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Ninth House | 
Thank you to my Secret Santa for my Santa Thing books! Merry Christmas 🎅 🎄
#santathing #bookmail #swap #bookswap #ninthhouse #leighbardugo
bailedListen… Leigh Bardugo is an amazing writer. She‘s got so much talent! But I just couldn‘t get into this book! Written beautifully. But not my cup of tea what‘s so ever. There were moments that sparked my interest. But overall, I found it hard to get into and sometimes it just confused me.
Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #ninthhouse
#leighbardugo #bookbeast #bookjoy #bookbuds
What are you reading? 😊
bailedI feel terrible bailing on this seeing as not one but TWO people gifted it to me in swaps last year. 😬 I just couldn‘t take it anymore. Maybe I wasn‘t in the right state of mind for it… It was what I attempted to read most of the time I was sick. Might give it a second chance later, but leaning towards likely not. I found the characters, especially Alex, to be extremely unlikeable and rather boring. The writing style grated on my nerves too.
I read the author enewsletter that I‘d forgotten I‘d signed up for… and the vibe is it‘s going to be awhile.
She has started it tho but other *secret* projects were mentioned so high chance it‘s not her top priority.
So sorry to have disappeared in the middle of #screamathon. I haven‘t been feeling great lately and while I do have a partial answer (hormone levels), my doctor is running some more tests to make sure all bases are covered. I‘ve been sleeping A LOT. 😩 And not reading much at all. I‘ll be updating the Google form soon.
This was a fantastic read! Don‘t you just love how the snake pops on the cover?
#pop21 #blackwhitecover
#scarathlon
pickThis book is a slow burn in a really interesting setting. The mystery was complex and I will definitely pick up the next one to see where it goes. The only thing I struggled with was that this book was very dark and none of the characters were overly likeable. Bardugo is likely going for the idea that there's no such thing as a perfect hero but at times it I found it hard to read. A very original mystery.
pickFar from the #GrishaVerse, this was a good #OutstandingOctober read.
Ghosts, magic, secret societies.
Looking forward to the next book in the series, which hopefully will be published soon.
@Andrew65
I love starting a new book when I've already got several books going.
That's why, I've started reading the tagged book and am about 35% in already.
#OutstandingOctober #readathon @Andrew65
I'm 55% through this and other than a few scenes, I'm bored. Pushing through this one for you @MegaWhoppingCosmicBookwyrm so we can discuss it.
Currently reading for #LittensDressedInBlood and #screamathon @MidnightBookGirl @4thhouseontheleft
My current reads are both Dark Academia and fitting my mood perfectly! Loving both of them! #adowrtr #screamathon
pickThe book had a slow start, but picked up and became GREAT. Glad I stuck it out.
bailedI‘ll probably try to read this again later on. Bc I rly disliked it. And I tried! Got close to 75% and decided it wasn‘t worth it. To be fair, I didn‘t quite enjoy Six of Crows when I first read it, but I LOVE it today… oh well
#LittensDressedInBlood – Ghostbuster – Alex isn‘t quite a ghostbuster, but her job does involve dealing with ghosts! Leigh Bardugo mentioned on Instagram a little while back that she was working on the sequel to this—I‘m so excited!
1. Finally being able to harvest some of the veggies and fruits I have been watching grow all summer long! 🍅🌳
2. There‘s a certain crisp feeling in the air, but I start celebrating usually the last week of august 😂
3. Ninth House by Leigh Bardugo! I‘m hoping it pulls me away from fantasy and towards horror and thriller by October 🎃🔪👻
Thanks for tagging me @jeannasser
pickLeigh Bardugo was one of those authors I hadn‘t stopped hearing about since I joined Litsy, but I never had a chance to read.
That all changed when I heard about her campus/magic novel based on the secret societies of Yale. This book was much better than I expected, with some parallels to Harry Potter. Highly recommended!
"By the time Alex managed to get the blood out of her good wool coat, it was too warm to wear it."
#firstlinefridays
@ShyBookOwl
pickAbsolutely loved this book! With imaginative worldbuilding and multiple mysteries, it's a brilliant blend of paranormal fantasy/horror and murder mystery. It's an intense, dark story full of magic, ghosts, demons, and a secret society on a college campus; and themes of race, class, gender. (Trigger warnings: abuse, drugs, self-harm, rape.) The flashback/flashforward structure suited the narrative well in my opinion. And the gritty protagonist Alex
Gorgeous evening calls for reading in the park. And I'm loving this book so far!
pickThe tagged 📖 isn‘t even on my list this month 🤭🙃, but this is a #blameLitsy situation of a LIBBY hold that came through. I agree with @TrishB that although well written, it could have been more condensed, but I am interested in the continuation due to the ⚠️ cliffhanger. Also, this particular fantasy school society story was harder to put down. #recentlyread for #bookspin BINGO (free spot). @TheAromaofBooks
pick107 of 2021. Secret societies. supernatural abilities and murder. I loved it and will definitely continue the series. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
#stackingtheseries #seriesread2021
pickThis book just re-sparked my love of fantasy novels. It‘s so well written with so many twists. Leigh Bardugo is the queen of fantasy worlds
pickMy only complaint is that it could have been 100 pages shorter, dragged a bit at the beginning, but would definitely read the 2nd now.
This was a #buddyread with my daughter, she‘s on page 200 and still enjoying it! Although Bardugo says this was an adult book not YA, it didn‘t read that differently to me.
It‘s my daughter‘s 20th birthday today, I‘m very proud to say this is her #bookhaul 😁
We‘ve started reading Ninth House together, as I have on my kindle too. I haven‘t told her my track record in buddy reads yet.
“This is a bad idea”, Dawes said, bundled into her parka and radiating disapproval.
“At least I‘m consistent.”
Have power on this dark land to lighten it, and power on this dead world to make it live.
The words tangled together, caught on the spokes of a wheel, the points of a crown. But one thought returned again and again as he tossed and turned, fell in and out of dreams, morning light beginning its slow bleed through the high tower window: Alex Stern was not what she seemed.
🖤🤍This is high on my TBR. Trouble is there are a hundred other ones that are high on my TBR. #CuriousCovers #BlackandWhite
She‘d never broken a bone, had surgery. But the worst damage didn‘t leave a mark.
pickGreat start to what promises to be a thrilling series. Galaxy Stern (Alex) feels out of place at Yale, but her supernatural abilities have made her valuable to Ninth House Lethe, the shepherds/police force for Yale‘s other magical houses. Grisly murder + college kids with much to hide = fascinating! https://cannonballread.com/2021/06/ninth-house-elcicco/
pickGetting in my last few reviews of May so I can move ahead to June (Holy shit! When did June happen? 😱)
I finally made it back to Bardugo's adult fantasy and I have to say....I think I like it more than S&B. It's dark and raw and emotional with a hint of WTF that I love. I'm so ready for the sequel now Ms Bardugo. Stop playing with the actors and get this out in the world!
#bookspinbingo #20in4 @Andrew65 @TheAromaofBooks
If you were going to hell together, murder seemed like a good place to start.
pickSlow to start but worth it. The audiobook has an interview with the author and the audiobook narrator which was pretty informative, revealing that a lot of the Yale references are true and some of the houses exist 😀
UM WOW! Obsessed! I haven‘t read a piece of fiction this good in ages. I originally was astounded by what I thought was a TON of creativity... but which turned out to be a fair amount of fact, instead!! She just took these facts and crafted them into incredibly entertaining and enchanting fiction. Leigh Bardugo still deserves an A+ for this — makes me wish I went to Yale 😂🐍
Also, what??? She was in Wolf‘s Head and not Aurelian?? 😱
pickCurrently, one of my favourite fantasy novels right now! I cannot wait until she comes out with the sequal. If you love mystery and fantansy with a darker side, this book is an amazing fit.
pickMy 2021 Leigh Bardugo journey continues and her first foray into adult fantasy does not disappoint! This is an extremely dark and intense book, but also extremely fun to read. Check out my full review: https://amysbookreviews.com/2021/05/22/ninth-house-by-leigh-bardugo-review/
bailed1/5 Stars. TW: rape
I posted before about the beginning being difficult to follow with so many changing time lines and points of view. I chose to power through because the premise was interesting.
Unfortunately I made it about a 1/4 of the way through the book only to find a description of a ghost raping a 12 year old. That's an immediate DNF for me. There were other options to show that ghosts can hurt people. Rape is not a good plot device.
How I feel about Ninth House thus far:
I can see why people give up due to the jumping timeliness and POV right off the bat. That's a lot to track in the first few pages of a book. That said, I find the premise sufficiently intriguing to attempt to push past that.
Will keep you updated.
#currentlyreading #currentread #firstimpressions #ninthhouse #thriller #paranormal #amreading #booksanddogs #readingbuddy
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I was really surprised by how much I enjoyed this book. Supposedly it is quite different from her YA fantasy series. Definitely check out this book if you are into magic and a adultish slightly Harry Potter-esque book. Slight.
#magic #paranormal #knittingwhilereading
