Seawomen of Iceland

Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

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Thank you Holly for this book & the marginalia!

Women in Iceland since the sagas of the Middle Ages were fishing badasses. Even under Danish colonial rule and a feudal system, women still managed to hold their own.

Introduced 20th century ideas said that women should stay home, but starting in the 1970, a few women started to reclaim their spots on boats.

Wilson does a great job highlighting individual women and contrasting old & new. 4⭐️⬇️

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Megabooks #readingeurope2020 #iceland @BarbaraBB @Librarybelle #awesomeaugust book 7/9 @Andrew65 #bookspinbingo penultimate book! @TheAromaofBooks 5y

Hooked_on_books Hooray! You‘re welcome and I‘m glad you liked it. I think badasses is definitely the right word. 5y

Daisey This sounds fascinating! 5y

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Crazeedi Sounds like a great book 5y

Andrew65 This looks great. Well done 🙌🙌🙌 5y

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books it was fantastic!! Thank you! (edited) 5y

Megabooks @Daisey it was! 5y

Megabooks @Crazeedi it was great! 5y

Megabooks @Andrew65 thanks!! 😁😁 5y

Librarybelle I stacked this one from @Hooked_on_books ‘s review! Glad you liked it! 5y

TheAromaofBooks So close!!!! 5y

Megabooks @Librarybelle yes! Definitely recommend!! 5y

Megabooks @TheAromaofBooks right?!? I‘m going to try to finish up now! 5y

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Megabooks

Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

Holly, even after just 22 pages, I‘m finding your notes in this book lovely, especially the ones about your travels in Iceland. Thanks for sending it along, 💖

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Hooked_on_books You‘re welcome! I‘m glad you‘re enjoying my marginalia. I would have hated for it to have gone to waste. 😉 5y

j9brown Cute bookmark! 5y

Jgotham I love the bookmark 5y

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Megabooks @j9brown @JHgotham thanks! it‘s from a fun Etsy store with bookmarks, vinyl stickers, etc. https://www.etsy.com/shop/FunUsualSuspects 5y

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books the book is wonderful, and I find myself thinking something, then realizing it made you think of the same thing! 5y

Hooked_on_books Given our predilection for many of the same books, this somehow doesn‘t surprise me! 👯‍♀️ 5y

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Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

Books for #readingeurope2020 #Iceland

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Megabooks

Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

Holly, thank you so much for sending me this book!! 💜🤗 I, too, am sorry our lpmbc group didn‘t work out, but I was really excited to read this and am glad I get to now. Plus, I need a book for Iceland for #readingEurope2020! 😁😁

Thank you for the lovely card and bookmarks as well!

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Hooked_on_books You‘re welcome! I hope you enjoy it. 5y

Megabooks @Hooked_on_books thanks! 💖 5y

squirrelbrain A lovely gift! 💕 5y

Megabooks @squirrelbrain yes! 😊 5y

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Seawomen of Iceland looks back at Iceland‘s history as well as the present day, following women‘s roles in fishing and the changes in the industry itself. I found it fascinating and learned so much, including the popularity of the name Thurídur. ? I look forward to passing this along to the rest of my #LMPBC crew. (And my shirt is from Iceland, hence the pic.)

#ReadingEurope2020, #Booked2020 (head covering on cover)

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alisiakae 💜🙌🏽 5y

Librarybelle Nice! 5y

Cinfhen This book sounds really good 😁 5y

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Hazel2019 @Megabooks @Hooked_on_books @Soscha I can‘t believe it‘s coming to this but I will have to bow out of the LMPBC this time. With working full time from home at this point and now long distance learning with my 7 year old it‘ll be very difficult for me to keep up. Sorry guys 😣 5y

Soscha Should we just postpone at this time? I‘m in a similar situation. 😕 5y

Megabooks I‘m having trouble concentrating on new books. I‘ve made some progress but not a lot. I‘d be okay with postponing. @Hazel2019 @Soscha @Hooked_on_books 5y

Hooked_on_books @Hazel2019 @Soscha @Megabooks I think we‘re all on the same page. I was thinking we may want to postpone. How about we touch base at the end of April to see how we want to go forward? 5y

Soscha I would be happy with that. 5y

Megabooks Sounds good to me. 5y

Hazel2019 Sounds good to me 😊 5y

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Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

Well I‘ve read the introduction and just love this so far! I‘m excited to keep reading my #LMPBC pick. I‘m glad you guys wanted to read this one! @Megabooks @Hazel2019 @Soscha

I‘ll also be using this for #Booked2020 Head Covering on Cover and #ReadingEurope2020 #Iceland (duh). 🙂

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BarbaraBB Sounds good! I just bought another book for #Iceland that I will be buddyreading in April with @Cinfhen !

Snowblind

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Librarybelle Oh! This sounds good! 5y

alisiakae 🙌🏽👍 5y

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Megabooks Fantastic!! I‘m excited!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 5y

Hooked_on_books @BarbaraBB I‘ll be interested to see what you guys think of it. I thought it had a great, well-drawn setting but I didn‘t love parts of it. I‘ll keep the what to myself until after you‘ve read it! 🤭 5y

BarbaraTheBibliophage Nice! 5y

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Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

Here is Writers‘ Workshoppe and Imprint Books in Port Townsend, WA. They have a nicely curated shop, including a large poetry section, and a focus on writers. I picked up the tagged book as well as Wendell Berry‘s The Art of Loading Brush. #getindie

RealBooks4ever The tagged book sounds fantastic! 🤩 7y

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Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

So this looks good... I guess it's a finalist for the Washington State Book Awards. #Iceland

nomadreader This looks great! And Iceland is our next international trip, so this is well p 8y

nomadreader Timed! 8y

Smrloomis @nomadreader I've always wanted to visit Iceland. Hope the trip is great. 8y

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rabbitprincess Ooh this looks interesting! 8y

ReadingEnvy Yessssss 8y

Smrloomis @rabbitprincess @ReadingEnvy I know! I might have to get a copy 😆 8y

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Maggim

Seawomen of Iceland: Survival on the Edge | Margaret Willson

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This book has been GREAT and I encourage anyone interested in feminism, Iceland, fishing (both commercial and subsistence), storytelling, oral history, salt cod or ancient sagas to read this. There are some dry parts but by and large it was a refreshing and fascinating read. #maggireads

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