pickWell. I wanted to read this after listening to Books Unbound, my favourite podcast. But it's only available in Canada. I'd asked a Canadian friend to purchase it but she wasn't able to get a second hand copy. Brilliant husband got it for my Christmas present 📦. Thrilled!
Odd story but so readable. I loved the gentle humour throughout and the way it's a novel about writing and effort and rewriting.
pickDefinitely deep in the poetic stream. This does not always lend itself to the full story as I might have chosen to structure this differently- reserving the imagistic for the Vietnam segment so beautifully juxtaposed with the father‘s decline. Ultimately this is a beautiful story of love, family bonds, and events that shape us.
Bit of a #wintergames update! I‘ve been reading and attempting to track my points but I‘m with my boyfriend‘s family for Christmas and they‘ve just had a bereavement, not ideal reading circumstances. I‘ll pop up again at the end of the month to total my points
#holidaybookdragons
“She had planned to spend a nice, lazy holiday with the new book her father had given her at Christmas and a box of candy.”
Those sound like FANTASTIC plans for New Year‘s Day, and I feel that “regretful peep” at her book!! But I love the plan to brighten someone‘s New Year, anonymously—with such a wonderful result. ⤵️
#KindredSpiritsChristmas #KindredSpiritsBuddyRead
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We're leaving tomorrow to go to see family for Christmas, so we had Christmas for the three of us last night. I am watching the beginning of the series while I fold laundry and pack. I have a suspicion that I might have loved this show as a kid because every girl is dressed like Samantha Parkington.
pickThis novel was not at all what I expected. It was so much better. A dystopian story from Indigenous point of view, expelling the systemic prejudice that tries to take over their lives. In the process, their community grows tighter and stronger as times become more desperate. The final straw will shock you. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
To start tomorrow. Not sure how I will go as books in war are not really my thing, but still trying to read my way around the world.
pickPerceptive, relatable observations that feel like simple,contemporary, slice-of -life moments, shot through with increasingly abstract and experimental expansions on previously introduced themes: 1/?
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