Welcome to Litsy!

November 1 ~ It‘s National Authors Day and I‘ve chosen a few of my favorites: clockwise from top left-Fiona Davis, Laird Hunt, L. M. Montgomery and William Kent Krueger.

Who are your favorites??

#DaysDevotedTo #Authors

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A slice-of-life story about a woman's quiet, hard working lifetime, so lovely that it manages to be deeply sad yet not depressing.

#DoubleSpin

Zorrie is a beautiful example of quiet kindness and continuing to move forward, despite tragedy, sadness, loneliness and disappointment. Written in lovely prose, this novel is reflective and thought-provoking. Meant to be savored - a quick read would not do it justice. A wonderful selection for #SundayBuddyRead, @TheBookHippie . You really manage to find the gems! 👍💙
#Pantone2024 #ReadTheUSA2024 @aperfectmjk

Top left-9 yo granddaughter at award ceremony
Top middle-this wonderful book
Top rt-Little Bear playing dolls with big sister
Bottom left-another good HF
Bottom right-started putting quilt together

#5JoysFriday @DebinHawaii

1) cleaning & setting up my porch( plants, furniture, etc.)
2) Zorrie
3) My family is flying to CA for my niece‘s wedding & a family reunion 5/16-5/23. I can‘t wait!
#wondrouswednesday

Zorrie 💙

Favorite read of April. Thank you to @TheBookHippie for picking this for #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD & @Catsandbooks for this bracket.

Little Bear almost 9 months old!
My Belinda‘s Dream rose after rain ☔️ 🌹
Flower within a flower!

#WhatsNewWednesday

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Read4life @TieDyeDude

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. ⚾️
2. Zorrie
3. Celebrating my parents‘ 69th wedding anniversary 🎉🎉💙💙

Want to play @kelli7990 @KadaGul @Deblovestoread

Thank you @TheSpineView for the #Two4Tuesday tag! 🤗

1️⃣ Although I had lots of books I really enjoyed this month, I have to go with Zorrie 🩵🩵🩵

2️⃣ I have 2 books to finish up tonight & I can start Just for the Summer tomorrow. 🎉 Or realistically Thursday since I‘ll be in Hilo facilitating ALL DAY tomorrow. 😬

Anyone want to play along who hasn‘t yet? 🤗

I just can‘t put together a meaningful summary of this gem of a book-the most beautiful poetic prose I‘ve read in a long time. Hard to find language to describe how I feel after reading it. It will stay with me for a long time. What more could one ask for in literature? It has the tone of Wharton, the power of nature component of E. H. Kirkland (Love is a Wild Assault), and the magic of R. Serle and perhaps K. Center. So much to love about Zorrie~

April Stats: I read 20 books- a week off from work with mostly clouds/rain certainly helped me!

Fiction: 5
Historical mysteries: 5
Mysteries:9
Spy/thriller: 1
#sundaybuddyread #Libraryfinds #KarenPirie #Covid19 #naturalitsy #MaisieDobbs #Marmee #epositorynovel #GuidoBrunetti #Venice #StCyr #audiobooks #RevMotherSquinasMysteties #readyourkindle #seasonslcozies #NDBuddyRead #LittenDetectives #Pemberlittens #serieslove2024
#AwesomeAprilReadathon

#SpringSkies

I have to go with Zorrie for my #FavBkOfMarch 📚Read for #SundayBuddyRead it was an unexpected delight. 🩵 As I mentioned in my review, it will be a definite 2024 favorite for me.

#WeeklyFavorites

I know I have until the 30th for my next #WeeklyFavorites , but none of my current reads are going to displace Zorrie. Such a beautiful story.
#SUNDAYBUDDYREAD @TheBookHippie

#ReadAway2024 #AwesomeApril #readathon

Finished last night for #SundayBuddyRead this book was a surprise for me. A quietly beautiful telling of the simple life of a resilient woman. Short in pages & it deserves a slowly savored read. Thanks to @TheBookHippie for choosing it & hosting it so well. It will be one of my favorites for 2024. Lovely.

I love this book! The cover is great too. It‘s a quiet, beautiful story about a life lived fully with grace and goodness ❤️❤️❤️

This is beautifully written. I would never have found / read this on my own.

#SundayBuddyRead @TheBookHippie

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

A bittersweet story of the triumphs and sorrows of life, and how we try to pick the pieces up after the sorrows; the friendships we make along the way that dampen the sorrows and amplify the triumphs.
#SundayBuddyRead
#LitsyLoveReads

This is exactly why I love letting other people pick some of my reads! You could seriously never have described this in a sentence or two in a way that would‘ve made me think I wanted to spend a month savoring this novella, but I would have been wrong. This was exactly what I didn‘t know I needed, wanted, was looking for right now… #sundaybuddyread

This was so good. The #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD group has our final discussion Sunday so I won‘t say much here.
It is beautifully written. Short but had a big impact. Thank you for picking this one, @TheBookHippie
#BookSpinBingo #readyourebooks #Roll100 #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD

The beauty of this book is in its simplicity. From its beautiful cover to our titular character. A short read that follows the life of Zorrie. It is beautifully written and is incredibly efficient. I highly recommend! Delightful read for #sundaybuddyread and overlaps as my #doublespin!

I had really spotty coverage Friday through this morning so I‘ll be catching up on posts, #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD discussion from yesterday, #FreebieFriday spin winner, etc.
I have a ton of posts over the past 3-4 days to read through from this lovely community.

#BakerStreetIrregulars #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #SeasonalCozies #LitsyLove

This quiet, unassuming novel is beautifully written and tells the story of Zorrie. Zorrie sees tragedy, heartbreak, but also joy and love. Her community is one of acceptance and caring, and Hunt‘s writing makes their quirks come to life. The narrative may be short in length, but the pages pack a punch. #SundayBuddyRead

#52BookClub24 #LowercaseLettersOnTheSpine

#sundaybuddyread

The language in this book. ❤️
#sundaybuddyread

This book. Every sentence is lyrical. #sundaybuddyread

#WeeklyFavorite

Zorrie was a lovely read. Highly recommend.

@Read4life

Zorrie loses her parents at a young age and so begins the story of her life. I couldn‘t stop reading after finishing this week‘s section. #SundayBuddyRead I loved this short novel. 5 🌟

@TheBookHippie

This was beautiful! I can‘t wait to discuss with everyone!
📚 A to Z= Z
📚 #sundaybuddyread2024
📚 POP= set 24 years before I was born

#MotivationalMonday @Cupcake12

1. Dr appointments, physical therapy, visiting my daughter
2. My backyard, patio, fire pit, Sherlock exploring 🐶
3. North Carolina. 86 degrees and sunny 😎
4. One of three current reads

Thanks for the tag @Eggs

Want to play @Gissy @AmandaBlaze @kelli7990