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Finished this yesterday and it‘s the 2nd book I‘ve read by Adrienne Celt! This one was disappointing. Celt‘s writing style, especially her story telling and details, is beautiful but it often felt that there was no discernible plot in the book. I did not feel a connection to any of the characters. By the end, it got repetitive and boring. Such a disappointment after reading Invitation to a Bonfire and loving it!

I liked this book a lot. It really explores the ambiguity many (most?) women about having children and how it can change who they are are. #folkretelling #love

Visited my local library recently with my girls!

It's a rare lit fic book that catches and holds me and I've been lucky to read several of them this past year. This one, however, just wasn't for me, and I decided not to finish it just because I felt like I should if I owned it. Lovely cover, though.

I got this a long time ago in a Book Riot Book box, and I‘m finally getting around to reading it. I love reading about musicians 😊

The only three books in my entire house that I could find with #cursive titles. #fallintobooks

YMCA Book Fair haul! Do you see any I should move to the top of my TBR list?
#bookhaul

#Lyricalapril This is my sweet child. I didn't love (I liked) this book but I ❤️ my daughter 😁

#litsyAtoZ A book about mother-daughter relationships that has a fairy tale vibe. I was on the fence about whether this was a pick or not. Ultimately, despite my misgivings about it, my appreciation of the way in which the author weaves in folklore and magic tipped it to a "pick". This reminded me of The Snow Child but not as good and the ending bothered me.

In honor of #internationalwomensday, my daughters, whom we're raising to be strong willed even though it would make life so so (sooooo) much easier if they weren't.

This is another in the "Most people seem to hate it but I really liked it" category. Or maybe people didn't *hate* it but it has a pretty low rating here & on Goodreads. But I found it fascinating & kind of enchanting. I can see how it would not be to everyone's taste - it's got some mysticism/magical realism, and the time jumps around, but I love all that and felt it was done well. Stories about women in a family tree are my jam too ??4/5⭐

It makes a person dangerous to love their own trouble.

This book is far from perfect but I'm loving the way storytelling and folklore is weaved into the plot.

This has a pretty low rating on here, but it sounds like it's really in my wheelhouse, so we'll see!

#riotgrams. This isn't my favorite cover ever but it's my favorite cover from my current TBR pile. I just started it and am loving the folklore pieces

Bit of a late start to #24in48, but I just finished book #1. This book reads like a fairytale in some parts. A lyrical novel about mothers, daughters, storytelling, and the weight of family history, it follows an opera singer who has recently given birth to a daughter yet struggles with both motherhood and music.

This is probably one of the few magic realism books that I have read. While I didn't hate it, I think there a part that I just didn't get. The writing was beautiful but I don't think that this is my kind of thing.

Wrapping up my little gifts for my book club tomorrow, plus the book for our book exchange 😊 still have 100 pages to finish in our pick too 😳

Loving this, thank you @bookriot for such a great pick! The prose is truly luscious and im a sucker for the operatic extravagance. I was worried this was riding off the buzz of Alexander Chee's Queen of the Night but this is a stellar story in its own right. Big fan so far!

Since today is #bookandbrew #photoadaynov16 I decided to forget politics with a nice book and a tea

I am glad I didn't bail on it, because the second half of the book was much better. But I spent most of the first half of this book rolling my eyes at overwrought prose and thinking the book should have been titled "The Paternity of My Child Is Ambiguous and This Makes Me an Interesting Person." The second half was much better, focusing less on the narrator's marital problems and more on her relationships with her mom and grandmother.

Book#4. Cubs are winning. Beautiful world! #readathon @DeweysReadathon

Finally got my #BookMail September Box from @outofprint and @bookriot !! (Took a couple weeks to get to Canada.) So excited to start reading and feel the magic! 🔮📚👍

I LOVED this book! Beautiful writing, a little bit of magic and ambiguity, and great music writing 💜

almost finished but had to take a break for kitty's treat time.

Yay book ends and book mail! Got my @bookriot #bookmail box for September today and in addition to continuing Sorcerer to the Crown with my own copy, I just had to put these bad boys up. These are some of my recent reads/books I own and love plus some of my husband's favorites too.

#bookmailbox #bookriot

The latest #bookmailbox arrived yesterday! The theme is "magic" and the extras are awesome! Well done, @bookriot !

I received my book mail today! So cool!

Look what arrived! My book mail box from @bookriot is here! I read and loved Sorcerer to the Crown, so will hide that away for a Christmas gift to a fellow reader. I know nothing about The Daughters and that's the way I like it!! I actually needed bookends, so that was handy. 😀
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#bookmailbox #bookmailisthebestmail

Unfortunately I found the synopsis more interesting than the book itself

One of my favorites from last year.Beautifully Written Opera polish fables mother daughter relations to top it all this a debut novel.