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I‘ve gone from a book I felt was way too long to one that I want to be longer! This short novella is a taut look at the effects of trauma, when the death of Matthew‘s parents lead him to uncover a 35-year-old secret.

Book 56/80 #Read2025 @DieAReader
#Water #FictionalTraveler @julieclair

This is a perfect summer read. A wealthy family comes each year to Capri where one of them died thirty years ago. It was an accident they keep saying. And there‘s nothing to prove it wasn‘t because there‘s little money can‘t buy. Extremely unlikable characters, lots of twists and an over the top ending. Fun read!
#FictionalTraveler #water

📸 My cabin on the sailing boat, Greece

#WDNCW

We don‘t care that all four dogs ran around in the sprinklers with the kids in 103 degree weather. They had fun, and wet dog might keep company away so we can stay in our pjs. 🤣

I love when McGuire gives us the in-depth dive into characters we've already been introduced too.

She not only writes epic adventures with well love characters, but she so fluently adds such hard topics that I'm always amazed by her brilliance.

Another dazzling addition to the series.
I feel like I need to re-read them all... again.

Up next and I am so excited and hopeful that I will love it that I‘m almost scared to begin 😱

#ToF #LibraryBook so I best get started.

The #FictionalTraveler prompt for July is #Water . Hopefully our reading will bring some refreshing fictional escapism for those of us who have been dealing with oppressive heat. 🥵💦💧💦

What will everyone be reading?

I'm starting on a read through of Caldecott award books and this is one of the most gorgeous ones I've ever read.

#WhereAreYouMonday

Mesopotamia 631 BC
London 1840
Turkey 2014

How else could I experience theses places in these times if it weren‘t for stories? How bereft my life would be without books. How thankful I am to be a reader!

@Cupcake12

Another beautifully written novel by Elif Shafak. Humanity is united by water as this story illustrates in the telling of Arthur who lives near the River Thames in the 1840s, Narin who lives by the River Tigris in 2014, Zaleekhah who lives in a houseboat on the River Thames in 2018.

I loved this one. It‘s about how one drop of water can connect us. It‘s told via the unique voices of three people. Arthur who born very near the Thames, Narin who lives near the Tigris and Zaleekah who is renting a houseboat on the Thames. Beautifully written and very moving at times, I was very immersed in these characters‘ lives and found it a page turner.