Read LOST IN THE MOMENT AND FOUND by Seanan McGuire if you love trauma narratives, grief, the uncertainty of childhood being exploited, magpies, lost things, found spaces, running away, the moment everything changes, teeth, journals & the addiction of novelty.
@jillrhudy@bookstodon those are all terrific! Extra Yarn, Dragons Love Tacos, and The Day the Crayons Quit were also faves around that reading level in our house
@jillrhudy@bookstodon Agreed! Part the bookstores’ fault, part the publishers’ fault. But I was able to find some reprints of books I enjoyed as a kid at the Purple House Press to my delight. The books about Gus the ghost and Mr. Pine’s Mixed up Signs, for example. Just opened their page to grab the link to share and saw they are also reprinting We Were Tired of Living in a House! https://www.purplehousepress.com/
"As soon as we die, we enter into fiction. Just ask two different family members to tell you about someone recently gone and you will see what I mean. Once we can no longer speak for ourselves, we are interpreted" (Hilary Mantel).
Happy #DecRecs 17, my friends! Today's recommendation is 'Scales and Sensibility', by Stephanie Burgis, a delightful regency romp with magic, imposters, romance, and of course dragons. Incontinent dragons.
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I need to buy a gift for a family-of-friend. I am informed that they really like mystery stories, especially in historical settings, but are not fond of SFF.
I assume this means they have already read the obvious candidates, the Cadfaels and the like, or if they haven't then that's a conscious choice on their part which means I shouldn't buy them one of those.
What's a non-SFF mystery story you've enjoyed recently? Recommend me a book please!
@passenger@bookstodon For a historical detective series in a less common time and place setting, you could try Madhulika Liddle's Muzaffar Jang series. Set in Mughal Delhi. The author's sister is a published historian whose focus is Delhi, so the historicity is solid, and the lead is interesting
This book is a beautiful small gem. It's about a swimming pool and its regulars making their daily laps. Central character is Alice, who suffers from dementia.
Otsuka is proof that a good writer can make the ordinary special. No need for spectacular plots.
It has its own, unique style. Using many repeating wordings to describe what people think, feel or say. These are like brushstrokes, painting a touching story.
Has anyone noticed that Audible is now offering books with "virtual voice" narration - computer generated? Each sample is the same voice. So now the powers that be are going to ruin audio books with this #AI crap.
Also there is a ton of shyte titles listed, some only 6 minutes long.
Five stars: Barbacoa, Bomba, and Betrayal by Raquel V. Reyes and Frankie Corzo (narrator) (2023) is the third book in the Caribbean Kitchen mystery series. What starts as a vacation to the Dominican Republic and becomes a work trip in Puerto Rico puts Miriam into the middle of a gentrification money laundering scam that's affecting so many of the small towns across the Caribbean, regardless of country.