Linking to: It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? at BookDate; Sunday Post @ Caffeinated Reviewer; and the Sunday Salon @ ReaderBuzz
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Life…
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I really don’t have a good excuse for my absence, but plan to do better.
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What I’ve Read Since I last Posted…
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Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torsz
Rental Person Who Does Nothing by Shoji Morimoto
Dark Water Daughter by HM Long
The Collected Regrets of Clover by Mikki Brammer
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New Posts…
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Review: Love, Theoretically by Ali Hazelwood
Review: Girls and Their Monsters by Audrey Clare Farley
Review: Ink Blood Sister Scribe by Emma Torsz
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What I’m Reading This Week…
One bookshop in paradise. Two bitter rivals. A whole summer to get through…
Clare thought that by now she would have her life figured out. Instead, she’s living with her parents, working a job she hates and has absolutely no idea what she wants to do with the rest of her life.
When she sees a viral job advert for a three-month bookseller position on a Bali beach, she jumps at the chance. But it’s not until she arrives in Bali that Clare realises she won’t be working in the bookshop alone.
Instead she’s sharing the bookshop – and a flat – with a handsome but infuriating American man. Jack is Clare’s opposite in almost every way, and it’s not long before they’re driving each other crazy. But fighting with Jack is also the most fun Clare’s had in years, and it’s only a matter of time before their relationship turns less than professional…
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What is it like to be an octopus?
The octopus is a highly intelligent and deeply mysterious creature. It can change colour as quickly as it can move, ‘think’ with its tentacles and communicate in sophisticated ways.
Marine biologist David Scheel’s lifelong preoccupation with these animals has led to a career of groundbreaking research, from finding previously unknown species to the discovery of signaling communication. In Many Things Under a Rock, Scheel shares his deep scientific understanding of octopuses and recounts his intrepid adventures with these mysterious, charismatic creatures.
He investigates four major mysteries about octopuses: what can we know about such elusive and camouflaged creatures? Why are they so extraordinarily resilient? How do their bodies work? And what kind of relationships do they have? In unravelling these mysteries, Dr Scheel shows octopuses to be complex emotional beings and reveals what they can teach us about ourselves.
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After Tova Sullivan’s husband died, she began working the night cleaner shift at the Sowell Bay Aquarium. Ever since her eighteen-year-old son, Erik, mysteriously vanished on a boat over thirty years ago keeping busy has helped her cope. One night she meets Marcellus, a giant Pacific octopus living at the aquarium who sees everything, but wouldn’t dream of lifting one of his eight arms for his human captors – until he forms a remarkable friendship with Tova.
Ever the detective, Marcellus deduces what happened the night Tova’s son disappeared. And now Marcellus must use every trick his old body can muster to unearth the truth for her before it’s too late…
Shelby Van Pelt’s debut novel is a reminder that sometimes taking a hard look at the past can help uncover a future that once felt impossible.
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A centuries-old curse, a house of secrets, and one young woman determined to find out the truth.
Sydney, 1930: In the well-heeled suburb of Paddington, just a short distance from the razor gangs of Darlinghurst and Kings Cross, sits Maison des Fleurs, an upscale brothel run by the indomitable Madame. The star of Maison des Fleurs is Violet Kelly – beautiful, clever and determined to make something of herself in a world that has already taken so much.
When a former associate of Madame’s emerges to claim a long-owed favour involving a kidnapped girl and an ancient curse, Violet is drawn into a dangerous game of cat and mouse that takes her from dangerous underworld dealings to raucous parties to untold stories about her own past, and, eventually, right into the heart of Maison des Fleurs. But how much is she willing to risk to save her friends, her home, and the life she’s come to love? And will it be enough?
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Her husband has been murdered and she’s the only suspect. What should she do?
Hired by companies to break into buildings and hack security systems, Jack and her husband Gabe are the best penetration specialists in the business. But after a routine assignment goes horribly wrong, Jack arrives home to find her husband dead.
It soon becomes clear that the police have only one suspect in mind – her.
Jack must go on the run to try and clear her name and to find her husband’s real killer. But who can she trust when everyone she knows could be a suspect? And with the police and the killer after her, can Jack get to the truth before her time runs out?
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Thanks for stopping by!
It’s Monday! What Are You Reading? #IMWAYR @thebookdate #SundayPost @Kimbacaffeinate #SundaySalon @debnance I’ll be reading #BeachRivals #ManyThingsUnderARock #RemarkablyBrightCreatures #ZeroDays #VioletKellyandtheJadeOwl
You don’t need an excsue for absence, my friend. Lately I have been in a huge slump but…there it is. I hope you are well and healthy. The book about octopus by David Scheel is interesting.
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There’s no excuses needed for absences, blogging is for fun. Beach Rivals looks very good, happy reading! I’m hoping to finish a book this upcoming week myself.
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We all take breaks when we need them.
Anne – Books of My Heart This is my Sunday Post
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Sometimes you just need a break, or life gets in your way…hope you have a great week!
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Sorry life is so hectic. I hope things calm down for you.
I look forward to seeing what you think of the Ruth Ware and Remarkable Creatures
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Oh this reminds me I need to add Rental Person to my list.
Remarkably Bright Creatures sounds wonderful!
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No excuse needed for absence. It’s life! Just read your Ali Hazelwood review and happy to see you adored it. I want to try her as an author. I picked up Love on the Brain last time I was there so will see if I can get to it before I have to return it!
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Sometimes life gets too full, or you just need a break. No worries! Your current books all sound interesting. Professor Scheel—or rather, his octupus Heidi—is the subject of a Nature documentary on PBS that my husband and I watched earlier this week. It was fascinating.
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I hope you are well. It seems you will be reading quite a bit about octopuses in the week ahead. Interesting creatures. I have read the novel and I liked Marcellus perhaps best in that one.
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It’s good to see you! I loved the audio version of Remarkably Bright Creatures. Hope you have a good week.
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I love that yikes graphic. I hope you have a great week!
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The octopi books look good! And so does Violet Kelly! I have been wanting to read Remarkably Bright Creatures – but will I cry reading it?
Enjoy your reads!
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Beach Rivals sounds like a lot of fun — can’t wait to hear what you think of it! I loved REmarkably Bright Creatures. Enjoy!
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I’ve missed seeing you around, but I know well how life can get busy. Glad to see you here, too.
I’ve bookmarked Beach Rivals and the octopus book. I do hope I can read both of these.
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Nice looking assortment of books. Glad to see you posting again but I understand that life sometimes gets in the way. Come see my week here. Happy reading!
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