pickBig-hearted bass guitarist Rainy lives with his book-loving wife Lark in a small community on the banks of Lake Superior, where it's still just about possible to live in relative happiness despite the deterioration of the world--until it isn't. A heartbreaking, hopeful story, as big-hearted as Rainy himself, even in the face of arbitrary cruelty and rampant injustice.
pickJust finished, this being our last day of a 6-day trek from KS thru MO+KY to a wedding in TN. Homeward bound took us more southern thru AL, MS, LA to last night with friends in AR. These flowers are at her house 💖 I started this book in earnest, thanking the road gods that I can read in a moving vehicle. LOVED this! Adored Rainy & Lark, eager/scared to follow escape and trials of sailing “Flower” to freedom unknown. #May2025 Book42 #dystopia
“… our job always and forever (is) to refuse Apocalypse in all its forms and work cheerfully against it.” #Resist #PushbackagainsttheNonsense
I also like “Her kindness was like water over smooth stones.” #BeKind
Pic of Louisiana bayou.
“I liked imagining F‘s world, … its appreciation for pies, its competent mariners and tonking diesels.”
LOVE all the pie references and this is now in the running for my annual Pie in Literature award 🏆
(Ignore the other block! I got confused 😵💫)
No one cheerfully refuses pie! Yesterday was Blueberry Pie Day, but I made a mixed fruit crumb top instead.
A break from all my backgrounds of spring flowers. My first Lief Enger; this is for the Tournament of Favorites. I volunteered to be an alternate judge.
pickIf you enjoyed Peace Like a River, this novel by Enger will have a familiar (and yet very different) feel to the writing. A dystopian novel, an odyssey, and an unlikely found family relationship, this cli-fi is a warning and a threat. Full review at http://booknaround.blogspot.com/2024/10/review-i-cheerfully-refuse-by-leif-enger...
#CoverStories
Three #Lake titles from my stacks. I‘ve read the first only, the tagged & bottom book are in my Kindle TBR. 🌊
Wow, all #tob25 for this month's favorites. It either says something about the quality of the longlist, or it's just a reflection of the fact that I read most of this month's books from the longlist so my favorites are statistically more likely to be from among those titles.
#WeeklyFavorites @Read4life
