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.
My library hold came in 🎉
I really want to read it now.😁
It‘s 803 pages long😳
This will not be coming on the train with me tomorrow 😞
And it looks Soooo good! Oh well.
pickGripping story set in small Australian rural community during the pandemic. I love this series.
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