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My 9th #10beforetheend book & “Starts w/ your initial” for #OffMyShelf

For fans maybe of Karen Russell. This was a fantastical novel about a whaling family in the mid 19th century. Mercy goes on a quest to find her long missing father who has been at sea for almost a decade. With her is her cousin, Mordecai, who has not left his attic room perhaps ever? Weirdness and adventure ensue as Mercy learns the truth about her family and their history.

Late post 🤷🏽‍♀️
April 2025 Book #1
Book received from a subscription in 2023 😳
It didn‘t work for me, I found it boring nothing catches my attention and it is so predictable. 1.5/2⭐️
#Read2025 @DieAReader
#BookSpinBingo #7 book from subscription #ISpinBingo green cover @TheAromaOfBooks
#CoverChallenge (for February skyline) #BooksabdLala
#offmyshelf @wanderinglynn

#OffMyShelf 26 letters in title
#10beforetheend
#37by37

Peter Carey is never going to be a favorite, but I do admire him even if I don‘t love him. This started off well but became baggy in the middle. A French aristocrat travels to antebellum America to ostensibly writes treatise on American prisons but really to escape political threats. He‘s accompanied by Englishman Parrot, a nominal servant but very much his own man and with a tragic past.

I missed #FridayHappyReadingHour yesterday but this morning I am enjoying my coffee and listening to the sound of the rain with the slider open.

I am ready to finish up the tagged for #NancyDrewBR as well as Parrot and Olivier for #OffMyShelf and #10beforetheend today.

Later, after errands and my parents, I will crack in to my pile for #ChristmasCrimeChallenge.

#OffMyShelf “made me happy”
#10beforethend
#37by37

This was a posthumous publication of four previously unpublished novels, four short stories and an essay by Pym - a must for any Pym fanatic. The title novel is the longest and the probably best, but I loved all of this collection. I just love Pym‘s sedate and subtly humorous style. Each section has a short introduction by the editor and Pym‘s long time friend, Hazel Holt.

#OffMyShelf “orange cover”
#37by37 Readathon

A classic in trans literature and I love the non-ending - it felt honest. Maria is having a quarter-life crisis and manages to lose her job, girlfriend and apartment all in 24 hours. What trans wisdom could she possibly impart to maybe trans maybe not trans pothead JamesH in podunk Nevada? Raw, funny, provocative, and insightful. No one has all the answers.

Joining the fun for the #37by37 Readathon hosted by @MatchlessMarie starting tomorrow and running till November 13. 😃

My goal is to finish these seven books, most of which will do double duty for other read alongs or challenges: #EBBR #NancyDrewBR #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub #10beforetheend #OffMyShelf

#weekendreads

📕Finish up Three Day Road for #OhCanada

📗Continue The Woods in Winter for #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub

📘Continue Nevada for #OffMyShelf “orange cover”

📙Maybe finish Civil to Strangers for #10beforetheEnd

#OffMyShelf “Nonhuman MC”
#10BeforetheEnd

This was a little too hard SciFi for me - I‘d probably like it better adapted to film. But I am glad to have read it so I know Vinge is not for me. It‘s an ambitious novel with a wide scope. Two children crashland on a planet run by sentient dog packs-only each child end up with a different warring faction. Meanwhile their ship holds the only key to stopping The Blight, which is devouring the universe.

#Offmyshelf “romance”
#10beforetheend

This was a really lovely portrayal of life and love across three generations of women in a family from the 1930s to the early 21st century. Penelope Lively is such a great writer. I can just pick her stuff up, no need to read the blurb. I know I am in good hands.

I bought this used at a library book sale and it had a clipping of the review of the book from the LA Times Book Review from June 17, 2007.