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Superb writing, fascinating story go back and forth in time.

I think I would have preferred to have read a physical copy rather than the audio for this one. I enjoyed the story, characters, and friendships and how the characters are interwoven together around a science fiction book. I also like how the outcome of a sequel was completed. It was a sad story but I loved that Maxwell‘s father was a pirate! #pop22 ~ a book with a constellation on the cover

Disappointed to say I didn‘t love this one. After the first section, which I really liked, it just never really came together for me. This story of a young man trying to return a book to the author‘s son delves into displacement, parallel universes, friendship, & the power of stories. The writing is generally very good & occasionally great, many of the ideas interesting, but after a fast start, the pacing slowed & the story was just okay.

I also started this one today and wow is the writing good. Also loving the story…

It was finally above 0° so I could go for a swim ??‍♀️ this book ( a debut) is amazing! It is so many things; a book about connections, friendship, writing, the power of a story, living in exile, family ( biological or chosen). The ‘Lost Book‘ is fantastical but this book is fantastic

Started this today. I love the cover

Has anyone read the tagged book or the other two pictured? They all intrigue me and I‘m trying to come up with a book club suggestion.

Thanks for the tag @vivastory This was hard to narrow down. I haven‘t read that many books this year, but I‘ve been fortunate to have liked almost all of them. This is the stack I‘ve narrowed it down to as Sense & Sensibility was a re-read. The tagged book is a runner up as it is a wonderful book as well. Would you care to share @jenniferw88 and @CarolynM #top6reads

Whew, this book is so damn good, I hardly know what to say. It‘s full of stories & voices & lives - sad & beautiful & defiant & enduring. It‘s also filled to overflowing with wonderful & mostly imaginary books (I know because I looked so many of them up!)- books of sci fi & history & theoretical physics & I want to read them all. It‘s the kind of book that you can open at random & read something wise or moving or just incredibly evocative.

This book said it was about a woman who wrote one book in the 1920/30s and another which was lost to time. But it was really full of tales and stories of survival and revolution. It was a story about families. Extremely well done.

my haul from CityLit Books and Roscoe Books #shopsmall #supportindiebookstores #shoplocal #chicagobooks

I liked this one, but it's definitely not for everyone. It doesn't really fall cleanly into a category. Zapata plays with overlapping generational narratives, treating time as something to be crossed (like a border, like a sea). The stories weave in and out and the writing is very good. A thoughtful, cerebral book of stories.

Overall enjoyed this novel within a novel that focuses and storytelling and memory. It had some pacing issues and was a bit over-ambitious in what is was trying to achieve, but the individual stories were interesting themselves even if the combination of them was a bit messy.

A very ambitious #weeklyforecast
I don't think I'll get to all of these this week, but these are my next reads. I had to stop in at the library to get these jewels while we are closed. I had to stop anyway to do some business as well. #libraryhaul

A case of “it's not you, it's me. I could not connect with this book. Feeling like an attempt to fit too much into a small space, it has several timelines & subplots. Pacing is erratic, with long stretches of slow burn followed by quick bursts of intriguing movement. But, the writing is highly descriptive with excellent attention to detail & may be perfect for lovers of character-driven tales.

This book was/is amazing! Definitely one of the best I have read in the past few years. Check it out if you get the chance.

I loved this book! It is an ode to classic storytelling and a memorial to the great sci-fi writers. It is a dual timeline story, but it is also a classic story cycle like the Arabian Nights (which the author alludes to many times in the beginning of the book). It is enchanting and peopled with fascinating but realistic characters. 5⭐️ #hoopla

So many layers within this beautiful yet sad story of a Dominican science fiction writer, her family and a lost manuscript. I likely missed a few layers as this is probabaly not the best book for multitasking. Book 27/100.

(Knitting while listening was fine but not so much working around the house over the weekend. Hopefully I will be done with the orange by the time I finish the next book).

Five stars. A beautiful novel about how we carry stories with us and how those stories connect us, it‘s about refugees and survival, science fiction and stars, beauty of unknown parallel earths, and the decisions we make and how they create our own worlds. I just loved this book and highly recommend it.

Hypnotic, interconnected, thrilling ode to storytelling.