Mermaids in Paradise | 
bailedI could not get into this one. I don‘t feel connections to the characters and can‘t get into a reading flow. I wanted to love it because my bff sent it to me and it has a cool title and cover, but there are so many other books to read, I‘m not wasting my time on it right now. What makes me want to read a little more, is as I just searched on google and Ed Helms may be making it into a movie, and I he‘s pretty funny… maybe I‘ll come back someday.
pickI love Lydia Millet! 😍 That being said, this is definitely not my favorite by her and I would not recommend it to people who haven't read other books by her previously.
Millet yet again delivers an insane story full of satire and social commentary that had me engaged and entertained.
And then....she tossed in an off-the-wall ending that was completely crazy, yet strangely satisfying, even if it left me thinking WTH did I just read. 😂
so-soA book that felt "now" with a touch of the mystery thriller vibe. Most times the contemporary social commentary felt smoothly integrated into a well-paced story. Nothing life changing, but a good read.
pickOK, I love Lydia Millet but if you haven't read her, this is not where you start. This is a little wacky even for her, and I do think there was some pacing issues. I did get a decent amount of laughs from this satire though, and the ending is sure to result in a HUGE reaction by the reader--I thought it worked absolutely perfectly. This book is six years old, it is absolutely perfect for 2020 though.
This book about a wacky honeymoon was part of the library‘s summer reading program a few years ago. Looks...fun?
#mermaids #anewchapter
I saw this on Pinterest and just had to share with my Litten friends!
pickThis was a pick for me before those last 5 pages. It'll still be a pick after I pick up my jaw and stop laughing at the audacity of this author. This ecological tone poem uses a couple's discovery of mermaids on their honeymoon to illustrate the end-times craziness of the world in which we live. Please don't let that statement put you off because there's a lot of hope and laughs in here. This book was bananas but good bananas.
I'm on page 40 and no mermaids yet. But there is this cast of crazy characters. The Plague Death is the BDSM club where her friend Gina, who revels in irony, had the MC's, Deb, bachelorette party, in a room named the Ravage Room, where women in corsets crying blood were serving drinks and a man sucked on Gina's toe as the main show. Not at all what I was expecting but quite a ride so far. Lolol.
#RockinMay Day 19 This book is literary lunacy and it's #FunFunFun 🌈🌈🌈( wish they had mermaid emojis) Deb is witty and clever, she's planning her dream honeymoon, and she believes she's found the ultimate destination. But Deb never could have known that her magical location is home to an undersea mermaid sanctuary! This book is quirky & campy but has a few serious undertones. Just go with it! #BelieveinMermaids #ProtectSeaBeings #ItsFriday
bailedI couldn't take it. The narrator disparaged everyone and everything and it just wore me out. And somehow the kitschy wedding rites are vaguely related to pedophilia - which is just a straight slap in the face to people who've been molested.
The book cover says this title was a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize. All I could think of was that review committee got a different book than I did.
Listed in my eBay shop ---> factorystress Perfect beach match ❤🌊☀️👣
You guys... Oh. my. God. I left a bookstore without buying a book.
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I went in to HPB to find a used copy of this. I've already read it, but we're discussing it for Book Club next week. In reading some comments posted by our group, I thought maybe I should speed-read it to talk about it.
There wasn't a copy here... And I didn't get anything else!!!
Mark the day, for it may never occur again
so-soA honeymoon, mermaids, and murder! There was a lot going on in this book, which wants to pass itself off for a light, comical murder mystery. It was a quick read, with a fun group of characters, but it took me awhile to get thru because it just didn't hold my interest. The author threw in some very dark issues regarding environmental exploitation and destruction, which definitely dampened the frivolity of the story.
#augustphotochallenge #day10 #recommendsday So I'm offering a 2 for 1
My Wednesday fun pick & laid back read is the quirky, silly & entertaining Mermaids in Paradise. Newlyweds Deb & Chip get thrown into a madcap adventure on their Caribbean honeymoon...
so-soHmmm: I'm not sure about this one... It had a few moments, was sorta funny in a snarky/looking down on everyone not in my circle kinda way. The ending left me wondering why??? It seemed like an afterthought thrown in on the last page. Meh 😶
pickWhat I LOVED about this book was that you find out that it's really all about something else in the last page or two. I had to re-think the entire thing at that point. Brilliant!
pickNot, for me, as laugh out loud funny as I was expecting from some reviews. It was a good story, with lots of sarcasm and snark, and several of the passages were strikingly on point for the current political and social situation. The last 10 pages were a little head-scratching to me.
This has been particularly true in the last few days. I have blocked, hidden and unfriend e's so many people on social media recently because of the vitriol, and it has made me sad and tired.
so-soAmusing at times, boring at times, fun at times, annoying at times. Far too many comments about how "Middle America" is nothing but xenophobic ignorant bible beaters. And the ending! What? Frothy beach read with a fun cynical view turns into a bleeding heart cautionary tale on being Eco-conscious.
The narrator on her mother in law: "So I try to see his mother less as a malevolent, live person and more as a short, gnarled, wooden figure hulking in a shady corner of a room, a kind of totemic minor demon whose presence inoculates folks against purer forms of evil." This book has me laughing!
Only a few pages in, and wondering why I waited so long to read this.
panI liked the sound of this: mermaids? A satire on chick lit tropes? Sounded right up my alley. Sadly, the story followed a weirdly Scooby Doo-ish trajectory, with the most wtf ending I've read in a long time. And not wtf in a good way. It made me feel cheated and regretful that I didn't bail earlier.
