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Garlic: More Than 65 Deliciously Different Ways to Enjoy Cooking with Garlic

Jenny Linford

8.0 (1 Ratings) Rate It

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A celebration of garlic from festivals to folklore plus a stunning collection of more than 65...

ClareR (6197 KP) rated Flames in Books

Feb 12, 2019

Flames

Robbie Arnott | 2018 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Science Fiction/Fantasy

8.5

(2 Ratings)

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Magical realism at it's most beautiful

This book is jam packed with magical realism. The imagery is beautiful, it is constantly surprising, and I couldn't get enough.
There are women who rise from the dead, seals who forge unbreakable bonds with swimming fishermen, Gods, Goddesses, and people borne of fire.
Tasmania is imagined as a fantastical landscape, steeped in beauty and folklore - it's a place I've never been to, but this book certainly piqued my interest. I can honestly say that each chapter is a surprise. I didn't see any of the storyline coming. There's no guessing at what's going to happen - and I loved that unpredictable journey through this book.
If I could give this book more than 5/5, i most certainly would!
Many thanks to ReadersFirst and the publisher for my copy of this beautiful book.

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Dana (24 KP) rated Little Knife (Grisha Verse, #2.6) in Books

Mar 23, 2018

This is one of the companion stories to the Grishaverse novels, and I loved it.

I really respect when authors put together stories that would be in the folklore of the world they built. I can imagine Alina or Nina getting told this story when she was a kid.

I loved how this story was so much about girl power and a woman's rights to her own personhood.

I enjoy any kind of fairy tale, but I especially love one that takes place in a world I adore. The language used was very mysterious and lyrical, much like the Grimm Brothers or Hans Christian Anderson would use in their classic fairy tales.

I loved the twists and spins in the story.

Spoilers ahead. You have been warned.

Don't trust rivers, they may be FREAKING GODS IN DISGUISE!?!?!?!?