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Up next…summer book club pick for the novella category.

#bookspinbingo

Really captivating, what is up with Barbara? And Walter, her shithead German(?) husband? Surprises/unpeeling all the way to the end and then - bam -it‘s done. Still thinking about it. Is Barbara dying? The disabled secret child? Was Walter Russian too? Is Barbara? Who is Bernd‘s father? Ugh the Germans. Maybe I should read it again!

This was a lovely little book I read on a flight. An examination of an older couple‘s long and, at times, imperfect relationship and the effect of years of repressed feelings. Makes you think about what love is over a long time when you may not be the best at showing it.

A bit heavier than I was expecting, but really good. Quite funny at times and very touching. Walter Schmidt is forced to become caregiver when his wife of 52 years takes ill. He isn‘t the most likable man—grumpy, closed-minded, stubborn, childish—so it speaks to Bronsky‘s talent that I was rooting for him throughout his journey of realization and redemption.

“When Herr Schmidt woke up early Friday and didn‘t smell coffee, at first he thought Barbara might have died in her sleep.”

#FirstLineFridays

Indie Bookstore Day #bookhaul Part 1

I was so surprised to see these in the shop today. Didn‘t think they‘d been released quite yet. I have high hopes for The Postcard, a beloved and acclaimed French novel. And so excited for tagged. I loved Bronsky‘s Baba Dunja‘s Last Love.