Welcome to Litsy!

I admire a person who is honest about his flaws and wrongdoing. Boy George accepts who he is, and if you don't like it, he will let you know that it's on you. He admits to being aggressive and is still working on his passionate temper. Reading between the lines, I think there is still hurt that he is trying to let go. He was bullied for being different, and critics today still call him campy or irrelevant. I liked him. Now, I love him.

Fast paced, action packed, dark and tense; but the ending was a real disappointment.
And still so many unanswered questions...
I guess I need to read the other 2 books to get those answers.

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Way too philosophical for me. I enjoyed the plot...a planet's inhabitants are working quickly to prevent a catastrophic end to all species on their planet of Lusitania. When they started talking about physics and what created what, my mind wandered. I'm still glad I read it. For 30+ years, I wondered what became of Ender. #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

Ben rents a room from Winnie, who is elderly and a recent widow. Ben suspects that Winnie didn't really want him there, that she only agreed because her family thinks she needs someone there to watch out for her & help around the house. So Ben plans to stay out of her way, but then Covid lockdowns start. He and Winnie are forced to spend most of their time together, and a friendship ensues as they start to see life from each other's perspective.

Another #Afrikaans read for me...
I struggled a bit with the writing style and pacing of this one. At times nothing seems to happen, and the everything happens all at once.
I would however be interested in reading more of Venter's work, as it was so different form the usual Mystery/Romance I'm used to.

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OMG…this was good! Hilary Huber as the voice narrator for the audio edition is superb. Told in parallel narratives in the form of flashbacks, two best friends are invoked in a fatal accident in 1999. Over twenty years later, what really happened that night is finally coming to light. Great twists and surprises that found me making excuses to keep the audio running. I‘d definitely read more by Hendricks! #LitsyAToZ #LetterL

What an interesting, engaging story.
I enjoyed the amateur sleuthing and unraveling the mystery.
I do however feel that some relationships were a bit awkward; as in the switch from dislike, distrust and loath to "You're the only one" just didn't quite work.

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This was a reread for me, and I forgot how much I enjoyed this when I read it several years ago—I reread it for my IRL book club, and the other members were not as enthusiastic. Still a pick for me!

Hopefully this propels me to continue with the series. #LitsyAToZ #LetterH #52BookClub25 #HasAnEpigraph

Loved every minute of this! It is a romance, but it‘s also about grief and coping and finding yourself again. ☘️

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4½✨

Such beautiful, elegant writing.
Such a sad and heartbreaking tale.

Poor Gatsby, I feel he deserved better.

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