The Book of Speculation by Erika Swyler

Title: The Book Of Speculation
Author: Erika Swyler
Published: June 23rd, 2015
Genre: Fiction, Mystery, Magical Realism
Pages: 339

Synopsis: Simon Watson, a young librarian, lives alone on the Long Island Sound in his family home, a house perched on the edge of a cliff that is slowly crumbling into the sea. His parents are long dead, his mother having drowned in the water his house overlooks. One day, Simon receives a mysterious book from an antiquarian bookseller; it has been sent to him because it is inscribed with the name Verona Bonn, Simon's grandmother. Simon must unlock the mysteries of the book, and decode his family history, before fate deals its next deadly hand.

This Book Was AWESOME. I really liked it. It was one of those books that you read and you don't want to finish because you don't want to leave the story. It felt like a comfy chair you don't want to get out of because it's wonderful. That's how this felt. I loved Simon and his sister Enola. I love the secrets that come out and the beauty of the water and how it is used in the story. Wonderfully wound together.

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^This is SO me reading this book.