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i.z.booknook
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Pickpick

Harold Fry is a pensioner just stagnating in life, till one day he receives a letter from a long-ago friend telling him she is dying. Harold is roused into action and a desire for her to live, and so he starts walking from Cornwall to Berwick-Upon-Tweed in the belief that if he keeps walking she will keep on living. This was a really beautiful story and very well written. (Cont. in comments 👇🏻👇🏻👇🏻)

i.z.booknook (1) Joyce‘s prose appear deceptively simple, whilst packing a punch with emotionally charged sentences and imagery. Through the slow release of memories Harold works through as he walks, the reader is kept intrigued till the very end pondering Harold‘s motivations. 3w
i.z.booknook (2) The relationships between the characters, particularly Harold and his wife Maureen, are deep and complex, expertly capturing decades of complicated companionship. A really great story well executed. 3w
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Mehso-so

I'm really torn between a pick and so-so. I think I went into it with very high expectations to love it, and I just ... didn't. After a while the reading became a slog like Harold's walk.

This is the second Joyce book I've read and the second time I came away feeling like there's just a little something missing that's making it difficult for me to connect with the characters.

9/62

CoffeeAndABook I felt the same way! 🤷🏼‍♀️ 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau @CoffeeAndABook I'm so glad I'm not alone in this; I almost felt guilty 😅 2mo
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TheBookgeekFrau
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Just me, a cup of tea, and my book
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marleed I love this book and its companion book so so much! 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau @marleed What's the companion book? I didn't know there was one 😲 2mo
marleed There also the third and fairly new book to round out the perspective from Harold‘s wife. I didn‘t love it as much as the first two but it was good and an interesting finale 2mo
TheBookgeekFrau @marleed Oh, duh!!! 🤦🏻‍♀️ I have both of those on my wish list - No wonder why the name Queenie Hennessy sounded so familiar 😂 2mo
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Itchyfeetreader
Gatty's Tale | Kevin Crossley-Holland
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Pickpick

So first up this has been on my kindle for eons and I don‘t know why I ever bought it. Secondly I had hoped it would be my Jan #bookedintime but it‘s 200 years too late and thirdly it‘s one of the most grown up children‘s books I have ever read!! With all that out of the way I absolutely loved this story about a young girl with no family and limited prospects who as second chamber maid joins her widowed lady on a pilgrimage to Jerusalem ⬇️

Itchyfeetreader As ever on a pilgrimage the journey is at least as important as what she find when she makes it. This is full of vibrant descriptions of fabulous places. amazing characters and a quite preen sensibility that doesn‘t feel out of place. I rated it 4 stars on Goodreads but may go back and update as one that I think will really stay with me 3mo
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LiseWorks
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Eggs Awesome🩵🕊️🤍 (edited) 4mo
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Eggs
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#Tea. 🩵🫖 🌺 👒 🌹🤍

#HumbleHarvest

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Beautiful 🫖 ❤️ 4mo
Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Thank you 🙏🏻 I treasure my teacup collection🌹 4mo
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bibliothecarivs
Pilgrims in the Kingdom: Travels in Christian Britain | David Douglas, Deborah Smith Douglas
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★★★★★

A travel memoir, history of Christian faith in Britain, and travel guide, all in one. It caused me to fondly reflect on my own travels to historic Christian sites in England and Scotland.

#UniteAgainstBookBans #fREADom

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Soubhiville
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Pickpick

Harold had a friend at work, Queenie, who he hasn‘t seen in 20 years. He gets a letter from a care home that Queenie is dying of cancer. He decides to walk from south England to where she is on the Northern coast, and along the way explores his memories of his troubled marriage and broken relationship with his son.

Highly emotional, a deep dive into humanity and what is important in our lives. At times difficult, but also beautiful.

Soubhiville @TheAromaofBooks this was my #doublespin 🙂📚 6mo
TheAromaofBooks Great progress!! 6mo
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bibliothecarivs
Pilgrims in the Kingdom: Travels in Christian Britain | David Douglas, Deborah Smith Douglas
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Page 45
'Yet after a brief tour of [Lindisfarne Castle], I encounter a familiar paradox: a tour of a fortress tires me, while a visit to a roofless priory somehow fortifies. Over the centuries, paths of pilgrims have tended to lead away from castles, not toward them.'

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Evita
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4 out of 5