bailed
I love the idea of this book—an exploration of some of the smaller islands around the larger one of Great Britain. But in practice it isn‘t working for me. It‘s too focused on the history of the Romans and saints and despite the author repeatedly asserting that there is so much female influence in these places, at 20% in, she has yet to show that. So, I‘m out.
squirrelbrain I only read the first chapter of this. It felt like hard work. I would have come back to it if it had made the shortlist, but it didn‘t. So I didn‘t. 🤣 3w
dabbe #hailthebail! 🤩🤩🤩 3w
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain I managed to get to page 110. And then I asked myself, if this wasn‘t on the women‘s prize list, would you still be reading? The answer was no and thus I closed the book. I actually read a book recently that I really liked that had the same idea as this one and worked far better for me: 3w
Love of Country: A Journey through the Hebrides
squirrelbrain That sounds good. I just saw this on BorrowBox. I have too many books borrowed and on reserve so I‘ve just had to save it for now, but I like the sound of it. OK, it‘s not in the database yet so can‘t tag it…Bothy by Kat Hill. 3w
Hooked_on_books @squirrelbrain That one sounds magical! I was able to save it over on Goodreads. 3w
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