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Mary-Louise Parker recommended Collected Poems in Books (curated)

 
Collected Poems
Collected Poems
Mark Strand | 2016 | Fiction & Poetry, Romance
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"If I were allowed two books, I would pair this one with The Collected Poems of Wallace Stevens. I could spend a whole fall and winter just going back and forth between Stevens's "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird," and Strand's "Dark Harbor.""

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Books Editor (673 KP) shared own list

Oct 12, 2017
Never in history have so many diverse books from the Nordic nations been translated, and in the last five years in the UK and the USA the list has been growing.

There should be something here for every boreal-minded reader to cherish in the coming winter.
List

The Guardian's Best Nordic Books

As a year-long festival celebrating the region’s writers gets under way in the UK, Icelandic novelist Sjón selects essential reading from the far north.

Inside Voices, Outside Light

Inside Voices, Outside Light

Sigurður Pálsson and Martin Regal

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This book presents poems from Palsson's ten collections written between 1980-2008. Swirling with...

Poetry
The Gravity of Love

The Gravity of Love

Deborah Bragan-Turner and Sara Stridsberg

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"I'll put my head in the oven so you know where I am," he whispers, kissing her neck. Jim -...

Fiction
The Tower at the Edge of the World

The Tower at the Edge of the World

William Heinesen and Glyn Jones

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The Tower at the Edge of the World is William Heinesen's last novel written when he was 76, and is...

Fiction
Mirror, Shoulder, Signal

Mirror, Shoulder, Signal

Dorthe Nors

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Sonja's over forty, and she's trying to move in the right direction. She's learning to drive. She's...

Fiction
Crimson

Crimson

Niviaq Korneliussen and Anna Halager

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This is the story of a group of friends, on the cusp of adulthood, exploring life, seeking...

Fiction LGBTQ
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Li Hughes (285 KP) rated The Firebird (Slains #2) in Books

Aug 9, 2017  
The Firebird (Slains #2)
The Firebird (Slains #2)
Susanna Kearsley | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
5
6.7 (3 Ratings)
Book Rating
This is a sequel to The Winter Sea and follows Anna, the child from that book as the second plot line. I'm kind of torn: I enjoyed Kearsley's writing style as much as in the first book, and it was good to see what had happened "off camera" with Anna. But some of the plot devices really felt like a stretch: like Dickens' multitude of coincidences in A Tale of Two Cities but without the benefit of actually being AToTC. I mean, I know we're talking about psychometry here but still.

Still a quick, fun read, but I simply didn't enjoy it quite as much as The Winter Sea.
  
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b.Young (97 KP) rated A Week in Winter in Books

May 7, 2018  
A Week in Winter
A Week in Winter
Maeve Binchy | 2012 | Contemporary, Fiction & Poetry, Travel
8
8.0 (1 Ratings)
Book Rating
A heart-warming, light read
I am a fan of Maeve Binchy and A Week in Winter did not disappoint.
The story begins with Chicky Starr and her idea of setting up a B&B in a small coastal town of western Ireland. With the help of a few of her friends and family, her dreams become a reality and she soon welcomes her first guests.
The story continues to detail the reasons behind each of the guests stay at Stone House. I was eager to learn the cicumstances of each guest and how their situation improved upon staying at Stone House for that week in winter.