You, the gentrifier, have now been gentrified.... once every ten years, you should have a reunion and bitterly reminisce, clutching your paper cups of Moscow mule and growling about how this town's landlords and businesses put cash before community. At the end of the evening you should stand in a long line, in the order that your spending powers evolved to claim the city
pickA love affair that goes sour against the backdrop of the tumult of the fall of the Berlin Wall. The landscape of their relationship is mirrored in the political landscape of the time - tense, contentious, fragile, and fractured. Definitely a unique read and was wholly engaging. The writing style is engrossing.
Before they leave, you meet them for coffee and you understand then that they were always wary of Berlin, that they never committed themselves to a city that in turn never really committed to them. For all the talk of people ignoring each other at the end of relationships, it's Berlin which is the true ghost, drawing you in with a flurry of wild promises, and then abruptly losing interest.
pick📖 𝑩𝒐𝒐𝒌 𝑹𝒆𝒗𝒊𝒆𝒘👩🍼
𝐂𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐨𝐟 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐑𝐞𝐢𝐜𝐡 by 𝐉𝐞𝐧𝐧𝐢𝐟𝐞𝐫 𝐂𝐨𝐛𝐮𝐫𝐧 is a fascinating, horrifying tale informed by extensive research & featuring actual historical figures/settings depicting the Nazi Lebensborn breeding program. It's another gripping depiction of World War II-era terror, & the bravery & heroism exhibited by women. ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
𝘙𝘦𝘢𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘧𝘶𝘭𝘭 𝘳𝘦𝘷𝘪𝘦𝘸: https://tinyurl.com/4e25nuyu
pickWow. Painful, real, an actual true account of what happens to women after war. Couldn‘t put it down but happy to finish.
Dear #Peirene, please come north, thanking you...
https://www.peirenepress.com/
A collection of short stories by a 19th Century German author. The title story is sort of a ghost story, with much digression into the backstory. It was interesting to see the framing techniques used so that the author could present the end of the tale before proceeding to have a character relate a linear narrative.
#12BooksOf2024 @Andrew65
Here‘s my points for the #wintergames. I read a lot of dark books. I either read books set during Winter or books with dark themes. I really liked that because I wasn‘t in the mood for overly Christmassy books since my dog passed away on 10/25/24.
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Final check-in for team #xmaschacha for #wintergames2024! I logged 1,870 points for the second half of the month for a grand total of 2,545.
Thanks so much for leading the team, @StayCurious ! It was a lot of fun.
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