Welcome to Litsy!

This was good. It took a while to get going, so I really didn‘t get interested until they were on their way. Even while they were away, the scenes with Erasmus‘s sister, Lavinia, and her friend, Alexandra, back home bored me. That entire storyline did get more interesting later on, however. I sure didn‘t like Zeke (along with the majority of the characters – at least the ones on board the Narwhal!).

This book was already on my wishlist when I got the chance to get an ARC of it. How happy I was! And Andrea Barrett did not disappoint. This is a beautiful book. A beautiful book with so much soul in it.

The plot is heavily character driven. Their feelings, thoughts, hopes make the biggest part of the book. This all in the setting of the Arctic with its strange new animals, its ice and mountains and its cold.

Yes, this book is filled with ⬇

I think I‘m going to add this month‘s #bookspin to the DNF pile. It‘s not bad, but also not really what I was expecting, and I‘m kind of bored, so on to my next adventure!

Here's finally my #BookSpinBingo board for August. My #BookSpin is Order 66 and my #DoubleSpin happens to be Quentin Tarantino 😄

@TheAromaOfBooks

Me: I'm not joining the #BookSpinBingo this month. #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin should do. I need more time for other things, and I need to reduce stress as well.

Also Me: Joins anyway.

@TheAromaOfBooks

About half way through this book and I‘m ready to #mutiny against Zeke.
#historicalfiction #polarexploration #ships

Visited Jackson Street Booksellers (my favorite bookstore) for the first time in close to a year. Dragonball is for my husband and history of the English language is for my mom. Snagged 2 exploration books (one nonfiction , one fiction) and a book discussing how to protect global biodiversity. #bookstore #shopping #explore

Pick!
Rec especially for those who love Arctic adventure stories. Barrett is deft at weaving in factual accounts from polar voyages into a fictional narrative.
Also, the book goes into the suffering that happens after the voyage - the survivor‘s guilt, the regrets of hubris.
An accurate and compelling story
Tagged those who might be interested!

I own one book that has a rainbow on it and I can‘t find it anywhere so I ROYGBIV‘ed a rainbow instead. Some of my colors may be a little off but it‘s lunch and I‘m starting to get hangry. 😂 🌈
#findarainbow
#HopIntoSpring
@vkois88
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Wearing my polar bear fleece for my arctic adventure!

My examples of #booksetbythesea #somethingforsept #bookphotochallenge

#FunFridayPhoto - In this "extraordinary novel of Arctic and personal exploration, maps are deceitful, ice all-powerful, and reputation more important than truth or human lives." A chilly favorite several years ago..