Welcome to Litsy!

Set at an elite Long Island prep school, Jill is about to begin her senior year when she starts getting strange texts about the death of her best friend, Shaila, who was murdered when they were freshmen. Jill, a member of the school‘s not-so-secret society, sets out to find the truth about who really killed Shaila, upsetting friends, family, and the community in the process. A decent YA murder mystery!

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Hoping the nice weather means spring is here!!🌼🪻🌸📚

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Ugh. This is on me because I knew I should have bailed about 50 pages in, but I was shocked by how good PLL was which this was compared to in the blurb so I toughed it out. Plus this coverrrr 😍

But it was not good. Twists were obvious. characters were not endearing or relatable. There‘s many instances that don‘t fit the teenage mindset &plot devices that are too conveniently shoe horned in. The deified dead BFF isn‘t even well fleshed out.

Supposed to be putting some time into this before work but instead I‘m just listening to my neighbors have a domestic squabble at 7am

Side note, whatever I bring out here seems to match my accent pieces? Idk how. I do not plan this lol

GOALS
Finish WOOL (I have 7 hours left 🎧)
#losersclub discussion date is approaching so King‘s gotta get finished & I‘m only at 60% or so 🙃
the tagged book because it‘s my shortest hardcover &I need to clear my hardcover shelf
Get through Magic Shifts so I can start All the Sinners Bleed the people are waiting! my due dates are approaching!

I‘m going to a baseball game & concert this weekend, so might not make it all, but why not try. #20in4

Savers haul. $11 spent and definitely left some goodies behind. What should I read first?

3 years ago, Jill‘s best friend Shaila was said to have been murdered by her boyfriend. Now, she‘s receiving messages saying her friend‘s boyfriend‘s innocent. Who really killed Shaila and why?

I didn‘t really enjoy this one. I didn‘t like most of the characters. The main character annoyed me because she was too indecisive. I already knew who did it from the beginning. Also, the reveal felt forced rather than natural.

#mysterybooks

Book 149🎧 2.5⭐️

Take it or leave it. General academic YA Thriller. Still good but not memorable 🤷🏼‍♀️

The second half was so so so much better than the first half. It makes sense that once the coming of age storyline starts to be realized, the annoying, dangerous, and immature behavior becomes a lot more multi dimensional. I figured out who did it long before the ending, but it was still interesting how they got there. If you are a fan of YA, there's a lot here to enjoy

Hoping for a good mystery to sink into!

This has sat on my bedside table forever. Time to get it started. Hoping it will be fun,!

Long Island prep school cliques
Secret society
hazing
murdered girl
guilty boyfriend
wrong suspect?

This a good YA crime novel, Jill Newman and her friends are trying to get over the death of their friend Shalia who was killed by her boyfriend Graham. But now the Graham is saying he didn't kill her so if he didn't then who did. I find it quite gripping although I did guess who did it near the end.

4/5⭐
A group of privileged HS students at an elite school do whatever it takes to climb thier ways to the top until one winds up dead. This is like Gossip Girl, but darker. I enjoyed trying to piece together who killed Shaila. I did guess whodunnit but read on to find out why. Although the reveal wasn't mind blowing and a few side characters were very one note, I liked this!
Looking forward to the HBO series based on this book!

Up next for the 2021 Reading Challenge prompt #murdermystery.

This one was interesting and a pleasant surprise!

Jill‘s best friend, Shaila, was murdered freshman year when they were both joining an exclusive and kind-of secret society, The Players.

Fellow student, Graham confessed to killing her... but Jill is beginning to think something else is going on. What if Graham is innocent?

Such a fun audiobook and loved listening to all the “perks” of being a Player.

This is about a girl who attends a prestigious school on scholarship, is inducted into an elite social group & whose best friend is murdered freshman year. Senior year, doubts arise about the identity of the killer. This one was good but I didn't connect with any of the characters and aspects of the plot were too far-fetched. I did want to know what happened & there were just enough red herrings to keep me guessing, but I wanted a bit more.

It wasn‘t an overwhelming book. The protagonist was so-so and the big reveal wasn‘t much of a surprise. Although I‘m glad it wasn‘t who I thought it was at first.

I usually like a slow-burn mystery, but this took a bit even for me. All the hint-dropping about terrible things Jill & friends did as freshmen started to feel unnecessarily dragged out instead of intriguing. Once she begins to open up about her doubts & concerns to her friends & digs up the past, the book picks up pace. The 2 possible solutions are obvious early on in the book, which kind of negates the twist, but I still liked how it unfolded.

Done and done. Took today‘s snow day to finish this one for #lmbpc. Enjoyable, made me think.

Five more great reads for Classroom Book a Day. #bookaday

It‘s finally going out. Hopefully vaccines, Christmas and the impending storm doesn‘t slow mail delivery down. Enjoy! #lmpbc

Sure do wish my lesson plans were done so I can get back to the good stuff. #lmpbc

Just arrived last night in the mail. Already on page 50. Cooking and reading. Cooking and reading.

The killer is pretty obvious from the start, but I think this is a decent prep school thriller overall. It didn‘t blow me away, but it was fun.

A bit of YA murder mystery fun. This is easy reading, plot driven and is a bonus bit of fun if you like a campus novel or reading about rich people problems. I spotted the killer a mile off but I‘m not exactly the target demographic so who cares?

I‘m in a Facebook book group where everyone is VERY into YA, so I feel like I‘m always on top of the “hot” YA reads. This sounds like a fun one to take my mind off some dense and difficult reads.

Just dropped this in the mail yesterday for #lmpbc. Anxious to hear what the rest of my group thinks!

@Tattooedteacher @Sarahreadstoomuch @EH2018

Average YA suspense with the seemingly ubiquitous clique of rich, spoilt teenagers. The guilty party is glaringly obvious. 3⭐️

I read Jessica Goodman's They Wish They Were Us with #totallyteenbuddyread. This is a fast-moving YA novel of suspense with some great intrigue. ⠀
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The novel's protagonist is Jill, a scholarship kid at an exclusive prep school, who has made it to the pinnacle of the student body's high society, The Players. Each year, this group of seniors chooses a small selection of freshmen to invite into their extravagant world of parties and drugs, ⬇️

🎃 Sleep, read, and try not to drink too much as we approach 11/3
🎃 Laini Taylor, Rainbow Rowell, Sarah Addison Allen, Erin Morgenstern. . .
🎃 They Wish They Were Us (meh)

@eggs #WondrousWednesday

This was a fantastic book, and an amazing murder mystery. The plot thickens throughout the book. I would recommend this book for Teenagers as there are coarse language and sexual happenings. I totally recommend this!!! Be ready for an amazing gripping book you won‘t be able to put down..

BINGO AGAIN!!! It took me a little while to get into this book but once I did I didn‘t want to put it down at all. This book is set in Gold Coast, Long Island. Jill goes to an expensive prep school and is in her senior year. But the school is still dealing with the tragic lost of her friend Shaila killed by her boyfriend Graham. But when new evidence comes to light did Graham really kill her or is the killer still out there?

A group of teens are part of a group in school which gets a lot of extra help and secrets but need to go through hazing and then haze others. Someone dies and they all deal with the emotional ramifications.

I am so over rich assholes having their way with the world. [I apologize for my language—that's just how disgusted I am.] We have too much of that garbage in our real lives right now. Why would I want to read about this type of scenario during my precious recreation time? [more in comment]

An entertaining Young Adult read. Great for fans of Gossip Girl. Lots of high school angst, lies, betrayals, and secrets.

Reading a book set on Long Island while sitting on my sailboat on the LI Sound, mentioned several times already in the book. My daughter was a very average kid who graduated from a private school w/ peers as privileged as the kids in the book. They haven‘t mentioned a town yet, but there was mention of a local planetarium and an oyster festival, both of which we do have. I found it fitting that these two fancy boats came & anchored next to to us!

I‘m a sucker for books set on Long Island, where I live. I‘ve been having a hard time getting into anything this past week. Everything I pick up is too heavy. So, rich kids behaving badly? I‘m in.

Gossip Girl meets One of Us Is Lying in this slick, taut murder mystery set against the backdrop of an exclusive prep school on Long Island.

This cover makes me think The Cheerleaders while the title makes me think of We Were Liars. Which means someone is probably going to die.

Out Aug 4
#CoverLove #YAEdition