Welcome to Litsy!

Barnabas and Willie are lighting your birthday candles, @UwannaPublishme 😄 Have a great day! 🎉🎂🎉

Thrilled to meet more Dark Shadows fans during the #DSbuddyread. Our discussions really enhanced this haunting story. Loved delving into Victoria Winter's past & her deeper connection to the Collins family. Plus Lara's alter ego Angelique was bound to show up & wreak more havoc for Barnabas.
Thx @rubyslippersreads 🤗 for all the fun! Would ❤️to do another one. Maybe Wolf Moon Rising with Quentin?
(Lara photo from:collingsporthistoricalsociety.com)

Ch 19 - 25 Discussion

Vicki is rescued by Willie, but soon finds herself a patient (more like a prisoner) in Stephon's house. Does Vicki's vision of a woman standing over her, brandishing a knife and laughing maniacally, remind anyone else of Mr. Rochester's first wife?

She runs to Barnabas, but he's having trouble resisting his vampiric urges. He wants to reminisce (perhaps more), and then leave Vicki to carry out his last request. ⬇️

I'm behind on the last section of the #dsbuddyread. I'll catch up in a couple of days. 🦇 #darkshadows

I've been busy with real life, so I think we're a week behind on our discussion. Hope no one minds. #DSBuddyRead #darkshadows

After Stephon's visit, Vicki has a horrendous hangover and sees ghosts (pretty normal for Collinwood—the ghosts and the drinking ?). And the opossums are back. Maybe Mrs. Johnson too.

Don't you think it's fun to "borrow" Joan Bennett's film career for Liz's past? She was so glamorous. ⬇️⬇️

Every morning I feed her, sit down with my book and my coffee....and read and drink around her while she purrs on my lap....while my husband sleeps. Best part of the day. ❤️

It‘s #Caturday! Time to catch up on this one for the #DarkShadows buddy read!

It's nice to revisit the Blue Whale. Tho Vicki considering picking up a boy toy seems a bit out of character. ?

The flashbacks to Vicki's orphanage days are interesting, but harrowing. And we meet an old "friend," Charity Trask. She would have fit right in at Lowood School.

Vicki also encounters Willie Loomis. Anyone else disappointed that, although Vicki thinks of him rather wistfully, Barnabas still hasn't made an appearance?

#dsbuddyread

Yes, I‘m at work. Yes, those are my feet on my desk. Yes, it‘s dead. So what do I do? Read a book of my favorite old shows, Dark Shadows. Victoria is her own worst enemy. #darkshadowsbuddyread

Trying to Stay Narly like the guy on my mug. Fueling up with a bit of caffeine while sprucing up my resume and doing a little job shopping. Ready for a change of scenery. Then playing catch up with #darkshadowsreadalong #DarkShadows #BarnabasDoesntSparkle

Because Barnabas is a #vampire, these will probably soon be #deadroses. However Victoria Winters is an orphan so no #papadontpreach, and listening to Josette's music box makes her #quietlyhappy. #thisremindsmeof #heartsandhardcovers #fiercefeb #happinessisresistance #dsbuddyread #darkshadows #multitasking (Image from Pinterest.)

1. Getting together with old friends who are in town, going to see another friend in the play "Nunsense," watching Olympics ?
2. 5'8" ??
3. 4 years in our cozy house, 30 years in California ?
4. #dsbuddyread that's tagged, Cinder ?
#friyayintro

??to @jesshowbooks

Ch 1-6 discussion. 😊🦇

We open in 1797. I always knew Peter Bradford would be a boring husband. 😄 No wonder Vicki has regrets about what might have been with Barnabas. And time travel isn't all it's cracked up to be. No modern conveniences, even by 1970s standards.

In the present, Vicki returns to an empty Collinwood. Where is the Collins family? And where did the opossums come from? 😱

What do you think so far?

#dsbuddyread #darkshadows

Yay, it‘s here!!! Can‘t wait to start it tonight and catch up with the rest of you! Happy to have found fellow #Darkshadows fans! #Darkshadowsbuddyread #darkshadowsreadalong

I love this bit! #Darkshadows #darkshadowsbuddyread #giftofreading

Looking forward to starting this for the #DarkShadowsbuddyread #Darkshadows

Victoria Winters is obviously anxious to start the #DSBuddyRead. #darkshadows I think I've tagged everyone who was interested, but all Littens are welcome. 😊

Here's a suggested schedule. Shall we discuss each section as we start the next, to avoid spoilers? This is my first time organizing a buddy read, so please feel free to suggest other ideas. 😊🦇

Ch 1 - 6: Feb 16
Ch 7 - 12: Feb 23
Ch13 - 18: Mar 2
Ch 19 - 25: Mar 9

Just a reminder that our #DSBuddyRead is coming up soon! Good thing that vampires are one of my #favoritebookishtropes. 😄🦇 #darkness #febinbooks18 #darkshadows #readingresolutions

Nothing like a little #bookmail to perk up my spirits! Also some music and a new tote!

Should be here Saturday! Ready for a fun #dsbuddyread! Oh, and I ordered some new music too. 🤘

Vampires and witches and ghosts, oh my! Who knew so many Littens are also fans of the vintage Gothic soap opera Dark Shadows? 😊🦇

Join us for a buddy read of Heiress of Collinwood, beginning February 16—if you dare!

#DSbuddyread #darkshadows #litsyhappenings

Group read, anyone? 😄 #darkshadows