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In Unlikely Animals, Hartnett's irresistible, oddball tragicomedy with heart, characters explore the I was hooked, witnessing Hartnett's delightfully faulted, oddball characters making their way in a messy

unexpected and fascinating; Margo's Got Money Troubles  is an edgy contemporary novel with a wonderfully oddball

In Nethercott's Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine and Isaac Yaga find their way back to each other within this odd, dark story that is steeped in Jewish folklore. "It's wild, isn't it...how there are all these stories that played out before we even existed. And their residue is all around us, all the time, but we don't even know it. Sometimes I wonder how much of me is my own, you know?" This recently published debut novel from Gennarose Nethercott is heavy on Eastern European folklore and feels like an immersive fairy tale with modern references (for example, cell phones). In Thistlefoot, estranged siblings Bellatine, a woodworker with mysterious powers, and Isaac, a con artist and street performer with his own magic, are reunited to claim a mysterious, bizarre inheritance: a sentient house on chicken legs. You're going to have to roll with that premise for Thistlefoot to work for you, and if you're up for it, there are a lot of delights here. Thistlefoot is a strange, epic, often dark adventure tale with roots in Jewish folklore, and puppets (which may or may not come to life at times) and the story they're used to tell are central to the plot. Bellatine and Isaac find their way back to each other, bonded by trying to untangle the dangerous, sentimental, mysterious circumstances surrounding the house's existence. They find unlikely allies who are also seeking the truth about the house--and who want to protect its legacy from those who would destroy it. This, as always, is only one version of the memory. Funny, how truth changes in the telling. How a person becomes a myth, how a myth becomes a hero. Do not mistake Baba Yaga for the hero of my stories. She is not. She is not the villain, either. She is only a woman. Sometimes, one cannot know until retelling what was right and what was wrong. Thistlefoot includes some scenes in which World War II atrocities are central; delves into the desperation and cruelties of those who have struggled to America, imagining their salvation; and explores the binds of family and history. I received a prepublication edition of this book courtesy of Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group and NetGalley. Do you have any Bossy thoughts about this book? If you like magical realism and folklore, you might also like the books on my Greedy Reading List Six Magical Fairy Tales Grown-Ups Will Love.

She writes characters that are so funny, so poignant, so beautifully oddball, and so wonderfully open

Sloane Crosley's appealingly oddball tale explores the specter of newly engaged Lola's past loves and Nothing in this entertaining, oddball tale is quite what it seems.

An oddball trio made up of Kyr, her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force

advancements, and more, while offering great twists, a compelling story, characters I was curious about, oddball

ICYMI: This is a gloriously oddball book with lots of heart featuring unorthodox friendships, the frightening Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a gloriously oddball book with lots of heart.

I laughed out loud repeatedly at Fisher's good-natured, self-deprecating, and confidently oddball views I laughed out loud repeatedly at Fisher's good-natured, self-deprecating, and confidently oddball views

I delighted in the way Teddy and Everett shared pieces of their true oddball, vulnerable, silly, thoughtful I delighted in the e-mails in which Teddy and Everett share pieces of their true oddball, vulnerable,

I loved the dark, oddball humor that occasionally crept in surrounding the mutations in the book.

In and among Sedaris's oddball, incisive, skewering observations are poignant, funny, heartfelt, complicated

inexplicable, unbroken bond; and I'm listening to The Best of Me, David Sedaris's most recent collection of oddball Whether Sedaris is reliving specific, frequently oddball memories and mining them for poignancy and also

They manage assemble an oddball group of allies (trusty local cop Turner, wonderfully loyal and nonmagical

unexpected and fascinating; Margo's Got Money Troubles is an edgy contemporary novel with a wonderfully oddball

An oddball trio made up of Kyr, her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force

Rogen's heart, and Yearbook feels like a relaxed, shooting-the-breeze encounter with the easygoing, oddball

Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall) follows the irresistibly single-minded, gifted, wonderfully oddball

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advancements, and more, while offering great twists, a compelling story, characters I was curious about, oddball An oddball trio made up of Kyr, her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force

I'm all in on this oddball novel so far.

fiction novel by Geraldine Brooks; I'm listening to Happy-Go-Lucky, the newest book of essays from the oddball

"Maud" strikes Florence as an oddball genius, and Florence is just trying to soak up all the culture

others for the first time and leave herself vulnerable to them--and she'll need to look out for her oddball

historical fiction retelling of the story of King Edward, Lady Jane Grey, and Mary Queen of Scots--with an oddball

Yet they assemble an oddball group of allies that just might be able to pull off the impossible.

Let's Not Do That Again is a combination of biting humor, family drama, and playful, oddball joy.

01 Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett In Unlikely Animals, Hartnett's irresistible, oddball tragicomedy I was hooked, witnessing Hartnett's delightfully faulted, oddball characters making their way in a messy

suspending my disbelief to buy into the outlandish or supernatural aspects of a romantic but otherwise truly oddball

Green's An Absolutely Remarkable Thing is a gloriously oddball book with lots of heart.

disbelief in order to buy into outlandish or supernatural aspects of a romantic but otherwise truly oddball

in Eli's life (and the terrible consequences he suffers because of them), he emerges as a fantastic, oddball

I laughed out loud repeatedly at Fisher's good-natured, self-deprecating, and confidently oddball views "Maud" strikes Florence as an oddball genius, and Florence is just trying to soak up all the culture

Then a persistent, oddball new classmate, Quentin Sun, starts hanging around.

I loved the dark, oddball humor that occasionally crept in surrounding the mutations in the book.

"Maud" is an oddball genius, and Florence is just trying to soak up all the culture and knowledge she

into the outlandish or supernatural aspects of a romantic (see Soulless and My Lady Jane) or otherwise oddball

advancements, and more, while offering great twists, a compelling story, characters I was curious about, oddball

Plus, I find the supporting cast of imperfect, oddball, lovely characters absolutely irresistible. 01

Green's observations are fun, often oddball, and sometimes poignant, with short sections that are easily

An oddball trio made up of Kyr, her brother's subversive genius of a friend, and a lonely alien force

in Eli's life (and the terrible consequences he suffers because of them), he emerges as a fantastic, oddball

unexpected and fascinating; Margo's Got Money Troubles  is an edgy contemporary novel with a wonderfully oddball

Her oddball mother (who Lucy desperately adores but who requires careful avoidance of certain topics

01 Happy-Go-Lucky by David Sedaris In and among Sedaris's oddball, incisive, skewering observations are

Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall) follows the irresistibly single-minded, gifted, wonderfully oddball

Vanishing Stair, and The Hand on the Wall) follows the irresistibly single-minded, gifted, wonderfully oddball

Postapocalyptic Novels. 05 Unlikely Animals by Annie Hartnett In Unlikely Animals, Hartnett's irresistible, oddball

disbelief in order to buy into outlandish or supernatural aspects of a romantic but otherwise truly oddball