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This book is a beautiful, heartbreaking take on the selkie legend—though in some ways not as heartbreaking as the originals. I pitied Misskaella, the witch who brings up all the seal-wives for the men, but couldn‘t fully agree with the way she takes her revenge; how could she not see the seals as deserving their own choices? I liked the variety of POVs but was disappointed in the end that the “sea hearts” they gather and eat were unexplained.

Very interested in this one. Can't wait to see what it's like!

@Avanders Thank you so much for the thoughtful end to a great two years!!! What an awesome package! Total Alice overload! I love it! You have no idea how long I‘ve wanted the Alice pop up book & I cant wait to make some of the treats in the Literary Tea Party book. They sound delicious! I hope everyone enjoyed my book. I‘m excited to read your notes. (Sorry for the delay posting). #sfmbc #thereveal #endofanera

3.5 stars. Well-written & well-told. Weird &, yes, haunting. Disturbing & yet sweet. Satisfying in the end. I‘m probably going to be thinking about it for a while. & I might think it deserves a higher rating for all that, but I nonetheless found myself struggling to stay hooked when I wasn‘t reading it, & it felt like it took me forever to get through it. For that, I think, it loses that bit O‘ star. I do recommend, though, for the patient reader.

Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! 🦃🍁♥️
Here in the high desert, we got snow (a lot for us! And it kept snowing even after that pic in the bottom left) and it was lovely, even if it made for occasionally treacherous driving bc most people down here don‘t regally know how to drive in snow ❄️😳😜.

Also, I received the last book for #SFMBC #Speculative Fiction Mail Book Club from @ofbooksandme — Thank you!! So excited! 👏🏽👏🏽♥️

I DNF at page 50 I tried but it just not my type of book.

Let‘s do this!!! #24in48 #readathon #firstbook #hourzero

I will be finishing this one today. #CurrentRead #RiotGrams

I almost finished this last night but not quite. I really liked the way the author wrote this. You could really feel what the women and men felt, when they were yearning for the sea. I also liked the different chapters by different characters and how it followed each generation. I did go and read the first chapter again since it kinda jumps back to the start in chapter two.

Just FYI, this is not a romance. #magicalrealism #seal-wife

After finishing my last book I wasn‘t sure what to read. So I went on overdrive and found this. I‘ve seen it before but now it seems like a good time to read it. Anyone else read it? The picture reminds me of the movie “Secret of Roaninish” that I watched when I was younger.

Course required reading

This is off to an odd start so far, but I‘m curious to see where it goes.

I can't resist a good selkie story! And this one was beautifully written and compelling. Loved it!

Bout of Books starts on Monday! This is one of my favorite readathons because it lasts a week and is super chill. I'm super excited for my TBR 😄📚#boutofbooks

#junebookbugs I #canteven with how evocative and powerful Margo Lanagan's writing is. This quote is about giving up a child for his own good, from Sea Hearts, also published under the title 'The Brides of Rollrock Island'.

#maybookflowers So many books with a #bodyofwater . Top row I've read, bottom row is on my TBR.

This book was haunting at times but it always took me longer than I would've cared to adjust to the narrator transitions and figure out the time frame of each section. Too many families tossed in to keep track of. I liked the section about Misskaella's origins and the beginning of the seal-wives, but then it dragged and I had a hard time convincing myself to finish.

#readjanuary #fortheloveoffonts I do love a good variety of fun and beautiful fonts! Just a selection of some of my faves.

While this book never uses the word Shellie, that is exactly what the deal wives are. The story is told by a series of narrators starting with the son of a seal wife, to the witch who calls them forth, & includes both men besotted by these enchanting creatures & the human women affected by the choices the men of the island make. #mermaids #selkies