At times, I find the holidays hectic and overwhelming. It is not the time for me to read painful, heartbreaking books. So, I am revisiting The Girl Who Drank the Moon by Kelly Barnhill. It is an excellent fantasy book where the evil witch is also the good witch, dragons are small, and unlikely people are brave heroes. I feel unfailingly hopeful when I read it.
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I liked the goals of The Lost Bookshop by Evie Woods. It is a clever, intriguing romance book where females in a magical bookshop in Ireland find their power against the evil status quo patriarchy. I had several unanswered questions at the end. The book felt divided about men--abusers or angels, not much between. Woods clearly loves books, and that makes it a good read.
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The Book That Broke the World by Marc Lawrence is the second of a trilogy. Trilogy middle books are the most difficult. As a reader, I want to finish the book with a feeling of completeness but also have significant unanswered questions that make reading the final book compelling. Some themes that Lawrence is tackling are knowledge of good and evil, sibling relationships, revenge, rags to riches, sacrifice, and more. Lawrence has a layered plot narrated by several characters. The ending feels muddled, and I don't fully understand what is happening. This may become apparent in the third book. It is still some of the best fantasy I've read.
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Mystery, podcast, amnesia, Texas
True crime podcasts are big. In Listen for the Lie by Amy Tintera, Lucy's best friend, Savvy, was murdered. Everyone in Lucy's small Texas town believes Lucy is the killer.; however, Lucy has amnesia surrounding the fatal night. She flees her hometown for LA. But, a podcaster starts to stir up trouble, and Lucy is drawn back to Plumpton, Texas, to face the hatred of the town and the ghosts of the past. This book was dark and humorous. It has a feisty grandma. I enjoyed this a great deal. It is terrific on audio.
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Marilyn Singer invented a form of poetry called Reverso. Her book Echo, Echo: Reverso Poems About Greek Myths are poems read in one direction and then reversed. A poem that stands out is King Midas's daughter lamenting the lack of touch from her father. Her father then groans over, touching his daughter, causing her to become a statue. It is difficult to describe but amazing to see. Here is a link to an example:
https://kellyrfineman.livejournal.com/544639.html
This would be a good gift book for elementary school-age children because of its poems and intriguing illustrations.
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