Welcome to Litsy!

An absolutely exquisite comedy of manners, satirising the classist oneupmanship in a women‘s literary lunch club in the Edwardian era.

Book 73/80 #Read2025 @DieAReader
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Another great one from Backman! Great characters and all the feelings here!

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Next up. Starting my first book for #AllergicToChunksters.

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75/100 I'm not a devoted Holmesian, but I thought this was a delightfully supernatural take on the Holmes & Watson stories. I liked Dr Doyle, a more intelligent and far less bumbling version of Watson, and I have to admit their secret caught me totally by surprise. Crow, the stand for Holmes, was witty and innocent, not nearly as caustic as Holmes could be at times. I hope the author plans a sequel, since the ending ⬇️

That‘s another series cleared from my shelf. I really enjoyed the first couple of books in this series, but felt by book 4 it was getting jaded, and sadly this, the 5th in the series, is even more tired. Dunbar is so intent on shoehorning politics into her book that she forgot to make the story and characters interesting.

Book 71/80 #Read2025 @DieAReader
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The 3rd book of this series, and I only read it because the tv series is starting this fall. I'm not a fan of Anne Rice. This book was 906 pages with a waiting list, so I read it fast. I had 1 hour left on my hold and just finished it. #Read2025 @DieAReader
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Reread for #AuthorAMonth August #JudyBlume TBH, I wanted to reread Are You There God, It‘s Me, Margaret, especially since this one is the #ChildrensClassicRead2025 pick for September, but I‘m cheap & this one was available from the library in Ebook or audio, so I went ahead with it. It‘s also my #Roll100 pick for August (#41 Any Reread.) It all came back to me while listening & I cringed & winced my way through, being mad & annoyed ⬇️

74/100 It is a coincidence that I purchased this right before learning of the death of Jim Shooter, editor-in-chief of Marvel Comics in the 80's and 90's. After leaving Marvel, he cofounded Valiant Comics, and later Defiant Comics. Shooter co-created this with artist Dave Lapham, and wrote the stories. It's a hot mess actually, full of wonderfully weird, gross and psychedelic ideas, it never comes together to make any sense at all. The art by ⬇️

Am I in a reading slump? Is this the problem? Books that other people are raving about are falling short for me, including The Names. It‘s billed as being about how a person‘s life can be affected by their name, but actually it‘s about how the child‘s life is affected by the abusive husband‘s reaction to the name, which is a completely different story.

Book 70/80 #Read2025 @DieAReader

HF based on the WWII voluntary evacuation of children from cities/areas of England most likely to suffer bombing, to more rural settings. Between pick and so-so: the writing and setting were great, but the MC Hazel was less believable. Flora Lea is her little sister, who disappeared from their host family…
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