Welcome to Litsy!

Today is the 1st meeting of a new book club I‘m hosting at our library. We will discuss our “most memorable” thrillers/mysteries. I put this list together, but I know I‘m leaving out so many—plus I‘m seeking recommendations for selections for our upcoming discussions.

I‘m sharing my #top10thrillers here to get started. I‘ve found so many of these types to be forgettable. Which titles have stood out to you over time? Tag me if you make a post!

Anyone on Storygraph or Fable? I'm switching from GoodReads in 2025 so thought I'd see if any of my litsy friends are on there! Bonus photo of Pickles on his new favorite tree skirt lol

This book is not my favorite work of hers? I'm wondering if I'd have liked it more if I hadn't read sharp objects & dark places first? Who knows.

2024's mothman cookie! merry cryptid

I seriously dislike the husband, but I'm also not a fan of the wife either. Picture of my cat Pickles, he is mad I'm reading and not petting him.(also yes that is a tp roll behind him, it's Olives favorite toy currently so I have half a dozen around the place lol)

I hated both of the main characters. I have no sympathy or like for either of them. I guess they both got what they truly deserved. 🤷‍♀️

I really liked this book and highly recommend it.

#mystery
#WickedWhispers @eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#mysterious #Bookrecommendation #DeadSerious @OriginalCyn620

average straight millennial marriage

I didn‘t especially like the book but it does have a #black cover. #coverlove

O.M.G. This is the prime example of a book that is filled with horrible people and is so psychologically twisted that I felt compelled to keep reading. Like viewing a train wreck. Every time I stopped reading I had to make an excuse to pick up the book again. While I cannot say I loved the book, I did appreciate the misdirections and the suspension of belief at times. I‘ll think about this one for awhile!

#insaneprotag #ittakesallkinds @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#ItTakesAllKinds @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#InsaneProtag

#ItTakesAllKinds #AboutMarriage
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

January 1 #NewYearNewBooks Missing Person @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#NewYearNewBooks @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#MissingPerson

I don‘t know what I was expecting before I read this but this book is AMAZING. I read it basically in one train trip and boy did it keep me engaged. The first and second parts of the book were clearly the best and the third was a honestly a little disappointing but overall it was such girlboss entertainment. Also I must confer that the cool girl speech is crazy epic, but the book version is 10000% better than the movie

Trying to get my tbr pile down. New obsession to focus on since I had to move and there was stairs involved....
Wanna get to that level where I've read everything in my collection.

Great on audible

Next audible.
My amazing, beautiful niece.

Any time I take a leave of absence from Litsy, it's distressing to think of what I may have missed. I've managed to follow some extremely entertaining, insightful people whose reviews and blurbs I always look forward to reading, and I hate thinking about all the gems I might uncover if I just made time to scroll through a week's worth of content!

#Movie2BookRecs @Klou
Movie: Unfaithful

This book was an exceptional read! Amy is absolutely terrifying, and cleverly written. I wish it ended differently though; I wish something else happened to Amy. I‘m not sure what else, just something else.

#ThemedThursday

"Love taken to extremes can become dangerous"

I couldn't think of a more fitting book (and film, for that matter) than GONE GIRL.

Thanks for the tag @dabbe ?

Check out my profile on Goodreads!
https://www.goodreads.com/user/show/159578815 think@need some more book friends to add me if any@one wants to

Just about to start this THOUGHTS litsy ppl 🙃 is it a good read

1) Hated the tagged book with a purple passion and read one miserable half of Fates and Furies. Thankfully, Lauren Groff redeemed herself with Matrix.

2) I will never read another Kristin Hannah after reading The Four Winds which I know is a huge unpopular opinion. I also will never read Emily Giffin due to racist comments made on social media and I have no interest in Colleen Hoover.

#Ihavequestions

Original story that kept me mostly entertained. Dragged a bit in the middle and I deeply disliked the ending.

Apologies, time has totally lost all meaning to me this past month. 😅 So here‘s my #WondrousWednesday answers on a Saturday.

1. Bill Bryson has always come across as someone I could definitely hang out with.
2. All of the above, although it‘s been a minute since I was able to just browse in a physical bookstore.
3. The tagged definitely came out of left field for me.

A few months ago I saw a blurb on Bookriot about an upcoming Gone Girl cruise. Sounds…interesting?

Last week they republished a piece from Slate by someone who went on the cruise.

https://slate.com/human-interest/2022/10/gone-girl-cruise-review-diary-gillian-f...

Flynn blew me away with this reveal! Amy is truly devious and I believe would have succeeded in playing the ultimate trick on her husband had things gone a little differently. #scarathlondailyprompts #trick #teamslaughter

#ScarathlonDailyPrompt @StayCurious #Scarathlon2022
#TeamMonsterMash

Day 21 #Missing

First book I thought of for #missing #scarathlondailyprompts @Clwojick

#ManicMonday #LetterG

Books: Tagged, The Great Alone, Gideon the Ninth (TBR), The Girl With All the Gifts (TBR)
Author: Gillian Flynn and Grady Hendrix
Movie/TV Show: 🎥 Get Out, Good Will Hunting, Guardians of the Galaxy. 📺 The Good Doctor, Game of Thrones.
Band: Gojira, Good Tiger.
Song: Get Out Alive (Three Days Grace), Ghost (Lauren Babic), The Gift of Guilt (Gojira), Grip Shoes (Good Tiger)

Good heavens... I don't know how to feel about this book. It truly was addictive, but it left me feeling dark and swirly. Absolutely awful, unhinged, unlikeable characters - yet I was hooked until I finished the book. Such a deeply unsatisfactory ending, but I can tell it is going to stay with me. Its a difficult pick, but a pick nonetheless.

#AlphabetGame
#LetterG

My favorite of Flynn‘s books so far!

So it was somewhat spoiled for me as it‘s been hugely popular for 10+ years and had a hugely popular movie adaptation 🤣
I was really expecting to be blown out of the water, like this was the gold standard… but it kinda fizzles out IMO.

Oh, no. It‘s me.
🙋🏻‍♀️ Type A “cool girl” just losing her mind all the time 🙋🏻‍♀️

1. I like a surprise if it doesn‘t come from out of left field.
2. Tagged. If you know, you know.
3. Louise Penny can tell a story that seems headed for a place, then she goes in a different direction.
#sundayfunday

I read this for the first time a few months ago. Who knew I could dislike two main characters so equally!

#BookCoverChallenge
Day 300.
Here I will note 365 books (or as many as I will have before I get tired) that have shaped my taste in literature. No explanations, no reviews. Just the cover of the book.
I do not challenge anyone. You are all welcome to take part.

#Lies #BookMoods
@Eggs @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#BookMoods #Lies
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#bookmoods #lies!! @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
Just remembered this plot twisting book!

This was one of the best books because you got to see the WHOLE story. I also love when I read a book that I cannot predict. I hate knowing what will happen next, not being able to say their line and me quoting it even though I‘ve never seen read it. This kept me going!!!!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Part 1: Started interesting, then quickly became exhausting and remained that way.

Part 2: Big twist out of nowhere, reminiscent of BBC Sherlock in that no indication is made beforehand in an effort to make the book look clever when it isn't. Shenanigans ensue.

Part 3: I honestly just waited for it to be over. I was listening to the audiobook, so at least the narration by Julia Whelan and Kirby Heyborne was consistently great.