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Litsy, I went to the library today because I don‘t have enough neglected books I own staring me down at my place. Excited to see a new Gregory I went to self checkout where it says the book is on hold please see front desk. I took it there where the lady says yes it is on hold, where I let out a playful,”booo.” But then she says we have this finders keepers rule here, I‘ll check it out to you. The Good Samaritan in me was about to say no, no, 👇🏼

Marvelous! I'd say it leans a little closer to noir than Marple, just a bit more snappy and sexy (not to mention joyfully queer) in tone than the Christie classics, but there are definitely a plethora of cozy mystery moments. I'm gleeful that it's becoming a series.1/?

Soft pick. The German translation took years to be published and a resume would've helped. Or a character sheet. The switches between the narrators were too fast and the book itself is overloaded with things happening. But it's a good ending after all and I am glad that I was able to finally finish this trilogy.

My #readingbracket2025 as of March 2025. Still battling a reading slump, so this post is very late.

I really liked the worldbuilding in The Vanished Birds. The prose was evocative and immersive. Not perfect, but a story I was quickly invested in. The ending may not be up to everyone's liking; it's kinda bittersweet.

“Fullness comes when we remember to be with Him before going out to serve Him” Lysa TerKeurst

A new series from Ilona Andrew's for me. There's nothing like a woman's scorn. It was short novella, but I got into the characters #SeriesLove25 #Read2025 @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @DieAReader

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I listened to this while taking a walk and it made me snort laugh more than once. It‘s a time travel adventure that starts with a somewhat delusional plan to steal a bug fighter to land it on the White House lawn to prove to the world that Yeerks exist but very quickly derails into a time travel adventure… when they get into a fight with Visser Three‘s blade ship and tear a rip in the space time continuum.

The first book I‘ve read from a Reddit recommendation haha. I liked it! Seemed a little horror like at parts but is categorized as a mystery at my library? You can really tell the author is a male through the violence scenes (something pointed out by a book reviewer that I can‘t let go of).

'Eat the Ones You Love' is a bizarre novel, but in a good way. The shopping mall where Shell just got a job is closing. What she doesn't know is this affects more the workers. There's a carnivorous, sentient plant hiding within the walls and floors, who wants nothing more than to eat someone. Baby, the plant, is one of my favorite voices in the audiobook. Relationships of various kinds are spotlghted throughout the novel. 4 stars