pickBorn and raised in California, Blair Braverman was drawn to the north. She ended up spending time and Norway and eventually learning to be a musher. About half this coming of age memoir is about that learning process and the other half is her settling into a small town in northern Norway and it‘s unique residents. This wasn‘t exactly what I was expecting, but I really liked it.
pickPart travelogue, part history, Northland is a book about the regions around the northern US border - from Maine all the way to Washington state. Porter Fox takes us along on a series of voyages - by canoe, by Great Lakes freighter, and by car across the north of the United States.
pickI'm going to start this by saying I liked this book, but it's hard to explain. I wanted to read it because I've been following her on Twitter for her sled dog stories and pictures. Blair was drawn to Norway as a high school exchange student. There she finds a life she loves, but also experiences sexual harassment. The story jumps around in time and is sometimes hard to follow.
It‘s HOT 🥵, so trying some literary escapism... 🧊❄️🌨
#bookspin #bookspinbingo
We are entering a winter storm warning and are expecting almost a foot of snow by mid-morning tomorrow. I am in the middle of two of these on the list, so I may have some last minute changes by the weekend! @TheAromaofBooks
so-soI always love Allen Say‘s books for the beautiful illustrations. This is no different. But the story itself is a bit weird for me... an American girl dreams of living in Japan so she learns the language and gets a teaching job there after college. But then it‘s not what she expected so she keeps moving until Japan fits her ideal and then she learns tea ceremony (not explained) and gets married and lives HEA. #bbrc #atoz:e
Dead Ink are doing a Kickstarter for an anthology of Northern writing. British publishing is tediously London-centric so this will be a great showcase for under represented voices. You can chip in here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/deadinkbooks/test-signal-a-northern-antholo...
@MrBook maybe you should consider Minnesota 😉
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Hey #LitsyATXReadersSociety! Sound off- who‘s going to make it to this Saturday‘s meeting about Travel books?
Central Library Room 471, 2-4pm, 1pm snacks/ hang out at the Cookbook Cafe.
I hope to see you there!
(Image from Pinterest: my kind of travel books. Alone with Nature)
Reminder for next month: Oct 19, Something Spooky!
Bookzombie, Julsmarshall, Felso, Lauren.Archer, jpmcwisemorgan, alysonimagines, k.reads, Eyelit, erista, Morr_Books, Sg1224, SenatorMothma
