
Out for book shopping and lunch today. This was my purchase. I‘ve started it this evening and it‘s immediately engaging. I see good things about this one on Litsy 💛
Out for book shopping and lunch today. This was my purchase. I‘ve started it this evening and it‘s immediately engaging. I see good things about this one on Litsy 💛
#WeeklyForecast
Currently reading tagged book and really enjoying it.
All the rest are possibilities 🤔
I‘ve been wanting to get back to Mary Lawson sine Crow Lake, but I might be in more of a crime mood. Anyway, it‘s all good.
Happy Reading ♥️
Hi Cindy 👋🏻
The Hatter and the tailor live directly across from each other in a little French town , with only a ‘trench ‘ like space between them. They see intimately into each others lives. I loved reading the details of their everyday. Here it has been raining since the first body was discovered, now five more bodies have been found in La Rochelle.
Brilliantly told, we enter the unravelling mind of the killer. A page turner for me.
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Reading has been slow lately, so I‘m hoping that will change.
Hairy Maclary is a big favourite this past year @CarolynM We love it ! Thankyou 💕it‘s read many times each week.
The Plot, I hope to finish this week. 👍🏻
The Hatters Ghost , I‘m going to see what I think 🤞🏻
Ruth Rendell , looking forward to getting stuck into that one 👍🏻
Happy reading friends X
Hey Cindy 👋🏻
Well that was a fun read. I think I almost shed a tear at the end too. I enjoyed the second half, far more than the first. The emotional action and intrigue picked up. Lucy is really put down as a villain, but it didn‘t work for me ( aren‘t we supposed to secretly love/hate villains ? ? )
I won‘t say anymore, Darlings! 😂
But I‘m looking forward to a bit of discussion 😁 . #FurrowedMiddlebrowClub
Trip to Kinsale today and second hand bookshop haul , with a gorgeous collie dog curled up in the corner. Loving the Ruth Rendell title. All hardbacks with big enough print. 👏🏻🥰
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I‘ve just started The Glass House, very engaging !
The Plot , for IRL Bookclub
Yoked With Lamb , for #FurrowedMiddleBrowClub
Darling, I picked this up yesterday. I couldn‘t decide what to purchase, but this one is loved by Meg Mason of Sorrow and Bliss …. So that‘s good enough for me ♥️
Happy reading week all.
Hi Cindy 👋🏻
Some time to myself today … this one looks good 🤞🏻
A soft pick.
Beautiful setting in Vermont as the Professor and family take in his nephew , whose parents have just been killed.
This starts off well and ends well , but it falls down in the middle. I would nearly have bailed but I had to find out how this ended , and I‘m glad I found out. I‘d try another by this author as I liked his writing and there were some thrilling moments.
#WeeklyForecast.
I started the tagged book and it‘s holding my interest ( even though not much has happened yet. Suspense! )
I got the new Claire Fuller, I did bail on Unsettled Ground, but I‘m hearing good reviews on this one fingers crossed 🤞🏻
Happy Reading week all.
Hi Cindy 😘
All my boxes ticked. Great story telling, Great characters, great writing , psychological, thriller, Serial killer.
Ansel is on death row. As we look back , his history becomes complicated, his thoughts difficult to hear. Everyone his life touches is wounded. A heartbreak of a story. I couldn‘t put this down, a fascinating read.
I enjoyed this one. A compulsive read , Louise Kennedy really tuned into the atmosphere of the time, 1970‘s Belfast. I was on tender hooks the whole time waiting for something to happen ❤️💔
Mary is a powerful character. Her love unending. She grows up in Belfast , her mother has died, her father an alcoholic, and brother Sean who is wounded and raging. Only when I finished and sat with this did I feel the full impact of all that happened. A. Macmanus writes a flowing and compelling story of Mary‘s life. One of my favourites this year so far. Looking forward to her next book.
This lovely edition of The Home arrived today. I‘m thinking this might be from you Jessie? Thank you so much ♥️ I love it.
Thanks so much Julia ! I love my birthday gifts. Another lovely purse for me 🥰, and magnet bookmarks and notebook🥰🥰.
Thanks Birthday Twin 😘
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Loving the tagged book Mother Mother, I hope to continue reading it this evening 🤞🏻
Trespasses is up next then.
Happy reading all.
Hi Cindy 👋🏻♥️
I really enjoyed the writing and the story. I was struck by how different they were ( opposites attract) .. her sensuality, her body , the earth , nature. He did love nature , but not in the same physical‘ joy and strength‘ way she did .. the fields gave her life. His dreadful attacks of melancholy, his wrestling with the devil , that I could truly feel for , But his hurtful words to her and his great freedom and other women , I was very against.
This is about Zora, as she somehow lives through the siege of Sarajevo. There is so much in this story, the horror and hardship of war, Zora‘s paintings , her yearning for what is lost to her … I loved how the memories so close to the surface of her mind could be triggered by almost anything .. it would make your heart lurch. Beautiful book.
I started ( out of the blue ) this book today. I‘m smitten. It‘s a beautifully written story. Wow 🖤♥️ I‘m taken along by the writing to Sarajevo, a city under siege, and Zora‘s life at that time. Beautiful. A book I had not been drawn to , now I can‘t put it down.
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Tagged book for #PersephoneClub ♥️
House of Pines , I‘ll give it a go. Was 87p on kindle today. 👍🏻
Happy reading everyone!
Hi Cindy, hope you‘re having a lovely time.
Thankyou Leah ! I love this present. The book looks so good. The leather bookmark is divine. The coaster for my morning coffee👌🏻 and I love this cut out lady you stuck onto the wrapping paper. What a lovely touch 😁, she is great fun and made me laugh. Thankyou! This is all so thoughtful ♥️😘
Thanks Carolyn! The book looks great. And yes these these Koalas will definitely make me smile when I am scrubbing my pots , only they may be too cute to use for scrubbing 😁😘 Thankyou ! @CarolynM
Helen , thank you! I love my clothes. What a lovely thoughtful gift. And the card is gorgeous XXX 😘 @squirrelbrain
Thank you so much Leah for this beautiful Persephone 💛 I‘m looking forward to it 😘💫 @LeahBergen
A compelling read about a woman who has deep anxieties and fears that keep her isolated , living as a recluse with her father outside a village in Ireland. The story reveals her dark history and the dark character that controlled her.
This is the best Liz Nugent I‘ve read.
@squirrelbrain I put my thoughts on the ending in the spoiler 👍🏻
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Finish Strange Sally Diamond, which is getting darker …👍🏻🖤
The witches of Vardo is a book I recently bought .. maybe start that 🤔
The Other Half of Augusta Hope has been on my kindle for awhile 🤔
Happy reading ♥️
Hi Cindy 👋🏻
#BookReport
My Fathers House begins in 1943 Rome is occupied by German forces. A literary thriller based on the true story of an Irish priest Monsignor Hugh OFlaherty. I read this for Bookclub , I anticipate a heated discussion.
Weyward. An entertaining read of three women who‘s lives are connected over centuries Witchy
Celia Fremlin Another domestic noir that had me freaked out and also laughing
Rehearsal. Bailed ! Couldn‘t figure it out.
I‘m really enjoying this crazy story. We read one of Liz Nugent‘s books for our Bookclub and I‘ve liked her oddness ever since. I just saw your review @squirrelbrain and here you have me pondering about an ending again ( like in the Eleanor Catton ) .. I have to say it adds to the thrill of reading it. 👍🏻♥️
‘It nearly broke his Mum‘s heart when he joined up , her having lost her husband in the first war …‘
All the happenings in the village of Kirton as World War Two ended.
Showing the deepest fears and anxieties people had to somehow live through. The uncertainty of life and what would happen next ,Lovely characters
Good laughs along the way too. #FurrowedMiddleBrowClub I wish we could all meet in the Cock and Pheasant Arms to chat about this one
Book shopping today
Birnam Wood for my husband.
The Rehearsal for myself.
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A five star ⭐️ read. I‘m in awe at how Eleanor Catton brings all the threads , all the pieces together so seamlessly. A compelling read from start to finish.
I find the power of it all only coming together and dawning on me now , as I reflect on what I‘ve just read.
Bravo 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻What a book.
And I LOVE the cover 🖤
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I‘ve been reading the tagged book the last few days .. over halfway now. It‘s all you said it would be @squirrelbrain ! I love it , I can‘t leave it alone and yet I keep taking breaks so it will last longer. Tensions are rising at this point in the book. It‘s brilliant.
Wine of Honour. Looking forward to this one for #PersephoneClub
Happy reading All ♥️
Hi Cindy 😁
This was a good one @LeahBergen @Tamra . This ‘ Lindy‘ character is brilliant… The whole story of the married couple and their ways and their laughs together is done to perfection. Then enter ‘ Lindy‘ , I was relating the story to my husband as I read and he was laughing but thought ‘ Lindy‘ quite interesting 🙄 . Anyway , someday when you‘ve read it … we can chat. It‘s very funny and suspenseful 👍🏻❤️
The Deepening Stream.
I haven‘t bought many books lately, but I ordered this one for our upcoming trip to Paris ( 😁). I believe there‘s a good part of it set in France. I had no idea it was such a big book and over 600 pages. I hope it travels well !
I loved The Home-Maker so much, so another by this writer was definitely on the cards. #PersephoneClub
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I‘ve started the tagged book, it‘s very good ♥️
Also started the Celia Fremlin, also good 👍🏻
We are reading the Joseph OConnor for our next IRL Bookclub, I‘m looking forward to it.
Happy reading week everyone ♥️
Hi Cindy 😘
I‘m disappointed not to like this more as the reviews I read looked good to me, and Jeff‘s story starts off well, but I‘m getting very impatient with him…
I‘m bailing … I might come back to it another day , or not.
The Blank Wall. I loved this one ( wish I had the Persephone edition hmmmm 🤔 I might treat myself ❤️) Lucia Holley is up against it, with serious family troubles.. She is amazing. I felt the whole book was like a dream , like it couldn‘t be real ( I‘d say that‘s how Lucia felt ). Would anyone recommend another by this author?!
Milly has disappeared into a new life. Reinvented herself and discovered new strengths. But the past is not far behind, and Milly fears the long arm of the law.
Another great domestic noir from Celia Fremlin. I really enjoyed ‘ Milly ‘ and the development of her character. Never a dull moment!
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Finish up Appointment With Yesterday 👍🏻enjoying it !
These other two books are contenders… they both look promising.
Have a great reading week all.
Hi Cindy ♥️
#BookReport
Small Things Like These was for irl Bookclub ( next Friday). I thought it was perfect 💔
The Spider Orchid.. another great edgy read from Celia Fremlin.
And I finished The Homemaker ( Dorothy Canfield Fisher earlier this week.) excellent book too
I‘m happy enough with my 3 books read 😁
The Spider Orchid. My curiosity was up Leah when you posted about this one. This was a fun and edgy read. Great characters, I felt as if I were taken by the hand and led into Dorothy‘s building, where most of the drama unfolds. I loved how the reason for the title is revealed.
I may have to dive straight into another Fremlin…in fact I just have - An Appointment With Yesterday !
What an interesting turn of events we have here. I had tears for this family. Wonderful, insightful writing! And what an ending. Loved this one ♥️
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Reading is so slow at the moment ! But … this #PersephoneClub Bookclub pick is a page turner, and has me back in the reading zone , thank god ! Great characters, storytelling, a great read. I‘m about 100 pages in and I don‘t want to put it down.
Happy reading week all. ♥️
Hi Cindy 😁
#Bookreport / #Weeklyforecast it‘s been a slow reading week.
After much bailing and indecision ( and frustration) I am now happily reading Elizabeth Taylor. 😅
Happy reading week all.
Hi Cindy ♥️
I thoroughly enjoyed my second Wexford Mystery. Very much of the time ( 1960‘s) .. loved the details of this time I remember so well. Loved the characters and writing.
I have the third Wexford securely waiting on my kindle.
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I started tagged book this a.m. , it‘s my second Inspector Wexford. So far so good.
Babel, hope to make a proper start this week 🤞🏻
Needless Street. Will have a go 👍🏻
Have a good week all.
Hi Cindy X
This is the story of young Mary Yellan , whose mother dies. Mary heads off to Jamaica Inn to live on the moors with her aunt and uncle. The moors are desolate and weather beaten. A thriller of pure tension, dark and violent. I loved it.
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It‘s been a slow reading week. But I did read this book and it‘s a memorable one. 🖤
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I‘ve started Jamaica Inn for IRL Bookclub… very atmospheric 🖤
I have Babel on audible… it‘s a long listen, looking forward to starting it this week.
Have a good week everyone ♥️
Have a good week Cindy😘
I really enjoyed this listen. I liked , even loved Gil, who is finding his way through a painful breakup, who is still and I imagine always will be, figuring out what life is all about. There are some nice characters in this book. I loved figuring out in my mind why it‘s called Dinosaurs. There was a welcome softness in the writing and the story. I must look up more by Lydia Millet 👍🏻