Welcome to Litsy!

Okay half way through the year.

Here is how I am looking, how are you doing?

94/100 books read
30,818 /50,000 (62%) pages read

I have read 7 books over 500pgs my goal is 12 so I am right on track there.

My nonfiction reading is needing a bit of focus, I am currently at 19% when my goal is always 25%

Sophy & Vyerin have come together to search for their missing siblings. While E & Henery are acclimating to the new world they find themselves in. All of them will need to work together in the face of a threat to their entire world.

A fantastic conclusion to this duology! A lovely ace romance, all the characters I loved from 1, plus new characters, & an ending that really surprised me. A little slow & a little info dump heavy at times.🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

Gorgeous little sapphic (?) romance novella featuring an ace heroine and a robot who runs a tea shop. Examinations of SFnal AI personhood, ethics, nurture, and autonomy.

And I'm done! Nine graphic novels, nine text novels/novellas, and a poetry book.

#LGBTQIA2025 @Kenyazero

Gorgeous cover, cute title, liked the mooncake contest storyline idea. The rest was just meh. Theo was a dick, and there was no chemistry between them. Took me ages to read because I kept falling asleep a few pages after picking it up.

I did get the #Autumn prompt for #LGBTQIA2025 @Kenyazero - one to go! As well as Cake, finishing March for #ISpyBingo #ISpy @TheAromaOfBooks

Cool that I finished this in June! Does anyone remember who the creator of these cards is?

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Benny, trying to find a place for himself in NYC, instead finds himself helping a Coney Island sideshow capture a merman. Only, when he starts connecting w/ the merman, Benny must decide what his new family is worth.

I really enjoyed this! It‘s a very slow start, setting up all the fun side characters & the show, but it‘s worth it when the plot really kicks in. & NYC was such a fantastically detailed setting. I did predict the twist. 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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Interesting fantasy world where you decide what gender you will be and where a magic know as slackcraft is practised. The story is about twins Mokoya and Akeha born to the Protector.

Interesting storyline, I just checked for book 2 in the series but it‘s not available in my library! 😩 Might purchase it as it ended without really resolving some things.

Reading by my moon happy lamp for #hyggehour.
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Jess, having recently moved to Malaysia w/ her parents, starts hearing a voice in her head that claims to be her grandmother who needs help w/ some unfinished business. Only then Jess gets mixed in w/ a god, gangsters, & family secrets.

I really loved the world building & the fantastical elements in this. But there was something about how Jess & Ah Ma‘s relationship shifted that bugged me. & this got much darker than I usually enjoy.🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

Before coffee, before Thune, before retirement, Viv is a mercenary waiting to heal while her band moves against a necromancer. Relaxing in a small sea side town should be easy, right?

I adored this prequel! Seeing Viv‘s backstory was lovely, Fern & her bookstore were a delight, & Satchel was hilarious. It felt a little too quickly resolved, & the epilogue felt a bit sequel bait, but overall I really enjoyed this! Even the romance! 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

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Set on Preservation, MuderBot helps to investigate a murder of a human who‘s body is dumped at a mall.

Always love a MurderBot novel but this one wasn‘t quite as good as the previous one. Hearing about MurderBot‘s interactions with ART was my favourite parts of the previous novels and this novel was a bit too much focused on interacting with humans who don‘t trust it. Still worth a read if you‘re reading the series.

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