pickWow. Alma, the main character of this thought-provoking short novel, is a maddening mess of a person. There aren't many characters and everything is told from Alma's perspective, so the other characters are either unlikable or sympathetic depending on how annoyed I was with Alma. I ended up loving the book, despite Alma, and I hope Slawomira is okay (yes, I know she's fictional).
pickBOYHOOD ISLAND. Volume three of Karl Ove Knausgaard's landmark autobiographical novelization series MY STRUGGLE. The choice of title for this volume invites some rather interesting speculation. Knausgaard, in this title refers to his childhood as an "island", an entity seperated from the spatial continuity of the territorial map of his life....(continued in comments)
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pickThird book completed off my #AuldLangSpine list from @Deblovestoread . It was a bit of a strange read for me—I enjoyed it while I was reading it but was never in a hurry to pick it back up again after I put it down. I did appreciate the historical aspects that drove me to Google to discover what really happened with the witch trials in Finnmark in 1617-1619.
pickThis short novel adeptly illustrated the fears, insecurities and flaws of two adult sisters coming together for a holiday at their family cabin. I felt deeply for both of them throughout the story while also cringing at the ways they often showed up. An uncomfortable and insightful read. #ToB2023longlist
pickMy last #ALSpine read this month was definitely the heaviest. I had to stop in the middle for two days to catch my breath.
Bergljot endured sexual abuse at the hands of her father that her sisters did not. She separated herself from her family after undergoing therapy, but she gets drawn back into their orbit when there is a dispute about inheritance after his death. Hjorth‘s writing is realistic and well informed by current trauma theories.
pickWhen I read the blurb for this I knew it would be right up my street. It did not disappoint! I was hooked from the beginning, a beautifully written story of some incredible women. What more could you want?
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pickThis was only a short book (I read it in one sitting) but it packed a powerful punch in terms of the veracity of the familial relationships portrayed.
40 year old Ida goes on holiday to her family‘s Norwegian cabin, where making sense of her life leads to conflicts with the rest of her family.
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