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Went to pick up a bunch of holds from the library (research for some BR end of the year lists) and couldn't help snagging one bonus book and checking out the gorgeous new art they've added in a recent (and on-going) remodel

Going to try to come back to reviews. Of course, I‘m starting with a hard book I didn‘t understand. I just couldn‘t grasp the why of this book. The Blake Crouch-ish aspects started way too late to pack a punch.

A woman moves back to Florida with her husband to care for her parents. She flashes back to times in an asylum there and works on her relationship for her sister but is flummoxed when the sister goes missing.

The novel that was inspiration of a pretty darn good Apple + television series.

Well written, but rather strange story of a swamp-living family and a search for resolution after grief. Kind of blunt and somewhat off-putting in a poetic way.
Could be a little shorter too. It took me a while to read.

A lush And deeply idiosyncratic book, State of Paradise is a post-Florida pandemic world, but feels so intimate that you can be in this quirky and mournful book. A ghost(writer), pet ghosts, cats, VR meditations (portals?), and family. The observational diary prose is what sold me; I was already hooked on what bizarre Florida story this would be…but bizarre is a beautiful way. A must read!

Amazing! Unclear what was reality and what was virtual reality, but it didn‘t matter. It was quirky and tender and interesting. Recommend and would like to read more

Starting this one that was in a Little Free Library.

This small book was amazing. It felt a little like auto fiction to start. Florida with all its quirks and its major weather events, COVID, grief and family all play into this and then it gets slightly fever dream, sci fi but it really works. So well written!

The more I read the Cerulean Chronicles, the more I adore Lucy!
#TJKlune #SomewhereBeyondTheSea #Lucy #Florida #audiobook #ILoveLucy

This is the first Carl Hiaasen book I‘ve ever read. I‘ve heard he was funny — something I was in the mood for — so I thought I‘d check him out. Indoor #audiowalk because it was 90° outside at 8:00pm.