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Love the idea - execution was not good for me. Hard to follow the world author was creating - could not visualize it.
On to another book -
Make a great day everyone 😊

This is a a beautifully written book about the gray lines between heaven and hell, as well as what it means to be someone with a story to tell. The author‘s style of writing is spot on, keeping the pace moving with a perfect mix of humor, heartache, action and tears. Highly recommend!

Normally, this kind of book has all the elements I love in a story (you would think) but for some reason it took a while to grasp my full attention (like 7 hours in). The narrator was great so I can‘t put my finger on the reason for it. This might be one of those that I would‘ve enjoyed more had I read the physical book. I liked the characters and they all had great arcs. The concept is interesting too, unwritten stories just waiting to be told.

My next listen… hoping this one can keep my attention.

This book was so much fun and it made me want to write every story that‘s living in my head (and apparently the Library of the Unwritten) right now.

My kind of woman!

Claire is a librarian in Hell—librarian of the Unwritten Wing, where unfinished stories reside, to be precise. When a hero escapes from his book, Claire has to go track him down. What should be a simple task quickly becomes much more as Claire & a ragtag group of fiends rush to stop a looming battle between Heaven & Hell. Found family, a love of books, authors, the process of writing, & creating, feature in this quirky, entertaining story.

I‘m still working my way through this one. I enjoy it with old reading but so far it‘s definitely been a “it‘s ok to put it down and come back to it” type of book. We‘ll see if that changes now that I have a chunk of time to read and no other books with me.

#OutAndAbout #ReadingOnTheTrain

Friday night reading…

Great adventure fantasy. The different POV chapters from different characters got a bit old for me after a while but I usually don't enjoy switches in POV in a story. Even with that and seeing who the traitor is almost from the beginning there were plenty of thrills and surprises to delight a reader. I enjoyed the meditations about stories
and the power of imagination but I am a sucker for that kind of thing. Pic is of Kiwi and a shrew

Okay, here are some of my fantasy choices for #LMPBC Round 14 #GroupF

I tried to get a mix of stand-alone and series. It no one likes these options, I‘ll look up some more!

My February #BookSpin #DoubleSpin #BookSpinBingo

And the Angels seek you wherever you may go, all realms of Paradise and even unto the ends of the Earth!

The Library in Hell, guarded by an ancient mortal librarian responsible to maintain order in the chaotic wing that houses the unwritten works of eternity. She is a resident but not a ward of ‘his grinchiness‘. Now she, along with a sardine sea foam haired mouse and a demon of entropy set out to retrieve an escapee. The books calls upon knowledge of ancient texts, The Watchers and Enoch, The Devil‘s Bible, and immortal souls. So far, so good 😊.

I love a good book about books. This book had a librarian dueling with a minotaur, so it did not disappoint. And if course if there existed a library of unwritten books that could come to life, they would be in hell. I appreciated the creativity, humorous existential angst, and the tenacity of the characters. This was well done.

Yay, two bingos. The tagged was fun, it took me way too long to read, for no good reason 😅 I‘m looking forward to book 2 @TheAromaofBooks I will post my Sept bookspin tomorrow 😊

The premise of a story with rogue books and adventurous librarians was too good to pass up. I enjoyed my time in this world and the characters but I did feel that it was kind of hard to suspend disbelief to truly be okay with how the books came to life. The adventure bits were fun and I appreciated the nods to various mythos. The best part of this was that it works perfectly well as a standalone but is in fact the first of a series.

*sorry my camera skills suck!*

Laying & sitting out on the porch with the family. Its a nice rainy coolish night. Thought I would do some reading.

What are all of u Littens up to?

So I tried out a site that helps u figure out what to read next. This was one it said I should. I looked up what it was about... it sounds interesting. Well now I'm about to divide in.

#TBRCrew
@ElizaMarie @AsYouWish @jb72

#TBRPile 📚 “Books ran when they grew restless, when they grew unruly, or when they grew real. Regardless of the reason, when books ran, it was a librarian‘s duty to catch them.”

So, good book. I think I would have enjoyed it more reading as a book vs listening to the audio of it. It was hard to keep track in places of who was who from where. It was kind of a weird serious mix of Dogma and that old kids movie The Pagemaster. I do recommend it, but if you go the audio route make sure you have no distractions.

#audiobook #hell #knittingwhilereading

Thank you so much @AmyG for the great package! I can‘t wait to read all the books and use my new goodies! I love that bag and the doggie notes especially and I always need more cocoa cause the weather is so hit or miss here lol! Thanks so much for swapping with me! Also loved the doggie wrapping paper I meant to add a picture of that woops! #llss #litsylovespringswap @rsteve388

A friend recommended this awhile ago, & I finally read it for my library‘s book challenge (the first book in a series). It took forever for me to read because I‘ve been busy with tv& work. A fantasy adventure, with Hell‘s librarian trying to locate missing pages from the Devil‘s bible. I found the journal entries from all the librarians at the start of each chapter thoughtful. Liked the different characters & creativity of the story.

Library holds are in!

1. Tagged
2. Many books I have discovered on Litsy. The House in the Cerulean Sea & Clanlands are the most recent.
3. None
#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

I really wasn‘t sure if I would finish in time, but I practically DEVOURED this book for #LMPBC #GroupL (I finished my #GroupB book toward the beginning of the month). Both group books are now at the post office and heading your way @bluestocking.book.nerd and @LibrarianRyan (eta Tuesday/Wednesday)

On the third day of Christmas,...

The Hell's Library duology by AJ Hackwith

Full review: https://sceptre.sktc.hamburg/2020/11/hells-librarian-is-a-badass/

#12Booksof2020 @Andrew65

Books that are not yet written reside in a library in hell, looked after by a librarian who is a bit of a soul in limbo. Then a character escapes, launching a wildly creative adventure (there‘s a muse named Brevity—I love it!). This book is a lot of fun and has some good social commentary. I‘m not sure if I‘ll continue on with the follow up, but I likely will.

Hey #LMPBC #Round010 peeps! I have now received my books for both #GroupB @IndoorDame and #GroupL @ads0123

I just wanted to check that you received books from me @bluestocking.book.nerd and @LibrarianRyan since we had that whole address kerfuffle.

Happy reading — I haven‘t started either book. It‘s been nutty so I am hoping I can get a lot of reading done once school is on break 😬

#TBRPile 📚A library in Hell filled with unfinished books? Sounds like my sort of book...

So this is so late ? between school and selling my house I am slacking. Thanks for the tag @Nute

#Two4Tuesday on Thursday ?
1. I am the proud owner of a pink Snuggie.
2. The Library of the Written. This books sounds awesome so I hope to get it in soon.

Book 1

There's a library in Hell where all the unwritten books go. The librarian has to keep them from getting too restless and has to keep their characters in check.
When one character escapes to Earth and a piece of the Bible of Hell appears in Heaven, Heaven and Hell try to outsmart each other trying to find the rest of the book.

Full review: https://sceptre.sktc.hamburg/2020/11/hells-librarian-is-a-badass/

Truth from a great book.

My kind of Sunday 🖤🐾
#catsoflitsy

I can‘t believe it‘s October 1! Here‘s my September wrap-up.

I‘m pretty happy with the month. Becoming and The Library of the Unwritten were my 5⭐️ reads. The other 4 shown here are the 4⭐️ reads.

Now onto my October TBR for #scarathlon and #screamathon plus all the fun #readathons coming up. 🎃

#3books (top) that were recommended to me &
#3books (bottom) that I‘ve recommended to others

The Library of the Unwritten was a #blameitonLitsy
Redshirts was from a friend
Axiom‘s End was from the awesome @TheSpineView

I recommend Sarah Addison Allen, Darynda Jones, and Robin Hobb as they are 3 of my fave authors.

#3books I loved

It‘s so hard to pick just 3. So I went with the most recent 3 that I loved.

#wondrouswednesday

1. Normally I‘d say the cool mornings, crisp evenings, and the colors. Now living on a sub-tropical island, I have to say cooler (but not cool) temps. 😆
2. I really don‘t think of books in terms of seasons. I read whatever strikes my fancy whenever it strikes. So I‘ll recommend the tagged, which I just read and loved.
3. Stiff (paperback), Witches Be Crazy (audio), and Antlands (an e-book I won from GR).

Loved it! So imaginative and well done. I basically read it in one day (I read one chapter yesterday, and then read the rest today.) 4.5 ⭐️ I will definitely be buying my own copy.

Book 1 for #SuperSeptember

More restrictions have been lifted and we got a bit more freedom—mainly that we can now shop off-base. But I really have no interest in going out today. A book in my lap, hot coffee in my mug, and a gorgeous view is all I need. #superseptember #readathon

I like the MC already. From Ch. 1:

. . . “Claire lived by the firm moral philosophy that one could never have too many pockets, too many books, or too much tea.”

This seemed like an appropriate book to read as I start prepping for NaNoWriMo! 😆

I have an extra paperback copy of this book. Anyone want it? I‘ll mail it to you.

I don't know what I expected from this book, but not that.. and it was great!

It was an odd month for me: 8 books finished & only one was print 🤔 I‘m not worried; I still ❤️ my printed books & can‘t imagine ever giving them up entirely for e-books & audiobooks! With the unusual circumstances of the past few months it‘s not surprising my reading habits changed. Borrowing audio & e-books from the library gives me more choices when I get hit by a slump.⬇️

"...Claire lived by the firm moral philosophy that one could never have too many pockets, too many books, or too much tea."