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#34 of 2025! Ripley No. 1!
Started: 10/7/25
Finished: 10/19/25
13 Days

I read some really great books in August, Rules of Civility was a reread and it held up just as great 10 yrs on, I really love this book.

Honorable mentions to Annie Bot, Mad Women's Ball, and Evil Eye but my most liked book this month was Talented Mr Ripley and I was so excited to learn it is a series (I have ordered the next 2!)

Overall a solid reading month.

I was glad that I had forgotten most of the movie when I read this - I think it made it a better reading experience. I am curious about how the book was received by the general public when it was published. This was my August #doublespin selection.

Oh I loved this!! I didn't realize it was a series, and I am excited to continue Toms twisted journey. I loved the setting of 1950s Italy and the players that moved in and out of the story, the stakes are high throughout. Thinking a lot about the time frame how Tom was able to get away with so much more than he would today. I really enjoyed Highsmith's writing and story telling it is utterly compelling.
A perfect summer read.

this one had been in my TBR for ages, even taken out of the list, thinking I would get to it another time. But we watched the Netflix series recently and now I want to know if book Ripley is more like the Damon movie, the NFseries or the American Friend movie...anyway hoping to read most of it on a 2h flight.

My next 4 books for #52bookclub24
The series made me re-read one of my all-time favourites, The Talented Mr Ripley, and enjoyed it immensely. The Hobbit was a good read, but fantasy is still not my cup of tea. The Man Called Ove was a disappointment, I'd read from and loved Backman before, but this one, I just couldn't warm up to it. Slaughterhouse Five made me think. A lot.

Gatsby, had Nick‘s obsession consumed and haunted him into dishonesty and fraud. A good story that felt like a longer read than it actually was, given the narrative‘s deep dive into the brain of Tom Ripley.

The new Ripley series on Netflix may be the most faithful adaptation of a novel that I've ever seen. Loved it!

November and the home stretch! #12booksof2023

I loved rereading ROTK, but nothing of the new reads really jumps out at me. However, I did enjoy Ripley enough to deem it my favorite book read in November. It took me forever to read it, but once I got some momentum it moved pretty quickly. #wrapup

My first time reading this and I had not seen the movie. Superb. Great thriller for #scarathlon #BOOklovers

Nothing says October like a cup of tea! My friend and I have an annual tradition of trying new fall themed tea flavours throughout the month. I‘m stuck travelling this week so my first #HelloOctober cuppa is the Random TransCan Motel Room Special #octoberphotoaday #scarathalon #batbrigade @Catsandbooks

First official #scarathalon book to show up from the library, and a perfect pick for the #scarathalongpbotochallenge prompt for black!

This has been on my TBR for years and years, it‘s high time I got around to it. #batbrigade

Ripley,full of self loathing, ashamed of his social standing & frustrated with his inability to fit in where he wants to the most, finds some happiness entertaining others at social gatherings with his impersonations & mimicry of others. The chance to actually steal the identity of another is this sociopath‘s natural progression. The tension built as the net tightens and his subterfuge could be revealed is what powers this tight, smart novel along

Tom Ripley spins the plates!

#manicmonday #LetterT @CBee

📖 The Talented Mr Ripley
✍️ Leo Tolstoy
🎞️ 10 things I hate about you 📺 Top Cat
🎤 Them Crooked Vultures
🎵 Treasure by Bruno Mars

#AlphabetGame
Title that begins with the letter T
A plethora of options for T. There's Robert Olen Butler's tabloid headline inspired collection of contemporary flash fiction Tabloid Dreams, Tolkien's Two Towers (might be my fave of the trilogy), Ali Smith's story of a contentious & awkward dinner party gone sideways There But For The, not to mention Percival Everett's uproarious satire/revenge story The Trees. I am going with Patricia👇

#Alphabetgame #LetterT @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Another one of my all-time favourites.

Just under the wire I finished my #AuthorAMonth book. I liked this book. I couldn‘t figure out how he was going to get away with it. I really need to re-watch this movie now.

Yeah... 20% in & I'm bailing. Tom Ripley just isn't for me. 😔 As always, I'm so glad that #Authoramonth2022 introduces me to new-to-me authors, even when I don't love them! @Soubhiville

Tagged, but I only just started so no stars.
Tough question- maybe Sea of Tranquility
Grateful my kids are home safe in their beds.
#wondrouswednesday
Thanks @Texreader @Eggs

Diabolical. I loved it.
I recently rewatched the movie, which made me curious about the book. It doesn‘t disappoint.

#bookhaul day editions I am the most excited to get! I am embarrassed I have never read Highsmith before but with these gorgeous editions I will fix that soon!!

A good book selection to go with the movie Identity Thief.

#Movie2BookRecs #LetterI
#IdentityThief @Klou

I saw the Matt Damon movie back in the day (and now I want to watch it again) and have been meaning to read the book for years. So glad I finally did! I really got into sociopath Ripley‘s head. The fun of it is seeing whether or not he gets away with it all!

I‘m looking forward to the Showtime series adaptation, which I hope will be released this year as has been reported. 🤞🏻 Still counting it for #pop22 though!

#bookspinbingo - a 2nd bingo!

This was a buddy read with my son and I absolutely loved it! Hoping to read some more from this author soon

Reviews of this novel often describe 2 sides of Mr Ripley - one that is human and likeable and the other that is dark and despicable.The novel is mostly driven by Ripley‘s paranoia and fear of being caught. And while his internal struggles are real and understandable I could not find any sympathy for him. I also found it implausible that other characters did not draw suspicions of Mr Ripley. In this respect his talents seem overly contrived.

I remember watching the film starring Matt Damon, Jude Law, & Gwyneth Paltrow years ago, so being able to picture the actors as the characters helped bring them to life. Tom seems to be a sociopath, his inner monologues & disregard for anyone he feels he cannot use is well-documented here. I thought it was a great read and I have every intention of reading the rest of the series. 4🌟

It‘s a sunshine-y day here in Central Florida!

Starting this one today...it‘s my October #doublespin

#bookspinbingo #bookspin

Well Tom Ripley had a lovely European holiday alright!
This book absolutely engrossed me and I didn‘t want to put it down. Just what I needed at the moment. I did find myself feeling a little anxious as I went about some chores today and had to remind myself that I wasn‘t the character in the book! That‘s some good psychological writing when you‘ve been in a character‘s head and start feeling the weight of his problems.⬇️

Thanks for the brilliant podcast episode on one of my all-time favourites @Therewillbebooks 😍🤘

Enjoying surf, sun, and a good book. I‘m not sure I want to read his further adventures but Tom Ripley is an interesting, complex character.

The Tom we meet here is not yet the coolly sophisticated sociopath of the later novels, and much of the fascination lies in seeing his self-confidence grow as he realises he is indeed much more talented than even he first suspected. The writing is superbly controlled - everything is seen from Tom's POV and we have no access to any information or thought processes that he doesn't have, which makes for a slightly claustrophobic reading experience.

Hoodwinked by the obsessive Tom Ripley

#hoodwinked #springsentiments

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Happy Birthday Ms Highsmith 🌟

https://bookmarks.reviews/patricia-highsmiths-malcontents-misogynists-and-murder...

This one has been on my TBR pile since forever, but thanks to it being my #DoubleSpin this month, I‘ve finally read it 👏🏼 👏🏼 👏🏼.

On the surface, Ripley is a despicable character, capable of cold-blooded murder, but Highsmith draws a character who appears to suffer from some sort of mental illness (antisocial personality disorder?) and I found myself having some sympathy for him.

Four squares of my #BookSpinBingo card crossed off now!

Day 10 of #20Series20Days and my pick is the cultured sociopath, Tom Ripley.

#Top20Series

I don‘t normally read thrillers but this was well-written, glamorous, edge of my seat escapism and it was just what I needed after some heavy reads and the UK being a toilet rn (though when was it last not a toilet??). Ripley was so compelling in an evil sort of way and I never knew what was going to happen next. I‘m rly keen to see the film now too, has anyone seen it and can tell me if it‘s good?

This is my second Patricia Highsmith book. I probably won't read more. I never have any interest in her characters.

Currently reading for my movie/book club.

This is one of my favorite movies though I‘d never read the book. I‘ve read a few other Highsmith novels and decided to give this one a try. It‘s a little different from the screenplay but not disappointingly so. It follows the adage “the book is always better than the movie.”

#AprilTBR #AcrossApril
 @Eggs

Some good advice from an interesting character.

An obvious choice for the #ReallyRandomFebruary prompt of #Talented...

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620

Another obvious choice. #talented #reallyrandomfebruary @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @OriginalCyn620