Welcome to Litsy!

Late afternoons are the best part of our day. He enjoys the warm patio bricks and I‘m working on #LitsyAtoZ.

3rd book done for #24B4Monday and it was not good. I probably would have DNF it but it helps me complete X for #LitsyAtoZ. This mess of a romance takes place in early 17th century Scotland and tries to involve Guy Fawkes and the assassination attempt with a completely cliche Scottish romance. It‘s a mess. Next up Tiger Lily as picked from my #PopJarGame
@TheReadingMermaid @Andrew65

This book was pretty terrible, but it‘s my X title for #litsyatoz and was also my 100th book of the year!

Shifting gears a bit...this book isn‘t awful, but it‘s not great either. But this will be my final book for #litsyatoz!

I was able to get this via ILL, which seems like a misuse of the system somehow, but this will complete my alphabet for #litsyatoz!!

I read 5 books last month, 2 by women, 3 by men. 2 nonfiction, 3 fiction. 4 counted for #LitsyAtoZ prompts. My favorite was In the Woods because it was super engaging, while all the others were easier to put down. I have 12 books to go for my GR challenge and I‘m almost done with another book so it will be 11 soon. I have 7 books on my Nov TBR.

I‘m well aware that I‘m making the #LitsyAtoZ challenge harder for myself by insisting that the actual first word of the title start with the needed letter. I read this book purely for the #LetterX prompt. It was ok, but I found I wasn‘t super engaged in the plot or the love story. I used to inhale romance novels when I was in middle/high school, but I sort of moved on after that. Can‘t remember the last time I read a pure romance.

The #readathon starts at 7 am for me, but I only just rolled out of bed. But I got my coffee and my book! My one goal for today is to finish reading the tagged book on my Kindle so it‘s what I‘m starting with. Got 3 books on my stack plus chapters of my textbook and my teaching books. I‘m excited to have today off—first Saturday I‘ve had off without specifically asking for it in awhile. Also, you know I had to use my large kitty mug for today!

I‘m reading this solely because of #LitsyAtoZ and so far it seems very convoluted & simplistic at the same time. The actual love story is simple: each of the two characters think the other is super hot and wants to bang them. But the surrounding plot is full of intrigue and multiple dramas without adequate explanation. Granted, this is the 2nd in a series, but it‘s advertised as a historical romance so I think the plot should not be this complex.

This book was what I expected it to be judging by the cover. Pretty ridiculous, but fun. Not what I would usually read for romance, but entertaining.
And most importantly, it starts with the #letterX.
#litsyAtoZ

So this happened! #litsyAtoZ @BookishMarginalia

I'm reading this for X in #litsyAtoZ. It's ok: not my usual romance jam, but it reads decently well so far. And it's my 26th book for that challenge!!

@BookishMarginalia

Spent some time researching what to read for my last few letters of #LitsyAtoZ I have most of them down now, with options to change based on my mood. X is still a mystery, but now I have lots of options by both title and author. Anyone else a post-it addict?

I've been reading a bit of this, and it's okay. I guess I'm just not in the right mood for romance right now. But I have to get the X for my 2016 alphabet title challenge, and it's so hard! Does anyone have suggestions? Articles (such as A or The) at the beginning don't count.