👇🏽

Getting ready to read a novel of one of our own Littens! I‘m so excited to have won a free ebook, but wanted to further support her by buying the audiobook also! Thanks @rachelm 💚🦋 💚
#LittenAuthors #litsyauthors #migrationtime

Really enjoying this wonderful story about Greta and her twin brother Danny, his domineering girlfriend and their complicated mother. Greta, an entomology graduate student is more reluctant caterpillar than social butterfly. Thanks to author @rachelm for gifting me a free Kindle copy as part of her #MigrationTime #Giveaway 🦋And thanks to @BookishMarginalia for suggesting the audio, the narration is perfect 🤩 🎧

Devoured this one! I loved this story of a curmudgeonly entomologist whose life is upended when her twin brother suffers an aneurysm. With lots of snark and not many social graces, Greta must navigate her brother‘s recovery, resolve her housing situation, find a new research focus for her PhD, make peace with her mom AND her brother‘s girlfriend, and figure out how to be a friend to Max while working for her former boyfriend. #ImmersionReading

Currently #ImmersionReading — loving protagonist Greta so far 👍🏼

Congrats
 @DivineDiana
@tpixie
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@Cinfhen
@BookishMarginalia

Please email me at sendrachelstuff@gmail.com and I'll send you the kindle redemption link!

#migrationtime

The #migrationtime #giveaway by the talented @rachelm is almost up! The book sounds terrific —very much in my wheelhouse with quirky characters and butterflies! Definitely a #TBRtemptation to be read ASAP 👍🏼🤓

Thanks @rachelm for this giveaway opportunity. Your book sounds interesting! I had a butterfly collection when I was younger. Monarchs are my favorite 🦋💕
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Thank you @rachelm for this opportunity to win a Kindle copy of your book. 🦋 #migrationtime

This sounds really good. #migrationtime

Congrats to our very own @rachelm 🦋💚Her debut novel is now available in paperback 😍To celebrate Rachel is offering 5 lucky readers a chance to receive a digital copy of her book #MigrationTime 🙌🏻Check out Rachel‘s page for more information!

Thanks for the giveaway opportunity!
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Thanks for the chance at your giveaway!
#MigrationTime

To celebrate just over six months since the release of my book (which has been called a Midwestern and female-led Man Called Ove) and the annual migration of Monarch butterflies in Iowa, I'm hosting a giveaway! Enter now to win one of five US kindle editions.

Repost this graphic with the hashtag #migrationtime by 12PM EST on 7/21/21 if you'd like to enter. I'll @ the winners then.
#giveaway

I adored this book! Crabby, introverted main character, familiar Iowa settings, emotionally engaging, and great writing.

Full review on my blog: http://sprainedbrain.blog/2021/07/03/review-the-butterfly-effect-by-rachel-mans-...

I don‘t normally tag authors in my reviews, but I‘m making an exception since I‘ve Litsy-known you for so long, @rachelm 😅 I love your book!

I enjoyed this audiobook about a researcher who enjoys studying butterflies, her brother who has a brain injury, and some of the people in their lives. Having seen some Blue Morphos in Costa Rica as well as several cool ant species, I felt a special connection with the MC. I also could relate to some of her personality traits.

This was the last book I finished for #LittenListen. Thank you for hosting @aperfectmjk !

Currently #camping. Reading outside is my favorite #nature

#curiouscovers #littenlisten Multicolored cover

I‘m hoping to have time to listen to this audiobook before the end of the month for #Audioathon. It‘s been on my TBR for ages!

Picked this up from my #locallibrary after @ReadingEnvy #recommended it to me.

#butterflies #academy

For one week only, my novel is on sale for $1.99! Pick it up for your summer reading if you liked A Man Called Ove or The Cactus.

What others are saying:
“A warm, winning debut”- J Ryan Stradal, author Kitchens of the Great Midwest

“As a reader, you‘ll undergo your own metamorphosis,” Faith Salie
Kindle/Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/3xtbnbdc
iBooks: https://tinyurl.com/3vahp3h3
Nook: https://tinyurl.com/57yc37r9
Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/jbvywz7p

#BookMail part 2 is a signed copy of @rachelm's debut novel.

😍😍😍

It was held up in customs for over a week. 🙄🙄🙄

Greta is in the middle of PhD research on butterflies in Costa Rica when her twin brother has an aneurysm. Because their family has a history she is the next of kin, and flies back home to Iowa to navigate future sister in law, former boyfriend, losing her funding, and a mother that suddenly wants a relationship after a childhood without. Greta is likeable in her briskness with others and I read this book quickly! ↘️

FINAL DAY with the e-book of THE BUTTERFLY EFFECT at its $1.99 price. Deal good in US, UK, Australia, and Canada.

If you liked A MAN CALLED OVE or THE CACTUS, try the book that Faith Salie (CBS Sunday morning) said will make you “undergo your own metamorphosis.“

Links:
Amazon: https://tinyurl.com/3xtbnbdc
Kobo: https://tinyurl.com/jbvywz7p
Nook: https://tinyurl.com/57yc37r9
Apple iBook: https://tinyurl.com/3vahp3h3

It can be really hard to write a prickly character that the reader will still root for. While at times Greta frustrated me, ultimately I did want everything to work out for her. I loved her love of bugs and her brother and even her love of Star Trek. The ending seemed a little rushed and easy but I still really enjoyed this audiobook.

A strong debut that give me the promised Rosie Project vibes but in a wistful, not whimsical way. While the ending felt rushed, the character development and the groundwork laid for where things ended kept it from feeling forced or fake. I just would have liked to see things play out a bit more.

Got the great news that the ebook from my debut is on sale this month! (US only, sadly) I won‘t spam the feed about it but I thought I‘d let you know, and feel free to share that info if you know people that enjoyed A MAN CALLED OVE or THE CACTUS!

https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B0838KGKM4/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?ie=UTF8&qid=&sr=

I normally like character driven stories with oddball MCs. But unlike Backman‘s Britt-Marie or Honeyman‘s Eleanor, Greta failed to draw me into her world. Her story just didn‘t tug at my heartstrings. I did finish the book, although I skimmed the last half, but I was underwhelmed and never connected to, and therefore, never rooted for Greta.

My publisher nudged me to celebrate that it is the three month anniversary of the release of my book! I am so grateful to all of you who have read it so far. It has been truly a surreal experience to release a book, certainly during a pandemic, but definitely during any time.
anyway, good excuse to buy some tulips!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ ◼️ I won this book from the author herself @rachelm on #litsy and I am so glad I finally read it. My Goodreads review will come later. This was actually my #february #bookspinbingo and my fingers are crossed that it can still count.... @TheAromaofBooks

I put on — real clothes— today to Zoom with two book clubs. My first Zoom went well! One more tonight! This is the kind of stuff I was looking forward to as an author.

Has your book club ever zoomed in an author? How‘d it go for you?

Greta's plan to research butterflies in the Costa Rican rainforest is derailed when her twin brother Danny's health is suddenly jeopardized. Flying home to Iowa, her father dead, abandoned by her mother, her romance broken, her apartment sublet, she's forced to share care-giving with Danny's hated fiance. Finding a new direction can only come by opening herself to new research, new opportunities, and renewed relationships. #authorsoflitsy #iowa

Oo if you‘ve been waiting for a sale to get my book (and had a few other books on your wishlist) check out this sale:

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1643855298?tag=randohouseinc7986-20

@rachelm I got your book!! Thank you.

Really enjoying this touching story from #litsyauthor @rachelm , but not missing the Iowa winters she's referring to here. Fun to recall my more pleasant stay at the university hotel on weekends in Ames to get teaching certification way back when. (Amused by her apology to her parents for"all the swears." The swear is definitely fitting !) #authorsoflitsy #LoveHateRelationship #LovePrevails @Eggs

My goodreads giveaway ended a few days ago and I sent the three packages today and I‘m almost 100% certain that out of the 2500 entries, @LibrarianRyan won one! Am I right? I laughed when I saw the name!

My first thought when I put this grid together for posting was: Boy, I‘ve been working on this one for a while. ...Then, wait a ding dang minute! Nothing about my reading these days is work. It‘s all joy! I tagged my favorite- I was so excited to read Rachel‘s debut novel!

Giveaway ends 1/31 at midnight PST! If you don‘t win, or even if you do, i‘d appreciate it if you asked your library to purchase a copy. If you like:

-books with sibling relationships
-A MAN CALLED OVE
-scientist characters
-butterfly conservatories

... you might like it!

The goodreads giveaway link: https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/316901-the-butterfly-effect

This is such an intelligent book, and I loved it. I have no requirement to befriend a protagonist and Greta was acerbic; however, I always cared to know what made her tick (that‘s a writing win) and if she‘d be swayed to a happier way of life. I never suspected to be quite so intrigued by someone‘s interest in bugs! ...Lucky me, I have a signed copy! And the indie bookstore from which I ordered is referenced in the acknowledgments!

Finally worked myself up enough to listen to the audiobook of The Butterfly Effect. 🥰☺️ Audiobooks are how I do half of my reading every year, and it meant the world to me that my book was able to be enjoyed that way... and Carly Robins is one of those narrators I love (she did The Kiss Quotient!)

If you‘re looking for a listen and want to join me in diving in, it‘s available on all audio platforms ⭐️🎧

A reader sent me this pic and it was like a vacation in a photo...
Wish I was here!!

When you pre-order a book but the forget, you are happily surprised when you check your mail. 😀

Author dream achieved! That is MY book at MY library 😭 if you request it for your library, tag me when you see it! My book is already in libraries in some places in the US, Australia, and Canada, and I‘d love to see it travel since I can‘t. 🦋

Goodreads Giveaway! I hope you enter for a chance to win one of three signed copies! Ends Jan 31.

Feel free to share with a friend who likes snarky heroines!

https://www.goodreads.com/giveaway/show/316901-the-butterfly-effect

Loved learning about butterflies and ants. I actually really liked the main character as I can relate to her so much.