Year One | 
pickFinished this up before bed. It‘d been on my shelf for a while. A story about a pandemic that wipes out most of the world leaving some people with magical abilities as well as without. Not my first pandemic book since living through the covid pandemic but it‘s still so weird and eerie - the stuff the author describes hits different after living some of it. Overall, I liked it. Likable characters and I‘m intrigued. Gave The Stand vibes
The entrance for my Alice in wonderland themed tea. 🫖
When Ross MacLeod pulled the trigger and brought down the pheasant, he had no way of knowing he‘d killed himself.
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I only had a hand full of book to choose from. My choice is Year One by Nora Roberts.
pickI listened to the audio book and really enjoyed it! I think this book was just the set up to a larger grander story and I can't wait to read the next one.
pickI give this 3.5 stars. Suspenseful apocalyptic story about a virus taking out most of mankind and the plucky survivors, including angry INCEL types, robber gangs, people trying to build new communities, and the Uncanny (humans discovering the virus that didn't kill them somehow brought magic). The dialog is sometimes unnatural, and some things are not explained to my liking (like why do power plants still work).
pickSo I just finished this book tonight. It was really good, although it took me quite a while to get through it. I loved it and can‘t wait to read the two next books of the trilogy 😊
"When Ross Macleod pulled the trigger and brought down the pheasant, he had no way of knowing he'd killed himself. And billions of others." Starting a novel about a plague while also reading a book about real world viruses, while living through a pandemic. Because apparently I like anxiety, as long as I can have peppermint hot chocolate and spicy popcorn.
This was my first Nora Roberts book. It was okay. I thought the plot was a bit stilted and found it a bit too romancy for me. In light of current events, though, reading about a pandemic was interesting. Depressing too.
pick📚📚📚 for this book. Written in 2016, it starts with a mysterious plague that wipes out nearly half the worlds population overnight but something Uncanny also happens and humans start to develop magical abilities - some good and other not. Follows a couple small groups with one main lead by the end. Simple writing easy to read, characters slightly one dimensional plot has potential.
What‘s a series you really really want to finish this year. For me it‘s the year one trilogy from Nora roberts. I including the awakening because I believe it ties into the trilogy somehow. This is one of my favorites trilogies but I‘ve only finished book one and two. So I‘m really hoping I can finish book three sometime this year.
so-soLike a Netflix series, entertaining and hard to put down. Not necessarily amazing though
"When Ross MacLeod pulled the trigger and brought down the pheasant, he had no way of knowing he'd killed himself. and billions of others."
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My January #recap. 6 total finished and 2 I'm still reading. Heavy on the #audiobook this month. I will be trying to finish more kindle or physical books next month. Still pretty happy with the numbers though. #kindle #yafantasy #murder #historicalromance #januarywrapup
So excited that my #lpmbc finally arrived! @Bookishlie hopefully yours will be there soon! Customs seems to be taking extra long these days.
pickFirst one of the year done! Well I started it last year and finished it today. I like apocalyptic stories and even though the beginning of this hit a little too close too home after this year, I really enjoyed it. The supernatural part was a little surprised but it added something different to the story. I am on to the 2nd one! #audiobook #scribd #apocalyptic
pickNora wrote this story about a pandemic before 2020. If you are a Nora fan you will enjoy.
Today's photo challenge. Snow White. I bought it last month at my local grocery store. The cashier said it was really good. Hoping to be able to read it this month.
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Ok my #lmpbc round 10, group e and group y - finished my books tonight and will be mailing them out Friday! Both were super good.
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Read this during the shut down back in March. It had very ‘this could be tomorrow‘ vibes. Except for the magic part. But then again, who knows...?
“They returned the rental car, infecting the clerk and the businessman who rented it next. They infected the porter who took their bags when tips exchanged hands. By the time they reached and passed through security, the infection had passed to an easy dozen people. “
Book, tea, and Silent Book Club at the bookshop. #selfcare
I will be honest, I don't research books before I read them. Sometimes I don't even read the back. I ONE HUNDRED PERCENT judge by the cover. So I didn't expect the immediate hit from this book. About a pandemic. That spreads internationally with a high death toll... Too soon? Might be too soon. #booknerdreads
pickMy mom loaned me this book and it‘s the first Nora Roberts book I‘ve read. There‘s a pandemic component which I thought might be too much to read about and be living through, but the book takes such a different turn with fantasy and magic that it didn‘t bother me. It was a quick read and I‘ll be reading the next two in the series.
I'm not a big Nora Roberts fan, but I've read Year One and Of Blood and Bone and really liked them. Which of these others should I read next?
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📚 Year One
🖋 William Yeats
🎬 You've Got Mail
🎤 Neal Young
🎶 You're Still the One
“Batman wasn‘t friendly, he was a brilliant psycho. And Spider-Man didn‘t have a cave.”
Well... I don‘t know that it describes my life, but it certainly describes some of my reading material over the years! 😂🦇🕷🤓
1. Painting.
2. Getting to spend time with my family on my couple days off
Thanks for the tag @mcipher 😘 Tagging anyone who hasn‘t played yet
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pickWho doesn‘t love a good apocalypse book during a pandemic? This book was recommended to me as like The Stand but with magic and I have to agree. I loved it so much and can‘t wait to get my hands on the next book #summerfun #onaudio
Also using for #animalonthecover for #booked2020
pickThe first pages of this book read as if it had been recently written. It really shows how much we have not learned from our past. It shows the ugly that can happen if people do not learn how to come together. It shows the stupid things people do when they are afraid especially when they are afraid of someone different from them. But it also shows the good, the love, the laughter, the connections that can be made when people come together.
While the rest of the country stocks up on toilet paper, the Litsy community makes emergency library runs... you know, because we don‘t have any books on our shelves at home, right?! 😉
'When Ross MacLeod pulled the trigger and brought down the pheasant, he had no way of knowing he'd just killed himself'
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pickI really enjoyed this book. I have only read a few of Roberts' books in the past and this was so different from her other books. I really like storyline of people with powers and good vs evil, and how the main character, Lana, learns to use her powers. I'm looking forward to the next book in this series.
pickReally enjoyed this - some parts were quite violent but it wasn‘t over the top. Had a lazy breakfast this morning so I could finish it - now running late for my volunteer work, oopps. @Ddzmini you were right - I‘m going to the library as well to get the sequel!
Beginning this one today. My goal this year is to get the amount of books I own and have not read under control. This is a book that has been sitting on one of those piles for way too long. Looking forward to reading this one.
pickEvery time I read a Nora Roberts book I get sucked into a world of her making. I look forward to the other two books in this series as I‘ve invested emotions into the first and will begin the second. 🙂📖
