The Summer Book *1001-listed*
3 journalers for this copy...
Journal Entry 1 by Boekentrol from Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Tuesday, December 27, 2016
Synopsis:
"An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. Gradually, the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings for independence, and a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the island itself, with its mossy rocks, windswept firs and unpredictable seas."
"An elderly artist and her six-year-old granddaughter while away a summer together on a tiny island in the gulf of Finland. Gradually, the two learn to adjust to each other's fears, whims and yearnings for independence, and a fierce yet understated love emerges - one that encompasses not only the summer inhabitants but the island itself, with its mossy rocks, windswept firs and unpredictable seas."
Journal Entry 2 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Friday, March 15, 2019
What a lovely book! Funny, interesting, painting a beautiful picture of a Scandinavian summer.
It has been a while since I last read a book in one sitting... This one I just couldn't put down.
It has been a while since I last read a book in one sitting... This one I just couldn't put down.
Journal Entry 3 by Boekentrol at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands on Monday, April 22, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (4/26/2019 UTC) at Leeuwarden, Fryslân (Friesland) Netherlands
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This book is travelling with me to Mainz, as a wishlist surprise / present for ....?....
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did!
Happy bookcrossing :-)
I hope you enjoy the book as much as I did!
Happy bookcrossing :-)
Wow I am so lucky to be the lucky ....?.... to receive this book. I love the Moomins series so when I found out the author wrote this book, I want to read it too!
Thank you so much Boekentrol for thinking of me. So glad to see you again in Mainz as well as getting to spend more time getting to know you. Not always easy at a big convention!
Thank you so much Boekentrol for thinking of me. So glad to see you again in Mainz as well as getting to spend more time getting to know you. Not always easy at a big convention!
Flying on an old airplane can be a good thing: without personal tv and phone charger, I end up reading a few good books on the way back home.
So glad to have read this excellent book! While I as a city girl may not enjoy living on a small, quiet, remote and cold island so close to nature, I like how Jansson lovingly describe the life there, and the interaction between the grandmother and child. The moments will feel very idyllic and blissful, but Sophia's sudden bursts will remind me that she is a child who is suffering the loss of her mother, and fearful of the impermanence of life. BTW, seriously, what's up with the father? He is mostly in the background and doesn't get to utter a word in the whole book!
Thanks again Boekentrol, for the lovely postcard and RABCK. I've been to Sweden or Finland, and this book may make me consider braving the cold and attend the Finland BC con in two years.
So glad to have read this excellent book! While I as a city girl may not enjoy living on a small, quiet, remote and cold island so close to nature, I like how Jansson lovingly describe the life there, and the interaction between the grandmother and child. The moments will feel very idyllic and blissful, but Sophia's sudden bursts will remind me that she is a child who is suffering the loss of her mother, and fearful of the impermanence of life. BTW, seriously, what's up with the father? He is mostly in the background and doesn't get to utter a word in the whole book!
Thanks again Boekentrol, for the lovely postcard and RABCK. I've been to Sweden or Finland, and this book may make me consider braving the cold and attend the Finland BC con in two years.
Journal Entry 6 by Azuki at A fellow BookCrosser, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases on Saturday, September 21, 2019
Released 4 yrs ago (9/21/2019 UTC) at A fellow BookCrosser, A RABCK -- Controlled Releases
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Sending this to another BCer. Enjoy!! : )
An RABCK surprise from Azuki... so delighted! I remember loving the Moomintroll books and know I will enjoy sitting down with this delightful tome ... thanks so much for sending it along to me! Happy Autumn...