Gossamerchild reviewed Road of the Lost by Nafiza Azad
Really beautiful memoir of the author's first year with her newest daughter.
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Gossamerchild reviewed The Blue Jay's Dance by Louise Erdrich
The Blue Jay's Dance
4 stars
Gossamerchild reviewed Braiding Sweetgrass by Robin Wall Kimmerer
Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge, and the Teachings of Plants is a 2013 nonfiction …
Braiding Sweetgrass
4 stars
Gossamerchild reviewed Tell Me Everything by Erika Krouse
Tell Me Everything
4 stars
Gossamerchild reviewed These Precious Days by Ann Patchett
“Any story that starts will also end.” As a writer, Ann Patchett knows what the …
These Precious Days
4 stars
Gossamerchild reviewed Giovanni's Room by James Baldwin (Penguin Modern Classics)
Baldwin's haunting and controversial second novel is his most sustained treatment of sexuality, and a …
Giovanni's room
5 stars
I cannot believe I haven't read anything by Baldwin until now. This was stunning. Difficult to read at times, but really truly spectacular.
A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, …
A.J. Fikry
3 stars
Surprisingly disappointed by this one. It was fine, just nothing special and the ending fully pissed me off. I wanted more about the bookstore and less...sentimentality, I guess.
Gossamerchild rated The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry: 3 stars
The Storied Life of A. J. Fikry by Gabrielle Zevin
A.J. Fikry's life is not what he expected it to be. His wife has died, his bookstore is failing, and …
Gossamerchild reviewed Wine and punishment by Fox, Sarah (Mystery writer) (The literary pub mystery series)
Wine & Punishment
3 stars
Pretty silly cozy mystery, but what's not to enjoy about a book whose MC owns a literary themed pub?
Gossamerchild reviewed Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and …
The Mountain in the Sea
3 stars
Another one I'm not sure what to say about, but this time for negative reasons. The premise is amazing, and I adore every scene with the octopuses themselves. But pretty much nothing else-plot, characters, dialogue, writing style-worked for me. However, it's a debut novel so perhaps the next one will be better.
Gossamerchild rated Mountain in the Sea: 3 stars
Mountain in the Sea by Ray Nayler
Humankind discovers intelligent life in an octopus species with its own language and culture, and sets off a high-stakes global …
Gossamerchild reviewed Revenge: Eleven Dark Tales by Yoko Ogawa
An aspiring writer moves into a new apartment and discovers that her landlady has murdered …
Revenge Review
4 stars
I'm going to have to sit on this one for a while. I think it also could use a reread. Intriguing and disturbing.
Gossamerchild rated Other Birds: 4 stars
Other Birds by Sarah Addison Allen
Between the real and the imaginary, there are stories that take flight in the most extraordinary ways.
Right off the …
Gossamerchild rated Daisy Darker: 5 stars
Gossamerchild rated Witchy vol. 1: 4 stars
Witchy vol. 1 by Ariel Slamet Ries (Witchy, #1)
In the witch kingdom Hyalin, the strength of your magic is determined by the length of your hair. Those that …