This is the best use of this meme that I have ever seen 🤣🤣

This was so easy to read, with really short chapters (500 words each) and beautifully written we follow the story of the Aylward women. Despite some dark things happening it is a gentle story, you really enjoy witnessing this family's interactions and I laughed out loud with some dialogues. A lot can be said about men writing women's characters but Donal Ryan does an amazing job creating this strong women that bear all the weight of the story.

For anyone interested, A Public Space will be reading To the lighthouse next month!

I don't know what I was expecting the Count of Monte Cristo was going to be like, but it wasn't this 😂

I've been very bad at posting lately and I have a couple of reviews outstanding but I was updating my book journal and had to share this wonderful extract from Less ❤️

A girl appears dead on a stormy night and comes back to life, three different people claim is their missing girl all having lost one to the river. A mystery full of magic realism and little charming details, a fairy tale for adults with characters very well drawn; some very tough themes are dealt with very subtly and delicately. ⬇️

George Emerson, am I right? 🤤

Still 40 pages to finish, but, yet again,my husband should be jealous of this one. Also, how badly hides Forster all these homoerotic situations? Clearly I'm as in love with George as Forster was! (And was as thirsty as him after seeing him with my imagination bathing and playing by the lake 😅)

#ReReadtheclassics @AllDebooks @LitStephanie @MilesnMelodies @Sparklemn @Crinoline_Laphroaig @Cuilin

Arthur is a failed novelist about to turn 50, his ex boyfriend is getting married and to avoid going to the wedding or admitting the defeat of just refusing he goes for a tour around the world to half-baked literary events. It took me a bit to get into this one, poor Arthur Less is so mediocre that it's difficult to engage with him, that's until you fall in love with him and with his half bothered ways and total lack of awareness and he starts ⬇️

I think lately there's an abuse of the recourse of writing chapters from different POV and doing jumps in time and it doesn't work in every story.
This book is about recovering from loss, four characters, each has gone through some mayor trauma. Two of them when you meet them they have already gone through the grieving, they are neither recovered nor recovering, it's about loss but doesn't have a soul, it's just people going on with their lives.⬇️

I have contradictory feelings about this one.On the one hand,I liked the settings and it left me really wanting to visit Vitoria;on the other I absolutely hated the dialogues,that felt out of a parody of a noir movie;I liked all the symbolising of the murders and it was a good serial killer story, but the murderer didn't really surprise me. I cringed reading the tweets, but in general I'm not ready to accept the inclusion of social media in books.

My scrumdiddlyumptious Willy Wonka celebrated her first Carnaval 🥰❤️ the hat was not appreciated and didn't last on 😅

The debate carried by Malcom about if science really contributes to advance civilization and how we should ask scientists for accountability and be aware of which "advances" are good for us and which ones are not is really interesting.The author talks a lot about how we are not destroying the planet,the planet will survive, life will continue, we won't.⬇️

Good science fiction makes you believe that what happens in the book could happen in real life,doesn't matter how fantastic it sounds.I'm not going to surprise anyone by saying this books makes you believe that cloning dinosaurs could happen(and that it would be a bad idea?).For those fans of the first movie that are wondering if reading the book worth's it,yes,it does.The material is well researched,the story is a bit different,and ⬇️⬇️

This book is very difficult to review. Three very short stories all interlinked, they are well written, a bit weird and the author succeeds in making you feel uneasy. I really enjoyed it (?) and will definitely read more from the author.

Thanks to NetGalley and to the publisher for this ARC

I loved this page,I think I also "grunted my understanding" as Hortensia was telling the story,and I wonder how many other women did the same thing.To me there's not many things as powerful as telling someone"you can depend on me",it's even more powerful than "I love you",I can accept there might be waves or inconstancy in love,but if you tell someone they can depend on you,you'd better be there for them,for better or worse,otherwise it was a lie

Booksirens invited me to join them and they have analyzed my Goodreads profile and this came up. I agree 100% with their analysis but the Les miserables comment caught me by surprise and I found it so funny, brought back to my mind this two memes 😅

Hortensia and Marion are next door neighbours in South Africa,both are successful woman, both widows; but one being black and another white they have constant disagreements rooted in racism.
The story has a good start but it fizzles out, the characters become less interesting as the story progresses. As a lawyer, I found the part about the Will unrealistic and kept distracting me. The writing is good and some descriptions remind me the great⬇️

And this is to the ones of you that don't enjoy Christmas. My little Caragh sends you a big "I feel you" hug ❤️

Remember, New Year is just around the corner! Stay strong!

Saw this lovely post on Instagram and had to share it with the Litsy community.

Merry Christmas to all of you! Hope you are making happy memories!

When Danny finds an old diary in her Aunty's house she uncovers a family secret,the forbidden love between a girl named Charlotte and her Native American lover.
Even when the secret is very predictable,the story was interesting,but the style,particularly the dialogues need polish.The story goes back to the present at the beginning of every chapter,these pauses don't contribute to the plot and are quite long,they just stop to eat ⬇️⬇️

Olivia meets Galax an alien that has healing powers and takes her on an adventure to find the source of his power to help save him and her father.I liked the premise of the book but the relationship between the two main characters made me feel uncomfortable,hinted more towards romance than friendship and it's not clear how old Galax is,sometimes he feels like an adult,sometimes like a not very clever child.Even if they are the same age ⬇️

After Leila's death her brain stays alive for 10 minutes and 38 seconds, each minute reliving a memory from her past. We get to meet her and her five friends. The author touches very important subjects through the different characters: the treatment of women, prostitutes, trans and disabled in Turkey. As a descendant of Armenian genocide survivors, I appreciate that she found a way to refer to it, knowing that it was unnecessary to the story ⬇️

In the year 2012 one in five children lived in poverty in America.Andrea,a New York Times journalist,follows the life of one of them,Dasani,and her family:her mother, step father and her 7 siblings.Through them we learn how the system works against families and perpetuates the circle: the children are doomed to repeat the mistakes of their parents and are not able to get an education, to leave the shelters, or in the worse cases to avoid prison.⬇️

This was terrible...I only finished it because it was for a book club but it's bad... It's so shallow,I don't mean superficial but entertaining,nothing really happens in the book,from time to time you feel like something is finally going to happen,but no.
The first part of the book,despite happening in Ireland during the War of Independence,tells you nothing about the politics of the time,since the girls are not interested in politics ⬇️

Not sure if anyone has already posted this, I had no time to join #Pemberlittens with Villette but just saw that APS is going to read it this November! Link below in case anyone is interested in joining:

https://apublicspace.org/aps-together/villette-by-charlotte-bronte

I have to be honest with myself and bail on this one. It's a pity because everyone agrees that each book is better than the previous one, but one mystery per month is becoming tedious and couldn't get into it. I have too many reading compromises and it's causing a reading slump. I'm in the middle of 10 books and have to start another one, which is crazy, so I need to clear my reading schedule.

#JaneandtheExcellentReadalong

I'm one of those people that takes Children's literature quite seriously. If you are not like me, you will like this book, the illustrations are lovely and it's a good way to introduce children to libraries. Now for the ones that overanalyze: there are parts of the narration that without the drawings don't make sense and with the drawings only a little. The narration lacks smooth continuity, it feels a bit like a kid telling a story ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Sam is an influencer and a powerful voice of the #MeToo movement,until her childhood friend emails her manager to say that Sam raped her and a Reddit post makes it public.While Sam tries to get Lisa to retract we wonder which one of the two is lying.Even when I couldn't put it down,I hated it. It should come with trigger warnings: rape,suicide,eating disorders,bullying.I don't mind a dark book,but certain parts could be dangerous for some people⬇️

Had to share this one 😂 I'll never get over the pain that the unabridged version of Les Miserables can bring you xD

Mr Thorpe leaves Catherine without her promised first dance. Isabella after swearing she wouldn't leave her,quickly deserts her to dance with Mr Morland. Catherine doesn't mind cause TILNEY IS HERE, but Mr Thorpe is back just in time to prevent them dancing together. When Catherine returns hoping for a chance to dance with Tilney, he is gone.Mrs Allen comments how lovely he is and Mrs Thorpe thinks they are talking about her son *awkward silence*

I have very different impressions than those of my first read,I'm shocked that I used to love Rochester so much that I was oblivious to all those red flags, although I have to confess that in the end I find him so funny that I nearly forgave him for everything again. I loved this book the first time I read it and my deeper understanding of how dark Jane's relationships are makes me like it even more. My admiration for Jane as a character and for⬇️

Jane repays Rochester's move of dressing up as a gipsy by turning up unannounced to his blind presence and start talking to him as if she was living there all along.Jealous Rochester made me LOL,I truly missed this weirdo.I felt I can breath again now that St John's is out of our dear Jane's life. Blindness and losing one hand tamed Rochester instead of making him bitter and he is kind,we can now love him without feeling guilty❤️ #Pemberlittens

Catherine and Isabella meet their respective brothers,Isabella and Mr Morlan soon pair together and Catherine has to entertain Mr Thorpe,she initially doesn't like him,with his "guess how fast is my horse";"guess how expensive is my carriage";"guess how ugly is that woman that just passed"and his worst crime:lack of interest in Udolpho!But after hearing how charming he finds her she is flattered enough to feel less uncomfortable #Pemberlittens

Catherine and Isabella continue being the best of friends and as such they have to talk about everything it crossed their minds, ie for Catherine is Laurentina's skeleton,for Isabella,the rain;books;a hat;Catherine's infatuation with Mr Tilney; more hints about her liking someone; and following some men that were staring at her and just left the pump room, to show them how little she cares for their attentions #Pemberlittens

Have to share this post of Sparknotes, brilliant as always.
St John leaves,passing a creepy note underneath Jane's door on his way out *we all shudder*Jane goes to Thornfield,which is much further than I imagined,to find it burnt out.The owner of the inn explains that Bertha burnt it and died,Rochester survived "but he had better be dead", Jane fears the worst, but the owner of the inn is just dramatic, Rochester is only blind #Pemberlittens

I'll give this a soft pick. I rather enjoyed it, despite non-fiction not being my forte, probably because it's so novelized that it reads like four short stories. I'm left with doubts of how much guessing and how much facts are in this book, but happy to have learned of other female authors and welcoming any debunking of the myth that women can't be friends because we are always bitching (maybe Woolf's doesn't count as example) #Pemberlittens

Another day and no Mr Tilney to be seen...Catherine and Miss Thorpe are becoming great friends...whatever, I need Mr Tilney's conversation! #ComeBackAndLetMeLoveYou

@sprainedbrain I know you feel my pain too

#Pemberlittens

John is a jerk following Jane's rejection. When Jane tries to reconciliate he replies with astonishment cause he was sure Jane was marrying him(?); Jane rejects him again and he tries to guilt her into going alone to India to die xD Afterwards,yet again,he insists in Jane taking her time to think if she wants to marry him, I guess he heard the expression "God loves a trier"?Jane almost accepts(?) but she hears Rochester calling her #Pemberlittens

Catherine hopes to see again Mr Tilney,sadly for us all he is not there to entertain us with his charming self.Fortunately,Mrs Allen meets an old acquaintance(finally someone she knows!)they catch up without really listening to each other.Mrs Allen sadness for not being able to compete with information about kids is quickly overcame when she sees Mrs Thorpe's poor lace.Catherine is delighted to meet Miss Thorpe and have a new friend #Pemberlittens

Jane goes from one abusive relationship to an even worse one: Rochester, the aggressive emotional blackmailer, at least enjoyed a bit of confrontation and liked Jane as she was; John wants full submission and demands Jane to be miserable, subjugating and slowly asphyxiating her; using God as an excuse, putting his desires as God's desires... how she slowly stops being joyful gives me the creeps. ⬇️⬇️⬇️

As Mrs Allen, I'm late to the party, but finally here. We meet our heroin,her name is Catherine but she's a plain Jane(although a work in progress);she goes to Bath and thanks to Mrs Allen's lack of personality and acquaintances learns how to enjoy a party like an introvert on her 30s (I'm with you girl); we meet Mr Tilney who knows how to mock muslin and journaling, and if you don't love him for it there is something wrong with you #Pemberlittens

So many things I love of this chapter,my two favourites:Jane thinking "I recalled his singular conduct of yesterday, and really I began to fear his wits were touch" we all wonder every time St John speaks... ? And when John says "I will be your brother -my sisters will be your sisters- without stipulating for this sacrifice of your just rights", coming from a cold unfeeling boring person really touched my heart

#Pemberlittens

Again I have mixed feelings about this one,I'm going to give it a soft pick.It is definitely better than the first one, but there's not sufficient explanation about why Seraphine was so reticent about sharing her story with the Captain and the fact that Jane in both volumes finds so many suitors makes me uncomfortable. I don't like the fact that the success of a woman in society is linked to being physically attractive, and I feel that making⬇️

St John going to visit Jane to "ask her" how her day went but really to tell her how it went, how she feels and then ramble forever about his life. I'm delighted that he has a crush on another woman cause Jane has the worst taste in men and she might fall for this xD Starting to think I fell in love with Rochester cause I just missed him after meeting St John. I find so difficult to read his long speeches while I roll my eyes. #Pemberlittens

Anyone else thinking of Grampa Simpson when St John answers Jane's simple question: "have you found a job for me?"

#Pemberlittens

Again, sorry to be late for the party, but WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK! This man proposes by telling Jane that he is marrying Miss Ingram, she is fired and he is shipping her to Ireland, goodbye forever👋🏻Then when she cries heartbroken, he says it was a lie, it's Jane who he wants to marry AND that he doesn't love Miss Ingram and she doesn't love him cause HE PROPOSED TO HER after spreading rumours that he is poor and she rejected him?? #Pemberlittens

I have a lot to catch up, only Ch. 15 now,so excuse my outdated post..This is a re-read,thankfully I retained my original idea of Rochester.If I pictured Rochester as Fassbender when Jane says he is not handsome I'd be: "meet me outside bitch and lets settle this ?" I find hilarious that Jane starts finding him handsome through his rudeness,to me his features start getting handsomer when she saves his life #suckerforvulnerablemen #Pemberlittens

Set between the great wars,Violet is a "surplus woman", one of many spinsters after WWI.She moved to Winchester to put some distance with her difficult mother, joins a group of broderers making cushions and kneelers for the cathedral and she starts to find her own place in the world. The problems women faced are the centre of the story but it doesn't feel heavy at all,and the embroidery project is a true story which makes it very interesting. ⬇️⬇️

Baley is invited to Aurora to solve the mystery of who killed Jasper, a humanoid robot, in theory his creator Dr Fastolfe is the only one capable of doing it, but he swears his innocence. Due to political ramifications the investigation can affect if Earth is allowed to colonize other planets.
Still enjoying the series although I could do without the boobs comments that are thrown from time to time.

I have conflicting feelings about this one.I don't see the need of making Jane Austen the protagonist, more than to throw in a couple of quotes and maybe reach a wider audience, the story would have been the same if it was Jane Doe instead. I think for that reason I was quite bored and confused the first part of the book. But I ended up enjoying it as a good murder mystery, so I'll stick around for another month of #JaneandtheExcellentReadalong