pickThis was a very difficult but important read. It‘s a non-fiction account of a variety of events in Ukraine and Russia dating back to the 1920s. The author was an Italian artist who lived and traveled around the area in the early 2000s. Really powerful (and terribly heartbreaking) stories with strong art work. The brutality of events, assassinations of journalists, communities starving to death and the violence are openly laid out for us to read 💔
Forgive my disgusting laptop screen (it needs to be cleaned). Trying to finish up book riot 2025 challenge led me to this book which is pretty powerful and probably shouldn‘t be read on a device but rather in print.
Getting started on buddy reads for next year #europacollective I love this cover and reading in bed #whatdayisit
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Here it is, #PersephoneClub … our 2026 #BuddyRead list! Thank you all for your nominations and votes and we‘ll see you in February.
Here it is, #PersephoneClub … our 2026 reading list! Thank you all for your nominations and votes and we‘ll see you in February. 👏
(Please take note of the new list of members ( ⬇️) when tagging your posts).
rubyslippersreads, quietjenn, Caryl, CarolynM, daena, LeahBergen, elkeOriginal, Gissy, Tamra, Teresereading, andrew61, Cathythoughts, Bookbuyingaddict, willaful
#DashingThruDecember Day 15: All the pizzookies put together look like #Candy - especially the Dubai chocolate. 🍫
#DashingThruDecember Day 11: I found my favorite #HolidayCocktail and our #EuropaCollective pick for January here in the Bay Area. Let the winter break begin! Now if only my blasted colds will go away right about now.
pickInformative and quite interesting. It is rather melancholy that many of the exiles believed Navalny was their best hope for an opponent to Putin. Navalny died in prison after this was published.
pick4.5/5
This memoir-novel is a slap in the face. The author recounts her childhood and teenage years in Russia. It's not pretty... Quite sad, and aggravating. Sexual violence is omnipresent, the writing style is direct, uncompromising. We feel for the author, but despite it all, she managed to add some humor in her book. The daughter-mother dynamic is also quite interesting. I'm always impressed by authors divulging so much about their trauma.
December 2025 #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin
Thanks @TheAromaofBooks
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