Welcome to Litsy!

I‘m going to get judged for this because she has a massive following and it has an 87% here but… yawn.

I don‘t typically like campy style writing but in the first book (which I did love), the style had a big payoff for me and when I finished it, I was left with great admiration for what she accomplished. not so with this “sequel.” too long, too much, and while I found some moments clever, I spent the latter half wishing it was over. 😬

My MUST reads from my physical TBR for 2026!!

Starting with We Love You, Bunny 🐰🩷(of course)

Any suggestions what I should pick next? Thinking “Play Nice” or “No Rest for the Wicked”🐈‍⬛

Then I‘ll move into the pile of ARCs I should have read already😂

*top one is The Resurrectionist”💀

PS. Any GMM fans here?🔥🐔

It took me a minute to get into this sequel to Bunny, which kicks off with the four magical mean girls forcing Sam to hear their sides of the story. It really picked up once their first creation, Aerius, takes over the narration, by turns tragic and hilarious, filled with romance and “violences.“ On a mission he doesn't understand, accompanied only by a plastic pony and his ax, he is a work in progress seeking freedom from authorial intent.

Thank you so much thewallflower0707 for this great #Jolabokaflod parcel! 🎄📦🎄
You spoiled me with all the sweets and gave me my actual top wished for book!
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Thank you!

And thank you so much for organizing this #swap @MaleficentBookDragon
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Merry X-Mas everyone!

This is a long, meta meditation on the corrupting effect on artist and art when the focus is too much on outcome and not enough on process. Although I loved Bunny, I don't think I would have finished this very long follow-up without narrator Sophie Amoss guiding me through. Did I mention that the novel is long? Because it totally is, Bunny. It's worth it, but it would have been more worth it had it been a little shorter.

Was I initially skeptical? Yes. Is it too long? For sure. Does it stretch a metaphor past its breaking point? Absolutely. Did I still get sucked into this wacky, witchy, saccharine, violent, weirdo world again? I did. In fact, I kinda loved it Bunny!
(No bunny was available to pose so here is Sweet Potato/Tornado instead.)

Read Bunny with my daughter, so we are reading this one too. I just finished and look forward to our discussion soon.

I can't decide if this is bad or so bad it's good? It's like Awad is writing her own fanfic.

#Read2025

I enjoyed Bunny 4 years ago even though I wasn‘t sure what I read & thought that “the book might be mocking me for not being as smart as it.” (I don‘t know, that‘s what I wrote.🤷🏻‍♀️) Anyway, I thought I‘d like this prequel/sequel, but I really didn‘t. I felt like what seemed effortlessly quirky in Bunny seemed like trying too hard to be quirky here. Also why did it need to be so long?! Anyway, I finished & it was a pan for me.🐰🪓⬇️

We Love You, Bunny (Bunny 2), by Mona Awad (2025 🇨🇦)
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Premise: The members of a campus cult kidnap the author of a novel exposing their disturbing activities, in order to set the record straight.

Review: Awad‘s 2019 title Bunny was an absolute phenomenon, so I was intrigued to pick up this sequel/prequel, which goes even deeper in its send-up of higher education, the arts, and toxic female friendship. ⬇️

I‘m 8 days post (human) spay, and I‘m doing pretty well! I‘m still not quite well enough to drive, but I‘m off pain meds and taking it easy.

I treated myself to 3 books - the BN exclusive of We Love You Bunny, which I just started, plus a signed Lockwood and the new Kim Hooper.

I‘m just now able to concentrate well on reading. I‘ve reread a couple of favorites on audio, but started my first new listen with Mary Roach‘s latest! ⬇️

Had the privilege of meeting Mona Awad tonight at the B&N Poured Over podcast taping. Looking forward to hearing the final product bc audience questions were sourced & asked separately afterward. I submitted a question about the status of a potential ‘Bunny‘ movie or TV show…

One of my favorites for variety of reasons. She mentioned she‘s begun work on a new project: a take on ‘Twelfth Night‘ (a la other novel ‘All‘s Well‘). 💖

This was really good. I love this author. Officially. Read Bunny first, though. Even if this is technically sort of a prequel.

#BookSpinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

What a ride. Mona Awad‘s title as Queen of the Dark Comedy Fever Dream holds strong for another novel.

Admittedly, I was a little wobbly in the first half, I‘m so glad I held on & trusted the process so to speak for the conclusion. I will say if you haven‘t read or didn‘t love Bunny, this one definitely isn‘t for you (unless, like, you really love Frankenstein stories? 🙃). Dark, weird, funny, unsettling. It‘s Awad. 🤷🏻‍♀️

My giveaway book arrived!!! On my birthday no less!💕

Can‘t believe I won this one, as Bunny is one of my all time favourites!!!🩷🩷

Pictured with one of my favourite treasures, from @Yuki_Onna 🐰💕

I so appreciate #netgalley giving me early access to this prequel by one of my favourite favourite authors. I LOVE Bunny and wasn‘t sure it needed a prequel - the work speaks for itself. For the first third of the book - when the Bunnies tell their side of the story - I thought my suspicions were true. Once Aerius (the OG himbo bunny) starts telling his story, I was hooked back in. Not as comfortable with dark ambiguity as its predecessor still 👍

Oh gosh, here we go, Bunny! 🐰 😱

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Totally freaking out over here!!!!

WE LOVE YOU BUNNY!!!!

@Yuki_Onna

I may have done a thing. Isn‘t she pretty? #kobo
#readyourkobo

Mona Awad's upcoming book, "WE LOVE YOU, BUNNY," which is the sequel to BUNNY, will be releasing on September 23, 2025!
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Author Photo by Angela Sterling
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My excitement level is through the roof! Bunny was so odd and so fun; I cannot wait to go back to that world! #NetGalley

@Yuki_Onna @BeeMagical

Guys... I don't know if youve seen this yet but THIS IS NOT A DRILL!!!!!!!!!!!!

(Photo screenshotted from Rare Birds Bookshop, Edinburgh's Instagram story)

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