I read the description of this before the English translation released and it haunted me until I hunted down a copy. I started it last not, trying to decide if I wanted to read this or the next Charlie Fox thriller… and didn‘t look up until I was a quarter of the way through.
pickWhat an amazing story and the illustrations were wonderful.
For the rest of the review, visit my Vlog at:
https://youtu.be/BvqzjwlzWp8
Enjoy!
#SchoolSpirit Day 14: Only six days after our #Homecoming from Paris - now traveling again in a few hours to Moominland. Naturally, I brought these books with me.
so-soOne of the rare cases of movie is better than book.I saw Juho Kuosmanen‘s adaptation&was not aware that he‘d taken some liberties which make the film compelling&emotionally engaging.The book is not convincing bc the girl character is too aloof&the man-much older than her-a despicable misogynist,antisemitic drunk who beats his wife.In the movie the girl and man are the same age&he‘s rough&rude but also kind&gentle&thus believable that 👇
Yikes !Am I not saying in every post I need to downsize ? There is a 20%off sale at Half Price Books that lasts through Monday.These Sillitoes are not considered as good as The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner ,but looked interesting. Also , have been on the hunt for Lawrence Blocks first Matthew Scudder novel for a friend,there it was.I have an excuse for 7 brothers a major novel of Finland sure, why not ? early Forrester I haven‘t read 👍
so-soI'm not gonna lie, passive absorption of popular culture meant reading the first Moomins book was a bit of a shock as the story was a bit less standard little kid pablum in narration than I was expecting, and the Moomins don't yet look like the Moomins I've seen on the internet (I believe an animated show was produced as well?). 1/?
I'm so sorry to clutter your feed with a picture of a lemon ?, but I couldn't resist buying this amazing fruit, it looked so tempting! Now, to justify buying it, I'm making a White Lady cocktail ?, and to justify posting about it, I'm going to read the story in which I first came across the drink, Tove Jansson's eponymous "White Lady" from the tagged story collection ???
#BooksAndBooze
https://youtu.be/q_vh4fLZnVk?si=Aaatp2VVoO9C0JBA
Introduction
Mystery guest
Week in Review
An experiment
Cormorant Lake by Faith Merino
Summer by Edith Wharton
