pickI will be reading more of Amor Towles in the near future. I enjoyed escaping away to the enduring and clever life of Count Alexander
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pickI will be reading more of Amor Towles in the near future. I enjoyed escaping away to the enduring and clever life of Count Alexander
pick#AuldLangSpine @monalyisha @jenniferw88
I'm not sure what I was expecting reading this lonely book that has been sat on my bookshelf for far too long. It certainly wasn't to be so moved, entertained or enthralled by Count Roskov and his Gatsby-like lifestyle as he's confined to house arrest at the Metropol, for being a Former Person. The story moves elegantly through the different stages of his life with great aplomb.
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February picks for #roll100. Not disappointed in any of them!
#Bookreport @Cinfhen
I have already had some incredible reads since the start of the year & we're only going into week 2!
All of my completed books were 3.75 - 4 ⭐️ ratings.
About to start Middlemarch for #Pemberlittens. I'm halfway through Demon Copperhead & The book of eels, enjoying both immensely.
Up next tagged for #ALSpine & The Night Watchman for #AuthorAMonth
@monalyisha @jenniferw88 @Soubhiville
#AuldLangSpine
Kicking off the New Year with Amor Towles. All of these chosen books have been on my tbr list since publishing. @monalyisha You did a great job matching me with @jenniferw88
This is going to be fun!!
pickThe BEST (literary?) historical novel I've ever read. Absolutely enchanting writing. I can't remember the last time I laughed in pure delight so many times at the passages contained in one book. So perfectly balanced with the darker side of historical Russia authentically sprinkled throughout the various decades we get a glimpse of. I was reminded of Still Life; its mix of pathos and charm, the focus on indomitable spirits.
⚠️Briefsuicidalideation
Bittersweet reading experience: when you're enchanted by the writing but sad for the circumstances described.
Books that strive for emotional manipulation, *cough*Kazuo Ishiguro*cough* drive me batty, but books that enchant even while not being fluffy in subject matter suck me right in.
so-soLet me start by saying, this book was beautifully written. I could picture everything easily and I can‘t wait to see the tv show. However, the book just moved too slowly for me, which is why I‘m giving it a “so-so” rating.
pickI really loved this book even though it was more more of a slow and savor read then I usually go for. The writing is phenomenal with such delicacy and detail. The character development is superb and there are definitely some surprises. Overall, an excellent novel. #winterreadathon Book 4 Finished @Andrew65 sorry I can‘t remember who else to tag!!
Time to get planning January's readlist for my participation in #AuldLangSpine
Thank so much for all your hard work organising this @monalyisha I have a perfect match in @jenniferw88 I've already read 1, 2, 4 & 12. The majority of the rest are on my tbr list. 😊 The tagged is a definite January read. I've been meaning to read it .... forever!
panIt was pretty slow-going and I was bored so I skimmed some of the book. A little girl “the Count” met, Nina, was slightly interesting for a very short time. Later on, Sofia was occasionally interesting. The book gets the extra ¼ star for the ending, but for the most part, nothing happened and it was boring. I realize my opinion does not agree with most.
pickI didn‘t want this book to end! This is the 2nd book by A. Towles that I loved.I can‘t even say which I loved more, which says alot.The characters were amazing.This authors attention to detail made me want to visit the Metropol, but I won‘t be visiting Moscow anytime soon.So many events took place while the Count was under house arrest, you‘d hardly believe that the majority of this story took place in this one setting.I highly recommend this book
panNever in my life, has it taken me so long to read a book. I had a friend recommended this book to me, so I felt obligated to finish it, but there were thousands of words that could have been removed from this book to make it so much more enjoyable. I had to skim over so many biting paragraphs, that I felt were completely unnecessary, just to get through this. If you have all the time in the world, have at it. Me? I just do not have the time.
📚tagged. Get a life chloe brown.
🖊Chloe Gong. John Green. Romina Garber.
📺Grey's Anatomy! The Good Place. The Great. Gossip Girl. Great British Baking Show. Gilmore Girls. Ginny & Georgia.
🎤The goo goo dolls
🎶Giants- walk the moon. Good girls go bad- cobra starship. Get lucky- daft punk.
Ik it's late but I love to play!
#manicmonday #letterG
📚 A Gentleman in Moscow, Girl with a Pearl Earring, The Giver, The Giver of Stars, A Great and Terrible Beauty
🖋 Joanna Goodman, Philippa Greggory, Daisy Goodwin
📺 Grey's Anatomy, Game of Thrones
🎥 The Godfather (Pts 1 & 2)
🎤 Greenday
🎶 Genie in a Bottle - Christine Aguliera, Gangnum Style - Psy, Get Back - The Beatles, Grace - U2, Go Your Own Way - Fleetwood Mac
#manicmonday #letterg
#ManicMinday @cbee #LetterG
📘 A Gentleman In Moscow
✒️ Neil Gaiman
🎬 Good Will Hunting
🎤 Green Day
🎶 Gold Dust Woman
Just a day late. Forgot to do this one yesterday.
📚 tagged and The Great Believers
🖋 Yaa Gyasi
🎞 Grease 📺 Glee
🎤 Green Day
🎼 Good Times Roll (The Cars) Good Riddance (Green Day) Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Elton John) Goodnight Saigon (Billy Joel‘s
#ManicMonday #LetterG
#superseptember day 1 @Andrew65
Finished:
📚Thirsty by Mia Hopkins
In Progress:
📖 A Gentleman in Moscow p. 165
📖 Atlas of the Heart by Brene Brown 15%
🎧 The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion 26%
Good progress!
pickI can see why this is so many people's favourite - it's become one of mine too!
#booked2022 #setinahotel @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
August stats! I didn‘t find any 5-star reads last month, but I loved the hell out of both the tagged book and ELIZA AND HER MONSTERS by Francesca Zappa.
The $2 Sweet Valley High omnibus accounts for 12 of the 15 books I bought. It‘s been fun so far, as a cultural artifact if nothing else.
A Gentleman in Moscow by Amor Towles
A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
The Golem and the Jinni by Helene Wecker
#littenswanttoknow
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
Book to screen news: Kenneth Branagh replaced by Ewan McGregor as Alexander Rostov in Showtime‘s adaptation Scheduled to air in 2023.
pickThis is IRL bk grp choice + I'm not sure I wd have read this otherwise so really pleased as it was a joy to immerse myself in Count Rostov's forced occupation of the Moscow metropole Hotel from 1922 to 1954. The story is gentle and the bk long but I was never bored as he meets so many different characters. I just wished I'd known what happened to nina. Perfect for;
#booked2022 #setinahotel @Cinfhen @4thhouseontheleft @BarbaraTheBibliophage
Someone may have already posted this, but I just saw it. I got to see McGregor very briefly in May at Star Wars Celebration. I didn‘t know there was a plan for a show, so I‘m excited about that & the casting. So many of us love this book!
Is anyone else super excited about this???!!!
https://amzn.to/3PKfftX
#LetterG goes to The Count in “A Gentleman in Moscow”
#LetterH goes to all the wonderful and amazing characters in “The House in the Cerulean Sea”
#LetterI goes to “The Invisible Life of Addie LaRue”
#AlphabetGame
#alphabetgame #LetterG #LetterH
A Gentleman in Moscow I read with my bookclub- everyone loved it. House of Gold was a buddy read with Litsy- For the most part,I enjoyed it.
Going to mix it up a bit. Tagged is one of my air time favorites. A G book I hated was Gone Girl….I know it is a very unpopular opinion🤷🏻♀️ and on my TBR is Great Circle.
#AlphabetGame
Tagging anyone who wants to play
#AlphabetGame @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
#LetterG
Hands down my favorite "G" book is A Gentleman in Moscow.
Want to play? @wanderinglynn @Tera66 @fredamans @bthegood
#TheAlphabetGame #LetterG
The letter G has to be for Count Alexander Ilyich Rostov and the brilliant A Gentleman in Moscow.
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfbooks @allylu @CBee @Crazeedi @Caitz @Pageshifter
#Includesamap
#ArtfulAugust
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I love the Count!!
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July 2022
Unbelievably good. Savored the writing. I can‘t believe I put this off for so long because so many people said it was slow and difficult to read. It was neither. I‘d say it was brilliant. I think I will be re-reading this more than once.
pickI‘ve been enjoying reading books that come highly recommended but about which I know nothing. This book was not at all what I expected it to be, but it was completely delightful, touching, witty, and wonderful.
pickTis book was outstanding! Some people have told me the beginning was slow, but I was intrigued from the beginning. The writing! It read like a classic novel. The author's word choices were outstanding. The character development was excellent. I honestly cannot describe how much I enjoyed this book. I recommend it strongly!
so-soThis was a slow build story, filled with the many little adventures of the lifetime resident of the Metropol Hotel. The stories were feel good and whimsical. I found myself getting frustrated, as it felt like the story wasn't really going anywhere. It picked up right when I was about to give up on it. Overall, it was a feel good story with some plot twists thrown in!
pick"As it turns out, one can revisit the past quite pleasantly, as long as one does so expecting nearly every aspect of it to have changed."
pick⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐ ⭐+ It has been a long time since I have been able to place a contemporary writer amongst my favorites. Amor Towles has that distinction. There was not a page of this book I did not enjoy. I cannot wait to read another, and I will likely read this again.
pickI am at a loss of words. This book was well beyond my expectations. It was funny. It was sad. A reminder of how we can either overcome our circumstances or be overcome by them. Count Rostov is by far one of the most wonderful characters I've had the joy of meeting in all my years of reading. This book is more than worthy of your time. I'll definitely re-read this. #doublespin @TheAromaofBooks
pickThis is a fascinating and lovely book. It‘s a quiet book; telling years of modern Russian history through the lens of a single man imprisoned in a hotel. It‘s full of cultural and political history but really it‘s about the life of a man; about his day to day existence, the things he witnesses, what he loves and what he hopes for. It‘s a very lush book too with gorgeous and evocative description.
pickGreat finish to this book! Although it did take me some time to get into the swing of it. That‘s no fault of the book, it‘s just been a busy month for me.
This book and it‘s prose is elegant, refined, witty and interesting - much like the gentleman it refers to.
Amor Towles has a definite understanding of the human nature, regardless its situation. I actually laughed out loud at the referenced quote. True Bolshevik.
