Welcome to Litsy!

What a BAT-TASTIC 🦇Surprise @AmyG !!!! This was so unexpected and was waiting for me after my colonoscopy 😃😃😃 Thank you!! Yes - Buddy Read Friend 💛 Thank you for always lighting up my heart, as well as my mailbox 🤗

#Friends #Litsylove #BuddyRead #BookLover #MailboxSurprise

#HauntedShelf @PuddleJumper #HexesandCrows @Catsandbooks #BookRecommendations

Some great #Standalone books to read.
1. Swan Song- one of my top 5 favorite reads ever.
2. We Used to Live Here- a newly released haunted house book that is really well done.
3. The Other- great horror classic.
4. Certain Dark Things- an intense vampire read that puts a new spin on the creature of the night.
5. Tender is the Flesh- so disturbing, yet so good.

Just finished Boy‘s life and all I can say is wow. The end has me crying after the last sentence. But we move on and I‘m on my third McCammon book within a month. Just love his writing and this should be just as good.

#SwanSong #RobertMcCammon #ebook #kindle

#IdiomInsight #SwanSong

🎧 I enjoyed this story. I listened to the audiobook. Well written & narrated.

Swan, Josh, Sister, Ryan, Glory and a plethora of secondary good/evil characters.

The main characters are well defined and their stories fully explored. At the end I wasn‘t left with any questions because those that I had were left unanswered for a reason. Speculation.

Global nuclear war.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👇🏻

I‘m adding this one to my list of favorites. This is a chunkster (917 pages) but so worth the time. We follow different survivors after nuclear missiles have ravaged the world. As they move across the country, some will come together to rebuild and some to destroy, but they will all meet to fight for good or evil. I loved many of the characters and even shed a few tears. #Booked2023 #GiftedbyaLitten

An epic, and very dark, post-apocalyptic novel. I did enjoy this, but struggled sometimes to return to its gruesome subject matter. Often compared to The Stand, and I was not immune to that. I read The Stand as a pre-teen and while I know nostalgia gives me 20/20 hindsight, Swan Song just doesn‘t live up to it. The ending is quite tepid for a book of this magnitude, and I didn‘t fall in love with the characters as much as I would‘ve liked to. 3⭐️

#ThoughtfulThursday

1. My reading goal is 75 books this year! And to have a “no buy” year with books.

2. My word for 2022 is Abundant.

3. I am enjoying the tagged book so far. A co-worker recommended it!

Thanks @BeeMagical for the tag! @Pogue @Bookwormjillk

I absolutely loved two aspects of this book. One that this book is about never giving up hope. That there is always something worth fighting and taking that next step for. Two, there is so much character development throughout this book.

One thing I want to note is the comparison between this novel and The Stand by Stephen King. I don‘t really see them being the same except for in the aspect of good verses evil.

Full review of GoodReads

#21DaysofHorror Day 13. My favorite post apocalyptic novel written by one of my favorite authors. Nuclear missiles were launched and several characters spread across the country will meet up to either fight for good or evil. McCammon writes some real scenes of horror, one in a movie theatre where Faces of Death is showing, and another, a fight in the parking lot of a Kmart. Great characters, great story, and a lot of horror in this chunkster.

Oh man, did I go on a JOURNEY with this one! I was up and down. Midway, I was lagging. But I pushed through and I‘m glad I did. Evil cannot survive in the face of Hope. Think of what humans can be. Create the future you want. Make your inside face more beautiful than your outside face. 😊 I cared about the characters. Were there flaws? Sure, but I don‘t think they detract from the overall feeling this left. #PBSGreatAmericanRead

This. Was. Amazing. I loved every second of it, and I think that‘s the fastest I‘ve ever read such a long book. Apocalypse, evil men, kind-of magic, redemption, fights for survival...I can‘t believe I‘ve never read this until now. I absolutely recommend it!

This book has been on my TBR for some time so I was pretty excited it showed up as a Kindle deal! 😄😇

It‘s a tad chilly still but I have waited all winter for a day nice enough to sit outside and read.

When I first started this book I thought it might end up a DNF. It didn‘t hook me right away and I found myself trudging through it. But then suddenly the story picked up its pace, the characters started speaking to me, and it went from a possible DNF to a book I didn‘t want to put down. Loved, loved this book! #endoftheworld #goodvevil

Read some Dr.Jekyll this morning! And now I'm reading Swan song and drinking a cup of coffee!
#Scarathlon2020 #TeamHarkness #Cyoreadathon
@StayCurious @Sace @4thhouseontheleft #Screamathon

What an amazing journey, I never wanted this book to end.

I got so attached to all of the characters, I loved their development as they grew into the people they were meant to be, their struggles, their joys, the determination and strength to see the story through.

Absolutely incredible and a must read 5⭐️

𝕺𝖓𝖈𝖊 𝖚𝖕𝖔𝖓 𝖆 𝖙𝖎𝖒𝖊, 𝖒𝖆𝖓 𝖍𝖆𝖉 𝖆 𝖑𝖔𝖛𝖊 𝖆𝖋𝖋𝖆𝖎𝖗 𝖜𝖎𝖙𝖍 𝖋𝖎𝖗𝖊.🔥

This is an epic post-apocalyptic novel, it's similar to The Stand by Stephen King. While The Stand is about a super-flu, this is about the aftermath of a nuclear war between America/Russia and a bunch of survivors struggling to live among the ruins while a demonic man stalks the land. 👹

Go get a copy, it's amazing! ❤

#bookrecommendation 🙋‍♂️

So today has been an absolute fail of a first day. Hopefully I'll make it somewhat CLOSE to the goal, we shall see. I ended up just reading the tagged book and a lot of short stories from my favorite subreddit r/nosleep 🥰 @24in48 #24in48 #StayHome24in48 #SocialDistancingReadathon #24in48Update #Update

I'm laaaate gaaah! I 100% blocked this out I'm so glad I remembered! I'm starting nowww 😭😭😭 #24in48 #SocialDistancingReadathon #StayHome24in48 @24in48

I'll be probably going back and forth between the tagged book and American Junkie by Tom Hansen

July 16
10:27 P.m. Eastern Daylight Time
Washington, D.C.

Once upon a time we had a love affair with fire,
the president of the United States thought as the
match that he'd just struck to light his pipe flared beneath
his fingers.

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl Line is from tagged book

#OrangeAndBlack #ScreamathonPhotoChallenge @4thhouseontheleft

Day 14 of the #Fallisbooked challenge by @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks and @OriginalCyn620

#RedCover - There are two books I hear are considered the best in the dystopian sub genre. One is “The Stand”, which I‘ll be buddy reading with some wonderful Littens later this month. And the other is “Swan Song”, which I plan to read next year! 😱

I actually wore a red shirt just to go with this book cover... I give 100% effort for my Litsy pictures! 😂

This one gets mentioned on most of the 'top 10 best apocalyptic books' lists so I thought I'd give it a go. It's a long book and there's a hint of The Stand in there (good vs evil... supernatural forces etc). Overall I enjoyed it, but was a bit long and needed a good edit. The ending was a good example of what looks like an author that was fed up with it and didn't quite know how to end it, so took the 'and they lived happily ever after ' route.

Now to tackle this giant book!

#colormepretty #favoritecolor

1️⃣The Princess Saves Herself in this One by A. Lovelace, The Mysterious Mr. Quin by A. Christie & Swan Song by R. McCammon.
2️⃣Swan Song
3️⃣Big Magic by E. Gilbert
#weekendreads

I thought I‘d sneak in a little reading time at lunch today. Still reading this tome (I‘ve been at it for a month 😳) and I‘m really enjoying it! Haven‘t been able to get much reading done for the #24b4monday #readathon today due to work, but it‘s a start!👍🏽

If you‘ve read The Stand by Stephen King, you‘ll want to read this one too. They have many similarities but are not the same story, I actually liked this one better

My reading nest for today. Time to tuck into this tome on my last full day in Barbados!🌴☀️🌴☀️🌴

So, I received a surprise delivery this weekend. Having not ordered anything recently, I had no idea what it could be. @BookishTrish you made my day! Thank you so much for sending this book. I‘m guessing it was for my birthday(?) and I so appreciate it. At 900+ pages, it‘ll be the perfect read on my upcoming vacation. 😉🙌🏽 #PoutinePenPals #happymail #bookmail #penpalsarethebestpals

If you like post apocalyptic stories with elements of horror and paranormal this is a great story! I'm only 33% in and I'm hooked.

My TBR list....I know I'm not alone 🤓📚

Sorry for the blurriness... I do believe my camera was focusing on the 🐢 tank behind the #redreads 😂

I‘ve only read two of these, but the red copy of Buddenbrooks is getting read this month so that I can send it back to @arubabookwoman 😃

#literarylove

January Wrap-Up!

January was a good reading month for me, with a total of 14 books completed (8 physical, 3 ebooks, 3 audiobooks).

My favourites were Swan Song, The Dead Zone, I‘ll Be Gone in the Dark (All recommended by @LauraJ for #NewYearWhoDis) and Heavy.

#JanuaryWrapup #JanuaryStats

My first 5-star read for 2019 – thanks for the fantastic #NewYearWhoDis recommendation @LauraJ! This epic post-apocalyptic novel follows several groups of survivors after the United States has been reduced to a wasteland due to a nuclear war. The edition that I read weighs in at 919 pages – it‘s a hefty book – and based on the page count, I expected there to be some lulls in the story. There wasn‘t (at least not for me). Link to full review ⬇️

I must admit, I‘m a little apprehensive about starting this #chunkster, recommended by @LauraJ for #NewYearWhoDis, but I‘ve heard lots of great things about it! Zero pages down, 919 to go 😅

Second audiobook of the year. Group listening Swan Song with Horror Aficionados on Goodreads.
Has anyone read or listened to Swan Song? Thoughts?

#18in2018

Most of these are #blameitonlitsy reads.

My absolute favorite fiction for the year is Swan Song. Robert McCammon is an incredible storyteller. After reading this, I bought several of his other books, which I plan to read in 2019.

My favorite non-fiction is Becoming. The writing is warm, welcoming, and inspirational.

The book that I feel is underrated and that everyone should read is River of Teeth. I mean it has hippos after all 😁

McCammon is a new favorite of mine, at least for audiobooks. Long, dense stories that you can listen to for hours. This was really good! A great post apocalyptic drama.

This is most of what I finished reading this month. Swan Song was my favorite! Everything was worth reading, except Your Duck...
#novemberstats #novemberwrapup

Today‘s #manicmonday is brought to you by the #letters and @JoScho

📚 Swan Song by Robert McCammon
✏️ SM Stirling
📺 Southland
👻 The Sixth Sense
🍜 Soup. I eat soup almost every day. Soup makes me happy, warm and full.

Okay, THIS is what I wanted The Stand to be! Both books feature survivors of a world catastrophe traveling the U.S. trying to rebuild their lives. The themes are more focused in Swan Song...good vs evil, redemption, belonging. The writing is grittier and I easily lost myself in the story. Not once did I check to see how many more pages left ‘til the end of this #chunkster. (I frequently peeked while reading The Stand.). A rare 5-Star read!

The premise of this book is that the world is pretty much wiped out due a nuclear holocaust and the few remaining people left are split into two groups: the good trying to bring hope and life back into the world and the bad trying to further destroy. Sound familiar at all? If you‘ve read The Stand by Stephen King, it might. Granted there are some differences but at times this book felt unoriginal and definitely waaaay to long. #mehbook

Why did I start a 920 page book over the weekend? I am enjoying it.
Yesterday was not only Halloween...it was also Abby‘s 15th birthday. She fell asleep in her quinceañera dress.

Trying to read this, but Cecil is distracting me.
#catsoflitsy

This book is incredible. Probably one of my favorites of all time now. I loved the story, I loved the setting, and I loved the characters.

This is my first McCammon book and I am definitely a fan now.

If you like end of the world dystopian chunksters, read this book. 💜📖