Books Read, December 2023

That’s a deceptive photo heading this post. . . those are books my husband and I bought ourselves for Christmas, and you’ll have to wait at least a month before they start showing up here. But I have a full slate of books I read in December — as usual, these range across the genres: literary fiction to memoir to popular genre fiction, book in translation, children’s novel, historical fiction. . . it’s all here. Hope you’ll find something that appeals and that you’ll leave us a comment about a book or two you’ve liked (or not) lately. Click through to join in! Happy Reading!

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Autumn in Croatia? Let’s Go . . .

I’ve been considering posting twice weekly again, and reader Zagorka gave me the perfect opportunity when she left a message for fellow Croatian reader, Dottoressa in the comments section ofthis post. The message mainly comprises…

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More Zagreb Summer Street Style

We got home yesterday afternoon, had a Daughter, Son-in-Law, a Five and a Three for dinner (seemed a good idea when we texted the idea from Paris; felt a bit too much yesterday evening, but…

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Zagreb Style. . .

Do you remember that when I first visited Zagreb last year, Dottoressa introduced me to spica, the Zagrebian custom of dressing up and meeting friends for coffee on Saturday morning? Sadly, we didn’t have a…

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Zagreb: Photos and Journal Illustration

This will be a long-ish post, but mostly pictorial, and I thought I’d begin by offering you the agenda: 1. I’ll transcribe my journal entry for yesterday; 2. I’ll make a claim about Zagreb (it’s…

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