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BookNerdMama
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Y'all. Katherine Arden is just...magical. So...what if ghost stories and folktales associated with war were real (i.e. what if a fiddler really was on that roof?) This book, like all her books, beautifully weaves folk stories and reality, and I CANNOT get enough of her!

BookmarkTavern Sounds amazing! 12h
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RedCurly
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Pickpick

I didn't understand this book

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Riveted_Reader_Melissa
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#SheSaid. One of our book choices for later this year is currently on sale on Kindle in the US for $3.99 of you prefer buying to library.

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Anna40
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I think this needs to come with many warnings: kidnapping/incarceration in a bunker,suicide,murder. I wanted to bail towards the end but decided not to. It‘s a claustrophobic, heartrending story ¬ for everyone. It reminded me a bit of The Wall by Haushofer because of its focus on women,solitude & there‘s this element of “fantasy” which is the wrong word, speculation perhaps “what if” without answering questions of why,how or even when or where?

Anna40 while creating a world where women are cut off from the rest of the world. But what is this world? It‘s simultaneously familiar and foreign. The story is filled with metaphors and the book overall is one “big” metaphor. This is a novel that shocked me, moved me, made me feel as if I was locked up alongside these women,caught in this dreadful world. A masterpiece but a very tough read. (edited) 1w
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Rachel.Rencher
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Diving into this one tonight 🤓

HeatherBookNerd This is a really good book. A very immersive reading experience 1w
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Gleefulreader
Noah's Child | Eric-Emmanuel Schmitt
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I couldn‘t sleep last night so I pulled out my kindle and read this short novella. It was a perfect choice as it is a gentle and touching story of a Jewish child who is hidden in Belgium during World War II. Despite its subject matter, it was neither saccharine nor overly sentimental, nor filled with horror. Instead it is a book about hope and sacrifice and the goodness of many everyday people. It was a perfect read for the current climate.

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Dilara
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I *think* this is my last Dutch recipe: kibbeling: https://www.196flavors.com/netherlands-kibbeling/
They're basically bite-size battered fish. They're less of a faff than full-size battered fish and the addition of a spice rub was nice. The recipe called for a full tablespoon of ground bay leaf, which I felt was a lot, so I only put a fraction, and still it was all I could taste! Will make again.
#Netherlands #FoodandLit
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Dilara I also made deep-fried mushrooms with the left over batter, as well as fries and aïoli, or “knoflook saus“ 😁. And served all this nutritional nightmare with lettuce 😇 As the French name for this type of lettuce is “batavia“, it felt right 😅 3w
Bookwormjillk Well as long as you added lettuce 😂 3w
Catsandbooks Yum! 2w
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Dilara
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Last week, I made kletskoppen, using this online recipe: https://www.thespruceeats.com/classic-kletskoppen-recipe-1128529 and not the tagged book. I divided the amounts by 10. The batter spread so much it ended up being 1 giant rectangular cookie, that I then cut into pieces. I was hoping they'd be like almond thins, but lacier. The flavour profile was v. similar, but they were thicker and really hard. I've got to try again and concentrate!

Dilara Loved the flavour, had to dip them in coffee to not lose a tooth 😂
#Netherlands #FoodandLit
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Texreader Oh dear!! I look forward to hearing about your second attempt! 3w
Catsandbooks Still looks good! 3w
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Dilara
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As it's Sunday, I made Dutch Sunday Soup, from the tagged book. It is made with whatever vegetables are in season (I used leek, carrots, celeriac, celery, Jerusalem artichokes and romanesco), small pieces of beef, veal meatballs flavoured with nutmeg, and vermicelli. Perfectly fine.
#Netherlands #FoodandLit
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Texreader Yum!! 4w
Catsandbooks Tasty! 🇳🇱 4w
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Susanita
The White Lady: A Novel | Jacqueline Winspear
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I don‘t know exactly what this #snowycover has to do with the book I just read, but it was a very interesting story. #25alive

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks 🙌🏻🤍📚 1mo
Graywacke The cover isn‘t related to the book? It‘s oddly evocative of the novel Peace by Richard Bausch. 1mo
Eggs 🩶❄️🖤 4w
Susanita @Graywacke There‘s definitely clandestine activity, but I don‘t remember any of it happening in a snowy forest. It‘s a nice cover though. 4w
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