Welcome to Litsy!

I really liked this attempt to tell the story of Gudrid Thorbjarnardóttir in her own words, for the most part. There were a few stylistic bits I disliked (the bits in italics), and some of the (one-sided) conversations between her and Agnar were a bit too long, but I loved the affection that grew up between them that was very obvious despite the way the story is told.

Eight books read in July while still making my way through chunksters Kristin Lavransdatter (#KLBR) and Little Dorrit (#whattheDickens). Stats:

1 book finished for last month‘s #foodandlit #Greenland
3 books for #foodandlit #Peru
1 book for #authoramonth (Virginia Wolff)
2 books for #campLitsy, including the tagged book, best book of the year so far

Not as visually appealing as the Peruvian food 😂
But we made the food for #FoodAndLit #Greenland (which should have been last month, but I was too hot to make it haha).

So here we have a fish casserole (substituting cod for halibut. Couldn‘t find it anywhere) with a hot potato salad. It was different. I kind of liked it? But probably wouldn‘t make it again 🤣

“But every person has to learn to accept what has happened in the past. Without bitterness. Or there is no point in continuing with life.”

Hidden ice world meets light of day wider world! Setting: Greenland, in the future beyond…

#Read2025
#Bookspinbingo
#Pantone2025

As far as histories about fish go, this is top notch. But it‘s, well, a history about fish. This book covers the economic history of the market for cod, starting with the Basque of Spain through cod‘s depletion in our lifetime. We learn a lot about the cod itself and countless ancient and newer recipes for all things cod. Having toured the ancient Hanseatic Museum in Norway, I expected a lot more detail about the economics of cod. I just felt ⬇️

I doubt I‘ve ever tried to read six books at the same time. But here I am giving it a try! It‘s too hard to pass up a good reading challenge! And I haven‘t even started my books I‘ve picked out for #Authoramonth this month.

#campLitsy #Greenland #Peru #foodandlit #whatthedickens #klbr #doorstopkirstin

The blog I got this recipe from says it‘s a Greenlandic recipe, but didn‘t provide a whole lot of further detail. I overcooked the fish (maybe because it was also was without its skin…sorry), but the sauce and vegetables were so good. I‘ll definitely be making it again.

I‘m nowhere near finishing the book, but I hope to get through it quickly before moving on to Peru. #FoodAndLit

I got one bingo! Woot! I usually don't read enough make bingo. Melt by Robbi McCoy was my Book Spin. It was an ok book.

#BookspinBingo @TheAromaofBooks

June was a good month for reading, thanks to a mostly restful vacation where I finished 7 of these 11 books. I tagged my favorite of the month. Stats:

7 for #Greenland #foodandlit (1 doing double duty with #authoramonth)
3 for #serieslove (double duty with #foodandlit)
2 for #authoramonth (plus 1 finished in May)
2 for #campLitsy
1 for #klbr

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I‘m really enjoying these novellas about the #Greenland missing persons department. I hope I can find more that have been translated to English. #FoodAndLit