Just arrived at my hotel and set up my book stack. Still feel like I should have brought more books with me on my holiday...
#currentlyreading #holiday #melbournevisit
Caroline2 Ohhh that‘s a good looking stack tho! 😯 2d
The Shadow of the Wind | 
Just arrived at my hotel and set up my book stack. Still feel like I should have brought more books with me on my holiday...
#currentlyreading #holiday #melbournevisit
One of the books that has been on my TBR the longest. Finally getting to the book that everyone else has read and so far I‘m really enjoying it.
Reading for the The Great Library prompt and for bookquest which involves reading through my unread shelves #bookjunkietrials #teambard #currentlyreading #bookquest
#JazzyJune The books in the Cemetary of Forgotten Books are #LostAndLonely because "every book, every volume you see here has a soul. The soul of the person who wrote it and of those who read it and lived and dreamed with it. Every time a book changes hands, every time someone runs his eyes down his pages, its spirit grows and strengthens."
@Eggs
pickThe translation from Spanish holds the same mysterious and gripping prose of the original. The book takes you through the story of a family who have books woven through their lives. They must find the one book in “The cemetary of forgotten books” to help solve the mystery of their past. It is an amazing book!
When the books have finally started taking over every nook and cranny of our house. Even above other small bookshelves filled to the brim. Luckily, there are always small orchids and scented candles to keep them in check. 📚📚
Found this gem at the library and so far, I‘m in love!! Definitely going to be purchasing this and the others in the series. Have any of you read this and/or the others?
Easy to fall in love with the universe Zafon created and I'm sure I'm not the only one who wishes to be able to visit the Cemetery of the lost books. The drawing was done by a friend inspired by the book. It all done in ✏️.
#wanderingjune #imaginaryplaces
@Cinfhen @BarbaraBB
pickI LOVED this book when I read the physical copy. I just did a re-read but as an audio this time and didn‘t enjoy it as much. I don‘t think the audio was done very well and it did the one thing that grates on my nerves more than anything - play obnoxiously loud music while the author is narrating and continue for several loooooong minutes. Does that annoy the heck out of anyone else? I‘m here for the story, not obnoxious elevator music!
Today‘s #labsoundtrack is a series I never finished - so I‘m going back to the original to catch up.
pickThis book is a dance with mystery-richly unique characters in tragic circumstances are woven in a tale of revenge & love, a parallel story past & present. Gritty, with a historical backdrop and not without a supernatural flair, this book had me pondering circumstances in & out of human control.
"There are worse prisons than words."
No plans? No problem! ✅
pickRe-read for the first time in a decade and it is just as stunning the second time through. Beautiful story about the power of literature, love, and truth in wartime and beyond. Excited to do the walking tour of Barcelona when we visit next month!
pickI love books about books, but this one is epic, with epic being defined as long. It‘s not for the faint of heart with over 565 pages. The story was compelling... https://www.bluestockingreviews.com/blog/the-shadow-of-the-wind
After this, I can go read a fiction book about a fictitious book! 😜
How could I not start off with an incredible series that we have waited so long to complete!
After reading Labyrinth, I had to go back and read them all over again!
#firstpost #cemeteryofforgottenbooks #CarlosRuizZafon #Barcelona #MagicalRealism
‘...a book is a mirror that offers us only what we already carry inside us, that when we read, we do it with all our heart and mind...‘
- The Shadow of the Wind, Carlos Ruiz Zafrón
#ShelfLove This is the left hand stack in my #MountTBRStacksOfDoom Yhis one has a few 1st or 2nd books in a series like Red Rising, Nevermoor, Muse Of Nightmares & A Bad Deal For The Whole Galaxy. The two at the bottom that‘s difficult to see are A Is For Arsenic-Kathryn Harkup & That Inevitable Victorian Thing-EK Johnston. Which ones have you 1. Read 2. Currently reading or 3. Plan on reading?🤓
"It occurred to me that perhaps the paper-mache world that I accepted as real was only a stage setting." - Daniel, The Shadow of the Wind
My favorite book is on sale for $1.99 ?
https://amzn.to/2PKFvah
pickAtmospheric and haunting, this is the story of a young man who falls in love with a girl, with a book, with an author, with his friends... against the backdrop of gothic characters and a city stained by its past. Set in Barcelona in the 1950s, it casts a spell amongst shadows and ruins.
Image: Book in front of the only thing from Barcelona I own, a recording booth!
pick5 star all the way. Story was beautifully written amd there were a few twists i didnt see coming. Bawled my eyes out too.
A huge thank you to @Soubhiville for this delightful and unexpected gift for my birthday. 😎😃👍👌💕😍 You can never have too many books, right?!
#thankfulforbooks #litsylove #postal #bookmail
1. Tagged
2. Easter egg hunt, my nieces bday party and Passover dinner at a friend's tomm, church for Palm Sunday (Greek Orthodox is a week later) and Easter lunch with my inlaws
3. Eh - a little
4. Boy - Connor girl - Kaylee (my choices when I was pregnant! Lol) I ended up with a Connor but couldn't think of anything else
5. On it
#friyayintro
pickThis book is full of beautiful, some powerful, quotes and it was rude of me to pick just one for the photo. Sometimes the story and character building walked the fine line of leaving me a little bored and for my mind to wander, which resulted in figuring more of the story out. The writing more than redeems this. My spoiler comment was frustrating for me. 🤯
Last year I posted about having a bad day and the amazing @kaye sent me this book. I am finally getting around to reading it and just wanted to say thanks to her again for thinking of me back then 💜
I'm excited to start this one!
Hopefully going to finish this tonight, but Handles isn‘t really into me reading... He keeps blocking my view (this is a photo from about 30 minutes ago when he was being adorable and not ALLATTENTIONMUSTBEONMEHUMAN). 🥴😻 #BookBlocking ? #KAL #CatsOfLitsy #LittenKitten
Absolutely loving this book so far! Have heard such great things and I finally picked up a copy! 📚
These are the books I‘m bringing to Barcelona with me next week! I‘d like a romance or a YA novel too. Any suggestions? #travel
Wow! Reading through the journal, this turns out not only to be a favorite amongst nearly all the readers so far in the #LGPOG, but a re-read as well!
This book has been in my TBR for years and now, I‘m finally diving in!
Thanks for the tag, @gradcat 😃 It‘s pretty much impossible for me to pick just one favorite, so I‘ve chosen on of my top 5...
1. The Shadow of the Wind by Carlos Ruiz Zafon
2. Daniel ❤️
3. Fumero 😒
4. Daniel‘s copy of Julian Carax‘s Shadow of the Wind! If only I could read that. 😍
5. @Chili @ItsAngel
#whatwouldyoudo
@howjessreads
#FriYAYintro
1. I always recommend SHADOW OF THE WIND.
2. Yes...we always make the bed.
3. I am visiting my son in Texas so the high here is going to be 75 - back in Pittsburgh, it is only going to be in the 40‘s. 😞
4. Hmmmm....I guess pretzels dipped in orange juice.
@irre
Thanks for the Friday Fun.
#friYAYintro! Thx @howjessreads, as always 🤟🏻💕
1. Done!
2. Ehm... I don't LOL the perks of being an adult still living with the parents 😅🤣
3. I think it'll get around 20°C here today! 🌞
4. I like to put salt on melons. If you think about it, it's not much different than eating melon and ham, like we do a lot in here!
5. Hi there! And welcome!!! @nluev @GrouchyK @greatscott551
#CurrentlyReading Unfortunately I forget who sent me this so I'm sending out a universal "thank you". ?? It has so far been intriguing from the start.
Thank you so much @sprainedbrain for this epic #JustABookSwap package for #round2!!! U are so kind to have sent 2 books 😍😍😍. I had never heard of the tagged book before, but it sounds amazing & I always love reading highly recommended books from friends! THANK YOU!! I read Diane Setterfield‘s “The Thirteenth Tale” last fall & loved it so I can‘t wait to read this other novel of hers!
Truly this package & ur note touched my day 🖤🖤🖤🖤🖤
Reading and spinning; it's all about multitasking today! 📖🚲😉
pickI have mixed feelings about this book. I was drawn in and then it drags. I questioned not finishing this book multiple times, until it finally picks up and you start caring about the story again. I‘ll be reading more from this author just not for a long while...500 pages is enough.
I‘m really super happy with how this #24in48 #readathon has gone! Not only am I going to make it to 24 hours, I‘ve finished some awesome books. 🙌🏻
My #swissarmybookrec is an easy call. Whenever I‘m asked about books I recommend, the first thing out of my mouth is ‘Have you read The Shadow of the Wind??‘ This is followed promptly by verbal heart-eyes and a little bit of swooning. 😍😍
bailedI really wanted to like this, it has everything I like, books, mystery, history, Spain but I stopped after the first section. The best way I can describe it is that the words were chewy. If that makes any sense at all. The sentences although beauty were really long and so full of descriptors and embellished that I couldn‘t focus on what was actually being said. I‘m going to shelve it for now and try again another time.
“Cada libro, cada tomo que vez, tiene alma. El alma de quien lo escribió, y el alma de quienes lo leyeron y vivieron y soñaron con él” Ya con esto quede cautiva y solo era la segunda pagina ??????❤️❤️❤️
pickWow! What a saga! I‘m entranced by Ruiz‘ wise and beautiful writing style. Yes, it‘s a long story, but its characters captivated me so much, I just kept on reading and reading and reading. Found this well read copy on the 1$ carts that Strand book has outside their shop ❤️. #theshadowofthewind #carlosruizzafon #barcelona #bestseller #newyorktimebestseller #saga #mystery #filmnoir #loveforbooks #strandbooks @strandbookstore
OK, a decision has to be made, and I'm making it for my own good.
Zafon, you have a gift, but now is not the time for me to appreciate it. I just. there's too much to read.
#whatsoproudlywebailed
pickI‘ve had many customers over the years insist that all booksellers should read this. It‘s a modern classic of the “books about books” literary genre. It didn‘t disappoint. I just listened to all 18+ hours of it through Libro in less than a week and loved it every minute of it. Looking forward to reading Zafon‘s newest book The Labyrinth of the Spirits soon too.
pickRarely do I find a book that captures me and draws me in. I was not reading about the characters, I was living in their world.
