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A peek into the Leo pack!! This was fun! Thank you again Christine- I really love it!

This quoteable little gem was philosophical, convincing, well-characterised, and eccentric. I truly appreciated it.

It did, however, take me far too long to finish. I struggled to stay focused. My mind just kept wandering.

If you want to watch me say a variation of the above out loud, click on the link below 🤣🤣

https://www.instagram.com/reel/C-_WxKMoDHB/?igsh=anppNHlxM29rdGFn

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This one is slow going. Good, and very quotable, but slow going.

90% sure I know where this one is going.

To the point where if what I think is going to happen DOESN'T happen I will be surprised, and possibly disappointed.

We shall see...

I had no idea what to expect when I started this. In fact, 🤦🏻‍♀️ I was foolishly thinking it was a short story collection. Kept seeing it on many Best Of lists and somehow grabbed a copy from a LFL or the Library sale, can‘t recall. I am starting to wonder if I should do more prep. I usually don‘t read/enjoy mystery/thrillers because then I start thinking they will be fast and twisty. This is NOT. This is definitely on the literary side and ⬇️

My reaction to this book is like a pendulum. It swings one way and I‘m excited by the writing, how Tokarczuk delivered the story almost obliquely, from the POV of Janina who, perhaps admirably, doesn‘t seem to waiver from her righteous (?) moral system. It swings the other way, and I‘m in awe that I finished the book, having found Janina mean and often unsympathetic and the “mystery” predictable. ⬇️

It was incredibly difficult to capture a shot of a plow while driving from Nebraska south back home to Kansas but I liked the photo composition of this farming implement and decided to use it anyway. Starting this now.

A nice look at the phases of the moon and how to work with them 🌚
#Travelingstars

“Hey, Astro Girl.” Chili hugs me again. “What‘s in the stars for us?”
I hug her back and say, “Everything.”
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1 - I consulted the star signs so many times the spine split completely in two
2 - Isak Dinesen was a favorite author from early adulthood. I particularly loved Seven Gothic Tales and Anecdotes of Destiny
3 - Christian Kracht‘s Imperium: a Fiction of the South Seas

@iread2much

I will admit- i‘m overwhelmed by astrology, terms, ideas. one thing i liked most about this book was the big focus on New Moon- for beginnings and Full moon for release. I am soothed by cycles and this part did not feel overwhelming with positions and dates and times etc…. I think I would like a copy one day for myself. #travelingstars24