I just completed the first in the four part series of novels by Vilhelm Moberg (1898-1973) - The Emigrants - written between 1949 and 1959, that describes a Swedish family's emigration to Minnesota in the mid-19th century. A fantastic book.

The novels have been interpreted to film a few times - The Emigrants (based on the first two novels) and The New Land (based on the second two), both starring Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann, directed by Jan Troell in 1971-2 and more recently in 2021, a film by Erik Poppe starring Gustaf Skarsgård and Lisa Carlehed.

Moberg committed suicide by drowning himself in a lake outside his house. He left a note to his wife saying: "The time is twenty past seven; I go to seek in the lake the eternal sleep. Forgive me, I could not endure."

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My favourite A.

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Never heard of this expression before: "self-licking ice cream cone", just too funny.. from the book "Wanting":

Immanent desire is like a “self-licking ice cream cone”—a phrase coined by Pete Wordon, director of NASA’s Ames Research Center, to refer to NASA’s bureaucracy. The phrase has come to refer to any system whose main purpose is sustaining itself.

Too good

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THE ONCE AND FUTURE WITCHES
5 out of 5 mugs of coffee  

This is not a soft book. This book tugs at the parts of me that survived abusive family, exboyfriends, cancer... That has lost jobs for speaking up against "those jokes".

I *adored* it. It's about the power women (and yes this book means ALL WOMEN) have when they come together against their oppressor.

I think I need to go read it again...

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Loving seeing everyone's favorite 7 books. Really helps get to know people by their taste in literature. Here are some from various genres that I recommend.

- The Science Before Science
by Anthony Rizzi
- Spiritual Machines
by Ray Kurzweil
- Siddhartha
by Hermann Hesse
- State Of Fear
by Michael Crichton
- Firestarter
by Stephen King
- Interview With The Vampire
by Anne Rice
- The Elegant Universe
by Brian Greene

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