8 -- Features The Ocean

[Orlaith]

Book 3/52 is Under The Sea by the newest Booker Prize winner Paul Lynch. Prophet Song was my favourite book of 2023 and Under The Sea is also wonderful - the prose is razor-sharp, there isn’t a word out of place and (much like Prophet Song), Lynch really succeeds in establishing a sense of creeping horror. Perhaps less affecting than Prophet Song - although to be fair a story like that set in the city I live in was always going to hit me in a particular way so that’s perhaps a personal thing.

Onwards to book 4 of the year!

[Maggie]

Loved this! Remarkably Bright Creatures https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/5...

[Cathy]

I read Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway.

[Kelsey]

Currently reading Circe

[Lindsey]

I read In Bed with a Blackguard by Cara Maxwell, 3 Stars. They sailed across the Atlantic Ocean from London to Barbados

[Nikki]

I read The Burnout by Sophie Kinsella for this prompt, the protagonist spends a lot of time appreciating the therapeutic effect of watching the ocean waves and reignites her love childhood love of surfing. As with most Sophie Kinsella books, I found the main character funny and relatable, and the book inspired me to live a life I actually enjoy.
Could also satisfy: character-driven, omniscient author,, finding identity

[CiCi]

Something in the Water, by Catherine Steadman.

[Denise]

Does The Wager qualify? Most of the book happens on the ship at Sea.

[Michele]

Denise wrote: "Does The Wager qualify? Most of the book happens on the ship at Sea."

If that one doesn't, then not many do.

[Tanya]

I read The House in the Cerulean Sea (which has been in the TBR folder for some time) and ... I liked some aspects of it, but the world did not feel well-thought-out, and I wasn't happy that the author took harrowing real-world events to use as backdrop for his romantasy.

[Ron]

Nights in Rodanthe .

With this book the inn is right on the ocean and it also includes a hurricane.

I've read this book before, but really wanted to get back to it.

[Ynske]

For this challenge I've read "Seven sisters: Storm" from lucinda Riley. A re-read for me but I liked the books the first time around.

[Kristina E]

I read Our Wives Under the Sea by Julia Armfield.

[Agne]

A Study in Drowning by Ava Reed

[Jaklin]

The Odyssey finished 01/27

[Bill]

i read Ocean Prey by John Sandford several years ago and really enjoyed it.

[Charlene]

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

A battle between the siren that steals princes hearts and the prince that kills sirens…

[Carol]

I read The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder. I rated it 5 stars.

[Donna]

Just read Mitch Albom’s ‘Stranger in the Lifeboat’ for this prompt which has been on my Kindle app for a while. Read it in a day, pretty much, and I gave it 5 stars.

[Charlene]

To Kill a Kingdom by Alexandra Christo

[Debbie]

[Mrs Gail P Madeley]

The life of Pi

[Aquaria]

Nancy wrote: "I’m planning on reading The Wager: A Tale Of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder, by David Grann"

It would have been my pick as well...if I hadn't read it earlier this year, LOL. It was going to be a library read for me, and I had no control over when the hold would lift. Waited five weeks to get it, as it was. Wasn't about to get back at the end of the queue.

[Michele]

I'm just about done with Hostile Shores by Dewey Lambdin. It's number 19 in the series starring Alan Lewrie , who is a captain in the British Royal Navy during Georgian times.

[Beth]

I am just starting to read The Woman In Cabin 10.

[d]

The Final Leap by John Bateson

[Kara]

For this prompt I’m readying How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Carpenter!

[Aiks]

I read water by John Boyne. I think the title itself says it all ahaha but the water imagery is pretty prominent throughout the book

[AshWood]

I read Unsinkable by Jenni L. Walsh…highly recommend!!

[Lucilla]

Like many others, I read Our Wives Under the Sea for this prompt. I listened to the audiobook and I liked the narrators, but I normally listen to audiobooks while I'm hiking and this one just didn't grip me. It was creepy and interesting and the writing was excellent, but it was more cerebral than action packed and I need something a little more adrenaline pumping for hiking. I ended up listening to it while driving and found it a much better experience.

[Kara]

Kara wrote: "For this prompt I’m readying How Far the Light Reaches: A Life in Ten Sea Creatures by Sabrina Carpenter!"

Edit: I meant Sabrina Imbler

[Priya]

Going to read The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi for this one.

The Adventures of Amina al-Sirafi

[Anna]

I read The Ocean at the End of the Lane by Neil Gaiman

[Devika]

I read The Mermaid and the Murders. It was just okay.

[Brigid]

I'll be reading How to Say Babylon

[Narella23]

I’ve listened to Broken Bay by Margaret Hickey.

[Andrea]

I read Beyond That, the Sea

[chris]

I read The Lamplighters by Emma Stonex.

BTW, if you are looking for a flexible option, this book could qualify for quite a lot of the challenges.

[Reem]

[Denise]

I also read The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann

the ocean is pretty much one of the characters

[Megan]

For me, 20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.

[Penny]

Flat Water by Jeremy Broyles is a good fit for this challenge!

[Moonkiszt]

One of my reads for this prompt is by Natalie Babbitt Natalie Babbitt who wrote this book after Tuck Everlasting. . . The Eyes of the Amaryllis

The ocean, a sunken ship, a grandma and her grandgirl. . .and the gift of an amaryllis flower floating to shore. . .takes me back many years!

[Kim]

I read The Wager: A Tale of Shipwreck, Mutiny and Murder by David Grann. I gave it two stars.

[Julia]

It was okay, definitely fit the prompt, but I found it slow going.

[Terryls]

I gave it 3 stars. I agree it was slow going.

[Haley]

Prince of Song & Sea by Linsey Miller
4/5 - I'll be very interested in where this series goes. I like it's from the prince POV, but I stopped liking Ariel since I was a teenager. She was always a spoiled brat to me, but I loved the music. Anyhow, despite the focus being on Eric, I liked that Ariel isn't helpless, or a brat. I'm noticing the next two feature Prince Phillip from Sleeping Beauty and Prince Charming from Cinderella. Both are earlier princesses with very little things going for them aside from good hearts - and I will say Cinderella works hard - but nevertheless those two princesses just let things happen to them! Aside from furthering their character, maybe the story can be refreshed from the prince POVs.

[Michelle]

My book club will be reading The Great Divide in a few months. The book is about building the Panama Canal. I figured a book about connecting two oceans should count.

[Sophie]

I’ll be reading Twenty Trillion Leagues Under The Sea by Adam Roberts. It’s a retelling of the Jules Verne classic.

[Anna]

I read 438 Days: An Extraordinary True Story of Survival at Sea