I had a terrible birthday yesterday, my family forgot it…again. My parents once again got birthday gifts for my sisters all year & I got nothing. I didn‘t hear from most of them. One called & said “I don‘t want to come over & see you but happy birthday”

My channel is tanking..again. I have no community in this book community but maybe some of you would like to watch my latest videos

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Posting this here but I‘m selling this Goldsboro special edition of The Night Ends with Fire by K.X Song, it‘s never been read, I don‘t like or care for Romantasy, it‘s a Mulan retelling. My daughter shattered her phone and she needs it replaced but I don‘t have the extra money to do that and she needs a phone because of her Cheer activities
I‘m look for $50, this covers what I paid PLUS shipping US only.

It‘s looking like I will DNF this one. I‘m 20% so far and no one is likable and the story so far is very boring and slow, I‘m struggling to stay engaged with it. I was hoping I‘d like this since I gave 3 stars to The Hedge Witch the novella in the series but alas I don‘t think it‘s meant to be.

About 2-3 months ago Rachel Aukes sent out her newsletter and announced she will be going back and finishing her Bounty Hunter series! Two more books coming. This makes me so excited!! I love this series and it‘s been hiatus for a few years because she had to put it on the back burner due to low sales. I‘m so excited I‘ll finally get to read the rest of Joe‘s story!

I wish more people would read this series. It‘s quick and fun.

Another book I snagged for $1 at HPB. When it initially released I wasn‘t drawn in by the cover but I thought it would be silly to pass it up brand new for a $1. I actually just read the synopsis on the back and it actually sounds really good. Tale of two brothers who have beef with one another, I‘m always down for a tale of siblings fighting haha.

Anyone read this? I‘m intrigued by the sci-fi thriller aspect too.

Right before I lost my spark for reading, I started getting into gothic reads and I lucked out and found this one at my local HPB for $1. I haven‘t had the chance to read it but I really hope it‘s a good one. I‘d love to hear any opinions on this if you have read it!

Im hoping that if i talk about books I am genuinely interested in, it will help reignite that spark for me.

I haven‘t picked up a book in 3 weeks & it‘s not because of a reading slump. I feel like I have lost that spark that I had for reading because I have allowed social media to ruin the appeal. There is so much “do this, do that, but don‘t do this, & don‘t read that, but you have to read this” & then the drama all the time. Some in the community only talk about drama & never books. This is the one platform that is always chill. I want my spark back.

Wow I have never been this disappointed with a Kresley book. The writing didn‘t feel like her at all, her intimacy scenes felt like something from a bad KU romance book, the plot line was juvenile as hell. Poppy‘s power is ridiculous (and not in a good way) zero chemistry and depth to the relationship, cringe dialogue. To me this isn‘t even canon to the series, also Kresley has had better horror elements in her earlier books.

New video live!
Check out my TBR Jar picks for March!

https://youtu.be/6AEHxhmY1rQ?si=gSo060_uofGLQTrX

Posted a new video on the channel!! It‘s a very late Christmas haul plus some preorders that came in!

I‘d love it if you checked it out!

https://youtu.be/O82nIazw8qk?si=GBpaSOqoO_wk-TwT

I really enjoyed this, the gothic atmosphere was very present and the mystery around what was haunting Evelyn was intriguing. Evenlyn herself was intriguing to follow as we witnessed her mind be overridden by her own fears and anxieties. The ending was unexpected and I enjoyed that.

Posted a new video on my channel today, it‘s a review for Godkiller by Hannah Kaner, come check out my thoughts if you‘re interested.

https://youtu.be/15RL1yrEmss?si=FSJdikosK1xP2GI5

This is my last chance to try and get help. I‘m still short $488 on my rent and if I can‘t pay it my daughter and I will be on the street by next month. My family doesn‘t care either. So if you can help it would be a blessing because by the goddess do I need it. I have failed her and I realize this but I am trying so hard but it‘s hard when no one will give a single mom a job.

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I know times are hard for a lot of us right now but I'm reaching out for help. I have been struggling to find a job and I am completely out of my savings, and have been denied unemployment. Its me and my daughter and if we lose our home we will have nowhere to go. I have been focusing on my youtube channel, that's not monetized, in hopes of changing that but its slow. I will be grateful for any help.

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Hey librarians of litsy, question

My copy of A local habitation that I got from library has this weird printing issue. Every other page the words are double printed which makes the font look blurry. If I hold it far enough away, the words look fine but if I hold it close while reading it‘s blurry. if I inform my librarians of this will they do anything with the book or will they just ignore it and I will be wasting their time.

I don‘t read a lot of romance but this year I binged Ruby Dixon‘s Ice Planet Barbarians and fell in love with it! Conky does fan art of it and I finally managed to grab some of her prints and a few bookmarks (she also gave a free sticker!) now to just get some frames and add these to my art gallery wall!

Got this super amazing PR box from DawBooks today! This is my first time receiving something like this and it‘s so exciting! Two arcs, 5 enamel pins, a map and a sticker! Granted these are 17 and 18 in a series but that‘s okay I‘ll get the others through the library haha.

Another Random book from the shelves! Can‘t wait to get to this one!

I‘m about 25% into this and it‘s such an odd yet intriguing book. Looking forward to seeing where the story goes.

I got surprise mail today! The author sent over this newer edition of his book that I ARC read for him at the start of the year. He had a new cover done (this one) & has a follow up coming this December so he thought I would like a matching set since I only had the one with the old cover!

It‘s a Sci-Fi spy detective adventure with aliens, a man trying to brainwash the entire galaxy & a secret agent who recites poems at the worst possible times.

Figured I‘d try something fun and every day post one photo of a book on my shelves.

First up Goldsboro Subscription edition of Lost in Time by A.G Riddle
Haven‘t read it yet and not sure if I will as I knew nothing about it.

Have any of you read this?

Maybe I‘ll get some help here since I‘m apparently being ignored everywhere else.

Does anyone know if I need to read Threedneedle before I can read this?

Hey I know I don‘t post here often anymore (I‘m trying to remedy that) but I have had lots of new videos go live on my booktube channel. I could do with some much needed support as I have been losing followers daily and it‘s really starting to hit me. I thought I could handle it but it‘s really crushing since I put a lot of work into this. You don‘t have too but I‘d appreciate the support.

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Currently reading Gleanings a collection of short stories. I love the Arc of a Scythe trilogy and so far I am enjoying seeing stories of other scythes and how they go about doing their job.

I‘m very very very late with posting this and I apologize (after holiday stress with work) but thank you @The.Great.Catsby for my #jolabokaflodswap package. I‘ve never had Gatsby chocolate before so I‘m looking forward to trying it!

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I‘m not sure if you got my email in regards to my swap package. I sent my partner their package via Amazon due to unexpected financial issues. They where shipped in two separate packages one says it was delivered today and the other should arrive on Tuesday. I had wanted them to know this so they dont accidentally open them before the 24th but I also didn‘t want to spoil the surprise of who their gifter was.

Ohhh I hated so many things about this book. The unneeded sex scene at the end really ruined the magical, whimsical feel of the story. While I understand it was a dark adult retelling it just felt out of place. The slow burn romance that lead up to their first kiss was terribly placed and handled in the most unromantic way possible. The plot hole around the nutcracker figurine. It only felt nutcracker in referencing symbolic pieces of the story.

While this was shorter than the first book, I struggled with it. For some reason the story wasn‘t as captivating this time around. The location changed and while more info was provided with what the Iremonger family is up to, it introduced even more new information that now has to be answered in the 3rd book. The writing was still a struggle to follow.

Not what I was expecting at all. This is a mystery story around a young boy and his family who is on the run from a man who is out to get them. I spent a lot of time wondering if the dad was just crazy or if they really were in the witness protection program. It‘s a slower story but i enjoyed how it had shown the struggle Igor went through with being apart of society after being kept from it for so long. The ending was wild.

Entertaining from start to finish. A young boy accidentally gets wrapped up in a situation among the dead. The end got me in my emotions. It‘s straightforward and focuses on one central plot, its addictive and atmospheric, not scary but had those creepy vibes, overall very enjoyable

Amazing illustrations included

3rd book in the series and it just didn‘t manage to capture the same spooky atmosphere that the first did. A series that just simmered out for me. Plot was boring this go around, and the possession story line was so bland in comparison to the one in the first book. Also the narrator for these is terrible, she just yells all the dialogue.

3rd book in the Book of Merlin series following the lost youth years of Merlin. We meet a dragon threatening to destroy everything unless Merlin can stop them. New characters get introduced, and Merlin gets knocked unconscious a lot haha.

A solid start to the vast world of Pern. Does a great job explaining the lore and how the world works. Lessa is a great character who is really head strong. There is talking dragons, time travel, a decent amount of characters the writing is easy to follow but some of the bigger explanations can be a bit confusing. All in all I enjoyed it but I could be bias as I love the world of Pern haha.

Man remember when people use to spend more time on here posting reviews of books… I wish it was like that still.

Anyways, this book was strange, the storyline is interesting a boy can hear objects talking and lives in a house surrounded by trash heaps. The writing style is frustrating to follow, it was really hard finding a good reading rhythm in this. The illustrations are creepy yet fun to look at.

This book absolutely annihilated my heart and left me an emotional wreck. I loved every bit of it and loved every character and I can‘t wait for the next book because I need to know what happens with Vonvalt.

Another video went live today! I unbox 3 books come and check out what books they are!

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A new video went live just now!

https://youtu.be/aDhbLYyrvXc

It‘s been awhile since I promoted my booktube channel on here but I‘m going to try and go back to doing that. The channel isn‘t doing so good, can‘t seem to get anyone to interact with it, might give up, so this is kind of a last ditch effort to see if it‘s worth the effort.

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Oh I loved how this ended it honestly felt so unexpected and unique, a direction a absolutely was not expecting. The Hardscrabble children are some the most realistic portrayals of siblings I have read in a long time and I loved them, they were quick to fight but also there for each other when needed. Lots of unexpected dark moments and creepy vibes all through out!

A great story following a Muslim Malay girl who has a Pelesit (a ghost) attached to her. The story does a good job tackling subjects such as the strain of friendships, toxic family, jealousy and loneliness. The creepy factor is also really well done!

I am so hit or miss with this series. This was okay. I didn‘t care for the super abrupt ending with Ollie. I did like that Brian was able to be more of the focus and be useful, we also got a new character Phil. Overall the story jumps very quickly to the spooky stuff but unfortunately it didn‘t feel supernatural, it was just a giant “monster”. The spooky vibes just were not there, making this kind of boring.

Freaking so good!!! The suspension, the creepiness, the mysteries! I was hooked! This middle grade book kept me on the edge of my seat man, I never knew what was going to happen next. The only bad side is the very open and ambiguous ending but I‘ll deal with that since the journey through this was absolutely phenomenal!

My #bookspin and #doublespin for the month!

I have been in a middle grade mood so all my picks are MG related!

I have a ton of backlog photos from previous book bingos that I‘ll be uploading in the next few weeks so sorry if any of you get confused I‘m just way way way behind on posting on here
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Kanda has dived right into helping his friend during a live performance after his band mates bailed on him. While performing live is still a struggle for Kanda he powers through for the sake of his friend. We met some new pianist who either love or hate Kanda (he is a great pianist who disappeared from the limelight) Also Kanda got to have two kitties in his home as he was cat sitting for a friend and he was ever so happy about it haha.

Kikuzato is now gearing up to join the track and field team at his school. This volume gave us some insight to his past from when he initially lost his leg and how he became depressed, now he is excited and looking forward to running again. It was a little uncomfortable when some new side characters/schoolmates started touching his prosthetic leg without asking, and we got to met his mom and see how she deals with her son getting back into sports

A decent start to a new series following Kikuzato a young man who loves soccer but loses his leg before entering Highschool. This volume doesn‘t tell us what happened to him but from context it seems it‘s going to be slowly revealed to us. There was a lot of plot conveniences to get the story going, but there does seem to be a good amount of research that went into writing a story centered around sports equipment & the sporting events for amputees

This series is going to kill me in the emotions. I cried the whole book. Fukumaru has gotten out & Kanda is distraught over finding him, but while in his search he finds another cat Moja who is lost, beaten & starved, so now Kanda is at a crossroad between saving this kitty or continuing his search for Fukumaru. This series is beautiful in how we get to see the situations from both Kanda & Fukumaru‘s pov.

DNF at 77%
When your female love interest is dwindle down to being a literal sexual object for your male hero, you have lost me. Eve does LITERALLY nothing through this whole book and Lazarus does nothing but complain about how he doesn‘t deserve a mate. Her purpose was literally just to have sex with Laz to help him control his inner demon. They also had zero chemistry and the overall plot didn‘t exist. I won‘t be continuing this series.

I like the idea of the story, Hakaba studies the languages of the Netherworld, so werewolves, lizardfolk & so on, but I think the execution is lacking for me. It‘s a series of small episodic chapters that sometimes feel like a cohesive story and sometimes not. I also spend a lot of time being just as confused as Hakaba because not everything the creatures say is translated because he doesn‘t know, which is interesting but sometimes pulls me out.

An Emotional rollercoster following Tomoyo Shiino has she finds out her best friend Mariko dies by suicide. You learn both their pasts, how they met and what terrible things befell them and it‘s interesting seeing how chaotic Tomoyo reacts to the death of Mariko. I felt the wild and messy art style fit the overall chaotic atmosphere the storytelling was giving off. But there were some softer calmer moments that packed a punch in feels.