#memory of water

[julibellule]

“I’ll have to come sometime,” Antonia said.

“You should,” Aziraphale said eagerly. “In fact, we do have book club every month, on the first Friday. Members welcome to bring their own food and drink.”

This man was way too delightful, Antonia was sure he was a fae.

“Thanks, Aziraphale,” she said as she opened the door for him.

“Toodle loo! Have a good night,” Aziraphale waved at her as he walked over the threshold of the door, and Antonia watched him disappear down the path that led into town, his tan and white clothes still visible in the darkness.

Memory of Water

-by Pilatesandpinot

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[momamama]

[seanmorroww]

Cherushii - “Pillow Palace”

Memory of Water [100% Silk, 2015]

[sneakend]

Most of the soil we walk on once grew and breathed, and once it had the shape of the living, long ago. One day someone who doesn’t remember us will walk on our skin and flesh and bones, on the dust that remains of us.

Emmi Itäranta, Memory of Water

[bookreviewsfromthebibliophile]

⭐⭐⭐⭐

"Knowledge is power" and so is hope.

Much of this book is about these two overarching themes.

The story is set in the future in the northern part of the Scandinavian Union (controlled by the state of New Qian), and water is the most precious and sought-after commodity. Noria Kaitio, the seventeen-year-old protagonist of the novel, is studying to become tea master in order to carry on the vocation of her father, but with this role comes great responsibility.

I really enjoyed this book but it often left me wanting more: more narrative, more character development, and more information about context.

I do look forward to reading any future books by this author, as well as rereading this one. If you enjoy dystopian novels, you will most certainly like this book.

*I was provided a free copy of this novel in exchange for my honest review.*

[inhalingwords]

Recs-mas 2017 || Dec 4 || A First Book: Teemestarin kirja (engl. Memory of Water) by Emmi Itäranta

Teemestarin kirja / Memory of Water is Emmi Itäranta’s spec-fic debut novel that came out in 2014 and also the first book of hers I read. And I’m so glad I finally got around to it this year since I absolutely fell in love with the novel’s gorgeous, cyclical, water-like writing and Itäranta’s seemingly effortless world building!

Teemestarin kirja is set in an undetermined point in time somewhere in the future “in the far north of the Scandinavian Union, now occupied by the power state of New Qian” (aka in northern Finland that is occupied by some sort of futuristic Chinese/Japanese army). The story follows a 17-year-old teenage girl protagonist and her female best friend while exploring themes such as climate change, water (its ownership and shortage), continuity (through history, tradition, culture, information), death, hope, and choices.

Much recommended to both the YA and the adult crowd, to anyone looking for a good Finnish book to read, and to anyone interested in enjoyable scifi/fantasy (with extra social commentary)!

[spiritualgateway]

Water has memory. Depending on how you treat it, what kind of thoughts and emotions you generate, accordingly it behaves in your body.

Jaggi Vasudev

[thelibraryofmars]

Extra discount at work=book haul. And yes that's a new copy of Frankenstein I picked up, no biggie.