Welcome to Litsy!

😳 @ReadingRover you really spoiled me. This box is amazing! You were so thoughtful with your book selections. The bookish goodies are super fun. I LOVE the planchette magnet. I have a mini rubber duck collection at work (long story) so the black cat and Dracula duckies are coming with me to work today to add a little spice to the collection. Thank you so much!

#allhallowsreadbookexchange @MaleficentBookDragon

Ok, so the cover isn't exactly a #BodiceRipper but the first chapter ends thus: "He drags her head to the bed's edge. He forces it back by the long hair still
entwined in his grasp. With a plunge he seizes her neck in his fang-like teeth—a gush of blood, and a hideous sucking noise follows. The girl has swooned, and the vampyre is at his hideous repast!"
That has to count, right? And the buildup is the most gothic thing ever. #booklove17

Day 3 of #17booklove : Red books 📚

I was so creeped out by the cover as a kid/young teen, that I would avoid looking at it when opening the book. 😅 #booktober #creepycovers #deutsch

The heroine/victim in this penny dreadful is (I'm pretty sure) currently reading a penny dreadful. #VictorianMeta

(it succeeds in distracting her from her woes :) )

So, I'm reading this #pennydreadful and the dialogue sucks (reads annoyingly like a play) but the narrative/writing itself is really good! Within the first few pages I was in love with the (overdone) descriptions of mundane things.