Welcome to Litsy!

The Long Game is the first book since 2013 to go on my all time favorites. If there isn't a third book I might expire. From my Goodreads review:

"One million stars. I'm serious. Wow.

Jennifer Lynn Barnes writes a character I adore from page one of the first book, a cast of multi-faceted secondary characters all who have LAYERS, and a web of political intrigue and maneuvering that I cannot look away from."

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Happy New Year's Eve! Before welcoming 2017 I wanted to highlight my two favorite books of the year. London Belongs to Us is a wonderful teen contemporary that is deceptively simple. On the surface it's about a night-long adventure across London but along the way it highlights inherent racism still prevalent in the modern day city.

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(The lights in the picture weren't super successful but my creativity is drained so 🙃.)

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I'm running out of days in 2016 to highlight my favorites so I'm doubling up today. My favorite romances this year were Undecided and Love, Chloe. I love Julianna Keyes. I find her romances refreshing and I'm so glad she dipped her toe in NA. This is not a love triangle despite the original cover (which I still prefer). Love, Chloe is unlike any other Alessandra Torre and I desperately want her to do another romantic comedy. #goodbye2016 #romantsy

Rebel of the Sands was above and beyond my favorite fantasy book of the year and its sequel, Traitor to the Throne, is one of my most anticipated books of 2017. But I couldn't not mention Gemina, a solid and fun follow up to Illuminae, one of my favorites of 2015. And reading the Illuminae books made me realize maybe I do like sci-if space adventures and Starflight was a fun one! I'm looking forward to its sequel in 2017, too.

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My 2016 favorites highlight for today are all of the fantastic teen contemporaries (and one magical realism and one Sherlock reboot) I read this year. I feel like this year was made for me on this front. Shuffle, Repeat was probably the most generic but each had something a little special about them. I'd be hard pressed to pick a favorite. I'm leaning toward Places but Girl vs U & The Only Thing Worse & It's Not Me tie for second. 😉

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Litsy is 100% the reason I started reading graphic novels again. I used to dabble but hadn't read one in what felt like years. In just a few months I've read some really great titles but I think my favorite was Gotham Academy with great art and a plot that seemed made for me.

Second choice would likely go to Lady Killer, not pictured because I had borrowed it through ILL. The art is stunning and the morbid plot empowering.

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I decided to count down the days left in 2016 by highlighting some of my favorite reads of the year. T-minus 5 days and counting!

Today's pick is my favorite new-to-me book: The Raven Boys. I've tried other Maggie Stiefvater books that just didn't work for me but this one clicked. I loved her characters. I loved her language. I loved the mythological feel to it all. I get warm fuzzy feelings thinking about this one!

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