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I‘m posting one book a day from my massive collection. No description, no reason for why I want to read it (some I‘ve had so long I don‘t even remember why!). Feel free to join in!

#ABookADay2024

Set in Norway, Trond bounces back and forth in the timeline of his life as an old man and as a boy in the late 1940-50s. It started out a bit slow but I quickly became engrossed in the relationship Trond shared with his father and his friendships. However, by the end I felt underwhelmed at the lack of closure. I really wanted to love this book but I suspect it may have more impact on men, as it deals with complex issues between father and son.

#temptingtitles #withhorse I loved this book set in Norway.

Just finished this. It was really unlike anything I have read before-- dark, matter-of-fact but also beautifully poetic. The author is Norwegian and the story is mainly set in that country. It hops back and forth between the1940s and the 1990s. Lovely story about a young boy growing up and coming to terms with his father as a man rather than just a parent.

I let this one sit for a minute because when I finished I wasn‘t sure how I felt. It‘s a mark of a good book when it leaves you wanting more. This is a story about a man reflecting on his youth, his relationship with his father, and those living near him. There is no real storyline, but that‘s okay. The timelines of past and present jumble together to create a realistic depiction of how memory works. I‘m glad I picked it for March‘s #BookSpin

My #bookspin was a GoodReads WTR book and my #doublebookspin was a 1,001 Book (A-H). These are my choices for this month‘s challenge! I‘m really looking forward to both of them!

Found this movie on Hulu for last months #foodandlit for Norway. It is a book too. @Texreader @Butterfinger

Lyrical story of a Norwegian man reflecting on his life and family and a tragedy nearby. Time periods are mixed up but writing is well done. Stretches from German occupation in his youth until when he is about 67. There are a couple of horses too, but no real stealing. It was an enjoyable read and I recommend it, but I think men would appreciate it the most.

This was my third read through and it is, without a doubt, my favorite book.

A friend sent me one of her #bestof2020 books! @oneWhoReads

“I believe we shape our lives ourselves. At any rate I have shaped mine, for what it‘s worth, and I take complete responsibility.”

#readingeurope2021 Norway 🇳🇴 A man lives alone preparing his cabin for winter when he starts to reflect about the 1948 summer he was 15, staying in a cabin with his father. Though a coming of age story in some ways but not typically so. Beautiful.

Also started tagged book today for #readingeurope @melissajayne So far it‘s incredibly compelling. Norway 🇳🇴

The forest, its smell, colors, the main character's memories, thoughts, emotions, moods blend into one another and cannot be separated. Beautiful, beautiful, beautiful book. Reading it was a soothing escape from these unsettling times.

"If I just concentrate I can walk into memory's store and find the right shelf with the right film and disappear into it..."

As an old man, alone in an isolated cottage he remembers his youth in the late 40s as he came of age in Norway, working the land with his father, seeing his family change and facing tragedy.

And I remembered the year before...

Gorgeous book (translated from Norwegian): a young man's coming of age following WW2.

This came highly recommended.

Christmas haul: happy days.

This book was right up my alley - melancholy fiction with a plot line that jumped back and forth in time. For some reason it just didn't grab me in the way books like Idaho and Tell the Wolves I'm Home did. It was a good read but didn‘t “wow” me like it did for some of my friends.

Perhaps it would sink in to my head with a second reading? This would be the perfect book to read in the woods if I hadn't retired from camping.

Off to Norway for my #backpackEurope travels through books. (That's really an Icelandic horse bookmark but 🤷‍♀️.)

Didn‘t love it

A lovely short book - translated from Norwegian, spare and beautiful writing, about a widowed man in his sixties who decides to live alone in the forest. But he is not quite alone, he finds he needs other people sometimes, one of whom sets him to remembering events that happened when he was 15, while spending the summer with his father in another forest. I just wished for more pages, a few little gaps to be filled in, otherwise ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Trond Sander wants to spend his #goldenyears alone in an isolated cabin but cannot stop thinking about his past. A sparse, reflective book that others I know found too slow but I really liked . #septembowie

While cataloging my library today I found the December 2007 edition of Bookmarks. (I miss that Magazine!) Listed are their Best Books of 2007 for Literary Fiction. How many of them have you read? I'll put my answer in the comments. #bestbooks2007 #bookmarks #booklists

I liked the writing, but would have preferred a little more of a storyline. There were some wonderful moments

People like it when you tell them things, in suitable portions, in a modest, intimate tone, and they think they know you, but they do not, they know about you, for what they are let in on are facts, not feelings, not what your opinion is about anything at all, not how what has happened to you and how all the decisions you have made have turned you into what you are.

I loved this book, about growing up in Norway during WW2 amongst other things. One of my favorite Norwegian authors!💯