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pickDuring what looks like the end of the world, a 70 yr old is determined to learn whether his memories were worth the lifetime of longing. Nostalgia is low on society‘s heirarchy of feelings. It sits on the border of silly and useless. But in this novel it‘s a force of nature as the character quests to actually touch his past. Faulkner told us that the past is not even the past. Olafsson adds that it is worth a visit.
so-soI started this one late December and then decided to wait until January to continue because it worked for #PandemicStory #Booked2023 😷 Kristofer, living in Iceland, receives a message from his long lost lover Miko, a woman he hasn‘t seen in over 50 years. It‘s early March 2020 and the world is beginning to experience a global pandemic, Kritofer decides to fly to Japan before his second chance for great love is lost again. #MoreMehThanYeah
pickA meandering audiobook from the #tob2023 long list, featuring a back-and-forth narrative in time. Present day time is 2020, on the cusp of the pandemic, Kristofer receives a message from his onetime lover, Miko, who he hasn‘t seen in 50 years. He embarks on a journey to see her and remembers the past while dealing with masks and travel restrictions…and even in the 60s-set timeline, characters reminisce about the past. #booked2023 #aboutapandemic
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My favorite of December is this one, a wonderful story about a man traveling the world on the brink of the pandemic in search of a woman he used to know.
pickI loved this book. The plot, the setting and the style.
A student from Iceland meets a Japanese girl in Londen in the early 1970s. They fall in love until she suddenly disappears. Many years later they reconnect on Facebook, just when Covid hits the world. It is another gorgeous read from the #toblonglist. Many thanks for sending me this one Meg, it‘ll make my #top22of22 🤍
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pickI was touched 😉 by this story. Christmas makes me nostalgic and looking back on lovers from your 20s really resonated with me.
Kristofer, an Icelandic widower, was in love with a Japanese woman 1960s London. He never gets over their abrupt breakup even though he marries another woman. When he hears she‘s sick in 2020, he travels to Japan racing against lockdowns to be with her.
Another winner from the #toblonglist
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I am sorry I opened your BookDepository parcel Meg!! I had no idea it would arrive here so soon and I had ordered some books from BD myself too 🤷🏻♀️
On the other hand… I am not sorry at all because I am extremely excited you sent me the book that was most appealing to me from the #ToB Longlist but not available here yet! I am so happy you chose this one and now I‘ll be able to take it with me on vacation! Thank you so much my dear friend ❤️❤️
