I‘m going in! Please, please, please make this 4-year wait for a new Lynley to be so worth the wait!!

Sarcastic and snarky it‘s Boyne‘s scathing take on the shallowness and ridiculousness of social media and it‘s most ardent users and abusers. It was good but at times the snark and silliness became too much. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

So good! Great piece of fiction! I started out in audio because Richard Armitage narrates. I love him. Wasn‘t too keen on his Russian accents here but still he‘s great to listen to. Finished the last 40% in book format. (I had to return to my work from home office so my commute is only to my dining room)

You just knew I was running out to grab these two beasts on release day!!

Great collection of flash fiction from Jennifer - our bookish friend! Some favourites were Sex Drive and Candy Necklace to name just two.

Up next: two books for January‘s book club. The Predatory Animal Ball is a short story collection by a friend met through bookishness so we‘re excited to read this one. Many of us in book club love John Boyne.

Fantastic! What a great way to start a new year of reading! A 5-star book right out of the gate. Glad I bought #3 in the series at the same time as this one. Excellent UK crime series.

Maybe this will show the full #TrueNorthReads Challenge?

I found this #Canadian 🇨🇦 Reading Challenge today by a woman I follow on Instagram (@bookishcanuck) (she‘s not on Litsy). I‘m going to try and follow this one. It‘s called # TrueNorthReads. I didn‘t do any challenges last year at all so want to try and get to a few this year. Bummer the Reading Women Challenge is no more. I tried to do that one every year.

Good so far! Picked a good one to start off a new year of reading. (This book smells really good too! 😚)

Here‘s what I‘m “scheduling” for myself for my new year start! I‘m starting with Deadland because I love this crime series by Shaw, 2nd will be The Echo Chamber since it‘s for my January book club. I will finally get to Troubled Blood because a new Cormoran Strike is coming this year! BUT in January so is the long awaited Elizabeth George! I‘ll figure it out….

I finished my final book of 2021 right before the stroke of midnight! A perfect book for the end of year -Angela Gillespie writes an annual Christmas letter but this year decides to write the brutal truth instead of the happy, glossy version - perfect story right? Happy endings for all and a nice way to end another challenging, pandemic-filled year.

Had to exchange something at Indigo today and of course, oops, bought two books. With Boxing Day savings and rewards I paid the same for the hardcover as I did the softcover! Glad I waited to buy The Magician.

Angela Gillespie writes her annual end-of-the-year letter but this time pens the truth. Said to be in the way of Maeve Binchy, I think this is what I‘m looking for right now. 🤞

C.J. Tudor is great. But you have to be in the mood for her. I was just semi-in-the-mood for this one though. It‘s good, but not really what I was here for just right now. Chalk Man (and the narration of The Chalk Man)still remains my favourite.

It‘s always a struggle finding what to read next….going to give this one a whirl.

Another excellent instalment in the Lane Winslow series!

Library hold came in!

As I look to find the last book to read before this year comes to an end (!), I‘m thinking something a little lighter, cozier, warmer and pulled these two books. Which one should I go with?? Lethal Lesson or Death at Greenway? Both historical mysteries.

Loved it.

Sunday night….

Honestly. Every single sentence. I can barely get past page 17. He‘s such an incredibly descriptive and beautiful writer: “He meant to roll the kid up like a tube of toothpaste, slowly increase the pressure until the truth squirted straight out of the son of bitch‘s mouth.” (This is just one example, but it made me smile)

Ah. Sigh. Vanderhaeghe sure knows how to write. 😍🥰 (Another picture from my morning walk through the beautiful scenery from our first snowfall.)

Wasn‘t getting into This is Happiness at the moment so I switched to this one. Feels appropriate since this was the morning‘s scene from our first snowfall last night.

I received this book as a gift for my upcoming birthday! How lovely is that?!

Another wonderful story by Natalie Jenner! Loved it.

This one doesn‘t come out until May, but it‘s what I‘m turning to now with hope it‘s as wonderful as Jenner‘s The Jane Austen Society.

Pick. So-so? This was much too long!! Should have come in under 300 pages in my opinion. I love a good chunky book. Have bought a massive ton of them this year (and last) but too many have not needed a huge page-count at all. This was one of those for sure.

Getting started on this one! This is for #bookclub.

Although too long and drawn out, and kind of got bored in places, no one writes like Louise Penny and the title of this book is probably one of her very best titles! How it‘s weaved into the story is fantastic. I will always run to grab the next in the series!

Penny is always so adept at the titles used for her books. Already “the madness of crowds” is strongly and intensely conveyed.

Too soon to read a book about the pandemic when we‘re still very much in it? Perhaps. Louise Penny does have such a brilliant way with her succinct words though. How true is all of this?

A tad too long and drawn out and the shift from childhood to being a surgeon in the US was sharp and quick, but a truly lovely story.

Bought another book today! My shelf is filling up with these fabulous chunky books being released lately! This was a must have!

Enjoying this incredibly beautiful Fall weather we‘re having. Soaking up these final warmer and breezy days before the end of the week when the much cooler temps show up.

@Lindy what is this book about? Why is it on the Giller list? I‘m struggling this year. What is the Giller striving for lately? Quality literature or a spotlight on new authors? Sigh. I don‘t find this literary or weighty. 40% of the way through.

Friday night reading. #ShadowGiller

All the stars for this book. All of them. All of the stars for the writing, the story, the characters. 🌟 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Bought these two #CanLit chunksters today! Bought Guy Vanderhaeghe‘s August into Winter (another chunky one) last week too. A trifecta of CanLit!

This was absolutely wonderful. Beautiful writing therefore gorgeous translation. A total gem.

You really must LISTEN to the audiobook read by McConaughey! What a complete and entertaining delight! Loved it.

Happy Labour Day Weekend! Wine and good reads are the plans! Just finished moving my computer back to my work office because it is so time to return to work AT work. So I‘m drinking wine, relaxing and reading before my return to “normal” somewhat.

Always humorous. I love Angus. Although there wasn‘t a lot of Angus in this one and definitely not enough of him writing in his journal to his dead wife, and it was too long. But it‘s completely enjoyable nonetheless.

I was listening to Mayim Bialik‘s Breakdown podcast with McConaughey and she made this book sound so interesting (and well he did too) so I put a hold on the library audiobook. It already came in and OMG you have to LISTEN to him read this. It‘s been a total trip already and I‘m just about one hour in.

I have to read this one now! 7-day loan only so I need to get started on this one. I loved Angus so much in The Best Laid Plans so I‘m happy to be with him again.

Loving the explosion of colour on these covers! My 3 recent book purchases. In time for cozy Fall nights which are almost upon us! The best time of the year.

Ramping up (or trying to) my #CanLit reading for the #ShadowGiller project. It‘s coming up quickly!

I‘m really hoping this book rocks my world. I‘m needing one of those books right now!

Not bad. Good storytelling and lovely writing. 3.5 stars for me.

This is the library book I have on the go right now. So far it seems like it‘s going to be a wonderful read!