Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens

 First sentence:

"Marsh is not swamp."

Description:

"For years, rumors of the 'Marsh Girl' have haunted Barkley Cove, a quiet town on the North Carolina coast. So in late 1969, when handsome Chase Andrews is found dead, the locals immediately suspect Kya Clark, the so-called Marsh Girl.

But Kya is not what they say. Sensitive and intelligent, she has survived for years alone in the marsh that she calls home, finding friends in the gulls and lessons in the sand. Then the time comes when she yearns to be touched and loved. When two young men from town become intrigued by her wild beauty, Kya opens herself to a new life--until the unthinkable happens.

Perfect for fans of Barbara Kingsolver and Karen Russell, Where the Crawdad Sings is at once an exquisite ode to the natural world, a heartbreaking coming-of-age story, and a surprising tale of possible murder. Owens reminds us that we are forever shaped by the children we once were, and that we are all subject to the beautiful and violent secrets that nature keeps." -- from the inside flap

My thoughts:

I liked this book about Kya, a girl, and later a young woman, who survives on her own in the marsh and amongst the people in town. The writing was very descriptive and the story drew me in.

Date read: 11/17/2020
Genre: Fiction
Rating 3*/5 = good

ISBN-10: 0735219095 
ISBN-13: 9780735219090
Publisher: G.P. Putnam's Books
Year: 2018
# of pages: 368
Binding: Hardcover
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Foop! by Chris Genoa

 

First sentence:

"I've always thought that the existence of Abraham Lincoln provided conclusive visual evidence that humans are descended from apes."

Description:

"There are strange happenings going on at Dactyl, Inc., the world's first and only time travel tourism company. So strange that Joe, a tour guide, is promoted to the new position of Chief of Probes. His first probe: find out who's been traveling back in time and torturing his boss in rather disturbing ways.

Joe finds himself catapulted from his dull life into a surreal journey where a blind hog-tying monkey is one of the sanest creatures he meets. Traveling through a past where the only thing that changes the present is death, while dealing with the fabric of space-time slowly unraveling. Joe stumbles into the middle of events that threaten both the Earth's future and past." -- from the back cover

My thoughts:

I enjoyed this weird and sometime confusing book about time travel, talking monkeys and tourism. I liked Joe's attempts to make sense of what's happening and his trying to figure out why two men, whom he calls Boogedy and Nibbles, keep appearing everywhere he goes.

Date read: 5/15/2020
Genre: Fiction
Rating: 3*/5

ISBN-10: 0972959890
ISBN-13: 9780972959896
Publisher: Eraserhead Press
Year: 2005
# of pages: 293
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