Welcome to Litsy!

I had no idea what to expect with this, which was probably why I enjoyed it. I've seen some negative reviews from people who had seen it billed as a thriller and it is not that. It's an interesting character study though with two solid narrators.

This was my #doublespin for March.

Working on finishing my third book for the #24in48 readathon. How great is this bookmark from Bucharest?!

I am not doing as well as I like on the #24in48 due to some other priorities, but I am home now and ready to bunker down for the rest of the weekend. Switching tracks to something a bit lighter...I think! #mountTBRchallenge

#day20 #septembowie #ohyouprettythings ..... Something from my TBR... the rating aren't great on Litsy, but the lovely @Booksandcooks 's review had me sold👍😊

I really loved this. Fantastic $3 book outlet find! I'm sorry it has such a bad rating. It suffers from misleading blurb syndrome. It's a story about two women who were affected in strange ways by a rather benign kidnapping. No thriller here. Just two really interesting character studies. I couldn't get enough of these women!

I'm listening to And the Band Played On (amazing!!) while drinking coffee and just started this hardcover book. It has an abysmal rating on Litsy. We'll see... Any other late night people doing the #24in48 #readathon? Any other Littens awake?

This should not be listed as a suspense novel. I could have cared less about any of it.

This started out with an interesting premise: two girls are abducted without force when they are 12 years old and live with their kidnapper in the woods for two months before being rescued. The story picks up with them as adults living as a professor and an actress. Ultimately though, an interesting beginning fell apart under the weight of too many layers, questions and nonsensical plot devices with a disappointing ending.

She is speaking here of the book-within-a-book that is part of this novel. I wonder if the author is self-aware enough that this is a wink at the reader, as this book neatly fits this description.

Ooh - I like this. Because how many words have I stumbled over pronouncing when suddenly asked to say then out loud after a lifetime of reading them only in a book.

When you spend the day driving your kid to and fro for a team party, sometimes you just have to head to the bookstore with your gift cards and indulge. This one sucked me in from the first page.

I wanted to like it, but so many problematic aspects that I just couldn't get around. Was the incessant need for acceptance some neo-feminist statement? I just don't know. I don't know if the book knows, either.

75% of the way through this book, and just when I thought I knew what's what....I'm thrown for a loop.

This was a surprisingly great and creepy read! I wasn't as impressed by the book within a book parts as the straightforward narrative but I honestly could have spent another 300 pages with the two main characters.

"Only then can you forgive a girl for being pretty: if she's an idiot or a liar." Loving the excerpt of Pretty Is up at #Guernica -- looking forward to the full read.