Welcome to Litsy!

#2025Book9

Not my usual sort of read, but I thought this was great! Completely bonkers plot, very very funny, and some amazing characters! Will definitely be reading some more Hiaasen.

And 2 lines in #bookspinbingo which I think is a record for me!

This was a bonkers thrill ride Silly and a little dated, still a roaring good time. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

Funny, weird characters and a monkey... It could only happen in Florida.

For the rest of the review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/tBTdU6nmByM?feature=share

Enjoy!

Went to pick up a bunch of holds from the library (research for some BR end of the year lists) and couldn't help snagging one bonus book and checking out the gorgeous new art they've added in a recent (and on-going) remodel

Going to try to come back to reviews. Of course, I‘m starting with a hard book I didn‘t understand. I just couldn‘t grasp the why of this book. The Blake Crouch-ish aspects started way too late to pack a punch.

A woman moves back to Florida with her husband to care for her parents. She flashes back to times in an asylum there and works on her relationship for her sister but is flummoxed when the sister goes missing.

The novel that was inspiration of a pretty darn good Apple + television series.

A lush And deeply idiosyncratic book, State of Paradise is a post-Florida pandemic world, but feels so intimate that you can be in this quirky and mournful book. A ghost(writer), pet ghosts, cats, VR meditations (portals?), and family. The observational diary prose is what sold me; I was already hooked on what bizarre Florida story this would be…but bizarre is a beautiful way. A must read!

This small book was amazing. It felt a little like auto fiction to start. Florida with all its quirks and its major weather events, COVID, grief and family all play into this and then it gets slightly fever dream, sci fi but it really works. So well written!