A very different experience than the Perry Mason novels, though Gardner‘s trademark dialogue and crime schemes are both evident.
A very different experience than the Perry Mason novels, though Gardner‘s trademark dialogue and crime schemes are both evident.
A man in the final stages of cancer tries to reach his native #Montenegro to die. He is pursued in the forest and the mountains by a group 2 men soon to turn into a mob. This novella was a random find at the bookshop and I was bowled over.
#Serbia
Pic of Čvrsnica by Ante Perkovic, via Wikimedia bc I couldn't find one of Prekornica from a free source
pickI‘ve been unusually busy with work, and the month is just going to great crazier with a ton of upcoming 16 hour shifts…. So it‘s hard for me to review or post updates with every book I read for the #BigJuneReadathon. For now, I‘m going to post updates like this every couple of days.
Thanks to a little #graphicnovel #comic session, I am way ahead of schedule, having finished 31/55 books.🌼
One from my TBR stacks. I learned of this when it was longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize. Sounds fascinating.
#Mountain #SavvySettings
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Can't find this cover in goodreads, but I love it. A friend sent me this paperback pub‘d in 1966 (story orig 1953!) Love this pic of my Oscar. He is missed; he was the goodest.
pick‘The land behing god‘s back‘. That‘s what #Montenegro calls itself. A forgotten land filled with mountains and stones and always defending itself against foreign aggressors.
This is the story of Wolf, a mountain boy and the architect of a bridge over the river Tara to make Montenegro more accessible. Shortly after the bridge is finished WWII starts and the bridge has to be destructed to protect the country once again.
#ReadingEurope2020 🇲🇪
#WeeklyForecast 45/20
I took this picture earlier and in the mean time have finished Leave the World Behind. Not worth the hype - as so often. Why can I still not resist those over hyped books?!
The Land Behind God‘s Back is what people in Montenegro call their country and I am reading this book for #ReadingEurope2020.
Next will be one I cannot resist any longer and fortunately it‘s my #doublespin: Maybe You Should Talk to Someone.
pickThis was such a refreshing read. 🐱💚
Nala is an abandoned kitty who Dean finds while biking through Europe. The two form an incredible bond and this book follows their adventures and the friends they make along the way. Loved it! 💜💜💜
Bonus- it helped with #ReadingEurope2020 @Librarybelle @BarbaraBB
#Georgia #Azerbaijan #Bosnia #Montenegro #Greece #Turkey (I only used two of these, but shared in case others need them.)
pickThis was an interesting but often tedious short book written by an English journalist in the 1990s—the height of the Balkan crises. In a way it is dated, much has changed, but this book chronicles why & how this region split into a myriad of small countries. I read it for #readingeurope2020 #Montenegro and I certainly learned more about that country than I would have thought. The book is peppered with references, plus a chapter devoted to it & ⬇️
