1. Forget-me-nots, primroses, gerbera, snowdrops
2. The cover of the German edition has flowers on the cover and reminds me of spring. The flowers, the colours - this cover feels like the essence of spring to me. 😊
🌸 Doing a previous #Two4Tuesday @TheSpineView 🌸
#spring #April #readinginspring #flowers
pickWhen I picked up this book I thought it was going to be a crime novel, after all the plot is about a journalist following the story of a food blogger that was convicted for killing 3 of her lovers. As I started reading it I found it slow and weird and that it seemed to be more about food and flavours. Eventually I realised that it's really about how the patriarchal Japanese society's expectations on women's position in society and their extreme ⬇️
pickThis was fascinating. It seems at the start like it's a series of unconnected stories, revolving around some weird sketched pictures. There are some surprising links, though -- I won't say more than that.
I ended up reading it all in one go.
so-soThere are better books out there but this book was entertaining enough for me to finish it. I wasn‘t in love with the writing or the characters, but it was a quick read and lighter than other material I‘m making my way through right now so that‘s why I kept it in rotation. It was recommended by Scout (the Fable AI bird) and hit the mark for my prompt.
pickHeartwarming stories aren‘t normally my jam but toss them in with time travel, and a coffee shop in Japan and I‘m in! I‘m not 100% sure I‘ll keep going with the others in the series but I have enjoyed the first two books.
I‘ve been rearranging rooms in my house and purging stuff. I created a little reading nook and it makes my heart happy when I walk into the family room. I have not read a single book on this bookshelf 😂
pickMy mom said Pachinko was a MUST READ and it‘s been on my TBR list for about a year now. Recently I‘d asked Scout (the AI Fable bird) for books based in Japan and this book overlapped as a suggestion. I just finished it and my heart is in my throat. It is beautiful and sad and tells a history that is not well-known. It‘s a lot to process but while I sift through my thoughts, I already know this book will remain as one of my top favorite reads.
My birthday #bookhaul is a pretty good one! Checked out a new bookstore that opened in the Austin area, Flutter, which specializes in romance. It was quite lovely, though nearly an hour away so not sure how often I‘ll make the trek. All in all, a pretty great day!
