Welcome to Litsy!

I'm also putting myself on a book buying pause. If I try to do a complete ban I'll never stick to it. So I'm going to try to just enjoy BOTM, Kindle Unlimited, and a few preorders I've made 🤞🏻
Thanks for the tag @MaleficentBookDragon 😺
#NewYearNewBooks

A new Norse mythology retelling of Angrboda, legendary witch, lover of Loki and mother of “monsters”. This highly entertaining story follows the new trend of highlighting women in mythology, which I am loving. Though it has a slow start, it has a epic action packed last third. 4⭐️
#WinterReadathon
#bookspin pick done!

This is a beautiful, bittersweet tale of Angrboda, Mother Witch, wife to Loki, mother of Hel, Fenrir, and Jormungandr. The writing is lovely, even if the pacing is painfully slow in parts. It‘s a story that made me cry and rage, and also makes me want to dive deeper into Norse mythology. The audiobook narration is excellent, too.

I haven't been around for a while but I have been reading. I have never been big into Swift but this album HAS me. And Instagram has books/tracks lists that I am living for. I'm making my own and I'm starting with Anti Hero. If you have any comparisons, please share!

Books, like music, often leave me with feelings. I love matching the two by those feelings.

I'll be back with more! 🤍

#ScarathlonDailyPrompts #Day13 #Witch I absolutely loved this take on a Norse myth. In it, Angrboda is a witch, living in the outer forest after fleeing a burning from Odin for refusing to read his future. Highly recommend #Scarathlon #TeamSlaughter 6pts

I started this with cursory, pop-culture level of knowledge on Norse mythology and ended with a newfound appreciation because the story isn't centered on the popular cluster. This is the story of Angrboda and it's a fantastic telling. I loved the modernized dialogue which included lots of humour, wit, and heart.

Thank you so much!!! I love it!
I‘m so excited about this book and the chocolate is going to last about 5 minutes tonight. It looks soooo good!
Thank you!!!
#Fffs #Fallingforfallswap
@Avanders

A lovely Nordic tale from a fresh female perspective, reminiscent of Circe. A little slow at first but worth the build up. And if you haven‘t already, I highly recommend Neil Gaiman‘s Norse Mythology first for an introduction to many of myths referenced in The Witch‘s Heart.

Part II

Loki is insufferable and infuriating, like a lot of men! Yeesh
I'm finding myself smirking and rolling my eyes a lot @ what he says. Yet of course, he's charming in his own way, and doubtless that's why Angrboda puts up with him.

Shopping haul from Saturday

This book is a perfect addition to the new thing going on with women in myths finally getting their stories told. Angrboda is the wife of Loki, she‘s been exiled out of Asgard and she really just want to live safely away from the drama of the gods and one follows her to her wilderness. It‘s a good story steeped in Norse mythology and full of angst for the future and heartbreak to an extent. I gave it 4 stars!

Okay, Witches! Here are my picks for #GroupW #LMPBC! Let me know which one y‘all are interested in! I think A Discovery of Witches is long, so I‘m leaning away from that one. Blood Like Magic is also 500 pages I think. Practical Magic is the shortest one, but what do y‘all think? I‘m down for anything!

I find it fitting that I finished this today. Happy Mother's Day to all mothers and mother figures out there! 💖
--
I loved this! I cried 😭
Made me want to read more about Norse mythology (and/or retellings) as I know very little of it.

Day 6 of #WyrdAndWonderChallenge #Mythic
I love this retelling of Angrboda and Loki 🧡
@imyril @deargeekplace

Got this on Kindle for only $1.99. Enjoying it so far.
Thanks for the recommendation, @Ericalambbrown 😄

#FirstLineFridays
@ShyBookOwl

@CBee They came!!! Thank you so much 💛. I‘m super excited to add these to my shelf and read them and the book marks are very cute! They‘ll be great for my buddy reads…unless my boys get a hold of them and they end up being toys haha. Thanks again!!! 🥰

The Witch's Heart was actually very emotional. It took you on a rollercoaster of emotions from begining to end, which isn't what you'd expect from a fantasy but its what you get from this one. It was very interesting though with all that she gave birth to and all that was prophesied but I won't give that away. You'll have to read it to find that out, but it was an amazing book, if you ask me.

I'm loving this book so far. I'm 66% into it so far and it's so not what I expected. I thought it would be one of those books that I wouldnt get into or understand but I actually get everything that's going on and I'm totally into it.

#kindledeal #kindledeals #ebooksale

Making progress! Almost done. Enjoying a relaxing bachelorette party on the great lakes with a great book.

Great read so far! Started it off on audio and I absolutely love the narration.

4/5

I really enjoyed the reimagining of the story of Ragnarok from the perspective of Loki's wife. It's beautiful and heartbreaking and just an all around wonderful read.

1. The Witch's Heart by Genevieve Gornichec and Good Enough by Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie

2. Paladin's Grace by T. Kingfisher

3. The Dragon's Bridge by Katee Robert

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

This story is wonderfully crafted. The focus is on the characters, their thoughts, their desires & the fates that await them. You are not lost in descriptions but in the turmoil of the characters lives. About half way through I did wonder if I'd see the book through, then suddenly I was hooked. It has been a long time since a book made me cry but this tale did just that, a mother's love is the strongest thing in all of the Nine Realms.

Reading Envy Podcast Episode 238: Inanimate Objects with Courtney @Conservio

Courtney is back and before we jump into discussion of books we've read and liked recently, we discuss how our reading has changed over time.

Listen and subscribe:
https://tinyurl.com/ReadingEnvy238

This is an awful book. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ how dare you make me feel emotions….

I really loved this book. It's the first 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 book that I've read in awhile. It's a Norse mythology retelling of the witch Angroboda who married Loki and prophesied Ragnarok.
#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks
#WickedWords #winter (there were 3 years of winter before Ragnarok) @AsYouWish
#TheSupernaturalYear #Prophet @AkashaVampie
#Pantone2022 #Daffodil @Clwojick
#Booked2022 #religion @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage

#12booksof2021 #August @Andrew65
Amazing book that satisfied every part of my mythology loving nerdy self 😊😂♥️

absolutely amazing. Never thought I‘d be on the side if the giants/trolls in Ragnarok.

definitely pulled at my heart strings.

5/5

#mythology #giant #magic #ragnarok #fuckloki

A fantastic pile of books for Christmas 📚🎁🎄💚🎅 My TBR pile might be the size of a house now but I do love a good book and these beauties are perfect
Hope you have all had a lovely Christmas filled with bookish wonders 🥰📚🎁🎄🎅💚❤❄
#MerryChristmas #Booklovers #BookNerds #LibraryMouse #InkDrinker #ReadersLiveAThousandLives #BookWitch #BookGeek #LostInABook #SundayReadersClub #BookLover #JustOneMoreChapter #ProfessionalBookworm #LostInABook

Trying to see how many books I can cram in before the new year #endofyear #mythology

Loved it so much!!!

Wasn't expecting this one to come in so soon, but im looking forward to it!

Thank you Aletheia so much for the surprise!! I am so grateful for our friendship ❤️ and the thoughtfulness and generosity you always show. Sending you virtual hugs across the miles 🤍🤍🤍🤍

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️. A heartbreaking telling in the world of Norse Mythology of Loki, Angrboda, the mother of monsters and the fall of Asgard with the coming of Ragnorak. Such a sad story of love and loss. Wonderfully written. However it felt a bit too much like Circe with that one being slightly better.

Didn‘t love it, didn‘t hate it. Loved the mythology parts and the way I wanted to read more about Ragnarok on my own. But I was annoyed by these characters and their vindictive drama. I wanted it to be atmospheric tale but it really was not.

Glad I read it. Probably won‘t read it again.

Bk4 of #20in4 #readathon & the last is done! Managed to finish this just before midnight Monday so it‘s just scraped in under the wire. And it‘s another #bingo on my #BookspinBingo board for October(we have till the 3rd right?) I loved this book❤️I have a huge weakness for Norse myths, the hubby & son wish they‘d been born Vikings, so it was very much in my wheelhouse. Plus it was told so beautifully & it had witches. Perfect🙌 #RagnarokForever

I loved this book from the first page til the last, even if it did make me weep like a baby.

@kellyann28 I am SO glad you chose this for #lmpbc because who knows if I ever would have gotten to it otherwise, and it was just fantastic! Exactly the book I needed right now!
I'm finishing up my final thoughts and will get it in the mail in the next few days. @DanaManiac @TheBookKeepers

I loved this one 😍 A retelling/reimagining of Norse mythology, it brings to life the story of the witch Angrboda. It was all woven together so well and I loved the characters. There's just something about Loki that is so interesting. ⭐⭐⭐⭐.5

Angrboda, mother of monsters, has taken residence in my bookish heart. I've said it before here, but I love retellings. I love Mythology. Norse Mythology is something I have only explored with Gaiman. I could see the threads between his retellings and hers. The story got both emotional and tightly wound, making for a spectacular end. The audiobook narrator is a perfect fit for the story, truly. I will likely reread this in print.

🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟

The library has been busy today, but I'm taking a few quiet moments to start this... loving it so far!

@DanaManiac This got delivered a few days ago - sorry it took me so long to let you know its here! It's been a crazy week... I can't wait to dive in this weekend! @TheBookKeepers @kellyann28 #lmpbc

4 ⭐️

I really enjoyed this retelling! I thought that the lack of chapters would have me feeling lost, but once things got going, I was so intrigued and couldn't stop until I finished the whole thing. I had never heard of this book until my postal book club, but am so glad that I discovered it and had the pleasure of reading it. It's such a complicated tale of love, heartache, betrayal and forgiveness. #LMPBC

Loved this book! It‘s was so good. It tells the story of Angraboda - wife of Loki, mother of ‘monsters‘ - from her point of view. I knew little about Norse mythology outside of Neil Gaiman‘s work and occasional stories I read here and there. This was a wonderful retelling that I recommend to anyone interested in mythology.

When I started it, I was afraid it would be too similar to “Circe” and “Ariadne”, both in themselves each retellings of mythological women whose tales fail to tell their true stories, and give them a voice.
I loved each of those books, but I wasn‘t sure how the author would tell the tale of the little-known giantess witch who married Loki…. For the rest of my REVIEW https://www.goodreads.com/review/show/4230208865

Book mail! Other than Gaiman‘s “Norse Gods” and the D‘ aulaires Book of Norse Mythology, I have read very little on the subject. Excited to read a woman‘s side of the story, the wife of Loki, the Norse Giantess witch Angrboda. I have heard that what Madeline Miller gave to the voiceless Circe, Genevieve Gorbachev gives to Angrboda 🎉Here‘s hoping it will be wonderful 💙