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#ManicMonday #LetterB was hard, too!

📖 Tagged: a recent read that surpassed all the other great Bs

✍️ Octavia Butler, Ray Bradbury (can‘t choose)

📺 Big Love, with Bridgerton a close 2nd

🎤 Butch Walker, Brandon Flowers

🎵 Ball & Biscuit (The White Stripes) 🔥

Thanks for the tag, @CBee

If you see this, you‘re tagged!

I read Slade House a couple of months ago and immediately moved The Bone Clocks up my tbr priority list. I love Mitchell‘s style and his prose is just lovely. This book is dense and cleverly structured with time skips and multiple POVs, but all comes together beautifully. It was an absolute pleasure to lose myself in this audiobook* over the last few days, and I won‘t soon forget these characters—especially Holly Sykes.

⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

My husband , myself, & …. David Mitchell 💫💫💫💫💫 having tea & scones & chat in Inchydoney, West Cork ( star struck ) such a lovely gentleman ! The excitement! Can‘t cope …

I read this twice, back to back. I really admire what David Mitchell does; the way his books are so well thought out, and how things tie together. This novel got a lot better in my head as I reread it. It was far more emotional, I understood what the author was attempting to do…my appreciation for it grew and grew.

At first I wasn‘t sure how many more of Mitchell‘s books I‘d read; now I must admit I‘m itching to touch some others.

Well, things have been weird for me with reading lately…. I finished The Bone Clocks, and that same day turned back to the first page and started rereading it. Thing is, this is such a long book, and I‘ve already been reading it for a while and now I‘m right back at the middle, but I am loving it still.

There‘s a LOT of other stuff I want to get to though, hot books everyone is chatting about, so after this I have to chill on David Mitchell.

For most of my life, the world shrank and technology progressed; this was the natural order of things. Few of us clocked on that “the natural order of things” is entirely man-made, and that a world that kept expanding as technology regressed was not only possible but waiting in the wings.

K I‘m gonna go ahead and compare this book to Marlon James‘ “Black Leopard, Red Wolf.” Yes, it‘s good. No it‘s not fantastic. The only reason I never left a review on here for James‘ fantasy epic is because I felt I didn‘t fully grasp some storyline elements and it could do with a reread. I‘m feeling the same about “The Bone Clocks.” I have the kind of neurotic trait where I‘ll reread a book if I didn‘t feel like I fully got it…. No idea why.

A drone circled above us. It would be armed. I thought of its operator, picturing a crewcut nineteen-year-old called Ryan at a base in Dallas, sucking an ice-cold Frappuccino through a straw. He could open fire on the clinic, kill everyone in and near it, and never smell the cooked meat.

I consider airing my theory that our culture‘s coping strategy towards death is to bury it under consumerism and Samsara, that the Riverside Villas of the world are screens that enable this self-deception, and that the elderly ARE guilty: guilty of proving to us that our willful myopia about death is exactly that.

Probably the fastest I‘ve ever read a book of this length. Compared to my usual speed, I basically inhaled it. Yay, summer and free time and most of all, David Mitchell! Still one of my favorites.

So good. What an adventure. 💙

Different book, same difficulty with reading. 😜

Halfway through, still loving it.

What better time than summer vacation to read a 600+ page book? 😆 100 pages in and loving it so far.

#12colorsofdecember. Light blue. I guess this is my book spin book. I've been thinking it was Slade House for some reason. At least I've been reading the correct book I guess. This month has been too much for me. 😅

#WinterGames #MerryReaders

This conversation.. Roy Harper & David Mitchell is happening in West Cork tonight. I loved Bone Clocks .. havnt read Utopia ... I‘m hoping to get the technology together to watch this ... I‘ll keep you posted & put up a link if I can figure it all out 🤞🏻

If men could be women for a week I bet a lot of things would change 🤔😆🙄

📖 Bone Clocks by David Mitchell
✍️ Robert Jackson Bennett
📺 Breaking Bad
👨‍🎤 David Bowie
🎵 Bad Reputation (Joan Jett)

#ManicMonday #LetterB @JoScho

Life has been disgustingly busy but hopefully I'll be back more often!
1. The Bone Clocks - not sure how I'm feeling about it so far, but fingers crossed it gets easier to read
2. Spark of Light by Jodi Picoult, incredible!!!
3. Jessie Burton's The Confession, bought a signed copy the other day and I cannot wait to get started

#weekendreads @rachelsbrittain

Day 4 #7Covers7Days #CoverCrush

@EadieB @BeaG @Kalalalatja @Cinfhen @jenniferw88

#7covers7days #day2

@MamaGina would you like to join in ? 7 covers you love - no explanations

Thanks @CarolynM got the hashtag 👍🏻♥️

How am I *still* not finished with this book! The conflict resolution ended on page 548. I'm now on page 570 of 624, what is left to happen? What more could you have to say David Mitchell? How many more inconsequential characters POVs can there be? This book is driving me crazy.

How do you feel about amnesia in characters? Or characters that don't know what they truly are until halfway through a book? I find it annoying most of the time. Especially when everything is spelled out so clearly it's hard to believe they've been in denial their entire life, going out of their way not to believe the signs.

I've learned a new word today!

Trying to read on this lazy Sunday. A certain teething toddler has other ideas. 😄 #ItsAGoodThingHesCute

Sneaking in a few pages! #NapTimeReading

I hope everyone had a wonderful weekend!
Do not be fooled by the goofy face, this boy is so cranky and clingy today thanks to some new teeth. I'm hoping he'll decide to sleep soon so I can get back to reading the tagged book. I devoured the first hundred pages the other evening, and have had little chance to return. So far, I'm loving it!

Absolutely all the stars brilliant 👍🏻✨✨✨✨✨. I won‘t review till after our IRL Bookclub about it - end of May !
I wonder would I try Cloud Atlas again ?! I bailed the first time. But this tagged book is excellent....
#booked2019
#genrebusting
@Cinfhen @BarbaraTheBibliophage @4thhouseontheleft

✅✅

I‘m out of the Litsy loop for a few days .. life commitments ( post 💕) ... I listened to a YouTube of David Mitchell & he said “
Children connect us back with the universe “ ... I agree ...
we played a game today & my granddaughter said ... you can‘t talk ( out loud) , but you can talk in your mind ... in the game we were playing ... if I come out of role. , I‘m in big trouble.. she gets exasperated with me .
I love this world of childhood

Have been away , at the opening of an art exhibition of cherry trees in Kinvara .. in a bookshop!! Kenny‘s bookshop ( Galway) vintage / old / first editions .. I‘m not up on these ( but I can think of a few Littens who would know their way around ) chaotic mad shop 👍🏻the best kind

Meanwhile tagged book is in progress & is
My new favorite/ mind blowingly brilliant book ... The Bone Clocks ... LOVE it .. don‘t want it to end .. not ever !!

Library book sale today... three books for $2? Yes, please! Especially excited about Rose Under Fire, since I loved Code Name Verity so much.

Present reading situation... entranced ✨
In Small Island Queenie & Gilbert have met ..

In The Bone Clocks , I‘m on the third part. .. finding the fantasy parts alright , I just decided to go with it & not over think it ... so far it‘s working

All the love for both of these very different books ... in book heaven 👍🏻♥️

#poetrymatters #Time
A quote from Bone Clocks .. but it reads like poetry & there is a bit of rhyming ...

✨Just now and then who he really is smiles out at me through the blacks of Jacko‘s eyes,
Like someone watching you from a train zipping past.
At those times I almost want to wave , even though he is just across the table, or we‘re passing on the stairs. ✨

I was just having a look & now I can‘t put this book down .. ♥️

If I can read this book ... #genrebusting is sorted 👍🏻#booked2019

And more books from Husband & kids 😍it‘s the never ending book day 😊

If you like sci-fi, you will enjoy The Bone Clocks. This book supplies the mythology that transforms Mitchell's other books into a larger "meta-novel." Of the six sections, the first, second, and fifth are utterly compelling, while the other three aren't quite as good.

"Power is crack cocaine for your ego and battery acid for your soul."

#quote #quotes

640 pages...I‘ve no problem with 640 pages...but this book...it just took me FOREVER to read. I couldn‘t get into it. I just kept thinking it was going to get better but it never did for me and it took me 4 weeks to read. I am so glad I finally finished it!!

#AdventRecommends Day 2: The Bone Clocks

This book is amazing , the twists & turns throw you off the scent of the story but you are caught in a web making you turn each page till that moment when it hits you & you are in love with this story. I have given many people this book over the years & everyone falls in love with it at a different point

@emilyrose_x

#AllTimeFavourite #BookNerd #ReadABook #Bookaholic #Christmas #BookAdvent #BookLove

This one took a while to get going, but I kept reading. Really, I couldn't stop. This author grabbed my brain and wouldn't let go. I'm glad I finished the book, and I am definitely going to look for more of his work. I hate to say anything that happened, but if you like literary fiction and have a soft spot for psychics and timeshifting, find this book!

Thanks, @MommyWantsToReadHerBook for the encouragement! I loved it!

I reached the halfway point of this 600+ page novel and I'm still not sure what the hell is going on! I can't make myself bail though. Something keeps dragging me forward. This makes me think that David Mitchell is some sort of magician.

For now, I'm avoiding him and knitting in front of the fire.

I finished this yesterday. It was taking me forever, so I ended up increasing my efforts with a hard copy, CDs for the car and a Playaway for audio walks. Fantastic storytelling. Time period spans 1984- 2043. Six different worlds filled with a legion of characters. Thankfully, one HollySykes, ties everything together. Intelligent fantasy. Battles between good and evil. Not quite certain what I read, but I am glad that I did.

Ran into some eerie bird friends on my audio walk!

Stopped to smell the roses on my audio walk! This seems to be moving very slowly, and it can‘t be renewed! 😬

I read his other book, Cloud Atlas, and really enjoyed it. #bones #blackcatchallenge @Clwojick

I need to read this soon:

“Mitchell is one of the most electric writers alive. To open a Mitchell book is to set forth on an adventure. . . . In his latest novel, The Bone Clocks, Mitchell has spun his most far-flung tale yet. . . . Strange and magical.” —The Boston Globe

Day23 - #bookwithmagicalelements #theboneclock #davidmitchell #septinbooks18

My new audio walk “read”!

Adored this!! I‘ve read a few David Mitchell books now and generally I‘ve disliked them but felt there was something i was ~nearly~ appreciating that made it worth keeping trying, and I‘m glad I soldiered on to read this one cause it was really perfect. So subtle, complex and original but didn‘t feel up itself even though it easily could have done. Amazing characters and worldbuilding. Threw the genre playbook out the window, which I appreciate.

Next up! I remember this one coming out when I was in school and thinking the cover was just the most beautiful thing I‘ve ever seen. A little disappointed that I‘m listening to it and not owning and touching that gorgeous cover but I try not to mind that kind of thing! Maybe if it‘s good I‘ll buy it one day

Late summer read. It takes some time to wrap your head around it, and to understand how the different narratives intertwine, but it is worth the time in the end.

Books and wine. #mondays

July wrap-up! I finished 9 books in July and attempted to participate in a few readathons. Favorites were Not That Bad, The Bone Clocks, Spinning Silver, Iron & Magic, and Alisha Rai 📚📚📚#readingresolutions @Jess7