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Thank you for sending this to me Katie @youneverarrived - I loved it!

This is only the third book that I‘ve read by this author but now I want to read her whole backlist, particularly the non-fiction. I don‘t think it‘s as weird / trippy as Hot Milk but I certainly didn‘t see the ending coming.

I also loved the setting - Nice and its environs - you could really feel the sultry heat.

Thank you so much for my lovely gift Katie! @youneverarrived

I‘m so excited to read this book as I loved Hot Milk. I‘ll definitely let you know what I think when I‘ve read it.

I love a proper leather bookmark too. Oh, and the wrapping paper was gorgeous, but Henry took a liking to it too (after I‘d opened the gifts, thank goodness!), so not fit to include in the photo any more! 🤣

Used my trainride home from vienna to finish my current read! I really enjoyed it- it was a bit weird and beautifully written. Nothing much surprising happend but it was still very intriguing to read!
5/5🌟

Weekend plans! Cat cuddling and starting a new book🥰

A short, one day, lyrical, twisted read. There is a way that Levy uses repeated scenes and sentences that allows you to feel the hot French days play out - that languid heat stroke feeling is so well done as everyone in this story slowly falls apart. Well executed with interesting characters, and a dark undertone throughout.

When Kitty Finch took her hand off the steering wheel and told him she loved him, he no longer knew if she was threatening him or having a conversation.

What a fantastic opening line! I don't remember who or what had me order this book from the library, but I think I am going to like it. Feels very Bonjour Tristesse.

Two couples where one of the have a 14 yr old girl are on vacation on southern France, when the find a girl swimming in their pool. One of the wives asks her to stay with them. This book is about what happens afterwards.

Life is only worth living because we hope it will get better and we‘ll all get home safely

Stunning writing, poetic but with the tension and pacing of a thriller. Highly recommend! I read this novel in once sitting. 5 🌟

This book is quirky, with moments of hilarity in the events and the writing. It is also devastating in its depiction of human frailty and flaws. I love the way it‘s written in short sections from different perspectives. When reading the beginning I randomly thought of Robert Coover‘s story The Babysitter. I liked this one more than Hot Milk even, and want to read more of Levy‘s fiction now.

"I have never got a grip on when the past begins or where it ends, but if cities map the past with statues made from bronze forever frozen in one dignified position, as much as I try to make the past keep still and mind its manners, it moves and murmurs with me through every day."

#3books #ihaventreadbutshould and hope to very soon....
by three authors I have read a couple of books from recently, fallen hard for, and now want to devour their entire backlist!

Being on the Man Booker long list, this is a quintessential Booker type book: Beautiful writing, weird ‘literary‘ type characters and a half finished plot filled with unease. A family holiday turns to disaster when a stereotypical ‘manic, dream pixie girl‘ turns up as a crazy fan of the poet father. It‘s all quite predictable but full of suspense. It‘s a weird read. Still not sure if I liked it or not?! #readingeurope2020 #france

#Bookspin @TheAromaofBooks
Deborah Levy‘s writing does not disappoint! ❤️
‘Standing next to Kitty Finch was like being near a cork that had just popped out of a bottle. The first pop when gasses seem to escape and everything is sprinkled for one second with something intoxicating.‘
Standing next to Kitty Finch creates much drama in this book and brings about all the characters secrets and unravelling. So good!

I‘ve just gone through all my tbr shelves and these are the summery books I‘m hoping to get through this summer. 😎 ☀️ 🏖 Has anyone read any of these??

Deborah Levy's books are never obvious, so I was surprised by one of the characters here, but of course she was a distraction from the real substance of the story. As the blurb on the back from The Guardian says, I closed the book "both satisfied and unnerved." #bookspinbonanza book number 9

This novel hit me in the belly that year. Sublime, poignant, beautiful.

Strange family drama set in 1994. Deals with mental illness, depression, suicide and love.

It's 5 stars second time round for Deborah Levy's "Swimming Home". I really enjoy this style of book, or novella. Short but not all that sweet, it leaves you something to think about.

My full review is up on my blog now ?

"Couples were always keen to return to the task of trying to destroy their lifelong partners while pretending to have their best interests at heart." ?

Made myself read this, it was shortlisted for the 2012 Man Booker Prize. It‘s probably based after some Shakespearean play or something Freudian but I do not really need to think that hard! 157 pages , I thought it was going to have a surprising ending that made sense but that didn‘t happen for me, reading like this happens😬

😵 First chapter is 1.5 pages and what a punch. This story is not going to end well.....for someone.

I‘ll let anything distract me from the horrible textbook I‘m supposed to be reading. 😐

A refreshing swim this morning. 😎🏊🏼‍♀️ #nonreadingpursuits #uncannyoctober

#melodiousmusicals #joseph
Joe Jacobs, a poet, has his holiday disturbed by a fanatical reader
Still TBR....
@CrowCAH

Summer reads - Here are a few recommendations... #bibliophileworldmaychallenge #goodbooks #summernovels

Book delivery from one of my fave independents!

The young woman was a window waiting to be climbed through. A window that was a little broken anyway.