Holiday #bookhaul 📚
All books bought at the tagged #bookstore - one of my favorite indie bookstores in the world.
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A collection of short stories by a 19th Century German author. The title story is sort of a ghost story, with much digression into the backstory. It was interesting to see the framing techniques used so that the author could present the end of the tale before proceeding to have a character relate a linear narrative.
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"During the afternoon there had been a christening."
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Just about to start this collection of stories.
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I'm in Marstal on the Danish island Aeroe and at the Eckernfoerder Bucht in North Germany.
Where are you? @hannah-leeloo @Enchanted_Bibliophile
pickI loved this beautiful book, part essay collection and part memoir, about exploring the western coast of Denmark. Nors talks about nature, history, and her own life and family. Her writing, as in all her fiction that has been translated to English, is perfection.
pickThis light hearted book metaphors a shark creeping up on a family. They move to reclusive town, away from everything else to a lighthouse. Where the mum is obsessed with finding a Greenland shark. To the point her mental health flails. This is through Julia‘s eyes, watching her mother fight her bipolar disorder. Watching the obsession drag her deep into the cold ocean. Beautiful graphics help show Julia‘s emotions throughout.
Wonderful story so far; between the words being told through young Julia‘s eyes and through the beautiful yet simplistic images. I just have a minute issue with the marine biologist mother saying sharks have bones. I know it was to her daughter about their “magic bones.” I love sharks, so I have to say please use the correct term of cartilage instead.
Great small book for these short flights.
pickJulia is off to spend the summer in Shetland where her father has a job in a lighthouse & her mom, a marine biologist, plans to search for an elusive shark. Julia makes a friend & soon finds herself helping him deal with a bully. Not long after, her mom‘s hopeful excitement fades to sadness as there is no sign of the shark. A wise, wonderful MG story about it being okay to not be okay, family, & friendship. Gorgeous illustrations throughout.
Skies are grey but it‘s all good because I‘m inside with a MG book by Hargrave—author of The Mercies which was one of my two favorite 2020 reads—that has outstanding reviews. I‘m anticipating a great story.
