Welcome to Litsy!

It won't stop gushing about the so-called "Age of Exploration" and which white guy "discovered" (my scare quotes, decidedly not the author's) this or that already-inhabited landmass. "Unknown" this, "uncharted" that. I didn't want this much imperialist propaganda with my silly conspiracy story, fuck you very much.

"Once Molly and Taer's story begins to take definitive shape, it quickly fizzles into absurdity, like a map of a world with slightly distorted proportions--almost normal looking at first, but on a second viewing, a terrible deviation, a ghost of a place that never was, a land that couldn't be, a burning and terrible world beneath everything that we know to be real."

I'm about 80 pages into this and I'm finding it a slooooog. I hate DNF'ing, but I don't know if I can keep going.

Update: bailed. Still undecided on this one! It's written in a really unique style, and I'm waiting/hoping for it to all come together!

I‘m a little confused; but in a good way 🤔. A story about a secret society, a missing pop superstar and the Chicago subway system. It reads as a true crime account/memoir. About 3/4 quarters of the way through and I‘m itching to see the ending. (Plus the cover is amazing!)

#network #readingrsolutions

Full review here: http://wp.me/p21txV-zI

I really enjoy it when a novel can take a conspiracy theory and run away with it. On the other hand, it's actually really disappointing when a book TRIES to make a conspiracy theory feel like a big deal, but then I get to the end I can't muster up anything more strenuous than an "Eh" and move on. It's a pity this book is so forgettable, because it's actually pretty fun while you're reading it.

I was so excited to read this book when I got back from my travels in late November...and then I just got stuck. The story was interesting (missing pop star, secret society for architecture?!), and the format was creative (like a nonfiction investigative book about the situation), but for some reason I was slugging through it.
I've read 10+ books since I've started this one, but I do hope to return and finish at some point. #slowread #readjanuary

So now that I've put The Wall of Storms to bed, I decided to cast around for a one-shot read to give myself some breathing room after Liu's massive (and heartbreaking) epic. Decided to randomize my TBR, and this came out on top. Let's see how this goes :).

Bummed. This book was tough to get through. It was like reading a research paper where the author abandoned all rules about using the first person. Not for me.

Splurged at the Brooklyn Book Festival. Can't wait to read The Ghost Network! #BKlovesLitsy

Just listened to the author on the Otherppl podcast and remembered how much I loved this 2015 debut that expertly mixes pop culture with esoteric French philosophy and a creepy mystery to boot.

This book is so great. Like a more funny, more readable David Foster Wallace novel.

My reading pile tonight is beautiful and magical!