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The Last Ten Books That Came Into My Possession
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Top Ten Most Anticipated Releases for the Rest of 2015
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The Book of Speculation
Written By: Erika Swyler
Published By: St. Martin’s Press
Read: May 14-23, 2015
Rating: 5 stars
You can buy this book here.
Goodreads Synopsis
Simon Watson, a young librarian on the verge of losing his job, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home, a house perched on the edge of a bluff that is slowly crumbling toward the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks. His younger sister, Enola, works for a traveling carnival reading tarot cards and seldom calls.
On a day in late June, Simon receives a mysterious package from an antiquarian bookseller. The book tells the story of Amos and Evangeline, doomed lovers who lived and worked in a traveling circus more than two hundred years ago. The paper crackles with age as Simon turns the yellowed pages filled with notes, sketches, and whimsical flourishes, and his best friend and fellow librarian, Alice, looks on in increasing alarm. Why does his grandmother’s name, Verona Bonn, appear in this book? Why do so many women in his family drown on July 24? Could there possibly be some kind of curse on his family, and could Enola, who has suddenly turned up at home for the first time in six years, risk the same fate in just a few weeks? In order to save her–and perhaps himself–Simon must try urgently to decode his family history while moving on from the past.
I received this book from Goodreads First Reads.
I think it is impossible to pick a favorite book, there are just so many books that I love. If I was somehow forced to choose, this would obviously have to be some sort of life or death type of situation, this book would definitely be in my top three.
This is Erika Swyler’s first novel and I will absolutely be following her career and reading anything and everything that she writes.
The Book of Speculation was such a beautiful book. The writing was magical and haunting and absolutely perfect.
…sharing fates and futures, like ink bleeding down a wet page- the ruined end of a book.
The characters were so well though out. They were dark and real.
He breathed otherness, and a secret light burned inside him, spilling out when he spoke.
The imagery was so vivid and wonderful.
When the need for air came hard like a hunger she opened her mouth. It filled with sand and ocean. Inside she became as much water as out.
I loved this book from the first page until the last. This will be one of those books that I will read over and over and recommend to anybody who will listen. I can not stress enough how much I loved this book.
2015 Reading Challenge- a book by a female author
Recommended for Fans of: Fiction, Magical Realism and Fantasy
Suggested to Read Next: The Ocean at the End of the Lane
June is right around the corner, so here is my list of June 2015 releases that I am most excited about.
What June books are you most excited about?
Leave a comment and let us know!
The Book of Speculation
By: Erika Swyler
Release Date: June 23rd
You can buy the book here.
I am seriously so excited for this to be released. I actually already have a copy that I am in the middle of reading. (Review Coming Soon!) I have fallen so in love with this book that I can not think of a better one to recommend that you read in June.
The Master Magician (The Paper Magician Trilogy Book #3)
Written By: Charlie N. Holmberg
Release Date: June 2nd
You can buy the book here.
I already own the first two books in the Paper Magician series but I have been holding off on reading them until the final book came out. It is finally here and I am so excited!
Love May Fail
Written By: Matthew Quick
Release Date: June 16th
You can buy the book here.
I adore Matthew Quick’s writing! I have yet to read a novel by him that I have not enjoyed and I expect no less of his newest one!
Every Last Word
Written By: Tamara Ireland Stone
Release Date: June 16th
You can buy the book here.
I have had this on my to read list since I first saw the cover. (I know you aren’t supposed to judge a book by its cover but I can’t help it!) Every Last Word is getting a lot of buzz and I am hoping that it lives up to the hype.
Emmy & Oliver
Written By: Robin Benway
Release Date: June 23rd
You can buy the book here.
Okay, so this is another case of cover love. I am sorry but it is just too adorable and simple not to love it. It is getting great reviews and I have a feeling it is going to be the perfect summer read.
The Good Girls
Written By: Sara Shepard
Release Date: June 2nd
You can buy the book here.
Sara Shepard is like the queen of fun, flirty summer reads. She could keep coming out with books until the day I die and I would keep on reading them. She probably will, I swear that woman is a book writing machine.
The Night We Said Yes
Written By: Lauren Gibaldi
Release Date: June 16th
You can buy the book here.
This one just seems like a fun read. It alternates between past and present as a group of friends attempt to relive the crazy night that brought them together. This is Gibaldi’s debut novel so I am interested to see how it is. (If you do end up liking it she has a novella and a second novel in the works!)
*If you are interested in learning more about any of the books in this list click on the cover image to go to the book’s Goodreads page.*
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