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🥲 this book is wonderful

Enjoyed as always.Take care b safe..

Enjoyed Thank You.

I love this book and I loved Sprout I cried a lot at the end of the book and I can't stop thinking about it

Está bien está bien está mejor😅😅

Sounds lovely, not released in Norway until August but I will look out for it.

Hi, will you be reviewing The Restaurant of Lost Recipes. For a comfort show I 'd highly recommend the Japanese show titled Midnight Diner.

I too, loved this book. At first I thought it was too clever by half as Nick Bradley references a lot of things. The film Mishima: A Life in 4 Parts is pointed out. The elderly woman who is left on a mountain to die as the family cannot support her, so they take her off to die is a trope. See the film The Ballad of Narayama (1958) and it was used in a recent Japanese film, with a trans-national marriage between a Japanese man and Philippine Woman. I know someone who lives on an Island in the Seto sea. Having visited Osaka and Kobe you can see the scenes. I like his other book, The City and The Cat with the interconnecting characters and different styles. You can walk the route of the Cat's journey in the book. Once you have read it, he was interviewed on SAOS TH-cam channel and answered questions from the chat. He commented on mine about Midnight Diner.

You're reading all the books that are piquing my interest and I love it. I can't wait to read Restaurant of Lost Recipes.

Fantastic book!! I would highly recommend this to historical fiction lovers. I just started my summer vacation and WOW what a way to start it. I am planning on purchasing this book for many of my relatives at Christmas. Highly recommend!!

Fancy seeing you again. Randomly came across this book. I'll add it with my order of Full Moon Coffee Shop.

Almost Ruth Galloway country

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Bliss

love this book, thanks for sharing😍

I made a hexagon cardigan (only my 2nd cardigan.) I had to solve lots of problems when making it: add width in the back, make the sleeves taper, add length when I've no more yarn and the company stopped making that colour. I finished it and it looked good enough to wear, then you know what? It stretched like a yoga afficionado! I couldn't wear it, it was about 4 sizes too big. I hope someone at the charity shop got it and it was perfect, but 😤!

Canary Wharf looks amazing now!

This sounds wonderful Milly, I've been a fan since The Forty Rules and The Bastard of Istanbul and love it in particular when Shafak digs into the ancient cultures and wisdoms of places we don't normally read much about. She brings so much to the English reading audience. Thank you for your enthusiastic review, I think I need a print copy of this one! Claire @Word By Word

What about adding a button to close the two sides together? The two front pieces are just kinda hanging--a button at the top edges would give support and let it hang better.

Oh I have just ordered that too , as I missed out the first time round and I loved the one about Cyprus.

A book I am listening to right now is Say Goodbye For Now by Cathrine Rybn Hyde which is a book I am enjoying it (what attracted me to the book was the wolf-dog on the cover haha 😄 ) I will add the book u just reviewed to my tbr sounds really good

Is this story in the book setting in Ireland?

That looks so cute and looks lovely on you 😊, nice work... I think u did a good job but I don't do crocheting but have been thinking of getting into crocheting myself to make things

Brooklyn has been on my TBR for …I don’t know how many years, and when I saw all the raves about Long Island, I decided I’ll to do the same, read Brooklyn before Long Island. But alas, when will I find the time. Thanks for another review.

Thanks Milly, looking forward to reading There are rivers in the sky.

Thank you, will have to get this now

I loved this one! I felt this was a very empowering tale because the lead character is happy living her life without the societal pressures that come with being a woman within that particular stage of life. She has found her own pride and purpose and meaning. I got the pink cover but I loved the different colours ❤

I received this book today. Im really looking forward to reading it :) ❤

Love the "waffle" n look forward to reading some of Maggie O'Farrell books. Thanks for bringing this author to my attention.

I like your videos! I just read Elizabeth McKenzie's Portable Veblen,.,. and have on order the dog of the north arriving soon,.,., found you here by googling EM on you tube,.,. are you in En gland,.,.?

I was the London judge for this year's Carnegie Medal and I mominated "The Song Walker". ❤

I also didn’t find the humour in it much. Some of the imagery in the book could be interpreted as so absurd it’s comical, but I read it as very isolating as our protagonist is trying so hard to hold onto a past life she remembers in fragments while also losing herself (physically and otherwise). I will say the way in which this book is written is very unique- Anne De Marcken breathed life into this in between world. It felt like I was floating through liminal spaces.

Your voice is so soothing😊

Hi Millie, just to say The Boy Lost in the Maze is not actually a verse novel, it's a novel told in poems, and the first ever in this genre to win the medal...Tia's book and Kwarme Alexander's book, The Door of No Return are both verse novels, so 'free verse', loose structure, whereas the poems in Joseph's novel are structured formally in accordance with traditional poetic structures and conventions. As a judge this year, I never knew the difference previously....as you say tho...two amazing books!

I don’t read YA, but I for some reason do have Crossing the Line on my TBR. Thanks for reminding me about it.

I saw this book as a recommendation recently and got excited, because I also love MacBeth! What a bummer. I may still try it myself, because I’m not sure that I have the depth of knowledge that someone like you would have of the source material. We’ll see! Also, I told you a while back that I’d let you know when I finished reading The Blue Book of Nebo in Welsh, and I have! It was just as brilliant. There are some turns of phrase she’ll use in her writing that differ in Welsh vs. English that were really interesting. Beyond that, the book is shorter in Welsh because she didn’t have the aspect of the story that dealt with the characters’ relationship to the Welsh language and their identity. Sometimes the tone felt more heavy in Welsh, and I don’t quite know why or how, but it was fascinating. Anyway. Hopefully your next read will be better than this one! Ta!

It’s been interesting seeing the discussion around this novel, some call it anti-woke, while others call it anti-establishment or anti-populist. It seems everyone is convinced the book is on “their side.”

Just finished Whale Fall. Thanks for your review. Helped me in my reflections about the book. I enjoyed it. Such an assured first novel. Liked the style/structure. Agree with your observations. It’s the embroideries which stood out for me. Won’t say anything else as don’t want to spoil things for anyone who has not read the book. Thanks again for the review.

So envious, how do you manage to read seven books in two weeks? Thanks for the reviews

Beautiful cover, beautiful end papers. Shame about the sticker on the front. Thanks for the review. I’m soooooo fed up of retellings though.

It depends on the narration as to whether I can absorb the audio like I can the written. In regards to “this” book, I read it in print and have the same feelings. I rated it middle line 3 out of 5). Though the writing, at times, was beautiful, most was just okay. I did not “love” the poetry. The many bird references in Nell’s chapters made me want to look up bird varieties, but yeah, this one was “ok”

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Knew there was one coming - now I will defintely get it !

I’m pulling for Brotherless Night, but I would be happy with Enter Ghost, Soldier Sailor, or River East, River West winning.

Yes Milly! Thank you :)

Great review! I love this author. I will definitely be reading this when it comes out.

Thank you for your thoughtful review - it’s much appreciated. Keep reading!

I also hope Soldier Sailor wins. I have two young boys (one still a toddler) so that book really got me. I don’t see it beating Enter Ghost though, which is fine. While it didn’t have the same emotional impact on me as Soldier Sailor, it was still a great read

I have the same opinions as you do about what will win and what I hope will win. I could never forget the visceral feeling I had while reading Sokdier Sailor