so-soWe're back after winter break to talk about a books! We begin by discussing “The Spectre of Alexander Wolf“ by Gaito Gazdanov. A book with a tremendous premise but we discuss why the book fails to build on that.
Next we add a bunch of short stories to our TBR. Lots of interesting selections to look forward to!
https://open.spotify.com/episode/02ichtYoZ7hSJsreXPA3Yf
pickCherry reminds me a bit of Eleanor Oliphant. I love the way the multiple story lines co-exist and come together. Except for Cherry, I think Ethan's character and storyline was my favourite. This book has much to teach us about grief and acceptance. We don't learn the protagonist's name until we're 20% through the book and that made it more difficult for me to connect to the story at first, but I ended up loving it.
pickA friend of the family gave me, my sister, and my mom this book after my dad died a year ago tomorrow. I‘ve been reading a page a day, as it is organized by calendar days. I do think it helped. There were some common themes that resurfaced throughout the year. It at least regularly gave me the space once a day to work through my grief. As the book mentioned, there is no set time for when it will feel better. A year later doesn‘t stop the hurt.
pick2-14-25: My 13th finished book of 2025!Fantastic story about living life to the fullest. When a flight to Sydney becomes overtaken by a woman giving out predictions of how and when everyone on the plane will die,people become fraught with worry that the woman might actually be a real psychic.Following a group of passengers in different chapters and in others learning the life story of the so called psychic leads us to the idea that you must live.
#valloweenswap @bookish_wookish
Thank you for a most excellent swap! The book sleeve is perfect. I'm excited for the tagged book, and to return to Chuck Palahniuk after quite a few years.
Loved this book.
Sardinia felt more sinister than I knew it to be, the lead character the only light in a gothic tale.
And I believed every breath.
Excellent stuff.
