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This book was gloomy, until it was just sad. 3.5⭐️

Of the books chosen for #CampLitsy25, this was the one that most interested me, but summer reading time & library holds meant I just got to it. The setting & atmosphere were fantastic. I wished as the story progressed that the characters would have communicated more, but along with the ending, it seems more realistic to the story that they did not. I enjoyed the multi-voice perspective & how Rowan helped the family move forward. #audiobook

Best book I have read this year! 5 🌟
Charlotte McConaghy is an author who just works for me. This is fast-paced for a literary fiction novel. I love how she reveals more and more about her characters as the plot unfolds. This book made me ugly cry. Highly recommend!

Through beautiful, engaging prose and a unique and striking setting, McConaghy tells a story that's both bleak and hopeful. As with her other recent novels, she addresses the reality of climate change while offering a way to keep our hope and humanity in the face of a changing world. I enjoyed this one quite a lot.

Photo: Acadia National Park, Bar Harbor, Maine, USA

Audiowalking with the tagged while my younger kid is at tuba lesson. In addition to tons of students and parents at the university for orientation (is it seriously that time already?), I met up with this male monarch enjoying a snack. My external environment was quite different than the one in my ears.

Finally!! Took forever on that library hold. 😍

5 Stars • Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy is a tense, emotional novel set on a stormy, fictional Antarctic island. Dominic Salt and his three kids—Raff, Fen, and Orly—run a massive seed bank but are set to evacuate as climate change ravages their home. A mysterious woman, Rowan, washes ashore, shaking up their isolated world. ⬇️

I really liked this story. There was enough mystery to keep me interested and it was a unique story. The author in her note said she wanted Shearwater to feel like it‘s own character and she definitely accomlpished that. I do feel like the ending didn‘t get the emotion out of me that it probably should have. Still it a really great book start to finish!

I was late to the game in reading this for #camplitsy but I started and finished this today. I loved it. I need some time to reflect before posting my full review but for now, I‘ll just say it will be a top one for me

This was me reading by candlelight last night when a storm rolled through here and knocked the power out. Finally got power back about an hour ago!