Welcome to Litsy!

Gotta love the commitment to showing forearms on the cover of a Winter romance. 😂

Former best friends turned enemies are stuck together on the way home from college. Their history is pretty sad, but of course all ends well. Way too steamy for such a short book, IMO, but enjoyable. I really liked Charlie's relationship with his little sister, who's in remission from Leukemia; he's terrified of not making it home for her Christmas.

#WinterGames

This is a book for everyone, so you don‘t have to believe in something specific in order to read it. I liked it more the second time I read it. Tom is an emotionally intelligent man seeking to understand different perspectives on religion as he travels through the U.S. interviewing people. He diversified the religions or his interviews. There are no conversion requirements. I am still not religious, but I feel like it was worth reading.

Lucy, a young librarian, gets pulled into the life of a young boy who frequents the library, 10-year-old Ian. It turns into a rather far-fetched road trip adventure of sorts. There was a lot about reading and books and how important they are, so that was good. But it also really didn‘t quite hold up and was a bit of a mess in the middle. The characters‘ motives were never very clear and their relationship didn‘t quite develop.

My #AuldLangSpine match is @Loanne
📕I've only read one off the list.
I'll have a tough time choosing which to read. 🤔
This Litsy event is among my favorites - glad I made the cut this year!
Now that I live in NC, the winter weather provides a great reason to stay indoors & read. ❄
In particular, I like beginning & ending each day with a book - if only a few pages.
☕My reading is usually accompanied by a cup of tea.

Loved this! Such a fun #roadtrip book with wit and heart. And LOTS of pie! 🥧 Possible contender for #LitPie of the year 😁 #iLovePie #Dec2024 Book111

The historical aspects of the story were interesting, but the writing wasn‘t for me. Too many repetitive descriptors and unbelievable dialogue. It was so much like Water for Elephants but without the compelling characters. Books like this that are loosely based on a real historical event, but add in dramatic back stories for the fictional characters tend to lose my interest. I‘d usually rather read a nonfiction account of whatever happened.

“Ready to see some Dinosaurs, will? YEAH Dinosaurs. DIEEEE-NO-SAUR. DINOOOOOO. DI-DI-DI-DI-DI... Can't you be excited quietly?!!!“

I really liked the wide range of relatability within this book. The graphic novel component adds another layer of detail that adds to the visualizing ability this book provides. The variation in speech bubbles and thickness of lines add to the blocking and emphasis on certain elements of the story.

I really enjoy the development of the story with the book opening and Raina meeting her new siblings. As the story progresses, situations like roadtrips and how to navigate experiences with siblings are shown with much visual contrast and variation to add to the busy chaotic experience of growing up with siblings.

Yeah, I realize and readily admit a couple of things re: this post.

No, (1) the purple trees likely have nothing to do with this book but I have been saving it for a Litsy post (yay!), and
(2) this title is not on the ToB long list. Oh well!

A friend that I highly respect offered this title to me and now, 25% in, I am loving it. Witty banter, woman with a big heart, on a mission to fulfill a promise made to her nonagenarian BFF? YAAAS - all in.