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Summer Book (Revised) | Tove Jansson (Intro by Esther Freud)

Today is the start of the Tove Jansson reading group in the Author Spotlight Series, organized by Sarah @HardcoverHearts starting with The Summer Book.

I have never read anything by Tove Jansson, so I‘m very curious!

BarbaraBB Wow!I loved The True Deceiver and Fair Play. (edited) 16h

sarahbarnes What @BarbaraBB said - I‘ve only read True Deceiver and loved it! 16h

Bookwomble I love all of these books 🤍🩵💙 You're in for a treat!😊 14h

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Leoslittlebooklife @Bookwomble Thank you! 12h

Leoslittlebooklife @sarahbarnes Can‘t wait! 12h

Leoslittlebooklife @BarbaraBB Curious! And I loved these editions. 12h

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JulietteReadsALot

Don't Let's Go to the Dogs Tonight: An African Childhood | Alexandra Fuller

so-so

3/5
Very well-written autobiography about her childhood spent in Africa (Zimbabwe, Zambia, Malawi). Her sensory descriptions are excellent. However, despite of all that, I wasn't taken by it. I wasn't interested... I guess I would have preferred more in-depth introspection.

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HeatherBookNerd

The Family Outing: A Memoir | Jessi Hempel

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In light of the executive order made by our uninformed new president, declaring that there are only two genders, I would like to help fellow readers become better educated. Here are six books written by and/or centering on the experiences of non-binary and transgender people. I wish I had a recommendation with some intersex representation, but I can‘t think of anything at the moment. Feel free to suggest other great books in the comments below.

AmyG Thank you. 1mo

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian I use the hashtag #TransBooks when I post about books by trans authors, there are a lot of great books there. One of my favourite (trans) authors is Kai Cheng Thom. 1mo

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian I'm going to tag a few recent books by intersex authors!

Nobody Needs to Know: A Memoir

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CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Another intersex book!

Inverse Cowgirl: A Memoir

1mo

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian Not sure how much intersex content there is in this one, but the author is intersex so all eir work is worth checking out!

Power to Yield and Other Stories

1mo

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian For middle grade kids!

Cattywampus

1mo

CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian And one more!

Born Both: An Intersex Life

1mo

WorldsOkayestStepMom An intersex book I read last year or the year before was

Middlesex: A Novel

1mo

CoffeeK8 Devon price‘s book is great! 1mo

HeatherBookNerd Thank you @CaseyTheCanadianLesbrarian especially for the intersex rep. I have read Born Both - forgot about that one! 1mo

HeatherBookNerd Thanks @WorldsOkayestStepMom I forgot about Middlesex too. I read it years ago. 1mo

HeatherBookNerd @coffeeK8 my neurodivergent trans kid suggested Autism Unmasked. Very helpful! 1mo

HeatherBookNerd Thanks for reading @AmyG 1mo

Suet624 Thank you for sharing this. 1mo

HeatherBookNerd @Suet624 you‘re welcome! 1mo

Amiable Great list —thanks for posting this! Here‘s one that I enjoyed:

Becoming Nicole: The Transformation of an American Family

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Amiable And of course this one:

She's Not There: A Life in Two Genders

1mo

Amiable And

This Is How It Always Is

1mo

HeatherBookNerd @Amiable all excellent recommendations! 1mo

Reggie I‘m always shocked when they say their party is about freedom but really it‘s only about guns cause they‘re all too happy to tell women and trans people what to think about their bodies. Thanks for the recs. 1mo

HeatherBookNerd @Reggie yes, this administration seems to be making it a priority on day one to control as many non-male bodies as possible. It‘s been a hard few days. 1mo

Centique Thank you for this post. It is a dark time (even though i am on the other side of the globe from you) and these kinds of posts are little beacons of hope. ♥️💙💛💚 4w

HeatherBookNerd @Centique thanks! 4w

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RowReads1

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Kathryn Davis

The movie is premiering in Finland. https://youtu.be/Wzn7SAIXBkA?si=919qJHAFTR6L03xk

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Roary47

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson

so-so

3✨ I wasn‘t completely engaged to this story, but enjoyed the relationship between grandmother and granddaughter. Read for #FoodandLit 2024 Finland

Texreader, Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks 👏🏼🇫🇮 (edited) 2mo

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Roary47

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson

Audio cleaning today. This is fluff from a stuffy not snow. Got to love chewing pups. 🐶 🐶 🐶 🐶🥹🥲

dabbe OMG! 😂🖤🐾🖤😂 2mo

Roary47 @dabbe if you saw the stuffy I saved it was the survivor. Two others of my kiddos stuffies didn‘t make it. 😬 2mo

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suvata

My Year | Roald Dahl

Ruthiella Nice work! 👍 2mo

suvata @Ruthiella 😊 2mo

CoverToCoverGirl Fantastic!🥳 2mo

suvata @CoverToCoverGirl Thanks 2mo

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notreallyelaine

Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha | Roddy Doyle

We parked our bikes on verges so they could graze.

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mcctrish

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson

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I want to thank #foodandlit2024 for encouraging me to choose a book from Finland. One of my best friends growing up had a Finnish dad and a Swedish mum and I was exposed to all of the best things from each culture and continue to love Scandi style above all others. This novel is a love letter to summer and Finland told in short vignettes that flip back and forth through the main character‘s , Sophia, childhood summers with her grandma and father.

mcctrish I spent most of my summers on the shores of Lake Winnipeg with my maternal grandparents and my mom ( my dad was there part of the summer) and while not nearly as isolated as island living, the floating timelessness of my days are so much like the ones in this story. There is no way kids now could ever experience this natural summer childhood and that‘s such a loss (edited) 2mo

AnnCrystal 💝💝💝. 2mo

Susanita Your summers sound wonderful. 2mo

mcctrish @AnnCrystal 🥰 2mo

mcctrish @Susanita absolutely they were, so many memories were stirred up with this book; my chores, the routines/traditions and all the time when I was just off on my own or with friends walking, bike riding and at the beach 😱with no supervision 2mo

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mcctrish

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson

#foodandlit for December is Finland not sweden 🤦🏻‍♀️ and I‘ve started this to close out the year with because I knew that when I went looking for books to read! my husband‘s family is from Sweden and we go to a Swedish fair in Toronto every year to stock up in Swedish treats for Christmas- these Polly candies were new to us. They taste like a cross between a rum ball and a milk dud. I will do better with food choices going forward

TEArificbooks I thought it was Finland for December 2mo

mcctrish @TEArificbooks it is and this book is set in the Gulf of Finland 🤦🏻‍♀️ 2mo

Tamra Such a lovely story no matter! 2mo

mcctrish Thank you @Tamra I need this break a lot apparently 🤣🤣 2mo

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