"After you finish a book, the story still goes on in your mind. You can never change the beginning. But you can always change the end." -Lost Lake
"The Icelandic tradition of reading a new book on Christmas Eve, and into the early hours of the morning, had been important in his family's home" -Snow Blind
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Cathythoughts Yes I've read Ragnar Jonassons books set in Iceland. Very good ! He has a new one , White Blind, coming out in September. I really like our hero, Ari Thor. And The Icelandic setting is interesting, especially the town cut off except for a tunnel & when it snows, cut off completely. I love the flow of his writing. 👍 7y
Jess_Read_This @Cathythoughts I can't wait for the new one! He's definitely a favorite author of mine. When Ari buys himself a book on Christmas Eve it just broke my heart. That quote and scene really stood out in Snow Blind for me. 7y
Cathythoughts What about Lost Lake ? I have never read this author? 7y
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Cathythoughts I have the new Ari Thor ordered on my kindle. It's out in September, great to find a fellow fan 👍👍 7y
Jess_Read_This @Cathythoughts She's totally different than Ragnar Jonasson. Not even the same genre. She has a whimsical writing style and incorporates a few magical circumstances in her modern day stories set in the South. Each book usually involves a family tragedy, secret, and the eventual overcoming of the circumstance and finding love along the way. She does have a gorgeous writing style though. Just very different than Jonasson's. 7y
Jess_Read_This @Cathythoughts I love that it comes out In September! I last heard October! But I was going to order a print copy from Book Depository. (edited) 7y
Cathythoughts Cathythoughts@Jess_Read_This This is my attempt at tagging ( not so up to date on all this, however, live & learn ). I will give Allen a try soon and get back to you 😉 7y
Jess_Read_This @Cathythoughts Oh neat! This one is one of her newer ones. My favorites are really her older books-I'll tag them here.![[tagged book]](https://image.librarything.com/pics/litsy_webpics/icon_taggedBook@3x.png)
The Sugar Queen 7y
The Sugar QueenJess_Read_This @Cathythoughts I really liked Garden Spells.Garden Spells 7y
Garden SpellsJess_Read_This @CathythoughtsPeach Keeper 7y
Peach KeeperJess_Read_This @Cathythoughts Let me know what you think of whichever one you try! She's got a few more but I tagged the ones that stood out for me.First Frost 7y
First FrostCathythoughts Great. Thankyou. I've stacked Garden Spells. However, as soon as I finish It ( longer than War & Peace I'd say ) I'm onto Pachinko, and then I'll take up Garden Spells. The joys of Litsy !! I'm finding great books 👍 7y