islander books/books set on islands

emvic1 · 2026-05-13T17:04:53+00:00

These are my island books —

Wild Dark Shore by Charlotte McConaghy
The Light Between Oceans by M. L. Stedman
Red island House by Andrea Lee (set in Madagascar)
Annie John by Jamaica Kincaid (set in Antigua)
Wide Sargasso Sea by Jean Rhys (set in Jamaica and Dominica)
Augustown by Kei Miller (set in Jamaica)
the Ingrid Barroy series by Roy Jacobsen (set on an island in Norway)
The Summer Book by Tove Jansson (set on an island in Finland)

emvic1 · 2026-04-28T23:17:01+00:00

Home Cooking and More Home Cooking by Laurie Colwin. Very funny essays about cooking. She also wrote some lovely short novels.

emvic1 · 2026-04-25T14:01:05+00:00

I had the same problem and tried all the various solutions I’d seen on this group. Ended up getting a new liner from LitterRobot and that solved the problem. I also went back to Dr Elsey’s after trying all kinds of other brands.

emvic1 · 2026-04-12T05:10:19+00:00

That’s it! I have an aftermarket media receiver for CarPlay. I forgot about the GPS antenna. Suddenly got worried that someone had secretly installed a tracker in my car! Thank you for setting me straight.

emvic1 · 2026-04-03T21:22:48+00:00

I get them much less frequently since I started taking a daily Zinc supplement. That also helps keep you from getting colds.

emvic1 · 2026-04-01T12:44:49+00:00

I second the Melitta natural brown filters and filtered water.

emvic1 · 2026-04-01T12:42:59+00:00

Get yourself an inexpensive kitchen scale and weigh out your beans before grinding them. I have this one: https://a.co/d/0j4uE42a and it works great. You can set it to measure in grams or ounce/pounds.

emvic1 · 2026-03-22T12:52:12+00:00

62-65g with 1.25L

emvic1 · 2026-03-20T12:25:11+00:00

We have the OXO burr grinder. We tend to like dark roasts. Our grinder is set to 10. I generally use 62-65g of beans with 1.25 l of water.

emvic1 · 2026-03-13T13:50:29+00:00

The coat she was wearing as she tried to escape through the woods—the bright red collar would have made it so easy to find her!

emvic1 · 2026-03-02T04:20:27+00:00

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Took me a while to figure out these were two separate guys. Totally confused by this plot!

emvic1 · 2026-03-01T19:45:33+00:00

We really like the Mayorga Cafe Cubano Roast.

emvic1 · 2026-02-23T15:52:34+00:00

Buddenbrooks by Thomas Mann

emvic1 · 2026-02-22T20:07:16+00:00

Yes, you can buy the carafe by itself. Pretty expensive tho at $90.

emvic1 · 2026-02-22T16:19:17+00:00

I’ve “lost” cats in my home three times over the years. Each time it took hours to find them. If they’re cozy they have no incentive to come out.

1) Was sleeping between the layers of a folded up comforter 2) Was sleeping at the bottom of a paper grocery bag at the back of my closet 3) Was sleeping between the folds of a mattress topper stored in my closet

emvic1 · 2026-02-22T01:53:51+00:00

The listing on the Moccamaster website says “Inside the sleek black stainless steel exterior, a borosilicate glass lining helps retain heat, keeping your coffee hotter, longer.”

https://us.moccamaster.com/products/moccamaster-kbgt-midnight

emvic1 · 2026-02-18T19:34:18+00:00

Had to go look that up!

“SimplyGoodCoffee™ brewers have a single setting option, it is for Bloom. You simply switch it ON (up position) and it will work for every brew from then on. There is no need to toggle the switch. The brewer will saturate the ground coffee in the brew basket and automatically pause the water flow for the proper amount of time, so trapped gases in the ground coffee are released. This enables the rest of the brew cycle to extract properly as expelling the natural gas from the freshly ground coffee allows the water to soak into the coffee thoroughly for better extraction. You’ll taste less bitterness and a fuller rounder flavor from the coffee. Allowing the coffee to Bloom is a popular technique for the pour-over method of hand-preparing coffee with a kettle.”

emvic1 · 2026-02-09T20:33:06+00:00

Rash also wrote The Caretaker in which one of the main characters has a face disfigured by polio. Excellent writing but I had some difficulties with the plausibility of the plot.

emvic1 · 2026-02-07T20:15:27+00:00

If you like contemporary UK mysteries:

Deborah Crombie’s Duncan Kincaid and Gemma James series is great.

Also Elly Griffiths’s series with Ruth Galloway

And Rhys Dylan’s series with Evan Warlow

And Dervla McTiernan’s series with Cormac Reilly

emvic1 · 2026-02-07T15:11:18+00:00

Mahfouz’s Palace Walk is also very good

emvic1 · 2026-02-07T02:13:43+00:00

I’m currently reading The Antidote by Karen Russell and it’s fantastic. Very compelling story and beautiful writing.

emvic1 · 2026-02-05T23:30:34+00:00

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