Litsy

Botticelli's Apprentice | Ursula Murray Husted

This rather lovely graphic novel of Botticelli's “chicken girl“, who wants to be an artist but is stymied by attitudes about her gender, completes my first full board in 2025 #ISpyBingo ! #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

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Gissy

El final del invierno | Lola Rey G�mez

so-so

January 2025 Book#5
Hard to believe that book with that cover would have many triggers: physical/sexual abuse. London XlX, family try to survive their extreme poverty environment with an abuse, alcoholic father who try to sell his daughter. Sylvia try to escape this world, try to find true love. My opinion is that story try to romanticize John‘s behavior who could be seen as a controlling person to justify his love for Sylvia? Abrupt happy ending?

Gissy 2.5/3⭐️Free translation “The End Of Winter” #BookSpinBingo #18 (book in Spanish) #ISpyBingo (face) @TheAromaOfBooks 1d

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Gissy

We Wish You a Murderous Christmas | Vicki Delany

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January 2025 Book #4
Book 2 in A Year Round Christmas Mysteries series. Read for #CBBC 2025 @Mommamanzi
I liked this book 2 better that the first one. Also predictable but we see more drama, town gossip with funny scenes, expected in cozy mysteries☺️I think I will try book 3⭐️

Gissy #BookSpinBingo #12 (continue with series) #ISpyBingo (lace) @TheAromaofBooks 1d

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Gissy

Dramatic Murder: A Lost Christmas Murder Mystery | Elizabeth Anthony

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January 2025 Book #2
Dimpsie invited some friends from the theater to spend Christmas with him in his castle located in a private island near to Edinburgh. Dimpsie was found dead near to the tree which appear to be an accidental death…Dun Dun Dunnnand the drama begins….
Quite predictable 😏 with some funny scenes but predictable. I enjoyed it as a holiday read. It should be a so-so but I usually enjoy these crime classic stories🤷🏽‍♀️3⭐️

Gissy #BookSpinBingo #8 -still holiday (in PR holidays continue until mid January😂) #ISpyBingo (blue cover -dark blue😜) @TheAromaOfBooks #GoodReadsAroundTheYear prompt #28= set in winter 3d

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Chrissyreadit

Careless People: A Cautionary Tale of Power, Greed, and Lost Idealism | Sarah Wynn-Williams

The book Zuckerberg does not want people to read. The author cannot promote it but Macmillan can sell it- The story is on my IG if anyone is interested.
Anyone one else hear about this book?
#taxtherich #noologarchy

seibelsays It is WILD that the author can't promote the book. 3d

Gissy #BookSpinBingo #DoubleSpin #17 -book from BOM @TheAromaOfBooks #ISPyBingo January (“a novel”) #FictionalTraveler January-someplace cold @JulieClair #GoodReadsAroundTheYear prompt #1 (some image with letter A,T or Y- T= tower😜) #UltimateReadingChallenge2025 prompt #35 =standalone @Faranae 3d

jen_the_scribe I have not heard of this one, but this is one of many reasons why I love Litsy. Word of mouth gets more books read than anything else. Stacked, and I plan to share my insights on it when I do read it. 3d

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TheBookgeekFrau I ordered it Saturday right after I saw something on instagram about the author not being able to promote it on Meta platforms. 3d

Bookwormjillk It was in a bookshop.org email when it came out. I put it on library hold based on the blurb, but this makes me want to buy a copy. 3d

lil1inblue I stacked the book as soon as I read your first sentence. My loathing of Zuckerberg (and most tech bros) knows no bounds. I will be buying multiple copies of this book. 3d

DogMomIrene My library doesn‘t have a copy yet. I hit that Notify Me tag in Libby and I‘ll let that cook. If I get itchy to read this one, I‘ll buy it. Because Zuck just disgusts me. I‘m surprised more of his employees aren‘t telling their tales. I‘m thinking there‘s a market for them and I‘d guess different people from different areas with various levels of access would have things to share🤞🏼 3d

Cuilin There is a TikTok account reading excerpts from it!!!! 3d

Deblovestoread As soon as I read she couldn‘t promote it I ordered a copy. B&N had it at $5 off when I ordered mine. 3d

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The Murder on the Links | Agatha Christie

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The move is progressing!! My windowsill books have moved to the piano for now. The bottom picture is an attempt to fit all my crates of books into one picture (unsuccessfully) - ended up with 96 crates of books + a few boxes.

I had read this Agatha Christie mystery before, but as usually couldn't remember the solution 😂 I'm the worst armchair detective ever, but it doesn't reduce my enjoyment of reading and rereading Christie's tales. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) The romance was pretty unbelievable for me, but I still found the story entertaining. And honestly I think Poirot is so dang likable.

#ChristieCapers @Librarybelle
#ISpyBingo (surprising number of prompts!) - Rope, Sports Equipment, Author Name in Grey, Number Higher Than Ten, “The“ in the Middle of the Title
#100YearsofBooks
#BookSpinBingo 1w

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🤩📚💖📚💕🐕🐾💝. (edited) 1w

Librarybelle I‘m a terrible armchair detective too! 1w

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TheBookHippie Wowowow!!! Good luck!!! 1w

AmyG Glad to read your move is going well. And all those crates…holy cow! 🙌🏻 1w

dabbe 🤩🤩🤩 1w

willaful Hmmm. I reread this not long ago and I'm not very fond of it so I wasn't going to do the reread. But all those bingo prompts is tempting. 😂 1w

bookandbedandtea That's a lot of books! Enjoy making your new house a home! 🏠 ❤️ 1w

staci.reads Wow! That's a beautiful amount of books! Glad the move is progressing! 1w

Leftcoastzen Look at those crates ! Amazing 1w

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Lauredhel

The Strange Tales of Oscar Zahn, Volume 1 [A Graphic Novel] | Tri Vuong

I was bored by nine tenths of this hot mess of a graphic novel. But would absolutely be here for an entire book of just Nora Grey's Victorian crypto-academic research hijinks.

#creepycover #clothesnotonaperson #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

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CoffeeNBooks

How To Solve Your Own Murder | Kristen Perrin

This was an interesting mystery with a lot of different storylines to keep you guessing. Annie is suddenly added to her Great Aunt Frances' will, and Annie's mom is removed. When Annie travels to Castle Knoll for a meeting with her great aunt, she must solve several mysteries and a murder.
#LitsyLoveReads
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