Welcome to Litsy!

5⭐
This is my fourth time through this series, and my love for it remains strong. While I didn‘t love this quite as much as Illuminae, due to the confusing time warps, I still found it gripping. The newcomers—Nik, Hanna, and Ella—brought excellent chemistry and perfectly complement the already loveable crew of Kady, Ezra, & Aiden from book one.
🎙️The narration in this book brings the same🔥as book one.

This was my #BookSpin for this month, and I finished it with mere days to spare. With over 600 pages, I'm a little surprised at how quickly I flew through this book, but then again, it was awesome and didn't feel like 600+ pages. I need to get the final book, Obsidio NOW #SciFiSummer

I'm excited about this month's #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin! The tagged book will take me longer to get through, but The Day of the Troll is a fairly short audiobook that I'll probably finish within a week. I'll be reading both as part of #SciFiSummer.

As this is the second book in the series you would think it was not as good as the first… wrong it was just as good and as entertaining, sad, and complex as the first book. Loved it … the cover damage was because my hubby dropped it 😫

Awe look my little spaceman is in the book 😊📖👽

Just one of three books I found in Bulgaria. I will post some of the Bulgarian books I recognized as well

Thank you @Jas16 for sending me the whole series of Illuminae books. These editions are gorgeous! I do love the sound of Like Happiness too, what a great bonus. I‘m not sure which to dive into first. Thank you my friend 🙂📚🩷.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Holy crap this book is good. It‘s been several years since I read the first, but a few pages into this one it all came flooding back—and I‘d like to read the third book right now, please.

I have been in a huge book slump, but finally pulled myself out. 🎉

Gemina is the 2nd book in this trilogy. I enjoyed the new characters & it was just as action packed as the first. I like the visuals they add in to emphasize different parts.

I think my favorite detail was the computer virus in form of the pop song Lollipop playing and popping up all the time. 🎵

On to the finale!

1. Yes
2. Gemina with Nik and Hanna

Tonight Pippin is joining me while I read and my partner plays Zelda. He is not impressed with how much room this book takes up on my lap.

#CatsOfLitsy

I really liked rereading this for the #FabulousFebruary #Readathon. While I liked the Ezra\Kady story line better, Nik and Hannah didn't disappoint. This time I'm going to finish the series!
@Andrew65 #SeriesRead2022 @TheSpineView

Following suit from Illuminae, I LOVED this book! The new set of characters on the Heimdal are great and I loved the appearance of Kady and AIDEN. Again, a physical + audio book tandem read is highly recommended! There is a "song" in this one and it is hysterical to hear!

Book 2 of the Illuminae Files, it takes place 5minutes after Illuminae ends. Same format, same great action and dialogue. There's a new couple to cheer for as well in Hanna, the pampered Captain's daughter, and Nik, understudy in a crime family with an almost heart of gold.

Wow... This book was amazing! Look at it! Even the cover and pages are pretty! This book was filled with visuals that were very nice and they also helped keep me engaged, seeing that it‘s quite a long book. Totally recommend to anyone especially people who like to read science-fiction. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

She is a queen on this battlefield of ones and zero.

And blood and loss and tears and screams do not matter anymore. Because at least they are together.

“Patients and Silence had one beautiful daughter. And her name was Vengeance.”

“OMG Dad, you are mortifying.”
“In that case, I can only assume I am parenting well. I believe it comes with the job description.”

Translation:
I focus on the pain.
The only thing that‘s real.

He let her put tiny braids in his hair, as long as she didn‘t tell. He could do push-ups while she sat on his shoulders. He let her practice her punches on him. She looked at the stars. He looked at her.

I loved this book and couldn‘t put it down. When I finished it, I felt that I needed to read the next one immediately. This is turning out to be one of my favorite seres ever! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

“You might get only one shot. So shoot. You know who said that?“
The rifle clatters to the bloody floor.
“Hanna ----ing Donelly. That's who.“

That faded blue catches fire as her smile blooms bright. And blood and loss and tears and screams do not matter anymore, because at least they are together.

Book 36 of 2021. Another fabulous, nail biting installment of The Illuminae Files. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I read this in one sitting. It will never cease to amaze me that paying just $12.99 can get you an experience this forking good! I love this series so much!

Alas, I have emerged and come to tell you all that this book was fantastic. Loved it. Now excuse me while I burrow into a nest and disappear again to finish this trilogy!

Kthxbye

How I‘m spending the remaining few hours I have left at work 🤗

I hope everyone has a great start to their weekend 🌻

Told you I was whizzing through this! Kaufman & Kristoff are geniuses at making me turn pages and suck me into the story! The last line, “You wanna know how it ends?” Hell yeah! Fortunately the next book is on a bookshelf upstairs. This is an amazing series - just fantastic! #FabulousFebruary #WinterRespite #SERIES2021 #SHUTDOWNRound2 #BFC21 #BookSpinBingo #21 #100YEARS100BOOKS

This book was a nice book but it sadly not my taste, and I thought that I won‘t continue the series because it wasn‘t my type and why read a book not my type. I personally say it‘s not such a good book but I have a friend that really liked it so it isn‘t a bad book. I will go with a so-so but I really can be ‘pick‘ if you like science fiction and books that are set in space.

❐ Overall Rating 5 | Narration 5+
This book was not quite as good as the first book...but it was still excellent, the parallel universe element lost me a bit...but with my re-listen, I definitely got a better handle on what transpired. I‘ve now read this book once and listened to the audio twice.

This made me laugh so hard... I know it doesn‘t seem that funny but you gotta read the rest of the page! It‘s hilarious, but full of spoilers.

Why do all of the books I read end with a cliffhanger? Can someone please explain? Anyways, the book was great. The series just keeps improving! Can‘t wait to get the last book in the series!

My 5 star reads for 2020. I‘m a bit surprised looking them over, I‘m not normally a big fan of non-fiction and two made the cut this year. I think Gemina was my overall fav, I just wasn‘t expecting it to be as good as it was and I haven‘t shut up about it since 😋. Crescent city was a close second, I‘ve already re-read it

I finally made it to 50 followers! I can‘t say I did this all by myself and so I give a special thanks to everyone that is following me. (I couldn‘t list 50 people individually so this was my idea)

Wow, that had some confusing parts to it because there was alternate dimensions/times. I was almost upset with the ending, but it actually ended really well. It also left on a cliffhanger leading you to want the last book.

A great reading day yesterday for day 2 of #24B4Monday. 1 book finished, 769 pages read and 10 hrs 16 mins of reading time. Altogether up to 14 hrs 20 mins. Need to clock up 9 hrs 40 mins on day 3 if to get to 24 hrs.

Continuing #24B4Monday by listening to book two in the Illuminae Files Series. So far got 1 hr 56 mins on Saturday bring total reading up to 6 hrs. A quarter of the way there! Need to read 18 hrs in 35 hrs 20 minutes if to complete it.

Finished the first book yesterday, so moved straight onto book 2 of this trilogy during my commute today. #24B4Monday

Blew me out of the water! Just like the first book, #Gemina was hard to put down. The ending definitely pushes you to buy the 3rd book, so I guess I‘m seeing Obsidio in my doorstep sometime soon. The only issue I ever had is the inapposite sense of humor (just like the first book). Lots of joking in the middle of a crisis. This seems to be true for the first book as well, so maybe it‘s just something I need to get used to. Nevertheless 10/10!

Next up, the #trope-icalreadathon. Readathon 2 of 5 for August!

Note: I'm trying to tag a book with each that I am fairly certain that I will read for a chosen prompt 👌

Forgot to post last week's book haul, part 2! Clearly I was on a YA binge, as everything but All My Mother's Lovers are YA. Tagging the one I think I'll read first out of these, which is Gemina (I had previously started it as an ebook borrowed from the library, but for some reason couldn't get into it in that format!)

🎧 UGH! I‘m on the fence. What are your thoughts. The Audible was definitely fun with a cast and sound effects that were actually pretty good but I was either glued to the story or frustrated with it. More happy than not so I‘m reading book three! ⭐️⭐️⭐️4/5

I love this series! Admittedly, I like the plot if the first one better because it's so damn creepy...but I love Nik and Hanna (and not just because she spells her name thr correct way/does martial arts). Aiden is...in a strange twist...BAE.

Trying to enjoy a little outdoor reading tonight.

And this is how I spend my afternoons. New book. New adorable little house.