Welcome to Litsy!

This is very fun, bonkers, horror/thriller. A woman who is grieving is house sitting alone with only a shut in older gentleman neighbor for company. She spends most of her day reading indi thrillers, when she reads a truly bad book and gives it one star, the author takes offense…
This was a fast paced thrilling read, even though I guessed the twist, it was still a lot of fun. 4⭐️
Content warnings ⬇️

Low pick. This was a bit ridiculous but felt fresh and fun. Emma puts a 1⭐ review on GR and the author comes to kill her for it. This premise sold me. Especially with all the social media talk about how authors have been reacting to reviews lately, & after reading Yellowface which talks about publishing and reviews.
I liked that the author gave the protagonists dog a voice, at first it threw me off but it really grew on me. I also liked the 👇

Can anyone confirm that nothing happens to the dog? PLEASE 🙏🏼

It's officially summer! ☀️

Okay so...not really! At least not technically? But it's the FIRST day I'm sitting out on my balcony with a beer and a thriller - so I'm totally counting it! 😎📚🍺

Two holds came in. I can‘t decide which to read first.

I began using Goodreads in 2017 and my first review was a poor opinion of a self-help book. My complaint wasn‘t about the content itself so much as my not being the proper audience. I received a quick response from what I still believe to be the author‘s team calling me a twit and some other choice words. So, oh yeah, I had to read this! Btw, I did delete my review! It was before I found Litsy - now I‘d screenshot for an opinion from you!

4¼⭐
What a thrilling edge-of-your-seat thriller this was. This book's title is a clue to ultimately figuring out WTF is going on here. There‘s much moving forward in the story with one narrator and then with the next narrator, you‘ll move back. Which is either going to feel really confusing and/or feel like a unique way of writing. I think it was a little of both. All in all, it was exciting to try to figure out what was going on here.

I didn‘t like No Exit, but this was the only May BOTM that sounded interesting so I figured I would give the author a second chance. Big mistake. I started out liking it. I haven‘t felt this angry finishing a book in forever. I don‘t want to donate it, because someone will end up paying money for it, and if I put it in a little free library someone is still wasting their time. What to do with a book you really disliked?

Don‘t start it if you don‘t have time to finish it. You won‘t want to put it down. That seems to be the way with Taylor Adams. If you can suspend belief a little bit this is a great twisty thriller. I think it‘s better than No Exit. 4/5

This was a soft pick, a pretty good twisty thriller. I will admit I couldn't put this one down and flew through it.

Big stormy night here in Nashville. So I‘m cozied up with a glass of wine and this book. #botm ⛈️🍷📖🩶

I can‘t put it down!

My #botm books got here so quickly this month!

Will it ever stop raining? Oh well 😉

I‘m getting this one from the library and I think I‘m first in line.
So… I‘m skipping #BOTM for the second month in a row.

This is what I picked ! #BOTM

I almost skipped this month. I loved No Exit but only liked Hairpin Bridge. But I decided to give this one a try. #BOTM #TBR

“Time slows to a strange and turgid crawl when you‘re a grown-ass adult hiding under a window.”

All of these looked good! I loved No Exit by Taylor Adams!

I‘m thinking of this being my last round with #BOTM. Who gets the #Aardvark box? Do you like it? 📚

I‘m ready for some thrillers! #botm

May #botm picks are up!!

THRILLER - HORROR

A book's nightmare coming true all because of a negative review?

The book is very cleverly written as the real drama unfolds and we read the story the author is playing out - Emma knows what will happen because she is living it.

It is pretty gruesome, but those who know the work of Mr. Adams don‘t need to be forewarned. 4/5

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/45dw747w

@taylor.adams.author
@williammorrowbooks

There is never a dull moment in a Taylor Adam‘s book.. so good! I‘ll have to get to Hairpin Bridge soon!

This feels like a good possibility for the final #BOTM clue!

I guessed a few of the twists in this one, but it was still a fun thriller that kept me interested. Also, the plot made me rethink ever leaving a one-star book review ever again!!

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Full review and recipe that matches the book: https://bakingthroughbookclub.com/2023/03/30/not-a-one-star-review/

As soon as I began reading, I knew I was in trouble.

No, I never thought about rating it one star to test whether I would succumb to the same fate as the heroine.

I was in trouble because my husband was leaving for a business trip, and I could tell that this wasn't a book I wanted to read in an empty house.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

FULL REVIEW 4/30

A book's nightmare coming true all because of a negative review?

The tension in THE LAST WORD is so palpable you will be jumping at any sound in your surroundings as you are reading.

It is pretty gruesome, but those who know the work of Mr. Adams don‘t need to be forewarned.

Warning to reviewers - you never know who may retaliate from a bad review. 😀 4/5

@taylor.adams.author
#tandemliterary
@harpercollins

Come see!

50 pages in and I know this book will be keeping me company the rest of this Spring Break weekend.

Many thanks to the author, Tandem Literary, and @WilliamMorrowBooks for the gifted ARC.

#bookmail #TheLastWord

Thank you, #tandemliterary and @harpercollins

I am looking forward to Mr. Adams‘ newest!!

@taylor.adams.author

This book was so weird and twisted! Which I guess is what you want as a reader when reading a psychological thriller. This book comes out in April and I've got to tell you this one will give you pause.