Welcome to Litsy!

Omg, April was simultaneously really short &really long. But the latter let me read 25 books!

Books Read: 25
Pages Read: 8,590
Countries: 9 (3 New)
Diverse Reads: 44%
Non-Fiction: 24%
#bookchain2025 :5
#52bookclub25 :7
#mounttbr :16
#litsyAtoZ :3

5⭐️
There‘s Always This Year
Not Safe For Work
Love, Theoretically

4.5⭐️
My Friends
Not in Love

4⭐️
Baby X
We All Want to Change the World
He‘s to Die For
Up Close & Personal
Parents Weekend
Libertad

The second book in T. Kingfisher's Sworn Soldier series, this novella works as a standalone. A gothic horror story that's both creepy and cozy. It's been nominated for the #hugoawards Best Novella.

#52bookclub25 (non-human antagonist)

My supervisor approved this display on the condition that I wouldn‘t refer to it as CliFi 🤭 (I wasn‘t going to - I was just saying!! 🤣)

I was quite pleased at being able to curate a list of 55 titles for this display. I think the list would have done better if it had been on the catalogue (rather than just in one branch) but there has been a bit of movement.

Happy Earth Day! 🌎

I love the Golden Girls (I‘m a Dorothy, by the way). Of course I had to try this. While this does not quite capture the magic of the television show, it‘s close. And really, can anything capture it (I have the same feelings for the Murder, She Wrote book series)???

Dorothy is accused of murder, and Rose has to put the St Olaf spin on her niece‘s wedding. There‘s humor with that heartwarming touch of friendship and family. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

#atozultimatechallenge #e #epic #over600pages #n #charactername @AudiobookingWithLeah

#52bookclub25 #breaksthefourthwall

#aty25 #authoryouenjoyedbuthaventgotaroundtoreadingagainforsometime (because she hasn't released a book for some years!) @BarbaraBB

This novel has one of the most psychologically evil fictional characters I have ever met. Be forewarned—parts of this are very difficult to read due to the actions taking place and the pure sinister behavior of one of the characters. We hear the story through Gillian, who as a woman in her 70s is reminded of a troubling episode in her teenage life, prior to WWII, when she visits the home of her friend Violet Claybourne over winter break. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

A weak pick. I liked the mystery and loved the Provence setting, but had some trouble getting used to the snobbish main character. Still, I enjoyed this novel enough that I plan to continue the series.

#gottacatchemall (Comfey: flowers on the cover) @PuddleJumper
#52bookclub25 (“I think it was blue”)

I thoroughly enjoyed this one — steam trains, dwarves, terrorism, all handled deftly by Moist von Lipwig. Great characters, including the train Iron Girder.

#OokBOokClub @julesG
#52bookclub25 (A character who can fly)
#gottacatchemall (Lillipup: character with facial hair) @PuddleJumper

#atozultimatechallenge #I #charactername #p #posy #flowersoncover @AudiobookingWithLeah

#52bookclub25 #titlebeginswithm

#aty25 #coastalsetting @BarbaraBB

March was a great month for getting ahead in my challenges.

#52bookclub25 - 11
#bookchain2025 - 8
#litsyAtoZ - 6
#chunksters - 3
#mounttbr - 15

Bloodlands was my top read and I just bought Snyder‘s On Freedom which I‘m excited to dive into.