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Fishing for the Little Pike | Juhani Karila

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Fishing for the Little Pike, by Juhani Karila (2019, transl. 2023)

Premise: A woman returns home to Lapland on an annual pilgrimage to catch a pike in order to stave off the effects of a curse, but is thwarted by an assortment of creatures from nature and folklore.

Review: Sitting on cusp between fantasy and magical realism, this dumps you off into the deep end in a strange and uncanny northern world. Cont.

Mattsbookaday The writing was solid, and at times brilliant — Karila does literary details like no one I‘ve read since Robertson Davies. It wasn‘t quite a five-star read for me, because it‘s a bit sluggish in places and I wasn‘t sure everything entirely paid off, but this is still a great book and I highly recommend it.

Rating: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️💫 17h

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AllDebooks

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson

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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.
All welcome. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.

@TheBookHippie @Chrissyreadit @LitsyEvents

Librarybelle Thanks so much! I‘ll keep the nonfiction on my radar. 😁 7d

IriDas This looks like such a good book. I‘d like to be added to the list, kiitos (thanks). (That‘s me, showing off the one Finnish word I remember consistently. 😂) 6d

TheBookHippie I‘ve got this one!!! I‘ll do this. 6d

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lil1inblue I adore this book! I'd love to re-read it with y'all! Can you add me to the tag list? 6d

AllDebooks @lil1inblue of course! Welcome 🌞 6d

AllDebooks @IriDas Absolutely! And lol 😆 Welcome 🌞 6d

Deblovestoread I have this book so will try to read along. 😀 6d

AllDebooks @Deblovestoread 🌞 6d

monalyisha I‘d love to read the tagged with you all! 🩵 Please add me. 6d

kelli7990 I want to join. 5d

julieclair Please add me for this one! 😃 4d

AllDebooks @julieclair @monalyisha @kelli7990 Yay! 🌞 4d

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RJRobertson

Fair-Play | Tove Jansson

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Leoslittlebooklife

Fair Play | Tove Jansson

Train reading! Starting the next Tove Johansson: Fair Play. The first two in the Author Spotlight, organized and hosted by Sarah @HardcoverHearts were great reads, so my hopes are up for this third one.

Ruthiella When I took a commuter train to work in the 90s, I got so much great reading time in! 👍 1mo

Leoslittlebooklife @Ruthiella Always great reading time 🚂! 1mo

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Leoslittlebooklife

The True Deceiver | Tove Jansson

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The True Deceiver was the second book we read in the Tove Jansson Author Spotlight Series, which are group reads, organized and hosted by Sarah @HardcoverHearts .
Again an amazing novel, this one set during a dark winter in Scandinavia. Who is the true deceiver among the small village people? It ends with a satisfying answer.

BarbaraBB I loved this one. By far my favorite Jansson (edited) 1mo

Leoslittlebooklife @BarbaraBB It was my second Jansson, and I also loved it the most so far. Next up is Fair Play. 1mo

BarbaraBB Enjoy! That one‘s so good too 1mo

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RJRobertson

The True Deceiver | Tove Jansson

The longest short novel I have ever read. And it snowed the whole time.

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Becker

The Summer Book | Tove Jansson

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A very enjoyable read with memorable characters. Written in short vignettes, it is easy to pick up for short reading sessions. 🇫🇮

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JenlovesJT47

Moomins Cookbook: An Introduction to Finnish Cuisine | Tove Jansson, Sami Malila

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I adore Moomin so I couldn‘t resist grabbing this cookbook for #foodandlit this month. There are cute illustrations and some good recipes. Can‘t go wrong with Moomin! 4⭐️ 50 points 🇫🇮🇫🇮🇫🇮

#WinterGames2024
#HolidayBookDragons
#Moomin
#Finland
#cookbook

Texreader, Catsandbooks

Catsandbooks 💙🇫🇮 4mo

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Texreader

Little Siberia | Antti Tuomainen

I really enjoyed another book by this author I read for #foodandlit #Finland this month. So this was an automatic buy for me. On sale today. @Catsandbooks

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Texreader

The Core of the Sun | Johanna Sinisalo