selkies – Cannonball Read 17

Anything but plain

Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol

July 12, 2024 by BlackRaven Leave a Comment

cbr16bingo Liberate: (Jane tries to liberate herself from the bonds of being a woman; the mermaids try to liberate themselves from ageing) Plain Jane and the Mermaid by Vera Brosgol was on my radar for some time, but I never found a copy and reading time at the same time. I’m not sure what I expected, or honestly to like it as much as I did. I thought it would be cute, funny, not WOW but also not mediocre. And while there are no real surprises […]

Selkies are hard to resist

Selkies Are a Girl's Best Friend by Molly Harper

December 31, 2023 by teresaelectro Leave a Comment

I love the Mystic Bayou series and picked up the fourth audiobook, Selkies Are a Girl’s Best Friend Goodreads synopsis: Sonja Fong isn’t afraid of a little chaos. As director of the league’s research center in Mystic Bayou, a tiny town in Louisiana that’s home to supernatural creatures and humans alike, she’s responsible for making sure things run smoothly. It’s not an easy task when her daily memos include lines like, “New equipment is needed because the old equipment was destroyed by a temper tantrum […]

Gay selkies for us all!

The Girl From the Sea by Molly Knox Ostertag

August 4, 2023 by cosbrarian Leave a Comment

Fifteen year old Morgan lives on a small Canadian island, where she spends her days hiding her true self from her three girlfriends. Home life isn’t much better, as her single mom and ornery brother also don’t seem to understand her. When Morgan meets a mysterious, beautiful tween named Keltie, her life becomes more interesting and more complicated. Morgan likes Keltie a lot, and Keltie unabashedly is affectionate to Morgan. But Keltie doesn’t understand Morgan’s need for secrecy. Add into the fact that Keltie is […]

Judgement for the Selkies

The Unkindest Tide by Seanan McGuire

September 7, 2019 by Jen K Leave a Comment

I was looking at reviews of the previous novel in this series, Night and Silence, and discovered that it had a rather mixed reception. My own review was positive but I can also definitely see why people would have had issues with the previous novel. I loved the further revelations about the wider world of Fae, the discovery of Amandine’s origins (ie the rest of her parentage), and other family line discoveries that Toby made – I don’t remember finding the mystery itself that exciting. […]

Zirza on A Gothic Classic for a ReasonIt's one of those wish-you-could-read-it-again-for-the-first-time books. I loved it.
Emmalita on “It came to something when you found yourself hoping that the footsteps you heard were ghosts.”I loved the ending! I don’t think it’s been out long enough to talk about why though.
Dixie on Track Her Down by Melinda LeighI am just starting Track Her Down and I have read them all in order till now and thought I...
Roland of Gilead on How can you give us the gift of a crazy character named Rando Thoughtful and then just as suddenly take that gift away? We need to talk, Uncle Stevie.I came across this randomly years after it was written because I was searching "Random Thoughtful. But I have the...
Emmalita on “Only you, Em, would refer to heartbreak as a distraction. I think I would have a more sympathetic response if I asked to marry a bookcase.”Oh my goodness, Gallifrey was beautiful. I’m sure her mittens were gloriously murdery.

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