Welcome to Litsy!

I had heard a mix of reviews about this story. Actually enjoyed it more than anticipated. Not gruesome horror but thought provoking.

Finally finished reading my #BookSpin read for October! 👊

This book was okay. A lot of the connections in the plot were incredibly tenuous and I felt more confused than scared while reading it. Still a little confused after finishing it. I‘m a big fan of Paradise Lost so I liked how that was tied into the story, but there just wasn‘t enough in the plot or characters to really capture me.
4/10

Boring, not scary, confusing plot. Skip it.

The Demonologist has an intriguing premise – David Ullman, a professor of demonic literature specializing in Milton‘s Paradise Lost, is sent on a whirlwind adventure to save his own daughter from demons. However, the novel is riddled with highly improbable and unbelievable plot points, as well as emotionally flat characters and a rushed ending, leaving me unimpressed. This is my third Andrew Pyper novel, and it may be my last. #LitsyAtoZ #LetterD

We talk a lot about our Best Of Lists. I‘d love to hear which books fell short for you this year.

One of these is very, very good. 🍻 #localbrews #canlit #currentlyreading #moosemoose #lmpbc

#moosemoose I‘m so sorry!! I‘m way behind and haven‘t even finished this yet 🙈. @FantasyChick I hope you‘re not 🤬 me out right now. I‘ll have it mailed out early next week. Promise!

@BookishTrish look what just arrived! 📬 Too generous as always! I‘m curious to see what this read holds considering the reviews.... 😬😉

(Also: I immediately savoured a ginger chew and they are divine! 😍)
#moosemoose

@FantasyChick I mailed your pkg out today!

#TBRtemptation post 5! Prof. David Ullman is a leading expert on demon literature, particular "Paradise Lost". A woman appears at his office with an invitation to Venice to witness a "phenomenon". He eventually heads to Venice with his 12-year-old daughter, Tess. At the address given, he finds a man speaking in the voice & words of his dead father. Thus begins a PL-laden quest where failure means losing Tess. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook ?

#moosemoose ladies, I love reading with you and am sorry to admit that this one was a hard no for me. Some lines and passages were beautiful, but the plotting just wasn‘t there.

TFW you realize you can‘t read your #moosemoose pick and listen to your #screamsbymail book on audio at the same time. 🤬

From #canteven in the morning to #bookhaul in the evening! #moosemoose has arrived and I officially have too many books to read. I‘d better step up my #audiowalk game!

@BookishTrish I don't have a picture but my husband mailed the book this morning! #lmpbc #moosemoose

I'm calling this a YMMV. I did not like it. I liked it less and less as the book went on and it would have been a DNF were it not for the fact that I owed a careful reading to my #MooseMoose teammates. It's a best seller, so my guess is people liked it, so the book must not be for me.

#lmpbc @FantasyChick @BookishTrish @dixi_e

1️⃣ 👆😈
2️⃣ 🤷
3️⃣ No. Too many other things to do.
4️⃣ My son's favourite joke of late: Knock, Knock. Who's there? Doctor. Doctor Who.
5️⃣ 👍
#friyayintro @jesshowbooks

I'm more than half way done and I am stopping for a few hours. The book is getting on my nerves. To me, it's a 30-piece puzzle with numbers. It's too easy to predict what will happen next and, so far, I'm batting a 1000. So break. #lmpbc #moosemoose

1️⃣ Tagged, should finish, or almost, today. Then send it of its #MooseMoose way
2️⃣ Three? Try hundreds!
3️⃣ SF
4️⃣ Rare watercolour pigments
5️⃣ @Jabberwocky
#latenightthoughtswithMisty

Starting The Demonologist for #MooseMoose #lmpbc and look! They spelled my name right! I first. I swear.

Look what was in the mail today! Thank you @FantasyChick I really like the bookmarks! The flags will be useful, too!

Starting next Sunday, I'll be able to read it! Team #MooseMoose, we are getting ready to roll! @dixi_e @BookishTrish

Without giving a full review so as not to spoil to it for my #moosemoose friends....DaVinci Code meets Taken meets Legion
Wasn't bad, not great but not bad

Laundry on. Chilli in the slow cooker for a comfy supper. Kids still in bed. Time to relax with a coffee and try to finish up my #LMPBC book so I can send 'er out this week. #ILoveSundays #moosemoose @dixi_e @BookishTrish @tournevis

Bed ☑
Coffee ☑
Book ☑
Comfiest Panda Jammies ever ☑
Movie #ItsCarrieTime ☑
Yup. It's Sunday 👏
#SundaysDoneRight #BooktoFilm #BookandaMovie #VampireWeekend 😉

Ok #LMPBC team, I'm not sure if we picked pen colors yet or if I just forgot (probably the case 😂) but I can't find my pretty pink again (damn kids stealing things) so I'm going in green! 💚
#moosemoose #bookclub #penthieves
@dixi_e @tournevis @BookishTrish

Ok Team #MooseMoose (I seriously giggle every time I think of this 😂) I'm going to go with this one! It just keeps staring at me and why not pick a Canadian author! Besides, I've been meaning to read this FOREVER and if I don't get to it now it might end up in my #MountTBRGraveyard 😱
#LMPBC
@BookishTrish @tournevis @dixi_e

“Fuck you. You think this is a scene in some indie drama you take my wife to in the Village, some pack of lies the guy at the Times said was so naturalistically performed. But in real life? We‘re bad actors. We‘re slobs who actually hurt. You don‘t feel it, you couldn‘t, but the pain you‘re causing us—causing my family—it‘s destroying our lives, what we have together. What we had” - A.Pyper
And I‘m hooked.
#horror #andrewpyper

#occupationinthetitle
#FallintoBooks
@RealLifeReading

I've been in Canada all week (my first visit!) and I'm so excited about all the great books by Canadian authors I found!

Omg!!! @That-Bookish-Hiker is amazing! Four books! A book cozy/sleeve! Yummy chocolate! Rocking socks, pins and a journal and that card is too cute as well! Thank you so much!!! #summersolsticebookexchange #summersantagoespostal

Creepy and beautifully written. I was a tad disappointed in the ending, but overall enjoyed it. Four stars.

I'm loving the writing in this book so far...

"Even on the inside I am honestly free of self-pity or frustrated ambition, an atypical state for a tenure-track academic." Heh. Wasn't expecting this to be funny. #ShitAcademicsSay (Picture is unrelated, my dog is just super cute.)

This book came to my attention when I finished "Night Film." Although not as sprawling as "Night Film," this is an immediately engaging, quick & well-paced work. A scholar who specializes in Milton is offered a mysterious invitation to Venice. He is soon forced to use his knowledge of "Paradise Lost" to confront potentially supernatural threats. Classic literature being used to solve demonic threats is not a new idea, but Pyper handles it well.