MagicalRealisim

Three Apples Fell from the Sky | Narine Abgaryan

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This tale is about a small Armenian village whose population has dwindled to the point it faces extinction.

This book seems to represent the best & worst of magical realism. The reader meets a quirky group of villagers who believe in curses and folklore. The reader meets so many people, generations of them in short order, it can be tough to keep names and stories straight. Also some of the twists seem like a bit much even for magical realism!

JoeMo #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks 7h

TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 4h

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anicali

The Enchanted Life of Adam Hope | Rhonda Riley

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All time favorite book ever! I found it at a little leave-one-take-one library on the beach. I think it was meant to be! So beautiful, so unique, so well written. I think about this book everyday since I finished it.

LeslieO

Lost Lake | Sarah Addison Allen

Since I only read about 8-10 books per month and half of those are library books (free spaces) many titles get pushed to the next month. So many books, so little time! #MountTBR

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SpeculativeFemale

Water Moon: A Novel | Samantha Sotto Yambao

I'm finally back home and ready to share my Indie Bookstore Day haul!

You may notice one book is an ARC. Part of the promotion for the event I attended today was a blind date with an ARC (they were wrapped, and you rolled dice to get one) with any purchase over a certain amount. Really cool way to get people trying new books and authors, IMO!

TheBookHippie Fun!!! 4d

Ruthiella Great haul! 👍 4d

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Sharpeipup

The Love of My Afterlife | Kirsty Greenwood

😍 with these flowers. Hope each of you are surrounded by beauty today.

Lesliereadsalot Beautiful!! 4d

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Nebklvr

The Antidote | Karen Russell

so-so

This was interesting but not engaging. The characters resembled game pieces. If there was a plot, it was vague enough to escape notice. The author‘s descriptions of the dust storms were the most visceral and true of anything in the novel.

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Sailor Moon 4 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) | Naoko Takeuchi

“No fair! I want free drinks, too!”
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Melismatic

Black Woods, Blue Sky | Eowyn Ivey, Ruth Hulbert (illustrator)

so-so

Hmm. Intensely atmospheric. I felt like I could smell the wilderness when reading.

The lack of plot here leads me to docking points. But despite this being more of a love letter to Alaska rather than a “beauty & the beast” style story, I found myself caring about all of the characters, even through their shocking mistakes.

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Sailor Moon 4 (Naoko Takeuchi Collection) | Naoko Takeuchi