Welcome to Litsy!

Imagine being a supernatural of the vampire, witch or demon variety, and having people telling you what to do, always. I can't imagine vampires would want to live forever with this sort of bureaucratic bullshit dominating their lives. I listened to the audiobook. The narrator was adept at the various accents but the weird way she drags out her "twooo"s grates. A book this large would benefit from having a second narrator of the male variety. ⬇️

I am not one for legal books, fiction or non-fiction, but I joined in on the #SundsyBuddyRead. This is very thorough, giving us some background about the Borden family and the aftermath of those vicious murders. We move to details of the court case, with day by day descriptions of the case and includes black & white photos of the crime scenes, and closes with the verdict and a brief aftermath. This is DENSE. Well researched, but lots of names ⬇️

The October #ThatsClassic pick. Some of the book feels repetitive, but still a good early gothic horror. Perhaps it's knowledge of how it all pans out, but it didn't feel very suspenseful. As others mentioned before, it's not exactly a female friendly world we're viewing but that's how women were regarded in the 1890s. Thanks for the push to reread it 25 years later @Annie1215
#scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @StayCurious
+2,926 points

The overall story was good with a strong ending, but I have 2 gripes. 1. Niki is deaf (yay disability inclusivity) but since she's excellent at reading lips, there is zero sign language and it's super easy for her to follow along with group conversations. 2. Her boyfriend Terry calls her Funny Face, which isn't weird on it's own, but considering her always calls her that, especially in serious situations, grated my nerves. Good for 2 hours of fun.

2 interwoven stories here: Snyder's is set in 1925 Hollywood and focuses on actress Pearl. Stephen King wrote the second which gives us the origin story of an 1880s Old West Outlaw, Skinner Sweet. It's a bit of a new twist on the vampire and the ones are vicious, not sparkly lovers.
511 points for #scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @staycurious
2 interlinked stories x 15, + 2 hr during 24 'thons +1 participation point ⬇️

Last weekend I visited my brother & his family so I had some fun reading to my younger niece. Hallo-wiener was our favorite & the two witch books were our least favorite. It was just over an hour of time for 6 'thons.
#scarathlon2020 #teamharkness @staycurious
206 total points
4 x 25, 3 x 15, 1 hr for 6 readathons +1
#screamathon @4thhouseontheleft #outstandingoctober @andrew65 #cocoturns50 @CocoReads #fraterfestRAT #fallreadathon #graphicsathon

With one day left for #CocoTurns50

One week into #CocoTurns50.

Progress so far :

1. Read 3616/ 4000 pages

✅2. Read 12 / 10 books

3 Read 1/4 NetGalley books

Looks like I should exceed on two targets, but fail miserably on the third one. Really need to prioritise my net galley books over the next week and catch up on reviews.

#Scarathlon2020 #Screamathon #Whodunitathon #Fraterfestrat #ReadYourWay #Sbooktober #24B4Monday

9 hours for #Deweys24HourReadathon! Now time for bed. 💤

But first, points. Today was also the last day of #Ghostathon20 & #FraterFestRAT. I also finished the tagged book and Disfigured by Amanda LeDuc for #DisabilityReadathon. It was fantastic! So so good. Definitely worthy of its own review when I‘m less tired. In total, +1,176 points.

Night, Littens! Hope your #readathon-ing is going well! ✨

#scarathlon2020 #teamslaughter #24b4monday

Today Mousehole, never been there but is now on my visit list. #VirtualTour

How has Saturday been? Spent the day sorting work emails,, twitter posts for school and letter to parents. Around that been listening to Duma Key by Stephen King, which is a lot of a Chunkster. #Scarathlon2020 #Screamathon #Cocoturns50 #Deweys24hrs #ReadYourWay #Fraterfestrat #24B4Monday #Whodunitathon

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