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gilroyc

gilroyc

Joined March 2018

LibraryThing member gilroy

Self Published author who loves to read
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My current read. It's thick and a bit of a struggle because so many details are missing without reading, but its worthy. Lots of characters to track.

But it has a POV of a cat, so it can't be all bad.

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Assistant to the Villain | Hannah Nicole Maehrer
Bailedbailed

Had to bail at the 4 hour mark. The narrator bugged me and the text sounded too much like a first draft with no editing for my ears. It had no smooth flow to it.

(More to come.)

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The movie was horrible. Books are supposed to be better, right? This was almost script to novel bad. But I'm only at 50%. Just want to see if it ends as bad.

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The Rooster Bar | John Grisham
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@Litsy can you please address the issues with the Google Store and Android app? I'm seeing comments on the Facebook page about it.

CampbellTaraL Truly! I almost uninstalled the Litsy app on Tuesday thinking that would fix the broken image problem and am SO glad I didn't. 8mo
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Neuromancer (Anniversary) | William Gibson

I kept being told I should read this.

#classic #sciencefiction #cyberpunk #thematrix

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Just a list of the five short stories available in the collection:

1) Visiting Rebecca
2) Investment of Spirits
3) The Haunting of a Guard
4) Soul Explorations
5) Called Home

I'm sure you may want a review or a rating from me on it, but I can't.
I wrote it. :)

https://books2read.com/u/mdXEZO

#myfirstbook #shortstories #shortstorycollection

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Researching why I am who I am

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The Game | Terry Schott, Alan Seeger

Reading through my backlog of ebooks

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Castle Cay | Lee Hanson
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Time Traveler's Wife | Audrey Niffenegger

Just thought I'd try this one out.

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Also reading this ebook

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Lie Down with Lions | Ken Follett

Something different again.

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Making Money | Terry Pratchett

Again for a different read

#moistvonlipwig

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Naked Heat | Richard Castle
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Something different than my usual books.

#castle #tvtiein #book2

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Rulers of Darkness | Steven G. Spruill
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And now for something completely different

#vampiresnotvampires #murdermystery #book1ofseries

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The Requiem Shark | Nicholas Griffin
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I got this from BAM many moons ago, based on the blurb. Time to read it.

#historicalfiction

ReadingOver50 Great title! 3y
gilroyc I'm actually leaning toward bailing on this. The POV is unstable and the opening purple prose put me on edge. 3y
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I enjoy a good mystery. Always have since I watched scooby doo and read Nancy Drew. So next one to try.

#mystery #ebook #firstinseries

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More sci fi, cause I wanna enjoy my read

#sciencefiction #battlestargalactica

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Taking my time with this series, but I loves me some Dresden Files

#dresdenfiles #urbanfantasy

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Station Eleven: A novel | Emily St. John Mandel
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Okay, didn't pay attention to this when I picked up the book, but dystopian after a pandemic... fitting maybe?

#audiobook #dystopian

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System Failure | Joe Zieja
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Okay, so I'm reading the entire trilogy back to back to back. They're GOOD!

#epicfailure #book03 #sciencefiction #humor

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First book was so funny I had to go to the second book.

#audiobook #sciencefiction #humorous #epicfailureseries

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Mechanical Failure | Joe Zieja
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Left Hand of Darkness | Ursula K Leguin
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Project ELE (ELE, #1) | Rebecca Gober
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Trying something different

#dystopia #sciencefiction

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Outer Order Inner Calm | Gretchen Rubin
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Learning some organizational steps

#nonfiction #happiness

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Damia | Anne McCaffrey

A different direction today

#sciencefiction #towerandhive #book2

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No Title | None

Every year I have a little fun. I create a poll of the books I read the previous year and see if others have ever read those same books. 2020 was a pitiable year (only 32 books) but here's the poll for 2020:
https://forms.gle/2e7adq4khZSfAj1d9

And in case people missed it, here's the 2019 poll:
https://forms.gle/FS2392715GEC3GNJ7

And the 2018 poll:
https://forms.gle/bo7TGoejMz6nKmoj9

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When She Woke: A Novel | Hillary Jordan
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New book to try to get back to my reading habit

#audiobook

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Nonfiction for the rest of the year, probably.

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Dragon's Oath | P. C. Cast, Kristin Cast
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Something different for reading or really listening

#audiobook

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Graveminder | Melissa Marr
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Starting my next audiobook. Trying to refind normal.

#audiobook #horror

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2nd Chance | James Patterson
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Starting the next. Reading more as I get this pandemic stress under control

#pattersonagain #secondbookinseries

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The Compass | John Spencer Ellis, Tammy Kling
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A little leery about this book. First chapter feels like this is going to be a not so subtle push for a philosophy disguised as fiction.

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Some nonfiction to explore during the pandemic

#nonfiction #depression #meditation

ImperfectCJ I found this one to be a solid introduction, and I also enjoyed the tagged book. The techniques in both come in quite handy in pandemic times. 4y
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Wolf and Iron | Gordon R. Dickson
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Writing dystopian fiction before is was cool.

#dystopian #psychologicalpuzzle #newtomeauthor

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Had to read this. Too much invested in the trilogy

#prequel #hungergames #snowsstory

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Deathless Divide | Justina Ireland

Started this audio a while ago. Just love this series.

#representationmatters #book2 #dangerouswomen #alternatehistory #dreadnation

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Bailedbailed

There are fantasy books with a romance thread/theme. Then there are romance books with a fantasy setting. This definitely is the latter and just not for me. Ugh.

julesG That's a very nice review of this book. I think I was harsher when I read it for #DickSoapGate 4y
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Bot Wars | J.V. Kade

Didnt realize this was middle grade when I grabbed it to read.

#robots #scifi

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Panpan

The premise seemed cute. But it just wasn't to be.

Full review to follow.

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Everywhere That Mary Went | Lisa Scottoline
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If the other was something different, this is something silly.

#sheepdetectives #hardback

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Injustice for All | J. A. Jance
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Mehso-so

My second in the series. Really not impressed. Main character is too gruff. Think this is the end of my time with J P.

#jpbeaumont #audio

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Been a while since I read this series. Thought I'd dip back in.

#devilsisle #audio

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Kushiel's Dart | Jacqueline Carey
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