Welcome to Litsy!

Elizabeth, Mrs John Macarthur, travels from her home on the Devon/Cornwall border to Sydney, Australia, in 1790, one of the first soldiers‘ wives to do so. This is the story of a strong, canny woman finding a way to make her own space, in a world that offers her limited choices and in a marriage not of love, but of grudging appreciation.

Edith Eger is a remarkable human being. Now in her 90s, she survived Auschwitz, and in later life went on to train as a psychologist. Here she shares her wisdom in a self-help book, with stories of how her, her family and her clients have broken through ‘mental prisons‘ and learnt to better appreciate the gift of life. She ends each chapter with a couple of exercises to help change your thinking.

I finished my first audiobook from NetGalley!

While this book wasn‘t exactly the creepfest I was expecting, it is a solid thriller with a coupled twists that totally got me. I love being surprised by a book.

My review is on my blog: http://sprainedbrain.blog/2020/08/13/audiobook-review-the-shadows-by-alex-north/

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7th book finished for my #NetGalleyReadathon 😃

Starting my latest #NetGalley book. Not sure what to expect from this fantasy book. #NetGalleyReadathon

More Spice Girls than Britney Spears, this book traces the journey of 4 young women who climb to stardom overnight. My problem with the novel was its lack of originality. Unfortunately for me, this book read very juvenile, even though the heavy subject matter of fat shaming, addiction, domestic abuse & suicide are covered. It‘s not too often that a book makes me feel old (or bored) but this one did. #ARC #NetGalleyReadathon #BookSpinBingo

The plan is to finish Out of Time by tomorrow, read all of The Night Swim this week (please, please let it be as good as The Escape Room!), and start Opium and Absinthe. All of these are for my #NetGalleyReviewathon, and sadly, I‘m late reading all of these. I‘ve missed pub dates for two and I‘ll miss the pub date for the other. 🤦🏻‍♀️
#weeklyforecast

Very excited by this month‘s #BookSpinBingo board.

And super happy to be reading my #BookSpin Rootbound (thanks @squirrelbrain ) and my #Doublespin My Sister the Serial Killer (thanks @eraderneely ) 😊

Plus maybe an ARC or two for #NetGalleyReadathon and some #womenintranslation for #WITmonth

The #NetGalleyReadathon has now finished. Only medium success - finished three books over the week, and read 27% of the Val McDermid book, in that time written two reviews.

Think we need to do more of these!

Reading Still Life, the sixth book in the Karen Pirie Series which is due to be published on 20th August. #NetGalley

So far clocked up 2 hrs 55 mins for #24B4Mondsy and 144 pages.

#NetGalleyReadathon #ReadingRush

I really enjoyed this one, told from different perspectives. Someone‘s lying but who is it? A bit of everything thrown in here, different perspectives, relationships, jealousy, envy, family and friend issues, different timelines, Murder. This all made a very dark and psychological story that keeps you wanting to read on as you try to work out what exactly is going on and who is the murderer and why. Recommended. #NetGalley #NetGalleyReadathon