pickI have not read this author‘s first book, but i absolutely fell in love with this one. Magical and historical and so, so interesting to read! ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
pickI loved Mark Adams' writing style and it made the long treks to this spectacular place in the world, entertaining, informative, and easy to imagine you're right there with them.
so-soRaiders of the Lost Ark meets Dianetics. Some of the spiritual philosophy was actually interesting. But the whole government/church intrigue story was just dumb.
35/62
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The tagged book/author. Reading it was very immersive. I feel like it takes tons of creativity just to write at all, but way more to be that good. #two4tuesday
A nice evening to start my #Bookspin out-of-doors 📖
pickA collection of very short stories, all in some way inspired by “marciano“ a word that can either mean popsicle or Martian. In each the characters have extra-ordinary reactions to ordinary happenings. It is impressive how the author can evoke an entire story, completely unsettling the reader, in a few pages, but there is also a slight distance, such that any impressions left quickly melted away.
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Huacos are potteries left in pre-Columbian burial sites, too often pillaged by Europeans “explorers“ and “archeologists“ such as the author's great-grandfather. Gabriela Wiener does not look like her French/Austrian ancestor: her face is reminiscent of huacos, in colour & features. In this autofiction, she writes about family & world history, her personal life, relationships, racism, colourism, decolonialism & sex.
