pickSo glad that I finally read this. Love that this work of art was given a fictional story that now sheds a different light on this painting by Vermeer when I view it. Loved this and it should be a classic.
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pickSo glad that I finally read this. Love that this work of art was given a fictional story that now sheds a different light on this painting by Vermeer when I view it. Loved this and it should be a classic.
pickA compelling novel about two women drawn together in post-war Netherlands. This gripped me & I kept wanting to get back to it. Strong writing & the characters were well developed, flawed & complex. Isabel was deeply prickly & unlikeable but I was invested in what happened. It veered on overwrought for me towards the end, a little unrealistic. But I loved the portrait of a family, slice of history & exact writing.
pickThis book is slow to build. While reading it you know from the famous painting that Griet will be the subject of a painting. It‘s a cometary on woman of her time. Griet doesn‘t have much choices, she could have been a great artist herself I think. I think the ending was perfection; she has given herself something just for her. I feel everyone in this story was using her and wonder what her life would have been in another time. Excellent book.
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pickWhat an incredible life she lived. To God be the glory.
so-soMarch 2025 Book #8 last book read in March
I know this book was well accepted and won The Booker Price 2024 but I liked it not loved it. It didn‘t work for me. But I have to say that I like the writing style, it was the story that I didn‘t like much. Maybe my perspective about the relationship between these two women is different. I don‘t know but I saw a toxic dysfunctional relationship very manipulative and convenient. ⬇️
pickFor some reason, I love a “let‘s explore the Arctic, oops we got stuck in the ice!” story, and this one is the last voyage of William Barents. There‘s a whole lot of polar bears here, showing them as truly bold predators and the sailors going to every length possible to kill and sometimes mutilate the bears (it was a little hard to listen to). I finished the book on our walk today, so I figured I‘d show you Bindi with the elk antler she found.
