Welcome to Litsy!

I read Truman‘s Christmas short stories every December so I thought it was time for a reread of this little gem for Thanksgiving. I love Miss Sook and the relationship she had with Truman. 4⭐️

My pumpkin pie cheesecake is all ready for tomorrow! Happy Thanksgiving to all of my American Litsy friends. Hope everyone enjoys their day! ☺️🧡🤗

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My getting to know you post for #wintergames2024 with the #holidaybookdragons
My answer: I go back and forth. I love the smell of a fresh tree but the convenience of an artificial tree. We actually have both. Our main tree is real, but the other 3 (yeahhhhh 4 total) are artificial. @LiseWorks

An intriguing short story

Read for a reading challenge

4/5

Thanks Netgalley for the ARC in exchange for a fair and honest review. A thought provoking novella.It follows 2 detectives investigating a boy who has somehow been able to avoid being caught up in a school shooting at his school and also from boarding a train that ended up crashing.As soon as I had read the first few paragraphs, I knew I wasn't going to need to bookmark this one, I was clearly going nowhere until I had finished it.⭐⭐⭐⭐

Such a creepy/atmospheric read, just how Joe managed to create such a palpable, mesmerising read in a novella is a true credit to his writing skills. I devoured this in one sitting as I couldnt put it down, I just had to see where it would end and it did not disappoint as some novellas can when they seem to end abruptly once they have reached a certain word count. Such a well woven story for a compact read. ⭐⭐⭐⭐

Always moved laterally because he is so low-key his bosses tend to forget he exists, Arthur is advised to be more outgoing. He very slowly makes friends with Martin, a coworker with a very austere lifestyle who keeps to a very strict routine. When that routine is interrupted by illness Arthur poses as Martin's boyfriend as he has nobody else. He makes some surprising discoveries about Martin's life outside the Agency. Could the lie become reality?

Loved this one. Five years have passed since the end of book one and this one. Hoffman took me through all the emotions in a beautiful way. The characters and relationships are wonderful.

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Too early for this? What do you think? 🤷‍♀️

First book in the series. Two is out and three is coming early 2025.
A story of family, finding your way back to each other, finding yourself, finding your place and hope. Hoffman writes beautifully and even in a short story creates well developed characters and a wonderful setting.