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Vanderah, Glendy--Where the Forest Meets the Stars informal buddy reads starts April 8, 2019
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I’ve also heard good things about this book. Looking forward to it!
I should be able to start this either tomorrow or Tuesday after work. It's another one that Kindle Unlimited has both digitally and via audio, so most likely I'll tackle the audio version.
I switched over to this one and am enjoying it despite Ursa being an (view spoiler)I'm 21% in.
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You are ahead of me, Laura! I was planning to start it Monday evening, but I've had a crazy couple of days. (view spoiler) Wish me luck! I'll now be able to start this one tonight.
Thanks, Laura! Should be about the same, but thankfully to better places. :-)
Brooke wrote: "Thanks, Laura! Should be about the same, but thankfully to better places. :-)"WOW, Brooke! Very happy for you!
Laura wrote: "I switched over to this one and am enjoying it despite Ursa being an [spoilers removed]I'm 21% in.
I think I would be like Jo and be a bit disbelieving of Ursa's "story". I am enjoying all the ..."
I got to chapter 12 but can’t get into the book. It’s sweet and heartwarming, which may be the problem. LOL Yes, Ursa is an alien but the book isn’t very sci-fi ish. I will probably start to skim a bit. I know, I’m cheating! :)
I've made it to the halfway point. Yes, Ursa is an alien, but I agree that it doesn't feel sci-fi at all. It seems more light fantasy or magical realism, maybe similar to Sarah Addison Allen. (I can't say the comparison is accurate, though, because I've only read one of Allen's books.) I am enjoying the writing style and could see myself reading more by Vanderah, unless it gets really saccharine sweet toward the end.
Side note: I am mostly listening to the audio version, and overall I like the narrator. But when Ursa gets whiny, I cringe hearing the whine in the narrator's voice. I have a feeling that isn't narrator specific, though, and I'd feel the same way regardless of who is reading the story.
I ended up skimming to the end to see if I liked the ending. The book was okay. I agree, Brooke with the feeling of light fantasy/magical realism. And I guess that’s not my thing. I got bored. And yes, Ursa definitely came off as whiny too often. I did find it too silly in the beginning that 2 adults couldn’t get 1 little girl to the police. The ending was predictable, I thought. Hoping you two enjoyed the book more than I did. The writing was good, the story just wasn’t for me.
I finished the other day and haven't had a chance to post my thoughts
Synopsis
An Amazon Charts and Washington Post bestseller.
An Amazon Charts bestseller.
In this gorgeously stunning debut, a mysterious child teaches two strangers how to love and trust again.
After the loss of her mother and her own battle with breast cancer, Joanna Teale returns to her graduate research on nesting birds in rural Illinois, determined to prove that her recent hardships have not broken her. She throws herself into her work from dusk to dawn, until her solitary routine is disrupted by the appearance of a mysterious child who shows up at her cabin barefoot and covered in bruises.
The girl calls herself Ursa, and she claims to have been sent from the stars to witness five miracles. With concerns about the child’s home situation, Jo reluctantly agrees to let her stay—just until she learns more about Ursa’s past.
Jo enlists the help of her reclusive neighbor, Gabriel Nash, to solve the mystery of the charming child. But the more time they spend together, the more questions they have. How does a young girl not only read but understand Shakespeare? Why do good things keep happening in her presence? And why aren’t Jo and Gabe checking the missing children’s website anymore?
Though the three have formed an incredible bond, they know difficult choices must be made. As the summer nears an end and Ursa gets closer to her fifth miracle, her dangerous past closes in. When it finally catches up to them, all of their painful secrets will be forced into the open, and their fates will be left to the stars.