Welcome to Litsy!

The author travels all over the world, chasing the (hi)stories of various jewels.

A very well structured book. Each jewel gets its own section, and we pursue it from the ancient times to the modern, and from the jeweler to the mines it was dug up in (the author visits those mines, and often tries mining herself). It‘s fascinating, coherent, and flows really well.

5/5

#PoetryMatters Day 27: #Pearl

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An excellent love poem! I so enjoy Millay's poetry.
"Ungemmed, unhidden, wishing not to hurt."
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Excited to read this one!!! 😃🙌 I‘m a huge fan of Josh Malerman ever since I read Bird Box, even before they turned it into a movie. This one sounds like a twisted story!! 🔥🐷🐽 👍 #ARC #favoriteauthor #netgalley #pearl #joshmalerman #ebook #ereader #currentlyreading

Pearl, the girl whose tattoos are only visible when she‘s flushed with a strong emotion - adrift after the death of her mother and caught in a situation where she doesn‘t know all the facts. I quite enjoyed this - even if I did get a bit lost in some of the speech bubbles.

This is a children‘s book, but it‘s so beautiful. And has a wonderful, thoughtful story to it. I absolutely loved the illustrations 😍😍

#LiteraryLuck Day 22: This #Magical story features a mermaid who is longing to be responsible for something important like her sisters. When she was handed a single grain of sand to take care of by her mother, she was devastated. There are grains of sand beyond counting: how could taking care of a single one make any difference, if at all? A beautiful, #magical story. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-jMa

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Three and a half stars, mostly for the magical art. The story feels like it wants to be a fairy tale, but doesn‘t quite know how to.