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The Details: The intoxicating international bestseller | Ia Genberg

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I‘m not sure about the fever premise (maybe I‘ve just never suffered through a long fever) but otherwise I liked this story of a woman told through her memories of consequential relationships in her life. It felt familiar as I often find myself doing a similar thing these days - reflecting on life through people who have come and gone.

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BarbaraBB Wow that seems the right book at the right time for you. I liked the way the book was built up along those characters of her past. 1w

sarahbarnes @BarbaraBB I do think that was the case! And I agree. 1w

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BookWrym

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#InternationalBooker2024 Book 2

Interconnected short stories that reveal the narrators relationship with significant people in her life. Through those relationships the narrator is at least partly revealed.

I was immediately drawn into the story and enjoyed the thoughts about books, writers, readers and the impact literature can have.

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BookWrym

The Details: The intoxicating international bestseller | Ia Genberg

#InternationalBooker2024

Tagged is only 1 I have read and just realised I need to add a review here so that will follow shortly.

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Graywacke

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Offbeat 1990‘s Stockholm. This reads a lot like Rachel Cusk, but it‘s a study of relationships, lovers, friendships and mom. It has a lovely tolerance of personal oddities and failures, and a warmth in appreciating the whole person. I enjoyed it. (And it‘s short. Took this slow reader 3.5 hours to read these 137 pages) #Booker2024

BarbaraBB Glad you liked it so much. I did not get that much out of it. 4w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB i saw your review. I admit it has grown on me. I like her relationships. I‘m charmed by Niki‘s contradictions. Just curious, any chance you made it to Stockholm in the 1990‘s? Or any other time? I spent a day there in 1997 (far from home). It was gorgeous and super unfriendly. 🙂 4w

BarbaraBB I was there in 2007 and I liked it a lot too. Real Scandinavian: clean and easy-going. I loved the references to the city but didn‘t recognize them 4w

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BarbaraBB Wait! Yo say UNfriendly! Really? That wasn‘t my experience but people do keep to themselves I think, especially compared to the US. Or were you treated badly? 4w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB yes, UNfriendly. 🙂 I was mostly ignored as i was with a girlfriend and some other people. So no one was rude, it was just the feeling we all got. 4w

BarbaraBB That is strange. I wouldn‘t know if it‘s typical for Sweden, I just was there that once and it was for work so I met some people who had to behave correctly 😀. Some years later I was in a Swedish village in winter and there everyone was really nice but I thinks that incomparable to Stockholm. 4w

Graywacke @BarbaraBB i was in Sweden a week, all vacation but unstructured. I stayed in Gothenburg. Stockholm was distinct. Every where else was, to me, normal. 4w

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Graywacke

The Details: The intoxicating international bestseller | Ia Genberg

Started this, a library loan. Getting Rachel Cusk vibes. #booker2024

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BarbaraBB

The Details: The intoxicating international bestseller | Ia Genberg

so-so

We learn about the narrator‘s life in Sweden by the details she shares of her relationship with four different people who have disappeared from her life. This could have been interesting and the raving reviews in the media do certainly think so but I didn‘t unfortunately 🤷🏻‍♀️

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Librarybelle At least it fits a few prompts! 3mo

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youneverarrived I‘m stacking as it sounds intriguing although I‘ll borrow not buy 👍 3mo

Hooked_on_books Well that‘s too bad. I already had this stacked, not sure why (the raving media reviews, maybe?). I may have to rethink that. 3mo

lil1inblue It's so disappointing when a book doesn't live up to the hype. Such an interesting premise, though! 3mo

BarbaraBB @youneverarrived @Hooked_on_books @lil1inblue let my review not discourage you, the reviews are really good so it‘s probably me! 3mo

Centique What a beautiful photo! Is it a historic building in the background? 3mo

batsy Love the photo! 3mo

BarbaraBB @Centique @batsy It is an open air museum where we shot a commercial for an exhibition I‘ve been working on for the past few months. 3mo

sarahbarnes I see this made the shortlist - I may give it a try and hopefully won‘t regret not heeding your review. 3w

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes My best friend loved it and we always love the same books too, so I think chances are high that you‘ll love it as well! 3w

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AnneCecilie

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My first DNF this year. To be fair to the book, I put myself on the hold list at the library after seeing rave reviews without knowing anything about it. I made it 16 p into this 140 p novel, but when I start wanting to do anything but reading, it‘s time to take the hint. So not for me.

Tamra Listen to your intuition. 👍🏾 3mo

BarbaraBB I felt the same and read the book for the same reason! 3mo

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BarbaraBB

The Details: The intoxicating international bestseller | Ia Genberg

#WeeklyForecast 08/24

I am reading both Pet as well as The Stationery Shop and will finish them soon. Pet is great, The Stationery Shop not so. Next will be the tagged which I bought based on a review in I think the NYT but not sure about that. It‘s short so I should be able to make a start with another #LitsyToB24 book, one of which I have high expectations!

squirrelbrain Have a great week! 3mo

sarahbarnes This looks like a great week! Pet and Biography of X! 😍 3mo

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