Welcome to Litsy!

Three wonderful books I‘ve read with #LuggageOnCover

#NewYearNewBooks

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Omg the way this book jumped around was really annoying and hard to follow. It really took away from the story for me. #doublespin for January @TheAromaofBooks

📚 I Was Anastasia
📚Greg Iles
📚I Love Lucy
📚Imagine Dragons 🐉
📚If I Were a Boy

#LetterI
#ManicMonday

#AlphabetGame #LetterI Thanks @robinb for the tag.

This is an excellent telling of the story of Anna Anderson and the Romanov family.

@RamsFan1963 @sprainedbrain @Chili want to join in?

I read this one with @BkClubCare but I wish I‘d picked a better book. The dueling timelines were confusing. I didn‘t care about either of the main characters. Anastasia‘s storyline was the more interesting, but I felt like I never had a chance to dig any deeper than her surface problems. Her situation was horrible, but switching back & forth in the story meant I was skimming the surface for both women. Skip this one and read her Rose Code instead.

“The flesh of this particular pear 🍐 is soft and sweet and infused with a certain spiciness that lends itself to jams and pies.” #pieinliterature #LitPie #iLovePie #CaresPieShow

I am NOT enjoying the Anna parts - the going-backwards-in-time ain‘t working for me. But I am already heartbroken for the Anastasia storyline. I am about 75% in.

Hoping to finish tonight so I can devour True Biz tomorrow.

In February 2019 I was supposed to see this in Cleveland but there was a snowstorm and I couldn‘t get there. In March the world shut down. Finally seeing it in Akron. So excited!!!

2020 #70 Oh my...I HATED the way the story jumped around. I understand the author‘s reason for constructing the timeline in this way but it frustrated me every single time she made the “time jump.” I will admit I struggled to finish the book, at times, but the story is compelling. I fell in love with Russian history when I visited St Petersburg so the subject matter and locations were of particular interest to me.

I absolutely loved the Anastasia portions of the story. I have to say I‘m not sure what telling the Anna portions of the story backwards added to the text. I could‘ve read a whole book from Anastasia‘s perspective. Lawhon is a good storyteller and sucks you in to what‘s happening. I would read another by her, just hopefully without a reverse narrative. If you‘re fascinated by the myth of Anastasia, then this is definitely for you!

⭐️⭐️⭐️💫
I love dual timelines and I like the concept of one told backward. However, due to my school schedule, I had to go back and forth between audio and reading with breaks in between. So it was a bit hard to follow. Of course, I loved reading about Anastasia. If you‘ve always been enamored with her, give this a shot.

#OverBookedClub

#OverbookedClub @thereadingowlvina @CoffeeNBooks @MellieAntoinette @Chrissyreadit @rubyslippersreads @BookNAround @BookishMe @megnews @shellleigh33 @marleed @Readswithcoffee @Mitch @Roary47 @Kdgordon88 @Tracyantoon @SaturnDoo and anyone else who would like to join in, the discussion starts now.

Starting part 3 now. Few hours to go. Hope to finish by discussion time.
#OverBookedClub

#OverbookedClub just a reminder that our discussion is tomorrow at 4 p.m. Hopefully everyone will have time to finish reading by then. @megnews @thereadingowlvina @CoffeeNBooks @Chrissyreadit @rubyslippersreads @BookNAround @BookishMe @shellleigh33 @marleed @Readswithcoffee @Mitch @Roary47 @Kdgordon88 @Tracyantoon @SaturnDoo

Ariel Lawhon has a great sense of humor.
#OverBookedClub

The timelines in this book were really confusing at first. I was reading it in small bits and that did NOT work for me. I almost didn‘t finish it, but I‘m glad I kept reading. It turned out to be a very good book.

I‘m actually starting a buddy read in the month it will be discussed! Whether I finish in time to discuss remains to be seen though.

I don't know why, I find this to be funny and snarky! I'm loving Anastasia's attitude! 🤣

#overbookedclub
@megnews @sblbooks

Loving this part of history, I knew the outcome. I was interested in how Lawhon would interpret it. It was BRILLIANT!!! The dual timelines: One moved forward only two years as the second timeline began in the late 60s and moved backward. They both culminated together in a very explosive way. Even if you knew everything, Lawhon still had you hoping that science was wrong.

I know. I'm being vague so you should read it.

@megnews @sblbooks

If I‘d been drinking, I would have spit it out I laughed so hard.

#OverBookedClub

Author Ariel Lawhon knows me too well. I always check out the author‘s note before I finish the book. Ok ok. I won‘t this time.

#OverBookedClub

I almost gave up on this book, but then decided to listen to the audiobook instead, which I really liked. I understand why the story required jumping back and forth in the timeline, but it almost seemed to be too much at times. I liked how well the author brought everything together at the end of the story.
#OverBookedClub @megnews @sblbooks
#LitsyAtoZ #I @BookishMarginalia

I had to lol at this description. Growing up visiting an aunt in Newport News, we always commented it was the hottest place on earth.

#OverBookedClub

How‘s everybody doing with this month‘s selection so far?

#OverBookedClub

#bookmail Thank you so much @TrishB for this book 😘😘

I was actually considering buying this, this week so it was so weird it you had thought to buy it. I think I am meant to read it.

Probably an unpopular opinion, but I didn‘t love this book. It has taken me a month to listen to the audio. I wanted to finish it, but I also wasn‘t interested enough to listen to it quickly. I liked the Anastasia storyline better because that‘s the main reason I wanted to read this. The reverse timeline with Anna bugged me. I feel like it dragged a bit toward the end. Maybe I need to read a NF book about the Romanovs instead of HF.

#OverbookedClub The discussion for I Was Anastasia will be on Sunday, June 28th at 4pm. The ebook is on sale today for $1.99 via Kindle. Grab your copy, everyone welcome! #readalongs2020
@thereadingowlvina @CoffeeNBooks @Chrissyreadit @rubyslippersreads @BookNAround @BookishMe @megnews @shellleigh33 @marleed @Readswithcoffee @Mitch @Roary47 @Kdgordon88 @Tracyantoon @SaturnDoo

Look! #OverBookedClub June pick is available for $1.99 today. Check it out!

Snagged this today while it was a kindle daily deal. Ready for #OverbookedClub upcoming buddy June read @sblbooks

Monday is June 1! Don‘t forget to grab your copy of our June #buddyread pick, I Was Anastasia and travel back in time to Russia with us this summer. Post your quotes, blurbs, & reviews as you read, tagging @sblbooks and I and using the #OverBookedClub tag. Look for discussion near the end of the month. All are welcome! Looking forward to reading with you.

1) I Was Anastasia
2) Isabel Allende
3) I Love Lucy
4) Imagine Dragons
5) I Will (Matchbox 20)

#ManicMonday
#LetterI

Join #OverBookedClub for one or both of our June and July #buddyreads. Head on over to @sblbooks page and let us know if you plan to read along.

#OverbookedClub upcoming buddy reads...
The top two vote-getters were I was Anastasia and Where the Lost Wonder. We will read I was Anastasia in June; followed by where the Lost Wonder in July. Everyone welcome! If you haven't already, please let me know if you want to participate. @megnews @thereadingowlvina @rubyslippersreads @Chrissyreadit @shellleigh33 @BookNAround @CoffeeNBooks @BookishMe @LibrarianRyan @marleed @Tracyantoon @SaturnDoo ⤵

I know enough history to know how this ends and I‘m still enjoying the ride.

Fabulous, engrossing historical fiction entwining the lives of Anastasia Romanov and a woman named Anna Anderson. Or are they the same person? I loved every minute of this one. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Today‘s mood oscillates between ‘grateful I‘m still employed‘ and ‘just want to stay in bed and read‘ mood one shall prevail as more layoffs are on the horizon

After work #decklife

Excellent story telling! I actually enjoyed how the story unfolded from the present to the past. The narrators for this audio were amazing. I really enjoyed the authors note at the end explaining why she wrote this book and sharing her personal background of poverty. I highly recommend the audio book⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Audio book cooking 😊🎧

What an interesting way to write alternating chapters for Anastasia Romanov and Anna Anderson where one POV moves forward in time ant the other backward until the stories converge. ...I must say it much easier for me to follow a story when it‘s moving chronologically forward in time.

#ReadingEurope2020 Russia