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My 1st book from this year's #NobelPrize winner. I was impressed by the first half, but disappointed that the narrator's quiet & moving story was pushed aside for almost straight non-fiction, admittedly also moving, and about events in #Korea's history that needed telling. So the fiction ended up being an artificial framing device for near-journalistic work. I was happy to read it all & learned a lot, but with a slight sense of frustration 😊

This month's #DoubleSpin just isn't doing it for me
#hailthebail

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Such a gorgeous Sunday! Hiked 2.7 miles this morning; of which the Grand did 2.2 before wanting her stroller--super impressed💞

And now I'm going to sit outside and start my #DoubleSpin before the fam comes for dinner.

I've inhaled the 1st 1/3 of this book partly set in the highlands of Jeju Island in 1 sitting. So glad the Nobel Prize spurred me to read Han Kang now rather than at an indefinite point in the future.

I love the pic of mountains in Jeju I got from Wikipedia. It's perfect for the current season where I live (although it's winter AND snowing in the book).

Poignant graphic novel about author‘s digging up what happened with her uncle in Nazi Germany in the small town of Kuhlsheim and what Heimat means (sense of belonging.). Worthwhile if you are into Germany like me.

Started a graphic novel on reckoning with her German history.

@TheBookHippie Thank you so much for my ##jolabokaflodswap package! I'm excited to dive into both the book and the chocolate drink. Merry Christmas Eve 🎄 @MaleficentBookDragon Thank you so much for hosting.

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Had to bail on this #bookspin. It wasn‘t at all what I‘d hoped it was and there are other books calling my name.