Immediately put The Transit of Venus on hold. I need a tour de force. (I mean, I just finished Tomorrown, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, which also fits that bill, but now everything else feels kind of flat.)
The Transit of Venus looks amazing! I'm adding that one to my list now. I'll check out the Crane Wife, too-- we're right on the edge of the breeding territory for sandhill cranes out here. They migrate through the prairies, and I saw five of them picking through a field of corn stubble last week. They have a really haunting call, and they're much bigger than you expect on the ground.
I keep starting the Backman book - loved " A Man Called Ove" but for some reason this was difficult for me to get into and stay into. Looking forward to trying again!
Thank you so much for your recs! If I could peep my head into your little world, I also wanted to share my own book newsletter! It's called bookcrumbs (and you can find it on my substack) where I share weekly books along with a film and song pairing that works with its flavour profile. I hope you get the chance to check it out!
I loved Transit of Venus -- read it years and years ago and then again -- was so happy that it "held up." I'm grateful for the books you can get lost inside of -- they come so rarely.
Immediately put The Transit of Venus on hold. I need a tour de force. (I mean, I just finished Tomorrown, and Tomorrow, and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin, which also fits that bill, but now everything else feels kind of flat.)
The Transit of Venus looks amazing! I'm adding that one to my list now. I'll check out the Crane Wife, too-- we're right on the edge of the breeding territory for sandhill cranes out here. They migrate through the prairies, and I saw five of them picking through a field of corn stubble last week. They have a really haunting call, and they're much bigger than you expect on the ground.
I keep starting the Backman book - loved " A Man Called Ove" but for some reason this was difficult for me to get into and stay into. Looking forward to trying again!
Thank you so much for your recs! If I could peep my head into your little world, I also wanted to share my own book newsletter! It's called bookcrumbs (and you can find it on my substack) where I share weekly books along with a film and song pairing that works with its flavour profile. I hope you get the chance to check it out!
These books sound amazing, I will also be putting some of these on hold at the library. And nice to see so many Bookstackers in one conversation! :)
What a pithy definition of creative nonfiction: “it tells a story, it analyzes that story, and it changes how it feels about its own story.”
Thanks so much for having us on the newsletter!! 💜 BoG coming in with awesome recs like always — The Transit of Venus is now on my tbr!
I loved Transit of Venus -- read it years and years ago and then again -- was so happy that it "held up." I'm grateful for the books you can get lost inside of -- they come so rarely.
Great recs! TBR getting longer.