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jellybeyreads rated Goddess of the Hunt: 3 stars

Tessa Dare: Goddess of the Hunt (Paperback, 2009, Ballantine Books)

Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare

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Goddess of the Hunt by Tessa Dare

jellybeyreads wants to read Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

G. Willow Wilson: Alif the Unseen (Hardcover, 2012, Grove Press)

Alif the Unseen by G. Willow Wilson

In an unnamed Middle Eastern security state, a young Arab-Indian hacker shield his clients, dissidents, outlaws, Islamists, and other watched …

jellybeyreads rated The Bird King: 4 stars

G. Willow Wilson: The Bird King (2020, Grove Press)

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

jellybeyreads rated The Bird King: 5 stars

The Bird King by G. Willow Wilson

jellybeyreads rated Book Lovers: 4 stars

Emily Henry: Book Lovers (EBook, 2022, Penguin Random House)

Book Lovers by Emily Henry

One summer. Two rivals. A plot twist they didn’t see coming…

jellybeyreads rated Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine: 5 stars

Gail Honeyman: Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine (2017)

Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

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Eleanor Oliphant Is Completely Fine by Gail Honeyman

jellybeyreads reviewed Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt

Shelby Van Pelt: Remarkably Bright Creatures (Hardcover, 2022, Ecco)

For fans of A Man Called Ove, a charming, witty and compulsively readable exploration …

Loved the octopus, not much else

3 stars

2.5 stars, probably, but rounded up for the octopus.

I have lots of complaints about this book but I loved the octopus. More octopus POV please!

The author is from Washington but doesn't know there are no bridges to the San Juan islands; put a small town on the coast halfway between Seattle and Anacortes (so... the Tulalip Reservation?); and decided that tiny town could support a multi-employee paddleboard shop year-round, despite 9 straight months of cold rain.

She also apparently wants us to believe that no pregnant teenager (there are many, for a small cast in a book that isn't about teenagers or teen pregnancy) would even consider abortion.

But I really loved the octopus.

jellybeyreads replied to BreadAndCircuses's status

@BreadAndCircuses All this. I also kept wondering where this mystery remote seaside town is supposed to be. Halfway between Seattle and Anacortes? So.... the Tulalip Reservation? But also somehow an hour north of the other mystery town, Elland (Everett?) With enough business to keep a multi-employee paddleboard shop open year-round, on Puget Sound?