Welcome to Litsy!

I am not a fan of mystery/thrillers unless they have the warp and weft of “literary fiction” more than a genre formula. I do understand that defining such is difficult! (At least for me…) this one bugged me from the first page. I skipped and tested my way through and read the ending, calling it done. #BookClub #ReadICT #ColorinTitle category #DogsofLitsy #EstherFest #whpg #eBook

I‘ve been slipping with posting updates for #booked2021, but figured I‘d better get a recap together ASAP now that fall quarter has officially started. 🙌🏻

#containsphotos Funny Girl
#appalachiannoir Razorblade Tears
#colorintitle The Burning Blue
#latinxauthor This is How You Lose Her
#relatedto911 The Red Bandanna
#under150pages Brokeback Mountain

🎧 Listening & Reading The Silver Chair 🤍 🪑 🤍
📖 Reading In Every Mirror She‘s Black
Realizing they both have a color in their titles!

#ColorInTitle

Started summer with this classic 1st Easy Rawlins in which the ww2 veteran is asked to find a mysterious woman by an obviously dodgy villain. It takes him into the underbelly of LA where violence triggers memories of the war. A great start to a series which noir with reflection on race .I plan to keep reading.
@BarbaraTheBibliophage @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft
#booked2021 #colorintitle

The first book in The Others series is off to a good start! A unique take on humans and supernaturals coexisting in society. Anne Bishop is one of my favorite authors, and she writes relationships very well so I am eager to see where this goes! 🐺🐺🐺🐺🐺

#MountTBR2021
#Booked2021 #ColorInTitle
#SeriesRead2021

Well hmm. A fast, fun read, advertised as #MiddleGrade (?) on BorrowBox, #SpyFi & with #ColorInTitle. Very James Bond-esque, with lots of gadgets and an inventive storyline. Won‘t pass the Bechdel test any time soon, I‘m feeling kind of old (the author obviously didn‘t grow up with UK public info films. Don‘t play on the train lines, kids!), & some bits were just unnecessary (of course the baddies missed apartheid South Africa!) #bbrc #booked2021

Interesting book, from a Web community and podcast of Black women sharing how books impacted their childhood and youth identities and what it means to be a Black woman reader and writer today. A wide range of perspectives and genres and new writers for me. Having the same audiobook reader for multiple voices didn‘t work well. Like all anthologies, mixed feelings about different articles.
#Booked2021 #ColorInTitle
#Nonfiction2021 #AboutReading

I saw this on the new shelf at the library and grabbed it because of the #ColorInTitle for #Booked2021. I had no idea what to expect. It was a well-written and tense story of obsession. I don't want to give away too much but I really enjoyed it and read it in a day. @Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

*squints in an effort to figure out whether Lives In Colour, a Coloursmith book about colour, will do for the #colorintitle (National Colouring Book Day) prompt of #booked2021 *

@Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

I was surprised by how much I really enjoyed this book! I'm not a Matthew McConaughey fan -- not that I dislike him, just a little ambivalent? But this was an incredibly entertaining listen. It made me laugh out loud multiple times (although I'm not sure he's being intentionally funny). It was just what I needed for a hellish commute!

Also, knocks off the #colorintitle prompt for #Booked2021!

@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft