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Train reading! Starting the next Tove Johansson: Fair Play. The first two in the Author Spotlight, organized and hosted by Sarah @HardcoverHearts were great reads, so my hopes are up for this third one.

The True Deceiver was the second book we read in the Tove Jansson Author Spotlight Series, which are group reads, organized and hosted by Sarah @HardcoverHearts .
Again an amazing novel, this one set during a dark winter in Scandinavia. Who is the true deceiver among the small village people? It ends with a satisfying answer.

The longest short novel I have ever read. And it snowed the whole time.

A very enjoyable read with memorable characters. Written in short vignettes, it is easy to pick up for short reading sessions. 🇫🇮

Lovely.
An island, a grandmother, granddaughter, loss and love.

The Summer Book was the first book we read this month for the Tove Jansson Author Spotlight.

This is a unique story about the relationship of a grandmother and her granddaughter Sophia, set on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland during a warm summer.

Told in beautiful prose, it deals with life and death, old and young, nature, resilience and loss.
A great first meeting with Jansson!

The Author Spotlight series is hosted by @HardcoverHearts

Moominland Midwinter was my pick for February, given that I read and loved it first. But I can see Giving Up the Ghost potentially sweeping the whole board.

I‘ll tag each of the remaining books below (to make it easy for anyone who may be considering adding them to their TBR).

#ReadingBracket2025

Today is the start of the Tove Jansson reading group in the Author Spotlight Series, organized by Sarah @HardcoverHearts starting with The Summer Book.

I have never read anything by Tove Jansson, so I‘m very curious!