Welcome to Litsy!

#whereareyoumonday @Cupcake12

I‘m hanging out in New York, New York this week. I‘m enjoying diving into the science behind many of the forensic techniques we accept as standard practice today.

Thanks for the tag @KadaGul

The discrepancy between how important Saffron's financial independence and career are to her and how much time she actually spends at her job and on her plants was quite large and rather irritating. Also, it felt like there wasn't much of a conclusion to this one. The pacing was good and the relationships were more interesting.

The main character seemed slightly less impetuous in this one. It was still quite unrealistic to the time period.

Light pick. This was a fun, cozy mystery set in the 1920s. It is not true to the societal norms of the time. It was interesting.

This was my book club‘s May pick (though we did discuss it 6/1!). Over the years, not too many #nonfiction books have won the vote, but this delve into Mithradates‘ life was certainly an interesting one! After seeing the physical copy, I wish I had read it instead— while an interesting listen, the audio version doesn‘t include the images or the extensive endnotes. Also, the author‘s obvious admiration for her subject was a bit eye-roll inducing!

I'm not always a fan of Anthony Berkeley, but this one was fun -- it was explicitly written for the audience to figure out, and the British Library reissue includes Berkeley's reports on the results of the contest. I wouldn't have won either, there was definitely a clue I didn't fully appreciate.

@CatieWithAC - It took me a bit to start, and then I finished this one. It had a lot of information, which was all very interesting, but I needed maybe more of a slower-paced, one type of poison/spice, more in-depth, instead of a little about a lot? If that makes sense.

Thanks again for the gift! I love reading all the books you recommend!
#DoubleSpin (March) @TheAromaOfBooks

“Cold rain soaking her boots, splashing her stockings, and leaking from the brim of her ruined hat and onto her face was the least of Saffron Everleigh‘s worries.”

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl
I loved the first two books in this series and am looking forward to getting started in this one!

Soft so-so
It being a debut novel, I would be interested in reading the second book in the series to see if her writing improved.
Entertaining plot, but I found the main character very insecure and immature (quite close to the damsel in distress stereotype) which puts me off.
Khavari's writing about plants was good, but she really hammers the parts about feelings/relationship, something not explicitly said is sometimes better.

I re-read this today and it still made me sad. I want to listen and read more of Hawthorne's work, he was my favorite author in high school. I always enjoyed his commentary on women's agency and rights and their treatment by men/the patriarchy. (The Scarlet Letter/Young Goodman Brown are also great examples of this.)

This short story at its core is about the ethical use of science and I find that interesting.