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Whose Body? | Dorothy Sayers

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I‘m so happy that, thanks to #AuthorAMonth , I have finally read my first book by Dorothy L. Sayers! This was a delightfully satisfying golden age mystery. I adored Lord Peter Wimsey and will definitely be reading more of this series.

#Sharreadathon #LitsyAtoZ2025 #ISpyBingo #BookChain #LitsyLove

Soubhiville, Texreader, Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks, TheAromaofBooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️❤️❤️ 4d

CogsOfEncouragement So many books, so little time - I read all the books in the series that have Harriet in them. Superb. 4d

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! 4d

julieclair @CogsOfEncouragement So true…. more books than time…. 3d

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The Mysterious Affair at Styles (Poirot) | Agatha Christie

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I'm always happy to reread Christie and I'm pretty stoked about the #ChristieCapers readalong that @Librarybelle is hosting. While this isn't my favorite of her mysteries, it's still a great introduction to Poirot, Hastings, and Christie's writing style. This edition also included an alternate ending that Christie had written having the final reveal being in court instead of in the intimate family gathering, so that was interesting.

TheAromaofBooks #BookChain
#GottaCatchEmAll - Someone Naps (Komala) @PuddleJumper
#BookSpinBingo 6d

Librarybelle I like your edition! 6d

PuddleJumper 🐨🐨 6d

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TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I'm addicted to collecting these editions as they come out!! Gorgeous endpapers, too - https://beautifulbooks.info/illustratedbibliographies/illustrators-and-authors/a... - Although I will admit that they're glued binding so they don't lay flat while reading, which annoys me lol 6d

Librarybelle Lovely! 6d

kspenmoll That is a beautiful edition! 5d

MariaW Beautiful! 💗💗💗 And it‘s nice that you habe the original ending as well. 5d

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Lizpixie

The Black Echo: A Novel | Michael Connelly

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Bk3 of #JumpStart2025 is done.This book, in fact the whole series, can be summed up with my favourite quote from this “You can‘t patch a wounded soul with a band-aid” That‘s Bosch, a Vietnam Vet, former tunnel rat now an LA Homicide detective. Fabulous series,both for the characters,but also coz you can feel the streets of LA in the writing. #BookspinBingo #OffTheShelf2025 #BookChain #LitsyAtoZ2025 #Pantone2025 #ISpyBingo #Read2025 #SeriesLove2025

DieAReader, Texreader, Librariana, Lauredhel, Andrew65, TheSpineView, TheAromaofBooks

TheSpineView Fantastic! 2w

Andrew65 I remember enjoying this one. Well done 🎉🎉🎉 2w

AlaMich The TV series is very good as well, with great cinematography of Los Angeles. 2w

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TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 2w

TheSpineView Awesome! 2w

DieAReader 🎉💖An excellent series! I‘m reading it as well🤓 I‘m on

The Last Coyote

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Lizpixie @TheSpineView @Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks thanks! @AlaMich I‘ve been catching up on that as well, Titus Welliver is a perfect Bosch. No moustache though!👨🏻 @DieAReader I‘m just into The Black Ice, I‘m juggling six series rereads right now, I get series fatigue & switch between. 2w

DieAReader @Lizpixie 😏Makes sense. Love Titus Welliver as Bosch🤤💖😏 2w

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PuddleJumper

Bonds of Brass: Book One of The Bloodright Trilogy | Emily Skrutskie

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This was poorly written, the pacing was off, it was front loaded with exposition and it was boring.

I never got to experience this sweeping, technological advanced empire, every location was small and insular and could have been anywhere.

PuddleJumper 1. It wasn't a space opera, or even really scifi, it was YA romance in space.

The romance was awful. The characters had no chemistry and I didn't like Gal, I never understood what Ettian saw in him and why he was willing to sacrifice so much for him.
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PuddleJumper 2. There's also the ‘he's the son and heir to the empire that colonised your home and killed your people‘ angle which felt icky.

#BookChain #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
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PuddleJumper

The Lost Hero: Heroes of Olympus Book 1 | Rick Riordan

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I am divided by this book. All the way through I had to keep reminding myself this was a children's book because it is badly researched, weirdly paced, and very repetitive.

Things happen to the characters, they don't make things happen. The characters themselves were rather bland and there was no connection between them.

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PuddleJumper 1. It was difficult to get into because the characters either don't know who they are or are keeping secrets even during their POV chapters.

It really did not need to be as long as it was! So much could have been cut out and it wouldn't have impacted the plot.

I'm coming late to this series so hopefully things improve in later books/series but the writing of women was questionable
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PuddleJumper 2. Now, onto the fun stuff. I'm going to preface this by saying, classicists by nature are pedantic assholes.

First thing, Riordan's representation of the Greek gods is Romanised. He bases many aspects of their personality and history on Latin sources rather than available Greek sources.

This makes things very messy when introducing the Roman facet of the Greek gods. He should have just made them a separate pantheon.
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PuddleJumper 3. He says the Roman gods are harsher because of the Roman empire. The Athenians would like to fight you about their lack of empire in this universe.

The Greek city states were constantly warring with each other during the Archaic and Classical period. They weren't less ‘warlike‘.
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PuddleJumper 4. Arguably, Rome sustained such a large empire for so long because they were amazing administrators. No one cares about that aspect of their godhood. Let me see Mars, arbiter of the war fund. 3w

PuddleJumper 5. Another gripe of mine is the representation of Aphrodite and her children. There's a denigration of femininity and this weird idea that beauty and femininity are the same thing. Aphrodite‘s children are portrayed as weak because they are vain and interested in stereotypically feminine things.

Thanks, I hate it.
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PuddleJumper 6. When Piper is claimed by Aphrodite, she is transformed so that she is wearing a dress that makes her uncomfortable, make-up and better hair. What a shallow idea of beauty.

Piper's strengths are always framed as ‘for a kid of Aphrodite.‘ If you want your interpretation of Aphrodite to be vain and jealous then she should be terrorising these kids for their disrespect. Piper is amazing because she is her kid and not in spite of it.
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PuddleJumper 7. Overall, it wasn't terrible but it's not something I particularly enjoyed reading.

#RiordanverseReadalong #AllergicToChunksters #ReadorDonate @julieclair #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader #BookChain 2025 @TheAromaofBooks #ChunksterChallenge2025 @Amiable #OffTheShelf2025 @Librariana
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Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I‘ve read these and I liked his Trials of Apollo series more. The books were shorter, for one, and a funny haiku started each chapter. (edited) 3w

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage My hands down favorite by him in the percy jackson world is

The Sun and the Star (From the World of Percy Jackson)

TheAromaofBooks I had mixed feelings about this series as well. 3w

PuddleJumper @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage I'm excited by the other series. They look more interesting 3w

PuddleJumper @TheAromaofBooks It definitely wasn't his best 3w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 3w

julieclair Really well done review. 👍 I have been curious about the Percy Jackson series. I‘m guessing this is one you will definitely donate! 😂 (edited) 3w

PuddleJumper @julieclair The first series is better. Still aimed at children but I don't remember it being this boring. Oh yes, definitely donate! I'm hoping to get through 3 of his series and donate them all 3w

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The Ultimate Reading Challenge: Complete a Goal, Open an Envelope, and Reveal Your Bookish Prize! | Weldon Owen

Help a Litten out! I'm wanting to get back into reading challenges this year but I'm having a hard time figuring out what Litsy is hosting these days. It looks like a few I used to do aren't active anymore. Are there any I should know about? (I'm planning to do #bookspin with @TheAromaofBooks and #agathachristieclubR3 with @Librarybelle, of course!)

Picture of my dog's dumb teeth for tax!

TheAromaofBooks I'm participating in - #Pantone2025 and #FourFoursin25 with @lauredhel
- #WickedWords with @AsYouWish
- #Roll100 and #GottaCatchEmAll with @PuddleJumper
- #FictionalTraveler and #ReadorDonate with @julieclair
and my own other challenges, #ISpyBingo and #BookChain

Have you checked @LitsyEvents ? That account does a great job reposting all kinds of shenanigans!! 4w

Ruthiella You can follow @LitsyEvents for reposts of all the challenges, etc. Good luck! 😃 4w

AmyG There is #authoramonth @soubhiville where one reads 1+ books from that specific author for the month. #TBRTarot is where a card is chosen and you pick a corresponding book. #readyourkindle is like Bookspin but just for ereaders. Last two are with @Cbee (edited) 4w

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Jess861 Some of the ones I'm participating in and aren't listed above:

#BookedInTime @Cuilin
#FoodAndLit @Catsandbooks @Texreader
#SeriesLove2025 @Andrew65 @TheSpineView
#OhCanada @jess861 (me) 4w

Cuilin #HashtagBrigade @BarkingMadRead #NoPlaceLikeHolmes @Dabbe & @Cuilin #NaturalLitsy @alldebooks #WhatTheDickens @Texreader & @Cuilin #literarycrew @Librarybelle 4w

dabbe Some others: #WithTheBanned2025 (host: @Jadams89); #NancyDrewBR (host: @Librarybelle); #ChristiesCapers (host: @Librarybelle); #teamlesmis (host: @TheBookHippie); #ShardlakeSeriesBR (host: @dabbe) 4w

TheBookHippie I do #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD #CHILDRENSCLASSICREAD2025 #CHLOEGONGREADALONG #READLESMIS #JOURNALINGPROMPTS #KARENINAWINTER and #LITSOLACE with @AllDebooks & @Chrissyreadit 4w

Librarybelle @Cuilin @dabbe —thanks for mentioning the buddy reads I host! This is the last year for #192025 , which is reading a book originally published in each year from 1920-2025 (I‘ll post details later in the year for the next challenge, #192030 ). 4w

Texreader And #litsyatoz that I‘m hosting. 4w

AllDebooks #SeriesLove2025 challenge is a good one, hosted by @Andrew65 4w

AllDebooks Sorry, not finished. And @thelibraryview. I'm doing the Wild Moor reading challenge. https://www.instagram.com/reel/DDKncU5i_Y7/?igsh=MXQ0a3U2cWZ1OHlieQ== 4w

AllDebooks Series love is also hosted by @TheSpineView having a brain malfunction 😅 4w

AllDebooks Thanks for the tags @TheBookHippie and @Cuilin 4w

julieclair In addition to those already mentioned (thanks, @TheAromaofBooks 💙), I also host #ThematicCozies , #AllergicToChunksters , and #MonthlyNonfiction2025 . Others I participate in that haven‘t been mentioned yet are #KindredSpirits with @BarbaraJean , #LittensLoveRomance with @StayCurious , #JaneAustenThenAndNownwith @Crinoline_Laphroaig , #HitchToScreen with @JenlovesJT47 , #FurrowedMiddleBrow and #PersephoneClub with @LeahBergen . 4w

julieclair Also #ClassicsChallenge with @Lunakay and #2025FairyTaleChallenge with @Charityann . Also Acquired Via Litsy #AVL25 with @MatchlessMarie . 4w

Andrew65 This just shows how much is going on, an impressive list. 4w

PuddleJumper Teeth! ❤️ I think my general ones have been mentioned. I also have #RiordanverseReadalong which is reading Rick Riordan books and #ReadYourDamnDanmei which is reading Chinese light novels. I also run seasonal challenges in October/December 4w

PuddleJumper Also #QueerBC Monthly LGBTQIA+ authors and you can read anything they've written 4w

LeahBergen @julieclair Wow, this is a big list! Thanks for tagging our little reading groups. 😘 4w

MatchlessMarie When I have been away from Litsyland for a while I like to check out the @LitsyEvents page for most current things. But this is a great time of year to get back into them. It‘s hard to miss challenges since we are all abuzz with New Year wishful thinking 😂 4w

TheAromaofBooks @Librarybelle - I will be so excited to tackle another long-term project!! I actually think I'm going to complete #192025 which is pretty thrilling! 4w

Librarybelle That‘s so cool, @TheAromaofBooks ! I still have a bit to go but need to tally up my readings from the last half of 2024. I love the long term challenges! 4w

julieclair @LeahBergen I think it‘s more of a “wishful thinking” list! 😂 4w

LeahBergen @julieclair I think you‘re right. 😆 4w

Lauredhel I'm doing #Pantone2025 (two grids) #Fourfoursin25 #WickedWords #MonthlyNonfiction2025 #Bookchain2025 #LGBTQIA2025 #urc2025 #FictionalTraveler #readharder2025 #LitsyAtoZ2025 #booklistqueenchallenge25 #ISpyBingo 4w

Amiable Wanted to add #ChunksterChallenge2025, #DiseaseoftheMonthBookClub and #Nonfiction2025 (edited) 3w

staci.reads Also #SheSaid hosted by @Riveted_Reader_Melissa highlighting books by female authors and women's topics! 3w

ferskner @TheAromaofBooks @AmyG @Jess861 @Cuilin @dabbe @TheBookHippie @Ruthiella @Librarybelle @Texreader @AllDebooks @julieclair @PuddleJumper @MatchlessMarie @Lauredhel @Amiable @staci.reads thank you all for your help and ideas! I totally forgot about @LitsyEvents so thank you for that reminder too! I'll go through these and pick out a few. 1w

Texreader So great to have you back!! 1w

britt_brooke Joseph! 6d

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Listen to Your Heart | Kasie West

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I usually like Kasie West's YA fare because she writes characters whose problems feel real/regular to me. There's drama, but it's not over the top. Like most of her books, we have a MC who needs to learn to get out of her comfort zone a little, find some balance in her life, and be willing to wrestle some of her inherent prejudices. There's also some great snark and fun characters. An enjoyable read, even if it didn't really bring anything new ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) to the table. Also - last book of 2024!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks
#ChristmasAtoZ @Texreader
#20in4 @Andrew65
#SugarRush @Bookwormjillk
#BookChain #BookSpinBingo #ReadOuttheOld 4w

Bookwormjillk 🎉🎉🎉 4w

Andrew65 Excellent 🥳🥳🥳 4w

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The December Market | RaeAnne Thayne

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My final holiday read of the year is the sequel to Christmas at the Shelter Inn. I liked this one better than Shelter Inn, mainly because I found this MC to be more likable haha It's cute and pretty traditional fare for the genre, but nothing mind-blowing. As usual, by the end of December I'm ready to set aside holiday romance and jump into some other stuff!!

#WinterGames #HolidayBookDragons @LiseWorks