Litsy

Squid | Martin Wallen

I'm finally getting round to reading this book, which Father Squidmas left for me last year! 🦑🎄🦑

(Demure #CatsOfLitsy )

lil1inblue 😻 😻 😻 4h

dabbe That needs to be a hashtag: #squidmas 🤣 Plus, look at da kitty! 🖤🐾🩶 1h

Leftcoastzen 🥰😻👏 13m

AnnCrystal ✨😸💫. now

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Bookwomble

The Samurai Detectives: Volume 1: The classic samurai adventure and multi-million-copy Japanese bestseller | Shotaro Ikenami

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I loved this book! Sword-and-Sleuthing should definitely be a genre ?
The initial 30-or-so pages are rather dense in exposition and set up, but after that, the story moves along smoothly. It's actually "stories", as it's fairly episodic rather than being a single overarching plot, but there's a through line that develops nicely.
Elderly (he's a year younger than me! ?) samurai, Akiyama Kohai gives off Yoda vibes, being a diminutive ⬇️

Bookwomble ... "old codger", but he's a wily swordmaster whose mind is as sharp as his katana.
His son, Daijiro has his own adventures, & the supporting cast of samurai comrades & antagonists, corrupt and honourable politicians are engaging.
There's also a gender nonconforming female samurai, & an accepting depiction of same-sex lovers, which is a refreshing contrast to the more typically homophobic Western genre fiction of the same era, the early '70s. ⬇️ 5h

Bookwomble I'll definitely be buying the translation of the second book in the series when it's published next year 😊
(Discreet #CatsOfLitsy 🐾) (edited) 5h

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Leftcoastzen

Downton Abbey: The Official Film Companion | Emma Marriott

Sophie is not as interested in rewatching Downton Abbey as I am !😻 #CatsOfLitsy

Aims42 Omg! 🥹 What a sweetie!! 22h

Ruthiella Sleepy kitty. 😻 22h

Leftcoastzen @Aims42 my 6lb wonder !😻 22h

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Leftcoastzen @Ruthiella she is ! She would rather I go to bed .😁 22h

AnnCrystal 😍💤😻🐾💝. 18h

Soubhiville Aw she looks so cozy! 14h

Leftcoastzen @AnnCrystal 👏🥰 13h

Leftcoastzen @Soubhiville one of her favorite spots! 13h

dabbe #sweetestsophie 🤎🐾🖤 7h

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RaeLovesToRead

Flashlight | Susan Choi

BOOKER ANNOUNCEMENT SOON!!!! Who do you think will win???

Here are my (brief) thoughts:

https://youtube.com/shorts/XHApzXfK7vA?si=7p6eGoxMp4E_QmQL

This is #pebblecat being adorable! She is another kitty friend of mine! #catsoflitsy

Leftcoastzen Awwwww!🥰😻 2d

TheKidUpstairs I'm pulling for Flashlight. I saw an article today that said The Land in Winter currently has the best odds at the bookmakers (I kind of love that people bet on literary awards like they're sporting events), but that may be because it seems, to me at least, to be the safest bet, the most traditionally Booker-ish book. 2d

RaeLovesToRead @TheKidUpstairs Flashlight and Audition I'd be most pleased with, but I can see why Flesh might be a contender too. My predictions are usually miles off though! 2d

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Amor4Libros Sonia & Sunny! 2d

RaeLovesToRead @Amor4Libros I'm only a few chapters into that one so far! We shall find out really soon!!! 2d

dabbe 🖤🐾🤎 2d

sarahbarnes Whelp, I‘m disappointed in how that turned out! 2d

Darklunarose 😻 2d

Sparklemn Adorable! 2d

Suet624 I agree with your thinking about flashlight and Endling. 2d

RaeLovesToRead @sarahbarnes Flesh is a decent book, but I would have been over the moon if Flashlight or Audition won! 1d

RaeLovesToRead @Suet624 I'm reading The Rest of our Lives and wondering how this placed over Endling! 1d

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