Welcome to Litsy!

I left this sitting on my shelf for too long. Turned out to be a great read. #5of2020

Dear 6. #7days7covers #covercrush

Finished this #whodunitbymail selection over my lunch break today. It kept my attention well enough but I wasn‘t riveted by it. It gets a so-so.

1. Homemade chicken noodle soup.
2. I haven‘t bought any books in 2019 so I tagged my current #whodunitbymail book. I just started it.
3. 29. Need to plan to see a few more pretty soon!
4. Nope. I stopped collecting things years ago bc I got tired of clutter. I don‘t consider books clutter but the practice extended to them nonetheless.
5. No firm plans yet. Been talking to the bf about a trip to Southwestern Europe and North Africa though.

@dariazeoli This came in the mail today! #Whodunitbymail

Finished this one yesterday and hope to get it to the post office in the next few days, @BookishBelle

Should we discuss where we go from here after the New Year, #whodunitbymail group? http://litsy.com/p/RVFtYjYxQ0hO

@Alfoster @That-Bookish-Hiker @Read4life @Marmie7 @JoeStalksBeck @Anovelobsession @kspenmoll @MrsV @Susanita @AndreaReads @leslieseidel @Bklover @BookishBelle @ReadingEnvy @Mdargusch @Kangaj1 @NovelGirl82 @Captivatedbybooks

What a lovey mail day. Thank you @leslieseidel for sending me the tagged book for our #whodunitbymail. This looks like a good one! And thanks Jessica ( @Lovesbooks87 ) for the wonderful note! Looking forward to writing back to you!! Love the sparkly note!❤️❤️❤️

#whodunitbymail reading on a beautiful morning. I am enjoying this selection @JoeStalksBeck I find it interesting that many of the book's characters have mysterious pasts, so there are a lot of plot twists to unfold as I read on. 🕵️‍♀️

Just an FYI for our #whodunitbymail group (in case we can ever figure this out ?): I highlighted in green what I have received and two books somehow passed me. (Still Mine and Hidden Fire). Also I have not received my May book from @AndreaReads so I currently don't have a book. Maybe this is a "withdrawn book" month for me. Hope this helps somehow.

I put this in the mail, and now I‘m enjoying some pad Thai from the food truck outside the PO...if the giant bees don‘t chase me away. #whodunitbymail

Sunday morning read in my PJs! 😊

“My head is clear, but the shadows 🌑 play the strangest tricks on me”. 🌲

1) Still Mine
2) never! My mom would not approve; made my bed everyday growing up!!!
3) Can't believe we had high of only 75 today!
4) ninjas
5) Been doing that since I have been inconsistent while traveling😍
#friYaYintro @jess.how

This book was unsettling to me;initially read it sporadically. But once I could put together the bits & pieces the author slowly revealed, I was immersed in the story. Claire, while making some risky, potentially disastrous choices,felt like a true portrait to me of someone running from the life she left behind. A small, dying mining town,where"The good people left",was a setting that reeked of despair & desperation.
#whodunitbymail @Tiffy_Reads

#porchreading #lazySunday #whodunitbymail
About halfway through this book. Finding it unsettling. Part of me wants to race to discover the end.Another part hesitates to pick it up and be immersed in this dank dying town, where "The good people left. We were never the good."
@Tiffy_Reads

#whodunitbymail #Augustread #thriller
#mystery
Taking a reading break. 📚

#happyreading

#backtoreading #booksandnooks #porchparadise
I am becoming a repetitive bore, but my porch is my book nook when home. Otherwise, I read anywhere.
@Tiffy_Reads @JoeStalksBeck

My August #whodunitbymail arrived today from Shona, @Anovelobsession -thanks! Can' wait to begin- appreciate your thoughts and observations about the book. It is challenging to write without giving away too much!!! That was my worry as well. Nicely done. 😍it's fun discovering the journal each of us chose. 📚
@Tiffy_Reads
#mysterybookswap #bookmail

Ok @kspenmoll - coming your way for your August #whodunitbymail read!

Finished my #whodunitbymail book so I will get it in the mail to you @kspenmoll this coming week.
Great choice @JoeStalksBeck ! I loved the setting of this book.

Break time to deal with these awesome nachos #24in48

Getting a late start (I had to sleep y'all!). Munchie and I got up early to get some reading done while the house is quiet. #24in48

I feel like I need a weekend to recover from my weekend! So busy running around, etc that I got zero reading or Litsy time the last two days :(. My goal for the upcoming week is to conquer the 800 page Antarctic book and finish my #whodunitbymail book. I hope everyone has a great week!

@JoeStalksBeck It's here! Can't wait to get started! #whodunitbymail

Really enjoyed this novel. It was a fun and easy read!

Squeee! Amy Stuart started following me! Gah!

Well, still home from work sick 😷 but the good news is I got my pillowcase from wish.com! Love it! #catsoflitsy

What I do at 4 am because no man nor beast lets me sleep 😴

Day 16 @bookriot challenge: currently loving my @mcgill_bookstore #bookmark #riotgrams #almamater #stillmine #currentread #schoolpickup

Bedside reading

Another attempt at reading a thriller and I'm still on the fence about this genre. This is likely why this wasn't a pick for me. A quick read, darkish twisty plot and chilling ending.

⭐⭐⭐/5.

Oh hello my three favourite things.... Starting a short quick read tonight after the last two being 400+ pages, Blanche de Chambly (💓), and cuddled up since it's - 10 outside. #happyfriday #bookblanketbooze #heatingpadnotpicturedbutitsamazingtoo

What an awesome gift!!! I am very late I'm opening this bit I freaking love it!!! The candle that smells like a campfire is absolutely divine!!! Thank you so much @Jenshootsweddings !!!! I absolutely love everything in this gift! #secretsantagoespostal

3 ⭐️ That book is all about the tense atmosphere. Dark. Gritty. Troubled. Clare is on the run. She finds herself in the small town of Blackmore, where everyone knows everybody. She soon start asking questions about Shayna's recent disappearance. Her inquiries doesn't go unnoticed. Everyone seems to hide something..

Amy Stuart and I met on Twitter and have been plotting our Amy Stewart/Amy Stuart joint book tour ever since. We haven't made that happen yet, but today you can get her dark and thrilling novel for two bucks wherever ebooks are sold.

🔔 $1.99 ebook Amazon/B&N : for fans of thrillers with dual mystery plots.

Though it had a thriller element to it, this book felt way more character-driven than I had expected. This wasn't a good thing since I really disliked most of the characters. That said, I did love the atmospheric writing. Head's up: If you don't like loose ends, this may not be the book for you. I'm guessing that there may be a sequel on the way. If this is the case, I will likely read it because I want to know what happens to the protagonist.

"Sometimes I dream of my escape. In my sleep I conjure a way out, another life waiting for me beyond this one. Sometimes I am climbing, or driving, or falling through a void with no clear place to land. But most often I am running, sprinting through the field and into the trees, my clip too fast for you to catch me."

The international bestselling psychological suspense finally comes to the U.S.! Read it.

Happy U.S publication day to a fantastic Canadian writer! This was one of my faves this past spring - a slow build mystery with a gritty backdrop.

Very suspenseful, good book.

Unexpected book mail today. Sounds interesting. It would be my luck to go into hiding, turn up in a small town, and ask for someone who has disappeared.

Up next... Got it through netgalley.com and picked it because it was touted as similar to girl on the train but goodreads didn't give it great reviews. So far, about 25 pages in its ok and a quick read and something to do on a quiet day at work.

Long week. Too tired to hold book. But must know what is happening!

What a fantastic debut of a Canadian author! An intense and rough setting with characters of the same - the story keeps you turning the pages, almost as if you can smell the grit in the air.

"Because she can't bear to see a woman trapped, held down, tied up no matter what her state of mind". This sentence says it all, about everything, in so many ways.

Good mystery about a woman on the run who shows up in a small town looking for another missing woman. Lots of drama and secrets hiding in this small mining community.

"...mesmerized by the scowl that sets on his face when he thinks no one is watching."