The Mirror Thief | 
Late (again!) but not forgotten. My #bookspin is an as yet to be determined short story (or essay!). My #doublespin is another #chunkster. It's almost as if the wheel of spinning book fates does not care that I'm already in the middle of three chunksters. 😲
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Ready for #BookSpin Februrary! I'm finding more ebooks on my electronic shelves that I need to read, in addition to the physical books I need to read! 😳
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Wanted to get my #bookspin up before the actually spinning for November! So here it is! I like how many books #bookspin clears off my #TBR!
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#Bookspin!!! I think I made it just in time! Even though I haven't officially ticked off my #doublespin for August. I'll do that next. 😁
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so-soI usually like books that weave together multiple narratives, but I didn‘t love this one. It was interesting enough to finish, but I never really got into it.
bailedGiving up on this for now. Other audio books have come off hold at the library, and this one just hasn‘t grabbed my attention yet. Anyone recommend giving this another chance?
pickThis is one wild ride, and I enjoyed every minute. Hard to imagine an author can tie together stories set in 1958 Venice Beach, the Venetian/Las Vegas and, 16th Century Venice but Seay does it, and does it beautifully. He even links the characters across time. Five years to write, 580p, and I couldn‘t put it down. Wowza!
bailedI've been trying to read this for weeks but I just can't read it anymore. There's nothing wrong with the writing in sections but it doesn't feel like a connected story and I don't really care what happens.
(It probably didn't help I read an excellent nonfiction and I've been distracted with kpop recently!)
A Book you started in 2017 but never finished for #litsyreadingchallenge
#readingchallenge #challenge #lrc #whatireadin2018 #fiction
#bookmarkappreciation for #febinbooks18
I think this is one of the only bookmarks I now own. It came as part of a set from waterstones but I have no idea where the rest have gone! I really need to pick some more up 😄
The book is The Mirror Thief, I'm still reading it after a couple of weeks. I'm finding it hard going but I will finish it!
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#TBRtemptation post 10! In 1500s Venice, famed glassmakers were finally perfecting the invention of the mirror. Industrial espionage was engaged in by sultans, dukes, and kings. The guild was forbidden to leave the city, but 1 of them has a scheme to outwit the enforcers. Related schemes also play out in 1958 Venice Beach, CA, & the Venice Casino in contemporary Las Vegas. The ways all 3 are connected will illuminate. #blameLitsy #blameMrBook 😎
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I tried reading this last year but couldn't get into it at the time so returned it to the library.
Started it again this morning and I'm enjoying it so far.
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Megabus back to Chicago! I'm adding the exclamation mark because I'm five minutes into the trip and still excited about the journey. Not sure I'll feel the same in a couple of hours.
Just started this, and I'm hooked.
pickThis is me now. This book is bananas. There's three stories at once happening here, and how someone even came up with this idea as a book premise is beyond me. Took me a while to get into it, but at some point I found myself completely hooked into Stanley and Crivano. Lots about alchemy and seeing and truth and how we present ourselves to the world and how history repeats themes over.
Why I read it: book 2/5 ChiRB award finalists, #mounttbr
This quote just about sums up this book!
Saturday night goals: get through this section of The Mirror Thief, then catch up on some bookish podcasts while knitting, and maybe even start a new audiobook!
Hey I have an idea! it's 7 am and I've got the rest of the week off work, let's read this doorstopper!
pickIt took me 9 months to savor this book. Too rich to read quickly. What a ride.
More (beautiful) trends in publishing!
Not gonna lie--I kinda want to wallpaper my bathroom in both of these prints
pickHere I go, writing a very positive review for this door-stopper of novel that I didn't love. Huh? While it wasn't exactly my cup of tea, its merits were as plain as day, and there was really nothing to criticize. Incredibly well-written, intricately plotted with mysterious, interlocking narratives from Renaissance Venice, 50s California, and oughts-Las Vegas. Think The Da Vinci Code but with prose that doesn't suck.
pickHow do you write a short review about such an ambitious epic novel?!?
This book just made Publishers Weekly's best of 2016 list, so of course it's good. It's also super complex and would probably appeal to fans of David Mitchell. That said, this book is not for readers who prefer a neat linear story with only one storyline. But it's totally brilliant and well-written, to be sure.
#booktober big books! This chunker is on my tbr shortlist. And check out my new bookshelf! @RealLifeReading
I'm not going to be able to read for an entire 24 hours, but I plan on having my own abbreviated #readathon tomorrow, pulling from my very ambitious TBR stack (not pictured: the books loaded on my e-reader- HERE I AM, THE HAUNTING AT HILL HOUSE, THE VIRGINITY OF FAMOUS MEN, and ALWAYS HAPPY HOUR)
Where do I even begin?!?
