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Here we GO

Starting this one first - still not in the mood for the Fosse chunkster (or intimidated). Need to go completist on the formidable Mantel (plus Brookner and Pym) so inching toward that.

From the gentle sledgehammer of Brookner’s Brief Lives to Jon Fosse’s (reputed) masterpiece is too big of a leap. I know Pym to be equally incisive as Brookner, but with a humor and lightness I could with now. So a quick detour it is, and then on to Fosse!

Reading this while also listening to the audio read by Helen McAlpine and it’s just perfect.

Reading and listening to Rory Kinear’s superb reading on Audible.

Picked this up in the local Oxfam for 1 euro, and by God, this is good. From the author of the Cazalet novels, which get katapulted to the top of my TBR list.

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Really having problems focusing on anything at all. Can't get through the Booker shortlist, can't get into any of the sci-fi/fantasy novels I've got lined up. The only thing that seems to work for me right now are the epic family saga's, such as this one. Hooked from page 1.

Really having problems focusing on anything at all. Can't get through the Booker shortlist, can't get into any of the sci-fi/fantasy novels I've got lined up. The only thing that seems to work for me right are the epic family saga's, such as this one. Hooked from page 1.

Hm .... beginning to understand why they call this scifi’s ‘Ulysses’

Deze ligt al ... 20 jaar (?) op mijn TBR stapel. Ik denk dat het tijd is. Een van de grote klassiekers waar ik nog nooit aan ben toegekomen.