Welcome to Litsy!

This is my fall TBR. While I might not read all of them and I may read books not on here, this is a list for me try to get through. If anyone wants to #buddyread any of them with me just let me know.

Last day of #colormepretty! It‘s #secondarycolors!

I really like the Handmaid‘s Tale TV show, but I haven‘t read the book yet. Same with The Darkest Minds. Wicked I‘ve tried to read, but I was at the beach and it didn‘t hold my attention. I LOVE the musical though. My Sister the Serial Killer is a book I‘ve seen a lot on here, and I can‘t wait to get my hands on it.

#tbr #moviebooks #tvshowbooks #tvshow #movie #musical

I finally read Wicked. Even though I knew what happens to the Wicked Witch at the end I really enjoyed how the author made it all come together.

The sun‘s starting to go down so I‘ve moved fireside #24b4Monday

I didn‘t get any reading done at my kids‘ track meet this morning, but now I‘m hunkered down in my yard‘s one shady spot and am ready to get back to it. #24b4Monday

On my way to see Wicked. I love this show so much!

Just got home from.seeing Wicked for the first time. It was amazing! I spent lots of dollars on things I really didn't need! #noregrets

Happy Mothers Day! It's Wicked time 🧙‍♀️

Am I the last person on Earth to read this?

“People always did like to talk, didn't they? That's why I call myself a witch now: the Wicked Witch of the West, if you want the full glory of it. As long as people are going to call you a lunatic anyway, why not get the benefit of it? It liberates you from convention.”

#QuotsyMay19 | 3: #Rejection

📷: Made with Typorama

I kept reading, hoping this book got better as I went but it just dragged on and on and on and on and on.......... It felt like this story could have been told in half the pages

1/5⭐ The 1st 20% about Elphaba's parents had no point, no trajectory, & was bizarrely, jarringly sexual. For a book supposedly about the Wicked Witch, we don't get her perspective until 25% of the way in & never an explanation for her green skin or water weakness. I skipped to the end to see if it got better, but no, the surface-level incoherent narrative didn't resolve itself in any way. #fantasydragon #adventureathon #fantasyadventureathon

I never use the words humanist or humanitarian, as it seems to me that to be human is to be capable of the most heinous crimes in nature.

Elphaba

Day 9 #LiteraryLuck
Here are some of my #GreenReads and blueish-green reads from my collection.
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @vkois88

Unfortunately, I have not seen the musical Wicked... yet. Had no idea what to expect from this #fairytaleretelling . I was pleasantly surprised by the quality of the writing, and how much I was drawn into the story of the green skinned Elphaba. An intelligent, brave woman who wanted love. Of particular interest was her fight for the rights of Animals, and her relationship with Glinda. #booked2019

Today‘s #audiowalk through a small neighborhood park. A selection of street signs. #litsywalkers #litsywalkersbingo #streetsign

A short walk, but I‘m glad I did it! #litsywalkers #litsywalkersbingo #playground #audiowalk

Early #audiowalk before the snow began. Love this unusual fence. #litsywalkersbingo #fence #litsywalkers

Today‘s #audiowalk to a historic church with its own cemetery. Some of the stones are no longer legible. #litsywalkersbingo #tombstone

Walked on the campus of the historic Haverford College today. Founded in 1833, many of the OLD (Bingo Square) buildings have been preserved. Here are views of two of them. #litsywalkers #litsywalkersbingo

Yesterday‘s #audiowalk. No time to post. Time spent celebrating Valentine‘s Day! This neighborhood shop was in the spirit, displaying an abundance of celebratory #flag (s) ! #litsywalkersbingo #litsywalkers

While out on my #audiowalk, I noticed quite a few cars in a parking lot with their windshield wipers raised up in the air! New to me. Thinking it has something to do with preparing for more snow which is in the forecast?!? #litsywalkers #litsywalkersbingo #unusual

I found the perfect green item for #litsywalkersbingo while on my #audiowalk today. #litsywalker

“It‘s green,” he finally said. “Nanny, it‘s green as moss.” #greenitem
“She‘s green,you mean. It‘s a she, for heaven‘s sake.” #Elphaba

Love this map of The Land of Oz! #maps

New car “read”! I also Have the physical book, so I‘m planning on alternating between the two. #booked2019 #fairytaleretelling #mountTBR

#sundayfunday @sebrittain

I don‘t read a lot of these but I have read some really good ones now I think about it. Wicked is one of my favourite novels of all time, and I also loved Home Fire (retelling Antigone), the Penelopiad by Margaret Atwood, the Song of Achilles, Ragnarok by AS Byatt, Dream Angus by Alexander McCall Smith. Come to think of it, the whole Canongate Myths series is amazing!

#MusicalNewYear Does anyone else miss Glee??? I REALLY loved that show and how awesome that both Idina Menzel and Kristen Chenoweth have co starred!!!!! https://youtu.be/z3H-Nbfdpas
Haven‘t read this #FairyTaleRetelling suggestion for #Booked2019 🤩❣️

#retelling #anewchapter @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Loved this #retelling of the Wicked Witch of the West! Didn't know it was a series until at the very end 😅

#ANewChapter @vkois88 @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Day 10 #adventrecommends @emilyrose_x

So much love in this post for my recommendation today. The book is amazing; I love "otherside of the tale" stories and this delivers. The musical though...wow! I love the music and the theatrical experience, I've seen it 3 times and I'd go again & again in a heartbeat

#Musicals #Wicked #Books #BookNerd #ReadABook

Galinda didn‘t see the verdant world through the glass of the carriage; she saw her own reflection instead. She had the nearsightedness of youth.

II. Gillikin

I always love a book that takes a classic story and tells it from a new perspective. Although, I will admit that I like some of the changes that the musical makes better. 🧹💚🙊

Rereading a favorite!

Not a 🤳 person. But here's my daughter and me in NYC this summer. We spent one glorious day there! Couldn't score Hamilton tix but Wicked was pretty darn good.
#friyayintro

Thank you so much for the #bookitforward haul, @Valink ! Looking forward to digging back into Oz!##

#jb

Not an #evilwoman after all. #defyinggravity #popular perspective is everything. #octoberxfiles

I still haven't ever read Wicked, but my husband loves the series. I'll read it someday. I found this image and really loved it. #Elphaba #witchyreads

#Witch books from my read list.

#blackcatchallenge @Clwojick

#BlackCatChallenge #Witches

One of my favorite literary witches, Elphaba 🧙‍♀️

Still on my Witchy TBR! #Elphaba #WitchyReads

I‘ve never seen the show (I don‘t live under a rock, I swear), but I read this book years ago and loved it. #Elphaba is a bad ass witch who knows how to resist.

Also, with the stunning amount of hypocrisy and bullshit going on in DC right now, I‘m feeling pretty wicked myself. 😡 👿

#WitchyReads

I was so close to the book store, I just had to stop in. Can you believe these were all bargain priced?! #winning

It‘s either a pick or a pan for this one. No compromises. Just like Elphaba herself.

It‘s completely different from the broadway show but also very similar. Full of drugs, sex, politics, philosophy magic and religion, it invokes conflictual questions with no provided answer. The ending is far from satisfying. The writing style is hard to get into and I don‘t think I understand half of it. Still, it got a pick from me. Weird.

I‘ve given up halfway once but I want to give myself a second chance. Also, I dearly need a company to keep me awake during the flight this early. 😴

Although I love the musical I cannot being myself to read this book... so many people struggle through it and I don‘t want to ruin it for myself! #slow #readingresolutions @Jess7

This is one of the few times that the book is not better. I finished it only cause I bought it. Ugh. Just not for me. No interest in the plot. The characters yuck. Not a gifted storyteller.

This book enlightened me as to how it must feel to be someone who doesn't enjoy reading, the torture of having to trudge through each page wondering if it will ever end. I had such high hopes. The concept was great but the execution was poor. I really did want to like it but found the plot to be confusing with large gaps in time ignored and the ending was rushed. I did enjoy the satire over all but a big bust for me overall.

#witch #coolbooks @Linsy #wicked
I have the other books but they aren‘t the matching design. Apart from Harry Potter (of course!!) these are the only books I have with witches.

Is it bad that I actually liked the musical better 🙈🙈

Excited to start this today! I got it from a secondhand bookstore for only $4.50! What a deal! #secondhandbooks