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In 1693 2 young Frenchmen, Rene Sel & Charles Duquet travel to New France, & get employed by the same ‘seigneur‘. One escapes & the other stays. For the next 400 yrs we learn how their decision effects their family line

A story about the conquering of land by the Europeans & the destruction of the greats threes that had been standing there for hundreds of yrs. A story about what humans do with things that are in plentiful & will never disappear

This was my #FoodAndLit pick for #Finland

I liked the way the story was set out, where you learn more about Trolls as the story progresses, through snippets of stories, web searches, a vet, and as Angel discovers things by living with a troll he rescued by his apartment block.

The characters are all awful by the way 😂 but I still enjoyed the read!

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I‘m still working on #FoodAndLit Canada. Pearly Everlasting is about a girl who rescues her brother who just happens to be a bear. It was a good listen! Set in New Brunswick during the Great Depression- it would have made a great family road trip audiobook.

I have been so happy to check your cookings for the #FoodandLit
What are the odds that #Finland is your country on my b-day month?! I love that.

I baked today Finnish cinnamon rolls (korvapuusti) and Finnish Archipelago Bread (saaristolaisleipä). Finnish cinnamon rolls are something that my grandmother always baked and when I was sick, she came and took care of me and she baked with me. They are THE buns to me, I love cinnamon so much.

Last Sunday, I made salmon soup (very comforting) with rye crackers (probably thinner & browner than in the instructions, but when still warm from the oven, they're nicer than shop-bought ones) and rossoli, a beetroot, cooked carrot and potato salad that apparently is a Christmas staple (SO's judgment was “very German and quite nice“ 😏 😂)
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Very very sweet stories all variations on some themes: 1) a very poor family cannot afford anything for Christmas and something happens that means the family can have traditional Christmas food and the kids gifts, and 2) there‘s been some rift in the family (normally over inheritance of land) and something happens to heal the rift. I would have preferred some diversity in themes. Short and good for a low-anxiety read. ⬇️

Well I know what I want to read for #FoodandLit #Netherlands: the French translation of the tagged book. There was an article about the 2 female authors here: https://www.liberation.fr/culture/livres/elisabeth-wolff-et-agatha-deken-quatre-...
But it looks like the book's OCR isn't ready so I'd have to read the PDF of the 1787 print, and I'm not sure I'm ready for this😅
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This is an oddly entertaining and satisfying murder mystery—the victim performing his own investigation to find his murderer while trying to save his organic mushroom business against a fierce competitor in this quiet Finnish hamlet. Jaakko has been poisoned over a long period of time such that he became used to it while it damaged all of his internal organs. He‘s on borrowed time. And does he ever make use of it. There are only two suspects ⬇️

I really liked this book. The main character was a little annoying at times with her antics, but overall, I was hoping she would clue in. #WinterGames24 #TBWList #FoodandLit #ReadAway24 #MidWeekMuddle #HolidayBookDragons @TheAromaofBooks @StayCurious @Catsandbooks @Texreader @DieAReader @Andrew65 @GHABI4ROSES

When your Finnish sister-in-law and her mother agree your attempt at a Finnish recipe is spot-on. 🎉🎊

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