Ashley Cornelius

So I really enjoy finding the book through the reading guide and not just because everybody else liked it because I have maybe the right level of expectation for it.

And then I can just really enjoy it instead of comparing it to the hyped up version that it becomes later.

I read Long Bright River.

I had read that before separately and really didn't even connect.

I'm not great at remembering authors, especially if there's been a long gap between them or if I wasn't actively seeking another one.

But I really enjoyed Long Bright River as well.

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So this one is from the 2022 Summer Reading Guide, The Cartographers by Ping Shepard.

And in this book, there's a map that appears to be this cheap gas station map that would have sold hundreds of copies.

And the main character gets pulled into the mystery of why is somebody trying to purchase every single copy of this one specific map?

And her father, I believe, was a cartographer and she is.

And when her father dies early in the book and she's pulled in this mystery of like, what is happening with this map?

And I loved the premise of the story.

There are some magical elements regarding the map.

And I really liked that, but unfortunately there's a twist at the end.

And this was the first time that I had this reading experience, but I've had it happen a few other books, but there's this, this twist that reveals some parent child dynamics and,

that I just can't get over.

I just can't enjoy the rest of the book knowing that this one thing happened.