New bestie!!! 😁😁💕
My creative idol Stuart Turton was such an entertaining speaker - irreverent, smart, cynical, funny - and I even managed to say a few words to him.
US Littens might be pleased to know he's doing a US tour soon too 😊
New bestie!!! 😁😁💕
My creative idol Stuart Turton was such an entertaining speaker - irreverent, smart, cynical, funny - and I even managed to say a few words to him.
US Littens might be pleased to know he's doing a US tour soon too 😊
15-8 Mar 2024 (audiobook)
Low pick. Interesting premise but with these types of books I always find the ending a bit blah. And guests and staff drop like flies!
The narrator relives the same day eight times, each time from the perspective of a different occupant of an English estate. Each time he dies or falls asleep he moves to the next ‘host‘. Before 11pm on the 8th day, or the death of the final host, he must know who killed Evelyn Hardcastle.
I feel like I‘m the last person to read this book, so I won‘t say much about it. It‘s trippy, & I had a hard time putting it down, except for when I needed to think through all the characters. May be one I reread in the future because I know I missed details.
This is one of the coolest mysteries I have ever read. Aiden Bishop has one job, find out who murdered Evelyn Hardcastle. But solving this puzzle will not be easy. He has eight host that he must journey through and use their personalities to his advantage. And he only has one name on his mind, Anna. Who is Anna? Who is Aiden? And who killed Evelyn Hardcastle? Only time will tell.
Groundhog‘s Day meets a murder mystery
“ It‘s too late for me to help either of them, but I‘m not gonna let the truth say buried any longer. It‘s done enough damage already.” 333
“Now come on. We‘ve a murder to attend” 129 #gymlisten
**my brother got me a kindle so I‘ve been blowing through some books without reviewing, apologies up top for the inundation of reviews by me and terrible pics**
This was a reread- I ADORE this book. It‘s creepy and confusing and it was a perfect read during the Halloween season. Highly suggest picking it up if you haven‘t 5⭐️
I enjoyed this story which was not much like anything I had read before. Always fun to have a fresh idea to consider for a bit. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#scarathlon #BOOklovers
Day 3 of #scarathlon‘s photo challenge - Death/Dead
I‘m sharing another ebook that‘s been on my Kindle since 2021. This one sounds interesting. I still want to read it.
#HHC
My pick for #scarathalonphotochallenge prompt Death. Evelyn Bishop is murdered at 11. Aiden wakes up on the same day in the body of a different guest @ Blackheath, and must solve the mystery. Cool premise, non? This is one of those books that I had a good time while reading it, but I'm not sure if I actually *liked* it or not.
Artwork from here: https://www.deviantart.com/everyfortressfalls/art/Seven-and-a-Half-Deaths-no-num...
May I tell that the italian cover is so damn good?
Plus, I think I matched the bookmark pretty well
Terrible on audio. The book is too complicated to listen if you‘re doing anything else. I knew what was happening only because I had read it before. Great as a read. Terrible on audio.
This was an excellent book. Great mystery and I loved the concept completely. It makes you think right to the end. It really is Agatha Christie meets Groundhog Day. It was brilliant. I don‘t know what else to say except read it! Everything else will spoil it. I was disappointed to see that the Netflix series adaptation has been cancelled. I would have watched that, but maybe I‘ll just have to reread this one now that I know the end.
Didn‘t turn out to be my cup of tea
It was hard to follow the story
#IdiomInsight @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#FairandSquare
This is the first book I thought of and I couldn't get it out of my mind. Not sure it is fair. However, it made me think about what is fair.
This book had so much going on it was hard to keep up for the first 1/3 of it. Once some of the pieces start to click it‘s easy to binge the rest of the book. It was a decent twist at the end as well 📖
This book is in between a pick and a so-so to me. The middle of the book is the most interesting and page turning section. The ending was just okay to me. It felt like a little bit of a let down. That being said, the writing is spectacular. I can only imagine how hard it was to write a book like this. So, I would still recommend it!
#MurderMystery #TheBishopAndTheKnight #TimeTravel
“A book, too, can be a star,
explosive material, capable of stirring up
fresh life endlessly,
a living fire to lighten the
darkness, leading out on
the expanding universe.”
~A Wrinkle in Time
This is a soft pick for me. I enjoyed it overall, but the many twists and turns became a little tedious to follow. I did like how the author describes being in other people's heads/bodies, although I'm not sure if the main character's reactions always make sense given the backstory/explanation we get at the end of the novel.
I have no idea what I expected from this but it's very unusual. There's a mystery but also fantasy elements. Not like vampires or anything but the detective inhabits different hosts that must work together to solve a crime.
A friend handed this to me but I cheated and actually listened to the audio to speed me along.
#BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks
An absolutely brilliant mystery novel that will leave you on the edge of your seat. Turton's intricate and twisted plot is expertly crafted and will keep you guessing until the very end. The concept of a repeating day seen through the eyes of different characters adds an extra layer of complexity and intrigue to the story, and the characters are vividly drawn and flawed, making them all the more fascinating.
This took me a little bit to get into.. but once I did, I loved it! It's a little twisty.
very good, but a little confusing. would have been better if i didn‘t take breaks in between, but overall interesting story. never read anything like it, would recommend if interested in murder mysteries-i never knew where the story was taking me!
I picked this as a #DiscussionBook because I didn‘t like it and it seems everyone else in the world did. I felt I wasn‘t smart enough to follow. I kept trying to figure out the half death. Maybe it was in there but I heard the author say he added the half to differentiate the book from The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo. #MayMontage
I just got this item off of loan on Libby, good timing! The premise is interesting, a murder mystery where Aiden must figure out who killed Evelyn before he can escape the scene, he has a week. The twist is that he wakes up each morning as a different character and some are more helpful than others. We'll see if it holds my attention after These Violent Delights, which was so beautifully written... sigh. Will report back!
Were you aware that Alexa will read you your Kindle books? No need for that expensive Audible subscription anymore.
Wowza. @Clare-Dragonfly you weren‘t joking on not guessing what was going to happen in this book. It was all over but in a good way😅😅 I feel like this was an excellent starter mystery novel if you haven‘t dabbled too much in that genre. I did take notes to help keep everything in line, not that it helped me guess the ending😆 I really really enjoyed this read and highly recommend it if it‘s on your TBR😊
An interesting concept and liked the twist at the end.
So I‘m a little over halfway with this read and I have some suspicions of who may be behind all the stuff going on in this book… (there‘s a lot😅) but I can‘t help but think I‘m reading Harry Potter right now🤣🤣
Decided to take notes on my next book club book to see if I can solve the mystery before the end of the book! Featuring my favorite potato #finankitten, he makes a superb writing desk🤣 I‘m not much of a mystery genre reader but this one is intriguing to say the least!
Such a twisty turny thorny plot! #TemptingTitles #WithDeath @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
I had a couple of false starts reading, but finally made it to the end. The complexity of the story and the large cast of characters is difficult to follow. If only I had discovered the cast of characters and map in the front of the book before finishing!! Aiden Bishop has 8 days and 8 bodies/POVs to solve a murder. If not, he will have to do it all over again and again. How many times has he tried? Will he ever escape? 4⭐️s for a twisty tale.
Gosford Park meets Groundhog‘s Day with twist upon twist. Aiden wakes up in a different body each morning & tries to solve a murder. One thing that made this complex story more enjoyable was reading it on vacation when I had the dedicated time for it. Without that it would have been difficult to pick up the threads of the story. It took some mental gymnastics to peel away each layer & keep the timeline straight, but it was very worth it for me.
Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:
#MARCHMAGIC
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents
Today‘s Prompt: ON TBR LIST FOR ONE YEAR
This book has been on my TBR for more than a year!! 😊
What about YOU?
What book keeps looking at you from your bookshelf?
I ended up really enjoying this book. For some reason it was hard to pick up but once I‘d get started, I would get sucked in. Once you get used the pattern of the main character it was easy to follow along. This was a really well written story. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Co-worker let me borrow this book! I hope it's good!
What did I just read!? It was a slow beginning but totally worth it for the crazy good ending.
#LMPBC @sweetpealsd @ConfessionofaBookaholic @gencmichael
I have a rare afternoon off and it‘s a rare 77° in January so I‘m reading by the local reservoir.
Wow what a ride. There was so much going on and it never slowed down. I was amazed at the ending. This was pretty exciting book
This is quite slow and quite confusing until you get into the rhythm of what is actually going on! It‘s an inventive twist on the classic murder mystery.
I knew in Aug this would be my best read of 2022 😂 Dec was hard fought btwn The Real Valkyrie & Bone Rattler, but Bone Rattler was deadly slow moving & I can see it would turn some readers off. The Real Valkyrie was informative! That vs For the Wolf was another hard decision, but I really enjoyed the world building of For the Wolf.
I am OK with my top 4 books being Evelyn Hardcastle, For the Wolf, Once Upon a River, and The Real Valkyrie.
This was my view while reading today… on MIAMI SOUTH BEACH!!!
This is honestly the most over-hyped book I‘ve picked up this year and frankly, it was so bad! It‘s extremely slow, confused, and the author has tried too hard to build a plot but fails miserably at it. The characters are horrible and shallow, there‘s a lot of misogyny and fat phobia thrown in. Terrible book that‘s absolutely not worth the hype.
I just finish this book a few seconds ago and I‘m still high on that ending. I loooved this book, it had me on the edge of my seat with every chapter. I could say that it was a little heavy to keep up with the amount of characters but overall it was so good. I was also a fan of the writing, the different descriptions and metaphors made. In other words 5 out of 5 for me :)
Unpopular opinion, I know, but I just didn't enjoy this one as much as I thought I would. There were a lot of characters, a lot of information to keep track of, and the timeline jumped back and forth somewhat. It was a fascinating storyline with a well-thought out plot, but just too much for me to focus on right now.
#LitsyLoveReads