This book is so like sipping a beautiful dangerous wine ... And I now have an afternoon to indulge myself ♥️👍🏻

#MayMovieMagic #BewitchedBotheredAndBewildered by cousin Rachel! I loved the book & I see the movie here ... made in 2017 .. looks good. I‘d love to see it.

Finally , reading time 👍🏻. And ....I feel myself
slowly slipping further down the dark, narrow path that is the life of the Meneses

I‘m still on this one ... very little reading time this weekend. Great book , this writer is drawing me in deeply to this story & to this house ... this family The Meneses. It‘s dense & beautiful & strange & .... a page turner 👍🏻 ( if only I had more time to turn the pages ! ) soon ... hopefully later.
Happy Saturday lovely Littens 😘

Just home from town !! Another bargain 🤭🙄. I did love The Silent Companions though. 🥰

#MayMovieMagic I still feel #SoClose to the characters & story of this book. I think it‘s going to linger in my memory for a long time ♥️💔

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs

1. What ever I‘m in the mood for , literary fiction or thriller. Or a new book I‘ve just heard of & am very excited to read
2. Absolutely
3. My thoughts sometimes! ! Litsy! 😂but then Litsy IS my reading companion so that‘s ok.
4. Coffee or wine depending on the time of day. Usually I don‘t snack when reading.
5. @catebutler @LiterRohde @Amiable @charl08

#MayMovieMadness #OriginOfLove I didn‘t get much reading done last night , but I did listen to some interesting talks on love ... “we never know all the good that a single smile can do” #BlameItOnLitsy

Just wanted to share a pic of our flower garden ( present read too) .. I think it‘s at its best at this time of year 🌺 💐

#MayMovieMagic #WhereIsMyMind Chronicle of the Murdered House .... the Meneses are suddenly torn from their innermost thoughts ! This book ! This book is where my mind is these days 👍🏻♥️ I love it.

#MayMovieMagic #TomorrowNeverKnows I havnt read this one yet ( I couldn‘t resist the old trick: “ buy-one-get-one-half-price “ ) it does sound good though 🤞🏻

This book is so readable! A novel ! The characters are so exciting & the drama !! I love it @Tamra

I started After Claude on Audible 🎧.
#NYRB Harriet is hard work 😳 Words are her armour. Still , I want to find out more about her .... interesting pick 👍🏻

#MayMovieMagic #WhenTheLeveeBreaks One unforgettable book for me. And after all the “mirth” ... the levee breaks for Lily Bart... this woman breaks my heart ♥️💔

My picks for @ReadingEnvy ‘s 2019 Summer Reading Challenge
Something Swampy
Something Blue
Something Translated
Something True

See @ReadingEnvy ‘s page 👍🏻♥️

I don‘t know this one. But I loved the movie Chocolat ... so , I just got this 🤞🏻

All the stars 🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 I finished this morning & I‘m still sitting in a comatosed state ... brilliant book. Characters ! Story! Spacey, dreamy, so real & human , existential, poetic ... where does a reader go from here ! I loved it so much. ♥️💔

#MayMovieMagic #LittliestThings I havnt read ... but here is a small boy playing with small fish ...

Oh @Tamra 👋🏻... look what I have !! I‘m settling in for an early reading night AND first on my list is .... Chapter 1. Andre‘s Diary ( conclusion) ....
the first part , the Biographical Note was very interesting...

#MayMovieMagic #HookedOnAFeeling ... tales of craving & desire ...

All the stars. ✨✨✨✨✨Loved this one. I could listen to Cassandra‘s thoughts & conversations all day! AND Judes & Granny‘s & PaPa‘s. Loved the feel of being in this book. It felt real & authentic & was completely engaging & insightful .. in a deadpan sort of way.
“We‘ve got stars named after us and what‘s wrong with that - nothing & everything. “
#NYRBBookClub #NYRB

Last day in Spain... starting this one 👍🏻📖

#MayMovieMagic #SaveMe Bunny is definitely crying out to be saved in this book first published in 1950. I feel like I‘ve read it before or maybe there was a movie ?! But I‘m not sure if I can finish it ... it‘s that unnerving & upsetting 😳

#MayMovieMagic #SpaceOddity I do have this book at home .. but I‘m not that inclined to pick it up 🤷🏻‍♀️

#MayMovieMagic #ImmigrantSong two that I read very recently.... both beautiful & memorable books 👍🏻♥️💔

Modern art of Femme Fatales 1880- 1950 ... #MayMovieMadness #ModernLove
Trying my best for prompts in Spain.
There was some beautiful Romantic classical music to hear .... we happened to be at the cafe outside 👍🏻♥️

Next up , IDAHO ... 🤞🏻☀️&📖....

I loved this one ! Detective Galileo ♥️thankyou Jessie ! I just finished on the beach here ... hubby has already started & after less than 100 pages he thinks he knows the twist ( and he does 😳🙄 😂) I‘m not half as quick , I never guessed it - I didn‘t know it was a series , Yay to that. Great start to the Holliday reading X

#MayMovieMagic #LustForLife the passion of the Flamenco ♥️. Poem of the Deep Song , Lorca captures “ the passionate flamenco cosmos of Andalusia‘s gypsies ... “ those mysterious wandering folk who gave deep song its definitive form “
So happy to be here in Andalusia 💃🏾that‘s our apartment - the brown & cream building in the middle 🌞

Thankyou @Eggs for the tag 😘
#WhatWouldYouDo
1. I‘ve never really gone for the tattoo of any kind. My daughters have some ...
2. If I did ... I‘ve thought about it .. I would get a tattoo of the sun & the moon & the Stars together 👍🏻♥️
3. Any Litten who would like to play

1. I think feelings, characters good or bad that bring up strong feelings in me. Story too.
2. Stones
3. Darina Allen cookbook .. a good “go to “ one for any info I need
4. Eliot , Bob Dylan, Joni Mitchell, Leonard Cohen , Patrick Kavanagh , Mary Oliver... too hard to pick one
5. Tagging all who want to play

#wondrouswednesday @Eggs

#MayMovieMagic In Spain 💃🏾🇪🇸View from our balcony 👍🏻📖 and Spanish wine 👍🏻 and #younevercantell who you might meet : a woman on the flight was reading a book ... I had to ask her what it was ( tagged book) I see lots of Litsy love & I love this quote from the book .. my next step is to get this one asap

Just getting for my holls ! 99p - wasn‘t expecting this bargain... for anyone who hasn‘t read & wants to 👍🏻♥️

#MayMovieMagic #RedRightHand packing my suitcase .. for holls in Spain - flying in the morning 🥳🥳💃🏾. I have kindle ready to go too. I hope the apartment is nice 🤞🏻weather looks to be good

I loved this #BlameItOnLitsy #BlameitonAndrew61 glad not to have missed this one 👍🏻. Generations of women all woven into this story set in Winnipeg against the stark snow & What happens to their girl. The truth spoken is breathtaking. Harsh story , beautifully written

#MayMovieMadness it took me a little while to get into this one .. but #DontStopMeNow as I am reading this well written & heartbreaking story ( so glad today is the May bank Holliday here ♥️👍🏻📖

Next up .. I‘m giving this one a go ! A recent Litsy recommendation 🤞🏻

⭐️ ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Oh my god ! What an emotional & amazing story. I love how personal she made this book .. beauty & depth & despair in the everyday & the big moments in a life.
I hope Imbolo Mbue writes another book soon.
Thanks fo much Jessica @jhod for this beautiful gift. Have you read it ?! If not , I couldn‘t recommend it enough. ♥️💔

#MayMovieMadness #HowFarIllGo Barack Obama ♥️ All the way...

#MayMovieMagic Still reading & loving this free-flowing book , what a storyteller ... it just flows & flows , no need to stop reading ♥️. Behold the #YoungAndBeautiful .... #BeholdTheDreamers
#HeyDreamers

Dear Lauren , Thankyou so so much. I‘ve already broken into the chocolate as I looked up the books ( neither of which I have ) on Litsy... they look excellent! You are so busy I know , you are very good to take the time to send me this gift 😘. I‘m thrilled! You are a doll X X X 👍🏻♥️ you must be counting the days at this point. ✨✨✨✨✨

#MayMovieMagic (I think summer started May 1st. ) it‘s really just the end of Spring ..the flowers in our flower garden are singing #weveonlyjustbegun ... beautiful song & beautiful singing ♥️
I havnt read this one .. but I see good reviews ( I wasn‘t a fan of Autumn, but I‘ve stacked this one 👍🏻

#WondrousWednesday @Eggs Sorry a day late !
1 In Cold Blood
2 Wuthering Heights
3 I only do now I‘m on Litsy ( my “read” list
4 Daily walk with the mutts .. nearly home - around the corner up there
5 tagging anyone who didn‘t make this yesterday ( like me )

Thanks @youneverarrived Katie for the tag 😘

#MayMovieMagic I have been finding it hard to settle in a book, BUT maybe this will be the one - It‘s NY 2007 and Jende ( whose wife & son are now with him from Cameroon) , Jende has now landed a good job #Behindthewheel as a chauffeur for a Lehman Brothers executive.. things are looking up .. I‘m enjoying the writing & feel a good story coming on ... With good characters...

#MayMovieMagic #HighWayToHell just took this picture in Waterstones... Waterstones to the rescue for this prompt 👍🏻🔥

I‘ve started a few books sinse my last pick & I just can‘t settle on one ( this seems to be a pattern ) so , I‘m going for a Litsy thriller recommendation.... I just want to land somewhere & read 🤞🏻

Posting our pics from Cork Book Festival, a great night .. so interesting to hear Ann Griffin & Kit De Wall reading & discussing their books. I felt like a real bookish kind of person. Weather was terrible ( storm Hannah ) but 3 of us braved the King Lear weather... great night ! Kit de Wall spoke of writing.. you can be a gardener or an architect ( a quote from George Martin ) .. isn‘t it a fab setting 😍pics of the whiskey tasting 👍🏻

A story of a troubled marriage & strained family relationships. I loved that Ingrid‘s letters were a “ place of truth “ : “ here , in this place of truths , I can say it “.
I also loved the part that water played : the sea , the water of the womb, the weightlessness. The fish on the road when Flora is driving home , she asks “ was it an omen? ”. I finished this last night & woke up having dreamt of water.
Thanks for this gift @TrishB

... “ It‘s difficult to live with both hope and grief ...”
Loving this book Trish ! It reminds me - what you said recently of 2 Kit de Waal‘s books : Like they were written by different authors.
This book is so very different from BITTER ORANGE... could be by another writer. It‘s unreal how far from from each other these 2 books are. SWIMMING LESSONS is on another level for me 👍🏻♥️