Welcome to Litsy!

This wasn't at all what I expected but I loved it! This was way darker than I anticipated and reminded me of Romeo and Juliet for some reason even though the story is totally different. This is a book for thriller fans.

Best of Christmas! ❤🎄

My second choise for this Christmas's reading. I'm already hooked. I'm soooo happy with both of my choises! This and the Melinda Gates one. 😍

Darker than I was expecting, but a decent mystery.

Interesting. Loved the bookstore setting in Denver and the slow burn of the mystery. Didn‘t live how one dimensional some of the characters were, others were more fully crafted so it seemed a little disjointed. I did enjoy it though and it was good on audio. #BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

#currentlisten

My reward today was to finally take some time to go through my last #LMPBC package from @DinoMom

I just LOVED reading through the commentary on this book, kinda makes me wish I‘d sent it out first and then read it after you all marked it up.

Also filling my #littensdressedinblood prompt for #mugandbook. This is actually my first bookish mug and it looks to be the perfect shape and size for tea!

Thanks to you again Sharon and to all the GroupX

Yay , no damage! Also @BookishTrish bribery in the form of nerds is always the way to go. Happy these two picks have arrived safely… see my last post!!! Someone at the post office spilled a lot of coffee on this package by the smell and look of it. Thanks @TheKidUpstairs and @Read-y_Picker for the picks.
#LMPBC #groupx11 @suvata

It looks like it took its sweet time getting to NB, Sharon. Let me know if you got it! #lmpbc @DinoMom

@DinoMom Thers an #lmpbc package heading your way.

I‘m kind of bored by it.

Just started this, so idk how to feel about it yet since I‘m only 30 pages in but hoping this is ok.

Really enjoyed this! Not what I thought I was getting, but in this case that was for the better. #JoyousJanuary #Readathon

I'm housesitting so I get to remember what it's like to own pets, to have someone do excited when I walk in the door... I was interested in this book because of the Denver connection, but the audiobook is driving me crazy. The audiobook reader makes it seem like everyone talks VERY SLOWLY WITH LOTS OF PAUSES and I listen at 1.5x the usual speed!

Got some pretty sweet book swag this Christmas. This might be one of my favorites though!

Can I finish this before the end of the year? I hope so. This will round me out to an even 90 for the year.

I‘m posting one book per day from my ever-increasing TBR. No description. No explanation. Just books to read. Join the fun if you want.

Day 17.

#fromthetbrstacks

Apparently I didn't read the synopsis of this because I didn't realize there was going to be so much murder 😂
Besides the murders it did remind me of working in a bookstore, all the quirky characters you meet and work with.
Overall a solid read. Not one I would shove on everyone but definitely would not discourage it.

Is it wrong that I feel the same way?

November is half over and it has so far been a terrible reading month. I have a table filled with books I had been hoping to get through. With the election and the craziness after it, and with a cat that has been sick all week, and too much work I am getting no reading done! Hoping to finish out the month stronger.

Crap! I forgot book club got moved up a week. I need to switch off to this one.
Photobomb by Hades.

Joey Molina kills himself in the bookstore's upper room. Lydia needs to know why. She finds clues in his books that are hidden messages. Is Lydia's life about to become unraveled?
The story is a bit dark and creepy for a bookstore novel. The characters are interesting and the plot keeps you guessing until the very end. Lots of mystery and intrigue keep the pages turning. I'm looking forward to reading Sullivan's next book. Recommended.

1. Listening to this audio but haven‘t finished yet. It‘s about suicide in a bookstore and Lydia gets clues from pages of books. Dark and creepy but looking forward to the ending.

2. Hot tea and cinnamon raisin toast.

3. 1776 in Philadelphia where I was born.

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs Great questions

@TheSpineView Thanks for the tag!

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@Schlinkles received this today. Thank you!! #WhoDunitTheSequel
@Librarybelle

I'm enjoying this one much more than I expected.

I don‘t remember why I bought this book, except maybe the cover & setting interested me. I‘m sure I thought it was a light mystery, but I‘ve seen reviews since then that warned me it‘s dark (the suicide mentioned on the back should have clued me in). Still a good story & interesting mystery. Don‘t want to give spoilers. This is my #bookspin for September. @TheAromaofBooks #bookspinbingo

It was a good book day for me yesterday. I went by the library to pick up a hold (bottom) & got to be the first one to check out A Rogue of One‘s Own. I was really excited to fill out out my #bookspinbingo board. I‘ve had both my bookspin books for about 2 years. The tagged I just put on my list this month, the other has been on there all year.

I really enjoyed this book! There was a lot of depth, mystery and intrigue, and of course, the bonus that a lot of the story centers around a book store, always an added bonus. I enjoyed the characters and this was another book where there's a story within another story. I really was kept guessing until the very last chapters. I'd give this 4.5 stars, and recommend it to anyone who enjoys intrigue!

Starting

I enjoyed this little mystery.

#bookmail

I LOVED this book!!!! I loved every character, I didn't see anything coming and I felt justified at the end! One of bookseller Lydia's favorite patrons commits suicide and leaves a trail of breadcrumbs for her to follow, intertwining everyone's lives in the book. A definite keep and read again, which says a lot!!

I was prepared for this book to really lure me in, and while it was quite readable and I liked it ok, it just didn‘t deliver the can‘t put it down experience.

This was a slow start but gripping once I got into it, and not at all what I expected from the cover. At times atmospheric and sad, at other times creepy as all get out (I made the mistake of reading this right before bed and got to the creepy part), it was absorbing but a bit of a downer for me. Between a pick and a so-so so I'll give it a pick.
#whodunitthesequel

I expected this to be much lighter based on the cover, but it's a fairly dark mystery with a (mostly) solid premise. I'd be happy to read more from this author.

#pop20 #bookthathasabookonthecover #litsyatoz @BookishMarginalia #whodunitthesequel

#BoundTogetherJune #Midnight
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

#MagicalMay Midnight #matbib
(re)Posting my own post from couple of years ago 😉😉

Interesting book that follows a bookstore worker trying to uncover the truth about a costumer who dies in her store. The book blends the past and present to unravel the mystery. Some parts are unbelievable, but it works for the story. There are lots of literary references mixed throughout, which I enjoyed.

A good book - not crazy gripping, but more than enough to keep me interested and listening. I don't usually do mysteries, but I can recommend this one!

@ScientistSam I got your #whodunitthesequel off today. Looks like around next Wednesday for delivery. 🤞🤞 Sorry I forgot the pic, but just look for the usual purple and white polka dot package. 🤣🤣💕 Hugs to you!

@Librarybelle

I enjoyed my latest #whodunitthesequel book, a twisty and eerie mystery (really TWO mysteries, a murder mystery and an identity mystery). Alternating between past and present events, Lydia (a bookstore worker) tries to unearth the real identity of a friend and why he committed suicide. In doing so, she reopens an horrific event from her own past. Very dark and a bit too coincidental but still nicely engrossing. 4/5⭐️

@Librarybelle @ScientistSam

Up next is my current #whodunitthesequel book. I‘m going in with no prior knowledge. 😳😊

#coverlove 💜
@Librarybelle

Just about to start a new audiobook - hope this one can keep my attention better than most books have lately.

What do you typically use for a bookmark? I definitely have a soft spot for real bookmarks, as opposed to the slips of paper and receipts my husband uses in his books. I recently participated in a bookmark exchange and the friend who selected my name sent me this gorgeous bookmark made by The Pampered Book! I was automatically in love when I saw it!

As I am sure is common for all of us, there are definitely certain tropes I gravitate towards in books! Let me tell you all about them in my latest video! https://youtu.be/Bs7wV78eGhE

#booktube #booktropes #favoritetropes #bookstorebooks #abductionstories #gothicmysteries #ghoststories #unsolvedmysteries #dogbooks

It took me a while to get into this, but it was a good, dark & twisty mystery. Great use of the bookstore setting and the book puzzle trope. I'm realizing that I really like novels about women working in bookstores while dealing with past traumas... not exactly a genre listed on Goodreads haha

My first finished book of the year! Yay! Unfortunately I didn‘t enjoy it as much as I thought I would, the beginning was a bit slow and I wasn‘t a huge fan of how the ending turned out because it was a bit too predictable for my taste. A bit blah for me but then again it isn‘t my usual genre so that might also have something to do with it.

Sorry this is late - I got distracted by the holidays. It‘s coming your way, @ferskner ! #whodunitthesequel

I didn‘t quite see where this book was going but I‘m glad I read it. It‘s a nice easy read for over New Years and I love book books. I liked the characters and wish I saw more of Raj sooner.