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#booked2019 #featuresAmusician Why did it take so long for me to get to this one? I don‘t like Opera?A visiting businessman is to be treated to an incredible birthday party in South America,an amazing soprano is to sing at the event.Gun-wielding terrorists burst in an hold international dignitaries hostage.As time goes on the character study of relationships takes center stage as the situation goes on.unexpected alliances form.

#Booked2019 #Spring I‘m behind on the challenge .I‘m 50 pages into this one,it‘s amazing! #featuresamusician

I am traveling to visit Parnassus Books in Nashville next month so obviously I‘m reading/re-reading all of Ann Patchett‘s books. Apparently, there‘s a quiz as soon as you walk in the door...right? 😂😂

I‘ve legit been friends with this girl for EIGHT YEARS and this never once came up?! Granted, I just read my first Ann Patchett book about two years ago, but still. Guess a trip to Nashville is in my future! 😂

Still not 100% sure how I feel about this book. On the one had, beautiful writing and character development and on the other hand . . . the ending. Obviously, you kind of know how it‘s going to go since there are hostages and terrorists . . . it‘s probably not going to end well but at the same time . . . 💔. I did not like the epilogue at all and would have been much more satisfied with the end being the actual ending.

Finished 1 book so far for #24B4Monday #readathon.

Decided to join in on the #24B4Monday #readathon this weekend. This is my stack. I‘ve promised these books to other people once they‘re finished so why not make a dent in them. #bookcrossing #booksharing #sharingiscaring

I can see why this is so well loved, but it just didn‘t do it for me. The jumping around from character to character took way too long for me to get used to, and I was bored through the first half of the book. However, it does have some beautiful passages and some great characters, and the ending was gasp-worthy. So, sorry book, it is not ypu, it‘s me 🤷‍♀️

#BookToMovie #Booked2019

It seems like most of my clients decided to take the day off from therapy, and I‘m caught up with my admin work, so now I‘m putting my feet up for a bit with my #currentread 📖

“Some people are born to make great art and others are born to appreciate it. Don‘t you think? It is a kind of talent in itself, to be an audience, whether you are the spectator in the gallery or you are listening to the voice of the world‘s greatest soprano. Not everyone can be the artist. There have to be those who witness the art, who love and appreciate what they have been privileged to see.”

Beach read #2 ⛱

I‘m not a fan of fireworks and loud noises, so this is how I do 4th of July....curled up in my closet with earplugs and a great book 😂 Thinking this might be a wonderful spot for a reading nook 🤔 Happy 4th of July to all those celebrating and happy reading to everyone else!!

Goodwill Book Haul, $3.50! Last Saturday of the month is 50%. Most of these are going into our Little Free Library but I‘m keeping Bel Canto and maybe Truely Madly Guilty to read.

Accompanied my husband on his business trip to Saratoga Springs and spent a very lovely morning in Congress Park finishing this for the #Booked2019 #featuresamusician #Booked2019spring prompt. A group of dignitaries, business people and artists are taken hostage by a group of terrorists at the home of the Vice President of an unnamed South American country. Although the character development was on point, not exactly sure how much I liked this.

I originally just wanted Bel Canto but I couldn‘t resist these others in the Perennial Collection! 😯

It was pretty slow-moving, but the story was good. I found I (mostly) didn‘t care about the characters. I guess by the end, I did a little bit, but still not as much as I would have hoped. The epilogue was unexpected – I‘m not sure I liked it. My edition had an interview with the author at the end, so I found it interesting to discover that the book was based on a real-life hostage situation at the Japanese embassy in Peru that did last months.

I read 14 books in May, Bel Canto was probably my favorite although all of these books were good. A very satisfying reading month!

Very satisfied with the ending (not the epilogue). It took me awhile to read because I kept convincing myself that I wasn‘t interested. Glad I kept on keeping on. Very interesting perspectives.

This book was not at all what I expected, but in a good way.

This is the year I finally read Bel Canto.

#bfc week 1 complete
✅1.5 audiobooks
✅ 3 workouts & 4 yoga classes
✅ cheered for everyone I saw post
💪🏻onto week 2!
@wanderinglynn #bookishfitnesschallenge

I think about this book often. Like a dark fairy tale

There was an incredible logic to kissing, such a metal- to-magnet pull between two people that it was a wonder that they found the strength to prevent themselves from succumbing every second.

It‘s just a bail for now I think. I‘m having such crappy days at the moment and this is just not keeping my attention. Maybe I need to hibernate it for a bit.
Not really sure what my brain wants 🤷‍♀️

“It makes you wonder. All the brilliant things we might have done with our lives if only we suspected we knew how.”

This has been on my TBR forever...

#literaryluck #favoritesofmarch

Count Alexander Rostov ❤️
Edward and Florence ❤️💔
Carmen, Ishmael, Cesar, G. Benjamin...etc ❤️💔

It‘s easy to assume this to be an action-thriller novel, judging by the blurb. A group of prominent people are taken hostage by a terrorist group who raided an official function; which demanded negotiations with the authorities. But what Patchett presents is a quiet, unhurried and beautifully-told plot involving a cast of international characters, whom we get to know and grow fond of. 👇

#Booked2019 #Spring #featuresamusician

Reading the tagged book made me search and listen to this composition. Just lovely. 🎼🎹

Patchett is a masterful storyteller!

This is a melodic story of an extreme case of Stockholm Syndrome. It‘s an elegant and meaningful exposition of kidnapping, but also of love. The characters are diverse—rebel soldiers, an opera singer, translator, diplomats, and businessmen. Patchett creates a true ensemble piece, focusing on character development and a few big action moments. I loved it!

Full review www.TheBibliophage.com
#thebibliophage2019
#booked2019 #featuresamusician

1. Yes. It‘s short though.
2. Yes & currently in progress.
3. Yes, attempted yesterday.
4. See tagged.
@wanderinglynn #hellothursday

Started this #audiobook yesterday. A long time ago, our friend Terry waxed poetic about this book. I‘m finally giving it a go.

I‘m so glad to be working hard on my #MountTBR this year. Doing fewer challenges has made it easier. That‘s been lovely too. #readinggoals #butnottoomany #timetobespontaneous

#TimbitTunes
Day 21 - #LostTogether
While not exactly lost, this group of high-placed hostages whose lingua franca is music, forge unexpected bonds during their interminable captivity. Stuck in the South American Vice-Presidential mansion while negotiations mostly break down, these international hostages are “lost together,” but they learn the often elusive art of communication.

This is the first thing that came to my mind—I hope I did it right.

Gosh this is written beautifully. It‘s been on my shelf forever, and I finally got around to picking it up, and now can‘t wait to see it translated to the big screen.

1. Ann Patchett
2. Jhumpa Lahiri
3. John Irving
4. Margaret Atwood
5. Daniel Pink (a stand-in for smart science writing)

I haven't seen much about this movie, but stumbled across it in my library's online catalog. Just finished it and it is very similar to the book. I can't complain much; I experienced many of the same feelings I had while reading the book. I wasn't the greatest fan of the book, but now appreciate the story a bit more having watch the film adaptation. #booktomovie 🎥 📖

Perfectly lovely tale, patiently told, even if the ending was a little rushed. It takes place in some undefined country, but it seems undefined in other ways too.

It went on perhaps 50 pages longer than it needed, but there was enough magic to justify the raves I have read about this book over the past decade or more.

I had mixed feelings about this book. I absolutely loved the way language and music were woven into the story! But I thought some parts were lower in depth of composition, and merely pandering to readers seeking quick entertainment...

I not sure why all the love for this book. The characters were done very well but I felt something lacking. By the very end I was skimming the big paragraphs of interspection. I don't know, maybe because I'm still sick and don't want to think too much.
*Sloths have no relation to the story and are put there merely for my daughter's enjoyment. 😀

@NataliePatalie

My current read.

My aunt urged me to read this book for years -- it's a favorite of hers. It's a story of a group of terrorists who take a group of hostages in an unnamed South American country, and what happens over the next few months. I thought it was decent enough, but it wouldn't make my Top 10 list. Or even my Top 100. To each his/her own! :)

#AdventRecommends Day 14
This was a selection for my IRL book group. I was planning on passing on it, but thought I‘d read the first 50 pages so I could say I tried. I ended up reading the whole thing, and loved every minute of it. If you‘ve never read Ann Patchett, this would be the one I recommend you start with. ❤️❤️❤️

The first Patchett I ever read, which hooked me on her work, Bel Canto is a wonderful example of how to draw characters and show how events work to change them. #adventrecommends @emilyrose_x
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I have heard great things about this one and it turns out they are all true. It is a really beautiful book. I know some people hate the ending, but the major plot point could only end as it did and I liked the epilogue. I was struck by the idea that there is so much potential in people who in ordinary circumstances would never have the chance to discover it. Carmen, Cesar, Ishmael all so talented but only getting opportunity Too late.

Dear @Sarah83 thank you for your sweet birthday surprise ❤️ I have wanted to read Bel Canto for such a long time, and ypu know I love the book candy 👌

It really means a lot, so a big, big than you!

#bookmail #birthdaymail

I read this almost twelve years ago and *loved* it... except for the epilogue. It‘s come back into my life again via #LGPOG and I‘m going to re-read it. I was a different person then and I suspect the book will present itself differently to me now too!

(📷: Book set against a rehearsal piano score for Verdi‘s Aida. 1880 copyright; 1926 hand annotations from a regional opera company)

This book made me fall in love with Ann Patchett‘s writing and I loved it just as much reading it again. I knew they were making a movie but didn‘t realize that I completely missed when it was in the theater, so I‘ll have to find it to rent!

My first Ann Patchett book and it won‘t be my last. I adored this book, I didn‘t want it to end. It made me laugh and cry. I‘m still uncertain about how I feel about the ending though.

1 | #OctoberXFiles

The attendees of a high-brow birthday party face #BitinTheBullet when a terrorist organisation breaks in and takes them hostage. I liked the book - beautifully written - and am so looking forward to the movie!

Thanks for a fun September Cindy and @Kalalalatja 😘