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DHill

DHill

Joined April 2016

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The It Girl by Ruth Ware
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The Trees: A Novel by Percival Everett
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Carrie Soto Is Back by Taylor Jenkins Reid
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The Fourth Monkey by J. D. Barker
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The It Girl | Ruth Ware
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I was going to wait and read this for April‘s #AuthorAMonth but I waited almost 5 months for this audio hold from the library so here goes.

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Made a quick run to B&N for Jane Harper‘s newest. And walked out with two more. It‘s a requirement, right?

My daughter and her cat MyCat wanted to be in the pic. #cuties

@THill

Leftcoastzen I did the same thing last week! Littens understand!cute photo! 2d
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I think reading the book instead of listening to the audio would have made all the difference. I did not enjoy the narration and felt lost the entire story. I‘m not even sure what happened in any comprehensive way. Was humanity saved or destroyed? I‘m not really sure.

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The It Girl | Ruth Ware
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So, I know I said I was going to read the Ann Patchett next but…

#itsabouttime

Suet624 πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚ 1w
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These Precious Days | Ann Patchett
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I‘m only 10% into The Stone Sky but this hold just came in and I don‘t want to wait.

❀️AnnPatchett

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Saturday Morning | Lauraine Snelling
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Saturday morning looks just like Friday night but with coffee.

#dogsoflitsy

AmyG Wow! Your fern is amazing! 2w
BiblioLitten Loving every bit of this picture 😍 2w
mcctrish Same 2w
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Starting the last book in The Broken Earth trilogy.

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Of Mice and Men | Steinbeck
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Short book with a big punch. There are a lot of themes to consider in this novella. It‘s depressing and bleak and tragic. Definitely not for everyone, but I like Steinbeck a lot because his writing gives me perspective.

#AuthorAMonth
@Soubhiville

erzascarletbookgasm Yes this book πŸ’” 2w
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Truly Madly Guilty | Liane Moriarty
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Starting a new audiobook while working on a Sunday hoping I‘ll be home in time to watch the NCAA Women‘s Big Ten Tournament final.

#oniowa #gohawks

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The Trees: A Novel | Percival Everett
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Just going to start with the one on the top πŸ“š

#tbr

Tamra I hope you enjoy it! 3w
SamAnne I plan to start this weekend! 3w
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The Lola Quartet | Emily St. John Mandel
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A book I didn‘t want to be over but couldn‘t wait for the end. My second favorite by this author.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

#catsandbooks #catsoflitsy

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Not sure where this is going yet but it‘s giving me M3GAN vibes. Sort of.

tpixie This was quirky, but I enjoyed it. Another totally different book from this, but a fun quirky book 3w
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Saturday | Ian McEwan
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Hi there.

Happy Saturday.

#dogsoflitsy #dogandabook #saturdaystandard

Prairiegirl_reading πŸ₯°πŸ₯°πŸ₯° 4w
Julsmarshall You have a whole crew to help you read! 4w
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The Four Winds | Kristin Hannah
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I‘ve barely started this but I like it so far.

CoverToCoverGirl Soooo good. 1mo
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Malibu Rising | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Just finished a reread of Malibu Rising for #AuthorAMonth. Still working on the print version of Carrie Soto Is Back but it‘s slower going.

I‘m sort of underwhelmed by TJR novels but this is my favorite of the three I‘ve read.

@Soubhiville

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Upgrade: A Novel | Blake Crouch
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Finally! I placed this on hold on December 3rd!!

Aims42 Congrats!! I hope it‘s worth the wait 😊 I‘m the worst with library holds, even though I‘m number 17 I still refresh the app a couple of times during the day lol 1mo
DHill @Aims42 lol!!! I spend so much time looking for available books that I feel like reading when I‘m waiting on a hold, too! 1mo
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Carrie Soto Is Back | Taylor Jenkins Reid
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Clearly, we have different priorities.

#saturdayvibe #dogsoflitsy #thecutenessisreal #AuthorAMonth

ShelleyBooksie Adorable 1mo
Gissy 🐢❀️❀️❀️ 1mo
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Jeremy Irons‘ voice is so good and adds a whole other layer to this book.

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The Lola Quartet | Emily St. John Mandel
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Haven‘t met an Emily St. John Mandel I didn‘t like.

#saturdaynight

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Starting next on audio.

SamAnne So great. I did print and audio and it worked really well. 2mo
CoverToCoverGirl Recently read/listened to this. Truth really is stranger than fiction. What this truly evil family knowingly did is horrific. Truly unbelievable. And apparently with what appears to be impunity, so far. I hope and pray they get what they all deserve. 🀞 (edited) 2mo
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Plan for today: #audiocleaning

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Girl, Forgotten | Karin Slaughter
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Starting book #2 in the Andrea Oliver series.

One of my favorite authors read by one of my favorite audiobook narrators.

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Stella Maris | Cormac McCarthy
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There is a lot to process in this short follow-up to The Passenger. It‘s dense yet it didn‘t feel altogether complete to me. Still, a pick.

The narration was so good and I think I enjoyed the book more because of it.

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The Maidens: A Novel | Alex Michaelides
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The plot twist seemed really predictable but there I was with a *gasp* anyway. The ending faltered but overall I really liked this.

KathyWheeler I was debating what format to read this in. I see Kobna Holdbrook-Smith is one of the narrators. I love him, so I‘ll probably go with audio. 2mo
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Stella Maris | Cormac McCarthy
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I got a little lost in The Passengers and I think it was because I was so intrigued with Western but faltered with Alicia.

The 2nd book tells Alicia‘s story and I hope it draws me in.

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Surprises | Liza Charlesworth
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Thank you so much @Soubhiville for your generosity and the wonderful 2022 #AuthorAMonth surprises from the random drawing. I was not expecting four books!

I have not only not read any of these books but have not read any of these authors, either. Looking forward to 2023 #AAM

#grateful #happy #reader

Soubhiville You‘re welcome! I hope you‘ll enjoy them πŸ˜ŠπŸ“š 2mo
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A week off Litsy for a trade show in Las Vegas but things are back to normal now.

#sundaymorningstandard #dogsoflitsy

Lynnsoprano Thinking of you, because we‘re having a cold snap and I‘ve had the Iowa socks on πŸ˜€ 2mo
ShelleyBooksie What a cute reading buddy 2mo
DHill @Lynnsoprano I love it! (The socks, not the weather πŸ˜€) I hope you‘re back to flip flops soon! 2mo
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The Maidens: A Novel | Alex Michaelides
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Suspense βœ”οΈ
Unreliable narrator βœ”οΈ
Murder mystery βœ”οΈ

I‘m in!

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The Sentence | Louise Erdrich
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Starting my January #AuthorAMonth pick. I‘m looking forward to reading this new-to-me author.

@Soubhiville

JillR This was a new-to-me-author read for me too. I felt unsure and fidgety with it at first but ended up loving it! 3mo
Soubhiville Did you see that you‘re one of this year‘s winners? Recheck your notifications and email me 😊 3mo
DHill @Soubhiville just sent you an email. Thanks for the reminder! 😊 2mo
Soubhiville Hmmm, I didn‘t get it. Will you check that you sent to the right email address? magicbelly@gmail.com. 2mo
DHill @Soubhiville I can‘t even with me. Email sent this time. I‘m so sorry! πŸ€¦β€β™€οΈ 2mo
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Passenger | Cormac McCarthy
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Book 1 of 2023 complete. I‘m not quite ready to dive into book 2 in the series. I wasn‘t super into this one and need to think on it a bit first.

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In anticipation of the 02/2023 release of M. Night Shyamalan‘s movie adaptation, we‘ll be starting this this weekend.

#dogsoflitsy

Bklover Did not know about movie!!! 3mo
Catsandbooks Cute pup! 3mo
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Passenger | Cormac McCarthy
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7% into the audio and I‘m already confused. I love, and I hate, Cormac McCarthy. We‘ll see where this one takes me.

Also, I didn‘t know there was a sequel.

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It took me a while to warm up to A Man Called Ove and it‘s the same with this one. Hoping it pulls me in soon.

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Happy Holidays! | Eric Sevigny, Marilyn Pleau-Murissi
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1. Hot Apple Cider
2. All I Want For Christmas Is You

@TheSpineView
#Two4Tuesday

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TheSpineView Thanks for playing β€οΈπŸŽ„β˜•οΈπŸŽΆ 3mo
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His & Hers | Alice Feeney
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His side. Her side. And the truth. Diving in.

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Anxious People: A Novel | Fredrik Backman
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Starting my second Fredrik Backman read by one of my favorite audio narrators. 🀍

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I had a really hard time following this. The premise seems interesting but I just couldn‘t connect the story.

#AuthorAMonth

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Tamra I bailed on the audio as it wasn‘t keeping my interest. But I may try it in print, just for the premise. 3mo
IndoorDame @Tamra I‘m about halfway through the print version and really enjoying it. It does skip around a lot, and it‘s not plot driven the way I expected so I can see how it would be both difficult on audio, and just not a lot of people‘s cup of tea, but I‘m okay with quiet and experimental, so I‘m super curious to see where this ends up. 3mo
Tamra @IndoorDame I enjoy that kind of writing too, so I‘m hoping print works! 3mo
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IndoorDame @Tamra 🀞🏼 3mo
Megabooks I‘m feeling the same way. πŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈπŸ€·πŸ»β€β™€οΈ 3mo
actualdisneyprincess It went way off the rails for me in like, the last forty pages or so. I liked it until then, but the end pretty much ruined the rest of it for me. 😬 3mo
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The It Girl | Ruth Ware
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Is this Ruth Ware‘s best yet? Because, 25 weeks??

Bklover I put myself on a wait list for this one, got both ebook and audio at the same time, and then promptly forgot I had checked them out. Now I have to start working over! 3mo
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Sofia Petrovna | ????? ????????? ?????????, Aline Werth
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And just like that, it‘s Saturday again. 🀍

#dogsoflitsy #saturdaystandard

rockpools That‘s a fab photo 🐢! 3mo
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Birthdays: Beyond Cake and Ice Cream | Nikki Tate, Dani Tate-Stratton
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Sweet somethings from my two favorite people for another trip around the Sun. I have so much to be thankful for and celebrate and this Litsy community is surely among them. Thank you for the birthday wishes.

@Crazeedi @robinb @CarolynM @squirrelbrain @julesG @Librarybelle @AmyG @JessClark78 @fredamans @Megabooks @THill @KarenUK

Julsmarshall Happy Birthday! 3mo
AmyG Hope it was wonderful! 3mo
squirrelbrain Great gifts! ❀️ 3mo
Bookzombie Happy Birthday!! 3mo
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Billy Summers | Steven King
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At 17 hours, it‘s gonna be a ride.

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Saturday morning standard
Coffee βœ”οΈ
Book βœ”οΈ
Three dogs on my lap making it difficult to drink coffee or read? βœ”οΈ

#lovemygirls #dogsoflitsy

Chelleo Sounds perfect! 4mo
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BuzzFeed says this is one of the 16 books everyone should read by the time they‘re 30. Since I‘m well overdue, here‘s me playing catch up. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

(Also, anyone else really dislike book covers based on the movie/tv adaptation?)

JenReadsAlot Still on my list too! Lol 4mo
inthegreensandblues Agree, yuck to tv/movie book covers. Seeing this is read by Edward Herrmann moves it up a little on my own list. 4mo
DHill @inthegreensandblues if you like Edward Hermann give The Boys in the Boat a try. His narration was fantastic. 4mo
inthegreensandblues @DHill Thanks for the tip! 4mo
ChaoticMissAdventures I recently bought this. I wonder if I should bother reading it since I am way over 30 πŸ˜‚ 4mo
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Velvet Was the Night | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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A solid β€œmeh.” This is my second Silvia Moreno-Garcia and I preferred Mexican Gothic though not by much. They both stayed just on the periphery of my interest.

#AuthorAMonth @Soubhiville

SamAnne My favorite of hers is Certain Dark Things. Yeah, this one was a meh for me too. 4mo
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It‘s always me me me. Typical. πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚πŸ˜‚

AmyG Ha! Everyone is so needy! 4mo
Tamra Fluff balls! 😍 4mo
BookNAround What cutie pies! 4mo
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Velvet Was the Night | Silvia Moreno-Garcia
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My hold finally came in so now I can finish November with my #AuthorAMonth book. Yay!

@Soubhiville

Soubhiville Yay! Hope you like it. 4mo
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Normal People | Sally Rooney
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If I have to work on a Sunday, at least I have the company of a book. πŸ“–

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These Silent Woods: A Novel | Kimi Cunningham Grant
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Looks like a perfect Saturday morning to me.

#gooddog
#goodbook
#goodcoffee

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I don‘t know anything about this one but the title sounds intriguing.

LeslieO My fav book of the year when it came out. 4mo
DHill @LeslieO agreed! Just finished and possibly my favorite this year. And Marin Ireland‘s narration is fantastic, always. 4mo
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Abide With Me | Elizabeth Strout
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A little audio to get me through working on a Sunday. I‘m having a hard time getting into this one, though. The audio is a little flat for me. The story feels like it‘s just on the edge of something but the audio isn‘t quite getting it there.