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I'm so sorry to clutter your feed with a picture of a lemon ?, but I couldn't resist buying this amazing fruit, it looked so tempting! Now, to justify buying it, I'm making a White Lady cocktail ?, and to justify posting about it, I'm going to read the story in which I first came across the drink, Tove Jansson's eponymous "White Lady" from the tagged story collection ???
#BooksAndBooze

I read this collection yesterday & found many to be relatable & humorous. Awkward life comics along the lines of Sarah Andersen.

https://youtu.be/q_vh4fLZnVk?si=Aaatp2VVoO9C0JBA

Introduction

Mystery guest

Week in Review

An experiment

Cormorant Lake by Faith Merino

Summer by Edith Wharton

This book was a rather odd but delightful journey around Finland. I was by turns baffled by the main character Vatanen‘s choices and amused by the resulting events. Compared to much of my reading it was a generally lighter and entertaining read, although Vatanen does make some choices that get him into a some serious scrapes.

#ReadAroundTheWorld #ReadTheWorld #Finland #1001books #audiobook #translated

This short novel was my #bookspin for February. I'm not sure I quite know what it is about Tove Jansson's books that appeals to me so much. These characters made me want to revisit the Moomin books. I assume that Jonna, like Too-Ticky in the Moomin stories, was based on Tuulikki Pietilä. If you like The Summer Book, I think you'd like this, too.

Artistic and deceptively simple, this is about work and creativity and love. It‘s a slim novel of interconnected short stories. This has been on my TBR shelf for a couple of years, but thanks to #BookSpin I can now move it to my Read shelf! This was my #DoubleSpin pick ✅

#wondrouswednesday
Thanks to @Eggs @eeclayton

1. I did OK on my (loose) goals:
Participate in all #FoodandLit challenges: I read a book for every month ✔, but I sometimes cheated a bit on the home cooking front
Read books set in the Creuse department of France: ✔
I am happy with my progress w/ my Global Challenge (https://www.librarything.com/topic/338585): I added a few countries to the list, and reached the 5-book goal for some ✔
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Still enjoying Gorge d‘or (golden throat - after a place in Finland with a mountain side that looks like a golden-throated bear). Shown next to the toy tea set I got for the grandchild and the lovely Xmas rooibos I received.

#midwintersolace
1. Tagged book, set in the primary forests of Finland. I didn't choose this read specifically for the season/solstice, but it contains descriptions of winter that are quite fitting 😁 (it's not a winter read, though - there are pages on every season)
2. No
3. No, but we're more likely to enjoy a bit of communal reading where everybody has their nose in the books they got for Christmas.

Just to give you an idea of how thick the fog is right now, here's a photo of the novel I am reading, right in front of my window...