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At my husband‘s suggestion after talking about quiet fiction…..I‘m going to start this one.

It‘s a crying shame lilacs wilt so quickly after cutting because the fragrance is divine.

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PROMPT: COUSINS' DAY

HISTORICAL FICTION - ROMANCE - WWII

Who is cousin Olivia? Rebecca remembered visiting her a few times when she was a child.

Finding letters from cousin Olivia addressed to her mother pleading for help had Rebecca on her way to Olivia‘s house.

FULL REVIEW: https://tinyurl.com/4487pfca

The prospect of Internet Archive closing is devastating.When you don't have access to good libraries(or any libraries),it's a wonderful resource and provides you with a wide world of books,several not easily available.These are just a few of the incredible books I've read from it.

I just finished my February #bookspin title, better late then never! ☺️

Slow to start, I almost gave up less than halfway through. But since I am reluctant to DNF any book I pushed through and was pleasantly surprised by a wonderfully poignant second half. The writing is lovely and the descriptions of Cornwall itself are so vivid and add to the atmospheric nature of the book. I especially enjoyed reading about young Olivia during WWII. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

I found this book on my bookshelf and chose it to read for the #LibraryThing challenge to read a book by an author born in #NorthAfrica. I‘d read and enjoyed books by this author before, but many years ago. I find this book intriguing. It‘s background is political, referring many times back to the #Egyptian Revolution in 1952. I had to look this up in order to give this read better context. I‘m glad I did.

It‘s been a wonderful Thanksgiving week, and tonight I‘m thankful for a quiet evening with good food and a book. This book‘s been on my list for a bit, and I finally started it today. So far, other than not particularly liking the narrator‘s mother, I‘m enjoying it and the descriptions of Morocco.

#1001books #ReadingAfrica2022 #Morocco #ReadingTheWorld #ReadTheWorld #ReadAndEat

It‘s a very good book about some American travelers that run in to trouble in the Sahara in the late 1940‘s. The only thing I didn‘t like about the story is that the ending is somewhat ambiguous for my liking.

Last night I made my first dish from the tagged book: cheese & sweet chermoula eggplant. I think my eggplant half was a little too thick; the top layer was delicious, but the chermoula didn‘t add any flavour to the bottom, even though I crosshatched the vegetable‘s flesh. Next time, I‘ll try to really dribble the sauce down into the creases and see if I get a better result.

From my tbr list.

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