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published after the civil and Anglo-Irish wars in 1920s Ireland and set then. The blithe Anglo landed elite close their eyes to the implications for them of the coming break with Empire that had precipitated the chaos. (Bowen was of this class, but was critical.) A novel about how people are not always aware that history is happening right now. Little happens for most the novel, and that lack of chaos is, in hindsight, celebrated.

Finished my first Bowen this weekend and it was terrific. Looking forward to diving into her wonderful, deliberate writing more.

I read 13 books in September. The House in the Cerulean Sea was my absolute favorite, a 5🌟read. I really enjoyed the rest of them , except for Zoe Spanos, which just wasn't for me.

On to October and the Halloween reads! 🎃

I can't tell what I read. It seemed to be written in code and I didn't have the key to decipher. I was told to read each line carefully or I would miss something. How true. In a long paragraph of everyday dialogue, you would see the words, "did you hear about the attack on Clinmore?" and nothing else. It was set during the Irish Rebellion which is important, but it wasn't clear when the author wrote about it. I want my missed time back.

September was a light reading month, but still got in 6 books. The Poppy War was my favorite of the month. Looking forward to some cozy October reading time! #monthlywrapup

I leave Ireland to visit Poland and what do I bring?

A book set in Ireland.

Sigh. 🤷🏼‍♀️

Hello September!
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Do months have a colour to you? They do to me. October is definitely pumpkin Orange, November is a deep dark blue, but September is a rich gold.
Have an excellent one, readers and writers x
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#book #books #bookstagram #bookworm #bookish #booklove #booklover #bibliophile #bookworm #bookaddict #fantasy #fantasybooks #fantasyseries #september #helloseptember #autumn #fall #golden #jamesfahy #jamesfahyauthor

Yes! I‘m in! You know you want to join us! @TheReadingMermaid has the details about this #readathon on her original post.

#1001bookswap

Hello, @Balibee146 , @TrishB , @jhod , @Teakillamockingbird

I‘m sorry I forgot to post my book swap possibilities yesterday.

All 5 of these books that I already have are on the list. Does anything look good to you?

Three of them are Irish, one is a classic, and the longest is 320 pages. I‘ll post each title in the comments so you can look them up.

Anyone read any of these? Any thoughts?

@JenP

September reading stats:
Not the most productive month. But oh well.
Favorites: Salem's Lot & The Accursed
Least Favorite: We were Liars.

Trying to be more organized for October!
Over September I read 6 books and 6 plays. Not too shabby!
Here I come October!
I'm gonna be busy but I always make time for reading!
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Slow month... between going back to work, my son starting up all activities again, and having an insane social calendar this month (think we know too many people sometimes 😀😊) reading has taken a back seat!

Spreading the gospel of The Last September with one of my favorite quotes (top) is giving me the chance to humble brag about my little undergraduate thesis from 5 years ago, mostly because as much as I love reading for pleasure, a part of me really does miss tearing books apart to that level. It's so cerebral (and frustrating), but also so visceral. #falltitles #awesomeautumnbooks (forgive my hasty underlining-I was so busy at the time! 😂)

It breaks my heart that this is the first real entry under this book! It's so good. I'd describe it to you, but the back of the book does a better job of it. #falltitles #awesomeautumnbooks

My ambitious to-read list for September! I'm working on whittling down my TBR that I already own... I'm horrible at sticking to a reading plan, but it might be fun! What book are you most looking forward to reading in September?

Right, these are the books I'm hoping to finish in September! Although I don't even know why I'm bothering thinking about it as I never seem to end up reading what I intend to any way?! 🙄 😂

Thanks to @ephemeralwaltz I learnt that I had one repetition! Sorry about that! I have changed just No. 29. So if you've taken a screenshot please take a new one. The one on the original post has also been changed. #fallintobooks

Goodness! This September list means that it's been a year of book photo challenge posts that I've done - I started with#somethingforsept last year and here is another September post. It's been so wonderful seeing everyone's posts using all those random prompts I've put up. Thank you all so much for joining in!
Please tag me when you #fallintobooks

And with today's news of the Android version available i'd like to say: Dear newest of Littens! Welcome to Litsy! It's a wonderful welcoming community of readers of all kinds! I know September is almost over but in case you're wondering why everyone's posting "reading outside" photos today it's because of this month's photo challenge. Hope you will play along! Tag me if you do! #somethingforsept #septphotochallenge

Can't believe it's the last weekend of August already! I had such fun with the #augustphotochallenge I decided to write my own for September! Anyone interested? Tag me (@reallifereading) when you post next month!