I sent some #LitsyLove
@ju.ca.no 💚

I got some lovely #LitsyLove mail 🥰 I also sent a letter

@dabbe
@ju.ca.no
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I got 3 bingos (#LitsyLoveBingo) and sent 6 letters

I got a letter with lovely stickers & tea, this had been on it's way some time 😄 #LitsyLove
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I got some goodies, this was surprising. Got cute stickers, cards and something that could be used for crafting 🤗 #LitsyLove
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I got a lovely surprise when there was a knock on the door and the package was delivered. The book I have wanted to read, and I love the color on the cover 💛🐣🐤🐥 And this bookmark 🥰 #LitsyLove

@Bookgoil
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I sent some #LitsyLove
@catiewithac
@Librarybelle
@iread2much

June is so unlikable and delusional main character - and that's why I liked her. Her mind was so twisted, I loved to see what she's going to make up next.

This was really captivating read, I was intrigued to see what was going to happen next. Super easy & enjoyable read. And I loved the ending, it was twisted enough to my liking 😀

Characters weren't likable, but behind them were clearly author's own experiences. I really appreciate that part.

This was mysterious, but had so many unbelievable things happening that I took this as a soap opera.

The ending felt rushed and didn't answer to all questions either. That was disappointing.

I loved Lacey, I really loved to have a bit different main character!! I adored characters overall, there were several who became friends with Lacey.

This felt super cozy, even though at some point I hated people of the small town who were judging.

Like many cozy mysteries, this too was a bit unbelievable. But I still enjoyed this and the ending made me curious about sequel.

#SeriesLove2024

I got some lovely #LitsyLove
I love the bookish cards and one with two little kittens 🥰 And I always appreciate cute stickers 👾
💚 @catiewithac
🧡 @iread2much

#FreebieFriday

I was in the zoom meeting with C.J. Tudor a year ago and LOVED her. I would love to interview her.

#FreebieFriday

A favorite female author is a hard one, but I have enjoyed books by Karin Slaughter recently.

I don't know why, but I wasn't super invested in characters. I liked them and they had touching backstories, but something was missing that would have made me to love them.

This had a nice atmosphere, I loved the world. It felt alive.

This felt a bit slow to read: things happened but there were slower parts too. Or it felt like that when every little detail was explained. I would have been happy with less details & more action.

Characters weren't really fleshed out, they felt flat. That was the reason why I didn't feel all the emotions. There were scenes that should have made me feel more than what they did. I also don't like insta-love and that was the case here. Characters' bigger-than-life emotions at the end were unrelatable because there hadn't been a prober building up.

This was easy to read but a bit tasteless.

#SeriesLove2024

Characters were well developed, I really adored this circus troupe of misfits. This was also a story about toxic relationship, and I felt for Ruth. It's awful what people can do to each other, saying they love you.

I adore circus as a setting, and time travelling - this had both! I loved how this made me to think about who I really am.

There happened pretty much, there was one subplot that wasn't needed.

#LitsyLove in & out 😃
💚 @Librarybelle
💚 @Sleepswithbooks
💚 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I definitely see a theme here 🤣💜🫂
💚 @Sleepswithbooks
💚 @dabbe
#LitsyLove

I hated how every POV was in first-person narration and you had to figure out who this “I“ is this time. I don't know if that was the reason why I couldn't relate to characters. Or was the writing style the reason? Writing was too detailed and wordy, and that made this pretty long read - even though there didn't happen that much. I ended up liking the romance in this book, but that only means the last pages.
I loved the world & magical atmosphere.

Characters felt somehow a bit flat, and I couldn't feel all their emotions. They were likable, but nothing more.

This felt so much like many other fantasy YA stories, this wasn't really unique. Plot was also pretty common and predictable. The first 100 pages dragged, and it took that long before starting to be interesting.

This didn't have that special feeling that the first book had, but this was still entertaining story.

#SeriesLove2024

I didn't find main characters likable and it was hard to relate to their relationship, but it was toxic. I appreciate how this showed things from isolated person's POV. And then how everything went toward destruction.

This was more like a drama, I started this thinking I would be reading a mystery and that was a mistake.

I didn't like the writing.

I would say this was super interesting read, this really made me see things differently.

Supporting characters in this series are awesome! But it seems like this on-off relationship got me tired. At least some hard feelings would have been understandable if someone had walked away only to come back TWO YEARS later.

I also found this unbelievable thinking about composing music. It's hardly believable that someone comes from retirement, starts composing and the album is out in couple weeks.

#SeriesLove2024

Books I read for #WintersRespite

“We believe the one who has power. He is the one who gets to write the story. So when you study history, you must ask yourself, Whose story am I missing? Whose voice was suppressed so that this voice could come forth? Once you have figured that out, you must find that story too. From there you get a clearer, yet still imperfect, picture.”

#LitsyLove in & out
Always much needed stationery, also much needed bookmark and super lovely stickers (oh those unicorns made my heart jump for delight 🤣)
💜 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
💚 @BookwormAHN

“There should be no room in your life for regret. If in the moment of doing you felt clarity, you felt certainty, then why feel regret later?”

#LitsyLove

Here‘s my #BookSpin list for March 2024

My #Shelfie 😀
#LitsyLove

“Reading should be an enjoyable experience, not a chore.”

I am enjoying some cozy read, I have had several slow & epic books after each other. Tea is my beverage at this time, I know some might appreciate my mug 🤣
#LitsyLove

I was waiting for part 3, but part 2 was written on the card. But I am pretty sure this is the missing part 3 🤔 I am embracing all this letter madness 🤣 #LitsyLove
💜 @Blerdgal_Fenix

I sent some #LitsyLove
🧡 @Blerdgal_Fenix

I don't know what route this letter had taken, but it finally arrived :D 🧡 @dabbe
#LitsyLove

In & out again: got some awesome Galentines Card (I have never used a lip mask before xD) and sent a letter
💜 @Blerdgal_Fenix
💛 @Deblovestoread
#LitsyLove

In & out some #LitsyLove
I got some cute cards, stickers and something that I can use as a bookmarks 😀
💜 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
💚 @Bookwormjillk
💛 @BookwormAHN
🧡 @dabbe

I got some lovely #LitsyLove, with a glitter bomb that made me smile, stickers, a new tea to taste.
💜 @Blerdgal_Fenix
💚 @Deblovestoread

Two super ladies sent some lovely #LitsyLove
So many delicious products and loved Yoda socks 🤣 This book I have wanted to read so badly, and didn't own it (was planning to buy!). I already tested a lip balm, really needed it xD And body lotion too. Got also a bookmark and fun games 🙈
💜 @Blerdgal_Fenix
🧡 @dabbe

I sent some #LitsyLove
💜 @TheSpineView
💚 @catiewithac
💜 @iread2much
💚 @Sleepswithbooks

Alizeh was likable, and ended up liking the chemistry between her & Cyrus. It was easy to relate to Kamran and why he couldn't know who're trustworthy. I really loved one evilish character, because I am eager to see what part they're playing in the next book.

I loved plotting/politics in this book, and the setting was lovely too.

Strangely there doesn't happen really much in this book, but I still enjoyed reading this.

#SeriesLove2024

This book had unbelievable likable characters! I really loved them, even secondary characters. I didn't expect liking the main characters xD

This was a bit gory but still light & fun. I loved this pecualiar mixture :D The beginning was a bit off, but soon this really hooked me. And I loved everything after that point.

#SeriesLove2024

I have a bit mixed feelings. I was intrigued but I am not sure if I was that only for the true story behind the book. Main characters had so much happening in their lives, and I am not sure if I was interested in all of that.

We really should talk about victims more. I don't know if fictional book was the right choice. Does this work as a fictional story without knowing the true story? I am not sure.

I liked Riva's siblings, and how different they were. There were so many main characters, and filler chapters about totally unimportant secondary characters. I think I would have enjoyed this more with less characters.

This felt quite depressing, and I thought this would be about some glamorous party.

The ending felt a bit anticlimactic: I thought all the time there would be something HUGE happening and was disappointed.

I loved characters so much! I rooted for them and hoped they would survive. Characters were well created and I loved how I couldn't know who were trustworthy and who weren't.

This had one brilliant twist and was super captivating.

Horrible but enjoyable thrilling to read!

I adored Gwyn, she was fun, smart and independent. I also loved Wells who was quite a gentleman and also had a good sense of humor. This book also had really nice group of secondary characters that made everything feel alive.

This was fun & light but also had a hint of mystery in it. I loved the setting & atmosphere.

Plotwise this went straight forward but wasn't too predictable. This was fast paced and pretty captivating.

#SeriesLove2024

I rooted for Kit and loved her relationship with her patient. Otherwise characters were mysterious enough to keep me guessing who couldn't be trusted.

I loved the atmosphere, I thought several times that I wouldn't like to live there where Kit did xD

At some point I started to feel frustrated because things were revealed slowly. This was a bit wild, there were pretty unbelievable twists. Some I guessed, some not.

Overall I enjoyed!

I was a bit disappointed how little interaction there was with secondary characters! Jax was also pretty annoying in this book.

There was quite a twist at the end, but the book started slow.

There were several unbelievable things, but this still was entertaining enough.

#SeriesLove2024

Characters were likable but romantic subplots felt like reading YA instead of a book aimed for adults. I liked characters but they are easy to forget. I didn't feel characters' emotions.

I liked the setting but writing was way too detailed for my taste.

Plot felt really slow and dragged. The ending was disappointing too: none of the questions got answered.

#SeriesLove2024

I read a Finnish book, and ended up loving the characters! Romance wasn't that great, it was lacking building up. But I really loved mother-daughter & grandmother-grandchild relationships in this book.

I loved the historical aspect and this also made me miss the summer. This was light to read but made me also ponder our rivers and what has been done to them.

Writing was nice and this was pretty captivating read.

I liked the message of this book: the power of your thoughts. That's not a new thing, but it's also something that I always love to read about. I also loved gardening they did and talking about flowers etc.

It's clear that this is an old story and some phrases wouldn't be acceptable nowadays.

Both Mary & Colin had amazing character arc, I loved how different the were at the end of the book compared to characters at the beginning.

Young Gabriel was so stubborn but it still felt believable. He wanted to be a hero, and I was curious to get to know why he was so different 16 years later - what had happened to him?! I loved to follow how his story started to unravel, it was all the time easier to understand him.

I love darker books and this had an amazing atmosphere.

This had some kind of ending, but more was left open than what I had expected.

#SeriesLove2024