Welcome to Litsy!

This was so good! A YA Sci-fi epic that feels like a mix of Top Gun and Star Wars. After needing to take a break from YA that was all seeming the same, it is great to find some great YA books again. I look forward to continuing this series. 5⭐️
2 bingos for my #bookspinbingo 3rd book done for #20in4 #readathon

“Only fools crawled to the surface.”
#FirstLineFridays

#weekendreads

1. Splitting time between 4 books 😜 Listening Skye O‘Malley, Physical books - The Eye of the World & Instructions for Dancing, KU - Two Kingdoms
2. HEA always
3. Tagged! I want to read more Sanderson

Thought this was your average YA book in space. But it turned into something really interesting.

MC starts flying school to show everyone that her family is better than their reputation. She makes friends and enemies and unusual allies.

I'm looking forward to reading the next book.

#AwesomeAugust @Andrew65

Just finished another great Brandon Sanderson, my #DoubleSpin for this month and I loved it. First in a 3 book series, looking forward to next ones.

Also finished a couple more books started in July, both great: The Midnight Library by Matt Haig and Leonard Cohen's Book of Longing.
All of them picks.

And since I didn't post my #BookSpinBingo card yet, here it is now.

As always, thank you @TheAromaOfBooks!

I‘m reading The Mistborn Trilogy and I‘m loving the friendships in it. They just make my heart happy. So I started thinking about all of the other friendships that I‘ve loved throughout the years. Here are a few books that have great friendships.

What book besties are your favorites?

https://wildwoodreads.com/2021/07/16/book-besties-that-i-love/

Wow! This one is the best SF book I‘ve read in several years! Starts off a little slow, but then you can‘t put it down. Stayed up way too late finishing it last night so I will probably need extra coffee to get through the work day. 😏 If you‘re a fan of SF I highly recommend. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new - don‘t judge me I have a lot of books.
Join the fun if you want. This is day 103
#bookstoread
#tbrpile
#bookstagram

As I‘ve said a million times, sci-fi isn‘t usually my thing. But lately I‘ve been in a rut. I wanted something different so I gave Skyward a try. I‘m glad I did. I really enjoyed it!

Also, I‘d love to know your favorite sci-fi books. I‘m on the hunt for more. Let me know in the comments!

https://wildwoodreads.com/2021/03/29/skyward-by-brandon-sanderson-review/

Really enjoyed this book and it‘s my #bookspin book! Fantastic on audio and now I need to hunt down the next one. I absolutely enjoyed the characters and all the twists and turns. @TheAromaofBooks

Wow. Just wow. This book was absolutely amazing. Once I got to the last 100 pages, I thought I had it figured out just to find out I had nothing figured out at all. By far one of my favorite books of this year. This was my very first Brandon Sanderson book and I was definitely not disappointed.

I haven‘t read a Sci Fi book since I was in high school, and I think the last Sci Fi Series I Read was The Lunar Chronicles (💙💙). With that being said, it‘s been a hot minute since I have read anything from this genre. I couldn‘t have picked a more perfect re-introduction into Sci Fi than this one! 🚀 Thoroughly engaging, and full of details that made the scenes and atmosphere feel real. Held my attention from the very beginning.

I wanted to read this book and I am so happy to have it. Thank you again @Deifio 😘😘

#LitsyLoveWinterSwap #LLWS #LitsyLove #Skyward #brandonsanderson #scifi #tbr

Thank you Fiona @Deifio for these beautiful gifts❤😍❤ We open it last night but it was so dark to take picture so we took this today morning when the sun wake up. Leja said thank you (Hvala in slovenian language). She loves unicorn and took it immediately.
You asked me the same question as I do. Do we read each other minds😂
#LitsyLoveWinterSwap #LLWS #secretsanta #sweetsurprise #litsylove @rsteve388 @Bookgoil

My #5StarReads2020 #FiveStarReads2020
I‘m sure I‘ll have at least 1 more by the time the year‘s up... I‘m listening to Starsight right now..... 🤩🤩🤩

Thanks for the tag @Chrissyreadit ! 😘😘

Tagging, if you‘re interested and haven‘t done it yet ... @LeahBergen @TheAromaofBooks @MaleficentBookDragon @cobwebmoth @TK421 @SamHeartCoffee @TheSpineView @LibrarianRyan

(And if you have done it already — I look forward to seeing your picks! 😁😘♥️)

This was amazing!

This started with Becky Chambers/Wayfarers vibes (certain aspects of premise/world building style are similar) which was great! Then came an extreme eye rolling moment of almost DNF-worthy teenage wish fulfilment (if you've read it you'll know) which was not so great. BUT THEN ... total immersion & compulsive page turning & not 1 but 2 twists *gasp* & knuckle biting action & gotta buy the next one & WOW, that was a lot of fun!

Very excited to start this one today. With thanks to #netgalley for this book.

2/2 @Avanders all of these goodies are sheer perfection! I‘m going to have to hit up our organic store for more! @Mommamanzi this included three #CBBC books- I‘ll try to get to them quickly for you!

1/2 #cbbc @Avanders you continue to insanely spoil me! And no I have not read the book. I love it all, but particularly adore the necklace!

This is by far one of my favorite science fiction books. Sanderson does a great job at world building and allows you to really understand the characters and their universe. Perfectly developed and interesting characters, I read this entire book in one sitting.

Really loved this one. It is my first Sanderson novel and I‘m a fan. I look forward to reading the second one as well as his adult novels.

#brandonsanderson #skyward #claimthestars

Teen Angst
#BBRC

These are my #top6reads of 2020 so far! The first 5 were easy picks... the 6th probably tied with a handful of others... Can you guess which one that is? 😏😁

JUNE READS

Only two books this month but both of them were pretty epic! I honestly can't tell which one is better. They are both so different, both have strong characters yet incomparable in terms of the severity of the story. I strongly recommend both!

I've had so much fun reading this book; I nearly swallowed it whole. I enjoyed getting to know the main character, she was funny and witty, determined and strong. The world is slowly introduced and yet the book never gets boring. I loved the side characters and don't even get me started on M-Bot. He made the book so much better! And of course I have to mention Jerkface..

Two more books to add to my tbr! Happy reading all!

Well this kicked me right out of my reading slump. I absolutely loved it!! ❤️

⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Spin wants to become a pilot like her father, who was branded a traitor, and fight against the aliens that attack her world. That plot has been written a thousand times before, but this book has great world building and unique details like Doomslug and M-Bot. I couldn't put it down because I needed to know why it was all happening. It's the first one in a series but thankfully it doesn't end on a cliffhanger and we get answers.

I feel like there are explosions going off in my brain after that.

I listened to the entire last hour just staring at this image. 🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

5 stars... all the stars... claim the stars.....
💫💫💫💫💫

“Review” based on audiobook at 1.5x speed.

Loving this audiobook. Wish I had more time to listen!

Hoping everyone is staying safe out there. 💔🖤

I am posting one book per day from my extensive to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it, I just do. Some will be old, some will be new. Don‘t judge me - I have a lot of books. Join the fun if you want.
This is day 14 #bookstoread #tbrpile

Wow, this was great! Excellent science fiction. Well paced, funny, exciting.. Loved it. ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

Loved this book so much. Listened to it on audio and the narrator was fabulous. The board includes my 3 favorite things about this book in no particular order (that‘s a lie, M-Bot is at the top of the list for important reasons). Really enjoyable read/listen. Looking forward into jumping into book 2 after I finish some other reads I need to do first.

I love this sci-fi series! The MC is courageous, if a little foolhardy, and there are adorable and hilarious side characters (aka. the doom slug and m-bot). I couldn't stop reading from start to finish and found it was the same with the second installment. These would be great for #SpringBreak. I can't wait for the finale! #MarchMadness

I‘m genuinely enjoying this story. M-Bot is hilarious, I need a Doomslug in my life, and Spensa has some awesome people around her.

“Humans have free will. Free will is the ability to make irrational decisions—to act against stimuli. That makes it impossible for a rational AI to ever fully anticipate humans, for even if I had perfect understanding of your inputs, you could still do something completely unpredictable. It means you‘re weird,” M-Bot added.
“Uh…,” I said.
“Don‘t worry. I like you anyway.”
***
I love M-bot.

Awesome! Why isn't there more?! Not once was there a lull in this epic story. One of the best I've read for quite a long time. Definitely recommend reading. Thank you Brandon Sanderson for doing a Sci-Fi novel.

Now I own all of Sanderson‘s works. But now where to put these newest ones...

Rating: 5/5 Stars
What a ride! Lately my depression has been kicking my butt and everything is uninteresting and cannot hold my attention. But, this book finally held my attention! I could not put it down. It was fun and made my heart race with me on the edge of my seat. I‘m glad I took a risk with this since I didn‘t like Mistborn. This is a must read!
#litsy #littens #skyward #brandonsanderson #tbr #mustread #bibliophile #fivestars #pick

Current read. My depression has had me doing a lot of book jumping. #currentread #bipolar #depression #brandonsanderson #bookstagram #bibliophile #litsy #littens

5⭐️ I absolutely loved this story. The characters are great, the humor hilarious at times, and the action was fast paced. This was my first Brandon Sanderson but definitely won‘t be my last.
Now I just need to come up with a call sign. 😀

Gave this one a reread before moving on to Starsight and I think I love it even more than the first time I read it. Sanderson never fails to amaze me.

Amazing!

This book was honestly the pinnacle of sci-fi, up there with Illuminae on my favourite books. Though it isn‘t hardcore sci-fi like Illuminae, it would be something like a “lost” sci-fi. The book takes place on a cavern filled planet where our characters were stranded years ago after an attack from an alien species. They must constantly fend off attacks from the “Krell” and untangle the past - before they crashed. 9.5/10 would recommend too anyone.

Once I got into the story, this book was tough to put down, and I read all 500 pages this weekend. The characters were well developed with unique personalities. Along with the humans, M-Bot and the Doomslug were fantastic characters. The character dynamic involved plenty of humor, which was a perfect complement to a serious plot, and there was almost nonstop action through most of the story.

#sciencefiction #YA #TRS2019

The hubs and I spent the afternoon at an awesome bookstore! They had tones of great condition used books and lots of awesome antique books as well! We may have gone a little nuts. 😆📚📚📚 #BookHaul

I loved this audio book so much! I‘m not generally a fan of Sanderson, but this book was SO well written! It avoided a lot of the tropes and plots holes of teen fiction, had great character development, an interesting and flushed out story, and it did NOT end on a cliffhanger! The reader was great, the MC , call sign Spin, was a great character who was a strong independent woman who learned key life lessons with humor if not grace. 5/5 stars

My evening plans consist of a new #YA read, chocolate pecan bars, and a hot cup of tea since it actually feels like fall. I‘ve never read any of Brandon Sanderson‘s books before, but just a few pages in I‘m thoroughly interested.

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

📖 Currently working on the Tagged book and an Arc titled Tuesday Mooney Talks to Ghosts.
📖 Royal Assassin
📖 I have not sat down and thought about October yet. The end of September snuck up on me so I best get on ita