While I loved the first few stories, the last half felt like it had nothing to do with the rest and was only added because Chambers had them done and wanted them published. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ photo featuring a curious Goblin #catsoflitsy

This month‘s Mother-Daughter Murder Mystery Book Club read with @AmyK1 was so different from most other books I‘ve read, and so interesting!! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I have not read this author‘s first book, but i absolutely fell in love with this one. Magical and historical and so, so interesting to read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Finished both of these in the last few days—one the October pick for the Mother-Daughter Murder Mystery Book Club me and @AmyK1 do, and the other a highly anticipated history book! I loved them both so much, to be honest. Recommend!!!

While not as much of a mystery as other books @AmyK1 and I have read for our Mother Daughter Murder Mystery Book Club, this was a lot of fun!! I really enjoyed it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book was sent to me by a wonderful friend, and i really enjoyed it!! Amazing fantasy with super cool worldbuilding. Picture includes: the kitten who really wanted my attention when I was trying to take the photo. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This month‘s read for my mother-daughter murder mystery book club with @AmyK1
This one was my pick, and it was a wild ride! Every twist caught me off guard
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This was such a cute, fluffy read—just what I was looking for! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ One of the best historical books I‘ve read this year!

While not my favorite Poirot, this was really unique and I was lost as to the solution for the entire book! Picked by @AmyK1 for our mother-daughter murder mystery book club this month!
Feat. Goblin, who really wanted to be in the picture. #catsoflitsy

Mild pick for me; I loved the writing and characters, but the ending made me so mad! I don‘t think I‘ll continue the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Had to take a picture of this one with my albums—loved reading about the history of some of my favorite bands and the scene they grew out of! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another book finished! I did find this one more confusing than the Earthsea books I‘ve read before, but still a great read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Loved this one as much as the first—and was just as stumped by it! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Read with @AmyK1 for this month‘s mother daughter murder mystery book club

My work received the ARC of this new sci-fi epic, and I‘ve been devouring every word! Good for fans of Iron Widow and anyone who likes space, mech battles, and revenge. This comes out later this month (the 21st!) and I am so tempted to get myself the fancy edition with sprayed edges.
Also pictured: my roommate‘s new kitten, Goblin! #catsoflitsy

Two recently finished books! I finally finished Babel, after a year, and the other is a buddy read with @AmyK1 for mother-daughter murder mystery book club! Really enjoyed both, though I don‘t remember a lot of Babel…. 😄

I really enjoyed this book, my first by any of the three authors! I‘ve been very interested in the sinking of the Lusitania since reading Dead Wake last year, and this book was like the perfect treat. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Another book in my quest to read everything Gaiman‘s written (for adults, anyway). Not everything in this was a hit for me, but I really enjoyed most of them, especially the last one, Black Dog, and one in the middle about a cave in the mountains. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I saw this book on the shelf at work, and knew I just HAD to read it with my mom, @AmyK1 We enjoy reading murder mysteries and talking about them together, and we both liked this one a lot! Now I want to go kayaking, lol. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Got this as an ARC through my job at a bookstore.
I enjoyed this book and found it quite funny. However, I did find some of the plot, especially towards the end, very confusing, which detracted from my enjoyment. I can‘t tell for sure, though, if this was a book problem or a me problem. I also disliked the fact that the MC was never given a name. I understand why Bradley chose to do this, but I felt more detached from the main character. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book is a real-talk, lighthearted yet serious letter to young black girls all over America, from someone who understands them. I‘m not the target audience, but I loved reading it and related to quite a few things! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I feel like I learned so much from reading this—I‘d recommend it to anyone! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Wow. I LOVED this book. So glad I suggested it for book club!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ the author was one of my professors in college (for creative writing) and I always enjoyed his classes—glad to say I enjoyed his stories too!

I picked this one up on a whim during a slow day at work, and I absolutely loved it! I‘ll for sure be looking out for lord of Holland‘s work. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book wasn‘t at ALL what I expected. Way more philosophical and introspective than I expected, but in a way I enjoyed! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

All three books in this series have blown me out of the water completely! I feel so much for these characters, and I‘ve loved this journey so much. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

She really stumped me with this one—I had no clue who it could be till the end! Not my favorite, but very good, of course. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This was a really spooky book, though some aspects were vague to the point that Jade‘s conclusions seemed to come out of nowhere to me—I don‘t know how she put it all together! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Our most recent book club read, and not a favorite. At least it‘s short and easily readable! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I really enjoyed reading through this mythology book! I learned several stories I hadn‘t read before.

3.75 stars for this book club pick. I didn‘t really like the short chapters combined with jumping between the narrators and constant time skips, but I did enjoy learning about these two women.

Larson never fails to provide a throughly readable and informative book. This one has the double honor of pulling me out of a reading slump, as it‘s the first book I‘ve managed to finish in a month… oops!

Book club pick! I really liked this one; though I didn‘t think the ending was very satisfying. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️😭

Soft pick; the writing style didn‘t seem to gel well with the subject, especially early in the book. I did enjoy it, though! ⭐️⭐️⭐️.75

DNF‘d this one upon realizing I‘m not as interested in it as I used to be. Kind of sad, but oh well.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ not my favorite Backman, but still a good read! Parvaneh is the best

Most recent book club pick! This one had been on my list for a long time so I‘m glad I finally got to read it, even if it was… a little hard to read at times ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This book. Why did I wait over a year to read it?? It‘s so good, I‘m blown away. Also, I‘m counting it for my march #bookspin and #doublespin, as both were to read any of my BOTM books that month! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

This series has been on my list for ages, so of course I picked up the physical copy of this when I found it recently—and I‘m so glad I did! I love Murderbot so much, and this little adventure was such a delight to read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I thought I had this one, but Christie surprised me as always! This one is shorter than some of the other Poirot novels, but no less engrossing. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Of course I love this. This is either my third or fourth read (I lose track), and it‘s just as magical and fun as I remember! So excited to discuss in book club tomorrow

Sadly this one wasn‘t for me. All the parts I didn‘t like about The Great Gatsby, but more boring. #doublespin this month, but at least I tried it!

My first read of Weir‘s fiction, and I sadly wasn‘t impressed. I did enjoy knowing more about Lady Jane Grey, but I found the writing just too modern in many places. Perhaps her later novels are better! ⭐️⭐️⭐️

And here‘s my May #bookspin list! I really need to finish the tagged (I‘ve been putting it off…) and the others are ones I‘m excited to read!

Finished my April #doublespin just in time for next month‘s drawing tomorrow! I‘m a huge Gaiman fan, so while I didn‘t like all of these short stories and poems, I‘m glad I read them. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️.5

And this is what I got from the #greatercharlottebookcrawl! I know you can‘t see all the book titles, but I wanted to show the pins too, lol.

Some members of my IRL book club and I—with @AmyK1 of course—hit 8 stores on the #greatercharlottebookcrawl today!! It was so much fun; Liberty Bookstore in Rock Hill was my favorite (not a surprise, because I went there in college and adored it). Haul in a separate post!

I was able to read this ARC due to working at a bookstore, and I honestly really liked it!! The romance was a bit TOO steamy for me (I prefer less sex scenes), and I found the love interest a tad possessive at times, but this book really made me feel things! If you‘re interested in an epic fantasy set in an original world with dragons and some steamy romance, check this out when it‘s released! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

⭐️⭐️⭐️ Not the first Jamie Ford I‘ve read, but you can tell it was his first book. Overall a good story, but not compelling enough for me to come back to! #bookspin