Welcome to Litsy!

And there goes my 4th book from my #AxetheStacks pile & my 1st book for #AwesomeApril ! My reasons for feeling so-so ish about this book are bookish and personal. I love Dickens. I know he was in some respects an awful person IRL, but this “reimagining” of Great Expectations rubbed me the wrong way both on his behalf and on that of his fictional characters. So not for me but maybe for you because the writing and cleverness were well done. 🤓

It‘s almost time for the weeklong #AwesomeApril readathon hosted by the awesome @Andrew65 , the most chill readathon ever since you pick your own goals, be it one page or 1,000, one book or 20 books, etc.

If you are so inclined, please join in and post what you plan to read and what your progress is.

So far my only goal will be to finish the tagged book, but I‘m going to add some goals/books later. I like to start with a big pile! 😀

A sweet deal with my job is that work down the street from an amazing local bookstore and $1 books!

#riotgrams #day16 stack of books spell june

🧞‍♀️I went in to Jack Maggs blind and it ended up being one of my favorite #1001Books reads.
🧞‍♀️I was bored with The Heart of Darkness. I‘ll try again, but I just wasn‘t into it as much as I wanted to be.
🧞‍♀️Wicked, The Queen‘s Fool, Interview w/ a Vampire, The Murder of Roger Ackroyd...I know there‘s more...
🧞‍♀️The Scarlet Letter made me hate Nathaniel Hawthorne‘s writing style with the fire of a thousand dragons with heartburn.

#riotgrams #yellowcovers hope to get to Jack Maggs this year

Jack Maggs is a reworking of Great Expectations centered on the character Jack Maggs (Magwich) and his quest to find his son Phipps (Pip). There are a whole host of unsavory characters including a less than ethical writer who seems to be a humorous portrayal of Dickens. I enjoyed it. It was well written and thoroughly engaging. I switched back and forth with audio - the narrator was fantastic!

I would imagine 😂😂

Really liked this book and glad I read it but it took too long to read. Another read like this, for me, was The Master of #ColmToibin

I really like this book! Then why is it taking me so long to get through it!!!

I loved this book! I'm a Dickens nut. I haven't read Great Expectations yet, but after reading this, I can't wait. This is a re-telling of GE from the perspective of another character. I gobbled this up. It's a new favorite! 7/1,001 #1001Books

#photoadaynov16 #publishedinthe1990s

A retelling of Great Expectations from Magwitch's POV, this is a gripping & thoroughly enjoyable read, even if you've never read the original (or even if you can't stand Dickens). Highly recommended 👍