pickGod, I love how she tells a story!
Without intending to, I ended up reading back-to-back pandemic books. The other was for library book group and had all the close-quartered sameness of that time. In contrast, ES delivers another of her quiet books and lets its rich and capacious interiority sing out.
pickThis is a story told through alternating timelines including Matthew in the U.S. in 2020 and 3 cousins in Soviet Ukraine and the U.S. in the 1930s. Mila has grown up never knowing want and believing the party propaganda, Nadiya‘s family has starved in the Holdomor but she manages to show up at Mila‘s door to ask for help, and Helen‘s family has immigrated to the U.S. but is still in touch with Nadiya.
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pickI loved rereading this. The audiobook was wonderful. I started it New Year‘s Eve and on January 1st I caught COVID for the first time. It has made reading this (her book about COVID) far more interesting! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
I‘m having a lazy, post-Christmas day. Reading (and napping) with my dog close by. Good book so far!
December 27, 2024.
pickThis is really well written. Somehow the author pulls 9/11 and the pandemic into a mystery of sorts centered around economically privileged people who seem ridiculous at times but not comically. It's good. Definitely recommend.
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pickI enjoyed this collection of pandemic stories, even though---like the days during lockdown---the stories tend to blend into one another. In these stories, Doyle explores with sensitivity issues of connection, estrangement, vulnerability, mental illness, substance abuse, and grief. I know a lot of people still don't like revisiting that time, but I find it intriguing and therapeutic to look back at those years that have influenced so much.
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1️⃣ I have always wanted to go to The Galapagos. 💙💚💙
2️⃣ This book is partially set there & in my #TBR 🐢💚
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