"I'd let him erase me. He'd offered me paints and the space and time to practice; he'd shown me pools of starlight; he'd saved my life like some kind of feral knight in a legend, and I'd gulped it down like faerie wine."
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To get me out of my reading slump. That cover alone.

"There is lust, you know, and then there is love...To indulge in one requires little but honeyed speech and a change of clothes; to obtain the other, by contrast, a man must give up his rib. In return, his woman will undo the sin of Eve, and bring him back into Paradise."

I picked this up at a thrift store, seemed like a fun, light read with Jane Austen as sleuth. But, I only made it through the first 50 pages. I was enjoying the Austen-like time period and style, but it just wasn't keeping my interest.

I liked this very much, a fresh voice, steeped in mystery. It reminds me that we are complicated beings and a product of so many things, some unable to be explained.

"I was dying as a human, yet completely alive as a vampire; and with my awakened senses, I had to preside over the death of my body with a certain discomfort and then, finally, fear."

Listening to a full cast on the audiobook while following along in this graphically interesting novel is highly entertaining.

About to crack this open, excited but proceeding with caution. I'm spoiler free, but I've heard some mixed reactions. Squeeee!! Here we go....

This is a powerful, powerful novel. The characters are unforgettable, their struggle, their humanity, their courage will stay with you long after you've left them. This is a book that will not leave you unchanged.

"I asked my mother once what the difference was between a house and a home and she said you can move in and out of a house, but once you have a home you never leave it."

#recommendsday I'm not quite finished with this one, but even so, I highly recommend it. It's eye opening, heartbreaking, hopeful, and courageous. Written through the pov of multiple narrators in beautiful prose, this story has me thinking about what we know and what we don't about human struggle.

Spending a Sunday afternoon in the dark and calculating mind of Jane Steele. It's still early in my read, but she is entertaining so far.

"My father was dead, my mother was a hundred miles away, my aunt wouldn't leave the house, my best friend from grade school thought I was a sinner, and my boyfriend was busy. On paper it wasn't the best time of my life. Except for the first Tim in a long time, I felt like I was getting somewhere."

"A Melody is never supposed to be older than fifteen, either in books or in real life. It isn't possible to believe there will ever be nursing homes peopled with residents names Tiffany, Megan, or Stacie."

"Mother and Dickie would disembark at the next station, or turn around at Nairobi and be back the next day. When that didn't happen, I kept waiting all the same, listening for the far-off rumble of the train, one eye on the horizon, my heart on tiptoe."

I'm such a fan of Lisa See's work. I don't know how I missed this one. Loving it so far!