Welcome to Litsy!

I didn‘t expect to enjoy this novel as much as I did. This was a Once Upon A Book Club selection last year and I‘m just now getting to read it and I enjoyed every minute of it. Also, I loved all the gifts that were in the box! It‘s definitely my favorite subscription!

A luscious journey into human perception in a post-apocalyptic future that invokes many questions on how we relate to the world around us. The poetic spin on world building held me captivated, as my mind pondered the journey, how we interact with others, and wondering what our future will hold on our present path collectively.

This is not a book I would have chosen for myself but being a part of a book club it was really a great choice. There's adventure and mystery and love.

I finished Reset yesterday and these are my stats so far for @Andrew65 ‘s readathon! This does not include the audio book I‘m almost done with, I still have to update that!

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So this had a really cool concept - memory wipe every 4 years to prevent prejudice/hate/war, but people who love each other want to stay together.

But it was very badly written. It‘s clunky, repetitive, characters are flat, random things happen to move the plot along.

Just, ugh, I so wanted this to be good. The idea is there, just needs better executing.

#Roaringwolf 6) teleportation (it‘s a sci-fi challenge for September!)

I really wanted to like this sci-fi novel. The premise is unique, but the writing felt stiff, repetitive. Also the author‘s romantic philosophizing just didn‘t ring true for me. I think it would‘ve worked better as a novella.

I wanted to like this sci-fi/speculative fiction book more. The writing is lovely, but it was entirely too sad for me. It is a love story, but not a romance. It is a post-apocalyptic future where everyone‘s minds are reset every four years. The world is a utopia, but not really. Many may enjoy, but not my thing. 3⭐️ This does have a “Reaching for the stars” moment for the #Roaringwolf sci-fi challenge!

4✨ This book was really amazing! I loved the writing the most. It is written like it is a work of art. A dystopian where a solution they take to forget helps create a world where our opinions do not cause us to fight and make wars. However, it also causes you to forget those you love and care about. There is some trigger warnings on not being able to find hope anymore. The ending was not what I would have expected also.

No!!! 😭💔If you know you know… I might finish this tonight. ❤️‍🩹Alright let‘s go. 😮‍💨

Mixed feels, deep thinking. Dystopian adult
Loved the systemic meaning behind the plot. Memories being essential to being human, how they transcend everything else. Did pick up immensely half way, end fell through for me. I expected a different ending, but they did say they‘d choose each other over the others. Anticlimactic yet surprising, end threw me for a loop. Loved talking morals; do we have the freedom of our souls?
Love final gift
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Been listening to this book with him the entire way of our long drive (he bought it on audible so we could read together) We‘ve been making incredible progress. Even with the times we stop to discuss the moral issues of this “utopia”. Which is so nice to be able to do. How much are you willing to give up for the perfect utopia? He‘s having trouble with the absence of technical terms on the cities.
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Now that is cool! Having me scan the QR code that plays the music they are playing in the book. 😍

With the last day of camp I pushed to finish the two books I wanted to get done through the week. 1.)Warrior By: Karen Lynch and NERDs: Cheerleaders of Doom By:Michael Buckley. I‘m still pushing this last day to get more of the tagged done. 2.) I love singing Disney songs. I don‘t think other people like that singing though 😅 Thank you @ImperfectCJ for hosting a fun #LitsySummeeCamp

I opened my second gift a while ago. Just been really busy lately. 😅

I‘m so excited for this book!! It‘s finally here!! I love the premise of every 4 years you are made to forget your earned love and memories - to fix learned prejudices. But this scientist finds that that is not all life is when someone who defies what she so strongly believes in finds her. And entices her to rethink the list of memories.
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Got to open my first one! Sooo pretty! Loving this book so far. 🥰 #onceuponabookclub Really need to finish my audiobook, just a few hours to go. 😊

Getting ready to dive into my first #onceuponabookclub book! I‘m so excited I just want to finish one more audiobook while doing housework for my #bookspinbingo card. 🥰💛

Yay!!! My #onceuponabookclub box for June came today! Beyond excited! Time to get some books read. 💛