The inexplicable bond between Marcellus and Tova is the stuff of reading magic. Tova Sullivan is a widow who started working the night shift to tidy up the small aquarium. Marcellus is a giant Pacific octopus living at Sowell Bay Aquarium in Washington state. One of the main characters is a favorite creature of mine, an octopus. The one I just recently read is Remarkably Bright Creatures by Shelby Van Pelt. Others over the years have included The Girls by Lori Lansens, We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves by Karen Joy Fowler, Moloka'i by Alan Brennert, State of Wonder by Ann Patchett, Elsewhere by Gabrielle Zevin, and Whirligig by Paul Fleischman.
The year before it was The Giver of Stars by Jojo Moyes. Last year it was The Reading List by Sara Nisha Adams. It seems that every so often a contemporary fiction book comes along that's not in my preferred mystery/crime genre, a book that touches my soul, connecting with me on a special level.
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