Welcome to Litsy!

I looooved this book. I wish I had known about Alanna when I was a tween! I love her boldness and the way she makes a goal for herself and sticks with it, even though it is incredibly hard. And I can‘t tell you guys how much I appreciate that Ms. Pierce wrote some of Alanna‘s coming-of-age stuff into the story: how her body is changing as she grows into a teenager 🙌🏻

I‘m excited for more of this series-I want to see Alanna achieve her big goal!

“I‘m rooting for you.”

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In the evenings, I‘ve been reading The Scorpio Races aloud to my oldest boy Will. I think you can guess how precious this experience is to me.

#iamsosoalive #thescorpioraces #readingaloud #readtome #mykid #theskyandthesandandtheseaandcorr #yalit #fantasy #maggiestiefvater #booksofmylife #seankendrick #puckconnolly

I gave my niece Mia a copy of Dicey‘s Song for her birthday this year, and I will quite simply never tire of this view.

#diceyssong #cynthiavoigt #booksofmylife #thetillermancycle #giftedbooks #readergirl #yalit #youvegottoholdon #holdontopeople

“Safe as life.”

I finished reading Opal and was completely incapable of not immediately diving right into The Raven Boys. This world feels like home.

#safeaslife #theravenboys #maggiestiefvater #belovedbookshelf #theboysandblue #booksofmylife #ganseyboy #adamparrish #ronanlynch #bluesargent #noahczerny #yalit #ruralfantasy #fantasy #theravencycle #rereading

“Charlie is one of the big good guys in my universe.”

#favoritelines #robinmckinley #allhallowsread #booksofmylife #urbanfantasy #annualread

Picked up this lovely old edition of one of my all-time beloved books at a Welsh festival yesterday. Felt appropriate.
#cymruambyth #formyfather #andthelandofmyfathers #booksofmylife #classics #usedbooks #booksale

Guys. I stumbled across these exquisite Easton Press editions of my beloved Dark is Rising Sequence at a local used bookstore and nearly wept when I couldn't afford to take them home with me.

#readerwoes #bookcollector #thedarkisrising #susancooper #yalit #fantasy #arthurian #booksofmylife

One of my favorite declarations (and scenes) ever.
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"She had turned her head and was looking out of the window on the rose-bushes, which seemed to have in them the summers of all the years when Will would be away."

This book changed my life in grad school. And this is my favorite passage.

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