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lettersfromriya

lettersfromriya

Joined May 2017

you can find me on instagram and twitter @lettersfromriya. I also have a website where I attempt some serious reviewing : www.lettersfromriya.com
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The Other Side of Midnight by Sidney Sheldon
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Empire of Storms by Sarah J Maas
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The Alchemist by Paulo Coelho
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Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
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Bailedbailed

Gag me with a spoon, to be honest. Couldn't finish this one. So boring.

Coleen My least favorite of his. Not even close to the caliber of his later books. 7y
lettersfromriya @Coleen I agree. I took three naps between page one and fifty. 7y
Reviewsbylola I don't plan on reading this. I loved The Fault in Our Stars but wasn't impressed by his other books. 7y
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My mom doesn't read a lot so she gave this book to me when one of her students gifted it to her on Teacher's day (also her birthday).

This book had the strongest impact on me. Really helped shape my mind in my early adolescent years. I would suggest it to people of every age, though. It's never too late to have a beautiful mind.

Also, are any of you guys on instagram? You can follow me there and mention that you're from litsy. I'll follow back💚

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Life of Pi | Yann Martel
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Helped my best friend move into her new flat today. She'll be a busy woman for the next year or so and so will I. College is over and I think I'll take a lot of time to get used to working long hours behind a desk. This book, though. What a beautiful cover! Loved the movie. Looking forward to reading the book.

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I'm listening to the audiobook. It's going great so far. Casey Neistat recommended it in his first 'bookclub' session on his vlogs. It's about the takedown of a drug mafia kind of person who created a website called The Silk road which used to be the Amazon of drugs a few years ago. You could buy anything from drugs to guns online and it would be delivered to you by regular postal service.
That's so sick. Genius. But sick.

What are you reading?

Cinfhen Stacking for hubby! Sounds like something he'd like to read! 7y
Megabooks I might have to pick this up! 7y
lettersfromriya @Booksandcooks it's a really good read! I'm already 50% through. 7y
lettersfromriya @Cinfhen I hope he likes it! I am. 7y
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Currently reading my first thriller in years.

Andrew65 A good choice! 8y
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Every Day | David Levithan
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I was hungry and I had the book with me. Also, the color combination! 💕

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Opal | Jennifer L. Armentrout
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Oh my, the covers are just awful. The story on the other hand is surprisingly addictive. Day four, book four. I'm enjoying myself thoroughly. It's complete YA trash. I love it!

mjdowens Sometimes total smut indulgence is the best 8y
lettersfromriya @mjdowens I agree but sadly this contains nothing of that sort xD No matter what the cover suggests. 8y
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Untitled | Unknown
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What are you guys reading?

eanderson Read a page of Into the Water but thinking about bailing on it for now to read something else 🤓 8y
lettersfromriya @eanderson I've heard a lot of praise for Paula Hawkins! 8y
lettersfromriya @Redwritinghood just added it to my stack! 8y
Redwritinghood @lettersfromriya I'm really enjoying it. I went to high school in the 80s, which is the setting for the book, so it's very nostalgic for me. 8y
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It's In His Kiss | Julia Quinn
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It doesn't beat the 1st one of the Bridgertons series to become my least favourite of the lot but it's close. I'll state my seasons. I didn't like Gareth Very much. The Jewels side story was not engaging at all and the ending had me pulling at my hair.
That being said, It is still an extremely enjoyable book. I loved the interactions between Hyacinth and Lady Danbury, I loved Gareth's legitimacy storyline and ofc, I loved Julia Quinn's writing.

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Reaching for the heart in the sky.
Received this gem in the books n beyond book box for the month of April.
Have any of you guys read it?

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Empire of Storms | Sarah J Maas
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I want to start Empire of Storms but I haven't yet gotten around to it. Which of the Throne of glass series is your favourite? Mine is Crown of Midnight. 💚

unreal Queen of Shadows 8y
lettersfromriya @Human_Laurel_Tree the only thing that's preventing queen of shadows from being my favourite is the downfall of my ship. #Chaolaena 8y
unreal That was my favourite ship... Then she met Rowan. 8y
lettersfromriya @Human_Laurel_Tree reading Heir of fire... I thought wow. What a good friendship. I'm glad they're friends. And QOS went and destroyed that for me lol 8y
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Night | Elie Wiesel
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Favorite nonfic.
Oh goodness, it was terrible.
What happened, that is.
Not the book.
The book was absolutely horrifying, though. Finished it over a period of two months. It's just 176 pages and yet I couldn't bring myself to read more than 10 pages a time if I'm in a jolly good mood. I would put it down after 3, most times.
Props to Wiesel for keeping it real.
Not the most pleasant of books but very important, indeed. @Booksandcooks #5555giveaway

Cinfhen Required reading for all humanity 💔 8y
Megabooks It's such an important book. Great choice. 8y
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lettersfromriya @Booksandcooks thanks! 💚 congratulations for 5555 8y
Megabooks Thanks! 😃 8y
BookNerdSarah And now I'm scared of reading it. What's it about? 8y
lettersfromriya @BookNerdSarah its actually an autobiographical novel of Elie Wiesel about his time in the Nazi concentration camps. 8y
BookNerdSarah @lettersfromriya Now it's definitely gonna be hard to read. Anything connected to the Nazi actions in the concentration camps breaks me. 8y
lettersfromriya @BookNerdSarah me too. But I thought that it was really important to know what actually went down in there. Because it's one thing to read about it on Wikipedia and history books and another to read a first person narration. 8y
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My Sister's Keeper | Jodi Picoult
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I watched the movie a long time ago and I look forward to reading the book next. I almost cried reading the first page just now.

carrceli The book is way better, obviously, and different 😉 8y
lettersfromriya @carrceli the twist in the movie broke my heart. 💔 8y
carrceli To be honest I don't really remember the movie all that well. I just remember being upset that they didn't follow the book ending- it was so much better. Let me know what you think when you are done with it. 8y
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lettersfromriya @carrceli wait! It's different!? I'm freaking out, now! 8y
carrceli Crap! I m sorry!! 8y
lettersfromriya @carrceli oh no it's alright. I don't quite remember the original ending either Haha. Saved. I'm excited, now! 8y
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Gemina | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
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So I tweeted Jay Kristoff my thoughts about Gemina and he replied! This is not a drill! 💕
!!!!!!!
Update : Amie Kaufman liked both of my tweets!!!!!

Megabooks I love interacting with authors on twitter! 8y
lettersfromriya @Booksandcooks me too! And they're all so nice! 8y
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Night Triumphant—and the Stars Eternal.
If he was the sweet, terrifying darkness, I was the glittering light that only his shadows could make clear.

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I see all of you, Rhys. And there is not one part that I do not love with everything that I am.

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The Nephelle Philosophy indeed. The weakness that had transformed into a strength hadn‘t been my wings, my flying. But Tamlin.

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Gemina | Amie Kaufman, Jay Kristoff
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What an amazing sequel to a unique series of books make up entirely of dossiers and memorandums.
Illuminae took us on an adventure with Kady and Ezra as they tried to escape a ship sent to Hunt the survivors down.
In Gemina, Hannah and Nik are at the station where Kady and Ezra are supposed to arrive in order to space jump to another part of the universe. But it seems like the enemy is already here and these four are up for a rude awakening.

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Night | Elie Wiesel
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124 pages into a 173 pages long book which is an autobiography of an Holocaust survivor and this is the first mention of Hitler.

tracyrowanreads It's so controlled. I read it without any real emotional reaction. Only when I finished did I weep. 8y
lettersfromriya @tracyrowanreads Hi! I honestly cannot read more than 10 pages at a time. Probably why I've been reading this for about 15 days. It's too much for me. Children being thrown into the furnance? Gives me nightmares. 8y
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Lady Midnight | Cassandra Clare
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I want to start reading this book already! I've had it for about a year and the second book is coming out later this month.
I still haven't gotten around to Lady Midnight because I haven't yet finished TMI. Last two books remain.
Gotta get on that.
Meanwhile, I just finished listening to the audiobook of 'To Sir Phillip, with love' by Julia Quinn and it was not excellent but not bad either. Also, on top of everything... it's finals month.

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First post!
I'm excited for this.

The story picks up a few weeks after #acomaf & Fayre literally kicks ass. #Rhysand is wonderful as ever and Sarah J Maas manages to juggle various storylines and gives depth to many individual characters all the while introducing more!
She is the real queen.
She manages to make me fall more in love with Rhysand (I KNOW) & serves so many other alternatives like Tarquin, Azriel, Cassian, and Helion & on & on.
Ehem.

BooksTeasAndBookishThings Welcome to Litsy!!! 😊❤️🙌📚🎉 And great first post 😍 8y
lettersfromriya @BooksTeasAndBookishThings thank you! I'm here through your recommendation of sorts on instagram. I'm impressed, so far 💕 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings It is such a great community, I swear I have never interacted with so many kind people. And my TBR is outrageously out of control and I love it 😍 8y
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lettersfromriya @BooksTeasAndBookishThings oh God, it truly is! I wish you all the good luck with that 😂 Who am I kidding? I'm the same. This is proof that I belong here. 😍 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings Yes, you do! And you will make so many friends among all of the Littens, I promise ❤️ 8y
lettersfromriya @BooksTeasAndBookishThings you'll be one of them, I hope. 💕 And Littens is so cute! 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings That was coined by our favourite book of the month judge, @Liberty ❤️ And I will most definitely be one of them 😊 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings Also, not sure if you saw on my post, but following active people is truly the best way for Litsy. You can follow the people that liked some of my last posts since you know they are active. And going onto your favourite books' profiles (like ACOWAR) will lead you to others that love the same books you do, so your recommendations will be books you are more certain to love 8y
lettersfromriya @BooksTeasAndBookishThings I'll get right on that! Thank you so much! You've been wonderful! 8y
BooksTeasAndBookishThings Anytime 😊 😘 8y
Andrew65 Welcome 😊 8y
lettersfromriya @Andrew65 thanks! 💚 8y
carrceli Welcome! Litzy is a wonderfully horrible place! 🤣 My TBR pile is huge and I blame many of the people here for excessive book buying (if there is such a thing). 8y
lettersfromriya @carrceli there is no such thing. I type that with an effortlessly straight face. I'm glad to be here! I've posted thrice already haha. So far I feel like I'll have to physically restrain myself from spending all my time here. 8y
DebinHawaii Welcome to Litsy!! 🎉📚👍😀 8y
lettersfromriya @DebinHawaii thanks! 💚 I'm loving it, here! 8y
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