Silk listers, I used to turn to you for book recommendations around this
time of the year. But stopped this practice when I stopped seeing
engagement. But last year a handful of you said that you missed this annual
tradition. So here we go again!
What have you read over the last year that has left
My discovery this year has been the SF author Adrian Tchaikovsky. I read
"Children of Time" and "Children of Ruin" which were both excellent and I
just finished reading "The Doors of Eden" which I thought was very
impressive.
Thaths, you asked about Covid - one of my coping mechanisms has been
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Koh-i-noor by Dalrymple
The Hidden Life of Trees by Peter Wohlleben
A Moveable Feast by Hemingway
A Zoo in My Luggage by Gerard Durrell
Tamas (in Spanish)
Los Surcos del Azar (Spanish)
La Florida (Play by Victor Sánchez, Available in English translated by Will
Gregory)
El vie., 20 nov. 2020 11:13
On Thu, Nov 19, 2020 at 10:16 PM Danese Cooper wrote:
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> “This scent had a freshness, but not the freshness of limes or
> pomegranates, not the freshness of myrrh or cinnamon bark or curly mint or
> ― Patrick Suskind, Perfume The Story of a Murderer
One of my favorite books! Thank you for the qu
Speaking of smells, this is one of the best opening paragraphs that I have
ever read in any novel.
*IT WAS INEVITABLE: the scent of bitter almonds always reminded him of the
fate of unrequited love. Dr. Juvenal Urbino noticed it as soon as he
entered the still darkened house where he had hurried
