Welcome to Litsy!

“‘There once was a girl,‘ he murmured, ‘clever and good, who tarried in shadow in the depths of the wood. There also was a King-a shepherd by his crook, who reigned over magic and wrote the old book. The two were together, so the two were the same: the girl, the King…and the monster they became.‘”
#June2025

A mix of multiple genres, I found it entertaining and fun.

3.25⭐️

#ReadYourKindle Picks
I made a slight mistake. 😌 I accidentally wrote That's Not My Name twice on my list and it got picked twice 😅 So I substituted Phantasma for it since it's been sitting in my KU queue for months.

@CBee

I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it.

#ABookADay2025

My favorite book for May was The Resurrectionist 💗
#ReadingBracket @Catsandbooks

I loved this book. James goes to Edinburgh to study to become a doctor. There, he gets into enough financial trouble that he starts body snatching with Aneurin and his gang for the surgeon he's studying for. And then they run into Burke and Hare 🖤
#WickedWords #school @AsYouWish
#Pantone2025 #curdsandwhey @Lauredhel

May wrap courtesy of StoryGraph. This was definitely a heavy essay/memoir month, but I managed to get some fiction in as well. Diavola stands out as one of the best horror books I've read in a while, and it was my only 5⭐ read of the month.

Maybe the reason I‘m so drawn to Rebecca right now (and Del Toro‘s CRIMSON PEAK, the basis of #GothLitSummer2025) is because I‘m engaged.

Rebecca gently presses into my fears: Is there such a thing as true happiness and can we attain it together? At least Rebecca answers the question in the affirmative, which gives me hope.

#BridesOfLitsy

This is a very unhinged and gory horror novella. There is a mix of horrors of the Victorian age and actual gruesome murder - written in extreme detail. Both entertaining and disgusting. This would make a great movie - my recent watch of The Ugly Stepsister on Shudder made me want more historical horror. 5⭐️
#bookspinbingo #2!

This. Was . Hilarious!!!!! This was Otessa Moshfegh and all her gruesomeness but with humor. Miss Notty is hired to be the governess at the Pound estate and nothing will ever be same again. She has a darkness inside her that is just itching to get out. One would be afraid for the family of the Pound estate until you meet them. Then, maybe, you‘re rooting for Miss Notty. Litsy this was great but for a lot of you it might not be. Take care. Pick!!!