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I may have shed tears on my physical copy of this one. This is a slow-burn hug of two love stories - man/woman and parent/child, 1925 and 1936. There was no excitement or mystery to anxiously finish a chapter, but there was this weight of undeniable love holding me in my comfy chair and crushing on Lawrence Weston.

Sept #BookSpin Category: Across an ocean @TheAromaofBooks

So so so good. This book made me cry so hard. Beautifully written and engrossing.

After a Friday night that had way more fear and unease than I prefer (severe thunderstorm warnings, tornado watches, heavy rains, lightening, high winds, OH MY!), this is the perfect Saturday night 🥰♥️ Hope everyone is having a restful evening and are safe if you were also affected by Mother Nature‘s wrath 😵‍💫

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This is an emotional, poignant love story of both romantic love and love between a mother and daughter. It moved me in the end - I teared up multiple times - but it also felt really slow and overly wordy for the majority of the book.

It feels great to finally check this off my TBR! This was my oldest unread #BOTM purchase. Now I only have to catch up on my 2023 picks! 😊

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This pretty historical fiction was a perfect palate cleanser between spicy romances (still stuck on those lol). It‘s a bit wordy, but in a beautiful sort of way that I can‘t ever get enough of… dual timelines and multiple POVs, perhaps a wee bit predictable, but still a delightful read.

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#12Booksof2021 #April @Andrew65
This was a really different book and I it really enjoyed it.

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I liked this story, set in two timelines, one in 1925 with Selina Lennox. She is one of the Bright Young Things, always out at parties with her friends. Then in 1936, Selina's daughter Alice is left in the care of Selina's parents while she and husband are in Burna. Selina meets Lawrence on one of her outings and promptly they fall in love. There are secrets that come out, one's which I eventually guessed. I loved the world of 1920s London.

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So I started this off as an audio last month. April's reading was a huge bust, so I just finished this audio.
Some day I would love to go back and just read it as sometimes I get distracted with audio books.

I missed yesterday so one book for two prompts. The governess was a marginal character whose story went nowhere. And Selina mourned the loss of her brother in the Great War.

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Conflicted on how to rate this, but considering it made my eyes leak a bit, I'll go with a light pick. The story is set between 1925, where we focus on Bright Young Thing Selina who crosses paths with artist Lawrence, and in 1936 where young Alice is stuck at her grandparents' estate, following clues for a treasure hunt from her currently absent mother. Many of the other characters not mentioned here felt like a sterotype or were downright mean,

I‘m only a month late for the buddy read on this one. 🤷‍♀️

I am late to wrap up my #April #bookspin choice. The story line was good but too many characters and too many things happening at once made me confused. The time line and cultural differences were profound which I appreciated. I developed a soft spot of Alice. Overall a good book but bit lengthy 3🌟

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Finishing this one a little late for #sundaybuddyread. I really liked it to begin with but the ‘disappearing‘ characters and plot lines brought it down a notch.

⭐️⭐️⭐️ This one had so much promise in the beginning but it loses steam as the story goes on. Most of the reveals are so obvious that nothing comes as a surprise at the end. There are two many stories that go nowhere. But I loved discussing it with #sundaybuddyread This was my #bookspinbingo No. 18 pick.

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The best part about this was discussing it the #SundayBuddyRead folks. I found the plot to be all over the place with extraneous characters. I am not sure if there was a plot twist or not, as we all figured it out right away and felt like it was made clear repeatedly throughout the novel. I was really only able to complete it by mixing the print book with the audio so that I could multi task. I wouldn't have finished it otherwise.

An interesting story with multiple viewpoints and timelines. I loved the characters and the mystery aspect to it. Didn‘t really expect the ending, but it was a heartfelt one. I enjoyed this one! #audiobook #sundaybuddyread

I am sorry to have missed the final discussion with #sundaybuddyread.
I enjoyed the way the author captured the “Bright Young Things” in the 1920s & their devil may care escapades. I also grasped how the loss of her brother(the only one who loved, accepted, her) WWI, & her inability to really grieve,affected her life journey.But I felt the book uneven, how her illness caused reconciliation with her artist lover & child a little too trite.

We had polarized views on this book in #sundaybuddyread but overall it‘s a pick for me. It needed more editing to clean up random plot points but I fell for Alice (& Lawrence too) & wanted to see how things played out. I found the look at Britain in the 1920s interesting with the Bright Young Things (the original Brat Pack) & although many of her action/decisions angered me, I was rooting for Selina. Our discussions were entertaining as usual!😆

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A passionate, penniless artist and a free-spirited, high society girl collide in a post WW1 love story set in London. This novel portrays the lost generation in a surprisingly fresh and modern way. I've been thinking about this one obsessively over the past few days. I'm a sucker for the 1920s.

I felt every minute of this read...not a fan. Most of the characters were not very likeable, which is okay, but when paired with the scattered thoughts, drastic seemingly pointless perspective changes, and in general a meh story, I just couldn‘t get into this one. On to the next one...

For the letter G in my alphabet challenge I chose these books!

A Girl Made Of Air by Nydia Hetherington
The Glittering Hour by Iona Grey

Love both the covers!

I‘m very glad #SundayBuddyRead brought this book to my attention. Looking forward to final discussion.

Selina is a young woman in the late 1920's, from an elite family in society. As such, there are expectations for her to marry someone also from an elite family. She has to decide what path she is going to take, and live with the consequences of those decisions. There were a few things that never connected to anything and/or never quite made sense, but I enjoyed the story nonetheless.
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