pickTwo thoughts: 1) very realpolitik that the two main places I've lived in my life has been shaped - and thus shaped me - my the glacial cover of the last glacial maximum.
2) it's kind of mind boggling how quickly Seattle has changed. All cities are engineered - the one I grew up in was half dug out of swamp land. But in Sweden that took hundreds of years (my hometown is over 800), Seattle is around 150, with a fire resetting to it 115 years ago.
"The nearest city of any size, Portland, with around twenty-five hundred people, was eight days by schooner."
That seems pretty slow for a ship? For reference, it takes three hours by car, or three hours by train (because especially west coast American rail is awful) now.
#12DaysofChristmas Day3 @Andrew65
My favorite book of March was The Trail of Lost Hearts by Tracey Garvis Graves (tagged).
Christmas Eve morning book! With bonus featured embossing stamp, a birthday gift from @donut_jefa.
(and no worries, I'm not doxing myself, my name is common enough that there are hundreds if not thousands of people with my exact name combo)
6 months later my hold comes in 👵🏻
pickDoig‘s language is rich and poetic and usually calming. But there‘s a lot of death in this slim novel, so while it occupied my mind, it didn‘t distract me enough on this fraught night. #bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
pickPhillips‘ writing is mesmerizing. I feel a little guilty for disliking Sam, given that she had been through so much. I thought the ending foreshadowed a dismal future for her. Both she and Elena were interesting characters, though. 3.5*
so-soWhile creative, I had a hard time liking the main storyteller. This would have been incredible if the sisters took turns telling this one. Fairy tale of sorts that has potential, but as the sister who does most things, I had a hard time feeling empathetic for Sam.
August wrap up from StoryGraph, best one for me was Bear 🐻 (tagged).
Keeping up a good pace, I‘ve already met my reading goal for the year (oops). So I doubled it. Let‘s see if I can hit 52!
