Welcome to Litsy!

I'm officially on winter break! I went to the 8th grade teacher secret Santa party last night, I finished grades this morning, and now I'm DONE for two weeks! Time to dive into a new series. 🤓

I cannot even begin to describe the experience of reading this book. It's literally like falling into the pages headfirst and living within the words. I'm not the least bit interested in hurrying through this series. I've reached my yearly book goal. I'm going to thoroughly enjoy this trilogy and I don't care to rush through even one page. 5 stars and above. Am I into pirates and ships normally? No. But I love this. What great writing.

"Refuse the anxiety. When you borrow trouble against what might be, you neglect the moment you have now to enjoy. The man who worries about what will next be happening to him loses this moment in the dread of the next, and poisons the next with pre-judgement."

I think this is going to be a great book! Sitting in a tractor this time of year during harvest gives me extra time to read between running the auger for grain carts. ???

#WickedWhispers @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs
#Magic

It‘s taken me an age,but I‘m so close to the end!!

I'd definitely say this was on the border between low pick and so-so mainly because none of the characters were able to make sound decisions. I got so much second hand embarrassment because everything they chose was not good. The only real character to root for is the stupid ship but even she had bad reasoning.

Just over 200 pages to go!

Robin Hobb creates a magical world, this has to be different to any book I‘ve read before with Liveships, Pirates, sea serpents, etc. These take a while to get into and despite being fantasy has great linkages to the real world and the down trodden way women have been treated throughout history.

A BIG read but some interesting plot lines and interested to see where this is taken in book 2.

#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView #ChunkstersOfLitsy

1. I‘m in Bingtown and on a Liveship travelling the Cursed Shores in Robin Hobb‘s world with the tagged book.

2. I always love books set in Scotland, and especially in the remote parts of Scotland, and we regularly visit these areas on holiday so the books remind me of our holidays. So much great crime fiction set in these areas.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

I tag @CarolynM @LizPixie @Cinfhen @AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks @TheBookHippie @LeahBergen

Started March by a mixture of reading and listening to the first book in The Liveship Traders Series by RobinHobb. At 896 pages this Chunkster may take a while.

#SeriesLove2024 @TheSpineView
#Chunkster

I'm trying a different tactic with my #BookSpin list for 2024. I know I bemoan my chunkster curse but I think I'm just going to lean into it this time. I organized my physical book tbr by page number and then put the highest page counts first. Then anything I add each month after will have a smaller page count than those already on the list. I'm excited to see how this plays out. As always thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting!

I love the way Robin Hobb writes, her sentences are cozy which is something considering how brutal her plots are.

There's a lot being said here about women. How society and tradition tie our hands both in the present day and in our futures.

Loved the liveships, how they come to be, how they operate, how they are sustained. Paragon is a great liveship and I'm incredibly interested in where his story line is going.

Holy Smoke!

I missed Fitz & Nighteyes for a few chapters then ….

Possibly in my top ten series of all time!

Sentient ships that bond to family members. Pirates! Awesome new characters!! Love some HATE some!

It you like her style of writing … Liveship Traders is starting out STRONG! It ended abruptly but there‘s 2 more books in this trilogy.

Highly recommend!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️+

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟MASTERPIECE!

A title #WithMagic ✨🏴‍☠️✨ #TemptingTitles ☔️🌸💜

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

I‘m still working on January‘s #BookSpin but that hasn‘t stopped me from making my list for February. I‘m trying to keep the chunksters at bay so my new to list tiles are both less than 600 pages. As always thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting.

Not a full review do to the ongoing Harpercollins strike. 5⭐️
#chunksterchallenge2023 - 880 pages
#bookspinbingo - bingo!
#NoShameReadathon2023 - Fantasy Chunkster
#JoyousJanuary #Readathon

Just finished a comfort re-read of this masterpiece. This book is so entertaining. It was just as wonderful the second time around. I love Robin Hobb.

I cannot believe it's time to set up the 2023 #BookSpin lists! I reorganized my list and I did a page count this time so I only have one really chonky boi. I put them in order from chonkiest to not so hopefully we don't get a lot of draws next to each other lol. I am so hype for the second!!!
As always thanks to @TheAromaofBooks for hosting.

#12booksof2022

Didn't have to think very hard about March's pick... Robin Hobb is in a league of her own. I didn't think any other series could rival Fitz & The Fool, but I was wrong, she has captured my imagination all over again with the Liveships trilogy.

Epic, original, emotional, incredible... I'm on the third book now.

I had to stop reading this book for a few months because the main characters seemed to take the worst possible decisions whenever possible. I picked the book back up last week, and the adventure and prose grabbed me. hope to read the next two books soon.

I have to give c-RAE-dit to @RaeLovesToRead for this recommendation. I haven't read any of the other Hobb trilogies. There may be better starting points to introduce oneself to the sprawling fictional world she's created. Still, what impressed me most about this book was how intimate it felt - a handful of characters and settings rendered in exquisite detail that still managed to give a sense of the larger world outside the story. 5⭐️

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

Thanks for the tag, @RaeLovesToRead 😎

1. That's an easy one, Ship of Magic. Technically, it's also my least favorite book of August, since it's the only one I've read this month 😩 But I do enjoy it quite a bit.

2. Like all the best fantasy epics, it has all those things. Will probably seek out Hobb's other series as well.

Tag @IuliaC @fredamans @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm

#Two4Tuesday

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView

1. Probably more than one, but the Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy comes to mind right away.

2. Fantasy epic involving living ships 🚢

Tag everyone!

I am only on the first chapter of this book but I can already tell that I'm falling deeply in love with it! The writing is just so vivid and beautiful! Although it's a bit warm today, there is also a refreshing breeze which makes reading in the woods especially delightful! 🌿📚💕

My next adventure begins today! 💕📚 This is a huge chonk of a book! I'm so excited to get lost in the story!

#Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView

1. Thank to @RaeLovesToRead and her incessant evangelizing, Ship of Magic is now indelibly stamped into my subconscious, so I'm going to have to say that.
2. Not at all. I'm either concentrating on a book or listening to music, but if I try them simultaneously both end up being a disaster.

Tag @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm @IuliaC @jdiehr @TheRiehlDeal

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1) My favourite word game is easily Codenames. Seriously recommend it if you have 3 other people to play it with. There's even a saucy "After Dark" version and a picture version.

Also love Scrabble, but don't play it with my Dad cause he takes about half an hour to take a turn.

2)... positive change.

3) Ship of Magic ??

#aestheticallymatched

I think both these pictures work for Ship of Magic: A colourful adventure set on the stormy seas!

Absolutely incredible.

This book was rich in storytelling, characters, lore and action. The world felt so real, it was like I was in every tavern, on every deck, at every gathering, right there with the characters.

Ambitious, vast, enthralling, emotional, entertaining, epic...

I don't even like books set on boats!

A spellbound 5 stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

(I need the next 2x volumes RIGHT NOW!!!!)

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

1. This. Book. Is. INCREDIBLE so far.

2. I would say Black & British by David Olusoga

3. I hardly ever bail, although I have a number of unfinished poetry collections on the go. Tend to dip in and out.

Let me see your lovely faces! 😁😄 @The_Penniless_Author @TheNeverendingTBR @Yuki_Onna @JenReadsAlot @sprainedbrain @Simona TAG! You're it!

Only on page 42 and already 10x more serpenty than the Essex Serpent 🤣

Usually I hate books set on boats, but for Robin Hobb, I'll make an exception 💕

Best thing today is to snuggle up and read. It's storm number 3 outside, this time with snow and hail...

#WeekendReading 📖 @Andrew65

#BookNerd 🤓💙📚

Saw this on FB and it resonated with me. I think I may dive back into Robin Hobb‘s worlds.

Sorting through my fantasy chunksters and trying to decide where to go after finishing Stormlight.

Do I dive into Wheel of Time knowing there's a bzillion of them to come?

Do I keep it Sanderson and move straight on to Mistborn?

Do I trust my lovely friend Tim and go for Malazan next?

Do I continue my journey with Robin Hobb? (I told myself I'd read the Liveships before I bought the next Fitz and the Fool trilogy)

Or do I go King Arthur?

Finished the first book of the wayward children‘s series and while I liked it, not sure I am going to continue reading that series.

Decided to reread the first book of this series and finally read the rest and finish this series. Always loves the first book having read it many years ago. Never knew why I didn‘t finish the series.

#ShipOfMagic #RobinHobb #LiveshipTradersTrilogy #book #books #ebook #kindle #kindleoasis

I received the books I ordered from Thrift Books. The top two are for my grandson and the bottom book,The Thorn Birds, is for the July #ThornBirdsReadAlong I am hosting. Love #bookmail 💜📚📖📕📪

Fantastic book with some much living imagination I feel I am these characters and am experiencing the same emotions. This is a fantastic beginning to a wondrous series 💙😍😘📖🍾
Full review at https://pnebooks.com/2021/02/16/book-review-ship-of-magic-by-robin-hobb-1999/

I enjoyed this from the first chapter to the last. From the colourful cast to the beautiful setting to the story threads to be pulled in book two, it had me engrossed. Arguably a better start than the Farseer trilogy I felt like I was watching some kind off strategy game where I can‘t see the whole board, but every players move seems integral to the end point, which is admittedly, a long way off yet. Pic is the Mary Rose in case you‘re curious!

#Magic #InspiredNewYear

I‘ve had this book and series on my radar for some time, perhaps I‘ll get to it this year...

In these uncertain times I wanted a story that would pull me right in, out of this world & into an authentic, fully realised, detail dense & utterly immersive alternative one so I could leave my anxieties behind for a while. Hobb did not let me down. This really is quality fantasy. Writing & characterization are top notch. A long book but every page was a joy to read. Perfect to disappear into for a while

I loved every second of this epic adventure and lost myself in this amazingly vivid world. This is a book to disappear into.
So, so good!!!

Finished the tagged book, loved it, full review to follow. However, it took me 4 whole weeks! 4 weeks!
Which I was feeling pretty despondent about until I read a Facebook post about how many books people have read while in lockdown & one lady casually dropped that she's read 48 (!!!) and now I'm crushed by my own sense of failure!

I have, however, played Frustration with my nearly 6 year old over 7 billion times. 🤣🤣🤣

Spent most of my day out in the garden reading this gem.

I have so many feelings, I absolutely loved this book.

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

"It was that her anger had learned a terrible patience. What good was wasting words on a petty and tyrannical second mate? He was a little yapping dog. She was a tigress."

Yes girl!! ?

Jumping back into some Robin Hobb. 880 pages long and hoping to finish this by Sunday. I will give it a good try. 😂

#stayhomereadingrush

Really need to disappear into a story right now. My anxiety is rampant, my concentration shot. I need something to distract me from reality for the sake of my mental health.

Stay in, stay safe folks.

#keepsmiling #keepreading