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Thursday‘s are always better when starting a new book! 📚🖤

An interesting look at an Irish family coming together over Christmas. At the beginning each chapter is a sibling, in a different timeline and place. It shows the relationship between mother and her kids.

I am in a bookshop, so many temptations!

Eh. A little disjointed for me. It wasn‘t quite clear where this was going and the ending didn‘t have a sense of completion. Reading this felt like nosing about in your neighbor‘s life for a day or two, and then going back to your own life. Unsatisfying. ⭐️⭐️⭐️

The story of a family told in the chapters by each family member . The unfolding tale was seen through the mothers eyes and each child, and when they come home one Christmas after years apart. I wasn't exactly impressed by this story, I thought it was a bit disjointed and I kept waiting for the stories to all come together, which didn't happen.

After struggling a little mid way through, I am glad I continued as tge final few chapters brought it together.
I do enjoy her prose, as well as the descriptions she adds about the surroundings.

Loved/hated all the characters at any one time. Mark of a good story? A tale of the relationships between children and their mother, between siblings

Post zumba cereal to accompany this book.
I found the first couple of sections more enticing than the one I've just read. Hoping it keeps me reading. ..

Tonight I'm starting this book.
I've read two others by her and like her swirling plots and the character relationship.

Beautifully written. Captures the strange, uncomfortable idiosyncrasies of family dynamics.
The use of language is gorgeous. Evocative but not too showy.

IRL Bookclub last night ... mostly it was a winner except for a couple of us ... I had to bail in the end as I found it depressing & it was too much like hard work.
However , in its defense I will say that it sparked a very lively debate about family dynamics & the power of the mother in a family. Interesting 5⭐️ discussion!

Preparations under way for tonight‘s IRL Bookclub..... I‘ll let ye know how it goes ... what the verdict is ..

I like Rosaleens voice/ story best so far 👍🏻♥️. A book with many voices, not my favorite way of reading a story ... but I‘m ploughing on ....

I‘m finding this book a struggle ... and then , I see this beautiful quote from Rumi ... one I remember .. . And just to be reminded of this is brilliant.... 💫💫💫 I want to meet in that field ❤️❤️❤️
And can I tie this in with #nofemmeber #bizness .. Rumi again : before I speak : “ is it True , is it Necessary, is it Kind “
It‘s only my own bizness I can really speak of

Time to start my IRL Bookclub homework... 📘

Dublin state of mind while transiting in Doha. No rest for the wicked. My sorting and shelving of books will have to wait awhile.

I loved this family saga told from multiple points of view. This audio version was read by three different narrators which added to that technique.

My new #audiocommute book. I‘d never heard of this book but it showed up on Libby and had good reviews. The first narrator (of 3 or 4) is excellent. I think I‘m going to enjoy this.

#MarchIntoOz #wideopenroad Just saw this book in our hotel.
Thankyou @Cinfhen & @Lizpixie for a great month 👍🏻👍🏻💕

Gorgeous end-of-summers day in Sydney town today. Time to stop & enjoy it with a coffee & a fabulous storyteller #readireland18 #begorrathon18 @Cathy746books

Love my #persephone #bookmark it feels right at home in this particular book

Love it when cafe accessories match the name of the book #bookserendipity #green #begorrathon18 #readireland18 @Cathy746books

#MagicalMarch #Ireland

From an outsider's perspective, this novel seemed very evocative of the Irish countryside and the Irish way of life. Feel free to explain how wrong I am, Irish Littens!

A random Turkish turtle. This wasn't the best pick for a summer holiday read, a bit dull for by the pool. Might explore more Enright though it was well written.

First day by the pool in Turkey. Bliss 📚🍹🌞⛱

Off to Turkey via opening day at Wimbledon 🎾This is first up for my holiday reads. Right up my street but not sure if my holiday companions will want to borrow it 📚

This could have been an epic family saga, but it wasn't. The first half gives just one chapter to each family member; you are dropped in at a certain point in time with no back story or explanations. The second half is the family and their individual stories coming together over an intense few days. It can feel frustrating, you want to know more about some characters, or why certain things happened, but it works, I enjoyed it.

Enjoying this one so far, really can't remember if I've ever read Anne Enright before.

#17RainbowBooks #GreenTitle @jess.how

#17RainbowBooks My one lone book with #greenintitleorauthor I tried on two separate occasions to read this novel, I'm hoping the third try will be my lucky charm 🍀

First book finished! @24in48 #readathon

Books I'm planning to read this weekend! @24in48 #readathon

Here's my version of the potato latke crusted quiche minus the asparagus lattice topping 🙂Family said it was YUM but they prefer old school latkes 😜I'm still trying to get into this book, I think I'm having difficulty concentrating with my full house. Not complaining....hope you are all having a wonderful day 💖

It's pouring, freezing and kind of dreary where I am, so I thought a cheerful post was in order! I'm snuggled in bed, under my cozy blanket, with a coffee and my new book. The writing is lovely but I'm having trouble focusing on the story. Hope you are all enjoying your morning/day 😊

Starting a new book and having fun playing with the new PicsArt 💞thanks so much @CoffeeAndABook (I'm obsessed 😉)

Love this #chrismassyreads about an ageing Irish mother, Rosaleen, and her adult children coming back together for Christmas when she threatens to sell their family home. They come from near and far, revert to their childhood selves and muddle through Christmas as only family can #seasonsreadings2016

An enthralling family saga that feels like two separate novels rather than a single novel with two parts. I adored the first half, in which each chapter is from a different character's perspective, and thought the second half was okay (every chapter has a plethora of confusing perspectives). Over all a good novel, though I felt a little disappointed at the ending.

"Emmet closed his eyes and tilted his face up, and there she was: his mother, closing her eyes and lifting her head, in just the same way...Her shadow moving through him.He had to shake her out of himself like a wet Dog"
finished this book- ended up loving it after a rough start/attaching NY Times review - the book "bounced" for me too. Like the idea
http://mobile.nytimes.com/2015/05/17/books/review/the-green-road-by-anne-enright...

For fun📚😀

Autumn is coming to my reading porch. A smidgen of red is appearing among the Maples.

" This was not the first time their mother took the horizontal solution, as Dan liked to call it..."
#Booktober #bookmarks @RealLifeReading
Love all kinds of bookmarks-especially from bookstores/ historic places

Some favourite #womenwriters - books I've read this year! Makes a nice change from never-ending TBR... I loved Anne enright's The Gathering but yet to read The Green Road... 📚 #septphotochallenge #somethingforseptember

Book & wine haul ... Skoob second-hand books for Agatha Raisin inspired by the Readers podcast on escapist books... The Green Road & The Past I've heard great things, & I love Richard Ford - have long been meaning to go back & read The Sportswriter. How to resist? 📚😉

I loved this book. Okay none of the characters were likeable but the way Rosealeen played her children with her Irish Mammy Guilt was so funny to read. She is not the greatest of mammies and her kids are screwed up. It was so easy to read.

Plus a mini library stack / had some holds come in.. Debating if I should Read manbooker list?
Plus some Aussie books and Hollie Overton's debut which I have seen some love for... A very good book day

Lovely story, I just felt like I wanted more. What happens next?

I listened to this book, so a picture of my cat rather than the cover. The novel follows an Irish family: mom, dad, two sisters, and two brothers. Narration alternates between the mom and grown children. The exploration of adult relationships with parents and siblings is interesting and well done.

I had high hopes for this one but sadly I was disappointed. The first 3/4 was bitty and disconnected. The last quarter was better but in the end I was dissatisfied. ⭐️⭐️1/2