Litsy

Xingu | Edith Wharton

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No one knows how to eviscerate the pretensions of high society quite like Wharton. This story is like mean girls meets your local book club. I read it for my “x” book in a-z challenge which may be cheating bc it‘s not quite a full book but I could find a good book to fit. The story had me laughing my way through.

Texreader Some years ago I also used it for #letterX 6d

TheEllieMo I used it for the letter X for the #LitsyAtoZ this year. It may be short but it‘s perfectly formed. 6d

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Enchanted_Bibliophile

X in Flight | Karen Rivers

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2½✨

Teen drama and turmoil at full throttle

The way this story was told from three different perspectives—first, second, and third person—really threw off the flow. It felt like I had to reset my brain with every chapter.

#BookChain2025 #LowerRating @TheAromaofBooks
#LitsyAtoZ #X @Texreader
#Pantone2025 #CrownBlue @Lauredhel

Texreader Oooh hard read. I was excited at first to see a book starting with #letterX but that would too much resetting of the brain 2mo

Enchanted_Bibliophile @Texreader It's only 250 pages, but it feels like 500 with all the switching. X really is a hard letter. 2mo

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!!! 2mo

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Texreader

Zeal: A Novel | Morgan Jerkins

My next audiobook. For the #letterZ #litsyatoz

willaful I still need Z and X. 2mo

Texreader @willaful You can do it! Look for tags #letterx and #lettery for the books I‘ve read over the years. And I‘ve got plenty of suggestions lined up if you need them. Do you have any in mind? 2mo

willaful I'm thinking Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow for Z. Nothing at all for X, so I'll check the tag.
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TheEllieMo

Xingu | Edith Wharton

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An absolutely exquisite comedy of manners, satirising the classist oneupmanship in a women‘s literary lunch club in the Edwardian era.

Book 73/80 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#LetterX #LitsyAtoZ @Texreader

Texreader Yay for #letterX. Always a hard one! 4mo

DieAReader 🎉Great!! 4mo

wildwoodreads I have never read any Edith Wharton but I‘m thinking of reading this October. Have you read them? Any thoughts?

The Ghost Stories of Edith Wharton (Fantasy and Horror Classics)

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TheEllieMo @wildwoodreads I confess, Xingu is my first Wharton, though on the strength of this one, I definitely want to read more of her. 4mo

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Lauredhel

XO, Xena | Kate Healey

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Annnnd... once again I just plain adore an Olympus, Inc book. This one's a sapphic (both MCs are bi) romantic suspense. It's set in an island festival, with the romance being between a single-mum burlesque performer and a fallen-from-grace influencer/photographer. It's body positive and sex work positive and fun. Also, there are murders.

Extra kudos to Healey for writing an X book to finish off my #LitsyAtoZ #LitsyAtoZ2025 @TexReader #LetterX

Lauredhel Though this is a story in its own right, I'd say you would benefit from reading at least Ask Cassandra and Love, Laodice first. But then you should go back and read the first trilogy too, trust me. 4mo

PuddleJumper Ah Xena a generations bi awakening 4mo

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OriginalCyn620

Xmas Break | J E Rowney

so-so

Isla accepts an invitation to spend Christmas with her estranged sister Clara, but isn‘t too happy about it. When Isla and her husband arrive, Clara and her husband act strangely, and Isla is suspicious. The twist felt a little too contrived maybe, but this is novella length, so maybe that‘s not totally fair to say? 🤔
Not totally horrible but forgettable.

#bookspinbingo
#LitsyAtoZ #LetterX

Texreader, TheAromaofBooks

Texreader Sorry not good but happy #letterX !! 🎉 6mo

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Texreader

The Xenophobe's Guide to the Irish | Frank McNally

This is my next ebook for #Ireland #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

And it‘s the perfect book for #letterX #litsyatoz

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AllDebooks

Bright I Burn | Molly Aitken

I really enjoyed this #AtoZReadathon challenge, just 4 away from a full set! I'll tag my reads in the comments. It's been a great month with some fantastic reads. Thank you for hosting @Texreader

AllDebooks #LetterA

A Haunting in the Arctic

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AllDebooks #LetterD So good

Dark Matter: A Ghost Story

AllDebooks #LetterE ☹️ 1y

AllDebooks #LetterF

Hex: Darkland Tales