pick4th booker shortlisted book + another excellent read. The narrator is a woman impacted by the death of her parents + after a short 1st visit moves to live in an Australian priory where she recounts life with the nuns but also her memories which are peppered with curious tales. Covid, an infestation of mice, the return of the bones of a murdered nun, + their escort a nun the narrator recalls from school add to the hypnotic fascination of the tale.
pan25 Sep-6 Oct 24 (audiobook)
Such a chore, but I felt I could not be too critical without pursuing it to the end. I wish I hadn‘t.
I quite liked magical realism at uni - Rushdie in particular but others also. Maybe I have lost my patience for it with age.
This book needed a brutal editor. It was repetitive to the point that it could have been a good short story or novella. But as is, was a bloated 700+ pages. I do not understand the acclaim.
It was a very good month.
pickI so loved this quiet novel. A masterpiece of interiority.
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BookishTrish, JenP, AnneCecilie, TheKidUpstairs, Deblovestoread, Leniverse, charl08, rmaclean4, squirrelbrain, JamieArc, BarbaraBB, Graywacke
pick(A friend just sent me this photo of the Giants Causeway. I‘d say that‘s quite a stone yard!)
A woman leaves her way of living to join a small group of cloistered nuns. We join with her as the group deals with a plague of mice, the return of the bones of a prior member of the group, and the former classmate who returns with the bones. The classmate brings memories and annoyances. I was hooked. #bookerlonglist
#weekendreads
Hope to finish The Flight Portfolio this weekend after falling behind. #SundayBuddyRead
Hope to finish Stone Yard before the 1st and will start the Klune tonight.
What are you reading?
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pickGlad that this ended up being my final read of the Booker shortlist. Nice to end on such a high note. A woman retreats to a convent after she decides her life is no longer working for her. Her lack of faith isn‘t a hindrance as she finds comfort in the simplicity and meditative repetition of her new life, Things happen in her community like an infestation of mice and a visit by an activist nun, but the plot is not the draw her inner thoughts are.
pickWho hasn‘t dreamed of walking out on their life and leaving all their responsibilities behind to go and join a nunnery….! I really enjoyed this quiet, thoughtful novel. But it does follow the current trend of stopping rather than ending. #nunlit
A fruitful trip to the post office. My Blackwell‘s order arrived. Yay for having reasonably priced access to books not yet published in the US. More #LitsolaceFallCardSwap arrivals, my #FallingForFallSwap box and not pictured but a #LitsyLove letter from @Blerdgal_Fenix that showered me in Mickey head glitter that made me laugh out loud.
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