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Kristelh

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

#bookspin Blaming #reading1001
#bookspin Twains feast audible original.
#Bookspinbingo two working on 3.

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!!! Looking fabulous!!! 1y

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Daisey

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

so-so

This book was written while the author was dying and is very much about death and how life goes on for those left behind. I didn‘t particularly enjoy it and never felt truly connected to the rather unlikeable characters, but as it was a fairly short read it didn‘t take long to get through.

#1001books #Reading1001 December BotM

Daisey @TheAromaofBooks This is also my #DoubleSpin for December and with it I‘ve completed my #BookSpin challenge for this year. I also just made final updates to the Google form! Thanks again for hosting a great challenge. 1y

TheAromaofBooks Great progress finishing this one and excellent work on the challenge this year!! Thank you so much for participating!!! 1y

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Kristelh

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

#bookspin #14 Blaming #reading1001
#doublespin #2 Twain‘s Feast or “food”
#december2022

TheAromaofBooks

TheAromaofBooks Woohoo!! Love your greenery decorations!! 1y

BkClubCare I listened to an audiobook that featured Twain‘s feast and someones attempt to recreate now. Want me to find it (since I am blanking 😬) 1y

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quietjenn

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

Getting a few minutes of reading in - after lunch and before a staff meeting.

LeahBergen I haven‘t read this one yet! 3y

BarbaraBB I enjoyed this one. 3y

quietjenn @LeahBergen @BarbaraBB I wasn‘t quite sure at first, but I ended up liking it immensely! 3y

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Weaponxgirl

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

Ok littens my bad book mood continues so I've decided to go back to my favourite type of novels. I like these sort of quiet, witty almost comedy of manners type books but can't decide which of these I should read?
I'll give whatever gets the most votes a try first to see if I can get out of this sudden slump.

Lauram I can‘t see the title, but I‘m voting for the top middle for the cover alone. 6y

rmaclean4 @Lauram agreed...top middle gets my vote as well. 6y

Weaponxgirl @rmaclean4 @Lauram I just realised its set a xmas 😂 I was just pulling off my shelves stuff I know I'd like . But maybe it will help cool me down a bit with this muggy weather. Also thank you both! I need to be pushed right now

High Rising: A Virago Modern Classic

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rmaclean4 @Weaponxgirl Christmas in July? 6y

Weaponxgirl @rmaclean4 I should look harder before I pull books of my shelf in what to read panic 6y

Jess_Read_This Nightingale Wood (gorgeous edition!!!) gets my vote!

Nightingale Wood: A Novel

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Weaponxgirl @Jess_Read_This and I do love cold comfort farm so much! 6y

Weaponxgirl @Jess_Read_This but haven't read this one. 6y

Jess_Read_This @Weaponxgirl I haven‘t either but just picked up a copy from the library this week and was planning on reading it. My paperback looks like the cover of the tagged one here. (I like yours a bit better!) 6y

Lauram I‘m adding it to my tbr pile. I need to find this book! 6y

Weaponxgirl @Jess_Read_This this is the virago edition 😊 my great loves. Well if your reading it that does give me extra incentive to maybe suggest a buddy read? 6y

Weaponxgirl @Lauram it's a virago modern classic and pretty sure that one is still in print atm. I always turn to them when I don't know what to read 6y

Jess_Read_This @Weaponxgirl I‘d say so!! (Just don‘t hold me responsible if it misses the mark 😂) 6y

Lauram I found it on amazon, and there‘s a huge list of virago classics that look like my kind of books! Thanks for the information! 6y

Weaponxgirl @Lauram viragos are wonderful! Look out for them in secondhand bookshops as a lot of the vmcs are now out of print. 6y

Weaponxgirl @Jess_Read_This nope, I'll ask Stella gibbons what happened if that happens as cold comfort farm always brings me joy 6y

Jess_Read_This @Weaponxgirl 🙌🏼Same! If I feel the same way about Nightingale, we both will have some questions for Stella Gibbons! 6y

batsy I've only read Excellent Women and enjoyed it 6y

Weaponxgirl @batsy I've heard excellent things about Barbara pym and picked that copy up before virago picked her up and she was still out of print. It's a very brittle copy. If I open it I can hear it crack. 6y

Aimeesue Pym!Pym!Pym! I'm a Pymphomaniac! Excellent women is one of her best. 6y

Weaponxgirl @Aimeesue that's really high praise, I may just have to read all suggested in quick succession of each other. 6y

batsy @Weaponxgirl It's a lovely copy but in that condition I would be afraid to read it... Perhaps you could get a new edition for reading purposes and keep this one to admire 😉😁 @Aimeesue I keep telling myself I should read more of Pym's work! 6y

Aimeesue @Weaponxgirl Pym has a dry wit, whereas the Gibbons is broader. I love Spark as well, but she tends toward the dark side of humanity, as does Taylor, though not as heavily. 6y

Aimeesue @batsy Jane and Prudence is my second favorite Pym. Or maybe Some Tame Gazelle, which is good if you like curates or plum jam.

Jane and Prudence: A Novel

batsy @Aimeesue Love curates and plum jam! 😆 I was thinking of progressing through her work chronologically. 6y

Weaponxgirl @Aimeesue your saying all the reasons that these books were high on my tbr to get me out of a slump reading 😀 exactly the sort of stories I adore! 6y

Weaponxgirl @Lauram @rmaclean4 @Jess_Read_This @batsy @Aimeesue thank you all, you've got me excited to read what I already have on my shelves! I'm starting with gibbons and then gonna read the pym and I may leave high rising till closer to xmas but am now determined to read it this year! Thanks for kick starting my enthusiasm again it's really appreciated. 6y

LeahBergen My favourite sort of read, as well. 💕 I‘ve only read the Pym but have the Spark, Keane, and Thirkell on my TBR. 😁 6y

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BarbaraBB

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

so-so

I enjoyed reading this book of Amy, who loses her husband and grieves, accompanied by her butler, the family doctor, her son and this strange American woman who is interested in the English way of life. Many storylines in this short novel and I am afraid
I didn't get the point of some of them. What was it really about? What did Taylor want to tell with this novel she was writing while dying herself? #1001books Picture: Vis, Croatia

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SaintUrsula

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

pick

British couple Amy & Nick are on vacation. Nick dies suddenly. An American shipboard acquaintance, Martha, decides to assist Amy in the aftermath. Martha is a bit odd; Amy is cold. Their relationship makes for fascinating reading. ⛴️⛴️⛴️⛴️ 4 out of 5 cruise ships

charl08 Not had much luck with Elizabeth Taylor. Should probably try again. 7y

SaintUrsula @charl08 I've never read anything else by her, and in fact didn't know a thing about her. So a pleasant little surprise. 7y

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SaintUrsula

Blaming | Elizabeth Taylor

"Istanbul was cool."

#firstlines

8little_paws This is a cool picture! 7y

SaintUrsula @8little_paws thanks! It was actually our sunrise here this morning. 😀 7y

charl08 Love that. Very clever. 7y

SaintUrsula @charl08 I'm having fun with the photos. 7y

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