Pleasantville | 
Back from vacay so I can finally post my August #BookspinBingo stats. 4 bingoes, 25 books read, both #Bookspin and #Doublespin books read. Both #Roll100 books read too :) @TheAromaofBooks @PuddleJumper
pickFinished this a couple of days ago but failed to review. Loved this modern noir mystery, Locke always delivers! This would make such a great movie! #BookspinBingo #August @TheAromaofBooks
An #audiowalk feels different on vacation. The views in Honolulu are surprising-you turn down the next block and find a view like this! #BFC22 @wanderinglynn #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
I‘m in this time! I travel for work starting on the 20th, but I‘ll do my best between now and then. My goals are to get 3 bingoes on my #BookspinBingo board. Always love an @Andrew65 #readathon !#AwesomeAugust
pickA tight election, a missing girl, political machinations, murder, this book has it all. I think I‘d call it an intellectual mystery, since it‘s so deftly and tightly woven, with a complex story that Locke beautifully lays out. You don‘t want to take your eyes off it. It‘s just masterful.
pickWhile it took a while for me to engage (which in our current times might have nothing to do with the book), I ended up devouring the last half in two days. This is Locke‘s second book featuring lawyer Jay Porter. Set in Houston in the 90s, the combination of murder and local politics sets the stage for Porter to either succeed or spectacularly fail depending upon whether he can focus and finally leave the past in the past. Recommended. 4/5 ⭐️
pickAnother excellent legal thriller from Attica Locke. Like most of her books, this one is set in a small Texas town and she captures the setting and people of the area very well.
This is the second in a series and we learn lots of new facts about the main character, which I was happy about since I felt a little cheated in the first book. The murder/mystery was intriguing and held my attention. Great read!
pickI rd black water rising when it came out so after bluebird bluebird last yr i loved going back to this brilliant authors writing + the world of lawyer jay porter. Older, jaded by work& grief with 2 children he is drawn into political intrigue as he unwillingly takes on a murder trial putting himself in danger whilst losing clients in a class action against a chemical co. I love legal thrillers, this is up with the best, hope to see jay again soon.
pickDelightful beach vacation destination? Certainly NOT! Attica Locke writes about the unsavory events in Houston politics, crime, and race relations in very entertaining ways. Rich with characters and subplots that may leave you struggling to keep up with lawyer Jay Porter, all will be rewarded by the satisfying end.
pickWow! Amazing! I was on the edge of my seat the whole time. I really wanted to change up the authors i read in the mystery genre and was not disappointed. Attica Locke brings the heat and an amazing story, that has so many twists and turns all you can say is: "I didnt see that coming" truly an amazing and talented author. I am glad I bought her other book, Blue Bird Blue Bird!
Amazing! Truly
Been a good week so far. I have walked 6 miles today and 7 miles yesterday.
I am om chapter 17 of this book and hope to finish it by the end of this week.
#BFC19 #BookFitnessChallenge #BookNerdHerd
Weekly Check In: walked close to 45 miles (i'll have to double check that later)
Finished: All the Missing Girls, Read up to page 174 of Pleasantville. Its a good book.so far.
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#BFC19 #BookFitnessChallenge
pickThis book was so fun to read! A twisty, fast-paced, smart legal thriller/mystery, complete with courtroom drama, that I did not want to put down. Characters are well-developed and individual, and the writing is very strong. I haven‘t read the first Jay Porter book and had no trouble keeping up. I do plan to go back and read the first, though—Porter is a great character.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#readBlackwomen
#readingwomenchallenge (mystery/thriller by WOC)
I don‘t always enjoy political thrillers, but the writing of Attica Locke pulls me in every time! #LitsyAtoZ #TheLetterP
This was a book of the month choice a while ago, so I picked it up!
pickI generally don‘t like legal or political thrillers so this one took me a while to get into. Same with her previous book featuring Jay Porter, black activist turned lawyer. But I think this one was better than her debut so I‘m giving it a pick. Jay comes to the defense of the relative of a mayoral candidate of Pleasantville, a majority minority population, in his first criminal murder trial. There‘s also shady campaign dealings on both sides.
Picked up several books today while out and about! So happy with my pile! Which of these do you recommend I pick up first?
#BlackandRed #MarchMadness I haven‘t read this one yet but I‘ve heard loads of good things about it ! 🖤❤️🖤❤️🖤
Audio book time. Heard good things about Attica Locke and this one was available from Overdrive.
pickAttica Locke is an amazing author. I enjoyed catching up with Jay Porter and seeing his life and career after the first book. This book was smart with layers of political intrigue. The characters and emotional dynamics are always strong and relatable. The ending was satisfying and in no way predictable. I hope we get another Jay Porter book@in the future. I highly recommend this book and any of Attica books.
Happy Christmas to all ❤️
Some of the many books I have my hands on while on #vacation at @Mdargusch house 🤗 Where to start?!
#decdays
Happy cozy Saturday my fellow Littens🎄🎄🎄 Crazy week finally catching up on post and getting reading time in before being a productive adult 😊
pickNo photo to accompany this review. I‘m usually not interested in legal or political thrillers but I couldn‘t put this book down! Political intrigue, courtroom drama, and a murder mystery surround the Pleasantville neighborhood in Houston. I wondered why she set the novel in 1996 but then I understood what she was doing. Read it!!
It‘s hard some days not to view life as little more than the space between diagnoses, the rest between twin notes of tragedy and catastrophe. - This feels very true sometimes😞
Help!! I have a paper that I should be working on but I can‘t put Pleasantville down! I got it as part of this month‘s Book of the Month Club. Most of this month‘s titles didn‘t grab me so I went back a few months and this jumped out. I‘m glad I picked it, it‘s really great!
My November BOTM box.. 📦 I feel much better now 👍🏻😁
pickRead this book when you're ready to get absorbed in a good mystery. The primary characters are people with whom you enjoy spending time, and the plot is satisfyingly complex.
pickBook 12: A political thriller - not the style I usually reach for except when I've worked through a holiday reading pile and have to resort to sharing someone's airport fiction purchase... However, Pleasantville is a step above, crafted plot and strong characterisation - and almost cinematic in its telling. Research tells me it's protagonist Jay Porter features in one of Locke's earlier novels - another for the TBR.
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Today I received my #blinddatewithabook from @Lacythebookworm I had no idea what it was from the clues, and I am super excited to read it!
Because she's awesome, Lacy also sent a bonus book from my TBR. 😃
I ❤️ #litsygoespostalOG
pickSimply outstanding. This is the third Attica Locke book I've read and it's a fine piece of work. Building on the racial and political tension established in Black Water Rising, Jay Porter returns over a decade later, older, wearier but just as unwilling to let things slide.
This is a first rate political thriller that cements Ms Locke's place in the pantheon alongside Walter Mosley, James Ellroy, George Pelecanos and Dennis Lehane.
I've been mentally and physically exhausted from work over the past week or so and as such haven't been reading as much as I would like. I am about 1/4 of the way through this, however, and am thoroughly enjoying it this far.
pickElection night in Houston. 1996. African American community of Pleasantville. A young woman has disappeared. Lawyer and former black power activist Jay Porter is the main character trying to hold his life together after the recent death of his wife while dealing with mayoral political intrigue and an investigation into the woman's kidnapping/disappearance. Lot going on but really enjoyed it.
pickI love Attica Locke's books but haven't really seen them much on Litsy so this is gonna be my pick for under-hyped book. A smart and intense political murder-mystery, this is actually a sequel of sorts to Black Water Rising. But you could easily read it on its own. Locke's The Cutting Season is also a great read. Pleasantville was longlisted for the Baileys Women's Prize. I really think it ought to have been shortlisted!! #augustphotochallenge
Read a great review by Simon Savidge of The Readers podcast and Savidge Reads blog. I was immediately hooked on Pleasantville. Added to my list. This doesn't include my physical TBR and Kindle books on hold. Lol 🤗 📚📚📖 #PreachingToTheChoir
pickFor Locke, this fiction of a deteriorating American Dream is of a representative, transparent body politic, which she intricately analyzes and dissects in the bureaucratic machinations that exploit a young woman‘s death and unapologetically implicate an innocent man.
