TIL Ginnifer Goodwin assumed OUAT producers Edward Kitsis and Adam Horowitz were inspired by historical figure Maria Sophia Margaretha Catharina von Erthal for her character Mary Margaret. Hint: they had no clue who she was referring to. Neither did I while googling for Snow White retellings and the blog linked in comments came up during my search. ⬇️

One block away from home and I realized I left my new year‘s meal behind at my sister‘s. So I picked up a light snack at the Cheesecake Factory to go with my first book of 2023. What are you reading today?

My January #roll100:
96 🎲 Milk Blood Heat, 2 week wait on libby
84 🎲 The Daughter of Doctor Moreau, to be picked up at local library
44 🎲 The Devil‘s Highway, to be picked up at library

@PuddleJumper

After some hemming and hawing I decided to change my litsy username AnansiGirl to SconsinBookyBadger to match along with my StoryGraph username.

Tagging @PuddleJumper @Soubhiville @Charityann @julesG @BarkingMadRead and @ElizaMarie to update you for the litsy events you tag me on.

Snowed in and plowed in from white fluffy powder out there. Luckily it‘s a day off and good time to finally get around to my fave podcasters new book.

Tiny furry overlord is hinting I take a reading paws for now to report #NovelNovember progress: Library loan The Girl Who Fell Beneath the Sea is finished. I may buy this one when I go on my next book shopping adventure. Half way through both Certain Dark Things and Fire & Blood.

@Andrew65

From House of the Cat 🐈 Happy Thanksgiving if you‘re celebrating, Happy Thursday if you‘re not. I‘ll be here catching up on some reading until get together at my nephew‘s later today. What are your plans?

During the days I have off for the #NovelNovember #readathon I have a small selection of books I want to get through before the month ends.
@Andrew65

Pistachio 🐱 First of his name, King of the Isthmus, Protector of the backyard, joining me for tea and re-reading tagged book now that my binge watch has ended for season 1 House of the Dragon.

If there‘s moments that I act immature for my age, this is one of them. I did indeed bought this book that had me giggling in the aisle at Leopold‘s Books Bar Caffe. πŸ€“

Book of choice to unwind to as I‘m trapped by Pistachio. He‘s a bit displeased with me for taking a five day trip traveling through Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota, and Minnesota to visit my mom. The tiny but mighty Mountain Screamer scolded me all the way from my brother‘s until we were home.

All eyes on the calendar to see today is Happy National Book Lovers Day!

It‘s midnight somewhere for the end of this #20in4 readathon.
Look Both Ways βœ…
Sigh, Gone βœ…
Traditional Aladdin βœ…
A Whole New World βœ…
Cagesick Blues βœ…
Ariadne ⏳
Sea of Rust ⏳
The Sandman Act II ⏳
Thank you @Andrew65 for hosting!

Yep that‘s me, Pistachio and I‘m sitting here wondering why my human thinks she needs to β€œtake a break” and get snacks before continuing on with the #20in4 readathon.
#AuthorAMonth
#CatsOfLitsy

#AudioDiamondPainting along to tagged book while Officer Pistachio is on guard duty to ensure I stay put and not attempt any sneaky walk around the neighborhood.

#20in4 @Andrew65

I took a walk around the block and was immediately put in kitty jail on my return. While serving my time I finished Toni Sarnicola (nom de plume Jenna Jacobs) debut. The collection of horror short stories are good except for the CW of animal cruelty in Funeral for Birds. Also checked off for #20in4 are the traditional and retelling of Aladdin.

Tagged book wasn‘t planned on being part of #20in4. Since I had Thursday off I figured I do some warm up reading aaaaand I had a deja book moment. Apparently I read this one before? I don‘t recall much of this book except Strawberry Spring, Jerusalem‘s Lot, Last Rung on the Ladder, and of course Children of the Corn.

I have no specific #20in4 goals in mind except read or listen to my selection of print, ebooks and audiobooks.
* Ariadne
* Sigh, Gone
* Classic Aladdin https://www.gutenberg.org/files/57/57-h/57-h.htm
* Twisted Tales Aladdin retelling #fairytalereadingchallenge
* Cagesick Blues first collection from instagrammer postmodernhotmess
* The Sandman Act II
* Look Both Ways #authoramonth
* Sea of Rust #tbrcrew #storygraphrecs
@Andrew65

Count me in for the upcoming #20in4 readathon. I need some motivation to get me out of a reading slump these past several months.

@Andrew65

Signed copies were sold out by the time a group of us were able get our Neil Gaiman books. I still bought Neverwhere for the memory of a joyful evening and to replace the copy I lost. Now I‘m curious to take a drive to Menomonie and check out β€œNeil‘s mirror.”

The final countdown to Evening with Neil Gaiman is here! I‘m giddy with excitement having to wait two years for this day to arrive!

Avoiding adult responsibilities like there was a book mail delivery. 😁

I couldnβ€˜t decide which Snow White I wanted to read for the #fairytalereading challenge. So I picked both tales available on https://surlalunefairytales.com. The re-tellings I chose are Snow & Rose that Iβ€˜m audiobooking on libby and Fairest of All, my own ebook copy.
@Charityann

At the end of #20in4 I finished Interview With the Vampire and Untamed Shore. Tagged book in progress at chapter nineteen. I hope to not be such a slacker on litsy as things went in 2021 and be more involved regularly. See you all at the next readathon! πŸ“š
@Andrew65

Freezing drizzle is making travel unsafe to celebrate 2022 with my small irl circle of friends. Instead I‘ll be ringing in the new year at home with the tiny puma Pistachio and of course books.

#20in4 @Andrew65

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Happy #StrangerThings Day πŸ₯ž I can‘t believe I forgot tagged book and the novelizations of the Upside Down world have been languishing on my TBR... okay maybe it shouldn‘t be that much of a surprise. Anyways enough waffling about that and time to revisit Hawkins, IN.

FriYay‘s book and noms pairing of Libertie with burrito, street corn, and oh so tart prickly pear limeade.

I was thrilled to see tagged book be released as an audiobook and I‘m finally getting around to listening to the Libro.fm I bought months ago. I tried so many times to read print version only to give up because how meticulous Hutton is with his research of modern Paganism.
Pistachio on the other hand was not as delighted as I was and immediately fell back asleep once I stopped annoying him to pose for a pic. #catsoflitsy

FriYAY night πŸŒ� and πŸ“– pairing. The tacos may have already been consumed before I uploaded pic on litsy. πŸ˜‹

Hey hey, it‘s the domestic puma come to join me in sneaking in one chapter of tagged book before the clock strikes midnight ending September‘s #20in4.

#CatsofLitsy

I‘m taking advantage of the Monster β€˜Stachio napping to tackle a knitting project along with WhisperSyncing book 2 of #20in4 readathon.

@Andrew65

What a joy to see a #20in4 readathon falling on my FiYAY and weekend off! I want to read Wecker‘s The Hidden Palace, but first getting reacquainted with old books friends Chava and Ahmad.

P.S. I‘m catching up on a month worth of the litsy feed. @Andrew65 I hope you and your wife are improving with your health situation. Sending good thoughts to you both.

Happy FriYay! It has been two weeks since I‘ve moved into my new apartment. Tagged book is my choice to read through the weekend and relax to while adjusting to a different environment.

I‘m going to be on hiatus from litsy while I go through the nightmare process of not renewing my lease at current apartment and submitting applications in search of a new one. I had hopes hearing from one management approving my app, but now I‘m on pins & needles as it‘s been 5 days since I‘ve heard from anybody. I‘m giving them until Wednesday to contact me before I begin another search. Or maybe drink the tallest glass of wine to calm my nerves.

Late evening celebration of πŸ–€ World πŸ¦‡ Goth πŸ–€Day πŸ¦‡ with my comfort author.

Hello my precious Friday that begins my 3 day weekend off 😍 It‘s been yet another 🎒 ride at my job and the only β€œreading” I‘ll be able to concentrate on tonight is Natalya Berezynska‘s Homestead pattern. Here‘s to catching up on Saturday lots of real reading neglected books stacked on my end table.

The catpanion makes his appearance upon hearing book pages being rifled through while I decide which Storm Constantine short story I want to read before I fall 😴

#catsoflitsy

May the Fourth be with you.

Tonight‘s litsy upload has been brought to you by the letter A. #AudioKnitting along to April‘s #AuthorAMonth that finally became available on Libby app.

@Soubhiville

Friday night buddy read with Pistachio.

#catsoflitsy

Ending day 4 of #20in4readathon with 1 ebook and 1 comic read. 1 ebook in progress and a last minute decision to read 1 story from tagged graphic novel before midnight strikes.

Thank you @Andrew65 for hosting! I hope to join in April‘s readathon! 🀞🏼

Aaaaand my reading partner has fallen asleep before I even begun #20in4readathon‘s third choice to read tonight.

@Andrew65

While Pistachio the Luck Puma zoomies all over the place, I‘ll be here late night reading another book I‘ve never read but seen the movie version countless of times.

#20in4readathon @Andrew65

I was familiar with the story of Peter Pan, but never read the book. Mission accomplished tonight for #fairytalereadingchallenge and #20in4readathon

@Charityann @Andrew65

I‘ve been hit by a reading slump and instead spent majority of March binge watching Once Upon a Time. Here‘s to hoping #20in4readathon gets me motivated to crack open a book or plug in the earbuds to an audiobook.

@Andrew65

Knitting, sipping, and audiobooking while I enjoy the last vacation day at my sister‘s apartment.

Sorry @SkeletonKey I fell behind on reading TEoFaS. I caught the flu last Friday and it took another 3-4 days until I felt somewhat normal. I‘ll be devoting this Friday and the weekend to, if not finish the book at least be further along than where I‘m bookmarked at.

I‘ve read a few books by Storm Constantine , but somehow never gotten around to reading the Wraeththu mythos, her most popular work. I‘m joining @SkeletonKey in reading through this trilogy.

I thought the house puma was sleeping in his cat bed. What a surprise to see he‘s stolen my spot when I returned with snacks and drink to begin #authoramonth tagged book.

@Soubhiville