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Not too sure ..around Springtime 2017 🤔
A Bookclub member
More times a million ... I was searching everywhere for books .... Litsy had/has the answers
Crime / literary fiction / ( reading The Wych Elm - Tana French - now ... a perfect combination )
@Cinfhen ♥️ always liked my posts , encouraged me & brought me in , showed me the ropes @TrishB @batsy & my first Litsy book gift & friend ♥️ @erzascarletbookgasm

#Two4Tuesday
A few bits and pieces but I love other languages... I love the sound of them
2. Yes ,again , I would get the few essentials.I think people appreciate that you make the effort

Lovely questions Thankyou I see that Irish writers are translating famous works into Irish now ... it‘s an enigma to me & I really love it ... Bob Dylan has been translated & sung in Irish , Also Nick Drake ♥️ and Lorca sounds haunting @TheSpineView

I started this one today .... so far , really good 👍🏻♥️

I gave it 150 pages ... and I‘m bailing. Story line is ok , characters & writing .... not for me. Some of the images are cringe-worthy ... my mind was ‘spinning like a washing machine‘... 🤦🏻‍♀️
Definitely potential in the plot .. I almost kept going to see what happened next , but I couldn‘t.... 🤷🏻‍♀️

@REPollock #big10k Congratulations my literary friend 👏🏻👏🏻💕

I was never a big Halloween fan .... although I loved dressing up as a child & still do.
I remember being a witch & that was fun.
Thankyou for this fab giveaway 👍🏻♥️

Hi Paula , looking forward to our match tomorrow! The talk over here goes like this : “ well , yes, we are afraid, but we have to remember , they Are human .... “ basically , we are scared & in Awe ! So much respect for NZ ♥️
Looking forward to the Haka ! Love from Ireland 🇮🇪😘

@Centique

1. Havnt read sinse I was 20. Would love to sit down on a desert island and take my time - no interruptions
2. Socks 🤷🏻‍♀️🧦♥️
3. Purple Mountain in Kerry - a great climb
4. Sardines 🤭🤢( hubby loves them 🙄)
5. I‘m not a Halloween person ... but for my witchy granddaughter I will do it 👍🏻♥️

@howjessreads #friYAYintro

Very #unpopularopinion I‘ve read half & Im bailing . This did start off strong & I had high hopes ( great reviews) ... but , alas , not for me. This seemed YA to me ... maybe my imagination, as I believe this writer has YA books too... I loved the setting - Yale, secret societies , Magic & there were some lovely bits of writing here and there , but not for me 🤷🏻‍♀️

Finally got a chance to start reading this. So far this book ... the setting , the characters , the content .... I‘m settling in very nicely .. it‘s almost like I‘ve been here before & I definitely havnt 👍🏻♥️🖤

We are reading The Testaments for Bookclub... really want to read Girl Woman Other too ♥️♥️♥️

Thankyou Rachel, the book arrived this morning, with your lovely card & words & gift. You are very good. 👍🏻♥️ There‘s no panic with the Sarah Winman ... take all the time you want , sure we‘ve all read it now 👍🏻 XXX Cathy. #LMPBC

Next up for me. A Litsy recommendation 👍🏻 Excited to see what this one is like.....

Just finished!! Such a pleasure to read .. funny & mad & Jackson Brodie ♥️.
I‘ve never read her novels that are not Jackson ones. ..... must give one a try. Any suggestions out there ?!!

Mixed reviews.... went to see it with Husband today ... so glad I did. Visually beautiful ✨Joaquin Phoenix is amazing. Really loved this ... lots of thinking to be done now ... Brilliant ♥️

Huge congrats @Librarybelle & Thankyou for this lovely giveaway ♥️.
I‘d like to read tagged book as I‘ve seen it reviewed on Litsy & I feel drawn to it 👍🏻
#200KGiveaway

Thankyou ♥️ Well done 👍🏻

Odie plays the harmonica... I love the harmonica. ♥️🎼.... this is a very quotable book

2 shots of coffee & a new book on a sunny Sunday autumn morning 👍🏻📖☕️
@Tamra have you read this one ? Meant to be lovely descriptions of nature ♥️

What a great story. !!! It seemed perfectly written to me. Set in 1860‘s ... setting a strange & haunting atmosphere in Gaudlin Hall. A teacher comes to mind & intruct 2 young children. By the second half , the atmosphere is fully created ... I‘m starting to feel unsettled in myself.
My 2d John Boyne ... and again he brings depth & characters & a compelling read.
5⭐️

1. 👍🏻♥️📖
2. Black
3. My most fun days were my granddaughter days 💕
4. Just about ... 😚( a kiss emoji ? or a whistle maybe
5. Thanks for the tag @Eggs & Friday love to all you Littens out there ♥️

#FriYayIntro @howjessreads

In town for lunch .... couldn‘t resist this in the bookshop. Such a gorgeous cover ♥️

Just seeing this deal. Great review recently from @Lel2403 ..... I‘m getting it 👍🏻 I better let @TrishB know ...

I started this one , then I put it into #hibernation... then I took it out again & thought it was ok ... I definitely skimmed a lot towards the end ... a real “So-So” for me ...

#dogsoflitsy just home from hairdo & long walk & into cosy new pillow bed ... my reading companion! Love ❤️ him i.e. the pillow is new ... bed has been chewed to pieces over the years 🙄♥️

Excellent!!! This was one edgy read & had my heart pounding at times. I loved the writing.. Tim & Virginia are memorable characters- this book just went *BANG* ( in the best way) from start to finish , a stunning read. Beautiful descriptions of nature too. Tim : “ the water was all purple and brass and silver in the moonlight. I lay down and drank from the creek” his love of simplicity , of nature, in his & Virginia‘s very complicated life. 5🌟

I‘ve given this well over the 100 pages test & I‘m afraid very #unpopularopinion ... I‘m not landing in this one , I‘m floating around & there is nothing anchoring me in the story. There is some lovely writing, but overall just not holding my attention.
So Buddy readers @squirrelbrain @LapReader I‘m bailing 😬. I know you really liked it Helen ... look forward to your thoughts Allissa 👍🏻♥️

Our next Bookclub pick. And , we are hoping to get handmaid‘s tale costumes for the night ! 💚♥️

I loved this ! The main characters - complicated , flawed , real. Set in the privileged big city modern life ... smart writing. An exploration of anxieties, of self doubt, of relationships... of divorce & the fallout for children.
That‘s a pic of the author above too. I listened to an interview with her & found her engaging & insightful & so likable. She says everyone deserves a defence for their behavior .. I agree. She explores the ‘why‘ 5🌟

#Booked2019 #PublicDomain I decided on this one for my FINAL ( 👍🏻💃🏾) book in this challenge..... will read later this week. I read this so long ago I can‘t remember it.

@CarolynM Here we go .... did I just say I‘m not fanatic??!! I‘m pretty excited right now 👍🏻
The book is brilliant @merelybookish ! I can‘t put it down Fleishman is in Trouble .... love it
♥️
Any Scottish Littens watching now ?

Maybe it‘s all the hype & I expected something else. ... I definitely felt a great sense of place & time : I could really picture it , I liked the idea of it - I read it & didn‘t consider bailing .. but, I never got drawn right into it. Stayed on the surface for me. #unpopularopinion

Ok , The Intstitute is going into #hibernation I loved the start , The Night Knocker part & love Tim Jamieson ♥️, but the next part is too much like YA for me. But , I do want to find out what happens ... I‘ll get back to it. Meanwhile, I‘m going with Ask Again Yes 🤞🏻

Really enjoying this book - great read. What about this though 😱... a blast from the past ! I remember these candy / sweet fake cigarettes.... 😮!! What was going on - encouraging children to smoke “ just like Daddy” .... Times have changed ! Thank god. ( the little white cig with the red sweet tip 🤷🏻‍♀️.... Mad 🤦🏻‍♀️

I was in town today & got this ... the Litsy love is big & reviews good ! But I need to get in before any more hype. Wine is poured ... ready to go 👍🏻💙🍷

So good! I‘m thinking of the name of Neil Young‘s band *Promice of the Real* .......Tana delivers the real here .. The characters, the hard hit of the recession in Ireland , setting - ghost estate in Dublin , a smooth read from start to finish. My favorite Tana so far.

#7covers7days #CoverCrush #Day7

@CarolynM @Severnmeadows @MamaGina @Well-ReadNeck

#7covers7days #CoverCrush #day6

@CarolynM @MamaGina @Severnmeadows @Well-ReadNeck

@LapReader would you like to join in - 7 covers in 7 days & no explanation ♥️👍🏻
Or please Any Litten who‘d like to join

#7covers7days #covercrush #day5

@Velvetfur would you like to join in ? 7 covers in 7 days - no explanations.

@CarolynM @MamaGina @Severnmeadows @Hazel0303 @Well-ReadNeck

“ That slow- motion silence inside the amber was over : the second we stepped out of the house , before we even stopped walking quietly..... “

Still reading & this is my favorite Tana so far 👍🏻♥️💔

#7covers7days #covercrush #day4
@Well-ReadNeck would you like to join in.
7 favorite covers in 7 days & no explanations

@CarolynM @MamaGina @Severnmeadows @Hazel0303

#7covers7days #covercrush #day3
@Hazel0303 would you like to join ? Share 7 covers in 7 days - no explanations

@CarolynM @MamaGina @Severnmeadows

#7covers7days #day2

@MamaGina would you like to join in ? 7 covers you love - no explanations

Thanks @CarolynM got the hashtag 👍🏻♥️

#WondrousWednesday

1. Im on my 4th Tana French .. the quote above says October.. I don‘t know where the story will take me .. but excited to be reading Tana again
2. Yes. Going to Killarney for a week late October- cannot wait
3. My little grand doll started senior infants .. year 2 in school 💕♥️

I‘m spreading the love Sherri 😘

@Eggs

Thankyou for the tag @CarolynM I‘d love to join in.
#7days#7covers#covercrush#day1
I tag @Severnmeadows : 7 covers you love , no explanation ... will you join in ( if you arnt already 😉

The Death Of Mrs Westaway. Just got from library ♥️. I always was haunted by seeing magpies & believing the rhyme ( one for sorrow, two for joy ... )
Thinking out of the box ... she has changed the rhyme... 👍🏻 “ I‘ll change that rhyme. One for joy. One for love. One for the future.
Loving the new rhyme- I won‘t see magpies the same anymore 🤞🏻! Thankyou @Melissa_J for this recommendation

Starting this now on a friends recommendation.... she has a good eye for the books .. so I think it will be good 👍🏻♥️

One of our ladies chose this for our IRL Bookclub for September. So I had to read it early- but I took notes & I‘ll join in the buddy read discussion later on in the year @Cinfhen .... Loved it ! Dealing with serious issues. Amazing writing, poignant. And still a great sense of humour too - I havnt laughed so much sinse Eleanor Oliphant ... Brilliant!

Thanks @RachelO I got it 👍🏻👍🏻And I have to say it sounds great !

5⭐️The most thought-provoking book this year for me. The metaphor/symbolism of this story .. like taking a dive deep into the psyche -pun intended. To be a carer for your child, to be an immigrant & have your family torn apart. We see the characters under severe pressure, we see their darkest thoughts & acts & they are ashamed , remorseful. exploring the underbelly of feeling- desperation, regret, cruelty, torment ,envy
#Booked2019 #NewIn2019

New album ! So excited to hear his perfect voice singing more new songs COLORADO
MILKY WAY

She was looking like a friend of mine the first time I saw her face, I was approaching at the end of the line the first time I ever saw her smile at me that way ...” I was sailing in the Milky-way lost track of memories that weren‘t that day
Right by her side
As the stars flew by - I did collide with memory and somehow I survived
And became free

Thankyou Sherri for the tag 😘

1. Reading Alice with my granddaughter at the moment.. I love it
2. Eleanor Oliphant I laughed & cried out loud
3. Tough one as it‘s one of my 2 fave genres. Raven Black 👍🏻 and presently Miracle Creek
4. Fave guilty breakfast- scone/jam/cream & coffee ♥️
5. @TrishB @youneverarrived @squirrelbrain @erzascarletbookgasm @batsy @CarolynM @JennyM & @Birdsong28 &
All Littens who want yo join in 😘
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