Well, I don't know what to say. I think it was the cover that drew me in first (so pretty), and the whole premise was really interesting, but then some major plot holes started to appear and I wasn't really satisfied with the ending. ☹️

I enjoyed this book a lot. It was engaging, funny and exciting every step of the way.
I was quite satisfied with the movie too, although it wasn't as good as the book obviously.

This was an interesting and informative book about a piece of history I didn't know much about. Off to watch the movie! 🍿

Finished this audiobook while painting my little fox. 🦊☕ I kinda like those King books that have nothing to do with the supernatural.
#audiobook #audiopainting

“The world is a dark place, full of many kinds of wolves.“

I think this one was pretty weak compared to The Girl on the Train.

This book just didn't really take me with it, it was kinda meh.

5⭐ reads of 2023 📚

My 2023 books, 55 in total. Let 2024 begin 🎉 Happy New Year to everyone! 🥂

I just love this series so much 😂
#murderbot

"When you‘re told what to do every second of your existence, change is terrifying."
I'm loving this series ?? and they're making it into a TV show!
#murderbot #scifi

"Who knew being a heartless killing machine would present so many moral dilemmas."
#murderbot #scifi

Rogue Murderbot's adventures continue. 🤖
#scifi #spaceopera #murderbot #catsoflitsy

Murderbot hacks its own governor module which means it doesn't have to obey orders anymore and protect the people it is supposed to protect as a SecUnit. But it doesn't care much for murder especially after finding out it can now access the combined feed of entertainment channels carried on the company satellites. "As a heartless killing machine, I was a terrible failure."
I enjoyed this short one immensely.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Kayleigh works at a social media platform as a moderator, reviewing uploaded content and deciding what can stay up and what has to be removed – she watches hundreds of videos depicting violence, child abuse, animal abuse, self harm and acts of terrorism every day. It's an interesting premise and I really liked the way this book was written, but it ended so abruptly and without any real closure. 😔
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
#dutch #dutchauthor 🇳🇱

My favorite way to read: with Loki in my lap and a cold beer by my side. 🍺🐾
#catsoflitsy #hungarian 🇭🇺

Weird little short stories by the author of #TenderIstheFlesh, the most gruesome and disgusting book I've ever read (and loved it). There were 4 or 5 good ones, the rest was a bit too abstract for my taste.

Unique little Sleeping Beauty retelling with characters you'll adore

#catsoflitsy #fairytale

Interesting historical fiction novel about Emma and her family.
#hungarian #catsoflitsy

This book's magical system is the most obscure I've ever read. I still don't get most of it. And I know the author warns that his books are quite different from each other, but I expected something more along the line of The Broken Empire trilogy (which I loved). Well, my bad. I'm not saying this was a complete waste of time, definitely not, but I don't think I'll continue to read this series. 💔

This is a graphic dramatization of the Ed Gein case – the one that inspired the character of Norman Bates in the book and movie Psycho and partially the character of Buffalo Bill in The Silence of the Lambs. I wasn't familiar with this case before and he was a sick f*ck indeed. I loved the style and illustrations of this book.

F*cking COVID finally caught up with me. Managed to evade it for more than 3 years while working with hundreds of COVID patients. Well, shit happens. 😷 Trying to get some reading done while every swallow hurts like a bitch. Sirius is here with me though 🖤 and of course hubby is working his miracles, providing hot soup and hotter tea. 🫖

"By living a reading life I live many lives at once."

Interesting graphic novel about the Spanish flu epidemic of 1918.

Basically 🙄

Another short one by SK while I put new foil on my desk.
This is a #mystery all right. Two old guys running a weekly newspaper on one of the islands off the coast of Maine tell the story of the mysterious 'Colorado Kid' to their young intern. I loved the characters and the way this story was told.
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Listened to this short one while cleaning the windows. Usual Stephen King weirdness 😅
#fantasy #audiobook

Frannie is a house-girl at a Jamaican estate. She is transported to London by her master who gives her away as a gift to a friend. She becomes a maid in the house of a rich and influential man. But then one day she's woken up by police and accused of murder.
This book was a bit weird and unrealistic at times, but all in all good.
⭐⭐⭐☆☆
#hisfic #lgbt #adult #thriller

"It's one thing protecting oneself from the dead, but only too easy to forget the damage that the living can do."
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#catsoflitsy

This book is rough.
#wwi #germanauthor 🇩🇪 #catsoflitsy
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆

Lazy Sunday reading with Loki 🐾💙
#catsoflitsy #hungarian

"Somehow, through it all, Churchill had managed to teach them the art of being fearless."
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#catsoflitsy

„Wisdom comes when we acknowledge what we can never know."
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
?: Loki and his shoe fetish ?

"Amid the tales, the smokescreens, and the deceptive mirrors of life's unsolved mysteries, truth resides, waiting for someone to enter its sanctum, then leave, without quite closing the door behind them. That is when truth may make its escape."
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
My favorite pastime is being Sirius's pillow. ??

"The Institute is like what they say about the mafia — once you're in, you can't get out."

After reading the first page of this book, I felt that I'm going to have to give back my advanced English language certificate. But after finding webpages with titles like "Where does McCarthy get his words?" and "Words McCarthy Uses in His Novels" I felt a bit relieved. Still it was too much right now. I loved all his other novels so I'll definitely give it another go later.

Another exciting and creepy paranormal/crime/mystery novel by St James. I loved The Sun Down Motel and this one was almost as good.
#paranormal #gothic #thriller

"If we were living in a simulation, how would we know it was a simulation?"
Very smart, very neat time travel story.
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Couldn't find it either here or on Goodreads, but apparently there's a second book with some short stories.
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
#japan #catsoflitsy

Such a lovely story. ♥️
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
#catsoflitsy #japanese

I don't think I've ever read a modern military novel before. It was fast-paced and intense until the end, but there were quite a few things I didn't understand and it was overwhelming at times. It was very professionally written, but I don't think this will become my favorite genre.
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
#catsoflitsy

A heartwrenching young adult novel that's a mandatory reading for pretty much every student in my country.
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#hungarian

I don't usually read mythology retellings, and it didn't become my favorite genre either, but it wasn't bad. It's about badass women. 💪🏻
#fiction #mythology #greekmythology #retelling
#catsoflitsy

I enjoyed this book immensely. Fast paced with clever twists along every corner.
⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
#classics #travel #adventure

Some interesting short stories set in the world of the Arc of a Scythe series.
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
#fiction #dystopia #fantasy #scifi

This story is awful. It's about an abusive mother torturing her kids and her husband and her friends. Couldn't finish it.
#truecrime #nonfiction

This book was a bit weird for me, the writing style not very engaging, and I didn't completely understand all of it. 🤷🏻‍♀️
⭐⭐⭐☆☆
#scifi #alternatehistory #dystopia
#catsoflitsy

"Believing in nothing is still believing in something – and only by reaching eternity will anyone know the truth of it all."
#scifi #arcofascythe
⭐⭐⭐⭐☆
The feline on the photo is one of our newly adopted cats, Sirius ?? #catsoflitsy

"Even the greatest sultan recognizes his better when he at last comes along."
#fables #graphicnovel

In the future there are no wars, no diseases, no corruption, everyone is immortal and has nanites in their system that quell pain and control extreme emotions. That means there's no natural death either. The job is done by scythes and it's called gleaning.
A very interesting world and a fast-paced story that kept me rooting for the MCs.
#dystopian #scifi