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#AdventRecommends December 8th

This is classic Ali Smith. I love her writing and the way she mixes art, especially female artists, into the story.
This is also set during the pandemic and raises some questions regarding how people handled that

Loved. Ali Smith has such a great style - fluid speech and wonderful turn of phrase. Pandemic novel, about a caring daughter who lives a more unusual life working and thinking about words. As well as a medieval young female blacksmith who is resilient and smart. Really enjoyed the human connections

It‘s so hard for me to review books that are very near & dear to my heart. This novel set during the early part of the Covid 19 pandemic is about our need for the companionship of others, our responsibilities to our fellow citizens, how our actions have unseen repercussions. I ached for the narrator, feeling lost while her father is in hospital, unable to visit him on account of Covid restrictions. Brilliant, wry & playful.

My first #BookSpin since last year! One of my 2022 reading goals was to have my TBR shelf empty by the end of December… Uh-oh, I think I‘m in trouble (this isn‘t even even half of it). These are #s 1-17. 18-20 will be library holds.

5
Companion Piece: Ali Smith 📖
4.5 🌟
My Name is Lucy Barton: Elizabeth Strout 📖
4 🌟
Abigail: Magda Szabo 📖
Sea of Tranquility: Emily St John Mandel 📖
The Last Thing You Surrender: Leonard Pitts Jr. 📖
3.5 star🌟
Horse: Geraldine Brooks 🎧
3🌟
Book Lovers: Emily Henry 🎧
We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves: Karen Joy Fowler 🎧
Savage Lands: Stacey Marie Brown 📖
The Buddha in the Attic: Julie Otsuka Audio

5 🌟. I read this in one day. I just love how her mind works.

I answer questions about my reading in the first half of 2022, including best book so far: Mid-Year Freak Out Tag
https://youtu.be/BWnphz9ju7A

I talk about five books plus natural dyes in my latest video: Friday Reads May 27 - Canadian literature; lesbian literature; covid literature; birds; diets
https://youtu.be/Wan4UAoVEBk

I loved this. This is amazing. Smith‘s play with words and language - I love it.

About a woman who out of the blue is contacted by a woman she knew back at university. Before she knows it, she‘s contacted by the woman‘s kids as well.

In the background is the pandemic which is supposed be over.

A book about the meaning of words, about respecting how other people may take precautions you don‘t see the need to and about taking strangers in.

#ThoughtfulThursday

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