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1. Big Panda Tiny Dragon by James Norbury, I loved it!
2. Real Friends for my niece for Christmas
3. Tagged title for unusual love story.

I really liked this story however I felt it went on for a bit too long. There was quite a lot of filler, rather than actual meaningful story.

The multiple POVs mean this story is complex and really well written, I really enjoyed how the characters were entwined together, especially Giles and Zelda‘s feelings towards Elisa.

Overall enjoyable, though strange. Not sure about the fish porn 🤣

🎧 This narrator‘s voice is crystal clear. I was able to bump up playback to 2.5X in the end.

This book was padded with pretty prose. The torture, mental illness, murder. All good BUT if the book didn‘t end the way it did then it woulda lost me at the shower curtain scene. 🙄 I haven‘t seen the movie & don‘t plan to. The audiobook was great! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️1/5

Haven‘t seen the movie yet but I‘m really enjoying listening to this so far 😌

My latest Audible listen
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“Imagine being a planet… Eons of loneliness, and then one day your ellipsis peaks toward that of another planet and there is a gasp of nearness. Wouldn‘t you try to make the most of it? Wouldn‘t you, too, combust and flare and explode if you had to?”

I love the movie, I love Del Toro, so of course I love this book!!!
I enjoyed the multiple POV, I loved how everyone's story was both separate and connected. The invitation is there, connect your individual story, become part of the living picture; we are all one, we are all everything and nothing. Love is love 💙💙💙

We will love these small, unhappy trees...

#septemberwrapup A month of YA, with the exception of my favorite for the month. The Shape of Water was SO good.

“What would feeling like somebody feel like? To suddenly exist not only in your world, but someone else‘s as well?”

#poetrymatters #shape @TheSpineView

What a lovely story! The alternating POVs worked really well, even seeing the mental decline of the despicable Strickland. I‘m ashamed to admit I haven‘t seen the movie yet. It‘s on my list, but I don‘t get much time for adult movies. Looking forward to enjoying the story in another medium.

This book is so pretty😍

This was a bit Creature From the Black Lagoon as well as a social commentary on all kinds of relationships. I got the symbolism and I could be a little more liberal in understanding this in a visual medium after getting in the characters' heads. I enjoyed the story and the outcome as well. The reveal on Elisa at the end was great. 🤘

Ugh, Strickland is such a moron....

I‘m not a book snob so if the book is close enough to the movie, I‘ll suggest you just watch the movie. However, I loved this book and I think just being able to hear Deus Bronquia‘s thoughts is worth it. I only wish they had more of it rather than just a few chapters. Loved the book. Loved the movie.

All I've ever heard about this movie is that it's really weird, and that was from my dad who even justified moderate symbolism in Eraserhead!!!

I am a fan of Daniel Kraus (Zebulon Finch owns a significant piece of my heart), and that‘s the main reason I wanted to read the book before seeing the film. While this is clearly a joint effort, I really enjoyed it, and many bits of Kraus shine through.

At first I was a little annoyed by the multiple POVs, but they really came together and illustrated serious character development. Love the story so much. ❤️

Now... the movie!

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I‘m not ashamed to say I have always been, and remain to this day, a terrible parallel parker and an even more terrible backer-upper. 😂

Just got this lovely gem and a bunch of others for my birthday! I‘m starting 2019 damn well!! 😎

I absolutely adored this book! So well written and so unique

#QuotsyJan19

(Day 8 - Creature)

“So when does an anomaly quit being an anomaly and start being just the way things happen to be? What if you and I are not the last of our kinds, but one of the first? The first of better creatures in a better world? We can hope, can‘t we? That we‘re not of the past, but the future?”

#QuotsyJan19 | 8: #Creature

📷: Made with Typorama

Such a beautiful story. Beautiful beautiful beautiful!

Currently reading The Shape of Water. I‘ve adjusted a few reading settings on Libby to try to make ebooks a little more enjoyable. I just want the feel of a book in my hands sometimes! But ebooks are so easy to access and convenient 😩

Good book but predictable ending.

Up next...

This was such a sensuous and fantastic book. As someone who enjoyed the movie, I was a bit biased going in. I think, though, that even if you haven't seen the movie, you'd still enjoy the book. It's a fairytale with long descriptions (this is one of the few critiques I have of it, the descriptions were very long and I feel like that could def turn some folks off) and if you like that sort of story, I can't recommend The Shape of Water enough.

Just finished this audiobook on the way to work and it was such a wonderful story. The writing is beautiful and addictive and the narration was very good. I need to get my hands on the movie now so I can see what the story is like in cinematic form.

The wonderful thing about ‘The Shape of Water‘ is that it provides even more insight into the characters. While the movie leaves plenty to interpretation and in the unspoken things said between the characters, the book is chockful of these little internal revelations that give the characters their shine. All this to say I‘m love the book. ♥️

Ive listened to about half of this one and I just can‘t bear to go on.

Elisa works nights at a government research facility. One night she breaks protocol and starts connecting with the facility‘s newest “acquisition.” And the rest is #meetmeinthedark history.

#octoberxfiles @Cinfhen @Robothugs

This was a pretty faithful retelling of the movie. Since I knew the plot, I ended up skimming the bits I was less interested in and focusing on the ones I wanted more backstory. It‘s beautifully written and definitely worth a read if you enjoy misunderstood monsters.

I loved this movie so much, thought it was time to check out the book.

It's a noble effort by Daniel Kraus to turns this dark fantasy romance into a literary work, but the reader may find that what goes unsaid in the film actually enhances the story and that any effort to fill in gaps does it no justice.

I'm still very much in love with the prose and imagery of this book. I'm going to fangirl about it in my review later I can tell.

I am in love with this book

1. The Shape of Water💧 💦
2. We love to go to the movies on date night. But we‘re also empty nesters, so every night is date night!
3. 17
4. As much as I loved the movie, the book just wasn‘t my thing. So again, The Shape of Water.
5. Yes—I love seeing everyone‘s answers!
@jesshowbooks #FriYayIntro

This is an unusual book. I think it's essentially a look at what it is to be different but deserving of love and respect anyway. It gets a bit wierd at times but there's so much symbolic meaning throughout you just roll with it.

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This fell between a pick and so-so for me. The high quality of the good parts made it a pick.
#overdrive

What would feeling like somebody feel like? To suddenly exist not only in your world, but someone else's as well?

Quiet morning.

Is it weird to love a movie novelization? What if it has your evil fictional great uncle, or Creature POV chapters, or a late stage appearance of "a single mysterious pig"? What about then?

The words flow like poetry, the story is a mystery but I just can't connect. Doesn't mean it's bad at all. The multiple characters with deep dark secrets, each unravels into a great climax at the end

This book is very different from the movie, and I think that‘s a good thing. I don‘t think a book could capture the lyrical fairy tale quality that beautiful film has.
That said, the necessary elements are the same... but all the human characters are fleshed out and this story takes place firmly in a real (and changing) world.
Yes, the movie is better, but the book is a good companion piece, imho. (Also, lovely illustrations by James Jean)

“For two billion years, the world knew peace. Only with the invention of gender - specifically males, those tail-tanners, horn-lockers, chest-pounders - did Earth begin its slide toward self-extinction.”

So far the book is different from the movie in ways I didn‘t expect (far more Strickland than I like) - but I do like passages like this which highlight the nuances that don‘t always come through with visual storytelling.

Another hold came in! 😁