Welcome to Litsy!

This was fun and a nice distraction from … all this.

Little by little I‘m working through #serieslove2024 and #tenbeforetheend while I figure out what to read for the rest of the year.

1. This time of year, at least, it‘s sunrise.
2. Worst petsitting job (ever)*
* I set aside The Grey Wolf for now for reasons I‘ll describe in the comments.
#two4tuesday on Wednesday

To start off it feels good to have Percy Jackson and the gang back together. But I think this series has one big problem, because the series is a prequel and we know what happens,it kind of undercuts the entire series. I don‘t think this was entirely needed as I consider Percy‘s arc over as of house of hades. Aside from that, this had a lot of classic Percy Jason moments. This was a good story but wasn‘t important overall

This week, my joy comes mostly from my cats.
💖Rambo enjoying the fireplace for the first time this fall.
💖Alice making biscuits in her cozy new bed
💖Two 8 week old kitten sisters that have joined us. No names so far, just nonstop energy.
💖Beautiful fall walks
#5joysfriday @DebinHawaii #catsoflitsy

4.75/5 🌕🌕🌕🌕🌖

It would have been 5 stars but there were some continuity errors.

#fantasy #percyjackson #rickriordan

THE NEW PERCY JACKSON BOOK IS OUT TODAY! 🥳🎉🎉🎉

The book was told from Beautiful Joe‘s point of view. I enjoyed this, but it did get preachy at times. I agree with it all, but even so, it still felt a bit preachy. Many of the characters in the story were almost too good to be true, but at the same time, I think the book (originally published in 1893) was trying to teach kids not to be cruel to animals, they have feelings and feel pain, too. Interesting that it is actually a woman who wrote this

There are sad parts thrown in as if it‘s from one dog‘s point of view, as well. Some of the work with the scared dogs reminded me of my volunteering with shy/scared cats, to be honest. The end of the book did a “where are they now?” for both the dogs and the people involved. Of course, “now” was around the time of publication over a decade ago. I realized that none of the dogs are probably living now.

A slight focus on Michael Vick and the case against him, but the heart of the story was the dogs being rescued from the fight ring and being taken to shelters and rehabilitated and fostered and given love. There are some awful things in this book, the description of wounds and the things done to these dogs but they are not done to excess, just to let you know what they had gone through. It is a hard read though, I definitely cried multiple times.

Thanks for the tag @TheSpineView !!

1. Storing book someplace where they are going to get musty!
2. I do enjoy them sometimes, but I think it's because I LOVED them when I was growing up, so many titles (like the tagged book) are intermingled with nostalgia!

#Two4Tuesday

Wanna play @AmyK1 @wideeyedreader @emilymdxn @AsYouWish ??