Welcome to Litsy!

Who‘s in for #pop23 ??? I‘ve been reading over the list and decided to choose some of the prompts in advance that are either harder to fill or that I really want to read. The rest I‘ll just fill in as I go throughout the year. Also, I‘m really looking forward to reading The Stand 😂 Let us know if you‘d like to be tagged in ‘23! Everyone is welcome to play along! https://www.popsugar.com/entertainment/reading-challenge-2023-49013480/amp

I loved this rollicking adventure tale (and the chapter lead illustrations are magnificent!) Charlie Reade, rescues and befriends an old man who has a secret and a dog, Radar. Charlie travels to a land shaped by fairy tales and nightmares to save the dog‘s life, and ultimately the land. Characters & world building are great. Only criticism: King dumbs-down references to fairy tales, explaining when he doesn‘t really need too: we read them too sir!

This was a fun re-read of a King novel with a very weird premise (not that that‘s unusual with King!) satisfying ending, and some gruesome descriptions too 🤢

Plus HOW is it December?!? Here‘s my #bookspinbingo board 🤩

The Goodreads Choice Awards inspired me to read new genres and this one was my #bookspin for December. Obviously I ordered it for same day delivery!

I‘m bailing on this about half way through. It‘s too long and I do not like the shallow depiction of characters that basically say pretty = good and ugly = evil. DNF
#bookspinbingo

More than a horror, it‘s a character study, where the character is a small town, and the titular werewolf is the background on which it is painted—an interesting reverse of focus, once you notice it. As always, King has an uncanny ability of bringing his characters to life with a few sentences, plus the book has the vibes of those corny horror B-movies I like to watch sometimes instead of comedies. Ultimately, not very scary but still fun.

3.5/5

I reread The Mist this evening. It‘s probably my favorite Stephen King novella (although I love A Good Marriage). I hated the movie , but for some reason I revisit the book at least once a year.
Photo was taken by Phil Patterson three days ago showing the fog over St Louis. The photo was actually what made me think of and reread The Mist.

An excellent adventure as only King can portray. Charlie, who I adored, befriends a curmudgeon neighbor and his trusty pup Radar. He soon discovers an underground fantasy world with dark fairy tale vibes. Prince Charlie must save the kingdom and find his way home, in a way.

#NovelNovember #Readathon

A successful readathon although I did get distracted by The Giant Dark, so good.
🌲 Fairy tale is still in progress
🌲 Ladyparts 3⭐️
🌲 Braiding Sweetgrass progressing nicely for #NaturaLitsy
🌲 Twelve moons completed 4⭐️ Published in 2023.
🌲 Bonus - listened to The breath of a whale on audiobook. 4⭐️ Review posted.

Great weeks reading with a pretty eclectic mix.

Thank you @Andrew65