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#MOtivational Monday
1. TO get back to my reading and exercise routine after a week of battling fatigue and the flu!
2.Tagged book.THoughtful,sad and should be as celebrated,if not more,than Revolutionary Road.
3.Curious,self-contained
@cupcake12

some of Conrad‘s personality traits are copied from him (in my opinion) apart from ejhs own father loved women and was a serial charmer . Where as Conrad Fleming treats all women and People in general as mere objects which bore him. This book is classed as her masterpiece but I personally prefer her later works odd girlout and of course the stunning cazaletchronicles however I‘m committed to reading all of her works and will try after julius next

of the older generation. Now after reading her memoir slipstream I think mr & Mrs Fleming were based on her own parents, apart from Mrs Fleming being less Frigid as her real mother as the fling with Thompson in mariselle , France was some of the best writing. Ejh was abused by her own father and some of Conrad‘s personality traits are copied from him (in my opinion) apart from ejhs own father loved women and was a serial charmer . Where as

debated whether to give this 3 or 4 stars ⭐️ because as ever EJH‘s writing is wonderful , but I decided on 3 because I just found it so depressing ! First published in 1956 it‘s a story of a break down of a marriage on reverse , it wasn‘t This I found depressing even though Conrad Fleming was a complete chauvinistic pig! It was the way older man so readily and easily prayed on young women and how young women weren‘t taken seriously by either sexes

Now onto my may bingo reads starting with the long view im a huge fan of Elizabeth Jane Howard so let‘s see…….
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Dear Barbara, is this from you? 😊🥰 @BarbaraBB

I want to go back & start this book again , as it is told backwards. I want to see all the details I missed, or would more deeply understand now. Antonia , the story of her life so far. We only hear her name for the first time midway .. there is a mystery & haunting feel to this story , an intimate telling. The writing is brilliant & beautiful.. descriptive to the point of awakening all the senses ❤️

I‘m reading this one for the last few days .. it can seem a bit like hard work at times ... but when I step back from it , it seems quite brilliant. Antonia‘s story , looking back through her life , The Long View

Having a glass of Australian wine , made locally by @CarolynM ... dark , deep & velvety. Two years fermenting , my husband & I are having a glass! Divine.
Just starting tagged book with this fine glass of red ... ( only the Waterford crystal would do ✨🍷

My current buddy read with @shawnmooney and it‘s starting out wonderfully well!

EJH has such a way with words. I loved the Cazalets because of it and I'm optimistic about The Long View because of gems like this!

A bit of Elizabeth Jane Howard to start the week - I haven't read any of her books except the Cazalets before either.