I‘m the husband of Linda LKK526. I am sad to inform you that Linda passed away suddenly April 12th. I didn‘t know how to notify all her friends and followers, when my daughter called me this morning and told me about Litsy. Linda had recommended it to her. I miss her more than I can say.

I have been away for a while due to illness. I am much better and have several reviews I want to post. I‘ve missed all of you💕😊

Edie‘s grandmother has the knack of predicting the exact day a person is fated to meet their true love and she has a good track record. That‘s why Edie dismisses out of hand anyone she meets prior to her date. This is a fluff of a book that smart litany‘s - and that means all of you- will probably figure it out⭐️⭐️⭐️

On a flight to Hawaii on a whim, Grady is going to be a caretaker for an eccentric man. On the flight over, he sits next to a young woman who, once they land, disappears even tho her best friend is there to pick her. She isn‘t the first young woman to disappear from the island and Grady becomes obsessed with finding her. You can almost feel like you are on the island Good story.⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This is story about two ladies of the evening who solve the mysterious deaths of several young women. Nothing graphic but I just couldn‘t get into it and I know Jane Smiley is an excellent author.

I really liked this book. I resisted it because I didn‘t think it was my cup of tea (takes place in Liverpool LOL🙄). I reserved it from library and I waited so long for it I thought I‘d give it a go. I am going to try to move out of my thriller/locked room zone this year. This book was a good start

Better very late than never. Thanks to all the lovely cards I received. It was like getting a present every day! To those whose names I couldn‘t read I apologize. Here‘s to happy reading in 2023. Behind in my reviews too. Catching up now❤️❤️

Because of a tragedy, Esme
Nash‘s life takes a left turn and she becomes a dog walker in NYC for a woman who has gone into rehab. The woman has a fabulous collection of shoes which Esmeralda wears because of permission given by the owner. Each chapter relates to one pair of shoes

Edie‘s grandmother has a record of predicting when members of her family will meet the partner they are fated to be with and Edie constructs her entire life around the date. I think this was a simplistic plot with plot points visible from a mile away.

Five writers, supposedly well known in the crime genre, are invited to a retreat in North Dakota for a week to hone their craft. The characters are not well fleshed out and I didn‘t get the feeling they were notable authors. Parts of this book were just preposterous. If I say that I guessed a connection it will sound like I‘m bragging about how clever I am. Not at all. Just a paper thin plot any of you would be able to suss out

Today is my one year anniversary on Litsy! I can‘t tell you how much fun I‘ve had. The feedback from my reviews has been wonderful and I adore my Litsy family. Apologies to those I left out✌️❤️👍😊

I had this book on hold at the library and it came in. It‘s the story of a family who vacations every summer at their summer home in Maine. As always, there are secrets. It‘s a pleasant read if you feel like you need to put your brain on hold

I love Anthony Horowitz. Have read every mystery book he‘s written starting with The Word is Murder. In this one he‘s accused of murdering the critic who gave his play a bad review. The writing is excellent and the plot entertaining. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Two husbands and wives and one of the wive‘s best friends and her new boyfriend are spending the weekend at a luxury resort in the woods. There is so much going on in this book that it made it an unenjoyable read. Some of it was just far-fetched. I wavered between so-so and a pan

Parallel stories about Truman Capote, author of In Cold Blood and the 1950s socialite Ann Woodward who may have shot her husband. Capote was writing a book called Answered Prayers about his “swans “ who were socialite friends who confided their most innermost secrets. He took a dislike to Ann Woodward because of an incident at a restaurant and he didn‘t treat her well in the short story published that betrayed his friendships with the swans

To all my Litsy friends: we are waiting to see what Hurricane Nicole does. I live in Palm Beach County. We have been getting bands of rain and some wind. I think the worst will come tonite or tomorrow. All I can say is that it‘s good reading weather. I have my book light charged just in case! 😦 my ok📚

#firstlinefridays. It wasn‘t love at first sight

I just couldn‘t get into this one. Maybe if I had visited The Cloisters in New York it would have been more interesting

What a shame about Julie Powell. My cousin Stephanie was Julia Child‘s personal assistant for many years before Ms Child died. One night my husband and I were watching a CNN special about Julia Child and up popped my cousin talking about her!

#thoughtfulthursday. This is my brother Robert who suddenly passed away in August. Three months later I still miss him. He was my best friend and wise advice giver. Smart and funny and knew everything there was to know about music. We loved to discuss everything especially politics.

One of the worst books I ever read. A resort in the Catskills in the middle of winter. Guests arrive. Maybe it‘s because I have lived in Florida most of my life that I can‘t fathom spending a weekend freezing my butt off. Naturally someone dies - an accident? a murder? Do you care? My guess is no. A perfect example of telling and not showing. The dialog was stilted and a couple of things were just ridiculous. Read the phone book instead.

John Grisham is always an easy read. Two childhood friends go separate ways on either side of the law. I didn‘t feel that the characters were fleshed out and thing seemed to fall into place too easily for the good guys. 🫤

My husband made this book case for me when we were first married almost 40 years ago. Some of the books are that old! And some I gave away over the years but some I just can‘t part with.

Hit post by accident. Plus someone might be following them. Part preposterous, part almost humorous, I would put this wat at the bottom of my TBR pile🙄

This is one of the oddest books I‘ve ever read. Two couples, Cat and Ginny, sisters, and their spouses take a hike in Zurich planned by Cat, who keeps alluding to her plan. Plus, someone may be following t

More like two years in Lisbon. I slogged thru and wanted to bail a couple of times. A couple is in Lisbon for the husband‘s business trip when he is kidnapped. The wife tries to find out what happened and her ordeal is a good chunk of the story. I kept falling asleep…read at your own risk

Part love story, part murder mystery, Asher and Lily are high schoolers in love. When Lily is found dead at the foot of the stairs in her home, Asher is immediately a suspect. There is a lot going on but the authors keep all the balls in the air which makes for an entertaining read. Asher‘s mother is a beekeeper and fascinating facts about bees and honey are sprinkled throughout the book.

Meet Kuna

High schoolers throw a party at a house in the middle of construction and it gets wildly out of hand. This book has a little more substance in that it raises questions of class and privilege and the repercussions to collateral characters. Lies and rumors and financial loss to the construction company and its workers as well as the trauma and expense to the already over leveraged homeowners gives you lots of food for thought.

Six friends arrive at a newly renovated lighthouse in Scotland, the only month available being the miserable one of September. Immediately one member disappears but he is found the next morning having experienced something so horrible he can‘t discuss it. One reviewer called it a spooky roller coaster of a book. True if you like kiddie rides. I am really getting tired of hyperbole in reviews. Either that or I have a high tolerance for scary

Kenna, the MC is thick as a post. On nothing more than an announcement by her best friend that she is getting married, Kenna drops everything and travels halfway around the globe to see her. There she encounters a “tribe” of peculiar people who want to surf all day. Her idea to get her best friend back to England is to persuade the others to return to their families but she is as subtle as an ax. There is little suspense, it‘s just a stupid plot

Kitty and Lana, best friends looking for adventure stumble on it on The Blue, a yacht with a crew of like-minded people. The yacht is sailing to NewZealand from The Philippines. At first everything is idyllic but when one of the crew disappears, things start to fall apart. I think the novel was a little drawn out but the story is good and you can lose yourself on the yacht. It‘s just what I needed for my present state of mind

In the ‘70s, Go Ask Alice came out, purportedly the diary of a 15-year old girl who got into drugs and died. There was a frenzy among parents and the government alike. Satanism, misinformation about LSD, pot, all impelled by the editor of the diary, Beatrice Sparks who subsequently produced other “diaries”. The press was complicit and it seemed such a herd mentality that no one stopped to think and ask questions. Rick Emerson does a good job

I really liked this book. Travis Devine is a former Army Ranger now working in finance after leaving the Army under mysterious circumstances. When Sarah Ewes, a fellow employee whom he dated briefly, is found hanged in the office he decides to investigate since he obviously would be a suspect. Each chapter is like peeling an onion with lots of suspicious characters. It‘s a great escape read where you say “just one more chapter”.

After a string of mediocre thrillers and as you can tell from my reviews, I had an”AHA” moment and decided to skip “ the next “Gone Girl” (I think at this point even “Gone Girl isn‘t the next GG!) and read this. It is the story of two Indian families and the traditional v. modern,misunderstandings, hope, despair - life. Finally a book where I liked the characters. When a chapter concentrated on one character I kept thinking what about the other.

I liked this until halfway thru when everyone was totally off kilter. Amaya and Kaavi had been friends since childhood until a mysterious rift split them and now Kaavi who is inordinately wealthy is marrying Amaya‘s ex boyfriend. Amaya journeys from California to her native Sri Lank to stop the wedding with some bagels plans. I will never reveal spoilers. This book is fine if you put your logic on ice

This book remind me of those movies where the heroine is about to open a door while the audience yells don‘t. People have been disappearing form the lodge where Abby is the manager but she just starts to realize something is wrong when a missing reporter‘s brother shows up. Also I didn‘t need the author to repeat over and over that there was only one good spot for Wi-Fi. Slow moving and not a likeable one in the bunch

I thought this read was so-so. I think one authors coast on their reputations. I will review more folly at a later date.

My brother passed away unexpectedly yesterday and I wanted my Litsy family to know.

An honest assessment, this book was aimless and boring. The MC is a lawyer who quit his big firm and now picks up jobs wherever he can. A mysterious woman asks him to track down her husband who she believes is stealing precious books from her family. The next day the real wife, an acclaimed author shows up. I believe it‘s semi autobiographical as the author left a large firm. I just found it a tedious read and kept dozing off.

@bthegood @jlhammar and Kuna was practically put into coma zzzzzzzz…

You can‘t look away because this book is stunningly bad! There is really no suspense in the story of Molly, an aspiring writer and Jake, a rocker on the rise. Throw in Sabrina who is obsessed with both and you have a tell not show book. Too much floppy hair and tears running down cheeks and same being wiped away and so much booze. Do yourself a favor and look away immediately. I almost gave it a pan. It was close. Even my car Cassie was bored.

Sorry if my reviews lately have been negative but I have to say that I found this book boring. Six women gather on Greek island for a hen party, the British version of a bachelorette do. Each woman is hiding something but the secrets are just meh. I don‘t want to say too much because I hate spoiling a read for others. I just started Daniel Silvia‘s Portrait of an Unknown Woman and it seems promising and will be a palate cleanser for mediocrity

I like Ruth Ware and some of her books. This was not one of them. Three quarters of the book is the MC, Hannah Jones‘ anguish that her testimony sent the wrong man to prison for the murder of her roommate. Repetitious to the point that I wanted to say move along already. I also didn‘t think there was much mystery. Read it and tell me I was way off base. I‘ll accept the criticism. Off to find my next read. Happy reading Littens !

I read many thrillers and always think I‘m smart enough to think I know where the plot is going. WRONG! This was an absolutely fun read with more twists than the proverbial cliched pretzel. Just the thing to ameliorate those too-high-gas-prices-I-cant-afford-to-eat-inflationary blues.

I actually had this on my TBR pile when I stumbled on it in the library. And a good thing too because I got really sick of these whiny women and would have returned it. There is a mystery plot which wasn‘t bad but women in their 30s who are college graduates should have more sense and not be so dependent on men. I am not anti-men so no letters please (LOL) but these women lived inside their own minds and lacked the courage to confront their mates.

Criticizing the plot of a Elin Hilderbrand novel is like being mean to a puppy. It‘s hard to do. You know what you get in her books - the ultimate beach read where you can put your brain on hold and just go with it. In this book the Hotel Nantucket is being renovated by a man with buckets of money. Lizbet Keaton is the general manager. Misunderstandings, romance, lies. Have fun. If you can‘t take a vacation this summer, your brain can.

Fast reading. Homecoming is about a lawyer who left his family and the country but now wants to come back. Strawberry Moon concerns a young man on death row and if you are anti-execution, it makes a powerful statement. The book title novella concerns 2 lawyer partners who can‘t stand each other. Their father is in prison for killing their mother. There is some humor in it. The problem with novellas is you want them to go on longer

This book is called a gripping psychological thriller packed with suspense. The only suspense here is how this dreadful book got published. A wife suspects her husband had a part in the murder of his friend when they were in high school in a bomb shelter on the property that they used as a clubhouse. She manages to get into the house while the current owners are away for a month to dig up the shelter all by herself. Ridiculousnesses ensues.