Litsy

Grief is the Thing with Feathers | Max Porter

Would be a perfect #weirdathon book. Man loses his wife and a crow (yes, a crow) moves in to help him deal with his grief.

kerry I never quite connected with this one... loved some of the passages, was stumped by others, never really knew what to think of it as a whole. 8y

StephanieY @kerry yea, I can see that. I liked the premise and the crow. Plus it was more of a short story, so I went through it quickly. 8y

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OutlandishLit

A Guide to Being Born | Ramona Ausubel

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These short stories made me ugly cry twice & tear up another time. Some stories are stranger than others. There's a ghost, a man who grows a cabinet in his chest, a ship with confused grandmas on it, and a world where people grow arms only when they love someone.

The stories are about how our bodies & our selves are not entirely our own. How we belong to others & how the loss of others affects us. Her writing is stunning and surprising.

ohyeahthatgirl I love love love Ramona Ausubel. Have you read I want to Show you More by Jamie Quatro yet? Super weird stories about love, sex, and faith. 8y

StephanieY You are the one who introduced me to Ausubel during #weirdathon and for that I THANK YOU! I loved her newest book!

Sons and Daughters of Ease and Plenty

OutlandishLit @ohyeahthatgirl no, I don't think I've heard of that! Looking into it now 8y

OutlandishLit @StephanieY yaaaay!! I started her new one a while ago but set it down before leaving the country and forgot to pick it back up. I need to get on that 8y

Cataluna6 I started reading this and got waylaid, time to pick it up again. 8y

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BibliophileBytheSea

The Vegetarian: A Novel | Han Kang

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A bizarre and unsettling story about a woman whose life begins to quickly spiral out of control when she decides to become a vegetarian. A cautionary tale that is less about being a vegetarian and more about the family unit. I liked it.

BkClubCare For #weirdathon? 9y

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