Welcome to Litsy!

I..... don't get what the fuss is over this novel. Sure, the descriptions of the natural world are gorgeous, but the characters are all stereotypes and the dialog is awful and this story has been told before. I rarely felt any emotional resonance. But I'm also not drawn to this kind of story, so it probably wasn't meant for me anyway.

#readingwomenchallenge #bookaboutnature @thereadingwomen

I‘d read Upstream, a book of Oliver‘s essays, and knew I wanted to read some of her poetry. This is a lovely collection, and a perfect choice when I needed to redirect my brain and heart towards goodness and peace and gratitude.

#readharder #bookaboutnature @bookriot

What a book! I went into this thinking it would be a #bookaboutnature, but it turned out to be so much more. It is a homage to nature, but it is also a story about human nature, about being stuck and how to move on. Kingsolver writes beautifully and poetically, which left me kind of awe struck. Little and big incidents set the story in motion and it all ties together beautifully in the end 👌

#Booked2018 #RecommendationsChallenge2018

This book was my #bookaboutnature choice for the #readharder challenge. I found it so interesting, and it made me want to think harder about how I spend my food budget. This black thumb will never be a grower of things, but I can choose who to buy from those who do.

I‘m slowly beginning to plan for the second quarter of #booked2018, and so far, this is what I have come up with:

#Flowersoncover: Gob‘s Grief
#Friendship: The Girls
#Childhoodfavorite: I Capture the Castle
#Steampunk: Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Seas
#Bookaboutnature: Prodigal Summer
#Refugeeviewpoint: The Year of the Runaways

I‘m hoping to get the last two from my library 📚

This made me want to keep my son out of school as long as possible (he‘s 2.5 and most kids here start preschool between 2-3). He loves to play outside all day and I wish there was a school here that catered to that. Most horrifying quote: “More than 10,000 American preschoolers are being medicated for ADHD.” 😱 Will be spending more weekends at the park and beach for sure! #readharder2018 #bookaboutnature

I picked this up for the #readharder challenge, it fits the task for a #bookaboutnature. Overall it was fascinating, I loved the broad scope Schutt takes to his subject covering everything from wildlife, dinosaurs, cultural practices, and diseases that result from cannibalism. Super interesting!

Two chapters in and I already know more than I ever wanted to about rain. @bookriot #2018readharderchallenge #bookaboutnature

This month's #bookclubbakes are caramelitas: layers of oatmeal cookie, chocolate, and caramel sauce. I used to make these so often, I had the recipe memorized.

Our book was fabulous! Part murder mystery, part survival story, it's full of claustrophobia and fear in the dark winter of 1717, where a murderer is among the settlers in remote northern Sweden.

@BookishMarginalia #litsyAtoZ @bookriot #readharder #bookaboutnature #pop18 #alliteration

All these books sitting here and I'm exhausted but desperately trying to remember the romance novel I read once with a horticulturist heroine. Helppppp. #MarchMadness #BookAboutNature #DaylightSavingsTime