Welcome to Litsy!

My #jolabokaflod package has gone out, @MaleficentBookDragon I snapped a unit it won‘t seem to let me post. Love this fun time of year, full of surprises!

So cute I can barely stand it! An alien Supervillain committed to destroying humanity needs to de-stress, and nothing feels better than looking at Pandas. Or small, soft, pettable creatures. Or helping small humans. Or even helping his nemesis, the adorable Dawn Red Ranger. I guess there's nothing wrong with being kind to humans before you destroy them?

This is the first manga I've managed to get through and now I get it! Or some of it.

Joe Hill knows how to get me every….single….time!!! I‘ve read all of his novels and novellas and have waited SO LONG for this newest chunky boy! It was worth the wait. For such a long story I never felt bored or like I was slogging through crap to get back to the good stuff. The characters were amazingly written and I was so invested some of the twists really shook me. This might be my favorite book of the year! 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

Getting down to the wire for #192025 so I listened to this short book from 1964 today.

I‘m so disappointed in myself that I didn‘t bail on this. I didn‘t find it to be a centuries long tragic love story.
The time the main characters were together was minimal and so I couldn‘t understand their connection.
And I feel that if you use the word: existential a dozen times, it loses its weight.
I am willing to say: it‘s just me, right now, but I really don‘t think so. ☹️

If you need me…..don‘t…… 🎄

What Christmas reads are on your tbr?

https://wildwoodreads.com/2025/12/10/christmas-reads-on-my-tbr/

I‘m surprised this was a #BOTM offering, because it‘s a strange story…entrancing, but a weird genre blend. The Haddesley family keeps to themselves on their WV land, inside their crumbling manor bordering the cranberry bog (no mention of the spiders, the one bit of creepiness I was prepared for!). When the patriarch lays dying, his estranged daughter returns after a decade. These 5 adult children flounder in this fresh but grimily beautiful book.

I‘ve been working my way through Wells‘ backlist—she most well-known, of course, for Murderbot (❤️🤖) but she also writes fantasy. This book is a collected edition of two stories set in the same world. I enjoyed the first one more than the second but both were good. The world is well-developed & has an interesting magic system. As expected from Wells, the characters are also well flawed & interesting. Wells definitely knows how to tell a story.

I read this every Christmas. It‘s heavy on sarcasm and dark humor which I appreciate especially this time of year!

#DashingThruDecember Day 10: This #Gold book was my longest read last year (2024). Cannot wait to see my stats for 2025.