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My #BookSpin and #DoubleSpin for April are an unlikely pair: in the one hand a literary novella about desperate lives in wartime, translated from Dutch; on the other, urban fantasy featuring demigods and shapeshifters and vampires and who knows what all else.

Looking forward to both of course. Thanks @TheAromaofBooks

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An intriguing and strange book. The ending wasn't satisfying, but I don't think it could have been resolved anyway.
TBR since 23/1/2011; 343 pages.

This sequel doesn‘t quite deliver; its plot seems thin and relies too much on happy coincidence; the narrative style feels sloppy at times, the dialogue stilted. I wouldn‘t be surprised if this was rushed out to capitalize on the first book‘s success.

1. When little, a “stewardess” 😂 because I flew a lot to see distant family and thought it looked exciting. When a little older, an Egyptologist.
2. I am an extremely over-educated paraprofessional in a kindergarten class.
3. Lately, a lot of 70s music because reminds me of simpler times and it soothes me.

#wondrouswednesday

https://www.jewishbookcouncil.org/pb-daily/a-diary-archive-in-amsterdam-offers-a...

Adding a book to my wish list …

Basically Bron/The Bridge in the Dutch and German parts of the Wadden Sea, featuring a gruff but kind detective and lots of little accidents and chance encounters that constitute a crime plot, I suppose. It‘s not really my usual genre, but I did enjoy it, mostly because of the setting and the restrained use of humour.

#JanuaryJazz Day 11: I love the #Wintery peppermint flavor in everything during the Christmas holidays while in the US. I love anything peppermint flavored, especially with chocolate. This peppermint chocolate chip bundt cake is heavenly.

#JanuaryJazz Day 4: For #TopRead2022, here is my #Top22Of2022 in fiction and poetry. Here‘s my full post: https://wp.me/pDlzr-oWQ

Tagged book hit me deeply - read it on my flight from Amsterdam to Dubai. Here is my review of Nooteboom‘s surreal story that is indelibly etched in my mind: https://wp.me/pDlzr-oKh

Will post in advance for the week since will be traveling back to Dubai in 48 hours or so.

Every Xmas at Rdg grp we do a secret santa, my friend told me that she wanted me to get the one she had put in as I'd probably appreciate it. I'm not sure what says about me as my mouth is still on the floor; I will never look on a green soap comfortably again, and a cow udder rub! Disturbing images and ideas, sibling relationships that defy imagination, and a distressing ending. Still not sure what I think and certainly a very unique book.