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How reading and cocoa rooms popped up in Victorian England inviting not just men but women too! Can we start doing this again?

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I‘m not sure this is making the case for Peruvian food for #foodandlit in July! #Peru @Catsandbooks

I‘ve started this book tonight for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Maybe I‘ll care tomorrow about my weight, age, & that I‘m not quite so energetic anymore. But not today. Yesterday in NC and today in the airport on the way home I discovered this: “women of a certain age” (credit @IriDas for the quote) and of a certain size—oh my gosh we can spot each other a mile away and immediately bond!! We‘d just start chatting, or at least smiling and nodding sympathetically, like long lost friends. No judgment!! #wdncw

#Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Ah back home with my cuddly reading buddy. We missed our sweet little girl. And she missed us. My son skipped this trip and took care of her. And she seemed good when his buddies came over to help cat-sit, a rarity for her to accept being around “strangers.” So I‘m reading the tagged book now with my little Midnight with her blankie.

Young Kristin Lavransdatter is betrothed to Simon, a kind practical man chosen by her immensely well-regarded father. But she‘s swept off her feet by Erland, who comes with an immense amount of baggage—a mistress, their children, and an unworthy back story. But he‘s handsome and charming and so you can probably guess what happens next. Part of the charm of these books is their setting in Middle Ages Norway. I read them in my 20s when I‘d just ⬇️

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I finished six books on this vacation so it‘s fitting that I wrote the last of the reviews right before boarding the plane. See you soon in San Antonio!

Scalzi plays on all the stereotypes of fantasy and sci fi to write the opening to a series that doesn‘t exist. I repeat, even though it says it‘s book one, it‘s not. It‘s a parody of a series opener. It‘s very short (an 11-minute read) and often funny. An easy final read for June‘s #authoramonth @Soubhiville

A dystopian novel about humanity reaching its cataclysmic end thanks to climate change, this is a touching, heartbreaking story. Rowan shipwrecks in Antarctica where a family is trying to stay afloat and save as many seeds from the forever (it‘s not)seed bank. They save her life, but the family needs saving, too, from the rising sea and from their own secrets. I read the book while also listening to the audiobook, which I highly recommend. The ⬇️

Book 3 in this series, Petra looks for a man gone missing from a cohort of unlikeable Americans who have returned to #Greenland for mysterious reasons. Petra is put in peril this time and the shaman isn‘t here to help. Unfortunately, the “motives” are complex and convoluted. I got the general idea, but I couldn‘t connect the dots. It‘s still a pick, but lesser so than prior novellas. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65

Shaman Tuukula and his little daughter Luui help Constable Petra look for a missing girl whose cleft palate helps her talk to ravens but makes her the subject of school bullies. The girl‘s father hates ravens and takes the blame for the girl going missing. This is Petra‘s second foray on the missing persons desk in Nuuk, #Greenland, and it‘s another satisfying story in the series. #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65 #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

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A year ago a boy on the northern western coast of #Greenland disappeared. When new constable Petra answers her first phone call, she finds she‘s become the missing persons department at Nuuk. With the help of an elderly shaman and his young daughter, Petra follows the leads to find the boy—the first hint being that he took a narwhal‘s rare double tooth and may be trying to sell it. An excellent start to this series. #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Im starting this ebook tonight, a bit early for #Peru #foodandlit @Catsandbooks

Purchased yesterday at Bagatelle Books in Asheville. A great way to practice my Spanish. Guess who is one of the featured women? Virginia Woolf, our #authoramonth next month! @Soubhiville

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In the metaverse with countless versions of earth there happens to be one populated by kaiju—yes, those monstrosities of movie fame. Our earth has found a means to set up a base there to study and protect the kaiju. This is the story of some newbies on that Canadian base via #Greenland. The story is fun, often hilarious, and not without its bad guys who need putting in their place. Loved it! Perfect vacation read. #authoramonth #foodandlit

I started this short story last night to squeeze in one more book for #authoramonth. @Soubhiville

This is an excellent YA sci-fi speculative fiction story. A family camps in #Greenland so the father can study climate change while the mother writes about mitochondrial DNA while son explores the land. But nothing is as it seems and it all unravels when the son discovers a colony of people living underground for generations, who will lose their home as the climate warms. Told from two perspectives of the above- and below-world, I enjoyed the ⬇️

I finished both of these books last night. Vacation has been a very productive reading time! I‘m now trying to catch up on long overdue book reviews.

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In 1910-12, the author Ejnar and a boat mechanic Iver sledge along the west coast of #Greenland looking for notes from previous Danes whose exploration ended in their 3 deaths. Ejnar and Iver brave the coast for well more than a year trying to get back to their ship. They are good partners for this task who have one spat in all this time, over an imaginary girl. It‘s a brutal survival story with an excellent epilogue about how the author ⬇️

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Checking out Bagatelle Books in Asheville and came across these! If only I had $300, the ability to fly them home, and bookshelf space… #whatthedickens @Cuilin

If you‘re wondering what Greenlanders eat…. I think I may skip the food portion of this month…

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There are many more but here are the first of the novellas. There are novels as well

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Author‘s Note

This should be fun!

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I‘m enjoying these novellas for #Greenland #foodandlit
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I‘ve finished writing all my #summercardswap cards and hope to find a post office as we leave Boone, NC tomorrow heading back to Charlotte. @TheBookHippie

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Thank you to all my dear Litten friends for the #summercardswap! Work leading up to vacation was crazy and I only sent a few before I left. So I had to bring my cards with me to write and send (see upper right corner of this photo). Fortunately it‘s still lovely on my cabin‘s balcony so I‘m writing cards this morning. @TheBookHippie

A little late but thank you my #litsylove friends for the birthday wishes last week!! 🥰 @LiseWorks @TheSpineView @TheBookHippie

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Not book related but I figured the Littens who like to craft may appreciate my little trip into a sewing shop in Blowing Rock, NC yesterday. Quite the splurge there but isn‘t everything just adorable?

My purchases yesterday from the book sale at the Blowing Rock Community Library

My purchases yesterday from FireLight bookstore in Blowing Rock, NC

A little evening reading in our cabin

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Starting book 2 in the series tonight. #serieslove @TheSpineView @Andrew65

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@Butterfinger treated me today to the most amazing visit and lunch at the Daniel Boone Inn Restaurant. What a wonderful person you are Tammy! And your daughter (who took our photo) too! We had a great time. Clearly we‘ve already been friends a long time even if we hadn‘t met in person before. And this restaurant was so unique. A one of a kind and delicious experience. I‘ll treasure this #litsymeetup forever.

Enjoying this audiobook and coloring scenes from Norway

I‘m starting this book next.

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Tagged ebook finished! It‘s gorgeous here today!

Second novella I‘ve read by this author. I‘m loving them. Review to come.

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I‘ve moved to the cabin‘s balcony to finish the tagged ebook.

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First vacation book finished. Like most Scalzi books and stories I‘ve read, I loved it. Review to come.

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My day of reading in our Airbnb cabin has begun. Hoping to finish this one then I‘ll go on the balcony and read another book then listen to my audiobook and craft. Hope I can get all these plans accomplished today. The excitement!!

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