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This was EXCELLENT. It‘s the story (or rather, the stories) of a house and its surrounding forest in New England; a multigenerational saga of sorts—but of a place instead of a family. We follow the people who come and go, but also the trees, the beetles, a catamount—as they both shape and are shaped by the unique history of the place in which they dwell, a place that outlasts them all. Each section has a very different feel, and between each, ⤵️

Recently discovered Valérie Perrin thanks to @CBee and #AuldLangSpine. I‘m looking forward to reading more of her work!

Let‘s see, who else hasn‘t played yet … What about you, @BarbaraJean or @5feet.of.fury - discovered any new authors lately?

#two4tuesday

A fantasy folklore sapphic love story. Set in 1832 on the south shore of NS. About a married selkie and the midwife who delivers her baby. “She held her love in an open hand.” It‘s beautiful. Another great one from @DebinHawaii and #AuldLangSpine @monalyisha
I‘m a little slow with my #ShelfSweeper #4Elizabeth I had a busy week, but I‘m hoping to have a book filled weekend. @Andrew65 @Tove_Reads

April Recap: A great reading month where I finished 20 books thanks to lots of commuter flights & airport reading.

I read books for: #SundayBuddyRead #SheSaid #NancyDrewBR #BobWhiteBuddies #EBBR #LiteraryCrew
#AuthorAMonth #ChildrensClassicRead2025
#RiseUpReads #Roll100 #FictionalTraveler #ThematicCozies #MonthlyNonFiction
#JaneAustenThenAndNow #Naturalitsy & 2 from #AuldLangSpine ⬇️

I didn‘t finish Rabbits for LSFBC but hope to finish in May

#Read2025

I‘m catching up on my April reviews this weekend & I loved this book! A good thing as it was a trifecta of challenge prompts: #AuthorAMonth #LiteraryCrew #BuddyRead & one of the books from @JacqMac ‘s #AuldLangSpine list. This is my third Kate Quinn book & maybe my favorite. The audiobook was stellar & I finished & listened to the author notes twice + an interview with the author & narrator who really brought the characters to life. ⬇️

An adventure on the high seas with a talented junior mapmaker. I never really thought about how ships figured out where to go to “discover” a new landmass. There was definite emphasis on how there were already people in these places that were claimed to have been found by the empire.

#auldlangspine list keeps giving wins @MeganAnn
@monalyisha

#AuldLangSpine @CBee

I think I was a victim of my own outsize expectations here. This book fell a little flat for me and I‘m having a hard time articulating why. It has a lot of different plot threads and I‘m not sure they all work together to create a cohesive story. Then again — that‘s real life for you. I did appreciate the ending.

Not my favorite St. James, but still really good. She tells such a great ghost story. They are always too creepy to read before bed. Also, weirdly, when I started dating my husband in the 90s, he drove a “Pontiac with a front seat like a sofa”. lol Another great read from @DebinHawaii and #AuldLangSpine
@monalyisha

#Read2025

I actually finished this a couple of weeks ago but haven‘t been getting to all my reviews this month. Another winner from my #AuldLangSpine list from @JacqMac I have been thinking about it since I finished it. Quill is a Native American woman living in Minnesota who is out running in the early morning & hears a scream. Caught up in finding her as the police will treat it as just another #MMIW case-som thing happening too often to ⬇️

It‘s a pretty nice spring day. Starting a new book from my #AuldLangSpine list to try to get out of a bit of a reading slump. The barista excitedly told me she just finished this one as she was bringing me my dirty chai (also having overnight oats with apples and peanut butter).