The End of Drum-Time: A Novel | 
pickPerhaps the plot was a little loose, but I loved the characters and learning about the Sami reindeer herders.
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It‘s a self-care 24 hours; bubble bath ??, chocolate and a chai latte, next a haircut ?āāļø while I try to get captured by this book. Only on page 55 ?
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pickA National Book Award finalistābut I think this could have been shorter. The portrayal of life in northern Finland in 1851 & the culture clash between the Indigenous nomadic Sámi people and the white settlers is well done. I was also fascinated by the real historic figure, Lars Levi Laestadius, and the start of his religious sect, which had come up in other novels that I read. In an NPR interview, Pylväinen says she was raised in Laestadianism.
She always wanted to talk about things. She always wanted to understand them. Pick them up and poke them. She could never be left out of the knowing. [ā¦] He wanted to say, what will it matter? What will the knowing do?
pickThis book paints a picture of life in far north Scandinavia in 1851, where the Swedish, Norwegian, Sami, and Finnish cultures all come together. It‘s a very slow burn with an explosive finale and I quite frankly really dug it. I cold feel the cold of the landscape and I love the cover.
NBA shortlist, fiction
February BookPage arrived yesterday! I was excited to learn that Hanna Pylväinen has a new one (tagged). I really enjoyed her previous, We Sinners.
Master Slave Husband Wife by Ilyon Woo also caught my eye. Sounds like an amazing true story.
