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#ArtfulAugust #TitlewithPersonsName Gathered a few from the shelves.

“A very old-fashioned novel,” according to its author, it features dozens of characters, multiple plots and settings, and a time span of 150 years. It is an adventure story, a mystery novel, social satire, a crazy historical and biblical epic, and a tale of unfulfilled love.” It‘s hard to review this one. I‘m still processing. At first it felt like a hot mess. But I laughed, I cried, it broke my heart, and I fell in love. It‘s brilliant.

Ugh. That hurt. There were tears! From me! I‘m going back in now. It might be a long night....

Cozy night inside. Again. With some Chicken Bones hot chocolate. I‘m almost half way through this book and I‘m not sure what I think yet. I think I might really like it.

I miss bookstores sooo much. And my library. The smells and the sounds and the books. All the things about them. But yay, for #bookmail

An intricately constructed story about Moses Berger‘s search for the true story of Solomon Gursky and Solomon‘s grandfather, Ephraim, who in this universe was the sole survivor of the ill-fated Franklin expedition. I liked the Franklin angle and the preponderance of airplanes.

An amusing story. #2001

#canada #augustisatrip Canadian writers.I‘m sure @Cinfhen can‘t wait to dig into the tagged book since she loved Duddy Kravitz so much. 😉Gursky was shortlisted for the Booker .William Gibson was born in South Carolina but fled to Canada as many did in the Vietnam era.I loved this Munro short story collection,read long ago.Got to get back to Robertson Davies, read one I liked a lot, can‘t remember which one though.😁

#FunPhotoFriday A recent re-read for me, this book held up as wonderfully as I had hoped. If ever the word "romp" was used well to describe a novel, it would be for this one. This book is epic and grand, fun and sharp. And for all its literariness, there is an interesting mystery. 'Solomon Gursky' is a great read from a #CanLit master.