The Hand That First Held Mine, by Maggie O’Farrell. you for the brief descriptions of your favorite books. As challenging as regular insomnia can be, I'm glad for you that you've made such a positive learning experience out of the lovely hours when nothing is expected or required of us. So many of the books you mentioned looked interesting, of course. The one I think I'd be most likely to read at this particular time would be "The Hand That First Held Mine," by Maggie O’Farrell. :)
I bought a copy online just now. I've got some other books ahead of that to read. And I'm much slower than you to get through books. But I'll let you know when I've read it, Mari. 🦋🧡🦋
Thank you, Mari! I've been fortunate to read your book recommendations for some years now and have always enjoyed your insight. I used to write down the books I read as a child (I have many notebooks full of booklists) and decided to continue that tradition since last January :)
Klara and the Sun is such a beautiful book! I also loved Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day (also a brilliant film!) by Ishiguro and am reading We Were Orphans at the moment.
I read quite a lot of Finnish authors who are not all translated, but of the Finnish books I read this year I recommend Mia Kankimäki's The Women I Think About at Night. The US publisher describes it as "part travelogue and part thrilling exploration of the lost women adventurers of history who defied expectations in order to see—and change—the world." In her book Mia travels in Japan, Kenya and Italy and retraces the steps of 10 female pioneers that have inspired her.
Elizabeth Strout is one of my favorite authors and I loved Lucy Barton, so Oh, William! will be next on my reading list!
Thank you for the recommendations! I have been enjoying comic thrillers by a Finnish writer, Antti Tuomainen, including Palm Beach, Finland. I will have to check out The Women I think about at Night too!
Thanks for the list. I ran into Rohinton Mistry's book the other day at the bookstore and almost picked it up but again was not up for brutal history but it is such a good book. I will need to get it at some point. I liked Rivka Galchen's other works. So will check out this new. The Inevitable and Just mercy also look interesting.
The Hand That First Held Mine, by Maggie O’Farrell. you for the brief descriptions of your favorite books. As challenging as regular insomnia can be, I'm glad for you that you've made such a positive learning experience out of the lovely hours when nothing is expected or required of us. So many of the books you mentioned looked interesting, of course. The one I think I'd be most likely to read at this particular time would be "The Hand That First Held Mine," by Maggie O’Farrell. :)
I would love to talk about that book with you when you’ve finished it, Candy!
I bought a copy online just now. I've got some other books ahead of that to read. And I'm much slower than you to get through books. But I'll let you know when I've read it, Mari. 🦋🧡🦋
Thank you, Mari! I've been fortunate to read your book recommendations for some years now and have always enjoyed your insight. I used to write down the books I read as a child (I have many notebooks full of booklists) and decided to continue that tradition since last January :)
Klara and the Sun is such a beautiful book! I also loved Never Let Me Go and The Remains of the Day (also a brilliant film!) by Ishiguro and am reading We Were Orphans at the moment.
I read quite a lot of Finnish authors who are not all translated, but of the Finnish books I read this year I recommend Mia Kankimäki's The Women I Think About at Night. The US publisher describes it as "part travelogue and part thrilling exploration of the lost women adventurers of history who defied expectations in order to see—and change—the world." In her book Mia travels in Japan, Kenya and Italy and retraces the steps of 10 female pioneers that have inspired her.
Elizabeth Strout is one of my favorite authors and I loved Lucy Barton, so Oh, William! will be next on my reading list!
Thank you for the recommendations! I have been enjoying comic thrillers by a Finnish writer, Antti Tuomainen, including Palm Beach, Finland. I will have to check out The Women I think about at Night too!
Thanks for the list. I ran into Rohinton Mistry's book the other day at the bookstore and almost picked it up but again was not up for brutal history but it is such a good book. I will need to get it at some point. I liked Rivka Galchen's other works. So will check out this new. The Inevitable and Just mercy also look interesting.
owo can i read Klara and the Sun?
Yes! You will love it! We have it on kindle.