A little late to the party but this is the Aurora from our home Saturday night
pickI enjoyed this book, in particular, because I am interested in Far East culture and mythology!
pickWhat a mesmerizing read. The writing is simply enchanting. Obreht uses folktales and magical realism in a thoughtful meditation on finding meaning among loss, war, and death. It felt a bit detached in the beginning of the book, but about halfway through it really started to come together.
pick#StorySettings Day 12: #HauntedHouse reminded me of this illustrated story I reviewed back in 2010. Kate Culhane, was haunted by spectres that she had no choice but to go through each of the quiet sleeping houses with a ghost whose “weight was heavy as a sack of stones” until they found a house with no holy water in the house. My full review here: https://wp.me/pDlzr-lc
pickCheryl Strayed‘s Wild meets Diana Melmuth‘s The Witching Year in this messy but endearingly earnest travel memoir. While grieving her father, writer Signe Pike rambles primarily across England, Ireland, and Scotland, seeking out stories and first-hand accounts of faeries, visiting faery landmarks and sacred places, and reckoning with a devoted but angry father she loved but never understood. Slow and not fully satisfying, but worth the read!
Successful #fleamarkethaul!
I don‘t think this edition is the same as the one tagged, as there is no author listed.
About to read this, so I can mark off Azerbaijan in another reading challenge I have been trying to complete for a few years.
#StorySettings Day 1: Reading at the Leland #SkiResort Park in California back in early 2020. One of my great fantasy reads.
I read 8 books this month!
💜 5 from my #mtTBR
💜 3 library books
💜 1 audio, 5 ebook and 2 physical books
💜 3 from #readyourkindle challenge
pickI was intrigued by the nesting doll style of so many of these stories. The roots lie in oral storytelling tradition, and I could imagine how these stories might be performed and where they could be embellished for the audience. Overall enjoyable reading.
