Welcome to Litsy!

My goodness - I can't remember the last time I was this sick. It feels like a freight train ran me over and backed right back up over me. The worst part of being this sick is not being able to read because your head feels like it's swimming! Here's to hoping for healthier days ahead so I can get back to my books!

"OK, it's 3.47 in the morning," Marco said. "And i'm here because my Dad is a sound sleeper and doesn't notice when I wake up screaming because an owl and a hawk have just flown through my window."

This series goes SO HARD! And it‘s still so early in the series. Lots of impossible, hard decisions to be faced.

I enjoyed the pop culture references in this one - we had the GAP and we had a new Keanu Reeves movie playing at the cinema.

Each time I finish an Animorphs book - I marvel at how the stakes have once again risen - AND BOY DID THINGS ESCALATE in this one - with Jake falling into a yeerk pool and getting taken over by a high ranking yeerk. With literally everything on the line - from his own autonomy to his friends safety and the future of all humans… will his friends be able to outsmart the yeerk inside their dear friend and group leader?

“Marco doesn‘t believe in optimism.” - Jake

The most reluctant of the Animorphs has a really rough time - my favourite part was when he convinced the others that the best plan was morphing into lobsters to escape pursuit and jumping into a lobster tank at a supermarket (they got sold and almost ended up as dinner).

Marco can‘t catch a break (except for that one nice moment with his dad at the end). The stakes continue to rise! Great instalment.

Dolphin morphs, whale friends, sneaking into places as seagulls and a daring underwater rescue mission that results in saving Ax, the younger brother of the Andalite Prince who gifted the kids with morphing abilities before dying. The stakes are raised again as they not only have another near fatal brush with Visser 3 but learn what Yeerks do to lands they colonise. The sound effects really elevate the audiobook experience. SO MUCH FUN!

In which my heart breaks for Tobias on multiple occasions (and a yeerk ship gets blown up in a spectacular fashion)

I‘m having such a good time with these (2 down, 52 to go) Fluffers McKitty really stole the show here (or rather Rachel as Fluffers). The tragedy of human controllers continues with the reveal of how Mr Chapman became one (to save his daughter - a school friend of the animorphs) from the same fate. The stakes begin to crystallise for the kids as they realise the enormity of what they are up against.

3✨ I think this gives a bit more background on how they morph, and who they are up against. The flea was a fun touch. #SeriesLove @TheSpineView @Andrew65

This is the tumblr post that made me curious enough about Animorphs to actually pick one up and start reading… from the comments on the original post - option number 3 is the “not true” statement because the character was in more than 2 books…

I‘m looking forward to the “parasitic alien slugs can get addicted to Instagram at oatmeal” storyline 😝

The second audiobook just came through for me on Libby today… so will be back into it soon

I didn‘t read these when I was a kid because the covers freaked me out… but I saw the audiobook on Libby and decided to give it a go - and IT‘S SO GOOD! Quite a bit happens in the first instalment - starting with coming across a dying alien who gives them the ability to morph - and charges them with saving humanity. My favourite part involved a tiger enclosure. There are 54 books in the main series, potentially as action packed as this one!