Litsy

The Deep | Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes

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163 pages of words and pain from the deep. What if when enslaved, pregnant Black women who were thrown into the sea by colonizers on the Middle Passage survived, becoming merfolk? The Wajinru are these descendants, and none of them remember their story—except one. Yetu retains each painful memory of trauma and joy, and it is her responsibility to pass their history down. But, the pain of it is too much to bare. When she returns to the human ⬇️

JenniferEgnor surface, she must decide whether or not to stay in this long left behind world, or return to her people. A fascinating, beautiful story about trauma, memory, greed, and what it means to carry the weight of the world inside you. Link to the song that inspired the book: https://youtu.be/5EnPFsk4lOo?si=O0-spI8XxaewO90K 2w

JenniferEgnor Shown: Art from the Black Mermaid Art Exhibit in Charleston, SC (2023): https://archive.ph/2025.02.08-200322/https://www.postandcourier.com/features/myt... (edited) 2w

Suet624 Fantastic review. 2w

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JenniferEgnor

The Deep | Rivers Solomon, Daveed Diggs, William Hutson, Jonathan Snipes

…there are legacies of triumph for every legacy of trauma. Everything is always changing, which means nothing can ever be hopeless. The battering rush of tides shapes and smooth rock, carves out new lands.

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RaeLovesToRead

The Pisces: A Novel | Melissa Broder

so-so

I just spent over an hour writing down my thoughts on Goodreads if you want to know what I thought in full, but in short:

This was a spectacular piece of writing about infatuation, obsession, misery, loneliness, emptiness, selfishness, relationships, & staring into the void.

Having said that, the MC is a toxic, judgemental, superficial narcissist who behaves in some truly unforgiveable ways.

And I'm not sure it was intentional.

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LeeRHarry You certainly enjoyed it more than I did. 😊 3w

Ruthiella I think the MC was intentionally not great… 3w

RaeLovesToRead @LeeRHarry Enjoyed is... definitely not the right word 🤣🤣 3w

RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella I hope so. The thing that makes me worry Broder put too much of herself into it is reviews of her essay collection. I haven't read it, so I'm rating it as a character piece. 3w

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CrowCAH

The Siren | Kiera Cass

The picture doesn‘t do the holographic cover justice; it‘s so pretty 😍

I got this book from the wonderful @wanderinglynn when she had her #49bdaygiveaway! I am one of three lucky winners to get some #bookmail!!!

I can‘t wait to read it! 📕

wanderinglynn Wow, that arrived fast! So glad! ☺️ 1mo

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CrowCAH

The Siren | Kiera Cass

Happy Birthday @wanderinglynn ! 🎂 🎁

#49bdaygiveaway

wanderinglynn Thanks for entering! 🥳 1mo

CrowCAH @wanderinglynn thanks for hosting the giveaway! ☺️ 1mo

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willaful

The Girl from the Sea | Molly Knox Ostertag

The queer subtext in Ostertag's books finally... comes to the surface. Gorgeously illustrated graphic novel about friendship and peer pressure, first love and coming out. Like everyone else, I was dying for an epilogue, but can understand why the author might not have wanted to provide one.

This was a perfect choice for “Pilot Islet.“ #FourFoursin25 @lauredhel

Lauredhel Making better progress than I am, congrats 1mo

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