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Lunakay

Lunakay

Joined November 2021

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My Finland reading list for #foodandlit!
As usual, I enjoyed Paasilinna. Although this book is not my favourite, I got really emotional with the Christmas themed ending. The story is about a recently deceased man who learns how to be a ghost in the afterlife.👻

The Xenophobe's guide to Finland was a quick and fun read about some of the cultural particularities that are unique to this country.

@Catsandbooks @Texreader

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Let's do it! For the #classicschallenge 2025, in the first quarter, we focus on poetry! To participate, you can read through poetry collections, a poem a day, or just browse through the classics. Anything that is on your tbr in this department, from Pushkin to Shakespeare to the Romantics, who will make you think of spring in March!

Share your reads and tag me!

Let me know if you would like to be tagged or untagged🤗

Storygraph challenge ⬇️

TheSpineView I have several poetry books I need to read. 2w
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Dilara Fantastic! 2w
AnishaInkspill how exciting. brilliant idea, I'm really looking forward to this 2w
Kristy_K I‘d love to be tagged! I have a backlog of poetry books to read. 2w
BarbaraJean I totally forgot I'd said yes to this challenge 😂 But yes! I'm in! I'll go join the Storygraph challenge to make sure I remember! 2w
Lunakay @julieclair, I'm glad you're joining!🙂 1w
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Canada month: Read the "Country portrait" (it's a series of non-fiction books written by German people who have long lived in other countries and therefore provide views and explanations from their unique perspective) and had some Montreal style Poutine which was quite delicious! I'm a fan!?
I learned a lot about Canada and what makes it such a special place and how many celebs are actually Canadian! ???
#foodandlit
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

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Dear Littens, I think we all have some classics we would like to read, but somehow new amazing books are released all the time, then some of these classics are, well, a bit on the chunky side and therefore a bit intimidating and in general there is too much to read and too little time!

So, who would be interested in joining in on a quarterly challenge?

Let's tackle those oldies!😊

#classicschallenge

Lunakay @Dilara I remember you being interested 🤗 1mo
TheSpineView I would be interested. I actually intended to read War and Peace this year but never got around to it. 2025 is the year! 1mo
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BarbaraJean I‘m interested! I‘ve been joining too many challenges and buddy reads lately, but a quarterly challenge feels more low-key! 1mo
Dilara @Lunakay Yes, I'm in! 1mo
LapReader Count me in 1mo
AvidReader25 Love this idea! 1mo
BookBelle84 I'd like to join in! 1mo
AnishaInkspill I'm interested 1mo
julieclair Love this! I‘m in. Thanks for hosting! 1w
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Number One Ladies' Detective Agency | Alexander McCall Smith
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Very nice and original detective stories while giving lots of interesting insights into everyday life in Botswana 🇧🇼 #foodandlit
Very enjoyable and easy read for my holiday (not in Botswana, though ;))

I'm totally hooked and will definitely follow this series in future!

@Texreader @Catsandbooks

Texreader It hooked me too!! 2mo
Catsandbooks Fantastic! 🇧🇼 🩵 2mo
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Blue Label / Etiqueta Azul | Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles
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Made it! "Took 6 months" for under 200 pages?
This was for #foodandlit Venezuela ?? and it's weird, hard to follow, full of vulgar language and very little explanation for why characters actually act the way they do. I think it's tough to follow if you're not familiar with Venezuela and the challenges that especially young people are facing. So unfortunately, I didn't learn much about the country and its culture.?

@Catsandbooks
@Texreader

Catsandbooks Disappointing ☹️ 2mo
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Panpan

That was disappointing! It was dragging a lot, MC Jess is seriously missing a personality, and the overall setup didn't make much sense to me (why can't Jess find a job? What did she even study at Harvard? Why can't her father find a new job in the US if he has recovered, since he is described as a well-qualified professional?).
I fought my way through it, but what I liked most is the cover.😅
#foodandlit #Malaysia🇲🇾
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Texreader What a disappointment!! 2mo
Catsandbooks Completely agree! Glad I wasn't the only one who felt this way 2mo
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Mehso-so

I have rarely been so misled by reviews and marketing. Absolutely nothing about this book ist funny. It's a rather tragic family story, the family scarred by several conflicts and ideologies of both East and West. The loss of home and connection, the devide between generations as a result and the cost of survival are portrayed realistically without being too explicit. But hilarious? What about this would be? Also super weird bra-seize obsession 😒

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"Istanbul was Constantinople, now it's Istanbul not Constantinople..."

#foodandlit #turkey

Cool coming of age story with quirky characters, interesting glimpses into the history of the Ottoman Empire and with some magical realism thrown into the mix. Easy, enjoyable read!

The food was also highly enjoyable and delicious, brilliant opportunity to try the more interesting items from the Turkish store.

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@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Texreader Yay!!! This book is on my tbr 5mo
Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🇹🇷❤️ 5mo
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Eggs Perfect 🗡️ 5mo
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The Cyberiad | Stanislaw Lem
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#CoverLove
(not too much in love with this one tbh😅😆)
#white

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🩷🩷🩷 5mo
Eggs 💗🩵💛 5mo
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Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 5mo
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#CoverLove
#monster (meaning whatever the scary creature in the back is supposed to be, although the mermaid looks pretty scary, too😅)
On my tbr!

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Beautiful photo 👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great photo 💚 5mo
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Eniale & Dewiela, Vol. 1 | Kamome Shirahama
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 😇 5mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 5mo
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Wolkenschloss: Roman | Kerstin Gier
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Read this recently and absolutely loved it, it's a Grand Hotel setting, there's is a little magic and Kerstin Gier's writing is just hilarious and heart- warming.👒💜🔮

#CoverLove
#lavender

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💜 5mo
Eggs Charming 💜🤍💜 5mo
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Eggs Lovely💙💙💙 5mo
Jari-chan Lama! 😍😍😍 5mo
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#CoverLove
#lightblue

Did you know...in Russian there are two completely different words for light blue and dark blue and experiments have shown, it takes Russian native speakers a fraction of a second longer to place blue objects into color categories than e.g. red ones, as they have to decide between light or dark blue🥴

I can confirm this, but this book is very easily sorted into the light blue category 💙🤓

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 🩵🩵 5mo
Eggs Cool factoid and beautiful cover🩵🩵 5mo
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The Garden of the Gods | Gerald Durrell
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#CoverLove

I love the work of Gerald Durrell and re-read on a regular basis 🖤 Always recommended🤗

#snake

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🐍 📚😱 5mo
Eggs Awesome 👏🏻 🐍💚 5mo
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Eggs Well played 🩶🎩💚 5mo
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Italienische Reise | Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Herbert von Einem
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#CoverLove
#wheel

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

🚲......❤️

Surprisingly tough prompt, but reminded me I should read this some time😂

Is there a classics challenge/event on Litsy?🧐🤔

julesG Feels like a lifetime ago that I read this one. 5mo
Dilara I don't think I've come across a classics challenge as such on Litsy. I'd be interested though 😇 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 📚🛞💙 5mo
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Eggs 🛞🖤👌🏼 5mo
Lunakay @Dilara Cool, will consider setting it up for next year, my 2024 is somewhat over-challenged😉 5mo
Dilara @Lunakay 👍 5mo
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Before We Say Goodbye: A Novel | Toshikazu Kawaguchi
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#CoverLove
#Chair

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@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I still don't get how there is a cat in every cover of the series but never one in the story😂

🪑💖☕

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks That is odd!! 🐈‍⬛🪑 5mo
Eggs Great choice 🩷🪑 5mo
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Not an easy review, it has fantastic parts, it has weaker parts, it leaves some plot lines unresolved, which felt a bit frustrating.
Strongly recommend to check TWs, I didn't to avoid spoilers and the usual happend, I got hit by content I would have avoided otherwise, although I am sort of glad I read it.🙈
I loved the magical realism and of course the focus on food, so it was the perfect pick for #foodandlit Turkey 🇹🇷

@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Lunakay Also pictured: Little treasures from the Turkish store🇹🇷🤤 5mo
Texreader This is on my list to read this month. Thanks for the TWs. The food looks scrumptious 5mo
Catsandbooks ❤️🇹🇷 5mo
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks On my shelf 💜💛💜 5mo
Eggs Excellent 👌🏼 5mo
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The Witches | Roald Dahl, Quentin Blake
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#CoverLove

#gray

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

🌬️🐺🐨🦝🦏

🤍🤍🤍

Eggs Perfect🩶🩵🩶 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Cool cover 🩶 5mo
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Los cinco continentes del amor | Francesc Miralles, Javier Ruescas
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Eggs Perfect 👍🏼 5mo
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Pooh's Workout Book | Ethan Mordden
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#CoverLove
#orange

This is very likely the cutest item on my bookshelf 🍯🧸😊🎾

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🧡🧡🧡 5mo
Eggs Love it 🏋🏻‍♂️🧡🐻 5mo
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The Cat Who Saved Books | S?suke Natsukawa
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#CoverLove

Loved this book, I hope there will be more by this author

#lamp

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Eggs Love ❤️ 🐈 🧡 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So cute 😊 5mo
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Eggs Brilliant 🩷🐎💚 5mo
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julesG Stacking this for the young Whovian 5mo
Eggs Perfect🩶🩶🩶 5mo
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The Death of Vishnu | Manil Suri
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Eggs Beautiful 🤩🧡🤩 5mo
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Table For Two | Amor Towles
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Eggs Beautiful arrangement and cover👏🏻👏🏻 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Gorgeous 💛 5mo
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Chai Time at Cinnamon Gardens | Shankari Chandran
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#CoverLove
#green, also works for #leaves

Looking forward to reading this, it's on the "to-be- read-in-the-not-too-distant-future-shelf" ??

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

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Eggs Beautiful 📗💚🌿 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks So pretty 💚 5mo
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Wrecker | Noel OReilly
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Found this at the library sale recently and had a severe case of insta #CoverLove

Day 9: Boots - only one boot but it's super fabulous 👢

@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

julesG 😍 5mo
Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Great cover 🩵 5mo
Eggs It‘s quite attractive 👢👢 5mo
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Eggs 🩵🩷🩵 Pretty 5mo
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The Illuminated Book of Days | Kay Lee, Marshall Lee
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Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Perfect 🤎 5mo
Eggs Fantastic 🤎🤍🤎 5mo
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The Gentleman from peru | Andr Aciman, Edoardo Ballerini
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#coverlove
#yellow

Actually my next read, it doesn't get more summer cover than this 🌞

@Eggs
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Eggs Pretty☀️💛🌻 6mo
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LoveStar: A Novel | Andri Snaer Magnason
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Mehso-so

The genre is definitely 'weird sci-fi'.
A dystopian novel where a scientific genius from Iceland changes the world with his breakthrough tech. A lot of original ideas in here but they don't form enough of a coherent story line for me.

I liked the idea of becoming a literal shooting star instead of being buried after death.

Skyr has been eaten in honor of Iceland month :D

🇮🇸🇮🇸🇮🇸
#foodandlit
@Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks 👏🏼🇮🇸 5mo
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Together We Burn | Isabel Ibaez
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Imagine Spain, but instead of bull-fighting, it's dragon- fighting! Loved how natural the world building felt as it picks up on so many Spanish traditions💃🏻

Only complaint: Would have been quite annoying if I didn't speak Spanish, as there are many sentences and phrases included without translation.

Cheeky contribution to #foodandlit Spain 🇪🇦🍷☀️🍊

@Texreader @Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks Awesome! 👏🏼 🇪🇸 6mo
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Love in Small Letters | Francesc Miralles
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I loved this one! Cute and different with a small cast of very quirky characters! A middle aged man who is stuck in his ways changes his life by accident, the accident being a little initial small act of love: giving a stray cat a bit of milk. And after that it gets curiouser and curiouser 😄🐱

Also, here is my veggie Paella with veggie Chorizo 🥘 🇪🇦

#foodandlit
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

TheBookHippie Looks good!!! 7mo
Susanita I loved this book, and your paella looks amazing 7mo
Texreader Veggie paella sounds really good to me 😋 7mo
Lunakay @susanita @TheBookHippie @Texreader Muchas gracias🍊🍷💕 7mo
Catsandbooks Yum! 🇪🇸👏🏼 7mo
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Amor en minscula | Francesc Miralles
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Bookish problem:
Halfway through this book I love it so much, that I checked what else there is by the same author.

The sequel (there's a sequel😍):

1. The only physical copy available (same publisher!) is 2cm bigger than my copy of part 1 -.-

2. The cover for all other languages is super cute (involves a cat mostly), the one for the Spanish original is so-so.

*grudgingly ordering the Spanish edition*🙄

Anyone else upset by those things?😂

Jari-chan I can totally relate... That would annoy me so much... But I love that cover 😻 7mo
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Blue Label / Etiqueta Azul | Eduardo Sanchez Rugeles
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Bit late on the reading due to travelling a lot in April but all on time with the food: Venezuelan Arepa with all kinds of delicious fillings. Eaten at Camden Market in London😄
#foodandlit
@Texreader @Catsandbooks

Texreader That looks amazing. I‘m all about Venezuelan food as well! Mmmm!! 8mo
TheSpineView Yum! That looks so good! Now I am hungry!🍽 8mo
Catsandbooks That looks amazing! 🇻🇪 8mo
MaGoose That looks amazing and so yummy. 😋 8mo
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Oben Erde, unten Himmel | Milena Michiko Flasar
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Simply beautiful, quiet and thoughtful, touching and hopeful - a little gem.

Forgot which Litten recommended this, but thank you🥰

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What a dream-like book about the importance of dreams and a good night's sleep! Very moving once it comes to the dreamers' real life stories. The one about pet dreams might have been my favourite. Heart-warming, original and featuring an excited but adorably clueless MC who matches the reader's speed and wonder. And there's a second one coming!🤩

Also pictured: Kimchi fried rice with cheese topping 🍜

#foodandlit
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Catsandbooks So great!! ❤️ 🇰🇷 9mo
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I already emersed myself into Korean literature last year and then some more, so this is my non-feasible reading stack for #foodandlit South Korea😅🇰🇷

BarbaraBB Wow! 10mo
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My summary for #foodandlit New Zealand 🇳🇿 - interesting and sometimes surprising insights into a country on the other side of the world. I liked having an American and a German perspective, they made for a good mix commenting on remarkable, funny and sad aspects of the country's culture , history and customs.

As I did not attempt to actually make a pavlova, so I had some extra kiwis this month.🥝🥝🥝

@Catsandbooks
@Texreader

Catsandbooks Wonderful! 🇳🇿 10mo
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From Pasta to Pigfoot: Second Helpings | Frances Mensah Williams
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Munching on some Ghanaian chocolate I finished part two of this month's #foodandlit adventure🇬🇭🍫

I enjoyed the drama, the elaborate description of food and culture and some realistic problems with achieving a healthy work-life-balance.

Faye, the MC, has grown a lot in a way that felt natural and not too far fetched.
Some descriptions may be a bit too detailed but this style gives it a very close-to-life vibe

@Catsandbooks
@Texreader

Catsandbooks That's awesome! ❤️🇬🇭 11mo
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From Pasta to Pigfoot | Frances Mensah Williams
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I feel like I actually went on a trip to Ghana! 🇬🇭
The story follows Faye, who was brought up in England and has little connection to her native Ghana. When she finally travels there, the book depicts all the adventures she finds there, no event is just skipped or mentioned in passing. You are there and I did enjoy that a lot. Also very refreshing, down-to-earth romance without any artificial drama.⬇️
#foodandlit
@Texreader @Catsandbooks

Lunakay I don't eat meat but I was just gifted a bag of one of my favourite gummy treats which happens to be piggies 😂🐽 11mo
Texreader Awwww! And sounds like a good book!! 11mo
Catsandbooks That's so great! 🇬🇭 and those gummies are so cute! 🩷 11mo
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And a lovely cinnamon roll to enjoy #foodandlit Sweden🇸🇪 😍
Some Nordic fairy tales complete the experience☺️

@Texreader @Catsandbooks

Texreader That looks delicious! We love schillingboller when we‘re in Norway! 12mo
Catsandbooks Looks scrumptious! 🇸🇪 12mo
bookaholic1 Yummy!!! 12mo
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That was a fun ride through South Africa, Sweden and some places in between😂 I think the king might have been my favourite character.
Lots of laugh-out-loud moments and wise comments on life, culture and international cooperation.
And with this, 12/12 I proudly finished the #foodandlit challenge for 2023 with Sweden 🇸🇪 🥳
@Catsandbooks @Texreader

Texreader Fantastic!!! Way to go!! 12mo
Catsandbooks Hooray! Great job! 🙌🏼 🎉🇸🇪 12mo
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