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Over the last few years I‘ve read quite a few books set on tiny remote islands, has this become a new genre? I think I‘ve liked every one I‘ve read, so I am in favor.

Set on a tiny island off the Wales coast, 18 yr old Manod lives with her father and young sister in a fishing village. A whale washes ashore, and two strangers come to study it and the villagers. Takes place just before WWII, and I felt Manod‘s yearning to escape isolation.

Wouldn't necessarily recommend but glad I read it. Manod lives in a remote, Welsh island with her younger sister & father. She is smart but so sheltered from the outside world & has almost no one she can learn from. A whale washes up on shore & 2 English ethnographers arrive to document the whale & the island's residents. Her world expands immensely but her version of reality is greatly distorted by the perception of the outsiders.

#cozy #ConstableEvansMystery
1.Constable Evans walks a beat in a small village in Wales. A superior requests that he accompany a film company that is filming a documentary of the raising of a WWII German bomber sunk in a nearby lake.When one of the companies‘ members is murdered,Evans has to investigate.
2.An American woman arrives in the village,claiming she is involved in research of psychic powers.Upon convincing a local barmaid,Betsy that⬇️

Starting my morning with coffee, raisin toast, & an easy peasy book. I have let go of the why & just accepted that non demanding reading is what I can cope with at the moment.

Epigraph in the tagged book, part of a series that is set in Wales. #beautybreak

I am enjoying the pointed editing by a previous reader. I don‘t condone writing in library books, but I admit I am enjoying seeing an other reader catch some editing mistakes!

Went to the library & checked out a few mysteries hoping to get me reading. Now I am relaxing in my “ reading” loveseat & enjoying wine & cheese. Happy Friday!!!#FridayHappyReadingHour

https://youtu.be/1PbzxhtJbg8?si=f9f52wvZEVwc_aAf

Eve Goodman-Bendith

The other cat kindly agreed to model for this picture 😄

My knowledge of Welsh is sufficient to help me appreciate the beauty of the poetry. I don‘t know enough to pick out many words (maybe I would have done a tiny bit better with modern Welsh), but it was fun to recognize a word here and there! Mostly I enjoyed the earliest known reference to King Arthur.

I sat down to read but then this happened. #catsoflitsy