pan#finishwhatyoustarted I started this in the summer of 2023, it was a gift from friends who live in Denmark. The author was/is a celebrated new author. This is a slow moving, reflective, poetically written reflection of life and grief and the endings we live through in a long life. It is not really my jam
Like a literary and philosophical Groundhog‘s Day about a woman stuck reliving November 18.
#finishwhatyoustarted here we go - I was halfway through and now I‘m going to get her done. It is so poetically written, you have to slow down and savour the words which I‘m not good at. I‘m an inhaler of words. And biscuits
Slow progress 😆 It‘s been enjoyable so far even though the fortunate guy is annoying me to bits
pickReally enjoyed this and have Vol II waiting for me. It‘s the first “stuck in time” book I‘ve read that really considers what the inner journey would be like. And some beautiful writing, capturing the feelings of being alone, feeling isolated. I almost found it too imaginable, it felt so real and oppressing in parts!
Photo is from a sunny weekend away in Wellington.
“ And suddenly I had a glimpse of hope : a moon on the wane moving in the right direction , a time that had begun to pass “ ..
Is it a book about a day before trauma ? , a day around trauma , I have woken up to remember some traumatic news ? .. to the day this trauma is told to me.
And where do I go from here ? What do I do now ?
These are the thoughts as I read it.
It‘s taking awhile for me to appreciate this book…what it‘s all about
so-soI‘m so sad that I couldn‘t find the appeal in this European Groundhog day experience. I do not think I will be reading on. It took me forever, I stalled 20% in, finally got a bit caught up in some of the poetic paragraphs but powered through only because I admire y‘all and it‘s due back at the library tomorrow. I feel as trapped as the MC. Happy Red Wine 🍷 Day
#Oct2025 Book93 Note: my wedding anniversary is Nov 19. We will celebrate 37 years?!
pickLoved this! I have Vol II on audio, and await the publication of Vol III next month.
I‘m reading Frankenstein at the same time and there are some intriguing parallels; Tara refers to herself as a monster and I‘m just at the part in Frankenstein where the monster is living in an annex and watching the family next door…. Sound familiar?! 🤔
Henry on his one night camping trip, supposed to be two but I have the lurgy so we came home early.
