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Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

#AtoZ bingo card for #WinterGames

Thanks to @TexReader for hosting.

#HollyJollyReaders @Laughterhp

Texreader Nice!!! 4mo

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BookwormAHN

Starter Villain | John Scalzi

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I loved this book. The sarcasm was fantastic. Imagine your Uncle dying and leaving you his evil empire; complete with spy cats and cussing dolphins plus real archenemies 🖤
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#GhostsOfXmas #WinterGames
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DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo

Cheshirecat913 Sold on that description! 😄 4mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 4mo

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BookwormAHN

Great Expectations | Charles Dickens

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I really don't know why I waited so long to read this. I loved it, even though I could feel Pip going in all the wrong directions. It almost has a modern-day mystery feel to it. Admittedly, Joe reminded me a lot of Samwise Gamgee 🤍
#GhostsOfXmas #WinterGames #RereadTheClassics @AllDebooks #Rushathon @Andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #AToZ @Texreader #LittenListen @aperfectmjk

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo

AllDebooks I love this book so much, so glad you enjoyed it x 4mo

Andrew65 A true classic, well done 👏👏👏 4mo

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BookwormAHN

Wintergames | Litsy Litsy

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I loved these tales from the 10th Doctor. My favorite was The Christmas Blessing about a group or blessing of space narwhals that help clean space junk out of our atmosphere 💙
#GhostsOfXmas #WinterGames
#DashingDecember @Andrew65 #Rushathon @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES #AToZ @Texreader #LittenListen @aperfectmjk

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo

BethM Whaaattttt 4mo

Andrew65 Can‘t beat the 10th Doctor and good to see him back on tv for three helpings recently. 4mo

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OriginalCyn620

Falling Stars: A Festive and Fun Holiday Story | Fern Michaels

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This book cover and blurb are pretty deceiving, as most of it takes place during November, not at Christmas time, so there was very little holiday festiveness. I really hate it when books do that! 😡
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MallenNC Oh man. It‘s a pretty cover though! 4mo

Andrew65 Me too! Reading one at the moment and festive season very immaterial to the book despite Christmas being in the title. 4mo

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo

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Catsandbooks So disappointing! 4mo

BookmarkTavern Too bad! It‘s a lovely cover! 4mo

TheAromaofBooks We need to start a list of things that should be illegal publishing activities... this would definitely be on the list! 😂 4mo

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Bookwormjillk

Christmas Days: 12 Stories and 12 Feasts for 12 Days | Jeanette Winterson

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I used to get this book out from the library, but this year it seemed like it had been lost or culled. So I bought myself a copy as a present. It‘s such a great book to dip in and out of on those weird days around Christmas and New Years. And I‘m happy to have my own copy that I can highlight and fall asleep with.

Bookwormjillk #Rushathon @GHABI4ROSES @DieAReader #WinterCosy @PuddleJumper #Adventathon @BookmarkTavern #AtoZ @Texreader #Candyland @Catsandbooks #WinterClearDown #GottaCatchEmAll #BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks #MidwinterSolace @AllDebooks @jenniferw88 @chrissyreadit @thebookhippie #WinterGames #GangstaWrappers #20in4 4mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo

Chrissyreadit I love the poem above. 4mo

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AllDebooks I love this book so much ❤️ 4mo

BookmarkTavern Oh that is lovely. Thanks you for sharing it. 💖 4mo

Bookwormjillk @AllDebooks me too. Have you read any of her other books? 4mo

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo

Catsandbooks ❄️🍭❤️ 4mo

bthegood 🎁❄️💙 4mo

kspenmoll Beautiful! 4mo

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OutsmartYourShelf

Neverest: A Gripping Supernatural Thriller Perfect for Fans of Breathless and All the White Spaces | T L Bodine

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One year ago Carrie's husband, Sean Miller, went missing on Mount Everest. He had been part of a small group aiming to reach the summit, but was never seen again after the final push for the top. Carrie is determined she is going to find her husband's body & bring him home for burial, & their friend Tom, Sean's best friend & former climbing partner, volunteers to accompany her. (continued)

OutsmartYourShelf Their Sherpa guide gives Carrie a journal left behind by Sean, & she reads this whilst they start their journey. It seems that Sean was haunted by something up there on Everest & spent the last few days feeling watched by something unseen.

The narrative is mostly told from Carrie's point of view in the present, whilst we get Sean's view from the expedition where he went missing. 4mo

OutsmartYourShelf I'm not gonna lie, I was hoping it was going to be a lot scarier than it turned out to be. The book does discuss the strange things that can happen on the mountain whether it's due to oxygen deprivation or something more supernatural (i.e. Third Man syndrome) but I felt a lot more could have been done with this. The majority of the book seemed to be Carrie being a pain in the ass. 3.5🌟- could have been better. 4mo

OutsmartYourShelf Full review: https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/5649231336
Read 29th-30th Dec 2023

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Impulse Read - 10
Readathons - 375
Words - 1160
Post - 1

Total - 1546 pts

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OutsmartYourShelf @texreader @puddlejumper @catsandbooks @andrew65 @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES @thearomaofbooks @emilymdxn 4mo

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 4mo

Emilymdxn I LOVE creepy mountaineering novels! Have you read

Echo

4mo

OutsmartYourShelf @Emilymdxn Its an automatic yes from me if it‘s about mountaineering or polar exploration. I‘m fascinated by those two subjects. Echo is on my TBR list but I haven‘t read it yet. 4mo

DieAReader 🥳🥳🥳 4mo

Andrew65 Excellent 👏👏👏 4mo

Catsandbooks ❄️🍭❤️ 4mo

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OutsmartYourShelf

Good Girls Don't Die | Christina Henry

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Celia wakes up in a house with a husband & a daughter she doesn't recognise. When a nasty neighbour, who lives next door to the restaurant Celia supposedly owns, is murdered it looks like Celia is being primed to take the blame. Can she work out who she really is & who the killer is?

Allie has arranged to go to the beach for her birthday with friends Madison & Cam, however when the two friends' boyfriends tag along, Allie is annoyed. (Continued)

OutsmartYourShelf She falls asleep on the way there & when she wakes up they are not at the beach - Brad (Cam's bf) has driven them to an isolated cabin in the woods. Horror movie fan Allie is already uneasy & when a stranger starts trying to break into the cabin that night, it looks like big screen horror has become real.

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OutsmartYourShelf Maggie wakes up in a shipping container with a group of women. None of them know each other or where they are, but they are all wearing t-shirts with a number on the back. They are finally released into The Maze, a deadly obstacle course, where they are told that if they want to see their loved ones alive again, they have to complete the course within 12 hours.

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OutsmartYourShelf The synopsis sold me on this one & it was one of my few pre-orders for 2023. Maybe I was expecting too much, but it was a bit of a let-down. I didn't really care for the Celia storyline which was rather boring, the Allie & Maggie storylines were much better in my opinion, but it was the final reveal which was the worst - it was all a bit pedestrian. It was good but not great & left me feeling a bit unsatisfied really.
3⭐

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