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A lady‘s maid solves a murder while recovering from a murder in book 1. It could have described what happened in book 1 rather than assuming the books were read in order. Ladies‘ maids are always meek so I find these stories frustrating but it was well told even so. A fine book for its genre.

#20in4 #31by31 #autumnatoz #autumnbingo2022 #bodycountbingo #litsyatoz #octoberreadathon #promptmaze #spookoween #witchathon #scarathlon #teamslaughter

For the month of October, each letter completed counts 10 points! Finish any unique lucky 13 letters and that‘s 50 points! Winner gift tbd. Tag #autumnatoz & me for all posts to get credit. Play along with #scarathlon!

I‘m new to hosting a readathon so please ask questions or give me helpful hints. I can‘t wait to see y‘all play!

And thanks to the incredible @BookishMarginalia who hosted the inaugural and the best #LitsyAtoZ challenge!

A terrific jaunt across English and New England history: a nitwit is sent to the colonies to hunt down two judges who‘d signed King Charles I‘s death warrant and instead he stumbles into far bigger, interesting, and terrifying intrigues. A unique take on the earliest history of New York, in which the larger facts are true but the smaller pieces are a fun (& sad) imagining of what happened behind the scenes. Highly recommended. #letterJ #litsyatoz

The author recreated Marco Polo‘s trek from the Vatican to Xanadu. His own trek through tyrannical Iran and communist China was likely as perilous as Polo‘s. It‘s an interesting travelogue but not as well written as Bernard Ollivier‘s books about walking the Silk Road. The narrator spoke so softly & fast I had to slow the audiobook down & hike the volume. There also were odd musical interludes that just didn‘t work. #letterX #litsyatoz

I‘ll start this audiobook tomorrow for #litsyatoz #letterX

Here are the readathons I plan to participate in, so far at least, for #scarathlon2022 #teamslaughter:

#witchathon #31by31 #spookoween and of course my ongoing readathons for #foodandlit2022 #readingafrica2022 #litsyatoz and #chunksterchallenge2022

#LitsyAtoZ #N✔️

Three siblings at three Thanksgivings: we listen as their relationships with significant others and with each other transform over time. From births, death, and family trauma, this novella demonstrates well how we deal with massive changes in our lives and the lives of people we are close to, for better or worse. Very well done: writing and narrating. #litsyatoz #letterY

There is no more pertinent book right now than this one, and it should be your excuse to join Audible* so you can listen to it. This is a world where men's reproductive rights are substantially limited by law, and men are at the mercy of powerful women. For example, pharmaceutical drugs are designed with women in mind, so imagine if you can, men may be taking medication that is not designed for their bodies!! This book is absolutely brilliant! ⬇

#LitsyAtoZ challenge update, part 1

I loved the tagged book when the kids were babies. Well, I love everything by Sandra Boynton.