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My next book might be Where the Crawfish Sing since apparently it is coming out as a movie. On Amazon he has widely diverse reviews. Anyone here read it and either liked or hated it?
I ADORED it! Def will stay in my top 25 all-time. It’s character- driven, but also very atmospheric-and I love when an author brings you in to the setting.
I feel like this book has two distinct components that are woven together. I loved the part about Kya coming of age in the swamps and learning to embrace the natural world around her. I hated the teen romance.
Totally agree, although I loved the book overall, I did find myself wanting to shake Kya by the shoulders for some of her choices.
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I feel like this book has two distinct components that are woven together. I loved the part about Kya coming of age in the swamps and learning to embrace the natural world around her. I hated the teen romance.
"Teen romance". At the risk of showing my grumpy old age, teen romance in a review or synopsis is where I say to myself "I think I'll pass".
Where the Crawdads Sing
I really enjoyed it. It was a great read. I read it for book club and while we were kind of able to poke some holes in some of the story, it was a great read and I enjoyed the ride. I have mentioned that I often look at ratings on goodreads, and it gets a 4.46 which is really strong. ( Anything above a 4 is usually outstanding).
I just "tried" to read The Great Circle and I had to give up on it, after about 80 pages or so.
I then started Why Fish Don't Exist and to my delight, it was very different and a really good read. Non fiction, sort of, and sort of lots of philosophy in a very engaging story.
I'm just starting Happy All the Time by Laurie Colwin. This is my second book by this author and I'm already as captivated as I was with the first one (my first, not hers). She writes about people who feel like people I might actually know except they are more interesting and probably smarter, but still...
Colwin did most of her writing in the 1970s and then died prematurely. What a shame.
Happy to say I just started a book and am really really enjoying it. The Boy at the Top Of the Mountain. Someone on here--(just checked it was Miguel's Mom-thank you!) mentioned it,and I realized it was by the author of The Heart's Invisible Furies which was excellent ( and even a very much bigger book than I usually go for). This one is actually a pretty short book, well under 300 pages so I decided to chance it and the library had it available on kindle.
Happy to say I just started a book and am really really enjoying it. The Boy at the Top Of the Mountain. Someone on here--(just checked it was Miguel's Mom-thank you!) mentioned it,and I realized it was by the author of The Heart's Invisible Furies which was excellent ( and even a very much bigger book than I usually go for). This one is actually a pretty short book, well under 300 pages so I decided to chance it and the library had it available on kindle.
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I finished this tome last week.
Extraordinary book. Even if you don't enjoy Octavia Butler's novels, I encourage you to read this book. Utterly beguiling.
For us women who desire erotic adventures in love, this book presents scenarios through a fictional heroine named Jayne who is not plain. There is a satisfying ending!!!
I just finished reading:
It's titled Beyond Black: Amy Winehouse by Naomi Parry .
I read Democracy in America by Alexis de Tocqueville back in 2012 and 2013, before I was posting reviews as I read. It is a slow but essential read for anyone that wants to understand the U.S. The book lays out why the U.S. is unique and has always been unique. Interestingly, he took a "wait and see" attitude as to whether Americans would, in the course of history, "vote themselves" more than the economy could afford in benefits, or could otherwise be justified.
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Where the Crawfish Sing
I finished this tome last week.
Extraordinary book. Even if you don't enjoy Octavia Butler's novels, I encourage you to read this book. Utterly beguiling.
For us women who desire erotic adventures in love, this book presents scenarios through a fictional heroine named Jayne who is not plain. There is a satisfying ending!!!
It's titled Beyond Black: Amy Winehouse by Naomi Parry . 
