Welcome to Litsy!

The instant USA Today bestseller from CJ Leede, author of Maeve Fly—a scorching and sweeping new novel about the end of the world as we know it.

A virus is spreading across America, transforming the infected and making them feral with lust.

Sophie, a good Catholic girl, must traverse the hellscape of the midwest to try to find her family while the world around her burns. Along the way she discovers there are far worse fates than dying a virgin…

Well, I filled my #aardvarkbookclub box, I added 2 for #bookofthemonth #botm (bog wife being one I‘d missed last month), and yes, I sucke… er, *subscribed* to botm‘s volume 0 set. Bc. I… had to? 😳

And then I also joined #belletrist 😨🫣 (paired w Tertulia, a book coop)

Good times…. 😁🥰😎

Combat your Halloween hangover with our official November squad 🤺 Don‘t forget to grab a *signed* copy of American Rapture ✍️😉

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Damn! Aardvark coming in hot again! And the tagged one is signed. I just couldn‘t help myself. 😂 #aardvark

Largely set in a haunted bookstore, the actual ghost is but a fraction of what looms over and around Tookie… addiction, incarceration, “rehabilitation” vs isolation; generational traumas both cultural and personal; the pandemic and the murder of George Floyd.

It‘s a lot to unpack.

But worth the emotional time and effort.

The pandemic breakout storyline really does grab you by the throat & doesn't let go. This was a horror read with a lot of gore that I thought I wouldn‘t like but surprisingly I did! I was fascinated by the exploration of religious conviction through Sophie's harrowing journey across a virus-ravaged country. This probably won‘t be for everyone as it tackles weighty themes of faith, desire, morality, all along with horror elements!

After Leeds‘s debut novel, I was curious to dive into this. Set across Wisconsin, this spooky & tense listen is gripping, tense, full of action, blood & even tears. Sheltered Sophie rebels against her strict Catholic parents in small ways—an illicit fiction novel checked out & a yearning for the twin brother they sent away. But when a terrifying pandemic erupts, it gives Sophie the chance to see the wider world & find out what & who matter to her.

Not a favorite of hers.

Thanks @Eggs for the #WondrousWednesday tag! 🤗

1️⃣ I have always wanted to go to The Galapagos. 💙💚💙

2️⃣ This book is partially set there & in my #TBR 🐢💚

Anyone want to join in? Consider yourself tagged! 🤗

Set in the midst of the pandemic,Jay,a once promising artist,now in his 40s&homeless runs into his first love,Alice&is confronted with the life&people he left behind.I gave this novel a pick bc I was intrigued but I feel it‘s more a so-so since the story& writing don‘t always work for me: overdone,pompous. BUT there‘s real depth, too. And the concept of life as art, some sort of modern philosophical Odyssey journey kept me engaged.The ending - hm.