Get into this! Get into this!

-- Story Line --

This story follows two young women who were best friends: Mi-Ja and Young Sook. They both were on the Korean island of Jeju. They kept each other secrets and manifested an unbreakable bond at 7 years old. Mi-Ja came from a proud family, specifically, her mother and her father had some gambling debts. Young Sook was not so lucky. However, Young Sook looks were something that most people talk about.

Mi Ja and Young Sook got married at a young age (around the early twenties). It was a difference in celebration at their weddings and how their husbands treated them. They were women raised by the ways of the sea and came to become skill divers. The culture to which they belong to and geographically location focused on women being the leaders, decision-makers, and breadwinners. Men were seen as helpless and not having all the capabilities of understanding things due to their sensitivity.

I found myself intrigued by the cultural nuances throughout the book. Lisa See has a gift of telling a story about sisters and the path and heartbreak. Throughout the story, the two friends turned sisters turned enemies suffered a loss that no person should suffer. They survive a massacre, death of a spouse, death of children, DV, and the death of family members. I don't want to give too much away.

This is a telling of pain, love, and the power of forgiveness.

If you are looking for a thriller that keeps you guessing. This is the book for you! You need make sure that you are standing still and paying attention to every word.

This is a story about a group of teens in a class and one of them dies from an allergy? Who did it? Was it the teacher? The dense girlfriend? The investigator friend? The virgin? The town’s bad boy? The possibilities are endless.

This book had me on the edge of my seat. One of the best books of 2020!

Ya know!!! I have no idea what I was thinking prior to reading this book. I told myself that I was not going to read this book because it would be too scary. There was some horror aspects but i felt that it was more suspenseful than anything else. I was thinking to myself “look here biologist, if you keep searching for your husband or what area X is really doing it won’t end well for you.” I will leave with that because I don’t want to spoil the book for you.

Although it was not a long section but Dumbledore’s appearances in a few parts of the book really revived me from the last book. How can one character make you feel so sad and happy at the same time?

I know 3 stars!?! But, I never understood “satire” culture and I don’t think I ever will. Mostly because their is a lot of sarcasm in it and I don’t always understand sarcasm. Although I enjoyed this book and laughed several times, I often asked myself... what was that poking fun at? I said that to myself constantly! I found it exhausting and getting lost in what was real and reality! Or is all of satire writing a joke?

This book... where do I start.? Just great.

Fantastic Read!!! Oh my goodness!!

I want more. Is there a second book?

I am pleased that one of my students recommended this book to me.
The Marrow Thieves is a hard book to read but also very necessary. This story follows a few young children and the journey to survive. Frenchy is the voice and life that is mostly depicted out of the books. Recruiters are coming to steal land, resources, and indigenous people. Frenchy like the other children he is traveling with has experienced immense loss.

They are very hesitant to interact with outsiders of the group and determined to stay together. They had to make some tough decisions to stay together and not get taken. They were running away from people who were trying to put them in schools. I kept thinking to myself about the atrocities and the horrific legacies of boarding schools in Canada and the United States. Similar to African nations who sold Africans to the white man, Indians were selling other Indians to the recruiters.

The book quoted "not every Indian is Indian." Similar to Amanda Seales when she stated: "Not all skinfolk is kinfolk." This book was a crippling truth that mirrored real life. This author did a wonderful job of depicting their truths. TW: There are notes of sexual and other times of violence in this book as well.

"What is straight?" Once & Future (I laughed hard when I saw heard this line).

This book defies conformity, gender norms, and sexual confinements. It was such a refreshing book to read. These are the types of retelling that need to be retold over, and over again with different voices.

Let me first say this, Kay is annoying and the administrator could get these hands-on any day. This re-telling of King Arthur was beyond what I imagined. I thoroughly, I mean thoroughly, enjoyed this novel. The fact that this book is a series makes it even better. I am so excited that King Arthur was re-incarcerated in a woman's body. Morganna's character was more like-able but just as awful as the original series.

Merlin Benjamin Button complex was very entertaining. I repeatedly kept thinking "how many lives/chances does he have left? I loved his character and his sayings to other people. This Sci-fi book was more than I expected and I am ready for book two. Ari's character is so great and Gwen's (although I was bitter about Gwen trifling behaviors at several points of the book). This book was also fast pace and it didn't take too long to get to the point. I appreciate fast pace sci-fi books. I also didn't feel overwhelmed by the details like other Sci-Fi books that I have read in the past. I made up most of the world in my head. This book was also VERY funny.