Welcome to Litsy!

So I enjoyed this yarn a lot more than I expected with its awkward young hero and tales of adventure on the high seas. More of a series of loosely connected short stories than a cohesive story, so it made for a quick read. A warning though - it‘s of its time and has some unfortunate stereotypes. My #bookspin book and second book down for #bookspinbingo @TheAromaofBooks

Continuing my #40Miles20Hours challenge by listening to this book, which is an excellent read.

Day 1 : 0.65 miles 15 minutes

Day 2 : 1.52 miles 30 minutes

Overall total of 2.17 miles, and 45 minutes. It‘s a start!

Only counting to Audiobook listening whilst walking, otherwise would be a greater time.

Started listening to Mr Midshipman Hornblower, I‘m using this as company for #40miles20hours

Day 1 didn‘t start well, only 15 minutes walking time and 0.65 miles 😔, will try to pick my pace up day by day. Lockdown doesn‘t help this!

@KristenDuck @wanderinglynn @GHABI4ROSES

I haven't read marine adventures since school. Back then I was a huge fan of sailing ships, pirates and Captain Blood ⛵ Mr. Hornblower reminded me of this childhood love 💙💙💙 This book is a page turner. Main character's personality is so not heroic, but really interesting and contradictory. Quite a bit of historical realities and oh this British humour! 😁 I wish I knew about #Hornblower series before!
#sea #adventure #bookclub

#Crush https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=EIhSnaqou0I #AugustGrrrl @Cinfhen

The cover definitely depicts "crush"ing waves, against the rocks!!!

Oh but did I love me some Ioan Gruffudd back in the day. Yet another literary love I was brought to by the film adaptation. Mr Midshipman Hornblower made his #homebythesea unless of course he was busy making his fortune on the seas. #rockinmay @Cinfhen

#aneeyorekindofread #aprilbookshowers

Going off of Eeyore's coloring, violets, blues and purples. Also, he seems gloomy, which made me think of rain, which lead to the tempest sea on the cover.

Bought four books at the used book sale! #bookhaul The bottom two are nautical tales for me. And the other two are for people. A win win 😊

Another book bought just for the cover. I'm about 2:1 against these kinds of buys working out for me. But what the heck! Let's shoot for 50%! The one success btw was Sidney Chambers and the Shadow of Death. The Grantchester Mysteries series has such beautiful covers and the content is no less charming.

A seafaring tale on the ride home from work!! Halfway done; starting disc four.

Horatio Hornblower!! #BestCharacterName #Booktober