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When someone‘s taken from you too soon, there‘s a finite number of things you can share with that person, so you want to share them all 🥀

The story centers around Cady who lost her brother to suicide. Her brother was diagnosed with schizophrenia, and when Cady begins hearing voices, she wonders if she is following in his footsteps.

Cady is determined to find out what happened to her brother that pushed him to make the final decision, but will hearing these voices affect her ability to get the answers she craves?

In my honest opinion, a bit too lengthy, and even confusing at times.

Starting this today…

This was a great (mild) thriller. Love the applied physics.

The apple doesn‘t fall far from the tree! The author‘s Mom is Lisa Scottoline.
Did you know that Harvard‘s freshman dining hall - Annenberg Hall - is copied off of Christ Church College Geat Hall – University of Oxford (Oxford, U.K.),
which is what Harry Potter‘s dining hall is based on.
And no one but the Freshman are allowed inside the Harvard dining hall.

I‘m a sucker for a good campus novel but oy, this was just too much. A deep dive into schizophrenia and suicide, a ghost story, historical fiction, physics and parallel universes, espionage, etc. It‘s well written and kept my interest but could have been tightened up. A LOT. Too many strands and styles of storytelling.

Cadence (Candy) Archer enters Harvard as a freshman a year after her schizophrenic older brother committed suicide on campus. Determined to redeem her brother‘s memory, Cady begins to pursue clues that he left behind, but are the voices she begins to hear an indication that she shares his illness, or are ghosts speaking to her?

A fascinating read with accurate depictions of the terror wrought by mental illness and finally, a good thriller.

Finishing this one up tonight with my book buddy! 😻📚💕 #catsoflitsy #littenkitten #chaplin

One of the great things about working the late shift at the library is being able to enjoy some book time and tea in the morning! 🤗💕📚

Oh man, this was a cheesy book. Take a heartwarming Hallmark movie of the week about a family dealing with the death of a mentally ill son. Throw in some schmaltzy random ghosts. Add a pinch of T.S. Eliot and plenty of Harvard references for some intellectual pretense. Then toss in the fire and bake for 30 minutes. 459 page waste of my time

An outstanding debut solo novel by Francesca Serritella!

I've been a long time fan of Lisa Scotoline's non-fiction books, The latter ones being co-authored with Francesca Serritella making them a fantastic mother-daughter team! Ghosts of Harvard is Francesca's debut solo novel and I found the story gripping! I listened to the audio version of this book and it was superbly narrated

Initially I would describe this book as...(cont in comments)

A very engaging campus novel. It‘s a little bit mystery, a little bit crime, a little bit supernatural, and overall very readable. I love a campus novel, so I am clearly the target audience. I was a bit worried that this book might be too long and in need of a bit of an edit, but I found it compelling reading throughout. There‘s some sensitive exploration of grief, mental illness and the ripples these leave in families and individuals. Al

In the middle of a hellacious thunderstorm, tornado warnings and lighting like you wouldn't believe...I finished it!! Such an enjoyable, great novel. I immediately fell in love with Francesca's style of writing and the story itself.
I'm truly looking forward to her next book 🤓
🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

🍁Ghosts of Harvard (hoping to finish today)

🍁Pumpkin Spice Latte & Eggnog Latte-both from Starbucks

@rachelsbrittain
#weekendreads
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🍁Ghosts of Harvard (still😉)
📖Trump 2020 - oh shit sorry. The creepiest word is detestable...same difference.
🍕Probably pizza take out.

#thoughtfulthursday
@MoonWitch94

The first half of this book took me weeks to get through; the last half took me mere hours. I went back and forth on the mc. She did some stupid stuff, but I get why. The insight into mental illness was interesting, and Cady‘s fear that she might have inherited schizophrenia was understandable. Some of the plot twists were a little unbelievable and others I just didn‘t see coming. Ghosts is Serritella‘s debut novel — I hope to read more by her.

🍁True crime/mysteries (fiction and non). I love the pace of the story and I'm constantly thinking about it, in a good way.

🍁 This is easy: Steig Larsson's dragon tattoo series!

🍁This was a tough choice between Ghosts of Harvard and Race Against Time.

@ozma.of.oz #sundayfunday #sundafunday

Happy Sunday fellow littens. This is the adorable face that greeted me,as if to say:"you crazy lady, are you seriously going to read ALL day?! Fine, I'm going to snuggle you ALL day!"
Works for me?
#dogsoflitsy #sundayreading

Sweet Maggie has had her poop/pee walk (Chico too) and now it's reading time for the rest of the day....probably tonight too 😉
Happy reading everybody! 🤙😁☕️

My new favorite reading partner Maggie (a rescue/grandma sitting- I'm hoping has her forever home with us) is all snuggled in with me and ready for a Saturday night readathon.
What or who are you snuggled up with? 🤓
#dogsoflitsy

1. Hands down The Yearling. We read this out loud in 7th grade, taking turns. We were not suppose to read it at home, but me and book nerd friends did anyway. And oh how we cried!😢
2. Ghosts of Harvard by Francesca Serritella
3. The Great Gatsby

@ozma.of.oz

Seeing some mixed reviews on this one. #currentlyreading #kindle

This book is a very slow start and way too long then it needs to be. Cady attends Harvard hoping to learn more about her brother Eric's suicide. I was hoping for more of a ghostly mystery story but was disappointed. I think the voices Cady heard were more in her head than actually coming from ghosts. The book tries to be too many genres and therefore suffers to meet any fully. The basic story is a good one but just got muddled in the telling.

Day 2 - #RainbowColors #LitsyBitsy

Listening to the tagged book and sitting outside in my garden today!

This book is so great! I'm so enjoying it on this beautiful Sunday morning 🤓

It got off to a great start but then became more and more tedious before totally fizzling out. An interesting premise that took off in completely wrong directions, muddling the plot. It's a shame, I think maybe I was hoping for more suspense from the ghost angle. In hindsight, I really should have bailed when the urge struck.

The book offers some meaningful tidbits that may be appreciated more by a different reader. It‘s a slow burn and the mystery within it was less compelling than what I had hoped for.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/3203932372

Bailed at 20% / 3:24:14. Tedious, boring, slow, and irritating—I don't see it going anywhere.

Felt like this was trying to be too many things at once (ghost story, spy thriller, etc) without really nailing any of them. Muddled plot, too many side characters, and waaay too long. Only ⭐️⭐️ for me.

#Netgalley #arc

I'm a little mixed on this one. I think this author shows potential. Cady goes to Harvard hoping to sort out her brother's suicide. Then she starts hearing ghosts. It's definitely entertaining. I'm curious to see what the author comes up with next.

#BookSpinBonanza book 7
@TheAromaofBooks

I received an #ARC from #RandomHouse via #Netgalley

What are you currently reading? Do you think you‘ll finish any books up this weekend? Since my books all scream “read me!” at once, I tend to silence the noise with multiple reads. I don‘t think I‘ve made enough progress in any of these to confidently state that I‘ll finish something over the weekend but we‘ll see. My husband and I are also listening to The Plague on audio together but we‘ve made very little progress!

“Cady told herself she didn‘t want to make anyone uncomfortable, but there was a more selfish reason; she didn‘t want to be tragic. Tragedy taints a person, and no one wants to touch that sadness, just in case it spreads.”

These just came in the mail from publishers via #goodreads 😍📚

Not that I truly needed more books to read. 😆

I found myself enjoying this book more once I had forced myself to get past the 20% mark or so, but even then it was still a bit of a slog. I think it tried to be too much at once - ghost story, family tragedy, coming of age, spy thriller - and the mix of it being a little bit of each of those was not as satisfying as perhaps it would have been to just be one or two. Out on May 5 👻