so-soWh- 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
I bet I‘m not the only one to pick this book today!
@Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
“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
pickI 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.
“Books are mirrors: you only see in them what you already have inside you.”
Zafon‘s books are a treasure.
#Lamp
#CoverLove
@Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks
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
LibrarianRyan, TheBookDream, hes7, Allydanielle88, TEArificbooks, TheQuietQuill, BookwormAHN, RedxoHearts, 5feet.of.fury, Read-y_Picker, Yuki_Onna, Justmissc87
#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/)
bailed1/5⭐ 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
pickDaniel 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.
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?
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. 👀
pickMy 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)
pickToday 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.
pickThis 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.
pick⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ This was my November #doublespin No. 9 pick. Excellent!!!! I had this on my shelf for like 6 years. So happy I finally picked it up. The writing is beautiful. The story is powerful and the reveals are so well placed. So many endearing characters. Can‘t praise this one enough!
1. 25-30 years in the past. If more recent my personal recollections would overshadow the book & it wouldn‘t feel ‘historical‘ enough.
2. This was tough! I avoid creepy, spooky books because I‘m a scardycat. I‘m so glad October is over! 😂. I could find none of my favorites set in the fall, but I think the tagged book fits. It‘s a bit gothic, a bit spooky and the atmosphere feels Novemberish
@TheSpineView thanks for the tag!
#Two4Tuesday
pickWow. 5 star read. Barcelona, 1950s. Gothic meets historical fiction. Love letter to words, books and the power they hold. Story includes impacts of war and rise of fascism, its brutality towards writers, artists, queer, anyone supporting freedom of ideas and people. Young boy is allowed to choose one book out of a shop. He finds one written by a mysterious author. So many twists and turns I could not put the book down. One of my best 2022 reads.
This was my October #BookSpin and I loved it! A new favorite for me, both the book and the author. Not sure why I waited for so long to read it, it had to be good with such a rec from Stephen King: “One gorgeous read.” The story and characters were great, writing was awesome and there is so much love of books from the very first chapter that it had to be a great read! A pick!
@TheAromaOfBooks
@PuddleJumper Also a #Roll100 pick from back in March
pickI loved dialogies and characters were likable too. My favorit was Fermín, he was awesome!
This was perfect for the season: it rained often and it was so foggy all the time :D This wasn't easy book to read because this made me feel so sad: there were so many dying or being old.
I liked the story, this had a mystery that revealed itself slowly. This was interesting but at some point dragged a bit.
#SeriesRead2022 #192025 (2001) #19822022 (24/41)
“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.”
“Life has enough torturers as it is, without you going around moonlighting as a Grand Inquisitor against yourself.”
The Shadow of the Wind | 
Yes, the writing is beautiful, and transports you to a certain span of time and place in history (political upheaval and corruption, lot of bullies and tyrants), 4d
For the most part it's about a lovely group of people getting yanked from pillar to post emotionally and physically for the sake of its impact on the reader. 4d
There is a certain weight given to telling the origins of a young man, paralleling fathers (too many of which are abusive) and sons or daughters, looking back and back to the past, lost loved ones, 4d
If you like historical dramas with a strong mystery component, and don't mind it getting gritty, have at thee.
And no, no I will not be continuing in the series.
(edited) 4d