Litsy

bailed

Well that‘s an unfortunate start to February. I‘m DNFing this one. The set up is fun-people trapped by an avalanche, someone is dead maybe? However, everyone is either stupid, bland or unlikable. Others may enjoy this one, but a big nope for me. #hailthebail

PuddleJumper This one was disappointing 3h

dabbe YES! #hailthatbail #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 1h

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CatLass007

Whose Body? | Dorothy Sayers

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#AuthorAMonth I tried to listen to this but I just couldn‘t. Things I liked about this book are that Lord Peter is a book lover, his mother doesn‘t think his hobby is inappropriate, he has a “Jeeves”-type character who helps him. Things I didn‘t like are that he behaves like solving crimes is all a lark, cheerfully going to the house where the body was found and joyfully disturbing the crime scene. And he rhymes, rhymes about murder. As I (cont)⬇️

Soubhiville, dabbe

CatLass007 began writing this review I considered that if he were on the Spectrum, rhyming might be a coping mechanism. But I didn‘t get a Spectrum vibe, although I‘m no expert. #HailTheBail (edited) 22h

dabbe The anti-semitism was awful, too. #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🤩 21h

charl08 Wow, that is the worst Wimsey cover I've seen. So wrong! 21h

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Soubhiville Ha, this is the first I‘m hearing about the rhyming. That would turn me off too. 21h

CatLass007 @dabbe Yes, it was. I forgot to mention that. It really, really was. 20h

CatLass007 @charl08 I like to read a series in order but it wasn‘t available on LIBBY for weeks, so I bought it from Audible for $1.37. Never having read any of the series before, I didn‘t really know anything about what the cover should look like. But we all know never to judge a book by its cover.😊😜 20h

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dabbe

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#TLT #ThreeListThursday @dabbe
New Survey: AP Literature Free Response Titles List #2 (1970-2024)

1. Survey link: https://www.listchallenges.com/litsy-ap-literature-free-response-titles-list-2
2. Share your score if you'd like.
3. Share your 3 favorites from the list or 3 that you might be interested in reading or a combo or whatever you'd like.
4. Tag a few!
Tagging those who played last week. 🤗

BkClubCare, peaKnit, DGRachel, iread2much, AmyG, kspenmoll, TheBookHippie, PurpleyPumpkin, azulaco, Texreader, CogsOfEncouragement, BookNAround, Susanita, TheKidUpstairs, TheLudicReader, Deblovestoread, thebacklistbook, MaleficentBookDragon, SaunteringVaguelyDownwards, JessClark78, Eggs, Bookwormjillk, MonicaLoves2Read, Kerrbearlib, rwmg, Kar2b, vonnie862, Pogue, WorldsOkayestStepMom, TheBookgeekFrau, TheSpineView, LA1, kelli7990, Patchshank, InkedBookworm13, ImperfectCJ, bibliothecarivs, lil1inblue, LiseWorks, willaful, AnishaInkspill

DGRachel I did better this time but still didn‘t beat the average. I got 19. Too many on my favorites list, many that I have tried, failed, and will never try again (not counted) and several I‘d like to read. Fun! 2d

Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes 17/100. The Joy Luck Club, Love Medicine, Little Fires Everywhere, Little Women, Housekeeping, and Going After Cacciato all jumped out at me. Some were ‘Did I read this? I don‘t remember‘ (didn‘t count those). 2d

PuddleJumper What's ap literature? 2d

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dabbe @DGRachel Yay to beating your score last week! I hope I do the same. And don't say you “failed“ at reading them. You #hailedthebails! 🤩 I cringed at quite a few of these just by looking at their covers! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @Cheryl_Russell_BookNotes I say if you even thought you might have read it, it should count! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @PuddleJumper AP stands for Advanced Placement, and it's usually a senior course in high school where, if a student takes the 4-5 hour literature exam at the end of the year (multiple-choice and 3-4 essays), she/he/they can receive college credit and not have to take English 101 or 102 in college. Also, if a student receives an “A“ in the class, it counts as a 5.0 re: gpa, not a 4.0. 2d

MaleficentBookDragon I hated Ethan Frome soooooooo much!

Ethan Frome

MaleficentBookDragon Better than last week but still not a lot. 21 (lady week 17). 2d

dabbe @MaleficentBookDragon You're still in fantastic company; pretty much most of us are between 5-30. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @MaleficentBookDragon That book is so flippin' sad! 😭 2d

PuddleJumper @dabbe Ahh, ok we don't have anything like that in the U.K 2d

BkClubCare 35 for me! With one title I am not sure of and a few that I skimmed or only *think* I have read (cough, Great Expectations, cough) 2d

BkClubCare @MaleficentBookDragon - there are some HILARIOUS youtube videos by HS kids mocking that book. 2d

BkClubCare P 2d

dabbe @PuddleJumper I should have explained with the 1st list last week. Sorry about that! 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @BkClubCare #yahooyou! Great Ex: 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

CogsOfEncouragement I checked off 14 again. Four were assigned to me in HS. 2d

LA1 Rank 72 out of 81 with a score of 23 🤷🏼‍♀️ I didn‘t think I would get any but a few is good 😊 2d

dabbe @CogsOfEncouragement There's quite a few on this list that I'm not even remotely interested in reading! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @LA1 You got more than a few, and you're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

Patchshank Thanks for the tag. I've read 10. There's a few there I own but haven't read like Kafka on the shore and kindred. 2d

BookNAround 44 on this one so fewer than last week. 😉 2d

LiseWorks I only read 14 and only because I had to either for school or it was on my tbr forever 2d

TheLudicReader A whopping 18! 😬 2d

peaKnit Doh! 10! lol 2d

bibliothecarivs Seven for me this time, more than my four from last time. 2d

dabbe @Patchshank I have quite a few, too. Maybe someday, right? 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @BookNAround #yourock! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @LiseWorks I hear ya! #metoo 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @TheLudicReader We're in good company! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @peaKnit Dohing is not allowed! 😂 Ya done good are in great company with the rest of us! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @bibliothecarivs Some book covers on this list did not do much to make me want to read them! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

Bookwormjillk 20 for me. Ethan Frome and The Great Gatsby are two favorites I always think though people should wait until they‘re 30 to read them. Grapes of Wrath is another favorite. One of the few assigned readings I finished in school. Even then I loved to #HailTheBail 2d

Texreader Ive only read 9, but can‘t remember all the Shakespeare I‘ve read and I question a few others. The best books from this batch were by women: Frankenstein, Kindred, The Handmaid‘s Tale, and In the Time of the Butterflies. 2d

Texreader @dabbe Oh I was wondering! I‘m too old for all that “Advanced Placement” test stuff! 😉 We had a special English class for a few seniors who wanted advanced reading. And it was great. But that‘s all it was. 2d

dabbe @Bookwormjillk Agree 💯. These books I feel are sometimes wasted on the high school kids who need to live more and suffer more to truly appreciate them. #Hailingthebail was a favorite activity of mine, too--plus reading CLIFF'S NOTES! 😂 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @Texreader Yay for women writers! Curious as to which ones you question, too! Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 2d

dabbe @Texreader Your senior class sounds a lot more fun than the AP one! We once had a class for seniors that was called Senior Contemporary Novels, and it was fabulous. Kids reading books and discussing a la a book-club format. Now, there's no room for exploratory classes like that. A true bummer. 2d

Texreader @dabbe Oh that sounds lovely! 2d

rwmg 28, better than my 21 last week.

Quite a few I know I've read but remember almost nothing about. 2d

thebacklistbook 11/100 I'm sure I forgot some. 1d

PurpleyPumpkin What a great book list! While I‘m familiar with many of these, I‘ve only read 27 which surprised me. Favourites are The Importance of Being Earnest, Little Women, and Fahrenheit 451. So many more I want to read!📚 1d

tpixie 16/100. Apparently I go for the ‘trash‘ books instead of classics!! 1d

Eggs 🧡🤗 1d

dabbe @Texreader It truly was. 🤩 1d

dabbe @rwmg Our brains can only remember so much when we read a lot of books, right? Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 1d

dabbe @thebacklistbook I'm sure you did! 🤩 Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 1d

dabbe @PurpleyPumpkin Love all 3 of your choices! I actually burned a book when I introduced F451 to my students. The kids were like 😳😱😝! It was a book that was already falling apart. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 1d

dabbe @tpixie No book is trashy! 🤩 Remember, too, that these are books that had to pass the “banned“ criteria... for example, I can guarantee no book by Toni Morrison is on the list, and she ain't trashy at all! You're in good company, m'dear! Most scores were between 5-25. Thanks for playing and sharing. 🩶🩵🩶 1d

dabbe @Eggs 🩶🩵🩶 1d

tpixie @dabbe 💙🩵💙 1d

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kspenmoll

The Berlin Exchange: A Novel | Joseph Kanon

Only 44 pages in & It just does nothing for me. #hailthebail #DNF #TBR

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage #betterbooksahead 3d

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angieinwonderland

Witchcraft for Wayward Girls | Grady Hendrix

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I was really excited to read this, but, like the reviews have indicated, not so much witchcraft vibes. I am putting this book aside for now as well. I am officially in a book slump after all my anticipated new year releases have been 3 stars at best and quite a few I can't get into. Sad.

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 3d

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booklover3258

Lucifer Book One | Mike Carey

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Eh couldn't get into it. Made to page 75 and had to stop.

For the rest of my review, visit my Vlog at:

https://youtube.com/shorts/qPMHE-kgai4?feature=share

Enjoy!

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🤩🤩🤩 5d

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CatLass007

The Martian Chronicles | Ray Bradbury

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#ClassicLSFBC The Martian Chronicles is a classic of science fiction literature. But I fell asleep four times while listening to the audiobook and I decided that was enough. #HailTheBail!

RamsFan1963

dabbe YES! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 1w

CatLass007 @dabbe #BetterBooksAhead is the hashtag I was trying so hard to remember. I think I‘ll start tagging you whenever I bail on a book. You are always so encouraging about bailing! I didn‘t even know it was possible to bail on a book before I joined Litsy 7+ years ago. I love everyone I‘ve met on here!❤️❤️❤️📚 1w

dabbe @CatLass007 Right back atcha, m'dear! 🩵🩶🩵 7d

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CatLass007

Hester: A Novel | Laurie Lico Albanese

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#LiteraryCrew I listened to the first two hours and this isn‘t really holding my interest. There are plenty of other books out there and I‘ve decided it‘s time to #HailTheBail!

Librarybelle

Librarybelle Thanks for trying! 1w

CatLass007 @Librarybelle I really wanted to like this but I guess it wasn‘t meant to be. Please tag me when the questions go up because I‘d really like to see what others think of it. 1w

Librarybelle Will do! 1w

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CatLass007 @Librarybelle ❤️📚✌🏽 1w

Sargar114 It‘s definitely a slow start, I also read at the end of the day, but I find myself falling asleep reading. 6d

CatLass007 @Sargar114 I tried listening to the The Martian Chronicles and fell asleep four different times throughout the day. When I tried listening to this I also fell asleep. Then I started listening to Wool and I was riveted. I‘m generally a mood reader and the first two books I tried the other day were just too slow for me. 6d

tpixie @CatLass007 it‘s a great skill- learning how to DNF a book. I‘m still learning. 1d

CatLass007 @tpixie I didn‘t know how to bail on a book until I joined Litsy. I didn‘t even know it was okay to bail on a book. I felt guilty if I didn‘t finish a book because I was a book buyer, not usually a book borrower. But I‘m doing better about borrowing books instead of buying them. So that‘s something else I learned on Litsy. Also, I‘ve started tagging @dabbe because she‘s always super supportive and encouraging when I bail. 1d

tpixie @CatLass007 not having money invested in it does help me not feel as bad. We do need to value our time, and feel comfortable abandoning a book that isn‘t right for us. It‘s a great lesson to learn. That‘s great @dabbe helps support you!! Litsy is such a great, safe place! (edited) 1d

CatLass007 @tpixie @dabbe supports everyone. Litsy isn‘t just a place. Litsy is its people. There‘s not a dud in the bunch.❤️❤️❤️ 1d

dabbe @CatLass007 You are too sweet! Sometimes it's necessary to #hailthatbail! Too many other phenomenal books out there that will appeal to us, right? 🩶🩵🩶 1d

dabbe @CatLass007 You just made my day! I'm going to buy a lottery ticket! 🤩😂😘 1d

tpixie @dabbe lol 😂 great hashtag #️⃣🩵 1d

tpixie @CatLass007 #LitsyLove 1d

dabbe @tpixie TY! 🤩😂🤗 1d

CatLass007 @dabbe @tpixie Yes!!🐾🐾🐾❤️❤️❤️ 24h

tpixie @dabbe 🩵 23h

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PuddleJumper

The Ambassador's Mission | Trudi Canavan

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Ended up DNFing this one. I wasn't into it at all.

I'm not commenting on the content of the book because I only got about 5 chapters in. It seemed fine, I just didn't think this was what I wanted right now.

#Roll100 #BookSpin @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Sometimes a book just doesn't click! 1w

MariaW 🙈 1w

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 1w

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AbigailJaneBlog Have you read the prequel trilogy? It's muuuch better imo ✨️ 7d

PuddleJumper @AbigailJaneBlog No, I've not read anytime by the author. I didn't realize this was part of a bigger series 7d

AbigailJaneBlog @PuddleJumper If you're interested, definitely check out the Magicians Guild, it's one of my favourites! 6d

PuddleJumper @AbigailJaneBlog I think I will. I've heard good things about her other series 6d

AbigailJaneBlog @PuddleJumper honestly its one of my fave series - it gets a reread every few years. 6d

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rwmg

The Ship Who Sang: Fantasy | Anne McCaffrey

bailed

As I came to the fourth and longest chapter in this book, I realised I really didn't care enough to go on. DNF

dabbe #hailthebail! #betterbooksahead 🙌🏻 1w

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