Welcome to Litsy!

Joining #AwesomeApril hosted by lovely @Andrew65
As the last few days have been turbulent and decidedly not about reading, a low-key #readathon as this might just be the thing to get me back on track.
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Join the fun if you like!

#AwesomeApril readathon rolls into May, which is Wyrd & Wonder month!!! Perfect timing!

I have a huge fantasy TBR stack ready to go. And since IBD is Saturday, I‘ll probably end up with an even bigger stack. 😆

Everyone is welcome to celebrate the fantastical during Wyrd & Wonder month. More info on my blog:
http://wanderinglynn.com/2024/04/25/wyrd-wonder-2024-tbr/

#AWESOMEAPRIL
THE PLAN-
Catch up & clear out all the library books 👀🤭

It‘s time for the monthly 9 day choose your own goals Readathon, #AwesomeApril. Although as this one coincides with a bank/national holiday for many, I‘ve extended this to 10 days and incorporated the Monday.

A very relaxed and informal Readathon where you can choose your own goals, whatever they may be. No formal sign up just reply below or do a post sharing your goals, and/or the books you hope to read.

Best of luck and have fun with this 😊

I went through all the work of keeping up with a tracker for #AwesomeApril and completely forgot to post it. 🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️🤦🏾‍♀️

Ah well, here it is. Crushed my thousand page goal. 💪🏾

I read 3 books by this author this month for #AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville This book was published in 2016 but I have read a couple of recent thrillers and they are very similar in topics.
Lo works for a travel magazine and she will substitute someone from her job to go in this luxury cruise. Lo has drinking problems and when she reported what she saw, probably a missing person, no one believes her. She is an unreliable witness. ⬇️

From the cover, I thought it had horror elements but not, it is more a mystery suggesting some mild paranormal elements. But the story is more than that. It‘s about Devin, how his life will change after he took a job at Joyland. The story has some sad scenes, at least for me, how Devin and his father were still dealing with grief, his constant suicidal ideations. But it is also how Devin grew, it‘s about friendship. A very slow pace reading⬇️

This one was for #AgathaChristieClubR2 (February😳getting there🤣) but I already answered the questions @ferskner What can I say? I enjoy Poirot who sometimes sounds arrogant and narcissistic☺️I like the way he develops his deductive reasoning to discover the murderer. This time he will analyze “...the character of the dead man” (p.173). I enjoy all these arguments about characters‘ personalities. 3/3.5⭐️ #BookSpinBingo (#8) @TheAromaOfBooks

I know this one has mixed reviews but I liked it, it was interesting to see this family dynamic through different generations, the romance between Hazel and Myron and how Memphis was described. However, I felt past and present were not well integrated, sometimes I felt confused where I was. I can understand that Miriam wanted to change, break the domestic violence cycle but going back to that house was a way to victimized her daughter⬇️