Starting off 2023 with this as my first physical book of the year. I've been in a mystery/thriller kick lately.

Last book of 2022. Started and finished on New Year's Eve! It's been a long time since I've been able to read a whole book in one day. I needed that break.

Hope everyone had a great New Years and here's to a wonderful 2023! 🎉

Thank you for my Christmas gift! I actually opened it on Christmas morning but last weekend was so busy for me, then I worked all week, so this is my chance to post. Love it! ❤🎄
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Thank you Misty and Renee. It's going under my little tree to open at Christmas.
And I am planning to be back on Litsy by New Year. So much has been going on that I haven't been on here at all and I miss you all! I have been reading when I can though. 😘 Love and Happy Holidays to all to celebrate.
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I hate being away so long! I need to get back to my love of Litsy. But I heard today is National Read a Book Day! Wish I could do that all day instead of spending most of the day at work. 😄 Hope everyone gets to enjoy some quality reading at some point today.

A cute novella following The Love Hypothesis, I think. I cute little story of hate to love by the heroine. I love the STEM aspects of these stories, though they all seem a bit similar.

Playing catch up...
This is a rich-women, drama-filled, thriller, that leaves you guessing on who died, and who the killer is, until the very end. Everyone is a suspect. I just couldn't put it down. And a very good twist at the very end!

Listed to this thriller on audio. A great book and a great twist at the end. Loved the story and this concept of Monsters.

Thank you, Misty, for my surprise package! That was so sweet of you. I have not read this one but looks like a great summer read. 💛
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I saw this on Pintereat and loved it. 🤗

Thank you so much, Jill, for my package! This was so sweet of you. I have been wanting to read this book. And the stickers are adorable. ❤❤❤ @Bookwormjillk

First book finished in July! Loved this one, hard to put down. A true crime podcast about a serial killer from the 1990s named the Countdown Killer because of his fixation on numbers with his victims. Now, 20 years later, Elle is doing a podcast on this case because some believe he died in a fire but others believe he is still out there. When a girl is kidnapped, could it be the Countdown Killer or a copycat? I couldn't put this one down.

Enjoyed this one overall but in the beginning I did think we were thrown into the world without given much info about the magic system. Kinda learned as you went. There was a lot of action and it did wrap up nicely in the end, though there is a second book in this duology, I don't know if it needs one. I think I liked the audio but not sure I would have liked reading it. Between a pick and a so-so.

Happy 4th of July to my U.S. Littens. I finished this one in June. This author is an auto-buy for me. Her books are such comfort reads for me. This is her latest book and I enjoyed it and the characters, as I always do. This story is about family, friendship, and love.

A very YA summer read but a good one anyway. About to be adapted to one of the streaming services. It was a very quick and short book, the first of a trilogy. And we did get the story in the current timely e as well as past summers, but I found the past timelines being jumbled up not my favorite. It was a little too YA for me but I still enjoyed some moments.

Loved this one! We get current day where Percy gets a call to come back to her summer vacation town where she comes face to face with Sam again, the love of her life she hasn't seen in 12 years. Then we also get the back story of her summers growing up at the lake next door to Charlie and Sam. It was a wonderful story. I definitely recommend it for a summer read.

Hi friends. Sorry for being away for a few months. Life happened. Then both parents had surgery and I've had to help them while working, some weeks overtime because Covid hit our clinic again. It's been a wild ride. But I have been reading and I have been buying ALL the books. 🤷‍♀️ I may go back to put up my past reviews but will start with my two reads from this weekend. ❤ #thinkpositivebepositive

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I did some book retail therapy this weekend. It was needed and I was happy about it. Will post my fares later. 😊💛📚

Thank you Misty and Leigh for this package in honor of Sharon. 💙 I look forward to reading this book now that the temps are getting warmer. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Another cute rom com with a good representation for mental health. This revolves around a Bachelor like show where Charlie goes on, not to meet women and get married like the show calls for, but to get back into his tech world. His handler on the show Dev believes in the shows Happily Ever After story. What happens when these two develop feelings for each other? We also get good rep for Charlie who has OCD and anxiety, and Dev who has depression.

Finished this audio last Wednesday. It was so creepy but in a good way, not too scary. It's like a myatery/thriller/detective/paranormal/occult/psychological story. The ending was completely shocking to me! Five friends in Scotland go camping for a weekend. But one by one they disappear and Heather thinks it has to do with this broach they took from cairn. Then, she is the only one left and ends up in custody. Will anyone believe her story?

Finished this last Monday. It was a great book and had great representation on mental health. Ari is a tv meteorologist and Russell is a sports reporter. They team up to try to get their bosses back together because the friction at work those two cause is making everyone miserable. But in the meantime, Ari and Russell start having feeling for each other. But Ari also hides a part of herself from everyone. It was a great story.

Finished this ebook today. This was an adorable second chance romance of a couple who haven't seen each other in ten years but find each other again at a pre-wedding party and yep, they're both in the wedding party. And, they both pretend to hate the other but really, may still love each other. I really enjoyed this one.
Book #4 for the #FabulousFebruary Readathon.
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Finished this one last night. It was between a so-so and a pick but am rating it a so-so. I was interested in the story but did not like Dylan from the past, or Marcus in the past and present. So... But not a bad second chance romance.
Book #3 for #FabulousFebruary
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This was a cute audio about a single mom moving back to her hometown to be close to her family with her 4 year old son. She meets her brother's best friend and sparks fly. But her brother does not want those two together. This was a funny and quick story.
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For the first weekend of the #FabulousFebruary Readathon I read over half of The ExTalk, and finished it, last night. Today, I am starting The Road Trip.
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Had to run a couple errands for myself and my mom yesterday and ended up with a book haul. Most of these are from Walmart where I had to pick up my mom's prescriptions. #bookhaul

I had never heard of this before trying to find something to listen to on Scribd. This is a YA about this girl who has always seen numbers on everyone's forehead. Turns out, it's their death date. When she's 16, this "gift" becomes a curse when she and her best friend become the prime suspects in a couple murders in her town. I really enjoyed this audiobook.

Finished this last night. I feel this is an under hyped romance between two radio show talents. Almost an enemies to lovers trope. But this was a great story, a fun read. I thought there was also good underlying representation secondary to the romance in workplace seismic, grief, and even anxiety. Loved this one.

Finished this book last Monday. It was a great one. Loved the STEM aspect. And what a funny journey. Kinda a grumpy/sunshine trope. The hype is real.

Also finished this one on my Kindle. It was an enjoyable, fun read set in Alaska. A crew from L.A. come up to film a documentary of Moose Springs, but the residents want nothing to do with the filming. However, River is not to be deterred. Enter Easton, who winds up roped into all kinds of "help" for the crew, including taking them up Mount Veil,

Recently finished this audio. While I enjoyed the mystery and didn't see part of the ending coming, I was a little annoyed at the main character, the mom. Because some of what she did just didn't seem realistic. Like, as an adult, as a mom, she should know better than to do some of the things she did. But they had to happen for the book to move forward. And it did keep me guessing for awhile at who we could trust as the reader.

There has never been a Jill Shalvis book I haven't loved. They are all comfort books for me. Jane and Levi have never met but end up stranded together on a gondola during a horrible snowstorm. Faced with the possibility of dying, Levi calls his mom to say goodbye but can't do it so instead tells her the one thing that will make her happy - that yes, he finally has a girlfriend. When they make it out alive, Jane agrees to be his fake girlfriend...

This one felt like a slow story but did keep my interest enough to finish it. I didn't see the biggest twist at the end coming but did see one twist about Pastoral. I would call it more a commute than a cult many call it, but maybe it's just me. At least in the beginning. It wasn't the best book and wasn't a favorite like it was for others I've heard online. But wasn't too bad. Between a pick and a so-so.

Finished this a couple weeks ago on audio. I really enjoyed this dark academia. I actually think I enjoyed it more an as an audio then if I read the physical book because of all the Shakespeare the characters speak. But the narrator in the audio did a wonderful job.

I just wanted to mention here, since many of you have become good friends, that I lost my grandmother just over a week ago. She was in her 90s and l8ved a wonderful life. I used to spend my summers with her and my grandfather in the Poconos and they had all the Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books, and I remember reading them every summer. She was a beautiful soul and while sad, I am relieved she is no longer suffering. Thanks for reading. 💙

Finished my 3rd book for the end of the #JoyousJanuary Readathon. I think that's pretty good. I also listened to a good portion of an audiobook, but didn't get it finished. But the three books I did finish were all good so I'm happy.
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Finished this last night. It was a good and quick read about a woman whose father was arrested 10 years ago for killing 6 girls in her small Louisiana town. Now, girls are starting to disappear again, just like before, and Chloe ends up unwillingly drawn into the case. A good debut thriller.

We got quite the snow here for the south so I'll be hunkered down inside reading this book, which I'm already about 100 pages into. Hope everyone has a good weekend. #JoyousJanuary @Andrew65

I missed it yesterday but wow, 4 years on Litsy! ❤

Another great thriller. Lucas, a college student, decides to base his capstone project on a podcast he starts, which he creates of a three year old disappearance and murder of a sorority girl at his college. What happened to her while she was missing a week before she was murdered? Who murdered her? Can he help solve this cold case with the help of a former US Marshall who also takes an interest in the case and ends up needing to protect Lucas?

Finished my second book in the #JoyousJanuary Readathon! This was a great thriller. On to book number three.
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I finished The Ice Coven last night and really enjoyed the mystery. I am now onto another mystery, The Sorority Murder. I love all of Allison Brennan's books.

I didn't see this until tonight. I did finish one book yesterday (having read half of it in one day) and started a new one. And since I'm thankfully off work tomorrow for the MLK holiday, I plan to read most of the day. So it's a good week to for this readathon for me!
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#5 Finished this one last night. I really enjoyed this book. It is a book that was translated into English from Finnish, set in Finland. About an Investigator Jessica and her homicide unit given a new case of a murder with a series of missing persons, who happen to be social media influencers, and trying to figure out how they connect and what is going on. I enjoyed it a lot. There is a previous book of this author's I now want to get.

#4 Listened to this on audio. It was a good book, though sad at times. This one is hard to describe. It's about a girl in school in England. She likes to sleep and blog. And keeps to herself a lot after an event that happened with her brother. Then there is this unknown character named Solitaire who is doing weird things at her school that are escalating. It is interesting and I loved the audio. But it does have some trigger warnings.

#3 well, I know everyone has loved this book, and I enjoyed it. But I didn't love it. Yes, the twist at the end was great and I did that see it coming, but I sort of got annoyed at times with the characters during the story. Maybe we're supposed to. But is was good and did keep me reading to find out what was going on. Another good, snowy read for January.

#2 This one has gotten mixed reviews but I enjoyed it. I think maybe people thought it was slow? But I liked the suspense. It's about an old abandoned Tuberculosis sanitorium that has been turned into a minimalist hotel. And it's in the Swiss Alps. A detective on leave goes with her boyfriend to meet her estranged brother and his fiance but then things start happening. It's a good thriller! Especially for winter!.

#1 I haven't posted any reviews this year. Working in healthcare and this new Covid varient has left everyone so shortstaffed this year, plus having so many people testing positive coming into the clinic us leaving me mentally tired and weary.
But this was a quick read graphic novel, the first in a series. Enjoyable. I've seen many on BookTube love this series. I just liked it. Maybe I just am not a graphic novel person as much as they are?

Perfect #thinkpositivebepositive as we're in the middle of an ice storm today. Staying inside to read, catch up on my Litsy reviews I need to post, #LitsyLove replies, and praying we don't lose power. @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks