Repost for @AllDebooks
The #VirginiaBloomsberries October #buddyread is Jane Dunn's 1990 biography of VW and her sister Vanessa Bell. She explores the complex relationship between the sisters and the effect this had on their creative lives and the Bloomsbury Group.
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The #VirginiaBloomsberries October #buddyread is Jane Dunn's 1990 biography of VW and her sister Vanessa Bell. She explores the complex relationship between the sisters and the effect this had on their creative lives and the Bloomsbury Group.
All are welcome to join us. Please let me know if you wish to be added/removed from the taglist.
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The #ToB crew is hosting a horror pop-up in which 16 classic horror novels will be set up against one another in the usual way.
https://www.tournamentofbooks.com/welcome-to-the-horror-popup
I don‘t think I‘ll participate (too many books too little time) but I do love that tob is alive and kicking and can‘t wait for them to follow up with the #ToB26 longlist!
I‘ve been having a bit of a reading slump. I‘ve been going through my TBR shelf and visiting the library and have bailed on so many books I haven‘t bothered to record them. Yesterday I found this with the note I had written to myself. 😊. So I‘m reading it again. So far no memory. 🤷🏻♂️ . At least I don‘t think I‘ll be bailing. Just going to see if I can find when I did read it.
“The Moon was so beautiful that the ocean held up a mirror.”
Ani DiFranco
#BigMoon
#Falling
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
pickBeautiful color photos from around the world of different landmarks, places, etc.
For the rest of the review, visit my Vlog at:
https://youtube.com/shorts/GtIJhL8BqF8?feature=share
Enjoy!
pickSuch beautiful setups and photos of lego star wars figurines, ships, etc.
For the rest of the review, visit my Vlog at:
https://youtube.com/shorts/HFOVXE9Ibec?feature=share
Enjoy!
so-soI put this book as aSo-So for various reasons: somewhat dated; plot very convoluted; too many “bad “people especially men, after the protagonist for various reasons.Annie,the protagonist is very likable, and there were definitely witty moments, but all in all it was just OK. #AnArtLoversMystery #TBR #StoryGraph #2025OffMyShelfReadingChallenge #bookpublishedover10yearsago
so-soEh, it was OK.
Mostly positive mindset stuff, and none of it in any particular depth. It's like a big plate of aperitifs to pick and choose from, but with nothing substantial enough to really get your teeth into.
Also, I don't care what her woke credentials are, blithely asking (rhetorically, I presume) "Can you afford NOT to do therapy?" is financially obtuse at best and, arguably, ableist.
Two valuable things I took away from it ?
pickI love Patrick Gale, I loved this. He can take a terribly sad story, which in his hands is then told very gently and is incredibly readable. The clue here is in the title; each chapter starts with a description of a painting in an exhibition of artist Rachel Kelly‘s work. Slowly going back and forth through time the story untangles and pieces together Rachel‘s life, and that of her four children. Beautiful. Prepare to cry.
