Gingerbread | 
For he does not know was cut off #wintergames
4 different people gave me gingerbread for Christmas and 👌🏼 I‘m so happy! I‘ve just polished off the gingerbread men my (gingerbread hating) sister made. Delicious!
Every year we do a gingerbread kit with the kids. My oldest was super excited to have her older cousin help her and my youngest just kept eating the candy. #WinterGames2021 #HolidayTradition #FestivePhotoChallenge “holiday crafts” @StayCurious
pick"This isn't the tale but an opening. The tale comes tomorrow, after the meal, when we are filled with soft bread."
A newly orphaned boy takes to the Belarusian ancient forest with his grandfather. He finds his feet on their extended wilderness adventure but then the old man's hidden traumatic past begins to emerge amidst his folktales and things get dark.
We make meaning through story, but story also has the power to warp and consume the teller.
#24B4Monday
Got quite a bit done today, but not quite the half way mark. Plenty of time tomorrow to catch it up though 😎
pickA weird, twisted blend of fairy tale and history. There were points where it missed the mark, but for the most part it was excellent. A brilliant blend of wonder and darkness. Close to a 5 star, but just a little lacklustre at times. Very enjoyable story based in the Belarus forests 😊🏞
#BackpackEurope
pickFinally finished this atmospheric tale set in the dark #woods the day I returned home. Slow pace leads to a suspenseful climax. #CoolBooks #overdrive #librarybooks
A tale of surviving one's dark past, surviving grief and making a life in the deep forest. When the forest consumes family, the wild boy has to decide - keep his promise or leave the world of aspen, birch and nettles?
#LitWorld2018GB Belarus #LitsyPassport
#Booked2018 set outdoors
The #trees showed me the way.
#HopintoSpring
While I have other choices for Outdoors/ Environment prompt for #Booked2018 , this mystical tale set in woodlands fits as well!
Familiar words, familiar preface
#nowreading #amreading #eBook #overdrive #currentlyreading #currentread
#setineasterneurope #uncannyoctober
Books set in -
L-R Top : Poland; Chechnya; Belarus;
L-R Bottom : Croatia; unnamed Eastern Europe village; Bulgaria; Sarajevo.
pickThis is a book that pretty much reads as a modern fairytale and it's amazing. The tragedy of it is almost unbearable and it's so subtly and well-written. Not to mention the beautiful descriptions of the woods. The writer creates a perfect balance between the tragedies born out of war and its consequences on people. And the fairy-tale like style becomes all the more interesting. I really loved this book.
