Welcome to Litsy!

Goals:
-Finish Milk Fed
-Finish Bombshell
-Make progress on a giant fantasy tome (Mask of Mirrors)
-Start a new audiobook
#awesomeapril #readathon @Andrew65

Had a really bad migraine this weekend, so today i went to the bookstore and went absolutely nuts to cheer myself up 🤣 it did work! #bookhaul

This was a complex story that was built off of a young woman named Reneta with an idea for a scam that blossoms into a series of connections to nobility and a crime boss Loved the world but if your not paying attention you could easily get lost, this was a ebook,I recommend to go in the back glossary for definitions I learned the hard way.I did feel the magic part could have been better explained from the beginning It ended up being a lot of fun

I'm still 2 #BookSpin reads behind (January, May) but I have some grace in my reading schedule in June so maybe this is the month I spin like a top? Either way, the backlog won't stop me adding a June spin! It's Pride month, so all my BookSpin picks feature LGBTQIA characters - plus I'll definitely be reading sapphic fantasies The Jasmine Throne (Tasha Suri) and Black Water Sister (Zen Cho).

An intense & complicated high fantasy requiring a slow read. Political intrigue, scheming, deception, & a LOT of twists & turns. Intricate world building & detail that requires focus. The protagonist is a strong & smart, intensely morally gray female. A cool magic system & excellent, diverse side characters. EVERYONE in this book has something up their sleeve & it is freaking awesome. Darkness & deception around every corner & from every angle.

Today's read

Went grocery shopping today. Came home to find that someone had jumped our fence and cut the flowers off our daffodils that were blooming 😳 Just...so weird and mildly unsettling. I‘m going to try to forget about it for a bit and immerse myself in this. Try being the keyword.

It is not a badly written book. My issue was that I didn't believe in the protag. She is running a long con but for me the premise of the con was fuzzy and I couldn't suspend my disbelief. Which gradually grew into a deep frustration with the character.

But I can see others enjoying it because the writing is good as is the world-building.

It has too many characters but that is endemic to fantasy at the moment *shakes fist at GRRM*

Hiiiiii Littens!! I‘m baaaccckkkk! My last Litsy post was 2 years ago! This is my current read and it‘s pretty good so far!

Do you like masked vigilantes? Morally ambiguous crime lords? Elaborate cons? Beautiful clothing? Well I've got good news. The Mask of Mirrors was a fun escapist fantasy. https://youtu.be/9UGRqgYLVH4

Biscuit says, "Yeah... I am kind of jealous of Tom Gauld's jetpack! But I have Marie Brennan/Alyc Helms' new book so you're all jealous of me."

Aka, I got books! I mean... Biscuit did. Obviously.

#BunniesofLitsy

It was super cold and snowy today, which made my lovely stew dinner especially yummy! Also had some cheese and a pretzel roll! 😋💕

Snow! ❄❄❄

Perfect weather to stay inside curled up with a new book, tea, and snacks! 💕📚

Simple. But effective. Surely I have read iterations of this idea before. But it struck me here as just a nice turn of phrase.

This book sounds really fun and I'm tickled the authors got the idea from a role-playing campaign apparently. I'm such a sucker for a cool map, too 😍

Only open to the US, unfortunately, but enter here if you want to: https://swee.ps/PpQQS_uFCARIw

#orbit #giveaway

If a book was able to woo on technical aspects alone then The Mask of Mirrors would be a no brainer BUT, for some reason, it just didn't wow me. Even though it ticked off all of the technical boxes, it just didn't compel me or demand my undivided attention. It might be a 5 star read for others but for this gal, it was more of a drip than the tidal wave I was hoping for after reading the synopsis.