Litsy

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire

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One of my favorite in the series, with a well realized world and characters you grow attached to in a short time. A sad ending as the portal books tend to be though. 4.5⭐️
#doublespin and another #roll100 pick done! I‘m now caught up with this series too.

TheAromaofBooks, PuddleJumper

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! 1w

PuddleJumper 🎉🎉 1w

BookmarkTavern One of my favorites too! 1w

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monalyisha

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell | Sy Montgomery

so-so

Sy Montgomery really seems to have taken the idea of “Turtle Time” to heart. I cannot say if this is typical of her writing style…but oh my goodness, this book seemed to last forever. The irony is not lost on me that I wished it would move faster! I found some bits to be repetitive, as well. I could‘ve done with fewer of Fire Chief‘s recovery details, in particular. The message is sweet & sound — turtles DO deserve saving. And cars ARE terrible.

monalyisha 1/2: I‘d be willing to try another of Montgomery‘s books in the future. I‘d read it in print (instead of listening to the audio, as I did this time around) to see if the change in format impacts how I receive her style. I‘m a little worried that her writing might not be for me, though! I think it‘s that the sweet bits are almost *too* earnestly sweet. 3w

monalyisha 2/2: Despite fully acknowledging the realities of climate change and the overwhelming environmental impact that humans have had in such a short period, Montgomery‘s tone teeters on the edge of saccharine. 3w

monalyisha *Note: While TRL‘s mission and overall vibe is *incredibly* impressive and heartwarming, to this Milennial, “TRL” will always stand for (MTV‘s) Total Request Live. I think Alexxia and Natasha might not be much older than I am. I wonder if their abbreviated name conjures up the same association for them! 3w

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shanaqui I thought I remembered liking Sy Montgomery's book about octopodes, but I went and looked and I gave it 2/5 with some of the same caveats. 🤔 So yeah I suspect her work may just... be that way. 3w

muscogulus 👍 @shanaqui for “octopodes” 2w

shanaqui @muscogulus Aside from any correctness grammatically, I find the word octopodes so fun to say. Octopodes! 2w

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monalyisha

Of Time and Turtles: Mending the World, Shell by Shattered Shell | Sy Montgomery

When I bought tickets to watch this documentary film with a longtime friend at our childhood stomping grounds in Worcester (MA), I wondered if the (human) stars of my current audiobook would be there.

They were! 🐢

I drove past the house I grew up in, too, for the first time in about a decade. There are solar panels on the roof now and the front yard looked lovely. There were even a couple of young flowering trees. It made me happy to see.

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 1mo

Amiable The Ecotarium!! My kids used to love that place when they were little and we lived near there. 1mo

monalyisha @Amiable It was my favorite place when I was a kid (though it was called The Science Center then)! I loved riding the little train around with my grandpa, saying hi to all of their animals, learning about rocks and crystals, crawling through tunnels, and staring up at the “stars” in the Planetarium. We were so lucky to have it nearby! 1mo

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Amiable @monalyisha Did you also go to the Higgins Armory Museum? My boys LOVED it. My oldest son had his 5th-birthday party there —the highlight was when they helped him cut his cake with a medieval sword. 😄 1mo

monalyisha @Amiable YES! I took my husband there on one of our first dates, in fact! I wish we could‘ve been married there. Then, I could‘ve cut my wedding cake with a sword — like your son (& Alice Roosevelt, which I always thought was a totally bad-ass move)! Sadly, it closed (maintenance costs for the building were too high) & the collection was divvied up (mostly to the Worc. Art Museum) by the time we got married. Should‘ve picked up the pace, hubby! 😜 1mo

monalyisha @Amiable I took him to the Ecotarium, too, actually, which he referred to as “the fake zoo.” He‘s lucky I didn‘t dump him. 😅 1mo

Amiable @monalyisha 🙊🙉🙈🤺 (that‘s the best I can do for an offended zoo animal wielding a sword 🗡️ ) 😄 1mo

monalyisha @Amiable 😂 A valiant attempt. I‘m honored that it was made. 1mo

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Shemac77

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire

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Wonderful addition to the series

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Shemac77

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire

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Wonderful addition to the series

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Shemac77

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire

Can‘t wait to read

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Cute 🐶 2mo

kspenmoll Beautiful dog! Name? 2mo

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Shemac77 Thank you!! @dabbe @Booksblanketsandahotbeverage @kspenmoll His name is Bruno. And he‘s a sweetheart 2mo

dabbe #breezybruno #carpediem 🖤🐾🖤 2mo

Booksblanketsandahotbeverage Awe 2mo

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LiseWorks

Franklin's Secret Club | Paulette Bourgeois

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It's a story from my favorite turtle. Another bingo spot for #ISpyBingoMar @TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Yay!!! 2mo

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IriDas

Voyage of the Turtle: In Pursuit of the Earth's Last Dinosaur | Carl Safina

1) No pets right now. I‘d like to get my daughter a cat.
2) Yes, both.
3) Voyage of the Turtle.

#wonderouswednesday

Eggs

Eggs Thx for playing 🥳 2mo

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Robotswithpersonality

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire

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Okay, did anybody else feel like they read half a book?
I'm used to a fairly handy feature of this series of novels/novellas being time jumps, but there was something that felt particularly rote about this entry's skipping along the plot beats. There were certainly aspects of the world hinted at that I'd like to know a lot more of, there seems to be the regular hint of something sinister that might lead to discontent with the formerly 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? promising fantasy world, but the character didn't even get to learn any of it before getting tossed back to 'the real world'. I know this series has had characters who end up aging in ways they didn't plan, but dropped back from new adult to child feels particularly cruel. Maybe I'm not remembering a previous book in the series well enough to be assured of Nadya's happy ending elsewhere, but in the moment of reading this particular book, it's (edited) 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 3/? an incredibly unsatisfying ending.
I've suspected that I was falling out of love with these books for a while, I think this one sealed the deal. There's something about going into a series knowing you'll read about the mistreatment of a child, that that child won't be able to articulate why they are being made to feel bad, but they'll feel it, that they won't have the agency to advocate for themselves, 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 4/? to make their own choices and determine their own identity, that the journey of the book will mirror life, adolescence, in figuring out who you are, who you want your family to be, in recognizing that you shouldn't have to change to be accepted. Those are all great messages, and even if the books are regularly darkly fantastical, they often have satisfying moments of self-realization. 3mo

Robotswithpersonality 5/5 I just think that the ratio of emotional toll to engaging storytelling and comforting messaging is off, for me personally. I would continue to recommend most books in the series, especially to teenagers, but maybe not this one. I think I'll have to hear very good things from afar before I pick up another. Will still be on the lookout for McGuire's pseudonym Mira Grant horror though, as I've loved a couple under that name.
⚠️ableism 3mo

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BarbaraJean

Adrift in Currents Clean and Clear | Seanan McGuire

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I love the Wayward Children series so much, and this latest book didn‘t disappoint. I ached over Nadya‘s our-world story and loved her underwater portal world (and ached again over the ending). I‘m constantly impressed by how deftly McGuire weaves into her fantasy worlds huge topics like adoption and ableism, in ways that illuminate and universalize the experiences of diverse characters.

This was my 2025 pick for #192025.

Librarybelle

Librarybelle Yay!! 3mo

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