Such a great narrator!
I‘m hoping Backman gives me all the greatness I need to finish out my reading year with an excellent read!
#333Challenge
Auto-buy (I don‘t buy books, so let‘s say “auto-add” to my library holds):
Liane Moriarty
Candice Millard
Connie Willis
Want to read more of:
Charles Dickens
Hampton Sides
Terry Pratchett
Want to read for the 1st time:
Valérie Perrin
Han Kang
Tea Obreht
Book 102🎧 4⭐️
I listed to this one because it was mentioned a few time in the FROM📺 conspiracies😂
I‘m not quite sure if I get it aside from the cover looking like the photo of Boyds cottage.
“To sincerely adopt the psychology of tokenism, you have to sell your own community out. That‘s the dark underbelly of the thing. Instead of blaming institutions rules and social attitudes of those around you for the absence of other people like you, you blame your own community.”
💯💯💯💯
also: I don‘t know why the picture is red.
Three sisters are destroyed by the death of their fourth sister. All three deal (or don‘t) in their own way, not looking out for each other because being together makes them feel so incomplete without Nicky. Their stories make a raw and tender portrait of grief and unconditional love.
#ToB25Longlist
📸 Frankfurt, Germany
Loved this. Dysfunctional family. Sad and probably not recommended if you‘re still looking for your Christmas smiles.