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📚 The Book of Mother
✍️ Octavia Butler
🍿 Breakfast at Tiffany's
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🎶 Before You Go (Lewis Capaldi)

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August is Women in Translation month, so I wanted to use the letter game to highlight a few amazing translated books, I have been a bit obsessed with French novels lately and Book of Mother was just the right book for this, it is a bit dark, but beautifully written and packs a punch in a slim volume.

A very light pick that I probably wouldn‘t actually recommend to anyone unless you‘re a masochist. It made me wildly uncomfortable which isn‘t necessarily a bad thing, but it really felt like a chore to get through after a brilliant Part 1. There are some moments of beauty and brilliance but not enough to compensate for the sheer misery. Also, the mother in question can not be trusted around the family dogs which is a HUGE 🚫 for me.

#MayMoms Day 29: Perfect for #MomInTitle - alongside husband‘s meat spaghetti that perfectly captures my mother‘s recipe. Comfort meal.

#MayMoms Day 20: I gather that this is a bit of a #Scandalous mom. Newest book purchase. Review is forthcoming. Looking forward to reading it.

Such a beautiful book. As a daughter and a mother to a daughter, I think this story depicts so well the complexities and heartache of that relationship - which seem universal even though the details are unique.

#bookreport 15/22

I finished two books for #ReadingAfrica2022, the tagged one was longlisted for the #InternationalBookerPrize20222 and I have been reading some Dutch fiction which I hardly ever do but have been in the mood for lately.

Elsa‘s and Violaine‘s mother, Catherine is beautiful, brilliant and bipolar; she is a dancer who is determined to live life to the max. Why would she give up her right to freedom? Just because she has two kids?

After the war and the bleak fifties in France, she parties, argues, drinks and makes love throughout the sixties. Despite their mother's unpredictability, her daughters love her unconditionally.

The story of children's unconditional love for their mother, the cycle of abuse repeated from generation to generation, how to break this cycle, psychological problems/illnesses, the role of a woman/mother ... are some topics from this intimate story of a daughter (and her sister), whose task is to keep the mother alive and happy. Genre-wise, the story is autofiction, and I understood it as an attempt to reshape the past, give meaning to … 👇

Read this in one day which always provides more of an emotional punch. The author writes of her life with her mother, a wild, magnetic, emotionally disturbed woman who has suffered through much of her life as a result of her upbringing and her own choices. It‘s a roller coaster ride written by a loving daughter and a fascinating read. This won‘t be a book for everyone, though, that‘s for sure. Long list - #bookerprizeinternational2022

A novel about a highly dysfunctional mother from her daughters point of view. Told with great love. 3 🌟

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I am incredibly torn between The Book of Mother and The Love Songs of W.E.B. du Bois. Both are amazing, top 10 of the year books. Book of Mother is a bit more accessible, and at 225pg one I could see myself reading multiple times.

I cannot decide if I loved The Book of the Mother or The Love Songs of W.E.B du Bois more.
For non-fiction The 1619 Project was amazing and should be required reading for Americans.
Overall a good February reading time.

Over the weekend I finished The Promise and read the tagged book. Reminding me how much I love a good under 300 page book that packs a punch. My perfect book seems to be either 225 or 800 pages. Here are some of my favorite small but fierce novels
My Sister The Serial Killer
Drive Your Plow Over The Bones Of The Dead
The Vegetarian
On Earth We Are Briefly Gorgeous
The Book Of Mother
The Promise

I loved this. I have a thing for little French novels and this did not disappoint. The story is harsh, brutal, loving and gorgeous. I am ordering a copy so I can reread it and highlight all my favorite lines. I also need to hunt down an English interview because I want to know how much of this is based on the author's life.

So good.

Very much enjoying this book.

I have been very into French authors lately, if you have any recommendations please drop them below!