The Raconteurs Commonplace Book, Kate Milford
The Raconteurs Commonplace Book, Kate Milford
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The Raconteur's Commonplace Book

Author: Kate Milford

Narrator: Jonathan Todd Ross

Unabridged: 10 hr 38 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Recorded Books

Published: 02/23/2021


Synopsis

The rain hasn’t stopped for a week, and the twelve guests of the Blue Vein Tavern are trapped by flooded roads and the rising Skidwrack River. Among them
are a ship’s captain, tattooed twins, a musician, and a young girl traveling on her own. To pass the time, they begin to tell stories—each a different type of
folklore—that eventually reveal more about their own secrets than they intended.

As the rain continues to pour down—an uncanny, unnatural amount of rain—it becomes clear that the entire city is in danger, and not just from the flood. But the
guests have only their stories and one another. Will that be enough to save them?

About Kate Milford

Kate Milford is the New York Times best-selling author of the Edgar Award–winning, National Book Award nominee Greenglass House, as well as Ghosts of Greenglass House, Bluecrowne, The Thief Knot, and many more. She lives with her family in Brooklyn, New York. www.greenglasshousebooks.com and www.katemilfordwritesbooks.com, Twitter: @KateMilford


Reviews

Goodreads review by Betsy on April 21, 2021

The third law of library science, as stated by S.R. Ranganathan, says unequivocally, “Every book its reader”. Not “all books for all readers” but rather the idea that for each reader out there, there is a book. There are books on my library’s shelves that are built to suit the widest swath of reader......more

Goodreads review by Abigail on March 15, 2021

In Kate Milford's marvelous Greenglass House, a fantastical mystery set in an atmospheric inn overlooking the fictional city of Nagspeake, the young hero, Milo Pine, is given a collection of stories known as The Raconteur's Commonplace Book. These tales are said in the story to draw upon the fol......more

Goodreads review by Faith on April 20, 2021

Imagine me, about five or six years ago, up waaayyy past my bedtime to finish Greenglass House by Kate Milford. I shut the book and turn off my light, basking in that -just-finished-an-amazing-book feeling–you know the one. But I can’t fall asleep. So as soon as my baby wakes up to nurse, I take the......more

Goodreads review by Donna on May 13, 2021

I was looking forward to this book since I quite enjoyed Greenglass House. Sadly, I thought this book to be mostly boring with a good dash of WTF. Many of the tales seemed unfinished, and I figured all would be revealed at the end. While many things were, I was just left with too many questions. Fur......more

Goodreads review by Annika on December 26, 2023

4.5 This story was GENIUS! Enough so to make me think I might just like it more than Greenglass House… It is definitely, at least in my mind, more mature. Seriously. Is this, for real, a middle grade? It certainly doesn’t feel like a children’s book to me. All of the short stories were captivating a......more