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I wanted to like this book, but I just couldn't get into it.

Nope. When I go into a book knowing there's a semi-absurd premise, something where you're going to work extra hard to suspend disbelief and not think too hard about the details, I'm looking for the result to be charming or meaningful. I feel like this book didn't manage either.
Started out thinking it could have been a novella, now convinced that amount of plot and original rumination minus the redundancies would have fit in a short story. 1/?

This is my current listen. I just started it but so far I'm enjoying it.

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Has anyone else on Litsy tried the Caffeine and Legends book box? I received it as an early birthday gift and really love it! No clue what I‘ll think of the book, but all of the extra goodies are so fun! You can choose between tea, coffee, or hot chocolate and then there‘s usually a couple of other goodies! I‘m especially excited about the brown sugar saver 😍

Truly stunning. The artwork is exquisite. Nightlights is a lot spookier than I expected a picture book to get. Hicotea managed to have an unflinching moment looking at a dissected frog, then floated into a truly original world inside a turtle's shell and then made a point of indicating wetlands are under threat (if vaguely/supernaturally so).
1/2

One of the most unique literary fantasies released in 2024. A combination of Medieval history, folklore, religious references, and myth blended with existential themes. Basically, the setting is an enormous citadel ruled by a matriarchal society that is subdivided by various boundaries that is inhabited by various classes of humans and enchanted creatures. However, internal conflicts and governing tensions fail to see the looming threat coming.

@jlhammar posted about this one recently, and I had Hoopla borrows, so.
I love the art, and economy of line - Fretwell‘s face is dot dot dot and an elongated U,and yet Watson communicates so vividly with those few elements. It‘s remarkable. Reminds me a bit of Quentin Blake.
Story‘s a bit odd. I would‘ve titled it “The Perils of Passivity.” Fretwell just can‘t win–he even loses his lunch to a growly dog - but does nothing about it. Great art tho.

I enjoyed this graphic novel, but it‘s a strange one. Author G.H. Fretwell goes on tour to promote his latest novel and unwittingly becomes a murder suspect. Surreal and darkly comic.