Star Sand | Litsy

bookandbedandtea

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

I plan to read one or both of these for September #BookedInTime
@Cuilin

Cuilin I‘ve had Salt to the Sea on my TBR too (edited) 8mo

26 likes1 comment

TheAromaofBooks

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

pan

This was an odd book. I rolled with it in Part 1 because it's translated from Japanese, so some of the odd sentence structuring and odd dialogue could be due to translation. The premise was interesting - a small Japanese island, a girl helping two AWOL soldiers - one Japanese and one American. The girl is somewhat obsessed with collecting star sand from the beach - which I had to look up because no one was actually telling me what star sand is. ⬇

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) Fast forward to 2011. A college-aged girl, whose POV reads like a hyperactive 11-year-old, learns about the diary of the Japanese girl and the fact that three skeletons were found in the cave where the soldiers were hiding. Blah blah blah eventually she meets someone who tells her what “really“ happened in the cave and it just - didn't make sense?? What didn't make sense is someone going back and rearranging bodies after people were dead⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) I was just so confused. Why go back a decade or more after the war, dig up the bodies, and move them around?! Also, I could be wrong here (we've already discussed today that I'm not a science person), but if a body has disintegrated to the point that it's just a skeleton, doesn't it like... not stick together any more? Like if you want to rearrange a skeleton so the person is sitting instead of laying in a grave, wouldn't you have to ⬇ 2y

TheAromaofBooks (cont'd) move each bone individually and put them back together in the new position!?! Literally nothing in the final section of this book made sense, and combined with the modern narrator, supposedly in her early 20s, whining about her brother putting games on her cell phone and saying things like “I just HATE my brother he's SO AWFUL!!!!!!!!“ Her voice was NOT remotely believable.

Interesting premise that went no where. 😕 2y

See All 9 Comments

TheAromaofBooks My second book for #22booksin22 @jb72 - this one has been on my Kindle since April 2016 😑
#MtTBR
#Sharreadathon @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Professional_Book_Dragon
#KicktheSlump - 558/3000pgs @Dieareader @GHAB14ROSES 2y

Professional_Book_Dragon 💜💜💜 2y

jb72 😬 And yes - each bone would need to be moved. I recently read a translated book and it felt similar. Then I found out it was a play first turned book. 2y

DieAReader @TheAromaofBooks 🤨It sounds like finishing this one was the least confusing & (maybe) best part of whole ordeal😬😂 At least it‘s off the📚stacks now!🎉🎉🎉 2y

bookandbedandtea I've had this for a while as I agree the story sounds really interesting. Your review has me mentally moving this to the "no longer" interested stack. 2y

TheAromaofBooks @bookandbedandtea - I will say that it was pretty short. The longest part was the first part, which was also the most interesting because it did have some glimpses into “regular“ rural life in Japan during the war. The final part, which annoyed me, was quite short. So it may still be worth a read at some point. Lower expectations may let you enjoy it more than I did 😂 2y

63 likes9 comments

Eggs

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

#favoritebookcover #riotgrams @bookriot Some lovely covers from books I've read. ❤️ cover art

74 likes

Eggs

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

A free Kindle 1 month borrow

geodynamical_nonfiction

10 likes1 stack add

Book_and_Cranny

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

A few months ago I got this book through #kindlefirst . It wasn't what I normally read but I put it onto my kindle and forgot about it. A few days ago I found myself on the subway with nothing to read and rediscovered this book. The past few days I have followed the beautiful story of a 16 year old Japanese American doing her best to survive alone in WWII Japan. Today I finished as we remember Pearl Harbor. The timing could not have been better.

4 likes

literarymermaid

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

pick

This is a cute book that feels a bit more like a modern fairy tale than historical fiction. Its sweet and perfect for when you're in the mood for something light to read.

6 likes

Echo

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

Megabooks Yes!!! 👍🏻👍🏻 8y

20 likes2 stack adds1 comment

Echo

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

I finally looked up star sand.
It's beautiful!
🌟🌊🌟🌊🌟

26 likes1 stack add

Echo

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

Starting this one. 🌟🌟🌟

16 likes2 stack adds

alysonimagines

Star Sand | Roger Pulvers

pick

On Okinawan island Hatoma, a sixteen-year-old Japanese girl, a Japanese army deserter, and an American army deserter are determined to make their own peace as WWII rages on. But will it cost them their lives? The drama unfolds quietly and ends with a powerful turn of events.

2 likes