Welcome to Litsy!

This delightful book includes a #potion and a magical quest as well as many impossible creatures both familiar and fantastic. #wickedwhispers

I've just listened to this amazing series of essays by Katherine Rundell, exploring what writing and stories mean to us from childhood through to adulthood.
Hugely enjoyable.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/m0023y8s?partner=uk.co.bbc&origin=share-mobile

Loved it from the very first line.

#firstlinefridays
Not currently reading this book, but I couldn‘t resist sharing this find from work today.

Magical worlds will always hold on me no matter how old I get, and Impossible Creatures was one I could not pass up. Books like this help us escape the outside world and sometimes find our inner child that feels like it has been lost forever. This book is beautifully illustrated, the characters are unforgettable, and the author has a section at the end that lets you know the magical creatures better.

1. Intelligent, chatty, doppelgänger (I am constantly approached by strangers who think I‘m someone they know)
2. Helpful, kind, fun
3. Ramona Quimby and Hermione Granger
If you‘d like to play, consider yourself tagged! ?
#WondrousWednesday

Book haul! 📚📚📚

I have absolutely fallen completely head over heels in love with the tagged book! It's so beautiful and whimsical! Plus it has gorgeous illustrations and lovely end papers too! 😍

A boy discovers a world hidden from our own, full of mythological creatures and a flying girl in peril in this middle grade fantasy. The hype for this is so high! I liked it but didn‘t love it, and I‘m not sure why…Was it too plot-driven rather than character-focused for me? Was it unexpectedly dark and yet not serious enough for me? Or is my shriveled old heart not fun enough for middle grades anymore? Was it the hype itself?

Thanks for the tag @BethM #wondrouswednesday
1. Both- But if it‘s a series i need them to match when possible.
2. Both- I choose which one to open based on mood and focus.
3. I Love both historical fiction and science fiction.
4. There are some classics still on my tbr- but i read more from this century/decade
5. I love both- also depending on my mood. I do drink coffee every day.
6. Both!
7. Both!!!
Anyone else want to play?

Katherine Rundell has been one of my favourite authors for SO LONG and I hadn‘t read one of her books in a while so I thought “maybe I‘ve outgrown her”. NOPE. Still love it. Lover her writing style and the way her characters truly seem alive. It took me a while to get through due to outside circumstances but each time I picked it up again it was so easy to get into it again and I‘m overall so glad that I stuck with it!
4⭐️