pick#SchoolSpirit Day 13: Dorothy dreamed of being in charge of “a fine brick library” similar to the one they had in her Massachusetts hometown. She pursued this dream and went to Radcliffe College and went off to library school. Soon after #graduation, however, she fell in love and her life took on a different path as she and her husband moved to a farm. My review: https://wp.me/pDlzr-4jb
It‘s not my habit to buy new books because I get so many from the library and Lord only knows when I‘ll actually read these, but I‘m so happy to have them. Europa Editions rarely steers me wrong and I‘ve really liked Chidgey‘s work before so I‘m looking forward to it. And of course The God of the Woods has been getting lots of love lately. 💕💕💕
so-soThis story ebbs more than it flows. Only the protagonist is fleshed out.
pickThe latest instalment in the Hirsch series, set in the borderland where rural becomes outback, involves a missing backpacker, a body in a suitcase, a family of petty crooks & the online world of bullying, scamming & racist, ableist propaganda. It takes place during the Covid-19 pandemic & I really liked the way that fact of life is used. This is such a good series. TW in spoiler comment. #ozfiction
I‘ve declared Friday my lunchtime reading day, in an attempt to actually read *something* in a week.
Really loving this book. But it‘s Way Too Big!!
I finally started my PASTORAL reread last night! When I first read RING, the final book in the interconnected cycle that starts here, I called it a book to fully inhabit. Revisiting the quincunx in publication order, it occurs to me that all Alexis‘s books are like that. I hope I‘ll have the time to really wallow in this one later today.
pickHad a day sick in bed and this was the most uplifting, well-rounded & charming piece of fiction one could read. Huge applause to the the author for such wonderful character development of Tama the magpie (our story narrator) and perhaps humans might see these clever birds differently from now on. We love you #tama ! 🖤
If anyone needs a slow, gentle read, this is quite gorgeous and very relatable (even the bits about chipboard!)
Interviews with the remaining residents of a small village in Sweden, laid out as poetry. It reminds me of an up-to-date version Ewen Maccoll‘s Radio Ballads but on paper.
This was last year‘s joint winner (with Tomb of Sand ❤️) of the Warwick Prize from Women in Translation- this year‘s should be kicking off in the next few weeks.
This week‘s library haul. I wanted to reread André Alexis‘s full quincunx in publication order in September, but somebody else nabbed the only copy of PASTORAL as soon as I went to request it and they kept it out for the full three weeks. Now it‘s finally MINE!
I also realized I had no idea what was even nominated for the Hugo this year, so I looked that up and I‘m gonna tackle the list over the next month or two.
