Welcome to Litsy!

Schmidt doesn‘t style See What I Have Done as a whodunnit, though, and there‘s no neat answer to ‘solve‘ the crime by the end. Instead, she gives the reader glimpses into possibilities, what could have happened, and leaves us to drawn our own conclusions about the identity of the murderer. Really, it‘s not even her focus – the focus is the Borden family. Full review: https://keepingupwiththepenguins.com/see-what-i-have-done-sarah-schmidt/

Sunday morning early reading & coffee

Ready to start this…🔪🥀

“Lizzie Borden took an ax and gave her mother 40 whacks and when she saw what she had done, she gave her father 41.”
This book is another take on this infamous story, imagining the crimes through Lizzie‘s eyes as well as her sister Emma‘s, the household maid Bridget‘s and a man called Benjamin‘s. The writing is compelling and the story, as always, fascinating.

Another #bookshelfclearout and good riddance!! This was insufferable. Everyone sucked, everything sucked, it was sticky and gross without even going into gore and if I didn‘t have this on audio I‘d have DNF‘d.

It all just felt mean spirited. Which may have been the point! But I didn‘t enjoy my time on the journey or arriving to that point.

I did have a very appropriate enamel pin to go with it though 👍

Obsessed with this multi POV story so far. Got one chapter from everyone at this point.

Hello friends, here are some more choices for our #LMPBC pick group K! Let me know if there are any you have already read, triggers, and/or interested in . Thank you all @shellleigh33 @LiteraryinLawrence @BennettBookworm

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I read this right after reading The Trial of Lizzie Borden with #sundaybuddyread. It is a fictional account of the day before and day of the Borden murders. It takes place from Lizzie‘s, Emma‘s, Bridget‘s, and a man named Benjamin‘s perspective. It does a great job taking what is known or suspected and the author‘s creative ideas to form an insightful character study. Recommend. #bookspinbingo No. 3 #screamathon

3/5 quick and engaging. Lizzie is written a bit erratically (makes sense) but sometimes it lost me or bored me. The non linear timeline was a bit confusing at times. Audio narration was quite lovely.

Pre football reading :)

I wanted to live this, the pace was just incredibly slow.

Still trying to work out my feelings on this one. It was well written, but Schmidt apparently didn‘t want to show us the murders, just the before and after. IMO, if you‘re gonna write a fictional account of famous murders, leave the maybes for someone else and just go all in with your theory.

Checking in for week 2 #Scarathon2020 #TeamSlaughter #CocosTurning50 #FallReadathon #OutstandingOctober 311 posted for #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick @Andrew65 @CocoReads

My daughter ditched our girls night. The scary movies are my choice now. #Scarathon2020 #TeamSlaughter @Clwojick

Letting this girl pick the Halloween themed movies today. Her brother has a scout campout, meaning it is just the girl and I all night. Took her to pick out junk food and now we eat, read, and movie the night away. #Scarathon2020 #TeamSlaughter #OutstandingOctober @Clwojick @Andrew65

As someone who has been fascinated by the Borden murders for a long time, I was excited to read this. The first third was excellent — very creepy & atmospheric. The author‘s strange descriptions of food & smells made me feel like I was there!

Where it went wrong imo was the non-linear timeline. By the time I got to the last 3rd of the book, it was a slog.

So, I‘d still recommend this to those really interested in the Borden murders because ⬇️

It took me 6 chapters to get into it, but then I finished it in a day. It was interesting to get insight into the Lizzie Borden story

Just received two books for the #LMPBC — and a whole bunch of other goodies! Thank you so much @MaleficentBookDragon !🤗 You have spoiled me! All of these books look amazing, and I‘m especially excited by the AC book, I collect old copies of her books. Thank you for all the goodies, I really appreciate it! Hoping to have mine in the mail next week!

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Before I head out into the snow to the grocery store, I thought a little #audioknitting and a mocha in my Pjs might be nice.
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A cold and dreary afternoon calls for a hot mocha and a new book.

A fictional account of the brutal murders of Lizzie Borden‘s father and stepmother which uses first person narrative of four characters. Menacing and claustrophobic; I found this to be an interesting book. Full review here: https://thecuriousmagpie2018.wordpress.com/2019/11/05/review-see-what-i-have-don...

Round 2 choices for the... erm... #historicalhussies? 🤭😂
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See comments 👇🏽 for book tags for the untagged 5...
you‘ll see I‘ve managed to stick with the large category, historical fiction, thus the name “proposal” 😁

This is a fiction account told from the POV of all the major players in the Lizzie Borden case. I really enjoyed getting into the heads of the characters. The audiobook is very nicely done.
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Currently enjoying this creepy audiobook during my lunchtime. Can‘t wait for the weekend to start!
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A novel that explores the murders of Lizzie Borden‘s father and stepmother in their home in August 1892, with plenty of unsettling imagery to keep you thinking about it long after it‘s done.

Read August 27 - Sept 7
Book 46/55

I have mixed feelings.

The author did a great job setting the mood and establishing how dysfunctional the Borden household was. You can almost smell and taste some of the nastiness she writes about. 🤢 Still, I found it hard to stay with the book at times because it was just sort of... boring. Not sorry I read it, but I think I was expecting to really love this fictionalized account of the Borden murders.

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First off, I am just blown away! Thank you so much @irre you definitely did not have to do this! I'm going to have to do something for you in the near future 😝 And second, I wanted to show off this concoction I created tonight. It started out as regular cabbage and sausage and then it just became throwing veggies in there and all of a sudden you have some type of cabbage soup

Today I went to my favorite community garage sale. Among other things, I found three vintage cameras and spent a grand total of $18 on them. I cannot say if they work or not but I don‘t really care. I don‘t intend to use them for anything other than display and props. I don‘t need them to actually take pictures!

3 stars

I've always been interested in the Borden case and have had this on my tbr for a while, so I'm glad the generator chose #30.

I'm a UK user, so didn't know much about the case and the lead-up to the murders. This retelling was interesting to me, I didn't know that the Bordens were rich and kept a maid or about the uncle.

It was a good starting point for me and would definitely read more about this case.

I enjoyed this novel which reimagines the murders of Andrew & Abby Borden. It‘s told from 4 POVs—Lizzie, chief suspect (as the reader knows) & an unreliable narrator, her sister Emma, the maid Bridget & a man named Benjamin (another problematic narrator). I liked the writing, & how it was choppy & sometimes jumped around, particularly in Lizzie‘s chapters, & loved the atmosphere the author created in this creepy, engrossing retelling. Recommended.

A little bedtime reading...

I enjoyed Schmidt's writing style but I felt like she ran out of steam long before the conclusion. The book alternatives between Lizzie, her older sister Emma, maid Bridget, and a random drifter Benjamin who has met Lizzie's uncle. The family dynamic was the best part of the book (including the role of live in maid Bridget) and the Benjamin plot just detracted.

52 week reading challenge: Historical novel (15)
State challenge: Massachusetts (7)

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I did like this book and found Lizzie and Emma‘s perspectives particularly intriguing. While we cannot ever know what truly went through their minds, I think Schmidt captured the inner turmoil well.

Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/2755081200

I could be to blame because I‘m forever breaking the cardinal rule “don‘t judge a book by its cover” but it usually serves me well. I love how this book looked, sadly that‘s where the live stopped. It was horribly boring, drawn out for not an excessively long book, the characters were unlovable, and I desperately wanted to give up on it. Closest I‘ve been to a DNF.

I tried to listen to the audiobook of this and almost abandoned the book because of that. I ended up reading some more before DNFing it and decided that would be the best route. I think I will finish this. While I openly admit that I don‘t particularly enjoy fiction in audiobook form, I really do think that this audiobook was particularly bad. Hopefully I will enjoy the book more now!

No #HeartsOfGold here in this fictionalization of the infamous Borden family! I listened to this one and while interesting enough for my #AudioColoring, the POVs and timeline weren‘t always very clear... I was hoping for a little more insight into this through a fictional way of bringing these characters to life, but this left me wanting more... I hear there‘s a new nonfiction book out on Lizzie‘s trial so maybe that will do! #MarchIntoThe70s

This was based on the true story of Lizze Borden and the murders of her father and stepmother. I had never heard of her and the murders before. There are also films made about the events. The story is told from the 4 main characters, Lizzie, her sister Emma, the maid Bridget and Benjamin. #books #truestories

This was fine, certainly not as gripping as I was hoping for. Narrated by four characters, the book slowly reveals Lizzie‘s mental illness and how she could have committed these atrocious acts. The audiobook was not the best choice for this—I found the voices simpering and grating, for all the characters. ⭐️⭐️

This book is weird in print, so I tried the audio while I do some mindless stuff at work. Turns out the audio is weird too. I‘ve only got an hour and a half left and I‘m determined to push through!

Lizzie Borden took an axe...
Loved this.
I enjoyed seeing different views from different people.
I liked seeing what Lizzie was thinking.

Visceral. Revolting. I loved it.

Did Lizzie Borden kill her father and stepmother? I know what I think.

I enjoyed the book‘s focus on Lizzie‘s sister Emma. What must life have been like for her?

This is not my usual kind of book and I know there are very mixed reviews, but I thought it was full of life as it was of decay.

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Late afternoon walk today. 👟👟👟
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Afternoon walk today to make up miles for the week. It is amazing how much the channel dried up in about two days!
Also, adorable pupper! 🐶🐶🐶
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What a difference a couple of days make. It was gorgeous this morning!
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Totally late posting my walk from this morning. 🙃
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Super short walk today! It was raining really hard - there were places where the most shallow areas were ankle deep. Our streets don't handle rain all that well. Our run-off channel had more water than I have ever seen in it!
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I really enjoyed this book, and it‘s on sale for $2.99. It‘s a portrait of the (Lizzie) Borden family. Warning: Don‘t eat the mutton stew!! 🤮🤮🤮 #sale #kindle #kindlesale