A very belated and heartfelt thank you!!!!!

you look so pretty in this video 😻 I'm always yo shy to comment but i just couldn't stop thinking that all through the video 😅

@WillowTalksBooks

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Oh my goodness thank you! I reeeeeaally appreciate that!!

Minor thing but wanted do mention it: The book has so much love for arts and crafts in general: cooking, luthiery, architecture, music, painting, filming and videography. As a woodworker I really felt the violin repair scene, it was very accurate and unusually detailed, but also conveyed the fun, intuition and emotion.

I haven't even watched the video yet. I just pressed play and went "Damn, the hair and earring is a LOOK😍"

@WillowTalksBooks

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Hahaha I am VERY proud of them. Thanks, babe 💜

You look lovely here! I'm digging the looks!! ❤️ Great book review as always! I'm intrigued!

@WillowTalksBooks

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You’re so so sweet to say that, thank you!

I have so many unread books, but I save a lot of your recommendations here on a list, so I might get around to reading some of them some day This one sounds really, really cool

@WillowTalksBooks

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That’s awesome! Get to it whenever you can and I’m sure you’ll love it :)

I fucking loved this book. As a trans woman with a non accepting mom, Katrina is a character I relate to on a very deep level. And the conviction in this book, my god

I listened to Lindsey Stirling’s album “Artemis” 💿while reading this and highly recommend the pairing! It added more immersion to the story as if I was listening to🎻Katrina playing her violin instead. (Stirling is mentioned throughout the book as well ☺️)

@catsandsound

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I knew someone else would have already commented on her. Lindsey Stirling gets my vote too. Great album.

This book appears amazing, I had just finished a sci-fiction that has a blend of nonmagical fantasy yesterday, and it was amazing. Light From Uncommon Stars sounds like a great book to read. Thanks for the recommendation.

I'm so glad I found you through your recommendations for translated Japanese literature. I've been watching multiple videos from you during a multiple days, and love your style of talking about books! 😍 You've made my TBR grown a lot and my wallet to shrink even more 😂🙈 And I've got so good daily laughs from you, especially the video where you commented on Murakami fans comments, I laughed the whole day, every time I remembered it 🤣❤️ So glad you loved this book, I was shocked I liked an alien book myself 😂

@WillowTalksBooks

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This has made me so happy, thank you! Sorry for making your wallet shrink though 😅

@mariakalliokoski2758

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@@WillowTalksBooks It's for a good cause right 😂🤭

I have been reading your recommendations for about a month now, and, this has been the best reading month I've had all year. Thanks for that. I'm off to get this one.

@WillowTalksBooks

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Wow, that is a massive compliment! I’m so happy to hear that!

I just finished Light From Uncommon Stars and it was a real page turner, hard to put down, with so much to do with everything going on around us and with us, Katrina's struggle is so heartfelt, the danger she is in is so real, Shizuka's soul stealing is real in the sense that the parents of a musical prodigy sometimes enter a deal with a coach where the souls of the child, the parents, and the coach all seem to be on offer to Hell in exchange for musical virtuousity, and Lan and her family journey from the 'evil galactic empire' to a new life describes so well the experiences of immigrants who escape to the US only to be received as 'aliens', this is a very worthwhile book to read and it is enjoyable too

Wonderful review. I appreciated the book for what it was doing, but ultimately didn't love it as much. It meandered too much in my opinion. But I'm so glad that you and countless others have loved it.

@WillowTalksBooks

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There is definitely a lull around the middle, but by the end I had forgotten that completely. The overall experience held together just enough for me to love it almost unconditionally

this book sounds so wild!! adding it to my neverending list, thank you, willow~

@WillowTalksBooks

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It is but also super grounded and kind of understated. Characters come first :) Loved it!

Added to my TBR, Will. thank you so much for the wonderful review.

@WillowTalksBooks

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You’re very welcome!

Sounds like a banging book. Your up do is giving me 80’s modern romance vibes 😘

@WillowTalksBooks

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That is quite the compliment! I need it up all the time right now but I’m sick of buns and ponytails 😅

@melanieandbookstacks

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@@WillowTalksBooks my best friend is the claw clip.

this is such an incredible review! i often hype myself up based on blurbs and my general intuition of what i would enjoy, but your thoughts on this book are what made me really ecstatic to read it!! Light From Uncommon Stars has become a priority now 🙏🙏🙏

This book has been on my tbr for a long time. Thank for your (always with so much heart) review I now cannot wait to read it!

@WillowTalksBooks

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Oh fantastic! I hope you love it like I did!

Apropos of nothing, but I love your look in this video. You’re killing it.

@WillowTalksBooks

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I’m very very happy with my look here so thank you 💜

This one has been on my tbr and I keep almost picking it up, but then something else always moves in front of it. It has just jumped to the top, though. It sounds like everything I love in a book like this. You have this way of just making me pick up anything you talk about immediately. 😆 Thank you! xo

@WillowTalksBooks

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It’s everything that I love as well, so cleverly blended together! Enjoy 😊

I just read it a few weeks ago and also loved it so much and agree with you so much!

@WillowTalksBooks

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Oh awesome, yay!

I found your channel through your review of The Deloriad (my current read), and what a joy it is to have found someone whose reviews are so well thought out and so wonderful to watch. New fan, keep doing what you're doing 👏

@WillowTalksBooks

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Oh my god thank you so much! That’s so kind 💜

Sounds absolutely wonderful and so much fun, I think it's fascinating when books manage to pull off a theme of music, it's almost magical on it's own. Definitely keeping it in mind and putting it on my to read list, thank you!

@WillowTalksBooks

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I completely agree! It’s such a talent to convey musical themes through writing

The spacey elements didn't quite work for me but I loved everything else about this book! It made me pick up my violin for the first time since 2019 😂 I'm so glad you loved this book and that it resonated with you so much!

@WillowTalksBooks

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That’s a powerful impact, for sure!

I’ve had this on my shelf for months and haven’t picked it up. You convinced me! Also, this fit is everything! ♥️♥️♥️

@WillowTalksBooks

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Hooray! And thank you so much!

I ordered this book before the video was even done! I've seen this novel name-dropped and recommended here and there, but I've never delved into what it was really ABOUT. The way you lay out the plot and themes makes it sound incredible and I can't wait to check it out!

I know that it's not the point of the video, but omg the earing :D

@WillowTalksBooks

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Hahaha thanks, I love it to bits!

I saw people recommending this to you and thought it looked interesting. If it's got your approval I will have to get round to it some time

@WillowTalksBooks

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Yessssss I’m so glad I listened to all the pleading to read it!

This was such a wonderful book discussion Willow, but you need to know that your outfit and hair was amazing!

@WillowTalksBooks

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I really really needed to hear that, thank you!!

Love your style! I had to watch the review a second time though. The first time round I was distracted googling Gandalf earrings!

@WillowTalksBooks

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Haha this one is from Etsy :)

@jasmin5246

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@@WillowTalksBooks Thanks, love! I couldn't find it but I'll keep searching :(

Yikes, your tweet about this book was my first time hearing about it. I did a bad job of keeping up with new books in 2021. 😬 I just placed a hold for it with my library to fix that. I love books about music and found family and everything else you mentioned, so this book is 100% for me. The violin is on my list of favorite musical instruments. One of my favorite books about music is Grady Hendrix's horror novel We Sold Our Souls, which I believe is meant to be a love letter to metal music. Oh and while I am on the subject of music and violins, I recently saw a metal band called The Callous Daoboys and there is a member in that band who plays the violin. It is the first time I've seen a violinist in a metalcore band. 😲 But anyway, thanks for talking about this book! Your makeup looks great and I love the Gandalf earring. 💚

@WillowTalksBooks

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Oh wow thanks so much for recommending me a very cool book and band! You’re awesome!

I recently listened to this as everyone was just raving about it and really enjoyed it. It just wasn't the stereotypical characters and story you get too much of.

@WillowTalksBooks

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I absolutely agree! Refreshingly different without being strange and surreal

Love your make up look!

@WillowTalksBooks

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Ahhhh thank you! 🥹

I loved this book so much but every time I try to describe it people think I’m stoned as soon as I say “space donut”

@WillowTalksBooks

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Hahaha yeah that’ll definitely do it!

I have "musical" books on my shelf but they're blues and jazz ones, both by French authors Estelle Faye with postapocaliptic Paris, and jazz sung by main character and Maxence Fermin with "Billard blues" where you can watch Al Capon play billard with Willy Hope. Very different books but for me they share the language that transfers you to described places, and makes you hear the music.

Finished it last night. Damn is it heartbreaking and wonderful! I'm not transgender (tho I'm a part of LGBTQA+ community), but I felt so much anger and compassion for Katrina... I wish I could hug all kids like her and tell them I'd die protecting them...

@WillowTalksBooks

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Yeah Katrina is one of the most empathetic characters I’ve read in a while. Whether you’re trans or cis, your heart breaks for her 💜

you look very pretty in this video willow

@WillowTalksBooks

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Aw thank you so so much! 🥹💜

Nobody wacked you on the head with Kameron Hurley's "The stars are legion" by any chance? I think you might possible like it.

It took less than two minutes for me to want to read this book very badly.

@WillowTalksBooks

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Hooray!

Cant wait to read it! But more importantly, cute earring, were did you get it? 😂

@WillowTalksBooks

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I got it from some kindhearted and pretty thing who knew I’d pull it off 😉

oh my GOD new hair dont care. lets gooooo!!!

@WillowTalksBooks

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Haha it’s just clipped up :)

@Honeycombheartartist

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@@WillowTalksBooks OH LMAO!!

Okay I just need to ask this question! (Im sorry if you already answered it) Have you seen the Saw movies? I love them so much and if you havent seen them, this is a recommendation :]

@WillowTalksBooks

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Yeah, when I was a teenager. The first two are ok, but I much prefer what James Wan did after Saw :)