Welcome to Litsy!

I‘ve been horrible with NetGalley, so this month was about trying to knock some out. I think I‘ve done a good job, given that I have also read quite a few others along the way. I want to get my rate up to 70%. It‘s at 49% right now, with the two at the bottom in my rotation now. The Borrowed was fantastic! Police procedural with such a brilliant structure- moving backwards in time, from the last case of an officer to his first in Hong Kong.

I really was of two minds about this book. It read really flat to me and the author‘s description of characters was so matter of fact I could not engage. In six cases told in reverse order you can learn Hong Kong modern history with inspector Kwan. It came together in the 1997 case, set in the handover; I was in HK and working in music management then; all of a sudden it came to life! If HK film fan it helps;shorthand signals on characters.

Finished one last job this afternoon and rewarded myself with a visit to one of my favorite bookstores (Kinokuniya). Spent way more than I should have, but so happy with my stack!❤️

My hold came in today 🎉🎉🎉

Post-birthday book haul! I turned 33 on Saturday, and have been doing a lot of reflection about my goals for this year. So many of them are focused on forward facing art - how to take my passion and put it out into the world. Litsy and all my beloved Littens are a huge part of that. As always - thank you, thank you, thank you.

I'm finding this clunky so have to bail. I am so there for a story of Hong Kong crime, triads, police, the mix of cultures & all the neighbourhoods I know and love. But "Mary was the only woman in Lok's team; a staunch feminist, she more than held her own ..." & eg the example pictured, I can't manage 486 pages. So torn as it's a book I want to love!

Just finished a 5km run for Room to Read, happy to be home with a coffee.. And a little crime ☕️