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I thought this was great. Kathy gets in the apartment complex pool one warm November day and refuses to come out. We then get her and her husband Virgil's versions of their courtship and marriage. My one complaint is I wish we had less of Virgil and more of Kathy. It is a fleeting character and relationships study, I can see why people would want more but I thought it was well written & well crafted. I'm going to look for more from the author.

"All around them was death, and Kathleen had never been more in love with Virgil in her life."

A reckoning of two people and a marriage in a pool. Well done!

Didn‘t hate it, didn‘t love it. I‘m confused on how to rate this short book. It takes place during the FMC day in the pool. One day. Yet it reminisces upon past years. The storytelling is unique, fascinating in an odd way, though it doesn‘t go deep. As of such, I just don‘t know how I feel about this slow around the bush way that we find out this great family is falling apart.

#MiddleGradeMarch #TBR #Pop prompt: author with three last names

They told us in August that our job was going to be outsourced overseas, so I'm in the middle of looking for a new job. I'm not sure how much reading I'll be able to do this month, but I'm going to try.

#25Alive! Day 30: What a glowing #Bright cover for this Newbery Medal awardee and National Book Award Finalist. Haven‘t seen this book at all anywhere here in the Emirates. I must find myself a copy soon.

2025 #Newbery Winner just announced! This was in my personal top 3 of the year! A fun time travel story set in 1999! Congrats to Erin Entrada Kelly!
https://www.ala.org/news/2025/01/american-library-association-announces-2025-you...

This held up to all the great reviews here - I loved it. A very creative approach to a story of a marriage and everything below the surface, which changes one day when Kathleen gets into a pool and doesn‘t come out.

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I‘m developing a new appreciation for short stories and novellas. Somehow with this one, though, it dragged at times for me despite its short page count. I did really like the ending and the way the tension built.

Intriguing short novel. I need to sit with this one. I loved how the tennis imagery carried through this surprising novel. 4 🌟 (for now, this is a book that I need to think about and see how it stands up to time).