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I finished Midnight‘s Children, after 32 somewhat difficult hours of reading. And then started this 800 page monster. But, it‘s easy reading after Rushdie.

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Introduction
Mystery guest
Weekly review
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Loop Tracks by Sue Orr
Where I Live Now: A Journey through Love and Loss to Healing and Hope by Sharon Butala
Dream State by Eric Puchner
During the Reign of the Queen of Persia by Joan Chase
The Mighty Red by Louise Erdrich
The Unselected Journals of Emma M. Lion: Vol. 5 by Beth Brower

Marguerite, a New Zealander, married a bedouin back in the seventies and lived with him in his cave raising their three children.
This was such an insight and very refreshing to read such an energetic and positive memoir from the region.

It was also interesting as the bedouin were telling me about their clashes in recent years with the authorities who have pushed them from their caves to housing units and how they have commercialised Petra.

This book is sort of light on plot but I thoroughly enjoyed it. I loved the characters and it's very funny. Read for June #bookclub.

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This was such a sweet, funny book and just what I needed in the midst of my usual heavier reads. The writing is laugh out loud funny much of the time and the story is quite endearing. The end felt a tad rushed with all the various storylines, but overall definitely a pick. 💕💕

'It is the loneliness which is so appalling. We whirl along like leaves, and nobody knows -nobody cares where we fall, in what black river we float away.'

This book has so many little snippets of text that i just love so much. It's almost poetical! Beautifully written.

Another cold, rainy day this May 🙄 so the cats and I have opted for naps and reading. A former Litten sent this novel to me years ago, and today, I decided to read it. Hard to say why now! 🤷
The MC has left her life behind and flown to NZ to stay at a farm owned by a poet she met once. She is not okay! The story is moving between her present journey and the past events that led her to run away.
So far, so good.

This book was a reminder of why I love StoryGraph‘s reading challenges so much. I never would have discovered such a lovely story without #52bookclub25‘s bonus prompt: set in New Zealand. It‘s a mystery that will break your heart to pieces. The author did a fantastic job of bringing the struggles of caring for someone with Alzheimer‘s to the page. I couldn‘t put this book down.

The audiobook was great. She brought Emily‘s emotions to life.