One of my all-time favorite books is A Man Called Ove, and this reminded me of that--charming, witty, and lots of heart with every-day characters you really care about. And an octopus narrator? So unexpected, but it works.
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'Full of heart and humour . . . I loved it.' Ruth Hogan
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'I defy you to put it down once you've started' Cynthia D'Aprix Sweeney
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…
Osman's narrating style--jumping from character to character, getting into each of their heads and making each voice unique--was a pleasure to read. And there were so many moments in this story that I giggled when Joyce, Elizabeth, Ibrahim, or Ron were in the spotlight. These characters were a joy.
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"Witty, endearing and greatly entertaining." -Wall Street Journal
"Don't trust anyone, including the four septuagenarian sleuths in Osman's own laugh-out-loud whodunit." -Parade
Four septuagenarians with a few tricks up their sleeves A female cop with her first big case A brutal murder Welcome to... THE THURSDAY MURDER CLUB
In a peaceful retirement village, four unlikely friends meet weekly in the Jigsaw Room to discuss unsolved crimes; together they call themselves the Thursday Murder Club.
I love fairy tale or myth retellings, and Circe was very compelling. Miller turned this character usually relegated to the sidelines into a full-fleshed, complex character that I cared about. Circe's tale is in equal turns tragic and hopeful, and I love watching this immortal creature grow into herself.
In the house of Helios, god of the sun and mightiest of the Titans, a daughter is born. Circe is a strange child - not powerful and terrible, like her father, nor gorgeous and mercenary like her mother. Scorned and rejected, Circe grows up in the shadows, at home in neither the world of gods or mortals. But Circe has a dark power of her own: witchcraft. When her gift threatens…
Hassie Treadway holds a secret, one she promised never to tell. She sees visions of people’s deaths, and she feels the agony of each one she lives through. Her whole life she’s believed that it’s a curse.
Then Hassie is forced to work as a scullery maid at Upton House, and the moment she steps through the door, she feels the sorrow and the secrets the house keeps. The house that breathes. The house that whispers to her in the dark.
Now trouble comes to Upton House from the outside, and Hassie must embrace her fears and her curse because she is the only one who can untangle the wrongs and wounds of the past to save Upton House and protect those who live there.
