Haunting. Disorienting.

Lots to unpack in this story about family and military and crime

"Because I suspected that the hope of escaping my loneliness was adding to my discomfort, I had been trying to cure myself of optimism as a strategy to ward off future misery." - Wendy S Walters, "Lonely in America"

Hard to read a book while also playing fetch, but here we are.
I last read this series maybe 20 years ago. I'm enjoying it this time, though it's easier for me to see some of the cracks in the foundation...
Love the cover art, it's so stereotypically "fantasy"

Sometimes you pay a visit to your friends at @Graywolfpress and they send you home with all of their current big hitters.

I got my hands on a copy!

My good friend & book publicist, Erin Kottke, passed me an ARC of this book. It was a mystery and a treasure hunt, but also a book about family and identity. I enjoyed its pacing and language. It was also the only book I took on a short trip. Would recommend.

Wow. Everyone's reading Warsan Shire now.

At least one of us is excited for today's book mail. @HarperPerennial

"But race is the child of racism, not the father." Only on page 7, and Coates is dropping this knowledge. I'm embarrassed it's taken me this long to read this book.

This is a great read, really turning the conventional Western tropes on their end. And I had to give my dog a bone so I could occupy her time and finish the book uninterrupted!