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Adam Silvera recommended Stellaluna in Books (curated)

 
Stellaluna
Stellaluna
Janell Cannon | 1993
9.3 (3 Ratings)
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"This is my first favorite book ever. My mother bought it for me as a kid and it came with a Stellanuna plush doll. Manly, right? Mom read it to me whenever I asked until I lost Stellaluna in the first grade. (TRAGIC.) My mother, being the most awesome of mothers, put up Missing Poster signs for Stellaluna. No one ever called with information, no ransom notes were left next to my lunch box, and Stellaluna wasn't hiding inside my hamper or under my bed. Stellaluna was gone. I thought back to the book, and how the birds cared for Stellaluna while she was lost - teaching her to sit upright during the day and all that - and how her time with the birds - and me - was short-lived so she could return to a life of living in the night and sleeping upside down. I think maybe my bat went home."

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Kristina (502 KP) rated The Offer in Books

Dec 7, 2020  
The Offer
The Offer
Karina Halle | 2015 | Erotica, Humor & Comedy, Romance
6
6.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
I liked the story. I haven't read many books that involve a single mother, so it was different and kind of refreshing. I loved that Karina used words that many mothers would use to describe their bodies - stretch marks, pouch, sagging. Even still, in my mind, Nicola is as beautiful as any other woman. Reading from Bram's point of view helped; he never once mentioned an imperfect mark on her body. And, while some of the things he said and thought were too obviously written by a female, I enjoyed his chapters nonetheless. Despite how I felt about the story, I wasn't irresistibly compelled to it. Two out of the 3 days it took me to read were actually spent NOT reading it, because I didn't feel that undeniable pull to keep reading. While I enjoyed the book, I wasn't desperate to finish it and find out what would happen next.
  
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Whatchareadin (174 KP) rated The Mothers: A Novel in Books

May 10, 2018  
The Mothers: A Novel
The Mothers: A Novel
Brit Bennett | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry
8
6.8 (5 Ratings)
Book Rating
Nadia Turner, Aubrey Evans, and Luke Sheppard are young adults living in Oceanside, CA. They are each going through their lives trying to overcome their individual struggles. One summer they are all joined together by unforeseen events and these events will help to mold them into the people they will be for the rest of their lives.

We all have people in our lives who know everything think that is going on in our lives or think they do whether we want them to or not. In this book, a few ladies at Upper Room Church fill this spot. They narrate the scene for most of the chapters in this book and give their honest opinion on how the story will unfold. They have known these young people most of their lives and have been in their position many years before.

I have been looking forward to reading this book or a long time. I will say that even though I read this book rather quickly it wasn't quite what I was expecting. I would have liked to seen more of a voice from "The Mothers". Other than that, this was an enjoyable read for me.

Nadia, Aubrey and Luke are all around the same age and live in Oceanside. Luke and Nadia date briefly the summer before she leaves for college. Then Luke suddenly cuts her out of his life like a bad habit. She takes a job working as the First Lady's assistant at Upper Room. There she meets Aubrey. Aubrey is quiet and shy, but is instantly drawn to Nadia. Both of them having lost their mothers, although in very different ways, have a connection that no one would have seen. The story follows the trio as they move through life and deal with their pasts in order to move forward with their futures.

This was a very good debut novel and I look forward to more books by Brit Bennett.