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Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... a Memoir of Sorts
Thousand Feasts: Small Moments of Joy ... a Memoir of Sorts | Nigel Slater
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THE INSTANT #1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER From award-winning writer Nigel Slater, comes a new and exquisitely written collection of notes, memoir, stories and small moments of joy. 'Nigel Slater's prose is the rarest delicacy of all: exquisite yet effortless, filled with heart, tenderness, yearning and humour' ELIZABETH DAYFor years, Nigel Slater has kept notebooks of curiosities and wonderings, penned while at his kitchen table, soaked in a fisherman's hut in Reykjavik, sitting calmly in a moss garden in Japan or sheltering from a blizzard in a Vienna Konditorei.These are the small moments, events and happenings that gave pleasure before they disappeared. Miso soup for breakfast, packing a suitcase for a trip and watching a butterfly settle on a carpet, hiding in plain sight. He gives short stories of feasts such as a mango eaten in monsoon rain or a dish of restorative macaroni cheese and homes in on the scent of freshly picked sweet peas and the sound of water breathing at night in Japan.This funny and sharply observed collection of the good bits of life, often things that pass many of us by, is utter joy from beginning to end.'I loved this. It is a secular book of hours - thoughts and pleasures beautifully cadenced and generously placed' Edmund de Waal'?Nigel Slater has a magical capacity to find beauty in the smallest moments. A nourishing, sustaining book' Olivia Laing'His evocative, uplifting observations are a balm for life: a prose-poem for eaters and a spiritual companion for thoughtful cooks. A true and enduring joy' Nigella Lawson'You can't always feel buoyant and grateful but noticing - and getting pleasure from - the seemingly insignificant is a good way to live. As he says, feel the "small moments of joy"' Diana Henry
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AnneCecilie
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I loved this from today‘s reading

Now, I don‘t live in Finland, but I‘m sure there‘s many places that could use a sign like this, especially above the polar circle

Tove_Reads One of our most famous stand up comedians has this old joke about foreigners always saying how pretty is here, and then us Finns always saying “you should see this place in November”. 3d
AnneCecilie @Tove_Reads Rainy and dark? Or is there an other reason? 3d
Tove_Reads Only a few hours of lights, cold, wet, no colours, depressing in comparison to the tourist season. We even celebrated the greyest day of the year nowadays. 3d
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AnneCecilie
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#BookReport

I continued my yearlong reads on the right

I continued Tombland #ShardlakeBR, Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow & started Brideshead Revisited #HashtagBrigade

I continued A Thousand Feasts

I finished The Healing Season of Pottery

I started Krakk, but I didn‘t get that much reading in & it was due back at the library yesterday, so I put it on hold.I‘m on the wait list again

I read Ambjørnsen‘s latest short story collection

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AnneCecilie
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#WeeklyForecast

Continue with my yearlong reads on the right

Continue with #Tombland #ShardlakeBR and Emma #PemberLittens #JaneAustenThenAndNow and start Brideshead Revisited #HashtagBrigade

Continue A Thousand Feasts

Finish The Healing Season Pottery and hopefully read the Norwegian book Krakk

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Loving this! 🍁

Bookwomble You liked one of my posts recently, Kim, after a bit of an absence. Nice to see you back on Litsy. I hope life is treating you well ☺️ 2mo
Kimbono It is and thank you for checking in. 😊 I‘ve been in a terrible reading slump but I‘m slowly getting back to it. Thank you! 1mo
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