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Seven Brothers | Aleksis Kivi, Richard Impola

Yikes !Am I not saying in every post I need to downsize ? There is a 20%off sale at Half Price Books that lasts through Monday.These Sillitoes are not considered as good as The Loneliness Of The Long Distance Runner ,but looked interesting. Also , have been on the hunt for Lawrence Blocks first Matthew Scudder novel for a friend,there it was.I have an excuse for 7 brothers a major novel of Finland sure, why not ? early Forrester I haven‘t read 👍

Ruthiella I just set aside10 read books to donate and re-shelved the same amount even though I probably won‘t re-read them. It‘s an everlasting balancing act! 😊 7d

Leftcoastzen @Ruthiella wow , that sounds so familiar!😁 7d

lil1inblue Seven Brothers is a good find! I believe the English translation is out of print. 6d

merelybookish Some things can't be avoided. 🤷🙂 6d

Leftcoastzen @merelybookish 👍👏😁 6d

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Yuki_Onna

Moominsummer Madness | Tove Jansson

#Storysettings #May2024
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#theater

An absolute favourite 😊
🎭🌊

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks ❤️📚🤍 1w

Eggs Lovely 🥰 🎭🧡 1w

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Soubhiville

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson, Thomas Teal, Kathryn Davis

Thanks for the surprise bookmail @Jas16 ! Both of these have been on my TBR wishlist for quite some time, and I look forward to enjoying them. I hope all is well with you! 📚🩷

LeahBergen Ooo, that‘s a first edition of O, Caledonia! It‘s worth some money now. 👏👏 2w

Soubhiville @LeahBergen oh neat! I never think to look at editions… 2w

LeahBergen I have this edition and tried to buy another one for a friend, so I know. 😆 2w

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CBee O, Caledonia is wonderful ♥️♥️♥️ 2w

Jas16 Wow! That took no time to make it across country! Random package for sure but I always like having a few shorter reads on hand. 2w

vivastory I have never seen that cover of O Caledonia before! 2w

JuniperWilde I love the Summer Book 2w

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Jas16

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson

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This collection of short vignettes shows a child and her grandmother throughout a summer on a Finnish island. Another gentle read, but beautifully descriptive and full of humor and heart.
#24in2024

LeahBergen It‘s a lovely read. 🥰 2w

lil1inblue I really enjoyed reading this one. 😍 2w

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Robotswithpersonality

Comet in Moominland (Farrar Straus Giroux) | Tove Jansson, Jansson

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Take a shot everytime Moomintroll says 'Strike me Pink!'...😆
So many adventures! I admit to being slightly baffled by my library's choices about this series, the first in hardcover, the next only available as an audiobook, but maybe it was a licensing/price thing. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? While I think part of the Moomintroll series appeal is supposed to be the art, I'll give kudos to the English narrator for an entertaining array of voices providing its own 'colour' for this audiobook. That being said, the Silken Monkey was a little grating. 😬 2w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? I guess this also went from being a picture book series to middle grade novellas, because the first was 50 pages and this was nearly 200? I'm not actually sure my library has the full set, but I'd be happy to pick up another as a palate cleanser. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 4/4 I thought there was going to be a bit of nonsense about gender norms associated with its mid '40s initial release, but on balance I'd say the Snorkmaiden rose above any notions of shallow, empty-headed materiality when in a crisis, and the rest is just young and old people (especially your own siblings) saying crap about girls even the young reader knows isn't true. (edited) 2w

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Bookwomble Tove Jansson didn't follow gender norms in her life, nor in her writing 😊🏳️‍🌈 2w

Robotswithpersonality @bookwomble Queer pioneer! ☺️ Based on the bit of poking around I've done so far, it sounds like her bio would be a great read. 2w

Bookwomble @Robotswithpersonality She was 😊 I've had the tagged biography for eight years, as well as a volume of her letters, neither of which I've read yet! 😳 Hopefully, I'll get to at least one of them before too long 😏

Tove Jansson: Work and Love

Robotswithpersonality @Bookwomble Bio stacked! I admittedly have a much better track record with memoirs than full on biographies, but knowing it's under 300 pages makes it more likely I'll read it! 😅 (edited) 2w

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Robotswithpersonality

Comet in Moominland (Farrar Straus Giroux) | Tove Jansson, Jansson

“It was a funny little path, winding here and there, dashing off in different directions and sometimes even tying a knot in itself from sheer joy. You don't get tired of a path like that, and I'm not sure it doesn't get you home quicker in the end.“ 🚶🏼‍♂️☺️

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Robotswithpersonality

The Moomins and the Great Flood | Tove Jansson

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I'm not gonna lie, passive absorption of popular culture meant reading the first Moomins book was a bit of a shock as the story was a bit less standard little kid pablum in narration than I was expecting, and the Moomins don't yet look like the Moomins I've seen on the internet (I believe an animated show was produced as well?). 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/2 As lovely as the water colour-ish cover is, I wish the pages inside had full colour paintings instead of brown/black sketches and what might be charcoal drawings. You spoiled me with the cover art! Overall I get the long running success of adventures around these creatures. There is an inherent charm. 2w

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willaful

Moominland Midwinter | Tove Jansson

My aspirational figure, Moominmamma.

BookmarkTavern Lovely! Thanks for posting ! 3w

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Bookwomble

Art in Nature | Tove Jansson

I'm so sorry to clutter your feed with a picture of a lemon ?, but I couldn't resist buying this amazing fruit, it looked so tempting! Now, to justify buying it, I'm making a White Lady cocktail ?, and to justify posting about it, I'm going to read the story in which I first came across the drink, Tove Jansson's eponymous "White Lady" from the tagged story collection ???
#BooksAndBooze

Deblovestoread Sound reasoning! Enjoy 🍸 2mo

UwannaPublishme Cheers! 1mo

dabbe 🍸 🍸 🍸 1mo

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TieDyeDude I'm glad you got that all sorted BEFORE you started drinking 😅 1mo

Bookwomble @Deblovestoread @UwannaPublishme @dabbe Cheers 🥂😊 1mo

Bookwomble @TieDyeDude I genuinely fell in love with that lemon first then had to think of something to do with it 😄 It's an Italian Amalfi lemon, and a tad more expensive than your common lemon, so a bit of a treat, but it sure did taste good, even before I added it to gin! 1mo

batsy Never apologise for lovely photos! It's like a still life painting featuring lemon 😁🍋 1mo

Anna40 😆 I like the lemon too. It‘s gray here in the north of Michigan so sunny yellow is nice 😉 1mo

marleed Lovely pic! 1mo

Cathythoughts That‘s a great photo 💛 1mo

Bookwomble @batsy @Anna40 @marleed @Cathythoughts Thank you all for the Lemon Love 🍋💛🍋 I feel validated 😄 1mo

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Twocougs

Cold Victory | Karl Marlantes

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Post WWII Finland, two couples, one American and one Russian. A cross country ski race between husbands and wives becoming friends-their only common language French. And then the reality of the early cold war begins. Definitely worth a read.

LeeRHarry You had me at Finland 😊 2mo

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