Welcome to Litsy!

The stories in this collection really drew me in. Some are spooky, some are creepy and some are heartwarming, but all of them are exceedingly imaginative.

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#OutstandingOctober #DeweysReadathon #BirthdayBashReadathon #PopupWeekend
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MY TBR for #DeweysReadathon today!
#Deweys24HourReadathon @DeweysReadathon

Thank you @CherylDeFranceschi !
I love my #Cupidgoespostal gift.

I love the bookmark, and I am super excited to read all the books :D

Thank you @BookishMarginalia for setting this up. 😊
My auntie lives in Illinois as well. She is, I think, two hours away from Chicago. Is the bookstore you work at a chain or an independent bookstore ?

Book mail day!! 📬

Thank you @shawnmooney!! He's the best and mailed this all the way from Japan for my birthday back in October! Now that it's made to way around the world it finally got here. I bet you didn't think you were sending two presents did you? Sherlock & Noodle have been playing with the packaging since I opened it. 😂😂🐭🐻

#thebookishferrets

As a child the only short stories I read were Joan Aiken's. The image of the tree in "Room full of leaves" has stayed with me always, to name just one. Theres a haunting quality about the premise in each story. Things aren't completely explained; hints to larger truths - like the "discarded words" in Portable Elephant. I don't know how this would feel if you weren't returning to a favourite childhood author. For me, it's delicious!

Turned to corner to get a little reading done only to find my spot has been taken. But with a face like that how can I be upset? #itsarazworld #dogsoflitsh

Bailed half-way, because I was hate-reading. Out of the 10.3 stories I read, I only really liked one, "Listening," a quirky, rich tale about art and passion and cats that was a work of art itself. Not one of the others here measured up, and several just angered me the way only unsatisfying fiction can do. But I'm glad other readers enjoyed it more than me - different strokes, eh?

Totally random TBR pile

Don't you just love this cover?

Another library find! "Selected Strange Stories" are just what I need.

Currently reading plus library holds. #torontopubliclibrary

Looky looky what arrived in the mail! This one I had to order right away after hearing Liberty rave about it. She was even more exuberant than usual, which is nearly impossible! @Liberty

"Night now. And a young man." #soexcited #gonnascaremyself

28 Joan Aiken stories handpicked by her daughter and Small Beer Press?! Plus an introduction by Kelly Link!!?! OH YES IT'S TRUE. This is a magical collection full of weird wonderfulness.

I would read anything that says "Selected Strange Stories" on it, but the fact that it's Joan Aiken makes it even better. Small Beer Press rules! BONUS: Preface by Kelly Link!!!!