And my #BookSpinBingo board for May. I think I'll manage two 😁
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And my #BookSpinBingo board for May. I think I'll manage two 😁
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Not the tagged book, but my #Bookspin doesn't seem to be in the database ? It's the second translated book by Nastassja Martin.
Bora Chungs "Cursed Bunny" is my #Doublespin ?
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pickRefreshing, original, uplifting, charming. A testament to the magic of confidence! Written in 2012, but takes place in the 1980‘s, and the references to the trends and technology was a fun throwback. This was my #ReadOrDonate selection for April. Usually I donate them once I‘ve read them, but I‘m keeping this one. 🇫🇷
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Next up! A little book I know nothing about. Spotted in Half Price Books and felt compelled to take it home with me.
pickThis was a delightful read, although I wanted to strangle her husband most of the way. Lily lost her job and decided to move up her dream of moving to the country in France. Her husband said “no” and despite his promises, would never be willing to do it. Lily left anyway and her adventure began, with her hoping her husband would join her.
pick“Listen” is a Dutch book that has won many literary prizes and I read as an audio. It‘s about a Dutch girl who becomes an au-pair in Paris in the early ‘90s. We also know it‘s a story about 2015, the year Paris was shook up by the Charlie Hebdo attack at the beginning of the year and suicide bombers in November. We know this but not what‘s the connection between them. An engaging read, I hope it will be translated!
pick4/5
In this short book (90 pages), Annie Ernaux recounts the life of her mother, a woman with ambition, who like her daughter, changed social status (one of the major theme of Annie Ernaux).
Ernaux's writing is very factual, bare, distanced. Some parts read like photographs, a description of a short moment in life.
Another theme: mother-daughter relationship in this context of socio-economical growth.
bailedHere‘s my review for a book I just DNF‘d. It‘s ridiculous how long the second chapter was. I was still reading the second chapter today at the park when I was walking my dog and the investigation for the murder is still going on so I decided that I had enough.
Release date: 4/29/24
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The chapters in this book don‘t have chapter numbers. Instead, they are labeled The First Day, The Second Day, The Third Day, The Fourth Day and The Fifth Day. I‘ve already read The First Day. Now, I‘m reading The Second Day. I‘ve been reading this chapter all night and I‘m still not done yet. Will this chapter ever end? If it doesn‘t end, I‘m going to DNF this book because this is ridiculous. It shouldn‘t take all night to read 1 chapter.
