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Yesterday I made my annual birthday day trip to one of my Favorite indie bookshops- Much Ado Books in Alfriston- and left with these three Beauties. I knew I wanted the Maupin as I started my love affair with Tales of the City there last year. The other two were hand sells. I couldn‘t resist the tagged book as I don‘t think I‘ve ever read a German book in translation and apparently is very funny. The Aoyama… how could I resist that title!!

My current audiobook! I‘m already halfway through and like it a lot, it is very intriguing! It‘s about Luise and her life in a small town with it‘s tragedies and interesting people. It‘s in a way calm and melancholic and beautiful. There is a dream-Okapi that predicts deaths, a huge dog called Alaska and a buddhist monk. I hope the book will continue to be this good🥰

Book 3 of the weekend started. @scripturient @squirrelbrain @julesG @jenniferw88 @CGainor3 @TrishB @Leniverse

@robinb Thank you so much to my fellow 🧚‍♀️! This book sounds absolutely my cup of tea! I feel so lucky to have connected with so many kind and thoughtful bookworms through this place…… Thank you Robin…. I feel totally spoiled on my birthday xxx

My tentative stack for the reading retreat #gladstonerds
@trishb @Leniverse @jenniferw88 @squirrelbrain @scripturient @julesG @CGainor3
Or maybe I'll get something from the lounge shelves, who knows?

When I was a child, primal scream therapy was in vogue. Sometimes, when Martin and I were passing through the neighboring village, piercing screams echoed from the House of Contemplation [a retreat centre] and the shutters of all the surrounding houses were closed tight.
Amused, Martin and I screamed back as loud as we could until the owner of one of the houses came out and said despairingly, "Please, not you, too."

Love this cover.

https://wellreadneck.wordpress.com/2021/06/25/what-you-can-see-from-here-mariana...

#curiouscovers #flowers

An English teacher 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 A tale, a fable, and some bangin‘ good literature… 🔥 There‘s a fairy-tale, “other world”, almost pagan quality to this novel. A dash of Mysticism. A pinch of Magic. It feels something like a dream in places, but then realistic and down to earth in others. Symbolism is rampant in the forest, the river, and all the nature elements. Full review at Scrappymags.com

This is no ordinary novel. Translated from German, this mesmerizing story is not for those seeking action or thrills. It meandered along at its own delightful pace and captured my heart. Revolving around Luise and spanning 20 years, it touches on so much...love of small community at odds with wanting to let the world in, secret love, lost love, first love, love late in life, handling life and death with grace. I could honestly read this🔻

#ARC #Netgalley

Life in a small German village. A very charming story, if pretty darn sad.