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"Real love, the kind that makes you want to grow old together, makes you not just unafraid of all that time with one person but electrified by it."

I enjoyed this book, but I don't know. It had such sad parts to it, such beautiful love, such loss. It had a lot of “big feelings“.

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I was reading another book but this one kept interrupting. I had ignored this book b/c I didn‘t like The Girl the Sea Gave Back. But the red door kept calling. (Don‘t you hate it when books get fussy & demanding that you read them?) I finally put down the other book & picked this one up to shush it. I thought I‘d read a chapter then go back to my other book. That was a few hours ago. Now I‘ve finished & I‘m wondering what the heck happened. 👇🏻

Expiration dates was an unexpected delight for me. I really loved the different things (fate vs choice) that is brought up for discussion, especially at the end. It never once occurred to me that the thing that happened at the end would have been done, but it does make sense and I'm glad it happened because Daphne needed the wake up call. I loved how it ended and it was the warm fuzzy book I needed to read right now.

Some interesting and funny parts, but largely a pan. Too many plots or characters that weren‘t explored deeply enough

This book is STUNNING. One of the strangest stories I‘ve ever read, but it approaches love and loss with unflinching rawness and honesty. If you would have told me a book about a man mutating into a shark would be one of my favourite books of the year, I would have laughed at you. But, here we are. It‘s poetry. It‘s prose. It‘s art and paint and canvas. It‘s a love story. But mostly about self love and selfless love. Read it. Five stars.

A wonderfully magical book about 2 women separated by decades. Opaline is in 1921 fleeing her brother‘s attempts to arrange her marriage. Martha is our present day narrator fleeing an abusive husband. They are connected by a magical bookshop which appears then disappears. I very much enjoyed this book and it felt like a warm hug to all those who love literature. Even the dedication was special. “TO ALL THE BOOK LOVERS”

5 stars

Really liked this story about Daphne who gets a note about how long the relationship will last, every time she meets someone new. She‘s so real, never a false note in her conversations with guys, friends, her family. In fact, a conversation she has with her dad near the end of the book made me cry. It‘s a book about the power of love and friendship and living the one life you‘ve been given.

Leigh is a teenager who has just lost her mother to suicide. While she is still trying to grasp what has happened, her mother visits her in the form of a bird. As Leigh seeks answers, she stumbles across more questions - about her mother‘s past, about her family history, and about her feelings for her best friend Axel. This is such a thoughtful, creative story. And the prose is just gorgeous, so vivid and expressive. Very unique storytelling.

The book is a pick. The audio is a pan. So that landed me on a so-so.
Via an American journalist fascinated by Fevers, a part woman/bird aerialist, Carter introduces the many characters of a 19th century travelling circus: the lion tamer, strongman, clown, ringmaster and more all get extensive back stories. The circus world - and Carter's prose - is lavish & chaotic & strange. It's a bit like a Victorian novel on crack. And I'm sure I would 👇