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On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

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Tara is stuck some weird time glitch and is blindly trying to find a way out!

I ordered Volume II halfway thru! I‘m going to be frustrated when I have to wait for III & IV to be released in November. I‘m sure I‘ll preorder.

sarahbarnes Exactly how I‘m feeling right now! 17h

Cathythoughts I must start this series. Your making a great case for it ❤️😁 10h

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Tamra

Praiseworthy | Alexis Wright

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This monument to Aboriginal sovereignty is going to take hot minute to digest. Wright did an excellent job making time amorphous & porous, such that the characters live simultaneously in the past, present, and even the future. (Homage to oldest extant culture.)There are a multitude of ways to interpret all of the themes, symbolism, etc. such that my head is spinning. 😵‍💫

Tamra Note, because the writing is akin to the oral story telling tradition & is often dreamscape like, the repetition can get tedious. 2w

CarolynM Interesting cover. It can be really hard to get our white, western, linear minds around Aboriginal story telling but it‘s worth the effort. I need to bump this one up my TBR🙂 2w

Tamra @CarolynM settle in and let her take you on the journey. 😊 It sounds like the same colonization tactics and consequences here in the Americas with respect to Indigenous peoples. 2w

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sarahbarnes

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

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After reading Vol I, I immediately got ahold of Vol II. I couldn‘t put these down and can‘t wait to read the next one. I‘m mesmerized by the way the books use the premise of being stuck in time to examine the things that matter to us, our relationships to other people, places, and points in time. At the same time they are heartbreaking and have a sense of adventure.

BekaReid Oh yes! I loved vol 1. Need to get vol 2 from my library soon! 3w

Lesliereadsalot How about the end of volume 2? 3w

sarahbarnes @BekaReid I think you‘ll like Vol II too! 3w

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sarahbarnes @Lesliereadsalot right?? I‘m so impatient now waiting to read the next one! 3w

BarbaraBB @sarahbarnes @Lesliereadsalot Yes! That ending! So promising! 3w

Cathythoughts Excited to read this. Stacking. 3w

TheKidUpstairs I'm on a miles long hold list for Vol 1. Luckily I have a *few* other books on my TBR to read in the meantime! 2w

sarahbarnes @TheKidUpstairs I had to wait forever for Vol. 1 too, and then Vol. 2 was available right away! 2w

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Gleefulreader

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

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What can I say about this book that those before me have not said? Tara wakes up one morning to find herself repeating the previous day. However for everyone around her, it is their first time experiencing November 18. While this could be an amusing Groundhog-Day style story, instead Balle takes this in a much more interesting direction. It becomes a meditation on time and experience, connections, love and everything in between. Con‘t ⬇️

Gleefulreader Con‘t from above. It dares to ask the question of what it means to live in an unchanging world where you continue to age and experience where everyone around you stops in time - and how that shatters your sense of self. The first in a seven part series, I cannot wait to see where this goes. 1mo

sarahbarnes I‘m just starting this one and I already want to read them all. 1mo

uncommonlycozies @Gleefulreader Thank you for this review! Just made me 100% more exited to start ❤️‍🔥 @sarahbarnes what has drawn you in so far? 1mo

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RaeLovesToRead

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

so-so

https://youtu.be/fb2CfEMAvrw?feature=shared

Have posted my review / discussion of this one.

Spoilers. But having said that.... there aren't many plot points to spoil 😁😁😁

I JEST!!!!

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BarbaraBB

On the Calculation of Volume (Book II) | Solvej Balle

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The narrator is still living in her alternate reality of a daily returning November 18. How to spend the time when you‘re caught in that one day again and again?
It‘s a concept that I found fascinating and the author writes so well. The ending felt a bit hurried but makes me eager to read the third part!

📸 Porto, Portugal

Lesliereadsalot Right? Really interested in the third book! 1mo

Suet624 This sounds fascinating. 1mo

sarahbarnes Looking forward to these! 1mo

ImperfectCJ I'm looking forward to this one, but I need to find one with a different cover...this one looks a little too much like a migraine aura to me. 1mo

BarbaraBB @ImperfectCJ there is another edition as well, the first book I read looked very different 1mo

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RaeLovesToRead

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

so-so

Deathly boring and mundane as this might have been, it has BOTHERED me. And that's something.

It's basically Groundhog Day if absolutely nothing of any import or interest happened, but the very NORMALITY of it all is what makes it so terrifyingly chilling.

This was not a pleasant reading experience, and yet, there is a talent to making a reader feel they are going slowly insane, so I can absolutely see this book's worth as an experiment.

RaeLovesToRead @Hooked_on_books If you want my full review, it's on Goodreads 😊 and I will probably post a video review in the next week too! 2mo

Hooked_on_books I‘ve watched a few of your videos before so I‘ll probably do that—you‘re charming! I have a feeling this book is going to stick with you, whether you like it or not. 😬 1mo

BarbaraBB Great review. I hope to finish it too later today 1mo

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BekaReid I appreciate your honest review. I absolutely loved this one. It's her sentences and the ordinariness of life that drew me in. 1mo

RaeLovesToRead @Hooked_on_books Awww, thank you so much!!! If all goes to plan, I'll drop the video on Friday. I feel like i need some epic fantasy as a palate cleanser after all that loneliness!!!!! 1mo

RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB I kinda want to know where this one goes, but I'm not sure I can do it right now...... we shall see...... 1mo

RaeLovesToRead @BekaReid I'm glad you loved it. I suspect it may be a contender for winner this year. But I will decide my ranking once I've read the whole shortlist! 1mo

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RaeLovesToRead

On the Calculation of Volume (Book I) | Solvej Balle

Guys, I'm so bored.

Like... so bored.

This is literally Groundhog Day if NOTHING HAPPENED.

Hooked_on_books Oh no! I was completely absorbed and fascinated by this one. But not every book is for every person! 2mo

RaeLovesToRead @Hooked_on_books Did it fill you full of existential dread and make you want to rip your skin off in frustration? Is that a feature??? Or is it just me??? 2mo

BarbaraBB I enjoyed it too and am even reading the second book now! 2mo

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RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB I hate it and I feel like I'm being driven to insanity with the mundanity of it all.... BUT if that's the point then that's quite clever. Is this the point???? 2mo

BarbaraBB I am not even sure there is a point at all 😉 2mo

Ruthiella Oh no! 😬 2mo

RaeLovesToRead @BarbaraBB It's annoying me less than House of Leaves. But only a little bit less! 2mo

RaeLovesToRead @Ruthiella Send help! 😅 2mo

Hooked_on_books It‘s just you. 😉 For me it emphasized both the mundanity of life and the importance of connection, which the narrator really learns when she loses any meaningful way to connect. And I feel that sinks in slowly for her in a way I found so compelling. 2mo

RaeLovesToRead @Hooked_on_books I think that's kind of what I mean, but it's having a super claustrophobic impact on me... I almost wonder if it's a metaphor for depression or similar. 2mo

RaeLovesToRead @Hooked_on_books She's moved out now and I feel so relieved. Just the thought of living a parallel life listening to your partners million noises each day and doing NOTHING made me want to scream!!!!!!! 2mo

Hooked_on_books I think it could definitely be read as a metaphor for depression. Or would strongly impact someone who feels trapped in some aspect of their life. I think it‘s awesome how a book can affect us so strongly, whether we feel like we “like” it or not. And you might end up finding book 2 more interesting based on what you‘ve said. 2mo

RaeLovesToRead @Hooked_on_books The existential dread is through the ROOF!!!!! 2mo

BarbaraBB @RaeLovesToRead I loved House of Leaves too. Both more for the concept than the story. But I get that you are relieved since she moved out of the house. 1mo

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shawnmooney

Praiseworthy | Alexis Wright

https://youtu.be/2dFM8gunt-4

Introduction
Mystery guest
Praiseworthy by Alexis Wright
Queen James: A New History About the Life and Loves of Britain‘s First King, James Stuart by Gareth Russell

LeahBergen 🥰🥰🥰 2mo

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