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April reads: 9 great books! Favorite was American Rapture. Least favorite was Splinter Effect.

It'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.)

I‘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.

I can think of a few folks who fit this definition. 😤

My #BookScavengerHunt find for #Cold
Warning: This horror author is NOT for the faint of heart!

#HauntedShelf #BlackCatCrew @BookwormAHN 16pts

This look at Sami people in Sweden fighting for their native grazing land and rights is fine but ultimately unmemorable. It‘s slim (the audio is less than 3 hours) and I feel like it was a little lacking in content. I found The End of Drum-Time to be a more effective look at the Sami experience.

NBA shortlist, translated literature

‘My dad‘s dead, did I mention that? It‘s my fault. I prayed out loud to God for him to die and he did.‘
10/10

Not the tagged book, but Khemiri‘s latest novel is not in the database

Wow! Just WOW! This book is amazing. About 3 sisters, Ina, Evelyn and Anastasia. The book starts as the world is heading into a new millennium and the sisters are in their 20s and we follow them until after the pandemic.

Three‘s also a storyteller, telling us about the sisters in the 90s and how he came in contact with them.

A book about family, absent parents and kids

This little known novel by Swiss author Boye was published between Brave New World & 1984, Kallocain takes its title after the drug which is developed & is named after the creator/narrator. Kallocain will not only compel people to tell the truth, but will reveal their thoughts/feelings. Although I have read other explorations of individuality vs community in dystopians, Boye's poetic & mesmerizing monologues (CONT)