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When Daniel finds a hidden book in a mysterious library, he begins to unravel a mystery that involves burned books, a vanished author, a crumbling mansion, history of the Spanish Civil War, & his own romance.

Fantastic book about the power of stories to shape our lives, gorgeous imagery, & an engaging mystery. But it also felt like it was doing too much sometimes. & the tension was really unrelenting. I had to step away several times. 🌕🌕🌕🌗🌑

I wrote a blog post where I shared my thoughts on rating books I‘ve read. I also included a list of some of my all-time favorite books that I give a top rating and hope to reread someday.

abookandadog.com/biblio-boutique/thoughts-on-rating-books

#BestFriends 📚📖📚

#JuneSpecials ☀️🌸⛱️🦩🍉 🌻🩱🧴🕶️🌊🐚

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

I reread this recently for Bookclub. I enjoyed the atmosphere and writing and the character of Fermin ❤️. However, I read it first 20 years ago, and I remember being excited and enthusiastic about it then. This time it felt a bit laborious , although it‘s still magical. It was a very different experience. I wasn‘t as blown away. It can be interesting rereading a book. 🤔

Reading for Bookclub. I did read it before, but I‘ve forgotten parts. It‘s very good 🥰

I spent 10 years working events at Barnes and Nobles up and down the West Coast, and I now live in PDX with Powell's books so I have been lucky enough to meet and work with a few big names some are so terrible I don't read their books, some are utter delights!!
Some of my favorites: Carlos Ruiz Zafon (RIP), Angie Thomas, Jodi Picoult (who I still call Jodi Pickles in my head) Patrick Rothfuss, Aiden Thomas, and Curtis Sittenfeld

All-time favorite

Thanks, @ChaoticMissAdventures

“20 Day Cover Challenge - As we start a new year and think about what we want in a book.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.” 3/20

#20covers

20 Day Cover Challenge - As we start a new year and think about what we want in a book.

Choose 20 books that have stayed with you or influenced you. One book per day for 20 days, in no particular order. No explanations, no reviews, just covers.

1/20
Join if you would like!

#20Covers

Wh- ummm, okay, I acknowledge that if I read this as a teenager I would have been devastated and thrilled and singing it's praises. As a cranky adult however ... I guess I'm honestly hesitant to recommend it to teenagers given some of the content, even if generally, 1/?

#WickedWhispers #Shadow
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#wickedwhispers #shadow
I bet I‘m not the only one to pick this book today!
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

A short review

#HauntedShelf Book Scavenger Hunt #Figure
One of my favorite books!
Team #DeadSerious @OriginalCyn620

“Time goes faster the more hollow it is. Lives with no meaning go straight past you, like trains that don‘t stop at your station.” -Zafon
These 3 books were some of my favorites over the years…

#Lantern #WickedWhispers @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

Can I make it to 100 this year? That‘s the real challenge. #2024readingchallenge #readinggoals

“I still remember the day my father took me to the Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time”

#FirstLineFridays

I feel like I‘m on borrowed time! Still reading on my deck. We are having 2nd summer here in Buffalo. Temps in the 80s for a couple weeks and the awning is still up! Soaking it in while I can. Rereading this classic so I can continue the series. #stillsummerreading

I loved the ending and the beginning, actually. It was a slow book and sometimes I wondered at the direction but it was always intriguing and beautifully written. I was very invested in all the characters and knowing their stories. There were mysteries upon mysteries. The author also took you to dark places, but the innocence of the main character grounded the narrative in hope. It had all the feels. Keep with it when it slows, it‘s worth it.

Barcelona!
Maybe next year?
#wondrouswednesday

#CoverLove #TanBeige

#tan/beige #coverlove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#tan/beige #coverlove @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

#coverlove #lamp @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”

Zafon‘s books are a treasure.

#Lamp

#CoverLove

@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

#CoverLove #Brown
One of my favorite books!
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @Eggs

One of 3 Penguin Drop Caps that I own, this much loved novel by Zafon, (still TBR) def has my favorite cover of the 3. From what I have heard of the book itself I feel fairly confident that I will love the story even more.
#coverlove #red @alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs

Ok how I read 5 books at one time or during a few days period…
1) Chase the Moon (kindle)
2) the shadow of the Wind (physical book)
3) The Minds Eye (physical book)
4) Deadhouse Gates (audiobook)
Yea I‘m never w/o a book 📚📖🤣🥰

#AudioCanning? Is that a thing?
At any rate, I got halfway through TSotW while putting up two boxes of apples. Chunky applesauce, cinnamon applesauce, apple slices in cinnamon-vanilla syrup, and apple rosemary jam.
Rereading this one for a book group, and I liked it a lot more this time around - the audio version, narrated by Jonathan Davis, is fabulous.

My all time favorite book. I just love it so much and the Cemetery of Forgotten Books is an amazing idea. The tradition is that when someone visits the cemetery for the first time, he or she must choose a book and adopt it, promising to always keep it alive. If you haven‘t read this, you need to!! #scarathlonphotochallenge #cemetery #blackcatcrew

#Shadow #AutumnPlease
@Eggs
@AutumnPlease

#scarathlonphotochallenge #shadow
#TeamCreepinItReal @Clwojick @StayCurious

Photo prompt 6: “shadow.”

#scarathlon #hhc #halloweenhexescoven

@dabbe @BookmarkTavern @Liatrek @JessClark78 @Chrissyreadit @TheDaysGoBy @vonnie862 @Sresendez12 @Nessavamusic @kelli7990 @JessieKB

#firstlineFriday #scarathlon #photochallenge #shadow

From one of my all time favorite books, that happens to have a wonderful fall vibe.

“I still remember the day my father took me to The Cemetery of Forgotten Books for the first time“

(Image taken from https://sincerelyjulieanna.com/)

1/5⭐ The two women in the first 10% of the book only exist in relation to their desirability to men, including the main character's obsession with a woman a decade older than him (he starts out at 10 years old). It makes a point out of the woman making sure not to be alone in the same room as him. It's weird and icky along with the general grittiness that authors employ to make themselves seem edgy. I'm not interested. #buzzwordathon

Daniel takes a book from the Cemetery of Lost Books and it changes the course of his life as he becomes dangerously fascinated by its author. Whilst I had to keep very focused to keep track of large cast of characters and the many threads of storylines, it certainly paid off as I became entirely immersed. There‘s a real mix of genres here; love story, thriller, mystery, a little fantasy, that makes it feel quite unique.

This book is so great 🫣😍😍

My latest #littlefreelibrary find! This has been on my list for ages!

Thanks to these Litsy folks for today‘s prompt:

#MARCHMAGIC
@Eggs
@AlwaysBeenALoverOfBooks
@LitsyEvents
#LitsyEvents

Today‘s Prompt: BOOK OFTEN RECOMMENDED

One of my favorites: SHADOW OF THE WIND by Carlos Ruiz Zafon.

What is YOUR book recommendation?

Favorite ever

#Soul 🧡📚🖤 #InQuotes “🗣️💕”

#BookNerd 🤓📚💙

#InQuotes @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks @eggs
#Soul

The Strong Sense of Place podcast is back for a new season of exciting destinations!

In today‘s episode we travel to Spain. For anyone doing #ReadingTheAmericas2023 there will be later travel to Jamaica and Argentina. Previous seasons featured Costa Rica, Mexico, Cuba, and Peru. Plus other cool places!

The writing on this one. 🥺😍

Finally picked this book up from the TBR pile after 2 years. 👀

My first Zafon. And was love at first sight....

#book #books #goodreads #litsy #litsybook #toread #leggere #bookly #libro #libry #readingchallenge2022 #lombradelvento #carlosruizzafon

#manicmonday @CBee @Librariana

📚 Shadow of the Wind
✍️ Jose Saramago
🍿Stardust
🎤 Sza (loving her new album)
🎶 Someone you loved (Lewis Capaldi)

80:2022

Today has been a good day. I found a new stylist I can trust with my wild curls. The salon just happened to be next to the cutest, tiniest used bookstore I‘ve ever seen so of course I had to check it out and buy the first 3 books in this haul. And of course I had to stop on my way home and buy 2 more books at my usual spot. It‘s been a bit of an expensive day, but I don‘t regret any part of it.

This was a book club pick for one of the many book clubs I belong to. This was the first time I‘ve read this author and it will not be the last. His writing style is beautifully lyrical and his characters are so well crafted. Can‘t wait to see how everyone feels about this one.

I always have way too many books going at once. I like to have a literary fiction, a genre fiction and a nonfiction going at the same time. Maybe throw in a graphic novel or poetry book. Also, I get distracted by the shiny new thing, the library hold that comes in that I know others are waiting for. My favorite read year is tagged, The Shadow of the Wind. Gothic novel set in Barcelona during 50s wartime, rise of fascism, love of books.