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The 2013 Booker Prize winner. Catton is the youngest winner, and The Luminaries is the longest winner.

A murder mystery during the New Zealand gold rush, woven into astrology.

Long, but fun stuff. Easy going. Then in the end it becomes a different, more nuanced evocative, memorable, curious. Crazy complex, but doesn‘t get lost in the details. It‘s all used to aesthetic purpose. That was cool.

One of the best thrillers I‘ve read in a while.

Sorry I‘ve been MIA but I‘ve been really busy and tired from trying to organize my house and take care of my mother at the same time. But The Last Secret Agent is a new book I‘ve started reading this past week. I am only into it a chapter or two, maybe three, but so far it‘s very interesting. Can‘t wait to read more. #LitsyReads #2025Reads #SundayReading #NetGalley #nonfiction #memoir

I learned of Kate Grenville through Litsy and have become such a huge fan. At first I wasn't that crazy about this one, but after a small break, I loved it and I was sad to see it end. She is so good at writing about this period of Australian history. 4.5 🌟

My current book… for a while

I finished Midnight‘s Children, after 32 somewhat difficult hours of reading. And then started this 800 page monster. But, it‘s easy reading after Rushdie.

https://youtu.be/MX2j6NSO100

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Loop Tracks by Sue Orr
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
Dream State by Eric Puchner
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower

Marguerite, a New Zealander, married a bedouin back in the seventies and lived with him in his cave raising their three children.
This was such an insight and very refreshing to read such an energetic and positive memoir from the region.

It was also interesting as the bedouin were telling me about their clashes in recent years with the authorities who have pushed them from their caves to housing units and how they have commercialised Petra.

This book is sort of light on plot but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the characters and it's very funny. Read for June #bookclub.

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This was such a sweet, funny book and just what I needed in the midst of my usual heavier reads. The writing is laugh out loud funny much of the time and the story is quite endearing. The end felt a tad rushed with all the various storylines, but overall definitely a pick. 💕💕