Welcome to Litsy!

#FirstLineFridays @ShyBookOwl :
Still haven‘t seen the connection to Cinderella but I‘m only a third in. @Desha

Happy Gotcha Day to this beautiful girl! We adopted Boots January 31, 2011. She was a year and a half. Today she‘s 15. Hard to believe that much time has passed! She has chronic kidney disease now but is doing well overall. We love her so much ♥️ #CatsOfLitsy

Been emotionally preparing for this book since reading the first YEARS ago, but still wasn‘t ready for the last piece of the prophecy to happen. 😭 #huey #catsoflitsy

I absolutely loved this! I‘m a complete sucker for a Beauty and The Beast retelling and this one even had some spice.

It's T. Kingfisher. So it's good. It really is. I loved the characters, especially Hester and Penelope. And I loved the fact that the females make the stories, the males are barely there to be there and help out. Everything else is true Kingfisher. Magic, humor, fantasy. Can't get enough of her.

A short novella. I liked the concept but I wish it would have been a full novel with more character development and world building. A little heavy with themes of sexual assault so be warned before you begin. I loved the feminist themes but it just didn‘t land for me as a great retelling of a Sleeping Beauty story.

Here on the snow-swept field that holds the bodies of so many forgotten lives—a field that might have held his just as easily—I know he‘ll heal. I believe I‘ll find a way to forgive.
And together we‘ll remember the lost.
#Unhooked #LisaMaxwell #lastline #closingline #book #books #bookmark #bookmarks #bookmarket #bookmarkets #bookmoment #bookmoments #Fantasy #YoungAdult #Retellings #Romance #Pirates #FairyTales #Adventure #Magic #Fiction 💚💚💚💚💚

#JumpStart2025 #Read2025

Read for #ChildrensClassicRead2025
I enjoyed the artwork in this version of the classic fairy tale. I went back & read the Grimm‘s version online to see the gentling down in the modern versions (like princes being banished rather than beheaded for not discovering the mystery). A quick & nostalgic read. 💛

I‘m continuing with my 2025 #bookspin plan to just post sections of my shelves, with a February theme of pink and red. Plus my bookclub book. Ready for Bookspin day @TheAromaofBooks ! 🙂📚🩶

I enjoyed the fairytales very much and the comments of Dumbledore have been guite funny sometimes. Especially while talking about the Elder Wand - we know better. 😊