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These letters are a delight! They show how the relationship between Virginia Woolf and Vita Sackville-West evolved. From acquaintances, to friends, to lovers. We read about their writings, their daily struggles, their pets and of course the other people in their lives. Their travels and of course their longings. The times they missed each other, the times they spent together. How they grew together. So glad those letters were published!

One of my favorite reads in quite some time! I restricted myself to reading a year‘s worth of letters a day to try and get a sense of the actual time passing in their 20 year friendship and love affair. The window into the lives and minds of these remarkable women was so special, and the writing itself stunning!

#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday @CBee

I vote for bringing this back into common usage, it‘s just too much fun!!!!

#weirdwords #weirdwordwednesday @CBee

These letters are, unsurprisingly, a font of fabulous words, and corybantic is my new favorite!

This is exactly why I keep putting off reading Proust! Every single time a writer I like references him they essentially say this… and yet… they all do read him, and love him at least as much as they hate him, so I still keep meaning to get to his work… eventually… #dilemma #somepartsofthecanonscareme

I don‘t know if they ever actually take a #RomanticGetaway because I‘m only in the 3rd year of their 20 year correspondence, but Vita has already tried to entice Virginia away twice… even though her health makes travel difficult Virginia has gone to stay at Vita‘s house, so maybe a trip further afield is in the cards at some point… #luckyinlove @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks

I am too muzzy headed to make out anything. #firstlinefridays @ShyBookOwl

#LoveLetter #LuckyInLove @Eggs @Alwaysbeenaloverofbooks Not sure if romance actually counts as a season since I almost never read seasonally in February, but I felt motivated to pull this off the shelf yesterday. Loving it so far!

Vita to Virginia: (talking about writing her novel, The Edwardians)
'It is better to be extremely ambitious, or rather modest? Probably the latter is safer; but I hate safety, and would rather fail gloriously than dingily succeed.'

Vita to Virginia:
'When I read you, I feel no one has ever written English prose before, - knocked it about, put it into its place, made it into a servant. I wonder perpetually how you do it...'
p.66, 2021 Vintage Classics paperback

Vita‘s Sackville‘s desk, I am cryyyying so hard.

My nonfiction book last month was the above book. I found the introduction very helpful and informative. I didn't really know that much about the women. I did know more about Virginia Woolf though. I am keen to read their books now. I like books in letter format, but sometimes I got a bit overwhelmed with the amount of letters.

Ok two new books! I started the tagged book as my nonfiction book for June!