The Moon and the Sun | 
Some beautiful #bookmail arrived today. I read about it in a Tor.com article and had to track it down.
Dig this premise:
A sea monster is captured by a naturalist working for King Louis XIV and brought to live in the fountains of Versailles where a lady of the court falls in love with it.
It‘s The Shape of Water in the late 1600s!
Day 17 #readingwomenmonth - vacation reads. A day late, Litsy crashed on me last night for some reason. Not exactly a vacation, but I was visiting my in-laws for one day... and still brought physical book, kobo, notebook, and reading log. You know, just in case. 🙃
Day 6 #readingwomenmonth - BOTM. I don't have a Book of the Month subscription so I'm going to take this prompt literally in a different way... the book I've been reading for the past month or so. It is excellent so far. I'm not sure why I'm reading it so slowly... sometimes a book just demands to be savoured.
#readjanuary #royals The first ebook I ever borrowed from my library using OverDrive. Set in the court of Versailles, when a mermaid is discovered and kept in the fountains. The protagonist, a female scientist, wants to study and understand the mermaid; King Louis XIV wants to eat her. Real life characters and sci fi/fantasy elements combine for a great read.
pickA terrific book that takes the court of Versailles and merges it with the discovery of mermaids. And somehow feels realistic. Would love to read more like it.
