Welcome to Litsy!

Let‘s be clear, this is not a horror story. It‘s a thriller. Try climbing the world‘s highest mountain when you are being chased by killers. Jake Perry writes his memoir about his epic climb in 1924. It reads like nonfiction as he goes through the details of planning for the climb, and the narrator is perfect for this task. But the “thrilling” part of the book starts about halfway through it when gruesome murders start happening. I found the ⬇️

I read this book for #Nepal #foodandlit. When the book is set, 1924, Nepal was a “forbidden nation.” So the mountain climbers couldn‘t try to summit Mt. Everest from Nepal. So that sent me to Google to find out why. Nepal was ruled by the Ranas in the 1800s, who closed Nepal‘s borders to foreigners (except sometimes the British, Chinese, and Tibetans). Following a democratic movement that overthrew the Ranas, Nepal‘s borders were opened in 1951.

I‘ve started this audiobook for #foodandlit #Nepal @Catsandbooks #litsyatoz #letterA #chunksterchallenge

Which of my lovely gifted books should I read first? Decisions are hard.

I love books about people in extreme conditions. This book sounded great. The beginning 1/3, when they were preparing for the trip to Everest, was a little boring. It goes into detail on the preparations and the history of mountain climbing. The rest of the book, once they actually make it to Everest, was amazing. The story was interesting and moved a lot faster. I enjoyed reading this.

It took me a while to read this book. It is densely packed with details and probably more than I ever thought I could know about climbing Mount Everest, without climbing Mount Everest. But. It is a riveting novel and I actually had to put it in a virtual freezer because I was so invested in the characters that I was having anxiety attacks. If this kind of reading experience appeals to you, I recommend this book. You‘ve been warned. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was not what I expected. Sometimes that‘s a good thing, but it wasn‘t really in this case. I bailed on this once when it first came out, and only stuck with it this time because it was for my book club. Clearly I‘m not the target audience.

#MarvelousMarch book 3/6

Yay! It‘s porch reading weather!

Finally finished! I feel as if I climbed every step of Everest with the characters. It was much better than The Terror for me, but I was a little disappointed that it didn‘t live up to its scary synopsis. Yetis were a very small part of the story. 4🌟

46 points (book, post, & 2 hours of reading)

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Compared to everyone else, it‘s a bit low this week. I do have some bingos coming up on the movie cards which should bump it up for Weeks 2 & 3.

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I‘ve never before had an interest in climbing or Mount Everest. And then this book happened. Simmons‘ tale of an unauthorized climb gone wrong is terrifyingly accurate. Weaving together history from the historic 1924 Mallory/Irvine climb, I found myself pausing to watch YouTube videos, research if his pieces of detail were accurate (they were) or just to see images of where they faced difficulties (Second Step). I couldn‘t put it down.

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I‘m chipping away at this slowly. About 50 pages a day. To say it‘s a slow burn is an understatement but I‘m really enjoying it. Let‘s get to the scary bits!

Ciara is taking the ‘let‘s take mommy‘s spot when she gets up‘ thing a little too far... #currentlyreading

Not sure why I need multiple Simmons on the go, but I‘m currently tackling these two! Abominable alone is almost 700 pages! 😳 #currentlyreading #currentlylistening

Think I did well today. Charity book shop, all 3 for £1. All good condition copies. I just need more time to actually read them! Daisy covered up the tagged book.

#TrickyCat likes to hang out with fictional characters. #CatsOfLitsy

When you‘re about to settle in to read, but you can‘t bring yourself to disturb your comfy dog to get a blanket for yourself.

Thank you @bookcollecter for this awesome #thankfulforbooks package! Capote is a great storyteller, I am really looking forward to this one, and the Abominable has me intrigued! The Ehrenreich that I've read was informative and I'm sure this will be as well. I am inspired to reread Gatsby and follow it up with Corrigan's study! Thank Sara & Emma for me for the feminine touches 😉 Happy Thanksgiving! And thank you @JamieLou for hosting this swap!

If you enjoy learning about mountain climbing you will enjoy this book!

Well not sure if anyone out there has read this but I just started it tonight and wondering if anyone has an opinion good or bad. I just got done with The Terror by this same author a couple of weeks ago, so any thoughts?

#TopTenTuesday this week was a freebie, so I picked the top ten grossest books I have read. You know, the ones that scar your brain for life😁 https://respekt1111.com/2017/01/25/idiosyncratic-top-ten-tuesday-10-books-to-mak...

Why I should never be allowed to drink and Barnes and Noble 😐. My TBR pile is 17ft high and I go do sh*t like this.

On the flip- I haven't been reading much this month. My gram grams (aka my world) is sick and I'm trying to find my balance in dealing with her illness. Been a lot of video games (my other guilty pleasure) and wine. But tonight hubs and I bought a book for ourselves and one to donate to a a kiddo. Literacy is power, yall. ❤️❤️

Well...I think it was about 300 pages too long. The dialogue was clunky in many places and the massive info dumps were exhausting, but the story was interesting. Almost gave up. Mostly glad I didn't.

My favorite summer reads are books that take place in cold climates. It's hot outside today but I'm freezing with The Abominable!