Welcome to Litsy!

July book 2! Read for bookclub and I'm kind of excited for the discussion bc I fully expect this novel to be polarizing thanks to the twist at ~75% through the book. On its surface, it's a Gothic ghost story set in an 1970s Argentinian, isolated, girls' boarding school. For me, the twist made the book more interesting... At first. But then plot points and other aspects also made less sense, so, it's a so-so for me.

Finished first book for May goals #BFC21 @wanderinglynn and for #20in4 @Andrew65

This started out interesting and creepy but became repetitive (find the tenth girl, get lost in house, get told to ignore the illness and odd things happening, repeat). The ending is interesting but poorly executed, didn't come together well. It has promise and if it were a rough draft it could be fixed, but this is the final product, so I am panning it.

#20in4 readathon goals are to finish tagged book and Ready Player One.
Thx @Andrew65 for hosting.
Happy reading everyone😊

These are the books I've most enjoyed this year, and Game of Thrones reignited (pun intended) my love of dragons.
Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView #Two4Tuesday
Day late but want to play @Mesica25 ?

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No picture but my two favorite places right now are at the farm fishing and at the barns with the horses. The weather was cool and sunny yesterday, after snow the day before! My favorite season is fall and I love all the sight sounds and smells that go along with it.
#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94
Thx for the tag @TheSpineView
Late tag for anyone who wants to play🙂
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Glad I leave my tree up year round. Snowed 1 inch last night, snowing again today. Make a great day everyone❄️

#thoughtfulthursday @MoonWitch94
On the right day for this one, I tag anyone who wants to play.
1. Augustus McCrae Lonesome Dove
2. The Mist, book ending not movie ending, by Stephen King
3 tagged

At the very southern tip of South America, where fields of ice meet mountains of salt, a finishing school for girls existed on a lone shelf of rock. #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

This book has some VERY anti-native writing in it and I just... can‘t. Yes, she‘s Argentinan but she‘s not native. Also she named the area tribe Mapuche when there‘s an actual large group of South American native people called the Zapuche. *side eye for days*

MIND BLOWN!! I‘m so not quite sure what just happened! I enjoyed this story and then the plot twist climax was OMG! I was not expecting that ending. As I think back through the story, I see so many clues that connect to the ending. This was such fresh writing that I‘m excited to see more from the author. October 7/20 #bookspinbingo #scarathon2020 #teamharkness

Another book finished for #Scarathlon2020 and #Screamathon.

I had higher expectations for this one based on the description, but it didn't quite live up to them. The story has a haunted house, ghosts, secrets from the past, and a vast array of characters. However, the explanations for why things were happening were nonexistent and I ended up more confused when I finished than when I started.

#TeamHarkness @StayCurious

Picture was from The Reading Rush photo challenge a book with your pet.

This book... this damn book was terrible and I am so irritated about it. The big draw for this is that it has a plot twist you'll never see coming..if you own the hardcover version of this damn book don't take the dust jacket off because there is an imprinting on the hardcover that gives away the frankly terrible plot twist but still it ruined any interest I had in the book.

One of my goals was to read this book for #JubilantJuly , but I scrapped it because there were some things about it that didn't sit well with me and life's too short.

I am reading Renee Ahdieh's The Beautiful instead because it was on sale on Kindle. I do what I want!

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🎧 Well. Meh. I‘m not sure what else I can say without giving too much away. Starts out with a young teacher (Mavi) escaping to a haunted boarding school. She meets a questionable romantic interest (Angel). And the story unfolds. Not for the younger YA audience! There‘s a significant trigger. It‘s a really interesting premise with plenty of foreshadowing for a very select audience ... this could have been a better book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️1/3

As Randy Jackson would say: “Yeah, that‘s gonna be a no from me, dawg.”

I went into this knowing it was getting very polarizing reviews and that there was a bogus twist. But wow. I didn‘t realize it was going to be BOGUS BOGUS.

This didn‘t work for me. Even before the twist. It was far too long and nothing really happens and I just didn‘t care about these bland characters.

Then the twist just made it even worse. Completely tragic.

Nothing like snuggly pups and a spooky book on a rainy morning. #dogsoflitsy I‘m also going to join in the #24b4monday fun I read 4 hours yesterday and going to finish this book this morning!

This book had some very polarizing reviews on goodreads and the premise really sucked me in. I just love a big haunted house. Right away, I figured out this wasn‘t going to be a typical gothic tale. It definitely was thought provoking with a very interesting twist. It definitely brought up some ethical discussion in my mind. While I can see it not being for everyone, I thought it was great.

The first half of the book was moody and pretty interesting. But there was a twist which I did not care for at all, which really made me loose interest.

Nope. When we left out house to travel to my parents' I had zero desire to bring this with me. So that's a sign. SO BORING. This is such a disappointment because its5such a cool premise but it just draaaaaaaagggggssssssssss on and on and on...

Oh look...we are walking down another dark hallway with nothing happening...I AM SO BORED but I've already read 322 pages....

#JolabokaflodSwap, Round Two! Thank you, @Readingover50! I've been eyeing this one for a while! @MaleficentBookDragon

In this month‘s @EclecticReaders episode we have our year-end wrap-up of where we talk about our favorite reads and podcast topics of the year and then discuss The Tenth Girl and what makes a good twist. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/72 or in your favorite podcast app under Eclectic Readers! #EclecticReaders #Podcast

In this month‘s episode we have our year-end wrap-up where we talk about our favorite reads and podcast topics, and then we discuss The Tenth Girl and what makes a good twist. Listen at eclecticreaders.fireside.fm/72 or in your favorite podcast app under “Eclectic Readers” #EclecticReaders #Podcast

Overall, I liked this book a lot. I like how Faring subverts the reader‘s expectations, but I also can see how the big twists will turn off some readers. Writers make an unspoken promise to the reader with each story, and there‘s a fine line between a great plot twist and failing to deliver on the original promise. My biggest sticking point is the POV of Angel, because I feel the emotional cues aren‘t authentic given the twist later in the book.

I found this YA paranormal thriller to be a painfully slow, confusing novel. I finished my library ebook hours before it was due; it shouldn‘t take me 21 days to get through a thriller. There were a few vaguely creepy parts, but nothing was all that scary, and I have a low threshold for scary things. The “twist” didn‘t make sense at all, and felt completely out of place. That type of twist wasn‘t earned and cheapened the rest of the book.

Hope you‘ll read with us! #EclecticReaders

Okay, wow, I don‘t even know where to begin with this book. This is perfect for fans of Miss Peregrine‘s Home for Peculiar Children and Ready Player One (I know, weird combo, but trust me), and the best way to read it is without knowing anything going in. I really enjoyed this, but Goodreads helped me see some issues I hadn‘t thought of before. Definitely on the older side of YA, and it needs some content warnings. Read with care.

• chocolate
• yes, love them! I started listening to them more this year because I have a long commute to and from campus. Currently listening to the tagged book, with Carry On, Shatter Me, Swipe Right for Murder, and Tristan Strong Punches A Hole in The Sky on the docket!
• parts of it! I like the build up to the holidays, but it‘s also a very busy time in uni
• not enough 😉
• purple!

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I‘m kind of between so-so and pan for this one. The book starts off great and I think Faring writes really well. The setting of a creepy boarding school isolated at the tip of Argentina is perfect. Mavi is on the run and takes the job as English teacher. It‘s really hard to talk about the plot without spoilers. The story is gothic and creepy, and then the twist(?) or big reveal(?) happens and I almost quit. I was confused, but plugged on. ⬇️

Undoubtedly, an intriguing book. I definitely haven't read anything else like it. There's a certain genius to it, but it's confusing as it doesn't fit into the box of any genre. This creepy story will probably reverberate around my head for awhile. I thought I had a pretty good handle on it & then around the last hundred pages it took a crazy, unexpected turn. You'll just have to read it yourself to find out what I mean.

So, this is a very weird book. It‘s essentially two books in one (so far). The first storyline tracks a young woman in 1978 on the run from people who want to kill her and posing as a teacher in a remote and exclusive school in the southernmost portion of South America. The second storyline is a ghost from the present who has been sent back to 1978 to haunt that same school. I like the former storyline, not sold on the second one yet.

After much internal debate, I‘m going to crack into Sara Faring‘s The Tenth Girl. It has a really weird vibe to it, so my curiosity is getting the better of me.

I just picked up a few holds at the library. I‘m adding the tagged book to my #TBR for #Screamathon even though Litsy has mixed reviews.

I tired. I read almost 300 pages of this book and the more I read the more I just don't care about it. I hate bailing on books but there is just too many books out there to read something you just don't like!

This is a solid book to read for Halloween month. Mavi and Angel are interesting and complex and I did not see that plot twist coming!

Just a note on the YA rating. There is a lot of pretty intense violence and cruelty and profanity that needs to be considered when offering this book as YA. The writing also suggests an older reader as well. Perhaps New Adult would be better.

When you are trying to read but someone is demanding some attention this morning! 💜📚🐱💜📚🐱

It‘s October! It‘s spooky book season! And this ain‘t it! I want ghost, I want monsters, I want horror and weird, and I thought the synopsis said it had all that but it was wrong! Instead it had a weird twist that I hated. By page 300 I was skimming the dialogue till the last 2 chapters because I no longer cared, I couldn‘t stay invested. The nature of this book will make it very polarizing, you either love it or hate it and sadly I hated it.

I adored this book. Twisty, gothic, spooky, well paced. I was fully immersed in Patagonia, the Vaccaro School, and in Mavi and Angel‘s lives. ✨

I'm really looking forward to this book, so I was excited to receive an #arc from Raincoast Books.
I love spooky, creepy books, especially this time of year!
#ya #yalit #yalove

I have been seeing this book for months, and I am glad it's ready to come out. A haunted school in an old castle/manor...yes please.

September 24 , 2019

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I selected the ARC from Netgalley bc the description was simply fascinating! Girls at an isolated school where all is not as it seems + creepy folklore should've been a win, but it just failed for me. This is the kind of story where the plot is turned on its head after you've read 80% of the novel &, sadly, the big surprise is just a confusing dud. Pass. Pass. Pass.

What I'm reading now 📖👀

This novel follows a young woman fleeing the country‘s 1970s Dirty War who joins the staff of a notorious haunted boarding school on a remote icy cliff in Patagonia. She befriends a strange young man with a terrible secret as shadowy figures roam the halls at night and the students fall ill to a mysterious illness.

Release date 9/24/2019