I loved Boulder and I need to get it together and order Mammoth and Permafrost. I started Wandering Stars last night; I read a summary of There There to refresh my memory.
I am looking forward to reading Mammoth. Hoping to treat myself to it for shorty Sept. I predicted Rural for the WP non fiction prize last year so definitely want to get to it. Happy reading Bob. ❤
Mammoth was an incredible read for me as well. I'm so impressed with authors who manage to write short books that say so much and have such a huge impact on me. Sarah Moss and Claire Keegan are some of my favorite authors for just this reason, and with this theme linked trilogy, Eva Baltasar is now among them.
Best books read so far this month My Friends ( now my favourite from the long list) Wild Houses The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes The Coast Road by Alan Murrin I finished the audio of The Safekeep. It was a 3/4? star book. Well written but….it left me cold. Onwards and upwards. My town doesn’t have a book shop. There are three charity shops where you might find a gem. Yesterday I found a copy of Betty ( which I haven’t read) .3 books for a pound!
I always enjoy your mix of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. I want to read “Rural” but am having a difficult time finding it here in America. Thank you, Bob.
Thank you! I’m a bit of a magpie at times aha! And I hope Rural appears there soon! I got it via Everand, and I’m not sure if it’ll be on the US one too!
Wandering Stars is on my back burner. I live next-door the town over from Carlisle, Pennsylvania where the historic section of the book is set and the first Indian Boarding School was established by Richard Henry Pratt. Perhaps the most famous person who attended Carlisle was the exceptional athlete Jim Thorpe, who was an Olympian who met with scandal and had some of his medals taken back. I only discovered most recently that he had a literary connection. Prominent American poet Marianne Moore taught classes in the business department and Thorpe was one of her students, one that she remembered fondly. Poetry and football are not worlds that often collide.
I also enjoyed Mammoth! A short book but one with a big punch. I hope it makes the longlist for the International booker next year. I think it should be eligible? Thanks for the videos your weekly update is part of my Sunday morning routine! Also enjoy the Booker reviews too although I’m having to stop at the pre spoiler sections as I don’t have your reading stamina so a bit behind with the list!
Yes! I really hope it gets nominated too (I think it is eligible!) She’s such a talented writer and I have no idea how she moved through about 2 or 3 big plot points at the end of the book in a few pages and still made them feel weighty. Ahh, thank you so much- that’s lovely to hear, and I really appreciate it!
Mammoth was amazing.
So good, right?! How is she that good in 100 pages?
I loved Boulder and I need to get it together and order Mammoth and Permafrost. I started Wandering Stars last night; I read a summary of There There to refresh my memory.
Ooh, they’re a fun triptych, I think! She’s got such a wonderfully blunt and focused writing style, and it’s so appealing.
I am looking forward to reading Mammoth. Hoping to treat myself to it for shorty Sept. I predicted Rural for the WP non fiction prize last year so definitely want to get to it. Happy reading Bob. ❤
Thank you! And yes! It’s a really fun little book! If you’re going to the meetup, I can give you my copy!
Mammoth was an incredible read for me as well. I'm so impressed with authors who manage to write short books that say so much and have such a huge impact on me. Sarah Moss and Claire Keegan are some of my favorite authors for just this reason, and with this theme linked trilogy, Eva Baltasar is now among them.
Yes! I love Sarah Moss and Claire Keegan- it takes so much skill to craft something that exquisite in so few pages, and Baltasar is so good at it!
Best books read so far this month
My Friends ( now my favourite from the long list)
Wild Houses
The Alternatives by Caoilinn Hughes
The Coast Road by Alan Murrin
I finished the audio of The Safekeep. It was a 3/4? star book. Well written but….it left me cold.
Onwards and upwards. My town doesn’t have a book shop. There are three charity shops where you might find a gem. Yesterday I found a copy of Betty ( which I haven’t read) .3 books for a pound!
Charity shop selections can be amazing like that!
Ah. Eva Balthazar. I wanted to like her previous book Boulder but we did not get on. Perhaps I will try again with mammoth.
Ahh, totally fair! I hope you like Mammoth more!
I always enjoy your mix of fiction, non-fiction, and poetry. I want to read “Rural” but am having a difficult time finding it here in America. Thank you, Bob.
Thank you! I’m a bit of a magpie at times aha! And I hope Rural appears there soon! I got it via Everand, and I’m not sure if it’ll be on the US one too!
Now I really want to read Mammoth! I will also be adding Boulder. Thank you😊
Oh it’s so good, I think! I hope you like it!
Wandering Stars is on my back burner. I live next-door the town over from Carlisle, Pennsylvania where the historic section of the book is set and the first Indian Boarding School was established by Richard Henry Pratt. Perhaps the most famous person who attended Carlisle was the exceptional athlete Jim Thorpe, who was an Olympian who met with scandal and had some of his medals taken back. I only discovered most recently that he had a literary connection. Prominent American poet Marianne Moore taught classes in the business department and Thorpe was one of her students, one that she remembered fondly. Poetry and football are not worlds that often collide.
Oh that’s so interesting, and such great connections! I’ve loved reading books that are real labours of love for locals!
I also enjoyed Mammoth! A short book but one with a big punch. I hope it makes the longlist for the International booker next year. I think it should be eligible? Thanks for the videos your weekly update is part of my Sunday morning routine! Also enjoy the Booker reviews too although I’m having to stop at the pre spoiler sections as I don’t have your reading stamina so a bit behind with the list!
Yes! I really hope it gets nominated too (I think it is eligible!)
She’s such a talented writer and I have no idea how she moved through about 2 or 3 big plot points at the end of the book in a few pages and still made them feel weighty.
Ahh, thank you so much- that’s lovely to hear, and I really appreciate it!
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