Yay for the library catalog turning up a title I’d never heard of while I was searching for The Night Circus. The Book of Speculation utilizes a variation on what I call the Kate Morton Formula (yes, I know she didn’t pioneer it, but whatever). A present-day individual comes into possession of a pie...
Sometimes you go into a story with a certain expectation. I approached Light from Other Stars this way. Somewhere I'd gotten the impression that this was novel was going be the mind-bending what-the-hell-just-happened I found in James Renner's The Man from Primrose Lane (if you want your mind blown,...
I received this book through Goodreads in exchange for an honest review. Like many other readers and reviewers, I did not know that this was a prequel to The Book of Speculation. This is completely understandable given that this book is in no way presented as if it were a prequel. It looks like its...
I can usually find more things to love about a book than to hate. The best thing about this book was its cover. I will admit the story of Peabody and the Wild Boy was more interesting than the first-person narration from Simon. He was boring. The book as a whole was boring despite a good quote here ...
Simon receives a book in the mail about an old carnival from the late 1700's from a rare bookseller. In it is a history of the carnival and names of his ancestors. He researches the names and the carnival. As he does he sees parallels between the carnival and now. Can he avoid what has happened in t...
This book gets the gong. Now I see why it took me two months to get through it. There was just enough to keep me interested and when I finally reached the end... What was I thinking? Can I get two months of my reading time back Erika Sawyer!!! I've got some speculation for you. I speculate tha...
A special thank you to NetGalley for an ARC in exchange for an honest review.A short, but mesmerizing story that is actually a prequel to The Book of Speculation. I was absolutely hooked from the first sentence. The story is a love story between Daniel and Paulina, the parents of the narrator of The...
“But the heaviest things, I think, are the secrets. They can drown you if you let them.”― Ally Carter“Let them think what they liked, but I didn’t mean to drown myself. I meant to swim till I sank — but that’s not the same thing.”― Joseph Conrad, The Secret Sharer and other stories“There’s a sucker ...
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