Home Feed
Home
Search
Search
Add Review, Blurb, Quote
Add
Activity
Activity
Profile
Profile
Pointe, Claw
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
23 posts | 9 read | 5 to read
Jessie Vale dances in an elite ballet program. She has to be perfect to land a spot with the professional company. When Jessie is cast in an animalistic avant-garde production, her careful composure cracks wide open. Meanwhile, her friend Dawn McCormick's world is full of holes. She wakes in strange places, bruised, battered, and unable to speak. The doctors are out of ideas. These childhood friends are both running out of time. At every turn, they crash into the many ways girls are watched, judged, used, and discarded. Should they play it safe or go feral?
Amazon Indiebound Barnes and Noble WorldCat Goodreads LibraryThing
Pick icon
100%
review
Librarybelle
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image
Pickpick

Without going into too much detail, as this is making its final rounds for #TheBreakfastBookClub #GroupA , the best way for me to summarize this is raw. Absolutely raw. The language is like a staccato and very different from what I usually read. At first, I had a hard time getting into the book, but I persevered, and I am glad I did. Explorations of boundaries and sexuality. I couldn‘t stop reading!

LibrarianRyan ❤️😁👍🏻 4y
Linsy That‘s a cool cover! 🩰 4y
Librarybelle I thought so too, @Linsy ! 4y
Librarybelle @corycatelyn I sent this out this morning - it‘s by media mail, but hopefully will arrive soon for you, since it doesn‘t have to go far! 4y
76 likes3 stack adds5 comments
blurb
erinreads
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

@Librarybelle I‘m afraid I‘m still sitting on the book I should‘ve sent you on the 20th. 😬 I haven‘t read it yet, but I‘m hoping to this week while I‘m still on vacation. I will have it in the mail to you next week! And @MrsGreen, I received Flower a couple of weeks ago and failed to let you know. Thank you for always being so prompt... unlike me. 😂 #thebreakfastbookclub #groupA

Librarybelle Yay...thanks! 4y
MrsGreen I have another but I figured you wouldn‘t be in a rush to get it 😉😂 4y
erinreads @MrsGreen Another? Wow. I‘m just glad the group is moving again. We went a few months with nothing! You can send me whenever because then if I get to it early I can send a few on to @Librarybelle at once to stay on time. 😂 4y
Librarybelle Works for me! 4y
47 likes4 comments
blurb
erinreads
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

Glad to be getting back on track with #thebreakfastbookclub! Books received @MrsGreen! I‘ve already read Between Shades of Gray, but I‘m looking forward to revisiting it and diving into Pointe, Claw.

MrsGreen Yay!! 5y
Librarybelle Hooray! 😁 5y
65 likes2 comments
review
MrsGreen
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image
Pickpick

Pointe, Claw knocked my socks off! Such a strange combination of a woman and an animal (bonus points if you get the 🎵 reference). Told in alternating viewpoints, we meet Jessie who is a ballet dancer and Dawn who is suffering from strange fugue states. Childhood BFFs torn apart, teenage angst, parental troubles, and deciding the future after high school are all included here.
⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Off to @erinreads next for #thebreakfastbookclub #groupa !

23 likes1 stack add
review
Samary
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
Pickpick

I liked this book, it was different and not like the insta-love YA books I‘m used to.

blurb
chelreads
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

The next installment of #TheBreakfastBookClub will be delivered to you sometime next week, @melyndarae 😊 (Hopefully earlier than Wednesday!)

whatsthEStorey Just wanted to let you know I‘ll be mailing your next book out this week! I know you had a lot to read! 5y
44 likes1 comment
blurb
chelreads
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

This #TheBreakfastBookClub pick is keeping me intrigued! I can‘t wait to get through this and see how the story ends for Dawn and Jessie.

quote
Samary
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser

“I think:
my symptoms are a constellation
directions in the sky
pointing ahead
to something I haven‘t figured out yet”

blurb
Samary
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

I‘ve had a slow start to my reading this year. Been chipping away one sentence at a time 😂

#slowreader #booktime

quote
Samary
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser

“A cherry tree older than old. I run my fingers over its knobblysilvergray bark and pick out witch faces and monsters in its whorls.”

quote
Samary
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser

“My mother pats her hair into place. David orients his chair so he can watch the TV in the corner. Football. Everyone has a god they worship.”

#quote #ballet #pointeclaw

blurb
chelreads
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

@whatsthEStorey I received your package today! And just in time because I finished Between Shades of Gray last night ☺️ I‘m going to write my journal entry on Gray over the weekend, send it along to @melyndarae and then I‘ll be starting Pointe, Claw next week! #TheBreakfastBookClub

blurb
chelreads
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

@whatsthEStorey the replacement copy arrived today! I‘m almost finished with Between Shades of Gray and then I‘ll be starting this! 😊 #TheBreakfastBookClub

whatsthEStorey Oh good! That looks more like the copy @StephanieGeiser had! I am going to run post the package with The Lost Girl of Astor Street and with the notebook for Pointe, Claw this afternoon when I get home. Sorry I‘m late again. Stephanie, your book is back in rotation! 5y
47 likes2 comments
blurb
chelreads
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

Unexpected book mail today! (I thought I ordered something off of Amazon in my sleep again 😴) I believe it‘s from one of my fellow #TheBreakfastBookClub members since this was one of the books that we lost. Thanks to whoever sent it my way - I‘ll pick up a notebook before passing it along to @melyndarae

whatsthEStorey Oh wow that got there fast!!! I was going to post today, I ordered it just yesterday and it was due Friday the 29th! Go Amazon! I included a notebook in the package with The Lost Girl of Astor Street with my notes from Point, Claw. The package was supposed to go out this weekend, but Christmas procrastination....it will go out Wednesday. 5y
whatsthEStorey Also, now that I look at the picture again, I did not order the uncorrected proof. 🤔 Is that a paperback and is it used? I ordered a new hardcover. (edited) 5y
whatsthEStorey Just got off with Amazon customer service, they will be sending the correct item, so be watching out for a new one! It should be a new hardback, so let me know how it looks when it gets there! 5y
See All 6 Comments
chelreads @whatsthEStorey it is used and paperback. I can send this copy back to you or Amazon - let me know what you prefer! 5y
whatsthEStorey Nope, no need to return it. I told them it was a gift so they will just send you the right one! 5y
StephanieGeiser Thanks again for making sure my book gets sent around! I‘m excited to get your notes back! 5y
55 likes6 comments
blurb
whatsthEStorey
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

I cannot seem to focus right now! It's taken me three days to listen to 45 minutes of A Man Called Ove & I read the first three pages of Pointe, Claw at least four times, retaining nothing! And these are two books I'm excited to read! So here's my cat with the book I'm NOT reading. Sigh. Do I download my last allotted audiobook for April or surrender and watch tv?

EclecticBookLover Do both! Download the audio so you'll have it for the next month, then go watch TV 😁 6y
RohitSawant 😻😻 6y
ladym30 Beautiful kitty! 6y
See All 7 Comments
whatsthEStorey @EclecticBookLover I took your advice & now I'm enjoying Then She Was Gone on audio! 😊 6y
whatsthEStorey @ladym30 thank you! That's my girl! 😻 6y
EclecticBookLover Glad it worked out! 😊. I hope the book ends up being good ☺️ 6y
SqueakyChu I love your black cat! 💕 My daughter has a black cat named Bug. 😊 6y
48 likes7 comments
blurb
whatsthEStorey
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

Just opened my first book for #TheBreakfastBookClub!

StephanieGeiser Yay! I‘m glad it made it there safely! 6y
BibliophileMomma Did you send your book to me already?? 6y
whatsthEStorey @Tiffy_Reads no, I'm sorry, I haven't. I emailed you to let you know I was behind. It's going out today. 6y
See All 9 Comments
BibliophileMomma Oh my goodness I forgot about the email. I‘m so sorry. I was just worried I had lost the book. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️ No worries about it 😘 6y
whatsthEStorey @Tiffy_Reads I'm glad you got my email. I didn't want you to think I was MIA. I am not usually late. My mom was in the hospital and I really dropped the ball. But it's boxed up on the counter now! 😊 (edited) 6y
whatsthEStorey @Tiffy_Reads did the package make it to you safely? 6y
BibliophileMomma Yes! Sorry I forgot to post. I‘ve been sick and dealing with the last few days of school with a hundred different activities 6y
BibliophileMomma @whatsthEStorey Thanks so much for goodies. My daughters wanted to snatch the pens out of my hands. They are so cute. 6y
whatsthEStorey @Tiffy_Reads oh good!! 😊 6y
37 likes9 comments
blurb
StephanieGeiser
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

Ok, so some parts of this weekend have not gone as planned (hello AirCast) but it has given me more time to read. 😊 On the plus side, I have finally chosen my #TheBreakfastBookClub pick for #GroupA and finished its corresponding notebook.

Keep an eye out @whatsthEStorey I will be putting this in the mail to you on Tuesday!

ofclumsywords Aw no! Hope you get better soon!!! 6y
megt Hope you heal up soon! 6y
35 likes2 comments
review
StephanieGeiser
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image
Pickpick

3.6/5 ⭐️

This book is 1 of 2 I‘m considering passing on for #TheBreakfastBookClub so I won‘t post much of a review here. (I don‘t want to ruin it for anyone else!)

I just finished it this morning so as soon as wrap my head around it a bit more I‘ll post a review on my GR account so y‘all can read it there if you wish.

Suffice it to say: This book has made me think.

I‘m starting book #2 today so I can make a decision on which to mail soon!

quote
StephanieGeiser
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser

“When my mother comes, Jessie‘s fingers fall away from mine. My sternum cracks open. I am vivisected and exposed. How convenient for my mother. She can take me to the doctors now, and since my chest cavity gapes wide, they can analyze my entrails for rot or parasites or prophecy.”

quote
StephanieGeiser
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser

“I am far bigger than the skin that holds me.”

blurb
StephanieGeiser
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

If this dedication is any indication of what‘s to come in this book I think I‘m going to like it.

blurb
StephanieGeiser
Pointe, Claw | Amber J. Keyser
post image

Alright, #thebreakfastbookclub #groupa the 2 books I am debating between are both finally here! I guess it‘s time I get to reading and make a decision.

BibliophileMomma Both look good. 6y
StephanieGeiser @Tiffy_Reads I agree!! Hence the problem. 🤦‍♀️ 6y
hes7 Good luck choosing! 6y
23 likes3 comments