Welcome to Litsy!

I‘ve never seen the ballet, and so never really understood why the image of the nutcracker is so entwined with Christmas, but after seeing both E T A Hoffman‘s original and Alexandre Dumas‘ rewrite mentioned in a book earlier this month, I had a desire to read both versions! Not quite what I expected, and I‘m not entirely sure what Dumas was aiming for in his near-identical rewrite, but it‘s a sweet, magical story.
6.5hrs #20in4 #Readathon

#Choose20 comics that stuck with you or influenced you. Post one cover a day, in no particular order. No reviews, no explanations. Just covers. Day 20:Castle Waiting Volume 1: Lucky Road

Second book read November 2024

Second book in this Gilded duology of Rumpelstiltskin retelling.

Liked it but not loving it. Again, I think the story was dragged just to justify a second book?😕This is so common now🫤Because of this dragging story there were parts I was interested and others that I was bored because of this repetitive pattern when the story is dragged.
Love both editions.

/3.5⭐️

Fourth candle of my #Hanukkahchallenge is a winter fairytale told in four different voices: the daughter of impoverished Jewish moneylender, a tzarina, her faithful servant and a peasant girl. The stories they tell bring to the forefront not the magic but the difficulties of women‘s lives in all walks of life. #reread #told_by_a_woman #iamthatjew

Excellent little novella! I‘ve had it for ever but never got around to it until this week. I love stories that bust up the traditional fairy tale tropes and this one certain does that!

#feminist #lgbtq

4/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌑

#disney #fantasy #princess

Oh Fredrik Backman. How I love you. At first I wasn‘t liking the fairy tale pieces to this one, felt it convoluted the story too much then he did what he was always does - he reveals the connections and the reasons and I was left with many tears while finishing. Loved it.

Cute story!

A fun and satisfying conclusion to this series! K.M. Shea really hits the spot sort of a half-cozy romance fantasy. (Not the tagged book)