Welcome to Litsy!

Another great addition to this series. On the surface it‘s a detective series, but the author is absolutely brilliant at weaving in other themes and politically important issues. In this one the continuing Syrian civil war. My heart breaks for all those refugees, unwanted anywhere. 💔
#seriesread2021

📚 A Dangerous Crossing (tagged)
✒ Attica Locke
🎥 Aladdin
🎙Aerosmith
🎶 All of Me (John Legend)
#manicmonday #letterA @JoScho

A missing persons crime novel with well researched information on the horrors of being a refugee. My favorite book of the series.

This was another great installment in a mystery series featuring two Canadian detectives. The storyline always includes some human rights angle. In this one, a Canadian woman is missing from a camp for Syrian refugees in Greece, and they go to find out what caused her to #disappear. #ReallyRandomFebruary

When a Canadian NGO worker goes missing, suspected of murder, from a refugee camp on Lesvos, Community Policing detectives Esa Khattak and Rachel Getty are sent to investigate, and avert a diplomatic incident.

Thanks to NetGalley for the ARC - I‘d been looking forward to reading these books, and will be going back to read the others in the series. 👇

Still working my way (very slowly) through this ARC. So far it‘s taken us #AllAroundTheWorld from Canada, to Greece, Turkey, France & the Netherlands in the search for Audrey, a missing Canadian charity worker based on the Greek islands. Meanwhile Syrian refugee Ali is still looking for his ‘baby‘, girlfriend Israa, who was separated from him in the chaos of the journey to Greece.

#redroseseptember

These are all set in #Syria or are about Syrian refugees. The tagged book is fiction but the others are nonfiction. #LetsTravelAugust

My next #NetGalley read, probably called A Dangerous Crossing in some/the rest of the world.

Dear publishers,
Now that word-of-mouth is international, do title changes really still make sense?

Dear @Litsy
Thank you for your trick of merging international titles. It makes SUCH a difference (I can be annoyed rather than out-of-pocket now!) - of all the improvements you‘ve made over the last year, this one gets 🎉🎉🎉 every time I hit it.

This is as strenuous as it gets today. My houseguests are gone, I'm back from my roadtrip with my nieces, and my littlest is super clingy since I've been away a few days. If I'm lucky, I'll get this book finished today. #NeedAVacationFromTheVacation #LazyMonday

I‘m loving this series! Thanks again to the Littens who recommended them. 😍📚 #howjessreadsin2019

#Audiobook performed by Peter Ganim is 4th in an excellent series with Muslim #Canadian police detective Esa Khattak, and which always has a focus on contemporary politics. This time, a double murder plus a missing woman working for a Canadian NGO helping refugees on the Greek island of Lesvos. Organized crime, human trafficking, and xenophobia in a suspenseful thriller with a global backdrop.

Good

Book serendipity: current audiobook and print novel both have NGO kidnapping plot points.

1. Flavia in The Grave‘s a Fine and Private Place
2. Mostly flowers and herbs
3. Yikes, I am going to guess Wicked
4. Elizabeth Peters, John Sandford

#weekendchat
@CSeydel

Sharing my March reading totals. It was a great reading morning, and I enjoyed most of these.
9 books read
3 nonfiction
6 fiction
2 YA
3 mysteries
8 women authors

I always recommend this great series. The cases focus on a real life crisis. In this one, it is the humanitarian crisis caused by the war in Syria. The Canadian detectives travel to Greece to investigate the disappearance of an NGO volunteer, to whom they are both connected, at a refugee camp. The mystery is almost secondary to dangers faced by the refugees. I always learn from this author.

Some books with almost the same titles. This came to mind for #mirrorimage #MagicalMarch @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

My #MarchLineup is a combination of library holds that have come in (bottom row) and newer books that I bought in February but didn't get to finish (or start!). Like most months, my #MarchTBR is subject to change! #MagicalMarch #ReadingResolutions @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Jess7

The signed copy I won from the author‘s Facebook giveaway arrived today. 😍

I‘m not crying. Someone‘s cutting onions. 😭😭😭😭

#treasuredpossession

I‘m sure I‘ll get a little more reading done today, but I doubt I‘ll finish anything, so here are my #febstats. I‘m surprised that I read as much as I did. It really felt like a bad month. 🤷🏻‍♀️ I had some really awful reads, but a few absolutely stellar ones as well. The only disappointment is how few I managed for Mount TBR. 🤦🏻‍♀️
#readingresolutions

A gripping and difficult read. Once again, Khan weaves policing in with social and political commentary. This time, Detectives Khattak and Getty go to Greece to search for a missing friend, who worked for an NGO, helping refugees from Syria. Both see first hand, the difficulties in providing services for the refugees as well as the refugees‘ own suffering. Both Rachel and Esa see the best and worst of humanity during this case.

ALL THE STARS! This is not an easy read. Khan places her detectives in the middle of a deeply disturbing humanitarian crisis. The novel is a complex, multilayered mystery, but even more important than the mystery of what happened to Audrey Clare, is the plight of the Syrian people. I don‘t know how someone can read this and not be spurred to anger and action. Assad and his regime are pure evil.

💔 I thought the subject matter at the heart of Khan‘s first mystery novel was heartbreaking. The Syrian refugee crisis at the center of this one is even more devastating.

This book is breaking my heart. 💔😭

That‘s my name!
**muppet arm flails**
Best. Day. Ever!
SQUEE!!!!!!!

I‘m so excited!!!

Happy Book Birthday to #ADangerousCrossing! I think I‘m going to make some hot chocolate, grab a snack, and snuggle under the covers with my Kindle. This is the February new release I‘ve been most excited for. 😊

My #authorcrush for #womancrushwed is the incomparable Ausma Zehanat Khan. Not only does she write intelligent, socially conscious mysteries and intriguing fantasies based heavily around Muslim and Arabian-inspired history and folklore, she is a kind, thoughtful, and engaging personality on Twitter. I just adore her. #readingresolutions. The tagged book releases next Tuesday and I can‘t wait!

For #ReadingResolutions #WomanCrushWednesday three authors with books out this month, Ausma Zehanat Khan, Tayari Jones, and Jane Harper. The tagged one comes out soon! Tayari Jones and Jane Harper were both published yesterday. @Jess7

This is my proposed #FebruaryTBR, including the 2/13 release of the tagged book with #moderngirl Rachel Getty. It may be a little over-enthusiastic and I just realized I forgot my library books, but I‘ll read what I can. 😳
#ReadingResolutions
#FierceFeb

I think Ausma Zehanat Khan is one of the best authors for interacting with readers on Twitter. I can't wait to read the next book in this series, which I tried to order twice.

Guys, guys, guys, guys! I chatted with AZK on Twitter today and THIS happened! ***muppet arm flails***