Welcome to Litsy!

Excuse the bombardment of posts!!

I always like to take a snapshot of my TBR bookcase at the beginning of the year when it is neat and tidy and ready to go ?

Tagging my fist read of the year one I love so much I have a tattoo that says "so it goes"

My last day of teaching was December 19th. Besides my students, I loved searching for great literature to inspire; I'm already missing it. I can't enjoy my retirement because I am mourning my job. Not depressed, just sad.

For #Foodandlit #Cambodia would some of you like to read and discuss at the end of the month? It's very heavy - middle grades.

@Texreader @Kelly_the_Bookish_Sidekick

Last book of 2025.
There are no recordings of Leonard Cohen's concerts for IDF troops in Israel during the Yom Kippur War. Friedman interviewed witnesses and combed through interviews and Cohen's numerous notebooks to reconstruct his time with Israeli soldiers. The result is a fascinating story that is worth reading not only for music lovers but also for those interested in Israeli history.

My favourite read of the year!

Show me yours at #bestof2025

An excellent “history in verse” by a prolific writer of nonfiction for children & young adults. A collaboration between Carole Boston Weatherford and her son who did the illustrations. My August #BookSpin pick.

The weirdest weapon in my opinion is the sticky bomb on page 306

#12booksof2025 March @TheEllieMo

Picked this up because of Litsy. Not too twee considering its subject matter of a middle aged spinster and an ifrit.
A nice cozy book to sort of round out my reading year.

It was a feature peculiar to the colonial wars of North America, that the toils and dangers of the wilderness were to be encountered, before the adverse hosts could meet.
#TheLastOfTheMohicans #JamesFenimoreCooper #firstline #openingline #Classics #Fiction #HistoricalFiction #Adventure #Literature #Historical #American #Novels #ClassicLiterature #War