Welcome to Litsy!

I wanted to like this. It draws extensively & specifically from (mostly) Celtic folklore about the fae. I forgive a lot with a 1st book in a fantasy series because we have to build out a whole world but my issue was:
I was taken out of the plot so many times by a characters behavior:
-Why is Toby kissing this guy? Why do we like him?
-why is this character mad at Toby?
-Why doesn‘t Toby just tell the truth?
Etc
Also ..not what a hope chest is.

Another good installment in the October Daye series, but I did find one thing disappointing. I was excited that this book was set in Toronto (close to where I live) but almost all the action happened in the hidden faerie realm. The only Toronto references were the overused Tim Hortons jokes. We really do have more than Tim Hortons here in Canada! 😄

The tagged book! I stayed up until like 1 or 2 in the morning to finish reading it! I absolutely loved getting Tybalt‘s point of view, and the concept of telling a story from two different points of view always grabs my attention.

#SundayFunday Have a safe and happy day, and remember to tag me!

Even with the 14th book in the series, McGuire still brings new and interesting twists to the ongoing plotlines and development of the characters. There were more than a few surprises throughout this story!

#gottacatchemall @PuddleJumper (prompt 16: “Vespiquen: Someone wears impractical clothes“)
#BacklistReadathon @clwojick @TheAromaofBooks
#SeriesLove2024 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView

I'm alive! Hopefully.

Emerging from a very busy season of my life to a hopefully slightly less busy one. Hoping to be back around here more! Still been reading through it all - November in particular was a good month. Hoping to very belatedly do some end of year wrap-up thoughts.

Missed you all! What were some faves from 2023 for you? Anything you're looking forward to reading soon?

(tagged is most recent read - good book in a great series!)

I'm hoping to make good progress in 4 series for #SeriesLove2024:
- Discworld (make progress, as I've read only 13 of 41)
- October Daye (read novels 14 to 18 and some novellas)
- Inspector Rebus (make progress, as I've read only 7 of 24)
- The Expanse (continue reread of main series and read some of the novellas I've missed)

Thanks to @TheSpineView and @Andrew65 for hosting!

Many thanks to @Andrew65 and @TheSpineView for hosting #SeriesLove2023!

I finished 7 novels and 3 novellas in the October Daye series and will be continuing with the 14th novel for #SeriesLove2024.

I only finished 2 books in the Maigret series and 1 in the Malazan series, but as these were especially challenging (Maigret in French, and Reaper's Gale with 900+ pages), I am pleased enough with the progress!

A novella in the October Daye series. If you've read the earlier books in this series, this is a pretty interesting story about cyber-Dryad April O'Leary, but if you hadn't, the storyline would probably be incomprehensible.

#wintergames #snowangels #longdarknights @Emilymdxn

Tybalt usually leaves the questing to October. Unfortunately, she‘s vanished & Titania has rewritten the world to suit her own desires. It‘s up to him to find what allies he can & save the world before Titania makes her spell permanent.

Did I stay up too late to finish this? YES. Am I going to regret this later? Also yes. But I enjoyed every minute of Tybalt‘s snarky, reluctant questing. & I adored seeing his POV of characters we know. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

My Halloween traditions! Arsenic and Old Lace, and a book to tide me over until it‘s too cold for all the kids trick or treating! ❤️