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@thearomaofbooks #bookspin #bookspinbingo Thanks for the reminder to post my June bookspin list! I still have quite a few from May that I would like to get to, so we'll see if this list sticks.
Also includes books for #TBRDeckOfCards #Roll100 #AuthorAMonth

Patricia Highsmith‘s main characters/‘villains‘ are always interesting, very often with psychopathic tendencies. Here, Sydney is no exception, in fact I was quite perplexed with his odd behaviour and play acting. Maybe that‘s what goes on in the mind of a highly imaginative writer. But his self absorbed actions only brought tragedies. Absorbing read, pretty good, but I didn‘t like it as much as Deep Water or Strangers on a Train.
#AuthorAMonth

I only listened to The Price of Salt… but wow.

Gorgeous writing, a remarkable, painfully beautiful story, and really stellar audio narration by Cassandra Campbell.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/2

My #AuthorAMonth book for May.

Chris Bohjalian delivers another fun drama/thriller. A group of 60‘s era movie stars are on safari to celebrate the wedding of Hollywood starlet Katie. They‘re having a grand time watching and photographing the wildlife when their camp is ransacked and they are all taken hostage.

I really liked this one and raced through it. It would be a good choice for next month‘s #authoramonth. I just couldn‘t wait.

(With my little lion, Igor.)

I was able to finish the tagged book and Strangers on a Train for #AuthoraMonth - Patricia Highsmith. Both good books. Still working on Crossroads - Jonathan Franzen…which is a wordy, slow read. A bit of a struggle but hoping to finish this week.

@Andrew65 Thanks for the challenge!
#MarvelousMay

I enjoyed this #sapphicnovel #pop22 but not as much as Strangers on a Train, which I also read for #aam. It has the same unsettling vibe but this one is much slower and felt very ‘of its time‘.

I found the mismatched relationship between Therese and Carol, an older more ‘worldly‘ woman rather intriguing, and the slow story certainly picked up when they went on their road-trip.

I‘m glad I‘ve finally read some Highsmith thanks to #authoramonth!

No particular reason why but I really didn‘t think I‘d like this book and put off starting it for this month‘s #AuthorAMonth. I am entranced. I don‘t know if it‘s the writing, the narration, both?

@Soubhiville

So creepy. She was such a good writer. But her characters make my skin crawl a bit.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

#BookSpin done! @TheAromaofBooks

This book took me back to being young, insecure, and not knowing what to do with all of the obsessive thoughts and feelings pinging around your head when you‘re completely under someone else‘s spell. A slippery, uncomfortable, and sometimes unhealthy state to be in, I was appreciative of the character growth and semi-happy ending Highsmith developed.

My first Highsmith, but probably not my last #authoramonth
#dogsoflitsy

There are so many great and slightly unsettling author pics of Patricia Highsmith that I couldn‘t choose just one! I love an author photo that includes a pet, and she clearly loved her cats.

May is halfway over #AuthorAMonth readers. I hope you‘re enjoying your picks.

June‘s author will be Chris Bohjalian, in case you need to put in an order or library hold. (He‘s a favorite of mine, from my birth state, Vermont.)