#WeeklyFavorites
This week‘s favorite is Mina‘s Matchbox but I don‘t think it‘ll make the list of my favorite books this year. Still working on my favorite October read!
Read4life You‘ve got time to find that favorite! 🎃👻🎃 3d
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#WeeklyFavorites
This week‘s favorite is Mina‘s Matchbox but I don‘t think it‘ll make the list of my favorite books this year. Still working on my favorite October read!
pickMina‘s Matchbox is a tender, heartwarming Japanese story that follows 12-year-old Tomoko, who spends a year with her family in Ashiya in 1972. Alongside her cousin Mina and a pygmy hippo, she experiences quiet, everyday moments that somehow feel magical. Even though nothing much happens the book‘s gentle tone, nostalgia, and simplicity made me slow down and cherish what I read.
📸 Mussels, local specialty in Zeeland
What the @#£% happened at the end? Is there another one? Does Jane meet him again?
Through the windshield of the car they could see the forests of bare trees dusted lightly with snow, and towering above them, the gloriously white peak of Mt. Fuji. Miraculously, the peak was not hidden by clouds and the entire mountain was visible. As the car approached Lake Yamanaka, they looked directly at the eastern slope of Mt. Fuji; viewed from here.... the whole mountain seemed dignified and resolute
Everyone loves Chiyo, thought Jane, and yet, I wonder if she isn't the loneliest one of all.
pickCute and snarky :) But it would be great to know how all was for them after/later :)
pickIt was fine, but I needed a little more. Two overachievers battling it out yet actually liking each other was an interesting take; however, the liking each other needed to be more prominent, maybe? Also, there was a weirdly large amount of references to death (she writes an entire email about strangling him bc he‘s “so frustrating” and then feels like she‘s about “to vomit up blood” during an tense moment with her peers). It was a bit strange…
