So so so good. This book made me cry so hard. Beautifully written and engrossing.
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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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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I am posting one book per day from my to-be-read collection. No description and providing no reason for wanting to read it. Some will be old, some will be new - don't judge me, I have SO MANY books 📚
Day 8
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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...
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So thankful Alice has art supplies now!
Interesting love story. Tragic of course.
Massive fun discussing it with all of you!
I thank you for coming along in this latest adventure!
On to May! My birthday month!!
Pic 1936 Shirley Temple- maybe Alice‘s hair was like this!
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Did you like the story?
Would you recommend it?
Did you learn anything ???
This is what I ask students when they dislike a book 😳😬
Anything I missed we should discuss ??
So the author states she had books turned down quite a few before this ummmm hmmm. Thoughts?
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Why the governess and other useless info in the book? Things with Theo so strange in places why??? Did we really need these things for the story ? Did the book need a good edit?
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Selina‘s funeral
Touching and good for Alice
Thankful she got her proper time and goodbyes
Did Selina waste her life?
What do you think of her now ?
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Lawrence finds Alice who looks just like his sister..
Why didn‘t they tell Alice immediately ?
Rupert Miranda Lady Louise together
“The child is with its father” Rupert presumes 🤯
What a mess and does Rupert think Lawrence at this point?
Anyone else feel this is all rushed?
What are the possibilities Lawrence was Romani Gypsy? And that‘s why he‘s so despised?
https://www.culture24.org.uk/history-and-heritage/art38559
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Lawrence is by Selina
That night?
The photograph sent to her with the the letter and indeed the night before she marries ....she makes love and remembers every detail her whole life?!
And she states she‘s meeting THEO (?! Isn‘t he gay? So Rupert thinking it was Theo confuses me)
anyway Selina makes Alice with Lawrence instead.
Thoughts ?! That section was nuts...
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Alice is ill.
Then hears about her mom
“Can I see her?” She asks.
“No” she gets told!!!!! 😫
How much can we despise these people?
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Polly wrote Lawrence who had in fact made it. How about that ? To tell him he‘s a father. Is Polly the real one with chutzpah in this story? The person showing love at all costs?
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Lawrence telling Selina he won‘t go to bed with her ghost.
A rich man‘s bored wife. Can you believe she even thought that would be okay? Does she really love Lawrence ? If you liked Selina do you still? Has it changed with her actions ?
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Certainty - permanence - stability ?! Is Selina this naive or obtuse ? These are things she thinks she‘ll get with Rupert?!?
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Selina explaining to Lawrence it‘s dangerous to love with wild abandon.... truth ? Because she could lose him? Or because she‘s afraid to feel that much or both?
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Selina went from striving to live to survival mode. How many women did this then and do this still? Is this being a coward? Or was it just how it was?
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Final discussion on this book tomorrow 🤍
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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!
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Final talk on this book 🥂💃🏽
Everyone welcome to join in 🤍
Until then 🤐🤐🤐
Final discussion Sunday #SUNDAYBUDDYREAD
I cannot wait to discuss!
Headed to hospital for my vaccine 💉🤞🏻✊🏼last one ! 🤞🏻🤞🏻🤞🏻
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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WAIT is MARGOT the sister-in-law of Miranda ???? And also at early parties with RUPERT? Would Miranda know Rupert was sleeping with her sister in law??? Now to find my book.. make it make sense !!!! We have to have characters that are nada and then we‘re supposed to remember this name ?! HELP
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Now what ?!?!
I‘m going to finish this today and get our questions ready for next week.
Vaccine number 2 for me tomorrow 💉🤞🏻
So I‘ll see you next SUNDAY!
Thanks all for participating!! I cannot wait to see how this ends.... let‘s hope the book survives!!!
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The doctor saying the child should not visit ...
Cruel all of it.
This was true for years.
Even as a child myself
My parents took my sister home to die, but even then the advice given them...horrific
Do we handle death better now?
The needing to go through the process why wasn‘t it allowed for children until recently ?
Poor ALICE what‘s going to become of her?!
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And so she is sick -Selina
And Rupert does know all..
Also they think Selina is sick for her clothing, shoe and life choice ?! And the suffragettes?!
And he rips up the letter?!
I cannot. Thoughts?
Thoughts on Rupert?
He is apparently having a mistress as well? Who he should well marry?
THREW BOOK HERE
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Flick dies and Selina shuts her heart ..
Should she have gone to Lawrence ?
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Selinas birthday
Naked girl velvet couch picture
The lark ascending
Aquamarine necklace to match her eyes
Selina afraid
“Love wasn‘t neat or pretty
It‘s messy raw brutal”
Lawrence
Agree?
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Flick and Theo..
What is wrong with Flick ? What fake royalty ? Apartment with Flick- Selina‘s ticket out..Flick who died. Suicide ? Drugs? Both? Flicks death seemed to alter many many lives....
Flick named The Glittering Hour
What in the world ?
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What does Polly KNOW?
Also she‘s there for Selina and has the upper hand?!
Boarding School?!
Clearly Selina is not coming back for the child. And this is the solution ??!