Trinsec @Qoto @trinsec@social.cleverlibre.org

I've finally read through **Drive Your Plow Over the Bones of the Dead** by *Olga Tokarczuk*, a Polish writer. I remember what my mother told me before about Polish writers, that they're kind of insane with their storytelling. And after having finished this book I think she's right. It's the second book of a Polish writer I've read, and this one's only a slight bit less insane. Just a tad.

So I'm still reading with the theme of old ladies with murder cases here, except this lady isn't quite investigating the murder cases per se. More like, she's actually convinced that it should have been like this, because the stars told her so. She's a complete astrology nut and tries to make horoscopes to explain everything in life. She's also Vegan, and anything harming animals is outright murder. All those people who got killed were hunters, so it served them right too. The Animals (yes with a capital A there) probably took revenge on them. Of course nobody believes her, and many think of her as a madwoman.

When reading, I simply went with the flow of the story because it was all quite surreal. It was like watching a movie where you don't know wtf everybody was smoking, but you just can't stop watching. She doesn't name people by their real names but has given all of them nicknames that suits them (according to her logic). Big Foot, Oddball, Dizzy, Good News, etc. I'm also thinking the people in her area are somewhat strange, which is probably an understatement. The difficulty is that I can't get into too much detail here lest I might spoil the story. This whole book has been quite a weird trip.

Was it a fun read? Well, it's kept me occupied. Was it interesting? Well, yes, but it was also weird. Do I understand this person? Not really, no. Except a bit near the end, some stuff kind of got explained to attribute to this turn of events. At least she's got friends who cares about her, which is quite a redeeming factor in this story.
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@peterdrake Somehow I like that last line.

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*Niest helemaal over jou*

Every time I am again amazed at how much snot a human body can contain.

@mc Thanks.

I so totally don't like having a cold and feeling all congested in my head. -.-

@PawelK Can totally relate.

@Pat A toot for when you're feeling blue?

@urusan The very towels you tried to dry in the rain?

@urusan That's actually the whole reason that my towels and bedlinens are put in the dryer... I don't want crispy towels and bedsheets, I want their fabric to be broken up into softness.

@dosnostalgic Oh wow, that's nicely done.

Time to check if the kitchen is going to be hotter than outdoors soon.. Oven pizza is on the menu!

Definitely a time to relax right now. It's bloody hot outside. This morning was still nice, so I did very light gardening work then. Wouldn't be able to pull it off now anymore. Even in the shadow feels very warm.

@Pat Mmm, don't think I ever watched this. You reckon I should add it to my queue?

@Placholdr Don't you have other means of contacting the friend? Because you should've if it was indeed a precious friend.

Also, bummer.

@maddiefuzz @urusan Oh? Why? Genuinely curious since I don't know Ruby well at all.

@urusan Darn, if even a toddler thinks that.. time to clean it up?

@pennywhether Getting on a ladder for that particular tree I used it for is absolutely not an option. It's a tree with murder needles, and they sting, hard! Best to keep a distance and just cut it off like that instead. :D

@Pat I don't know how long my dad has had this one for. I only know that he could've let me know about it like.. a half year ago? When I could've used it too!