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It‘s finally Christmas Eve here on the west coast of the USA and I am settling in to open my #jolabokaflodswap package-

SQUEEEE!! Thank you, Shannon, I am so looking forward to reading this! Thank you for the book and the yummy Dove chocolates - I love them both!

Thank you Chelle for organizing this again. Merry Christmas everyone!

#two4Tuesday Thanks @TheSpineView for the tag!

1) a cup of black tea with honey in the morning and after dinner, cuddles with my cat

2) persistence in the face of death and just about everything else!

This is an oddly entertaining and satisfying murder mystery—the victim performing his own investigation to find his murderer while trying to save his organic mushroom business against a fierce competitor in this quiet Finnish hamlet. Jaakko has been poisoned over a long period of time such that he became used to it while it damaged all of his internal organs. He‘s on borrowed time. And does he ever make use of it. There are only two suspects ⬇️

It‘s always a good day when my #foodandlit book talks about food! #Finland #letterM #Christmasatoz #xmaschacha #wintergames @StayCurious @Catsandbooks

My next ebook for #Finland #foodandlit and #letterM #Christmasatoz #xmaschacha #wintergames @StayCurious @Catsandbooks

Mushrooms are cool!

You are invited to view my latest booktube episode about my weeklong fibre arts retreat plus five books I‘ve recently finished.
#FramedinSeptember #ArtReadathon #StrayaSeptember2 #Shaketember #LitsyCrafters

https://youtu.be/dtpAfK4XS4I

This was an amazing book. To be honest I almost did not read it, I had downloaded the audiobook but the narrator was not for me. The print book was much better.

I also had to google a lot of the Latin names and the print book allowed for me to get the spelling correct.

Discover the chromatic wonders of the fungi kingdom and the incredible spectrum of pigments and dyes that can be created from mushrooms.

Thank you Chronicle Books & Netgalley for the digital ARC! I enjoyed reading this book. I like eating the mushrooms that are sold at the grocery store. I‘ve always wanted to know about the role that mushrooms play in our ecosystem and I learned so much.

On sale: 9/3/24

This book force feeds academic theories with little evidence beyond the authors‘ opinions. I wanted a close look at the Matsutake mushroom, instead I got many long theory papers without proper citations.
Read for a biased look at the social & cultural world of Matsutake & for even more bias around the science. Some basic mushroom biology is included
1/5 Skim this book if you want to learn about Matsutake mushrooms; read for academic theory