so-soHerzog's diary of his three-week walk from Munich to Paris to visit his dying friend, the film critic Lotte Eisner. This could have been a low pick. I've always loved Herzog's eye for the dismal and his bleak, deadpan observations, but I admit I found my mind wandering at times. It reads exactly like what it is - a personal journal, not originally intended for publication - and can feel rambling and unfocused.
pickA Christmas time reread - even though I remembered how the puzzle pieces went together, I really enjoyed revisiting.
pickWith this clever little novella finished today I have finished all but 2 of my #bookspin and #doublespin books for the year.
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so-soNot my favorite historical fiction read. Characters weren't very likable, writing was okay. There was a bit of a plot twist at the end and though it got off to a slow start I did become invested in finishing it.
Another cocoa morning with the pups in snowy Virginia. ☕️ 🐕 🔥 📖 🎄
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For sad, This is all: the pillow book of Cordelia Kenn
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My first favorite of December is this quiet Italian novel about a mother and wife rethinking her life and writing about it in a diary that she keeps hidden from her family because they wouldn‘t approve her having her own thoughts. It‘s good!
I blasted through another ten volumes this week, which means I‘m over halfway through revisiting my 130-volume journal! Now it‘s time for a break. I‘ve covered twenty-five volumes since November 23rd and I‘m burnt out on this project.
Tomorrow, THEY burn. I‘d do it tonight, but it‘s late enough I might alarm the neighbours.
(ETA NB: two of these notebooks were made from old book covers. I didn‘t burn novels.)
pickIt‘s the 1950s in Italy, a country recovering from WWII. Valeria is 43, her children are grown up and she works and takes care of the family. Then she buys a notebook and from the moment she starts writing in it, she starts questioning everything in her life. Her marriage, motherhood, the expectations she had of her life. Is this all? The unrest grows along with her entries in her forbidden notebook.
My December #Bookspin (20) is a seasonal #MoodRead from books that I already own and my #DoubleSpin (10) is The Christmas Guest by Peter Swanson. I've been wanting to try something by him, so this little seasonal novella might be a good intro into his work.
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