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An interesting read, for sure, but I enjoyed the idea of it more than the experience, which was of serial task-switching in novel form and therefore left me feeling rattled. Much as I hate being slapped round the face with the obvious, the connections between the six different narratives/genres were tenuous to say the least. And yet.... something about it makes me want to rate it a pick, though I'm in no great rush to read another of his books. 🤷

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One of my all-time favourites😍

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☁️☁️☁️☁️☁️🌤

Whoops! Another book/reader mismatch, unfortunately. As I have no doubt this work has fervent champions, I think I'm safer saying this is a mismatch rather than trying to argue it is a poorly constructed work, but I'll do my best in the few remaining moments I feel like devoting to discussing this book. 🤷🏼‍♂️ 1/?

Today's 'scratched my brain just right' sentence.

April 28 #SpringSkies 2BksSumilarTitle. The one on the right is on my TBR LIST and then other one no, but I think I would like to read it @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I discovered this fun reading challenge in December by @theuncorkedlibrarian .

I completed the first quarter and decided to read the entire card instead of just doing bingo.

Reading challenges enrich my reading by enlisting new genres, authors and books to me.

QOTD: Do you engage in reading challenges?

#NewYearNewBooks
#CloudsCover
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I finished Cloud Atlas over the weekend, but I saved one more word to share this week. This is a word for drunk that I‘ve never heard before. Also, I went to the pigeons for synonyms, and they did not disappoint.

crapulous: (adjective) caused by or showing the effects of alcohol

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

This is a fascinating book. The first half was somewhat frustrating, the first story especially when it broke off in the middle of a sentence. Yet, I liked the way each story played a part in the next, and I truly enjoyed reading the second halves of the stories.

#LitsyBookClub #1001books

Books 7-9 of the year.

9/100 for 2024 @goodreads challenge.

Another great day to stay inside and read. It‘s only 5* out!! 🩵🥶🩵
Ready to start the 2nd 1/2 of the 5th book for #Litsybookclub The stories have become more intriguing as I read on.

Snuggled up with the pets on this cold morning! I‘ve made it past the center of this novel and through the second halves of Somni‘s and Timothy‘s stories. Luisa‘s is the one I‘ve been most curious to continue.

#1001books #LitsyBookClub #DogsOfLitsy #CatsOfLitsy

We had about 8 inches of snow today. Work was delayed until 10:00, now noon. My partner and I just decided to cancel all day. I‘m gonna curl up in my reading chair with my dog and try to tackle this book!
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Starting Book 5 of Cloud Atlas
Work is getting in the way of my reading today!!!
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Starting Book 4. I want to jump ahead and finish Luisa Rey‘s story, but I‘ll read the book as the author intended. #LitsyBookClub

I‘ve made it to the third section of this novel, and I am intrigued by these stories so far. I‘m enjoying lots of interesting vocabulary; being able to just click in my kindle version to see meanings makes it so much simpler to look things up as I read.

#LitsyBookClub #ReadAndEat #1001books

I thought this was an interesting passage and then found images for the island referenced when I looked up dendroglyphs.

dendroglyphs: carvings of shapes or symbols into the bark of a living tree (noun)

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday #LitsyBookClub

Starting story #3. I‘m seeing a few connections between the stories. It‘s slow reading, but I‘m interested in seeing how the author pulls it all together. January‘s #LitsyBookClub

I don‘t like the movie cover, but it was all that was available at the used bookstore

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New year, new month, new book. In January, we are reading Cloud Atlas. We hope that you will join us. Questions? Ask @Graciouswarriorprincess .

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New year, new month, new book. In January, we are reading Cloud Atlas. We hope that you will join us. Questions? Ask @Graciouswarriorprincess .

I started Cloud Atlas this week and almost immediately found a few interesting words to choose from to share today.

peregrination: (noun) a journey, especially a long or meandering one

#WeirdWords #WeirdWordWednesday

Re-reading one of my favorite--and most recommended--novels before teaching it next semester.

Getting ready to jump into this bizarre book for our #Litsybookclub January pick!

12-7 Oct 2023 (audiobook)
Six stories progressively set from late 1800s to a post-apocalyptic world, with each subsequently becoming a text in the next. The structure is contrived but it does add interest as each story cuts off at a salient point, to be resolved as the novel reverses back through from the midpoint.
Each story deals with the battle between selfishness and altruism, morality and sacrifice.
Difficult to review but interesting read.

One of my top 10 most enjoyable books. A collection of stories, spanning centuries, following various incarnations and experiences of one human soul. Brilliantly written and kind of inspiring. Constructed in a very unique manner and each character's voice is so strong and relatable regardless of what gender, time or country they are in. An amazing mix of sci-fi, historical fiction, action, and drama. Loved every word.

Cloud Atlas, a multi-genre multi-story novel, intersects each story with the thread of a single soul surmising the self-imposed human conditions in different time periods. This award-winning novel delves deep into the human psyche to explore six characters. I enjoyed his Mitchell's uses of third-person internal dialogue.

C is for Cloud atlas by David Mitchell. One of my top ten favourite books. The interconnecting stories spanning centuries and the beautiful writing. ❤️

This was definitely one of the most quotable books I‘ve read in a while… I picked a favorite though. ❤️

I‘ve had a copy of this #1001books beauty on my shelf for years, but I‘m so happy I went with the audio, which is beautifully narrated by a full cast, including two of my favorites (Scott Brick & Kirby Heyborne).

Mitchell is brilliant, and has a clever way with words. I loved the structure of this book, but the cast of characters were just amazing. I loved each part of the story more than the last.

I can finally watch the movie!😂

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

Good quote for a Black Dog day. For those who need it.

Consolidating books 📚 as we turn our office into a nursery.

Turning the office into a nursery for our second, so, sadly, I've gotta relocate these books.

Tackle the TBR 🤓📚 #boleybooks #cloudatlas #davidmitchell #bookbeast #bookjoy #bookbuds
What are you reading? 😊

Travel far enough, you meet yourself.

– David Mitchell, Cloud Atlas

#xoxoAllTheWayFromIndia
#Quote

People pontificate, "Suicide is selfishness." Career churchmen like Pater go a step further and call in a cowardly assault on the living. Oafs argue this specious line varying reason: to evade fingers of blame, to impress one's audience - suicide takes considerable courage. No, what's selfish is to demand another to endure an intolerable existence, just to spare families, friends, and enemies a bit of soul-searching

"There are some books that become a part of you. They help you become the person you are, and you are forever changed after reading them. Their words become encoded in your very DNA; their paperback bodies are the bricks building the foundation of your character."

I just read this quote from a lit magazine and had to share it. These are the books it made me immediately think about!

What books does this quote make you think of? ??

#Movie2BookRecs #halleberry 15. Unfortunately, I hated this book. I didn‘t even attempt the movie but I can‘t think of anyone who liked it. I only mention because I just needed people to know how much I disliked that book 😜 But I can get behind, Theirs Eyes Were Watching God by Zoe‘s Neale Hurston and the mini series with Halle.

Magnificent. I spent a lot of time with this; read some of the sections twice, because they‘re all split up, to keep the threads going in my head (this made it much better than plowing on through).

I was stunned when I went back and read my old review for this, and how I only gave it 3 out of 5 stars. Now it‘s a solid 5 for me.

Obviously it connected differently for me this time around, the themes far more powerful than I recall.

Was he so sure another war was coming?

“Another war is ALWAYS coming, Robert. They are never properly extinguished. What sparks wars? The will to power, the backbone of human nature. The threat of violence, the fear of violence, or actual violence is the instrument of this dreadful will. You can see the will to power in bedrooms, kitchens, factories, unions, and the borders of states….”

I und‘standed why Meronym‘d not said the hole true ‘bout Prescience Isle an‘ her tribe too. People b‘lief the world is built SO an‘ tellin ‘em it ain‘t SO caves the roofs on their heads‘n‘maybe yours.

To enslave an individual troubles your consciences, Archivist, but to enslave a clone is no more troubling than owning the latest six-wheeler ford, ethically. Because you cannot discern our differences, you believe we have none. But make no mistake even same-stem fabricants cultured in the same womb tank are as singular as snowflakes.

The corporations have money, power, and influence. Our sole weapon is public outrage. Outrage blocked the Yuccan Dam, ousted Nixon, and in part, terminated the monstrosities in Vietnam. But outrage is unwieldy to manufacture and handle.

I was planning to rewatch this movie for the first time since it came out in theaters....

I remember it had a huge impact on me then. I had read the book before seeing it, and it also had a huge impact on me; I loved it, and have held it in high regard since.

And now I have an itch to reread the novel before I rewatch the movie—mostly to see if I still find it as good as I recall.

So far, it is. Mitchell is a virtuoso writer. Unreal prose.

Halfway through and this is another tedious book where the author wants you to know how clever they are. Gave up at the point where the style switched from literary fiction to dystopian Sci fi, just to show you that he can.

Was reading this for the Penguin 20 to read before you turn 40 challenge - I've turned 40, I'm running out of time to read the books I want to read, and a lot of the books on this marketing exercise are really unenjoyable.

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This was good. I think I will have to reread it at some point - to really get how all the chapters tie together. The post apocalyptic chapter was really kinda hard to get through.