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I was very close to bailing on this in the beginning, and after looking up reviews I know I'm not alone. It was a bit confusing and insane, for lack of a better word. But something about it had me intrigued, so I kept turning the pages. A bit before halfway, it all starts making sense. The main character can be so frustratingly naive, but as you learn what's happening you start to realize it's not her fault. Wonderfully strange is right.

Sitting out on my patio (my favorite spot in the house to get some alone time), with a cup of coffee and the tagged book. I'm finishing this one up, hoping to be done this weekend. I can't wait to discuss this one with you all here on Litsy, and I'm hoping my post will find someone whose also read it. It's a very strange book but it sucked me in lol.

Nope.

What in the Sam Hill am I reading?! I‘m so confused that I‘m actually getting angry.

Seems like a modern day fairy tale. Excited to read it.

Just finished the tagged book. It was eh. Interesting, confusing, and the way it ended, it sounded like I might enjoy the NEXT book better, if there is going to be one. All the books in the middle of the shelves in the picture are ones I haven‘t read. I‘m a mood reader and I have NO IDEA what to read next!!! I‘m not feeling anything, except maybe a short one? Any suggestions? Something not too heavy.

Wanted to read something “different” and it appears this is it. The first chapter is very....intriguing. Trying to figure out what the heck is going on!

New ones!! 😍👌

Once again, #likemotherlikedaughter. Except for one thing: she loved this this book and I‘m undecided. I‘m mulling. Hmmm. 🙃🤡🤠🤓👄👂👼🐷

Granted, I‘m not super far into the book yet. But, my initial reaction is HUH?!
I don‘t know if it will ever make sense.

#whatshappening #confused #flatironbooks #ARC

My mom lent me this ages ago! It is now time to begin....

#readingrunsinthefamily #arc #likemotherlikedaughter @TheresaReads

Not sure if it warrants the comparison to Atwood, but this was a decent read overall. It does take a while to get going but once it does it's an intriguing story! Calamity is a unique protagonist, so while not the best book I've ever read it was still worth picking up.

Calamity lives with her 23 sisters behind the Wall of Safekeeping, under the guardianship of Aunty & Mother. Thru Calamity's eyes we see the Outside, the demonmales that threaten them & the war that the sisters are preparing to wage. However, while some of her sisters start to question their beliefs, Calamity clings to them. She is torn between the sisters she loves & her need to save them from themselves #flawedcharacter #octphotochallenge

Calamity lives with 23 sisters behind the Wall of Safekeeping, under the guardianship of Aunty & Mother. Thru her eyes we learn of the Outside, the demonmales that threaten them & of the war that the sisters are preparing to wage. However, while some of her sisters start to question their beliefs, Calamity clings to faith in their purpose. She is torn between the sisters she loves & her need to save them from themselves #flawed #octphotochallenge

Calamity lives with 23 sisters behind the Wall of Safekeeping, under the guardianship of Aunty & Mother. Thru her eyes we learn of the Outside, the demonmales that threaten them & of the war that the sisters are preparing to wage. However, while some of her sisters start to question their beliefs, Calamity clings to faith in their purpose. She is torn between the sisters she loves & her need to save them from themselves #flawed #octphotochallenge

It took over 100 pages for this book to sink its thorns into me. Once I got an inkling of what was going on I was so horrified that I had to finish it to see how it turned out. I'm not going to spoiler tag this because I think knowledge of the "twist" is necessary to not bail on this book, but spoilers from here on in. This is a book about girls kidnapped, brainwashed, and raised to be sold into the sex trade. (Continued in comments)

Just as I'm about to give up and start reading something else- what's that? Do I spy a low-key Les Mis reference? Why yes, I think I do. Onward then.

#bookisholympics book three. With a blurb like that how can it not be good?

I have an issue with some of the horrible similes that abound in fiction. 😱😱😱

First walk around @TheBookmarkPR . This is what I grabbed from the fiction section.

Though the narrator is 14 years old, this is not a YA book. Myth, becoming an adult, questioning the norm. Amy Einhorn says it's been described as a cross between Secret Garden and Lord of the Flies. Friday night, weekend read. Flatiron Books