Litsy

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

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Tara Selter is stuck in November 18. That is every day when she wakes up its 11/18 (or 18/11 🇬🇧) , and everything repeats itself - the rainy weather near Lille, France, the sky, and people who wake fresh to their first 11/18, with no memory of the previous 11/18s.

It‘s a very curious book, with terrific atmosphere and yet many unanswered questions. It‘s the kind of book that makes me want to try writing.

#booker #IB2025

Graywacke @AnnaCecilie @BarbaraBB @BookishTrish @Leniverse @Suet624 @TheKidUpstairs IB book 1 for me 8m

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Leoslittlebooklife

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

My picks to read from the International Booker Prize 2025: the Dutch one: On a Woman‘s Madness by Astrid Roemer, and the Danish one: On the Calculation of Volume I.

#astridroemer #solvejballe #internationalbookerprize

AnneCecilie I love the Danish one 3h

Leoslittlebooklife @AnneCecilie I read@the first chapter and was sold! 19m

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DrasticallyJill

The Boy in the Suitcase | Lene Kaaberbol, Agnete Friis

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In this heart pounding novel, twists and turns take the reader from Eastern Europe to Scandinavia. Love that this sub genre of Scandinavia-noir has a protagonist who isn‘t a cop. However, I‘m excited to read the entire series!

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Deblovestoread

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

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This is the only book, so far, off the Booker International Longlist at my library. It was lyrical and propulsive although I‘m not sure I totally understand what was really going on. Even with the ambiguous ending I enjoyed it and am looking forward to Volume 2.

BarbaraBB Good to know. I have this one on my shelves to pick up soon. 16h

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JessClark78

We, the Drowned | Carsten Jensen

Starting next on Kindle.

#ReadYourKindle #10 / February
#Read2025

DieAReader, CBee, Yuki_Onna

DieAReader 🎉🎉🎉 1w

CBee This looks good! 1w

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Graywacke

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

Care of my library, I started this today (amongst everything else I‘m reading)

merelybookish Handsome reading companion! 😻 2w

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 2w

Graywacke @merelybookish she‘s a cutie. But, also a persnickety cat. @dabbe thanks! 2w

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dabbe @Graywacke Looks like a lot is going on in the brain of hers! 🤩🐾🤩 2w

BarbaraBB Interested in your thoughts, I have this one on my shelves too. 2w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB I‘m looking forward to reading through it. Terrific opening pages 2w

BarbaraBB That sounds promising. It‘s first of a series right? 2w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB a planned septology. Five are published in Danish. Two are translated to English. 2w

BarbaraBB So we have to be patient if we like them! 2w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB 🙂 2w

Graywacke #booker #IB2025 7d

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DrasticallyJill

Locked In: A Department Q Novel | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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Department Q has always been a great series. As the last in line, Locked In has all the intrigue and twists only Adler-Olsen can pull off. With throwbacks to other DQ cases and the end where we see the whole series come full circle — amazing. These are books you can read out of order or over and over. Save Locked In for last. Adding a spoiler tag because it's the last in the series. I don't want to ruin the ride!

DrasticallyJill

The Alphabet House | Jussi Adler-Olsen

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I love Adler-Olsen. His Department Q series and other stand alone novel, The Washington Decree are fantastic. I couldn‘t get into this one. It is a very interesting concept: WWII and 2 British soldiers having to fake insanity to survive a mental ward behind enemy lines. Those aren‘t spoilers. The meandering pace and narrative is hard to follow. Maybe I‘ll return to it. But right now it is meh.

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AnneCecilie

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

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The is is the 5th book in the series, and I‘ m not sure what to write so I don‘t spoil anything for others. But if you‘ve made it this far, you‘re going to love this as well.

This is supposed to be 7 books and I can‘t wait to see where Balle ends up.

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