Sea Creatures
Here are some suggestions for your Summer Book Bingo NW 2023 category: Sea Creatures. Annotations from NoveList, unless otherwise attributed.
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Meg
Taylor is convinced that a remnant population of Carcharodon megalodon-prehistoric sharks growing up to 70 feet long, that subsisted on whales-lurks at the bottom of the Mariana Trench. Offered the opportunity to return to those crushing depths in search of the Megs, Taylor leaps at the chance...but his quest for scientific knowledge (and personal vindication) becomes a desperate fight for survival, when the most vicious predator the earth has ever known is freed to once again hunt the surface. (Publisher)
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Our Wives Under the Sea
What happens to a marriage when one spouse is no longer the person you married? Leah and Miri lead a conventional married life of comfortable routine, shared love of movies, and happiness at having found each other. Then Leah, a marine scientist, embarks on a three-week submarine expedition during which things seem to go disastrously wrong, and she and her shipmates disappear for six months at the very bottom of the ocean. (Kirkus)
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The Sound of the Sea
An exploration of the history and biology of mollusks .As environmental journalist Barnett notes, humans have long been captivated by seashells (“the work of marine mollusks”), collecting and using them for art, jewelry, and currency. In this well-researched, consistently illuminating work, the author smoothly combines environmental science and cultural history to trace the origins and decline of mollusks. (Kirkus)
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Venomous Lumpsucker
Across the dystopian landscapes of the 2030s, Karin Resaint and Mark Halyard, after a mysterious cyber-attack hits every biobank, wiping out traces of perished species, hunt for the venomous lumpsucker, a small, ugly bottom-feeder that happens to be the most intelligent fish on the planet.
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The Pisces
Bottoming out after a dramatic breakup, a habitual student accepts her sister's invitation to dog-sit on Venice Beach for the summer, where she meets an eerily attractive swimmer one night whose Sirenic identity transforms her understanding of what real love looks like.
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Sea Change
"This stellar debut novel opens on a horny octopus. I feel like this blurb could end there, because you’re probably sold, but I’ll keep going. . . . Gina Chung writes about the marvels of marine life with such intense care and beauty. . . . Sea Change is sure to make a splash! (Sorry.) Get ready to dive in!” (Katie Yee, Lit Hub)
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Eloquence of the Sardine
...In poetic prose, [the author] describes his unlikely journey from being a Parisian child, afraid of the water and crippled by self-consciousness, to an eloquent and self-assured young man with a passion for the ocean and all who inhabit it. In doing so, he tells the stories of sardines, anchovies, eels, suckerfish, and whales (to name a few), and demystifies these creatures' fascinating conversations. A mix between science and storytelling from the past and present, Eloquence of the Sardine is an invitation to dive deep and learn from the secrets of the ocean. (Publisher)
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Arribada
Mariana Sánchez Celis has traveled the world as a pianist... But when her mother has a stroke and her beloved uncle suddenly disappears, Mariana must put her life on hold to return to her home in Ayotlan, Mexico... When Fernanda Lucero, a member of the indigenous Concáac people, convinces Mariana to join her sea turtle and architectural conservation projects, the deepening love between Mariana and Fernanda threatens to put them both further in harm's way. (Publisher)
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Undrowned
Undrowned is a book-length meditation for the human species, based on the subversive and transformative lessons of marine mammals... With a brilliant mix of poetic sensibility, naturalist observation, and Black feminist insights, [Gumbs] translates their submerged wisdom to reveal what they might teach us. (Publisher)
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How Far the Light Reaches
Exploring themes of adaptation, survival, sexuality, and care, and weaving the wonders of marine biology with stories of their own family, relationships, and coming of age, How Far the Light Reaches is a book that invites us to envision wilder, grander, and more abundant possibilities for the way we live.
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