pickMy summary for #foodandlit New Zealand 🇳🇿 - interesting and sometimes surprising insights into a country on the other side of the world. I liked having an American and a German perspective, they made for a good mix commenting on remarkable, funny and sad aspects of the country's culture , history and customs.
As I did not attempt to actually make a pavlova, so I had some extra kiwis this month.🥝🥝🥝
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I‘m enjoying and intrigued by this book that mixes New Zealand history with personal memoir.
I listened to quite a bit of it today while walking with Luthien. She‘s got a new tracking collar so she can spend more time off leash, and she very much enjoyed it today.
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pickThis is a mix of memoir, travelogue, and history. The American author uses her experiences in meeting, marrying, and having a family with a Māori man as starting points for chapters on #NewZealand history and Māori culture. It‘s a bit different technique but it works and I feel I learned a lot more than had it been just a book about New Zealand and Māori. The only fail is a chapter in which she describes her own genealogy, which goes so far ⬇️
This is my next audiobook for #NewZealand #foodandlit #readingOceania @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB @Catsandbooks
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This was quite an odd book in some ways. Interesting but the combination of historical analysis and memoir made it feel like a bit of a slog.
Come on Shore and We Will Kill and Eat You All | 
