pickA collection of autobiographical stories. Some feel too sparse, like they are making weight. Others are fantastic. ‘The Squirrel‘ and ‘Travelling Light‘ were favourites for me.
This year all but four books in my #LitsyAtoZ will be off my TBR bookshelf. This has been lurking there since my husband finished it a few years ago.
I almost did it last year… just 4 letters between me and finally completing #litsyatoz (K, Q, X & Z ). This year I am even more determined! I‘ve got my eye on you X! 👀
Actually laid out my #LitsyAtoZ for 2023 as I‘m trying to make serious inroads into my TBR bookcase. I have all but five letters (K, U, X, Y and Z). Any suggestions for the gaps? Ideally available from a library.
Day 4 results for #Scarathlon2022 readathons.
Another 6 hours yesterday! Almost finished Colder Than the Grave. Not sure what is next. Maybe a cozy mystery???
#TeamMonsterMash @StayCurious
#31by31 @Catsandbooks
#LittenListen @aperfectmjk
#LitsyAtoZ #AutumnEdition @Texreader
#Pointsathon @DieAReader @GHABI4ROSES
#PromptMaze #Scarathlon Edition @TheAromaofBooks
#Witchathon @mdm139
pickA lady‘s maid solves a murder while recovering from a murder in book 1. It could have described what happened in book 1 rather than assuming the books were read in order. Ladies‘ maids are always meek so I find these stories frustrating but it was well told even so. A fine book for its genre.
#20in4 #31by31 #autumnatoz #autumnbingo2022 #bodycountbingo #litsyatoz #octoberreadathon #promptmaze #spookoween #witchathon #scarathlon #teamslaughter
For the month of October, each letter completed counts 10 points! Finish any unique lucky 13 letters and that‘s 50 points! Winner gift tbd. Tag #autumnatoz & me for all posts to get credit. Play along with #scarathlon!
I‘m new to hosting a readathon so please ask questions or give me helpful hints. I can‘t wait to see y‘all play!
And thanks to the incredible @BookishMarginalia who hosted the inaugural and the best #LitsyAtoZ challenge!
pickA terrific jaunt across English and New England history: a nitwit is sent to the colonies to hunt down two judges who‘d signed King Charles I‘s death warrant and instead he stumbles into far bigger, interesting, and terrifying intrigues. A unique take on the earliest history of New York, in which the larger facts are true but the smaller pieces are a fun (& sad) imagining of what happened behind the scenes. Highly recommended. #letterJ #litsyatoz
pickThe author recreated Marco Polo‘s trek from the Vatican to Xanadu. His own trek through tyrannical Iran and communist China was likely as perilous as Polo‘s. It‘s an interesting travelogue but not as well written as Bernard Ollivier‘s books about walking the Silk Road. The narrator spoke so softly & fast I had to slow the audiobook down & hike the volume. There also were odd musical interludes that just didn‘t work. #letterX #litsyatoz
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