For #nationalindependentbookstoreday 🇺🇸, I spent a few hours hunting down books that would replace lost library books and delete student fines. It was so hard not to buy books I love and focus on specific titles. It's also #schoollibrarymonth. If your kids have outgrown their books, see if the local grade school will take them.
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June buddy read hosted by @alldebooks
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#MidsummerSolace #buddyread 2nd choice is Tove Jansson's 1972 novel.
The non-fiction choice is unavailable in US until late June. So, with that in mind, I will run a relaxed fiction (tagged) and non-fiction (A Wilder Way) #buddyread
for those wishing to participate.
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pickTypical Neil Gaiman. Well written, and keeps the wonder of being told mainly from a child perspective while not being written childishly.
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pickAnother book read for #FoodandLit Ireland. This was an audiobook, told in the first person almost Luke a bibliography by a 10 year old.It was funny, and boy, could I relate to this era of growing up with no video games and being free to play outside.A little bit crude.Then it took a little turn, and it also made me cry.If you listen to this book, you have to make sure to remember the decade it was.I totally got it as it was my decade to grow up in
pickA very enjoyable read with memorable characters. Written in short vignettes, it is easy to pick up for short reading sessions. 🇫🇮
Lovely.
An island, a grandmother, granddaughter, loss and love.
pickThe Summer Book was the first book we read this month for the Tove Jansson Author Spotlight.
This is a unique story about the relationship of a grandmother and her granddaughter Sophia, set on a tiny island in the Gulf of Finland during a warm summer.
Told in beautiful prose, it deals with life and death, old and young, nature, resilience and loss.
A great first meeting with Jansson!
The Author Spotlight series is hosted by @HardcoverHearts
Today is the start of the Tove Jansson reading group in the Author Spotlight Series, organized by Sarah @HardcoverHearts starting with The Summer Book.
I have never read anything by Tove Jansson, so I‘m very curious!
