Welcome to Litsy!

Thanks to @TrishB for putting this on my #readersradar as I don‘t think I would have picked it up otherwise.

Even so, I found it rather slow in the first couple of chapters and, as I‘m a bit fed up of ‘feminist retellings‘, I considered bailing.

Then I suddenly became engrossed and wanted to learn all about the life and art of Artemisia Gentileschi at the start of the seventeenth century in Italy - a wonderful book!

I finished this two days before the ToB longlist was published and hoped it would be on there.

It‘s a difficult book to review as it‘s so intense ( but fabulous); we follow Jack and Elizabeth as they first meet, and then look back to different parts of their lives and their (dysfunctional) childhoods. You‘ll recognise yourself in areas of this book, as well as your own relationships.

I liked the detailed offshoots about culture, pyschology ⬇️

Still taking pictures of books! 😂 I was downtown at the river for an appointment and snapped some at the bridge.

Family Meal was great! 5⭐️ I didn‘t care for Memorial, but FM was a win! Got v attached to the characters.
Proulx is a master of capturing stark lives in the American West.
Black Sheep was 💯💯 campy horror fun!! 😈 #aardvark
I didn‘t enjoy The Road as much as I hoped. By the end I was just tired of it. 🤷🏻‍♀️

Other than The Laughter, which was super compelling ( great rec @sarahbarnes ) nothing else really stood out 🤷🏼‍♀️I did enjoy Looker, Don‘t Forget and Marie Antoinette but I don‘t think they‘re gonna stay with me. Once again I‘m in this weird kind of funk… where it‘s difficult to find books that captivate me. Hoping for some better reads this coming week.

BIG THANKS to @Jari-chan and @TrishB for putting this book on my #ReadersRadar - I absolutely loved it 🥰 Baxter is a young black man who works as a sleeping car porter in 1920‘s Canada, when train travel was an elegant mode of transportation . He‘s often treated poorly by the guests and management where he must hide his personal feelings and serve the needs of his compartment travelers in hopes of garnering a tip for his services. Lovely 🎧

Thank you IG for putting this book on my #ReadersRadar 🤖I admit I was having HUGE bouts of #FOMO and on a whim started listening to the audio!!!!! RIVETING!!! This book was definitely written with audio in mind as the story unfolds as a podcast. Two women who share a birthday meet serendipitously at a pub. This random encounter leads to a twisted, tragic event. Really fun! Im already putting fourth Lisa Jewell as a nominee for #AAM 2024 😜

I‘m not sure I would have cared as much for this book in print, but as an audio- I loved it! I was completely gripped by the unhinged musings of our narrator who‘s CONSUMED with her husband and the privileges her marriage to him extends her. I had My Sister the Serial Killer mixed with My Lovely Wife vibes. Good fun!! Thanks to @Reviewsbylola for putting this on my #ReadersRadar

I loved this. Perfect slow-burn historical fiction. A Lutheran community leave their home in Prussia to travel to a new colony in Australia. The ship voyage alone takes 6-months. The sense of place as we travel with them, their fear in facing the unknown, was written so well. And the second half? Well, I was not expecting that, alllll the feelings. I‘ve got that sadness at leaving Hanne and Thea behind that you only get with a great book.

Gorgeous debut - the writing is lush and evocative. 💯 for you @BarbaraBB @KarenUK ❣️❣️❣️ A young woman looks back on a summer love affair with an older man. It‘s a slow burn, very much character driven but absolutely stunning and vivid. I owe a HUGE thanks to @squirrelbrain who put this book on my #ReadersRadar 💗

#BookMail #BuyBuyBookDepository 💚🙌🏻I had the good fortune of pre-ordering several books from BD before the #CampLitsy23 announcement 📣and two were selected! Excited for this one @BarbaraBB @Megabooks @squirrelbrain and @KarenUK for putting Animals on my #ReadersRadar 💕💕💕