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I’m glad the author is enjoying international success

Stargate - en julefortelling/Brightly Shining by Ingvild H. Rishøi

January 18, 2025 by Malin Leave a Comment

Nowhere Book Bingo 25: Local author (the story takes place about 15 minutes from where I work) The full review of this on my blog contains spoilers so if you don’t want to know how the book ends, and why I can’t rate this book higher, skip the paragraphs I’ve highlighted. Ten-year-old Ronja and her sixteen-year-old sister Melissa are used to disappointments, living alone with a father who only occasionally sobers up long enough to hold down a job for a month or two. They’re […]

Filed Under: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult Tagged With: adapted into movie, alcoholism, audio book, Brightly Shining, cbr17, contemporary fiction, Ingvild H. Rishøi, magical realism, Malin, neglect, Norwegian, Nowhere Book Bingo, poverty, Sad, Stargate - en julefortelling, Young Adult

Malin's CBR17 Review No:5 · Genres: Audiobooks, Fiction, Young Adult · Tags: adapted into movie, alcoholism, audio book, Brightly Shining, cbr17, contemporary fiction, Ingvild H. Rishøi, magical realism, Malin, neglect, Norwegian, Nowhere Book Bingo, poverty, Sad, Stargate - en julefortelling, Young Adult ·
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It Is a Puzzlement

Our Philosopher by Gert Hofmann

May 8, 2024 by elderberrywine Leave a Comment

This was a slim and melancholy read, and I feel as if I am missing quite a bit of context.  The author is German, and although it was written in 1993, is set in the mid-1930s, and so mid-wars Germany.  There is nothing overtly political about the plot, but it is impossible to ignore what is looming ahead for Germany as well as the rest of the world. The setting is a quiet country town in the eastern German countryside, and the titular character is […]

Filed Under: Fiction, History Tagged With: 1930's Germany, Allegorical, Child's viewpoint, Gert Hofmann, Sad

elderberrywine's CBR16 Review No:12 · Genres: Fiction, History · Tags: 1930's Germany, Allegorical, Child's viewpoint, Gert Hofmann, Sad ·
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