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I‘m a bit late posting, but here‘s the shelf I‘m currently choosing from and my #bookspin and #doublespin. I‘ve started Crook, and I‘m enjoying it. Ray Carney is a fun character. I feel lucky to have found the #nyrb Simenon used because I think @vivastory said his books are out of print with them rn. It will be my first by him. Lots more to choose from if I enjoy it. 😁 Otherwise, I‘ll see where the month takes me!

The past is never settled in this unsettling novel by Magda Szabo.
The murder of young Henriette in WWII has a lasting effect on all of the three families that had been peacefully living closely together in Budapest until the. Her death is symbolic for all that happens in the book during the war and the communist period afterwards. In their complicated attempts to save one another, the characters are just as likely to destroy one another. ⬇️

#WeeklyForecast 29/23

Another #NYRB for #FoodAndLit and two light reads. I am kind of enjoying The Gifted School and kind of hating The Worst Kind of Want. No final verdict though, I am in the midst of both.

This basically is just the story of a young single mother, set in the first year after her baby is born. She struggles with combining motherhood and work, she has to redefine her position towards her parents and she meets a man. Nothing much happens but it is so Japanese. It feels like magic.

#NYRB #Roll100 #Booked2023 #SetInTheMountains #192025 #1980

#WeeklyForecast 28/23

With the awesome discussion about Yellowface still in progress I‘ll be starting the next #CampLitsy23 read. We‘ve already got three winners in a row so I have high expectations of our fourth read (tagged).
First I have to finish yet another Lennon, super short stories which I am loving!
If time allows (my new career is demanding 😊) I‘ll start the #NYRB for #Booked23 and #Roll100.

Crazy #bookhaul day y‘all! I‘ve got two official #CampLitsy23 choices, Romantic and Birnam; two from the longlist, Chain (#aardvark pick) plus Unfortunates nominated by @MicheleinPhilly , who steered me right with Chrysalis; and Moon from #botm, another nominee!

Excited for Link‘s new short story collection. PLUS they had someone‘s lifetime #nyrb collection pristine as used books at the library!! I didn‘t have long but chose 4! 99 cents each! 🤯

I loved the beginning of this. Taylor creates a brilliant character you love to hate in Angel Deverell. At age 15, Angel has a bad day at school, takes to her bed, and writes a terrible novel. That the public loves. Once Angel became a rich adult, though, I lost interest. This was an April #Roll100 that I got off my shelf! #nyrb

I loved this #nyrb novel from the late 1800s. It‘s the story of a failing marriage in a great setting - the couple‘s beautiful home overlooks the sea in the border region between Germany and Denmark. Fontane writes beautifully and I thoroughly enjoyed this. I‘m sure I wouldn‘t have picked this up without #roll100

I am not going to finish this one. It is so long and it feels as if I‘ve read this story a thousand times before. I am being very critical about what I‘ve been reading lately. I am reading a lot but nothing really memorable. I think I should take a break from contemporary American/English fiction for a while but I probably can‘t! #ToB23