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Very Highly Anticipated! I very much adore the first book and have been looking forward to this one. So far, I am surprised at how often I have been surprised (!) at where the story takes me. This is a good writer, she keeps me guessing, and I love it! Also, lots of love for a middle-aged woman protagonist ❤️

Nysgjerrig på hvor mye "overlapp" det er mellom universet til Ravneringene og universet til Vardari... og om tidslinjene kommer til å gi mening etterhvert.

Ene barnet har hatt trilogien på bokhylla siden 2020, da vi antagelig har tenkt "fantasy+norsk forfatter+norrøn mytologi= sikkert flott". Nå har jeg tatt meg i tak på serien med samme bakgrunn, men også med støtte av appen med norske lydbøker, så jeg kunne lese litt i papirbok på hytta og høre litt mens jeg gikk tur med hunden.

Har fått denne varmt anbefalt av en venn. Den er veldig artig fra et religionslærerperspektiv! Fikk litt angst for å avslutte boka (redd for at det skal bli for mye thriller for meg), så jeg har lest opp igjen gamle bøker en stund for å "tørre" å fullføre denne!

Kjøpte boka på Mammutsalg, men det tok lydbokapp med norske bøker for å få noen framgang (Nextory).

Følger NRK Radios Leseklubben.

This is a "shout it from the rooftops" kind of book- insanely relevant and important!

I keep thinking that I know where the story is going... and, joyously, being utterly surprised!

Picking this back up for the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon, starting March 21st

Picking this back up for the 2025 Trans Rights Readathon, starting March 21st.

The sheer number of perspectives here blows my mind. I think it is misunderstood as a story about a Norwegian missionary who tried to Christianize China! This is a Sami guy, thoroughly discriminated against for being proudly Native, against all odds educated as both a theologian and a doctor, speaking out against colonialism at every turn! Born 1870! He was radical! I love the intersectionality here.

Motivated to clear my stack of "Currently reading" before the Trans Rights Readathon starts March 21st.

I sort of jumped right in after finishing Survivor. This is (as expected) much more well-written, but I curse my past self for having read the Parable books before the Patternist books - the first year I read here, was 2021. Parable of the Sower started in 2024. So now, I inevitably compare "where" in the storyline I am in Clay's Ark as compared to the Parable books...

This quote:
"To be led by a fool/
Is to be led/
By the opportunists/
Who control the fool"
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