All the Crooked Saints | 
...if we're all out there missing someone, that means that we're all really together on that one note, aren't we? So none of us are really alone as long as we're lonely.
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...if we're all out there missing someone, that means that we're all really together on that one note, aren't we? So none of us are really alone as long as we're lonely.
Daniel spared another drop of water. The tear fell to the dust. A pack rat raced out from the brush to grab it, certain it was a jewel because of its shine in the firelight. Daniel's sorrow had made it tangible enough to carry, and so the pack rat bore it back to its nest, only to later find that offspring raised on a bed of sadness fail to thrive.
pickMediative but enthralling all at once. I didn‘t know how much I needed a miracle before this. Now I wonder what form mine would take.
pickNot my favorite Stiefvater book but it was definitely interesting. It does have that eerie feeling which makes it fun. #bookspinbingo
pickForgot to post that I reread All the Crooked Saints. I know it's not a popular book but I personally loved the whimsy. I loved the narration style. I loved how it's really about a lot of different characters; loved all their stories and I did not find it difficult to keep track at all.
I first read it when it came out and I was very ill. It gave me a lot of comfort.
so-so🌊Holiday update🌞
Read a big part of this book at the beach, and this setting enhanced the reading experience a lot. ... ⬇
Trying to catch up on books by reading this YA. 👆🏼
#maggiestiefvater
Update: This one is so sweet I thought.
bailed.5/5⭐ All form, no substance. Explanation solely via infodumping or poetic but empty, distancing hot air. The constantly switching POVs from sentence to sentence made it impossible to grasp any of the bajillion characters or care about having to sift through the nonsensical narration to find any kind of connection.
Didn't finish a single book last month apart from one audiobook. Even Pride and Prejudice couldn't keep my attention. But I am hoping Maggie will come in and save the day
bailedI have been listening to this as I do library stuff and I wanted so badly to love it as much as her other books. I gave it about 100 pages but it‘s just not grabbing me... too many seemingly random side stories and I was having trouble keeping track of everyone.
#7covers7days #covercrush. Day 2. If you want to play just join in. Post a cover a day for 7 days. No explanation needed.
bailedI‘m getting much better at calling it on a book, the more I do it. And the more books I have around. I used to suffer such guilt. Now, I don‘t even flinch 🤷🏻♀️
I gave this one 18 minutes. That might be my record🤔. There just was nothing grabbing me, and listening was feeling like work.
Anybody else exercising the #DNF option more these days?
My husband and I drove to Portland for a concert last night (Jenny Lewis-it was amazing). We got there early so we could go to Powell's. What a great day!
pickThis is one strange book. Really heavy on the magical realism. Actually, I think the key word is magical and the realism only drops by now and then. I like it!
"This exchange was unproductive as Louis the One Handed did not speak very good English, and Pete was from Oklahoma and had only loneliness as his second language."
pickThis was so delightfully bizarre and it fit perfectly with Maggie's writing!
10/10 💫
bailedIt‘s gorgeous—and I loved her others—but I just couldn‘t get into this one😔
pickIt was a little slow to start as it took me a bit to get used to this new voice, but it finished with a bang. The characters were interesting and the premise of how do you know when to involve yourself in other people's problems is great, even if it ends without an actual answer.
so-soI loved Maggie's Raven Cycle and therefore was really looking forward to reading this book. Unfortunatelly I felt like nothing was happening at all. I have to admit it frustrated me at times and I contemplated putting the book away and not finishing it. In the end I did and I felt like the second half was better. Still, I would not recommend this book to anyone, there are better options to go for (such as the aforementioned Raven Cycle).
We all have darkness inside us. It is just a question of how much of us is light as well.
Today's tiny haul... not sure which one I want to read first. I went to the shop to get All the Crooked Saints specifically but then I saw The Fork, The Witch, and The Worm and had to have it as I am a huge lover of the Eragorn series!
so-soI don't know what to say about this book. I feel like the atmosphere was the most important thing, more even than the characters and the plot. Idk, it was weird. I liked it, but that's it.
However, I fell in love with the author's writing. Now I want to read The Raven Boys series 😅
I stopped reading because I wanted to read Kingdom of Ash and now I don't feel like I want to restart it 😕
I'm baaack! And I am currently reading All the crooked saints. At the moment I only can say that this book is... weird 😂
So, a few students asked me to run a book club. I said yes, but wanted them to pick the book. They tried, then decided that I should pick. I picked this one - couldn‘t tell you what it was that made me suggest it. They agreed, and we‘re meeting to discuss on Thursday. And I don‘t like the book. And I probably won‘t finish reading in time. But I do like this quote, so at least I‘ll have one contribution for the discussion.
panMaggie Stiefvater is a real love it or hate it author for me. I loved the Raven Boys books and the Scorpio Races, hated Shiver and did not like this one. I found it to be overwritten and boring. I‘ll still keep this lovely signed edition from Parnassus Books in Nashville, though.
pickOne my new favourites for sure!
At first I wasn't very interested, but this became so gripping so fast! The ending chapters had me smiling, and now I'm unable to wipe the happiness off my face. Better watch out for incoming owls...
Seeing the pilgrims overcome their darkness one by one was inspiring. Marisita is one of my favourite characters. I really relate to how she used to view herself and her ideas of perfection and failure.
Loved it!
'Very few people are ever healed by being told a truth instead of feeling the truth for themselves.'
'It is difficult to give up hope, particularly when you have just been filled with a lot of it, particularly when you have gone without for so long.'
'This is the way of our work: we cannot help but colour it with the paint of our feelings, both good and bad.'
'If we're all out there missing someone, that means that we're all really together on that one note, aren't we? So none of us are really alone as long as we're lonely.'
