So, I hope you pick up a copy at your local bookstore or check one out from the library. I must admit after watching John Wayne struggling with a giant octopus (the special effects were pretty good for that time of movie production) I was reluctant to open my arms (or Marcellus) for a good resolution. I’m not going to do any spoilers in this review I want you to be able to read and form your own opinions. Shelby was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest so must have had a more than a nodding familiarity with octopi it will be interesting to ask her during the author talk and questions and answers how she came about constructing her tale with Marcellus. Of course, this guy is only about 60 pounds and has interesting observations about the visitors to the aquarium and the employees. And to be candid, I’ve written a number of short stories and read even more books in my eight decades and never considered an octopus as a possible protagonist. However, if they were perfect it wouldn’t be much of a story. I’m not into hugging books - I like something that hugs back - but I so agree about the imperfect characters. She’s created a perfect story with imperfect characters that is so heartwarming, so mysterious and so completely absorbing, you won’t be able to put it down because when you’re not reading this book you’ll be hugging it.” From Jamie Ford: “Shelby Van Pelt has done the impossible. I don’t know how Shelby Van Pelt managed to make this uncommon tale sing so beautifully, but sing it does, and I defy you to put it down once you’ve started.”Īnother commentary echoes my feelings about the story. The author is Shelby Metcalf and the book is “Remarkably Bright Creatures.”Ĭynthia D’Aprix Sweeney had this to say in her review: “’Remarkably Bright Creatures’ is the rarest of feats: a book that manages to be wry and wise, charming and surprising, and features one of the most intriguing and satisfying characters I’ve encountered in fiction in a very long time - Marcellus the Octopus. Tickets are available at the Colorado Box Office website and Book Haven as well as Chapter II for $20 a person. The author talk and book signing will take place at the Roberta Price Auditorium at Thompson Valley High School on Tuesday, April 25, beginning at 7 p.m. I’ve read many of the books and attended author presentations in the past so thought I ought to “pay my dues” and become part of the process of choosing the books and presenting the authors.īefore we delve into the book let me tell you of the event. Several months ago I “volunteered” myself on to the board of LL2R, better known as Loveland Loves To Read. However, I’m going to tell you a far different tale.
In seeking a treasure in an undersea cave he encounters a belligerent octopus. Let me begin this edition of Jim’s Book Review by saying that ever since I saw John Wayne in “Wake of the Red Witch” several decades ago I have been very leery of octopi.
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