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RaeLovesToRead
Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu

Yeah, I'm kidding myself with this one. This is clearly not the book I should be reading right now.

Not a DNF! Just... on hiatus!

I will rejoin the narrative when I feel more inclined to take a philosophical journey up my own 🍑

This book isn't bad, but it is sombre, creepy, scratchy, parasitic, windy, and dense.

If you're after some existential dread, this will be your jam!

RaeLovesToRead @Leniverse Did you ever finish this in the end? 4d
Leniverse No, but I really want to! I read 60 pages or so, and then put it on hiatus (as you say) and there it has remained. I think about it a lot, but there's always another book I need to finish first. Maybe I should bring it to Gladstones 😅 4d
RaeLovesToRead @Leniverse Hahaha, God no... although if you go into an existential tailspin we can always revive you with carrot cake? 😅💕 4d
Leniverse What better place for a literature induced existential crisis? 😂 But no, I'll probably go for slightly quicker reads. 4d
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RaeLovesToRead
Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu
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Spiralling this week. Full of regret and confusion and sadness.

Going to submerge myself in the surreal, experimental narrative that Cărtărescu has created here.

TheKidUpstairs I'm so sorry you're having a hard time. Sending you 💓 to weather the storm! 1w
RaeLovesToRead @TheKidUpstairs Thanks 🫂 Don't feel too sorry for me though. A lot of my problems are my own fault. 1w
Leftcoastzen Hugs to you . Hope the hard times move along! 1w
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RaeLovesToRead @Leftcoastzen Speaking of things that aren't moving along... this book is so impenetrable!!!!!! 1w
julesG 🫂🫂🫂 And I'll be hugging you very hard next week, consider yourself warned. 1w
RaeLovesToRead @julesG I'm really looking forward to seeing you all 🫂💕 Don't squeeze too hard... there is likely to be sticky toffee pudding involved haha 1w
julesG 🤣🤣 1w
dabbe Even though you say your problems are your own fault, you still deserve hugs and hearts. Always 🧡🩶💜 1w
Dilara Sending you good vibes ☀ 🌷 🌈 1w
Susanita What @dabbe said. 🫂 1w
CSeydel @RaeLovesToRead Aren‘t those the worst kind, though? Sending you extra strength and love. ☀️💛 1w
dabbe @Susanita 💜🩶💛 1w
RaeLovesToRead @dabbe @Dilara @Susanita @CSeydel Thank you for your kindness 🫂 6d
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Gleefulreader
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Pickpick

A lovely and sad book about a young man - Lorenzo - who travels to Romania after the death of his mother who abandoned him years prior to chase her dreams (and lover) there. It‘s a quiet story of loss and memory and sorrow, and also a story of modern Romania and the impact of foreigners. Archipelago Press never disappoints.

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xicanti
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I wanted some sort of skillety thing for my birthday breakfast and the fancy place I planned to order from wouldn‘t let me ask them to leave out the red onions. Boo. I stopped off at Tim Horton‘s instead for a resoundingly adequate scramble box alongside my daily short story.

This collection is HEAVY. Manea‘s fiction draws on his experiences in a concentration camp; an important subject that many people obviously need a refresher on.

TheBookHippie Looks yummm 3mo
xicanti @TheBookHippie everything was good except the eggs, which needed a lot more (or any) seasoning). 3mo
TheBookHippie @xicanti I find this true unless I make the eggs!!! 🤣 3mo
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Ruthiella Happy Birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 Look delicious 😋 3mo
JessClark78 Happy Birthday! 🎊🎂🎉 3mo
BookmarkTavern Happy birthday!🎉🎈🎁🎂🎊 3mo
sarahbarnes Happy Birthday! 🎁 3mo
xicanti @sarahbarnes thank you! 3mo
BarbaraJean Happy Birthday!! 🎉 💜 🎉 3mo
xicanti @BarbaraJean thank you! 3mo
tpixie Happy belated birthday 🎂 2mo
xicanti @tpixie thank you! 2mo
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Graywacke
Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu
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Pickpick

Phew. My 5th book from the International #Booker longlist took some time, and some perseverance. It flows, it‘s just keep going. A schoolteacher learns of the layout of electrical solenoids connecting through Bucharest, becomes a mite messiah, floats two feet over his bed loses his way in every building, and turns into something like a sperm. Dear reader, you're left to decide what to make of this.
#IB2025

Suet624 Haha. Love this review. 5mo
Graywacke @Suet624 ☺️ 5mo
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BarbaraBB I am not sure I‘m going to read it… 5mo
Tamra Got this one for my husband because it sounds like it‘s right up his alley. 5mo
Graywacke @BarbaraBB it‘s a commitment. But you‘re my imagined fearless reader. You might love it. (Although Im finding the biggest fans grew up in Eastern Europe. Seems many feel they can relate) 5mo
Graywacke @Tamra just don‘t let him blame me! 😇 5mo
BarbaraBB Thank you, that‘s a huge compliment coming from you! Yet I do have some fear for such a chunkster! 5mo
sarahbarnes Great review! I just started this one and I‘m already tied in mental knots. It feels like a Pynchon novel. But I‘m strangely attracted to the story so we‘ll see how far I get…. 5mo
Graywacke @sarahbarnes you‘re just beginning the adventure. There are highs and lows. You have so much stuff ahead of you! 5mo
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Graywacke
Solenoide | Mircea C?rt?rescu
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Next international #booker book. I‘m about 20% in - it‘s long. #IB2025

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broughtyoubooks
Wildwood Dancing | Juliet Marillier
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Pickpick

I love this book. It was my most reread during middle school and rereading it now, 17 years on, hasn't changed it all that much. I'll hopefully be meeting Juliet at a convention soon, so the revisit was comforting. I've not yet read any of her other work so aiming to read some more before then.

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Chloeeberlein

“Sometimes, the hardest stories to tell are the ones that need to be told the most.”

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Chloeeberlein

Jozef faces the challenges of living in a war-torn world. As he deals with fear and loss, he discovers the power of storytelling to heal and inspire. This moving story shows that even in tough times, sharing our experiences can help us find hope and strength.