pickNumber 4 in the Sandhamn Murders series. There's only a bit part for the island in this one, with the neighbouring island of Korso playing a bigger part. An intriguing mystery and some happy developments in Norah and Thomas's lives.
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panSimon‘s Family had the ingredients I usually love—family saga, multiple POVs—but the jumps in time and murky relationships left me more confused than compelled. Many readers adore its sparse style, but I just couldn‘t connect. A miss for me. ⭐️💫 1.5/5 ❤️📚
pickMissing child, broken father. An outsider magician and insider woman. Generations of trauma. The hunger of water. Never turn your back on the ocean. I highly recommend Lindqvest and this book.
pickThis is Stridsberg‘s newest novel and it‘s not in the database so tagging her breakthrough novel. This is my first Stridsberg, but I‘ve wanted to read her for years
This is a family saga, both told backwards and forwards.
It‘s the 1900s and Laura has just given birth and telling two men that they‘re the father. This part is told as on a dream
In the present, our protagonist is telling us about her life, parents and grandparents, and these
pickIt's bizarre books like this that make me want to live in Sweden (or anywhere in Scandinavia). I would love to see if the off-the-wall perspectives in Scandinavian fiction are universal within the culture, if they'd be accessible to an ex-pat, and if they would make up for the climate being as near the opposite as possible to the weather in San Diego (which has, unfortunately, become my baseline). This book is delightfully weird.
Planning for a long weekend: 1 physical book, 4 audiobooks, and 10 books on my Kobo. Why does this not feel like enough?
You're right. I should probably add another small physical book. The tagged should work. And there are always bookstores.
(Photo of spring blossoms last weekend.)
so-soI‘m not sure why I requested this book from the library or who might have recommended it. It‘s a wild story - a bit like an old episode of a Rod Serling tv show. The story involves an underground internet program in which philanderers (in this particular case) are punished and a nun is part of the morality squad. I have no idea how to describe the book and I wouldn‘t necessarily recommend it but it was interesting while I was in the midst of it.
